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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1973)
Visitors to state decrease branched also and be clothed to the ground. Even where protected, the trees do not Oregon has four species of a tta in the heighth of the five needle pines, the White mountain representatives. Pine group We also have three O rig in a lly , the name species of the three needle Murryana was proposed for the pines, the principal one of mountain type, but, as noted which is the Ponderosa. above, no sexual differences Of the two needle pines, we could be detected of have but one species This is the sign ifican ce. The name Lodgepole pine Found in two Murryana is still used by some e n tire ly d iffe re n t en botanists, but only as a varietal vironments, this has led to two nature. I have seen specimens types evolving, yet the of both grown here in the sim ilarities are such that it is valley, a no-mans land that lies still considered but a single between the two chosen species. habitats of this pine. The two needle pine of the The warm er summers here coast is considered the type and make the coast version stretch its often wind contorted shape out until in form it resembles led to the botanical name of its m ountain b rethren. Pinus Contorta. However, it retains its coastal Now any of you who have been characteristics of thin shorter in the extensive Lodgepole pine needles in denser con forests of the east slope ce n tra tio n . In a batch of Cascades would wonder how seedlings grown from seed this pine came to be called collected at the coast, an ex co nto rta. These m ountain ceedingly la rg e am ount of lodgepoles are long slender variation exists. A few of these trunked straight trees with a closely appro xim a ted the clean trunk topped w ith an open mountain form. oval shaped head on the upper It is the lodgepole pine of the third. These Cascade trees mountains that gave the pine have wide thick heedles which its common name The Indians are not too densely packed on did travel there to get the long the twigs. The cone is rather straight poles for their lodges. oval in shape, almost like the In the mountains this tree often shape of a football. gets over 100 feet tall. Studies in Take a look at the coast both habitats indicate that the version It is densely needled tree may live to be about 250 w ith ra th e r th in narrow years old. At the coast, a needles As a rule these coast patriarch of this age would not pines have shorter needles also. be a large tree. It seems to be The cones are noticeably the heat of the summer in the tapered and are large only at mountains that draws out the the end where they attach to the growth to fu ll potential in this twig The tree may be densely species. For the first tim e in the h isto ry of th e ir operation, Oregon's six port of entry in- fo rm a tio n centers closed showing a lower total visitor count than that recorded the previous year During the 1973 six-month season which ended Oct. 31, the centers greeted 207,924 visitors as compared to the 210,304 assisted in 1972. H owever, where 1972-73 com parisons could be made, the seasonal average decrease was about 15 per cent Victor B Fryer, travel in formation director for the State Highway Division, pointed out that the visitor counts actually were down more than is in dicated by the 1973 totals which include re p o rts from the centers at Brookings, with the latter center having opened for the firs t tim e last May In d iv id u a lly , 1972-73 com parisons reveal th a t in formation center visitor counts were off from 3 per cent to as much as 30 per cent. The Siskiyou c e n te r had 73,443 visitors, 3.2 per cent fewer than last year. Portland reported 37,109, a drop of 26.1 per cent; Lodgepole THE BATON twirlers who will thrill ■ football crowds in the future could be in this class. This baton class taught by .Mrs. Wilma Duff is part of the program offered by the Sandy Community School. This class will be again taught in the winter class schedule. ( Post Photo) Astoria 21,530, off 18 1 per cent; and Klamath 14,583, off 31 per cenl The Ontario center had *5.4 per cent fewer visitors <32,174) over a comparable “ “ five-month period this year than it greeted in 1972 The six- month Ontario total was 37,761 while the total at the new Brookings center was 23.498 THESE FOOD OOYS ! Prices Effective thru W ednesday, Nov. 21 223rd & Stark ZIMS 12-MILE CORNER ORDER YOUR COUNTRY STORE FRESH HOLIDAY TURKEY OCEAN FRESH Oysters lOoz. 98' Pork Sausage lb 98 c Sliced Bacon a$1 29 Poultry Stuffing 2!4,„, 8 9 ‘ Cheese *LL CIITS 1 0 % off Ground Beef ..B 8 9 c Chuck Steak LB 8 9 c $149 Beef Rib Roast LB J. I LB. Tom Turkeys Hen Turkeys w .. lb 79‘ NO W !! » e^mvIER BRANC A A R ESERS D A R IG O LD FRESH D A IL Y U S D A CHOICE U .3.D .A .C H O IC E . LARGE END LYN D EN FR O ZEN. _ . 18 22 lb . Ave. LYN D EN FR O ZEN, 10 14 lb Ave. l) FLAV-R PAC, 12-01. Can ORANGE JUICE NESTLES KRAFT SALAD BOWL QUICK POPSRITE SALAD DRESSING M o u n tain Lodgepole POPCORN le ™ ZEE -I* .6 9 ' NAPKINS DARIGOLD CUBED BUTTER 2^89c 2 39c ^,49* e 99c ^39c JACK-O-LANTERN V*’ YAMS LIBBY 29 o i TIN ®* PUMPKIN ,5® M® 29c 59e - 3/89c „ ,3 /8 9 c WHIP TOPPING NABOB JAMS VEGETABLES — CRANBERRY SAUCE .................................................... Strawberry Half Pint .................... ...................................... DELMONTE OCEAN SPRAY Ballard or Pillsbury BISCUITS COFFEE TOWELS V IV A 3 “ s2” S "38' MARSHMALLOWS TOILET TISSUE 4 / s1°° N O RTHERN Radishes or Green Onions Celery Sandy Trail Riders meet The riding meets are the third and fourth Mondays of each month at Rogers Stables We had our special meeting Nov 12. We decided to have a bake sale at the Gresham M all Nov 17 from 10 a m. to 4 p.m « ftc Bu I U Freeh & Crisp ................. p, Theft reported The Sandy police reported that some time over the past weekend the Sandy grade school reported a theft. Reported taken was a first aid kit from a bus and an unknown amount of gas K R A FT . Reg. or Min 10-oz. Pkg l s Pinus C ontorta (coast v a rie ty ) Sandy T ra il Riders had their first meeting Oct 22 at the home of the 4-H leader, Mrs. Nancy Gardner We nominated the officers that night. Beth Gardner is president, Tammy Akars, vice president; Bev Muck, secretary; and song and game committee, Tammy Akars and Cheryll Lusk. News reporter is Cheryll Lusk. M ike B rockw ay is sergeant-at-arms. The next business meeting w ill be Dec 3 at the Lusk home. SHERBET PUTNAM'S IN N POTATOES 1 O . 89 8-oz. Tube By Cheryll Lusk STANDARD DAIRY S / M 00 QUIP KRAUT NIVEL CABBAGE ORANGES Lb. Zina's 1 2 - M IL I 5 19 EMPEROR GRAPES 5.,sr° 3u,s1 ” C ountry S to re 2 2 3 rd A S ta r k Hours 9 a m. 9 p.m Daily 9 a m -8 p.m S unday
