hursday, July 3, 1952
J3ROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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depends on its mother for food.
TED L. FREEMAN
But it grows rapidly and soon is
on its own. In less than three
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weeks it has its eyes open and no
O FFIC E
longer needs milk.
By the time it is two months
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old. the white-footed mouse is ful
ly grown. It is seven and a half
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DENN
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COMPANY
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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
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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!
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Phone 23-2
Elkton, Oregon
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