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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tributaries, grow several inches, drift down to the ocean tailfirst, get to weigh anywhere from 10-to 60 lb., swim back up the Columbia River to spawn and die exactly where they started. The system, consists of 1) two separate "stairways" (of one-foot waterfalls separated by pools 16 ft. wide) for fish who feel like climbing to the headwaters under their own power; 2) four "lifts," somewhat similar to ship locks, for fish who prefer a free ride up. For several years controversy has raged between Government engineers, who said the system would work, and Oregon...
...chickens and turkeys were thrown into panic by a huge bird which roared across the henyard only a few feet above the ground. Few minutes later, Mrs. Weiss heard a "terrible clattering sound." The bird, an $80,000 Lockheed 14, had perched violently on the crest of 3,000-ft. Mount Stroh, had carried nine to their deaths...
...will to have erected at a distance of 100 ft. apart on high granite pedestals of uniform size and shape, statuary emblematical of the History of America- ranging in time from the earliest settlers to the present era, arranged in chronological order...
Javelin Throw-Won by A. G. Trope ocC (Eliot) 158 ft., 2 in.; second--P. M. Glendinning '39 (Lowell) 151 ft., 1 in.; third--W. D. Riddle '40 (Dunster) 150 ft., 5 1/2 in.; fourth--C. D. Ruch '38 (Adams) 145 ft., 8 in; fifth-M. L. Cohen '39 (Lowell) 135 ft...
Hammer Throw (12 Pounds)--Won by A. S. Gale '40 (Dudley) 155 ft., 5 in.; second--C. D. Ruch '38 (Adams) 145 ft.; third--E. P. Roberts '40 (Winthrop) 124 ft., 9 1/2 in.; fourth--R. Pierce '39 (Adams) 112 ft., 1 in.; fifth--C. D. Dyer, 3rd '39 (Lowell) 106 ft...