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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1934)
Tl IK D A M ( llk« » M i l . I. f* :>({«• ^ OREGON STATE NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST Scenes and Persons in the Current News Brief Resume of Happenings of the Wcefe Collected for Our Readers Whlteson ---The old Presbyterian church building at Whlteson was re cently sold for I'.". The bell will b* taka-u to Cannon H-ach and In stall* d In a church to be erected 1 Astoria— A pageant representing the arrival of the John Jacob Actor fur trading party at Astoria will be one of the entertainment feature* of Astoria's first Spring Trade day • vent, April 25. I Clarkanle The capacity of the Klaskanlne fish hatchery Is to he In creased from a 5.5(»0.000-fingerl!ng ♦Ire to nn 8.000,000-flngerllng si**- under the hatchery Improvement plan of the state fish commission. I Msrblr bust of t'hailr* W. Elliot, president of Harvard university from 1 »*00 to 1000. unveiled at Cambridge 1 President liix.sr<rlt signs Philippine Independence bill. 3. Hakodate, Japan, where 1.000 lives were loat In Or» that destroyed most of the city. — After Seven Ton» of Dynamite Exploded Salem — Petitions opposing the construction of a municipal water system with the Little North Fork of the Kantlam aa a source of sup- ply are being circulated at Kalem by several downtown property owners. Eugene An average of 19 59 per month will he paid by the Lane county court on the 329 old age pen sion* granted out of 4 73 applications received. Pension* acted upon thus far Involve an outlay of 13155 per month. Tillamook -A new industry em ploy laic Ik men has begun operations at Day City. In Tillamook countv. The Pacific Oyster company Is can ning oysters taken from Vetarts bay. The oysters were planted In 1931. The Dalle*.. During the funeral servlcea for Mrs. John S. Schenck. business house* of The Dalles closed Friday. She had been a resident of the city 70 years and was the last survivor of the ill-fated Donner par ty. Eugene — Mrs. Eunice Marla I.umsden, pioneer resident of Med ford, generally known as “ Grand ma,'* Is dead. She would have been 98 years old next August. Until a few moot ha ago she enjoyed good ' health. R e f u g e e # going over th* spots where one« their homes stood «a they vainly search for their loved ones and en Iravur to salvage what little la left following the explosion of seven tons of dynamite aboard a freight train In tbs yort of la l.lhertad. ban Halvador. Over 'JW |>er*ona were killed, at least 1,(1» others Injured. Town in France Buried Beneath Mud Umatilla— Extension of steamboat service to Umatilla has been delayed Indefinitely aa the reault of a new break In the Celllo canal. The break Is about 30 feet long, extending along the floor of the canal to the lower sidewalk. Astoria— County Agent Smith of Clatsop county has warned p*-a grow ers who have saved seed from last year, to fumigate before planting this year, owing to the discovery of pea weevil In about 25 per cent, of one grower'a seed. Eugene— Possible removal of the Eugene Itlble college If other North west cities offer better Inducements Is being considered. Salem, Port land. Seattle and Spokane are mak ing bids, according to Chancellor Childers. It has a student body of about 170. Spent Shot Kells Man. Redmond It literally rained lead nn H Ruffee, foreman of Miss Mary Renn’s ranch In the Alfalfa section. A spent bullet, falling from the sky, dropped on Ruffee, cut his head and knocked him flat on the ground. Woman Angler Hooked Florence— Mrs. Eva Ellers went after trout with a double hook on the end of her line. A cast went awry and the hook was embedded in Mrs. Ellers’ scalp so ftrnilv that the eye had to be filed off be fore the barb could be forced out. DISNEY EXALTED “ Now, boys,” said the teacher, “tell me the signs of the zodiac. You first, Thomas.'' “Taurua, the Bull.“ “ Right I Now, you, Harold, another one." "Cancer the Crab." “ Right again. And now It's your turn, Albert." The hoy looked puzzled, hesitated a moment and then blurted out, “ Mickey, the Mouse." — Poston Tran script. Hi* Share “ What happened to that young fel low who was proposing to marry yoor daughter?" asked Csdoo. “ Him:“ sneered the father In law. “Immediately after be married the girl, the bounder touched me for 0v* hundred pounds." “ Yon got something back from him, 1 suppose?” said Gadon. “ Yes, a week Inter," said the oth er; “iny daughter." C ru d e a a d R efined Martin— Lath these girls are the daughters of tnllllonnalrea. Why Is It that one looks down on the other so? Gilbert—Because one's father mad* hit money In refined sugar, whtl* the other's traded In crude oil. Ferry's Seeds are sold only In fre*h dated packages. When you buy Fer ry's Heeds you are sore of the finest quality available. Adv. TW A S BUT A DREAM “ 1 dreamed that cheese was plenti ful and cheap." “Then w hatr “ 1 woke up.“ To keep clean and healthy tako tako Ur. r i i r t a . T h e y regolata Pleeee'* P l r u a a l Pei >mach.—Adv. liver, bowels and stomach- S ca red Mr*.—How do you like this hat. Henry? Mr.—Horrible! Mra — Why didn't you tell me when we were in the shop: that's the rea son I took you along. Mr.—I was going to, but I saw by her glare that the milliner was read ing my mind—Brooklyn Eagle. T h e S tic k e r K ind Niblock—I tell you what this coun try need* Is a mere elastic currency. Ittingwlt—I don't know about that. What I favor Is a more adhesive cur rency. A B o o k k e e p e r '* M ind Secretary—Under what head shall 1 put your racing losses? Chief— Running losses? Alfalfa Two Feet High. Dayton— Alfalfa growing on the A scene In the town of Roqtiehllllerea, not far from Nice, France, Just after the town had been evacuated as g Dale Fowler farm measured by Fred heavy landslide caused by torrential rains covered many of the homes and crushed others In Its path. Flnnicum, Tuesday. April 3, was 24 Inch«* high. Seventeen acres of sec ond-year sweet clover, being raised for seed In the E. M. Alderman farm In the Grand Island locality. Is thriv ing and la 18 inches high. CWA Workers March on Washington in Protest Lumber I'lant Start* Season. Hood River— Declared an aid In easing the unemployment situation here the Oregon I.umber company’« plant at Dee has started the season's run. The company, which la doub ling the capacity of Its mills, started with 150 men on the payroll. This will be extended to a peak of -100. Veterans Get Space in Market. Medford— A plan, aimed to enatde disabled veterans here to contribute to their own livelihood has been au- thorlxed by the city council in com- , ! pllance with a request front the com- | ______ ____________________ _ ntander of the post. Spare In the . . . ., former public market, which has not , l.cd by Nnrmnn I tiomns, nationally famous Socialist leader and Presidential candidate In 1928 and 1932, some 500 operated for n number of years, CWA workers from the metropolitan district of New York, came to Washington to 91« protests with the President and wlJ| 1)fl granted the veterans, to be WNU— 18 w ith Harry I* Hopkins, director of the national emergency relief organisation, against discontinuance of the CWA work |Jf0<j headquarters for carrying on r*,,er* what trades they can and receiving ; calls on odd Jobs. keeps the taste in tune j IB— 3d