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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1937)
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. Thursday, May 20, 1937 ======================= Ask Me Another THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE • ======================== 1. When was the "conscience fund" in the United States treas ury started? 2. How far away from the earth is the nearest star? 3. From where was the inscrip tion on the Liberty bell in Phila delphia reading: "Proclaim liber ty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” taken? 4. From where did the word "geyser” come? 5. What is the size of Yellow stone National park? 6. How many different types of holly are there? 7. What is the net area of na tional forests in the United States? 8. What city is known as the City of Hills? 9. What is the greatest height at which birds fly? 10. What is the estimated world total of unmined coal? 11. What is a dewworm? 12. What is the difference be tween a surf board and an aqua plane? Clean Comics That Will Amuse Both Old and Young THE FEATHERHEADS o.Bz.R.homne AÁNks FER T h * X ALL- RIGHT— clothes , ma ' am IF I COULD STEP - IN THE OTHER ISiDE I’D LIKE TO I ROOM PUT 'EM ON NOW/t . . -I MV HUSBANDS Having a Fit WELL—NOW— Iy I DIDN’T MEAN THAT, MA’AM — GOOD —— MAN — THAT'LL MAKE ) QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT /-------- —WHAT 7 -7 V=A- ------ 1P ---------- ( WHAT 2 WH—THEY ARE A BIT Too BIG FOR ou — BUT I THOUGHT MEBBE A MEAL WOULD HELP . | FILL 'EM OUT/ Answers By C. M. PAYNE S‘M ATTER POP- Whee, Kids! Encourage Your Folks to Like Organs 1. In 1811, by a contribution from some anonymous person whose conscience hurt him. The fund has grown until today it to tals over $650,000. 2. About 25,500,000,000,000 miles. 3. From the Bible—Leviticus 25; 10. 4. Geyser is an Icelandic word —the original pronunciation being "geeser,” later changed to "gay- ser" and finally Americanized to “gyser.” 5. It covers 3,438 square miles of territory, of which 257 are in Montana, 25 in Idaho and the re mainder in Wyoming. 6. There are 175 different type or species of holly found through- out the world. 7. More than 162,000,000 acres. 8. Lynchburg, Va., is so called. 9. Aviators crossing the Andes report condors seen at 22,000 feet. 10. Estimated at 7.8 trillion met ric tons. 11. This is the British name for the earthworm. 12. An aquaplane is attached to a motor boat. A surf board is not attached to anything. If used be hind a motor boat, the rider holds a rope in his hand and can cast loose at any time. V FINNEY OF THE FORCE Not Painless ^PoLo^iFED ‘ FINNEY B, Ted.OLoughin. LEMME OUTTA/ HERE, A General Quiz © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Black Leaf. 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JUST- GULP’--- A L-LIT TLE WARM.’ “That,” said the native proudly, pointing out a passer-by "is Jona than Bell, native of Squash Center, and the man who has aroused more people than any other man in the country ” “You don’t mean to tell me that quiet-looking man is some great communist or radical, do you?” in quired the stranger. "Not at all,” was the reply "He’s a retired alarm-clock manufac turer.” GOOD SPIRITS AFFORD FEELS MAT’S * DELIGHTFUL- GAME Life’s Little Trials “Pa, what’s the difference be tween a hill and a pill?” “I don’t know, my son, unless it’s that a hill is high and a pill is round —is that it?" "Naw! A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.” BROADWAY & SALMON FEELS AM TE SKUAION aus RM -HMH. BUY DOW MT FEEL MUCH LIKE CRYING Substitute We PUT UP A BPAVE FPONT WHEN WE SMOKED „ T hat FIRST CIGAR. HAD TO ------------------------------------------------ “Tommy, what is a synonym?" the teacher asked. "A synonym,” said Tommy wise ly, “is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.” COMFORTS AT RATES By GLUYAS WILLIAMS PRESEI FEELS WE’s BEEN FRIVOLOUS LON ENOU6H AND seres 10 SERIOUS WORK Of TUMB-SUCKIN SALMON &. PARK
