BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS. OREGON
The Black Willow
The Black Willow, like other
nh^mbers of the willo family, is
not a strong, sturdy tree, No
one would think of felling and
trimming if into planks and
beams. It just isn’t straight and
stout enough to give us fine lum
ber.
It is an attractive tree, though,
and helpful, too.
The job it
does best is to hold soil together.
Where Black Willows sink their
©National Wildlife Federation
Black Willow
roots, it is harder for spattering
rain and flowing water to wash
away valuable dirt.
Even the wood of the Black
Willow is tiseful at times. Al
though it isn’t what builders
want, it is good for making ex-
celsior, boxes, crates, baskets,
and wicker furniture.
The chances arc that you have
seen this tree, because it grows
in so many parts of the United
Stattes. The National Wildlife
. M. G. BECKER
Real Estate Broker
*4-mile north on Highway 101
Federation reports that Black
Willows are common over most
of the eastern Half of the coun
try. There aren’t so many of
them farther west, but they
do grow in spots all the way to
California.
The most likely place to find
them is along streams and In
other wet places where there is
plenty of light. ; They thrive
from sea level to altitudes of
2,000 feet or more.
tian al
Wildlife
Washington, D. C.
P age N ine
Federation,
A fractured arm was ihe result, weeks untjl the new manager
of a horseback accident for Geor-l arives front Sacramento to take
gie Mackey this week. She was over.
a patient of Dr. White along
with Barry Sage, who had a
Attorney and Mrs. Ed F. Ack tonsilectomx on Tuesday.
ley returned earl» last week
Mrs. Agnes Whpe has sold her
from a business trip which took property at the north end i 1 the
them over much of eastern Ore- Choteo River bridge D j S. L.
Ran and to New Plymouth, Idaho. Goodson, who has taken posses
LOCAL NEWS
Barber Shop
H. J. Weigel leit Friday for sion. Mrs. White is making her
Portland to undergo medical home temporarily with Mrs. O. B.
Clark near the Winchuck.
W here it has enough moisture treatment for an old back in
jury
which has been bothering
and sunshine, the Black Willow
A six-pound, one-ounce son
him
for
some time.
reaches full growth at fifty to
was born at the Brookings Clinic
seventy years of age. By that
driver's license examiner । on August 11 to Mr. and Mrs.
time, it may stand a hundred or will be at the Grange hall in Howard Gardner, and he has
more feet in height.
Harbòr on Thursday, August 23 been named Rip Wayne.
Except in Winter, when its front 1 to 5 p.m. Anyone interest-
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gardner
leaves are gone, the tree is thick ed jn taking the examination
and green with long, slender should be at the hall well ahead are parents of a six-pound boy.
twigs. Filling the twigs are the of the colsin/g hour so that they
Mr. and Mrs. Al Baker and
narrow green leaves which are will have time to complete tests.
family left th(' latter part or last
trademark of a willow tree.
Thompson has been week for Timber Lodge, S. Dak.,
The Black Willow’s leaves
where they are purchasing a
measure from three to five inch- ’ brought home from the Seaside
ranch. They have been on the
es in length, and taper down to hospital, but must remain in bed
Vogel
ranch up the Winchuck
a fine point. They are a shining for some time. He was in the
for
the
past two years. Mr. and
yellow-green on both sides— a bit hospital about two weeks
Mrs. Howard Wallace will be ini
darker on the top than on the
Mrs. Lulu Moore of McMinn charge of the ranch for a few
bottom.
ville was a Brookings and Harbor
In the spring, clusters of tiny
visitor last week, where she visit
Howers grow among the leaves,
ed her son and daughter-in-law,
The flowers hang in tassels
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hurst, and
which are from one to four inch
also Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ken
es long. When the tassels ripen,
nedy. She has gone on to Eur
they shed cottony seeds.
eka to visit another daughter.
Wind and water carry the
Mrs. .Moore is an old-time resi
seeds far and wide. They soon
dent of the area..
begin to sprout tiny fibres which
take hold of the soil and hang
Mr. and Mrs. John Cavitt of
on. . Some of the seeds win the Ulm. Mont., are visiting the home
battle for survival and slowly of Mrs. Cavitt’s uncle and aunt.
grow into trees.
Mr. apd Mrs. A. H. Newton, and
But this isn’t theonly way that other relatives. Mrs. Cavitt w’ll
Black Willows get a start. Ac be remembered as Norma Hol
cording to the National Wildlife land.
Federation, twigs often drop
from the big trees and lodge
along the banks of streams.
Slicking in the mud, the end of
a twig takes root and begins to
grow. It, too. may become a
full-size Black Willow.
on
Interesting
information
other wildlife species can be oh-
atined by writing to the Na-
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