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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1952)
hursday, July 3, 1952 J3ROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON PAGE E L E V E N inches long,, including a tail that Mr. Gill, owner of the Gill Apts, LOCAL NEWS Mrs. Adrian McDonald, who as measures three and a half inches. W. Fletcher, of the Oregon Jour " a s in town Tuesday on business sists at the kitchen at the Chetco Its txxiy is plump and. for a small nal is registered at the Chetco Inn and called on the Chapin family Inn, suffered a heart attack last creature, it has large ears and tor a short stay in this area. which manages the apartments. j"eek, and is now at Medford. I eyes, and a long head. True to its name, the write Life is short for White-Footed louse. They are old at the age of footed mouse has white feet. The iree. and they hardly ever live undersides of its body - is white, ---- . be more than five. To survive ,o°- Its heat1’ back and sides ma>’ hat long, they must stay out of j lawn, brown or gray Because it is so dull in color, le clutches of their enemies. Some of them are lucky and the little animal does not attract void capture. But according to much attention as it scurires about he National Wildlife Federation, looking for food. It feasts on intold numbers are seized and many kinds of seeds and nuts, and >aten by hawks, owls, skunks, it also likes snails and insects. Besides the meals which it eats every day, it collects supplies and stores them away. In its cheek pouches, it carires grain and bits of nuts to the hiding place where it saves foods for the winter. White-footed * Mouse! GANTIC | Warehouse Like th e ir gray cousins. W hite- Footed Mice are usually looked upon as pests. They eat valuable grain, and sometimes they dam age houses and barns. By eating © 1 9 5 1 Notionol Wildlife Federation insects, though, they make up for White-Footed Mouse part of the trouble which they cause. teasels, minks, foxes, and snakes Despite this toll, white-footed lice are plentiful in nearly all parts of the United tSates. Some We wish to thank our neigh times they live in buildings, but bors and friends for their assist they get along just as well in the fields and woodlands. In all kinds ance ami sympathy at the time of weather, summer or winter, of our baby’s passing. they make the best of what they Wendell and Grayce Bartholomew I have. On grassy plains, Write-Footed I Mice burrow in the ground. In Livestock forests, they may dig their shel ters under rocks, stumps, and Hay — Grain logs, or they may live in the hol lows of trees Because they are good at climbing, they sometimes go high above the ground to find tree holes or old bird nests in which to make their homes. < l n the spot which they choose, the parents carefully build a nest of plant materials. In it they raise several litters of young each year. There are from three to seven BROOKINGS, OREGON babies in a litter. At birth, a white-footed mouse is tiny, blind, and helpless. It is W. L. CAMPBELL only an inch and a half long, and P H O N E 2281 depends on its mother for food. TED L. FREEMAN But it grows rapidly and soon is on its own. In less than three P H O N E 2625 weeks it has its eyes open and no O FFIC E longer needs milk. By the time it is two months P H O N E 2411 old. the white-footed mouse is ful ly grown. It is seven and a half |.Jj SALE Card of Thanks DENN Trucking Co. COMPANY ------A N D ------ D ENN W H O L E S A L E COMPANY Gibbs Lumber Company Building HAULING Brookings Livestock & SUPPLY Easy Street Brookings, Oregon N a ils , 8 a n d 16 bo x , ¡ k t k e g $1 I .(M) N a ils , 8 a n d 16 c o m m o n , p er k e g S i 0.5 « 3 0 -g allo n u p r ig h t w a te r h e ate rs, o u r price Regular price $107.50 $ 7 2 .5 0 40 g a llo n u p r ig h t w a te r h e a te rs, o u r p ric e Regular price, $116.95 $80 .0 0 5 foot R ecess B a th -tu b s, c o m p le te $ 7 9 -5 0 I T o ile ts , c o m p le te $ 3 2 .5 0 to S 4 2 .5 0 W a s h b asin s, c o m p le te w ith all trim $ 2 7 .5 0 to $ 3 6 .5 0 4 in c h S. 11. S oil, ¡ k t fo o t «5 A ll c a st-iro n fittin g s Available at Eow Pru e M a lle a b le g o o d s a n d D u r h a m g o o d EASTER LILY 20% D isc o u n t S h o w e r stalls, re g u la r $ 7 2 .5 0 , o u r p rice $ 5 2 .5 0 • J r Gan Supply AH Plumbing Needs! • Wanting Stock Deep-well a n d »Shallow -w ell pum p sy stem s 12-2 w ire , 7c p e r fo o t 20% I )iscount 14 2 w ire , 6c per foot C h r o m e K itc h e n S to o ls w ith ste p la d d e r ACE AND CROFT PURE S T R A IN DISEASE TREE C o re y E le c tric A flto m a tic C o ffee B re w ers ?o°/ I )iscount H o m e F re e z e rs , E lec tric R a n g e s a n d R e frig e ra to rs — 2 0 % D isc o u n t 222-lh. I h ic k h u tt S h in g le s, per square 4 5 -lb. S m o o th A p p ro x im a te ly 400 boxes a v a ila b le »it $ 7.00 R oll R o o tin g , $ 2 .-pi; 55-lh. 9 0 -lb . M in e ra l S u rfa c e , $ 3 .6 0 ; 15-lh. b e lt, $ 2 .8 0 ; 40 lb fall d ig g in g . Eicld Inspection Invited Now! 5^0'Teei S lie a tliih g , $ $ .3 0 ; K ra ft p a p e i, 500 feet Available on order soon in stock. A lu m in u m • Reduced prices for quantity lots! R o o fin g , (» a lv a n iz e d R o o fin g , Re in fo rc e m e n t R od a n d s tru c tu ra l steel W hat I A N 't in ntoek, in ran supply at a discount. Mail order departm ent on thous and* of item* v e ran *ell at a tremendous *ai'ing, W eekly Service! MACK HEDDEN É Phone 23-2 Elkton, Oregon . ® Sale Starts July 5— Open Sunday •
