ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ' ' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1927:
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Ornithology! I via
Roseburg Clergyman-Author Establishes' ' Dining Table
' For Wild Birds and is Rewarded With Many Hours:-
'j of Enjoyment by Their Liberal Patronage j S
fly Dr. Louis Albert "Banks
Some of the readers, of (he News
Hevlew will remember ttiut 'one of
my ten New Year's resolutions
was: "I will keep dully record of
the birds alighting In (ho ;haw
Ihorne tree outside my study
window." That I might keep that
resolution the more effectively I
took two window shutters, fast
ened 'them together so as to make
it table about thirty inches wide
and six feet long. One end of this
table was hinged to the wall of the
house. I put a screw eye Into the
other end to which I fastened a
stronge .wire which ran through
another screw eye set Immediate
ly above the window huldlng the
table at level where I can easily,
by aid of a long handled rake,
bring in empty dishes and push
nut refilled ones, and so replenish
the food on Hie table of my restau
rant for what I like to call "God's
wild chicltei.s."
New Year's morning I set apart
a regular diary for the birds and
each day as 1 have sat by the win
dow writing and reading, .1 have
registered the birds as they came
to eat at my table or to feast on
the hawthorne berries or rest" In.
my tree. I keep at my hand with
in easy reach books In which ever)'
, bird that ever visits Oregon Is
: . described and pictured to' the life
in his natural colors. In this way
i , there Is no guess work or depon-
j deuce on memory about my record.
j I can turn to any day in llia.inontn
and tell you lust what blrlB vlsit
3 ed mo that day. Thoro lire certain
j. star boarders who have . been with
, me every day in the month. The
Oregon Juncoes, the Townsend
. Fox Sparrows.. English Sparrows,
; Chestnut-hacked . Chickadees,' '-' the
. Oregon Chickadees, the Oregon
X Towhees,'. tho Ituaty Song Spar-
'; rows and the Jtoblns have never
failed to appear at the table. Then
there are some others like the
Golden Crowned Sparrow, a beautl
f fill bird, and' tile California Jay,
f1 the Slender Billed, Nuthutche that
have missed only a vory few days,
f - Then there are still others, the
Oregon 1 Vesper 1 Sparrow, t h e
5 Varied Thrush or Alaskan ( Hobln
1 as It is often called, also a gpr-
geously colored bird, 'the Golden
Crowned Kinglet and. tho Huby
-) Crowned Kinglet, which are' falr-
, ies of birdland, the Had lireasted
Sap Sticker,, the 'Clnlrtlner Wood
; pecker, who have gladdened', us
'! several times.' This month' of Jan-
i uary nasi heen specially, marked
by the visit of largo flocks of Bo-
hemian Wax Wings. These birds,
t I. think the most hcautituj that
J ' ever visited Oregon In winter,
' breed north of the Artlq Clrclu- In
'., Alaska. They only coiiiq tsotith
k ; now and then. . Tho last record
! before this winter was tho winter
f , of 1019 and 1920, when they came
s smith ns far as Seattle. But this
,.,n.wlntor they surprised us, in ltoso
' : burg on Jan. 3 and Willi only two
or three -exceptions have visited
' us In groat flocks every day since imposed a tax of 50 cents per kllo
and are still . here. . These birds " capacity on . hydroelectric
feed almost entirely on fruit. Their
native habitat ill Alaska abounds
In wild , berries and when they
come south they search out upplo
, troes where apples Ht til hang or
holly berries or hawthorno hur
ries of which they are very fond.
..Their fondness for. Iheso red Haw
, i thorno berries has given lis In our
! iioiiBB a great deal of pleiiBiiro as
,' , ,wo somotlmes have n hundred at
i a time.
Tho Bohemian Wax , Wing Is
" n wondrous beauty. Ho Is slightly
smaller that a Robin but looks like
ho had Jtiat come from tho hand of
' an expert tailor, and wllji Ills do
, ' coratlons of black and white anil
yellow and red he gladdens your
1 eye. The Cedar Wax Wing which
.breeds In Oregon along tho coast
nnd Is often with us was here most
of the month. '
Then thoro wore a number of
visitors who only came once or
twlco. Nolablo among these was
that rare bird for this country, a
Snowflnliu. I have no doubt that
BIGAMIST-KILLER
AFTER
(Amih-IhIciI I'roM T.-n'tl Wire.) .
LANCASTER, Wis., Feb. -I -'-William
M. Coffoy was sentenced
to life Imprisonment In the Wnu
t pon penitentiary today when he
pleaded guilty before- Circuit Judge
Sherman D. Smnlley to a charge ot
murdering Mrs. llattle Hales, to
whom he was blgamotiHly married.
Coffey, former bond salesman.
, dismembered the victim's body and
burled it in several graves In till
er's woods, five miles from Platte
vllle. He Is 50 years old.
An Intntiiittlon for a greyhaired
widow and the coveting of her
modest fortune led Cofroy first tn
- bigamy, then to murder ami final
ly to the forgery which caused his
arrest.
When he met Mrs. Hales. 51. of
La Crosse, he forgot his wife of 23
years In Madison and their three
.children. After it swift courtship
i Coffey married her nt Winona,
Minn.. September 15. 1926.
After a' four weeks' honeymoon.
. Coffev. having obtained most
Mrs1. Hales' funds, decided upon
murder to hide his hlcamous mnr
; rlage. The slaying took place in a
woods near here. A baseball bat
and a hammer were used.
-To allay the suspicions of Mrs.
Hales' family. Coffey sent them
letters purporting to have hoen
written by his wife, slsnlnir them
with a rubber stamp In Imitation
otWier signature.
Cafeteria Method
his mother hatched out' the, egg
from which he came far up along
the frozen coast'of Labrador-.. But. :
he wiib a wandering boy-and In his :
adventures hit my table on a day
when I had a lot of preferred stock
bird seed on hand and it went right
to tho spot, and I enjoyed him for
over an hour. The while and black
combination on his beautiful body
seven Inches in length made me
happy. I hope he comes back.
Among others who came only for
a day or two were the Wood Pe
wee, the Cireen Backed Goldfinch,
the. Purple House Finch, the Bed
Shafted ' Flicker,, t h e Western
Lark Sparrow, the Say Phoebe
and a Hermit Thrush which ap
pears only on the last day of the
month. 1 .
Nearly air of tho Iwenty-nlno
varieties of thcHe wild birds vis
iting the Hawthorne tree (luring
January ate at my table except
the Wax Wings. They have often
alighted on the table but only to
pick up the red berries dropped
there. They pay no attention to
the. other food. Such birds as King
lets, Nuihutchers and Woodpeck
ers eat only suet which I always
have in abundance. Ground bread
crusts or soaked bread, delight all
the Sparrow and Jiincoo-families
except the Oregon Vesper Spar
row,' which greatly prefers soeds.
Tho Jay bird ,and, tho Hobln eat
either bread or suet but prefer
mint 1 have been greatly Inter
ested in the manners of the table
among the- 'birds. The ; English
Sparrow have a bad name and no
one scoW to love them and thoy
row abominably among themselves
but' I have not Been ono fighting
outsido . his tribe. The Juncoes
scrap a good deal with each other
but fly at no ono else. I expected
the Hobln to give trouble but ho
eats In tho midst of the smnller
birds In perfect peace: ' But when
a Jay bird flies into the tree on
His wny to tho table every bird
leaves the table Instantly, He
does not attack. anyone. Ho does
not need to. Ho ontfl In solitary
grandeur, a gay and saucy bandit
Hut' I enjoy him and nil the rest.
MORE TRAFFIC
RILLS ENLARGE
SESSION WORK
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quiring that men receive physical
examination when securing mnr
rlagu license. '
Cnrrvlnc out tho suggestion of
Speaker Cnrltln the! aulhoi'Hv pf .a,
finnt of iit-nnosed rovenuo "bills
yes,tenlay afternoon withdrew their,.
tn'oasttre '10 .givo a cipar pain aoi
(lie governor's proposed income
lax and tllhing bills. This unloads
the luxation nnd"" revonuo commit
tees' hopier so that It can grind
on the governor's grist.
Representative' Rchulmerleh with
draw his bill which would, have
nlnnts in Oregon,
Turner's Charges t-aii
'Fraud and- had faith were both
absent when tho state text book
commission met last November 15
and adopted text books for use In
the schools, according to the find
ings of tho special senate commit
tee appointed to Investigate. Its
findings were made known last
night. Ono public hcnrlng' was held
In the course of (he Inquiry. No
company has n monopoly of. the
text hook business in Oregon, the
luvostlgulors found.
. Court Bllf Killed.
On grounds Hint the legislature
has no right to dictate to the
members of the supremo court
how or what length they should
write their opinions (he revision of
laws committee of the senate to
day roturned an adverse report on
house hill 372 and it. was killed by
luderiulle postponement. It was
Introduced In the house by the
committee on constitutional law
and provided that, the supreme
court wrlto memorandum opinions.
The house passed a hill intro
duced by ltepresenlatlve Graham.
of Washington county mailing It a
felony for any one to break out of
jail or to nssist some oik1 rise to
du KO.
FATHER ATTORNEY
ORCUTT SUFFERS,
SECOND STROKE
Allorney A. N. Circuit left this
afternoon by automobile for .Port
hind In rcsnonxo to a message an-
uoimelug the critical lllqcss ot his
father. J. If. Orcult. The elder
Mr. Oreull, who la S3 yours of age.
hist night suffered a second stroke
of paralysis and Is In a very seri
ous condition, according to the
message received. He Is nt the
tile homo of his daughter, Mrs. B.
W. Cnolev. where he has been
making his homo for a number of
years. Mrs. A. N. Orcult Is going
as far as t'orvallls Willi her hus
band and will laler go on Into
I'oi lbind to Join him there, but will
first visit with their daughters at
t'orvallls.
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ASHLAND AND
ROSEBURG . WILL
PLAY BASKETBALL
The ltnselmrg senior hlch school
basketball team Is to play Ashland
tonight at the local gym. The
Ram.l Is expected to he a good ono.
as the two tennis are retKirted to 1
of he evenlv matched. The basketball
fans of the city have been afforded
seme excellent exhibitions of the
game this year, not only at the
senior high school hut at the
lurlor high school an well. After
tho game tonight the senior high
school will have only three moro
home games this season. -
The junior high school has a
game scheduled with Cnmns Vnl-1
ley for Saturday night.
(Auuvlatwl I'reid L.-aw-d Wire.) ..
, TOHTLAND, Ore,., Feb 4. Good
butler Is '-more plentiful In the lo
cal market and prices are gagging.
On the exchange today top grades
are a, fraction lower while ordinary
stock remained unchanged, nar
rowing (the", margin' down to Jl
cents between extra grade and
firsts when ordinarily there should
bo from 4 to 5 cents a pound dif
ference.. . .' ' . 1
Extras, standards, and prime
first are down a half cent at 45
cents, 445 cents and 44 cents re
spectively. Cube, first are still
holding at 43J cents.
No change has- been made in
print prices or butterfat bids but
receipts continue Heavy and stocks
are Inclined to accumulate. This
may result In prices being revised
downward In the nenr future. ''
Medium grnde or pullet eggs
and current, receipts are a .cent
higher on the local exchange to
day at 26 cents. Top grades re
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main unchanged btft' tho market is
holding firm at present, levels.
Country dressed calves are weak
and lower along the street. Bulk
of sales now around 17 cents with
an occasional fancy veal going at
1JJ cents. Choice light hogs are
holding at the 17 cent level.
PORTLAND, Ore.,
Feb.,
4
Wholesale prices: -
Bids to farmer: Milk steady.
Best churning cream, 48 cents in
valley, 49 cents net shippers' track
ill zone 1: cream, delivered Port
land Sufi 52 certs per pound. Kaw
milk (4 per cent) J2.CU cwt., f. o.
b. Portland.
Poultry Bteady. Prices fully
maintained Heavy hens 2502G;
light 2021: springs nominal:
broilers soft 31 ; pekin white ducks -week has added to the confidence
30; colored nominal; turkeys, live, j of. holders of foreign-wools here.
35; dressed 40Ct43. . ! London closed at the top for the
l'otatoea weak, S1.2a$"l.S0 sack. . series and about five per cent
Onions quiet, local ?2.75?j'3.00. -above opening, prices. Primary
Nuts quiet,' Walnuts 273G: f 11-; markets tend against the buyer,
belts 19(g20; almonds 22(25; j Mohair is more actrive but hard
Brazil nuts 14l(i; Oregon chest- j ly changed In price. i ,
nuts 17J20; peanuts llfj14. Wool quotations tomorrow:
f'ascara bark nominally steady,! Scoured basis: Oregon: North
. : . " : r
S cents lb,; Oregon ', grape root
nominal.
Hop3 quiet, 1926 fuggles 25;
clusters 'lGt23; one year contracts
20; 3-y ear contracts 19, . ,
j BOSTON, Feb. 4 The Com
jmerclal Bulletin, tomorrow will
I say: t; . ...
j There is a fair, steady demand
j for - wool in the eastern seaboard
I markets, which keeps prices very
firm, although endeavors to ad
j vance prices, except on some for-
eign wools, have met with decided
! resistance on the part of the 'mills,
land it is difficult to see -where
'.prices are quotably dearer -this
j week than last on domestic wools.
The slight Increase in strength
the foreign markets again this
ern $1.0S1.05;;' fine '.and "fine
medium clothing .90.95; valley
number 'l, .90'g.B5. : ' ' -
Mohairs: Best combing ,73
,75; best carding .5S).60.)
PORTLAND,! Ore., Feb. 4.-i
Wheat: BBB hard white $1.37;
hard white, bluestem, baart 1-36;
federation, soft white, western
white, northern spring $1.35; hard
winter' $1.33; western red $1.30.
W. O. CLINGER TO
CONDUCT MODERN
LA GRANDE HOTEL
j (Auocbted Pre Lewd Wire.)
LA GRANDE, Ore., Feb. A Fol
lowing announcement that W. C.
Becktell, : Portland realtor, .will
build a six-story modern hotel here
this spring and that the present
proprietor of the Foley hotel will
erect a seven-story hotel this
year, Julius Roesch, local capital
ist, announced today that 5252,000
had been subscribed by local peo
ple for the purpose of building a
six or seven-story hotel here this
spring, -in -the -East Adams -section
of the business district.
Business men of the community
feel confiddnt that a new hotel will
result .from, the various projects
but some iexpreBS ilouttt that more
than one of the three will eventual:
ly be builtv - : ', . ; ' !
L. S. - Week's, local realtor, re?
Becktell that the -construction con
ceived word, this '.morning' from
I tract, would be let February -21 and
that the, hotel has already been
leased to JV. O, dinger, formerly
of KOseburg, jor iu years. , , j
LINDSEY'S IDEA
FINDS SUPPORTER
; (AuocUted PreM "Ltuod Wire.) ' ' -.
"DENVER, Colo., Feb. 4. The
Denver Morning Post today quotes-.
Mrs. E. Haldeman-JUllus, wire ot,
the Kansas publisher and niece of
Jan6 Addams. Chicago social work'
er, as approving the "companionate I
marriage" idea advanced by Judge
Ben E'. Llhdsey ot tho Denver ju
venile court., .
Mrs. Haldeman-Julius, the . first
adulu. publicly- to , endorse. the
pudge's plan, declared her wlllinfj-
ness, for her 16-year-old daughter
'to "outer into such a marriage as
the first'step In' the selection of a
uie, mate,; inej-osi sajs..
It U s legal marriage to be per
formed by a clergy or a juj'ge precisely-
as any marriage Is' today
performed.; It 'h the exact oppo
site of trial marriage' as that term
is qommonly .oindaiKtood.'":' , ; .
HOUSE HAS BILL? j i
BASED ON IDEAS '
H V, OF PATTERSON
' " ' (Continued from page 1.)
slon of the income tax proposal to
the people at a' special election at
an early date, may go. in . this after
noon or may jje held back .until tho
first of next week.i.v .' 1 '
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We have a complete - stock ; dft"
Planet Jr. seeders and hand culti
vators. Wharton Bros, v j ! ;
rr-o '. ' ', ; 5- .,