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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
7
The author argues America must expand road infrastructure to handle rising car numbers, noting 23 million autos in use and 570000 miles of good roads. Even Myrtle Point shows rapid growth, urging costly, broader highways to prevent traffic chaos.
A humorous dispatch from Washington highlights a push by the Department of Commerce to standardize men’s nightwear alongside other items. The piece pokes fun at policy talk while noting public concerns about crime prohibition and overproduction.
A Portland Oregonian study warns readers in Oregon's rattlesnake free areas to bury or secure freshly killed snakes. It cites yellowjackets feeding on carcasses, venom transfer risks, and urges proper disposal to prevent fatal stings from venom carried by wasp stings later.
Farmers lacking land or fearing pasture costs find hog pasture can beat grain yields per acre. Successful pastures require good land and close management, avoiding rocky or barren areas that fail to produce.
A period instructs that sows should be washed with warm water and laundry soap before farrowing, then the belly and udders rubbed with lard. The animal is placed in a clean pen until piglets are born, using fresh straw bedding and avoiding old litter. The passage also contains a stray humorous remark about postage stamps and a stray sentence about a man walking on air.
An elderly man found dead near the city park after a night of distress, identified as Thomas McKinnon of Marshfield. Investigators reported apoplexy as the cause. burial followed at Sunset Cemetery with a Presbyterian service. He left about two thousand dollars in a local bank.
A Colorado Agricultural College bulletin notes potatoes can substitute for part of livestock rations. Raw or cooked forms suit cattle and dairy cows. swine prefer cooked. dairy milk may rise with 25 to 35 pounds daily of raw potatoes but excess risks tainting milk and indigestion.
O R Arnold of Ohio State's rural economics says feeder cattle profits hinge on the spread between purchase and sale prices. He sees a favorable outlook for feeders who buy calves, grow them with cheap pasture, and finish them, while fat cattle markets may improve by late summer.
Report outlines injuries to R. H. Johnson and Henry Miller from tree felling incidents on the Brewster valley and Bradford camp. Johnson sustained crushed hip and possible internal injuries after a fall. Miller, a high climber, suffered crushed hip, bladder puncture, and loss of two fingers, after a cable entanglement left him suspended. Ambulances transported both to Mast & Wilson hospital.
Word received from Rev Omer Idso and family says he was in Fargo North Dakota hospital for a minor cheek operation. Little Faith was unwell with a fever but the family expects to travel west again in about a week.
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