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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1946)
I i BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON a t of tht. C roft L ily J* I ‘J 11 THURSDAY, AUGUST i /r.\ talk ng h a lf of the road in th e slig h te st degree to the I listened in on a conclave of the th e n w ent out into the « rrnddlt of tie clipping its plum es, will not hes- first h u m an beings en g ro ssed in ap p lied this -Hush-Hush: d i n t is, th is ita te to destroy it. This is an easy th e ir first discussion of th e prob- ophy to the lives of its i escape from ta sk to accom plish as th e bird lems confronting the tribe. It m ay scen d en ts who were tc i recks, on a numb* r o f otcasions stan d s im moble w ith its h e a d be th a t th e first o strich heard j on alo n g the paths of stu ck deep into a buje, o r in the one of th e first m en re p ly to a , C ould it be th at this is tb j s e tm t d alm ost im possible. stand. loquacious fellow -m em ber, “H u s h ,. w hy th e ostrich now It seem s to lie the fa v o rite pa - T he pity of the sight is th a t I Hush. Don’t ta lk a b o u t such j h ead into a hole in the , tim e of m any m o to rists to pass C ould be! ¡a n o th e r c a r on a blind curve. On n a tu re has provided th is feath ered things ” c re .itu re w ith the m eans to pro- ft m ay be th a t th e first o strich ; th ree occasions. n e a r Coos Bay, A Pilot fa I ca rs ro ared around the bus, al- tect itself ag ain st a tta c k . It has . j *’ t m ost to collide w ith a n o th e r c a r been given speed in excess of al- before they w ere fa r enough in m ost every o th e r thing th a t w alks ¡fro n t of the bus to cross th e y el upon the e a rth . A vicious slash low strip, and hack into th e p ro p of its arm oured claw s brings a l e r lane. On each occasion, the m ost suddent d eath to an aggres-1 bus d riv e r w as a le rt and saved sor. It is big, it is tough, it has the p o ten tialitie s th a t could de w hat m ight have been a velop it • into a m onarch in its situ atio n . h a b ita t. I On one of these, occasions, lie T herefore, the question n a tu r told people in the bus th a t he ally arises as to why the ostrich ICE CREAM TO TAKE HOME alw ays drove like eyeryqne else perform s in such a silly m anner, * » . s • on the road w as a “dam ned fool.' T he answ er to this question m ay Roads of this area are not e x be found in conjecture. It is pos-1 a ctly enticing fo r speedsters, yet si hie th at the original o strich Sense And Some /<//•■/ out of tin I'Hbi. E , a pttonal N 0 N S E N S E - ; ¿reyhound busm en Newspapers CHAD F O U N T A IN S E R V IC E Magazines b v Tobaci ' u < u i t is surprising to see how m any o "H ard ly <i m an is now alive u t-o f-sta te cars seem to be in a h u rry to rt ach th eir df stination who topped .tin hill at sc. nty- haw tht y “r u t corn» rs,” /task five," read a B urm a S have ad, car» w ithout heed o f what may hot far from P o rtlan d . May lie it Is am using to the averag e citizen bt around tin corner and out of sight, bona.thing m u st be dont to lead uch. especially com ing iro n , H un,,., Shave, w hich a l w a y s , ^ t m g la w , ">».t be id tries „ , he in all Us ad- vertising. , Bus drivers arc required to tak e ED AND MENDY, Authorized Distributors not only a physical exam ination J u st how w itty does this jtn g h each six nionths, but a rc also suund to the am rug, citizen m l req u ired to keep ab reast w ith all this a ita * A ctu a lly is it.s illy a t driv in g rules, no m a tte r w hat the a l l ' 8curcely a day passes u h c n ; stHie or city> Such m ust sooner th e average citizen picks up his or la ler llccome (rue Wlth drivers , ,,„d read » / ear aee,. an y jf , , „ s (Tjn,,,.. d e n i, ,,f d e a th , a/ /r ia h ttu l in- ()f people is Io be slopped. ju r u s being suffered by innocent people w ho try to drive w ith ca u tion and com m on se n se ! The Ostrich P erh a p s but a few Pilot read- el's had the p leasu re of m eetin g one A udrae N u ttb ro ck of D ayton, who en listed in the navy in his ju n io r y e a r of high school and who was, only about a m onth ago. discharged a lte r having been in sev eral Pacific invasions. He had re tu rn e d home, and w ith his la th e r, had planned at one tim e to move to Brookings. HAi/e this has h i * bearing on th, ease, it is m en tio n ed to re - e>ill the h,d to those w ho did mt t f him <>n a visit here in A p ril Audrat , a lw a ys popular am ong all his fello w stu d en ts, took to Port- land an old tea m -m a te, a w eek ago Sunday. On his return hom e t * . , . < n y ! i , „ in s f r,,'n home, ht was in sta n tly killed w hen h o was hit by a n other one that Vu» s fn ti mg, T h ir e a re hundreds of thous en d s of “A udrae N u ttb ro ek s ’ m th is nation of ours Biding w ith h im Is A Silly Bird Editor's N o te W hile tht' author to remain anonym ous, tins contribution, nevertheless, c o r n - publw ation. fh e O strich has 1 cn pit! .red a > a bird that hides n> head in a hole at the approach of danger, • he p o rtra it ot this fowl w ith its head sticking into the stan d and its netherm ost jan tio n sticking up as an invitation to assa u lt by any p red ato r is fam iliar to e v e r y school child. View mg th is odd ch a rac te ristic of th is fe ath ere d ( creatu re. one m ay only conclude that u is a silly bird. N ature h is prov idl'd gorgeous ( COMPLETE LUBRICATION SERVICE BE S P IC A N D S P A N A LW A Y S Dave Ls Electrolux Your Car Upholstery! 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I}) ‘S-nij (¿ Á u ' i l An 1 s ’rich PHinw mav poss, ss v;,,ue ” r ns ,ts c r iC’n a l Pre- du<'” r *s cone, ru e d an d th e re fo ri d ,n a > little cu re nor lor.g re m*‘mlx r if the plum e w as snipped otT and c a rrie d aw ay to m ark e t But th e re at*»’ those forces abroad C om ing f<> Kioi'koojx the in th e w orld who c a re nothing for bus Sunday m yh f, . uh » my oh- the w e lfare of the ostrich and » c rtu fk 'w to count or< r f/it fU)Who. if it so m uch as p ro tests B R O O K IN G S - H A R B O R Real Estate For Sale See "Pete" when in need of a home, bulb land, J At The Chetco Cafe OPEN FROM 6:30 A. M. TO 10:30 P. M. nether a SNACK or a full-eourse MEAL, we are prepared to serve You. or any property in the Brookings-Harbor Area. t Ec, SIR! 4 e have Ice ( reanu by cone or quart! Inxiiranie Coverage Eor Vour Every Need! (an { ollee is Hot—and our Drinks are Cold! Pete .1. Lesmeister Agency Ren! Estate And Insurnncv ( entral Building Brookings. 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