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The Sandy Post 8 Sandy, O regon It Y Ivan H arker BARKER'S POT SHOTS < 1 The d e er season, is over except for a few cpntrolled h u n ts in specific areas to be h u n ted by those lucky enough to draw perm its. From all in dications th e general season w as a good one despite th e confusion in Salem at the beginning. G am e biologists rep o rt th a t h u n tin g pressu re w as not up to p a r d u rin g the first and second w eek ends, w ith no heavy concentrations of h u n te rs as com pared tcf past years. H ow ever, in contrast to past years, the p ressu re ALUMNI was co n stan t all d u rin g the season, w ith the heaviest, of course, ex p erien ced d u rin g th e few days w hen e ith e r sex -an im als could be taken. T hroughout th e state d eer h u n tin g w as considered good w ith probably th e highest kill m ade d u rin g e ith e r-se x hunt. A lthough th e to tal kill w ill not be d eterm in ed u n til all re p o rt card s have been retu rn ed , th e gam e com m is sion feels the d e er season w as a successful one. The kill m ay not be as high as th a t of the past tw o y ears DANCE Sandv Union High School . ORAa Alumni and Students Only November 27 -- 9 PM to 12 PM 'Live Orchestra l Refreshments Students Alumni Couple 75c Coqple $1.50 Single 50c Single $1.00 D o n 't Let Y o u r Stove' or Furnace Get Cooled O ff m . S. For Speedy Delivery CallYour Farmer's Gas & Supply SPORTS T hursd ay, N ovem ber 21, 1957 b u t in all p ro b ab ility w ill be close to the 100,000 m ark. It m ig h t be a good op p o r tu n ity to advise d e er h u n te rs to get those re p o rt card s in as soon as possible- These should be re tu rn e d w h e th er you k illed a d e e r o r not. All cards are needed in o rd e r to accu rately d eterm in e th e to ta l kill. For those of you w ho do not know , th e reg u latio n s re q u ire th a t h u n te rs re tu rn the rep o rt cards w ith in 30 days follow ing the close of th e season. F a ilu re to do so could resu lt in being denied a h u n tin g license n e x t year. So le t’s get on th e ball and re tu rn the cards- We have ju st m ade a tally of the h u n tin g casualties fo r th is y e a r and find w e have had 19 shooting accidents so far. The sad p a rt of these shootings is th a t 3 of th e 19 w ill h u n t no m ore having died a violent d e ath from gunshot w ounds. It m ig h t bp of in te re st to know th a t 12 of th e w o u n d - ings w ere caused by persons 24 y ears old or un d er. The o th er shootings w ere caused by tw o persons of 27 years, one of 42 years, one of 45 years, and th e last th re e u n know n, P erh ap s h u n te rs m ay be a little m ore cau tio u s if we took a look at som e of these shootings ju s t to u n d e rstan d how they happened. In m ost all cases w e can put the blam e on plain carelessness. In one of the deaths, th e shooter w as w alking behind w ith his w eapon pointed at th e v ictim 's back. A nd one of the card in al ru les of gun safety is not to point a w eapon at an y th in g you do not wish to’ shoot. T ere’s a n o th e r victim shot th ro u g h th e stom ach w ith a 30-30 rifle w hen his p a rtn e r saw a m ovem ent and th o u g h t it was a deer. The victim was w earing blue levis, blue denim ja c k e t open a t th e fro n t over a red flannel sh irt, and had on a b rig h t yellow cap. A nother victim ended up w ith a sh attere d leg w hen his h u n tin g p a rtn e r looked th ru th e telescope on his 30-06 rifle and thought he saw a deer. D istance w as ab o u t 20 yards. These a re ju st a few illu s tra tio n s tak en from th e state police h u n te r casu alty re ports- S everal m ore occurred w hen the shooter w as w a lk ing along w ith e ith e r th e w ill be located n e a r A storia. C o n stru ctio n of th is m o d em fish ery p la n t should be u n d e r w ay by e arly spring. Since th e G n at C reek % h atch e ry w ill be b u ilt w ith funds from th e C olum bia R iv er program , all steelh ead re a re d w ill be stocked in stream s w hich form th e Co lum bia system . These, of course, include th e C latsk a- nine, Youngs, W illam ette, Sandy, Hood, D eschutes, and o th e r stre am s and th e ir t r i b u ta rie s w hich em p ty into W ell, the O ntario gam e th e Colum bia. farm is a thing of th e past -----------CH------------ and w ill no longer be in p ro duction re a rin g upland gam e birds fo r the h u n te r’s guns. L ast m o n th the gam e com m ission sold this pheasant re a rin g area and tra n sfe rre d EU G ENE — O regon’s a n all operations to the m odern n u al football civil w a r to be H erm iston establishm ent. staged on H ay w ard field h ere th is S a tu rd a y is sh ap in g up T his is th e tim e of y ear as one of th e m ost b itte rly w hen on y o u r day off if it contested g rid iro n b a ttle s b e rain s and is nasty you go tw een th e tw o state in s titu duck h u n tin g and if it’s clear tions in m an y years. you go steelhead fishing. T uff The Ducks, w ho w ere life isn’t it? tick eted fo r last place in th e F rom all indications we coast conference th is y e ar are going to have a fishing by sp o rts w rite rs g en erally , parson in Sandy. Don Livesay is now lead in g th e pack, w ith is tak in g to the spinning reel six w ins and one d efeat in and rod like a b ird dog on coast conference play. O re a quail track. We couldn’t gon last w eek w on its rig h t th in k of a fin er guy to go to re p re se n t th e coast in th e fishing w ith. M aybe w hen we Rose B ow l on N ew Y e ar’s loose th a t big one th e air day w hen it tro u n ced S o u th w on’t be q u ite so blue if Don ern C alifornia. is along. The B eavers fro m O regon Jo h n M itchell w as re p o rt S tate can tie O regon as co ed as ta k in g a couple of nice cham pion of th e conference silvers last w eek end. Jo h n if it d efeats th e D ucks, b u t is .a m a ste r at tak in g the big if O regon w ins, as it is fa v o r ones in th e Sandy. ed to do, it w ill hold u n d is We have had no rep o rts p u ted title to th e coast foot of any steelhead being cau g h t ball crown- in th e Sandy yet. H arold ---------- CP------------- Edes cam e up w ith a dandy cu th ro a t ab o u t 18 inches. B ob Sm ith T o A ttend Slim S m ith b ro u g h t in a nice Chinook. Took Slim Ts T o u rn a m en t In R eno little w om an about a half a Bob Sm ith, v e te ra n Sandy day to get over th e shock tra p sh o o te r and p re sid en t of and realize th a t Slim had th e Sandy G un club, le ft really cau g h t th e fish. W ent T uesday fo r Reno, w h ere he som ething like this. w as to p a rtic ip a te in th e N e S lyn p ro u d ly carry in g th e vad a sta te trap sh o o tin g to u r fish cam e up to the house. n am en t w hich w as to s ta rt “W h at’s th a t? ”, says Mrs. W ednesday and co n tin u e th ru Sm ith. th e w eekend. ‘‘A salm on”, says Slim. S m ith has been atte n d in g “W here did you get it? ” th e R eno m eet each fall fo r “I cau g h t it of c o u rs e ”, th e past sev eral y ears and yelled Slim . has b ro u g h t hom e a n u m b e r of tro p h ies to show for his A new fish h atch e ry w ill prow ess as a m ark sm an . soon be u n d e r construction in O regon w hich w hen corn ’d ?ted w ill be one of the BEST IN MAGAZINES m ost m odern rearin g p lan ts AT in existance. This is the G nat C reek h atch ery , now in th e THE SANDY POST final plan n in g stage, w hich safety off or th e ham m er cocked, a p ractice fo r w hich th e re is no excuse. B ut probably th e m ost ironic of the lot w as a h u n t e r w ho sta te d he had a bad h ab it of placing th e m uzzle of his gun on his foot and leaning on it w hile w atching fo r game. On this p a rtic u la r occasion the h am m er w as back and th e gun discharged w hen he touched the trig ger, Beavers, Ducks M eet Saturday WE DELIVER IN THE SANDY AREA NEARLY EVERY DAY USE V O ’ «» CREDIT r*** - .y • ’*♦ X Stove and Furnace * Oil Accurate Metered Service W e Do Comoletfc Aatfo Rebuilding Meter Reading On Your Invoice ond finance with Let us w atch yo u r fu e l supply w ith our a u to m a tic O.M.A.C. KEEP FULL SERVICE I Terms io Suit FARMERS GAS & SUPLY Gresham Phone MO 5 2501 ACROSS FROM THE CANNERY W arranted W ork RICHARDSON CHEVROLET LOOP HIGHW AY MU 7-2681 SANDY, OREGON
