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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1952)
Thursday, July 24, 1952 <1 4 Along Azalea BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Row nice thing about nasturtium s, ev- I eryone can grow them, and with the minimum of effort can enjojz a long period of brilliant blooms. This is a good flower to sta rt the youngsters on as their first intro duction to the field of floriculture. The vigorous growth will sustain their enthusiasm and the prim i tive colors will appeal to their young hearts. • * * • By Mrs. E. F. Rapraeger \ 1 like Ju n e th e best of all the PAGE ELEVEN prefer small crustaceans and mi ily, Howard Adams family, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. C. H unter M artin nor forms of anim al and plant life and Mrs. W illard Graham. Mrs. of W enatchee, Wash., friends of found in the plankton currents. Alice Overman and children and Mr and Mrs. C. W. Dam. called W hales are warm-blooded and Mrs. M arguerite W’att. on them Wednesday of last week. nurse their young. It is believed, that a com ’ has one calf at a time at about two-years intervals. In the case of whales seen off the Oregon coast the breeding grounds are probably in California and 1 Mexico. The calves are born in the early spring. The bulls, cows V. and calves seen in the sum m er are probably m igrating along the ' coast. Although whales are seen at all seasons of the year they are discerned most readily in the From This Date (Thursday, July 24, ,953) sum m er and fall when the sea is calm and the spouts are most noticeable. Isn't this a wonderful place to live where you can grow gardens It il l Be Know n As on the seashore and see whales playing about in the ocean on the edge of your garden? ga len m onths but I like July too. July is the m onth when the flower bo; ders a r e generally excellent an 1 the sum m er annuals are giv- ili) an abundance of color. In the Vegetable garden cauliflowers and gT* • ns are flourishing. If green peas had no food value w hatso D uring the week a school ot ever, I still would plant them just whales spouted off-shore in the for the sheer joy of eating them. bay near the m outh of the Chetco. I In o u r flower garden the sw eet Their exact size is hard to d e te r peas are now at their best. We mine but they were probably 60 he e been picking ofT pods and feet or thereabouts in length. Withered flowers from the sweet Their broad black backs glist peas in order to promote more ened when they came to the su r and b etter blooms. We have also face and as they spouted a mist been giving them an application ot vapor and w ater appeared of liquid m anure. We m ake this looking much like a small geyser b\ putting a sack of anim al m a on the surface of the sea. nure in a pail or large container Perhaps no group of m am m als filled w ith w ater and a fte r two is so little known or so difficult or three days apply the steeped to study as the whale. We land liquid m anure to the sweet peas. lubbers see them very briefly as Tom atoes also like this tr e a t they come to the surface to blow. m ent. M ention of liquid m anure \e rn o n Bailey in his book on the rem inds me of my fath er who M ammals of Oregon, lis s about was an avid gardener and a great two dozen species of whales or The pastor, Manson Metcalf, of advocate of liquid m anure. Dad m am m als which could easily be the local Seventh-Day Adventist lived in London, England, where tlio ingredients for liquid m anure m istai. ,i for whales. The largest church, and a large num ber of Mere not easy to obtain. W henever of these s said to be about 100 m em bers are attending the an a horse came down the street dad feet in length with a weight of nual cam p-m eeting a t Gladston __ 1>|V iiin 17 to 27. The first rushed out with his bucket and 147 tons which would m ake it the Park. July largest creatu re ever to appear three days of the m eeting were •hovel and acted as street clean e r for the benefit of his garden on this earth, even exceeding in devoted to the a rt of sour win- size the dinosaurs of early days, j ning, with Elder D. N. Reiner, m uch to our am usem ent. ' While this article is being w ri;- lome m isisonary secretary of the ten, J. J. O ’Connell, m anager of Oregon Conference, as chairm an, Are your n asturtium s blooming the W eyerhauser Sawmill at Pot- O thers taking part were Elder nicely? Everyone who attended latch, Idaho, ¿topped for a visit. George Vanckm an of the minis- th e flower show during the Azalea W hen he was a young man h. ‘eLal association, Elder J. E. Ed Festival received a packet of nas served aboard a whaling ship in wards, of the home missionary de tu rtiu m seeds because this is the garden club flower for 1952. I ex- these w ater and mentioned one partm ent of the general confer jpect m any gardens in the area voyage when they took two fin ence, E lder L. E. Biggs, president are now ablaze w ith the vivid back while and two hum p-back of the Oregon Conference, and C S. Joyce, home m issionary secre- blooms in a full a rra y of colors whales in this vicinity. The food of whales is quite var- tary of the N orth Pacific Union Which even a skilled artist could ,e " S ° f a Whalc Amon* 'hose KoinK from th i, never quite reproduce. My small hit h swallowed a preacher named area include the G ilbert Christen d a u g h te r planted some n a s tu r tium s this spring painstakingly Jonah but most whales seem to sen family, Karl O stenberg fam pushing each seed into the ground w ith the aid of a stick and then •he prom ptly forgot them . In Local Adventists Attend Conference — OCEAN "Drive-In7 THEATRE— ip ite of th e in a tte n tio n the flowers appeared and she is now very proud of her garden. That is the • • • I SEA LED BIDS will be received Itric t projects The hoard of direc- Itors o f School D is tric t No 17C btserves ’ he right t o reject ait) lor all bids and to waive formal- I ities. DORA E. BEAULIEU, Clerk, School D istrict No. 17CL July 17 and 25, 1952. Call For Bids Scaled bids for construction of a second story to the fire hall Mill be received by the City Clerk up to 6 p. m. Tuesday evening. July 29 at his office. Plans and specifi cations may be obtained at the Up.' O e rk 's office. A 10r < perform ance bond Mill be required to accompany each The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. R V. GUERRETTAZ. City Clerk BROOKINGS AUTO PARTS Across Trom Shell Service Station Box 596 D R IL L — F E A T U R I N G — Brookings^ Oregon A W ELL Phone 2274 NOW! 6 or 8-inch Wells for Irrigation LES SHANAHAN 18 Years Experience Inquire at Texaco Service Station or .... Corner M em ory Lane and Del N orte Lane ONE- AND TW O -R O O M COTTAGES C O M P L E T E L Y E U R N IS IIE D housekeeping — by week or month SUNSET MOTEL OFFICE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS —On H w y. 101— 5 miles north of Crescent C ity— A t Wonder Stump Road N O T IC E by the Clerk of School D istrict b-'o. 17C, Brookings, C urry Coun- ty. Oregon, at her post office ad- Iress in Brookings up to 12 P. M . A ugust 2. 1952, for the erection cl a 36x40 foot sheet alum inum school bus garage. All bids m ust X* sealed and labeled. Plans and specifications may be seen at th e office o f O. D. Arp, r ity building inspector, Brookings. Oregon. Successful bidder to fur- tish all labor and m aterials, and Ito comply with the Oregon school llaw regarding labor on school dis- Y. & M . AUTO M O TIVE PARTS CARVER-HUSEBY ELECTRIC CO. "Two Tickets To Broadway" “ N o Job Too Big or Too S m all" Industrial and Residential Installation and Sales! M otor re w inding and electrical maintenance! — and— Il e aie equipped to give your electrical need "Passage West" our immediate attention I G E O R G E D A E IO N , Manager, Fern Street Phone 2944, across street from Chetco Inn (lily 25 and 26— Friday anti Saturday i Inly 27 and 28— Sunday and Monday | "Barefoot Mail Man" — and— Crcsswifids" • € • j July 29, 30 and 31— I tiesday to Thursday "Mrs. Mike" < Mfc’T »«¥ PROPERTY SA — and— 7 LEVEL ACRES "As Young As You Feel" Three blocks South of Post Office; • © 9 August 1 and 2— Friday and Saturday "Rogue River" —and— "Beau Geste" 5-rooin modern house w ith circulating ' Fireplace. Shrubs, some fru it trees. TERMS! WALTER W. WOLLAM Brookings, Oregon
