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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON
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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 ”
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; 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
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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.
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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
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alw ays drove like eyeryqne else perform s in such a silly m anner,
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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
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N 0 N S E N S E - ; ¿reyhound busm en
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i t is surprising to see how m any
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"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.
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Bus drivers arc required to tak e
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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
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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
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,
. < 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 (
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plum age to r the ostrich. Its long
plumes have adorned the heads of
ancient queens and g raced the
hals oi ,no<lt>rn ,adies T h(. plum vs
h a w ,MVome , hings of vaJ(Jt. fp
,H. (.oV ted
th e ,»yes ot hum an
be,nk’s F rom th e lessons of h i s - 1
,,' r> Wt haVe com e tw learn thtU J
SUt b «‘o^ets it they a re to lx* rc-
w e re th r e e o th e r pals, a lso ta in e d
pals oi th e lad whom he took
to P o rtlan d
I'hev w ere com ing
hom e, olxwing sf’x'ed laws and
ac tin g like gentlem en, which they
w e n Not yet ?1. A u d rae i, now
.1 corpse, his p aren ts beside them -
selves in grief, all because some
fools w anted to sjveed
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th e
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muM a: 4,1 tirnes bc tH 'llic'ien tlv
Pr'n’*‘ ted.
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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
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