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r» a »T’ 1 lt/> Thursday, October 9, 1952 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON PAGE TEN Along Azalea Row B y M rs. E. F. R uproeger This m onth tn o u san d a of m en an d som e w om en a re cam ping in ♦’ie fo rests of O regon, quenching t.ie ir th irs t for th e w ilderness, a p a n th e r, keeping a sh a rp look ou t. O th e rs whoop and holler, stu m b le aro u n d in th e brush, and m ak e m ore ra c k e t th a n th e coast a rtille ry d efending th e n atio n al sliores. y o u r boots and h at, because a tru e w oodsm an is alw ays a gentle m an even though no ladies are present. T h ro u g h o u t th e night it get up oc- casionally m in u te in- ‘erv als to rem ove a stick o r stone 1 whic have be- com e a lot r. The big of bed is an a larm s on a Led like this lie will alw ays be glad to get up in the m orning, w oodsm en cap ab le of enjoying fo u r o r live h e a rty m eals a day o v e r a cam pfire. But not all are o f such s ta lw a rt proportions. Now then, a few w ords about A m o n g th e ir com panions a re som e gardening. W hile the m an of the w ho have b listered feet w hich „ , , house is g e ttin g the h u n tin g bug they regard w ith peculiar tender-|OU, ,)f h(> svs|,.m |h f |a()y ((| 'Wood-shedding' B y Ol Speb W ell, we did it fellas. Made a little m oney for th e lib ra ry fund and had ourselves som e fun. Hope everyone enjoyed it as m uch as i did. I th in k we should give th re e cheers to Roy B row n for th e swell job of d irec tin g he did, especially on such sh o rt notice. Also we w an t to th a n k th e C rescen t City C h a p te r for th e ir w onderful su p port for this benefit. S u re so rry you couldn’t have been th e re B rad. Say, B rad, I believe th e re a re a few guys in tiie ch o ru s who a re a bit miffed. M aybe the B asses a re m en, but w h a t’s w rong w ith th e rest of u s? I t ’s a good th in g th e crowd S a tu rd a y night w as a patienf one. O th erw ise how would the "K n ig h ts of N o te" ev er g o tten on key ? But then everyone seem ed to be having tro u b le w ith g ettin g th e ir pitch. M aybe w e’ll have b e t te r luck next tim e. Be seein ya! r *s: and th e re a re o th e rs who the house can p re p a re a w ork w o n d er w hich w ay cam p is. schedule listing fu tu re garden- W ho a re th ese th o u sa n d s? in : jobs com patible w ith his ta l S u re ly you will have guessed by en ts such as digging la te p o ta now th a t th ey a re th e h u n te rs toes. cleaning up weeds, and sp ad w ho invade O regon fo rests a t this ing th e ground for the sp rin g bulb tim e of y e a r to get th e ir venison garden w hich he can do on his o r elk. re tu rn . T h e re is a saying th a t I am told th a t the tru e test of th e tim e to plan th e next spring a w oodsm an is not th e am ount g arden is th e y e a r before last. of g am e he g ets but th e kind T h at m ay be a bit of an e x a g g e ra T he follow ing new Ixxiks have of bed he m akes when he sleeps tion but it illu s tra te s th e point been p u rc h ased from lib rary out in th e hills. I have also been th a t we g a rd e n e rs m ust alw ays fu n d s: ‘T h e Lew is & C lark Ex- told th a t th e re a re tw o w ays to »«• looking ahead. C om m ercial pe lit ion’’ by R ichard L. N eu- m ak e a bed, th e slow w ay anti grow ers have about finished b erg er; "T he Black S tallio n R e tiie q u ick way. plan tin g th e ir daffodils lor sp rin g ttu rn s" by W a lte r F a rle y : "M an In m ak in g a bed the slow way, bloom but th ere is still tim e in | of th e F a m ily ” by R alph Moody: first of all choose a level spot, the home g ard en to plant bulbs "U n d er th e S ea W ind" by R achel rem o v e all sto n es la rg e r than of all kinds. T he K ing A lfred L. C arson. peas, pick up each leaf anil twig, daffodil is a g re at fa v o rite but T h e last tw o books a re r e n t a l 1 an d w itli g re at enough ev erg reen here is an endless choice in daf- books. Also "C a p ta in B arn ev " by bou g h s for tw o beds, and c a re lodils as well as tulips, hya- fu lly place th em so th a t the cir.lhs, crocus and others. elasticity ol th e boughs m ak es an T he spring bulbs n ev er d is ex cellen t m a ttre s s T h en spread j o i n t us. D uring the long nights th e b la n k e ts w ith g re a t c a re and of w in te r w hen th e soil is as lie dow n to p leasan t dream s. cold as th e sp ra y on an ice-bound In th is h u stle and b u stle age a coast they sta y u n d erground, but (verson can s ive a lot of valu ab le w hen th e days tx»gin to lengthen tim e by m ak in g a bed th e quick and ill«* birds u gin to sing they w ay. Select a reaso n ab ly level com e fo rth in a blaze of glory to sp o t an d unroll th e b lan k ets. This tell is th a t w in te r is o v er and sav es a lot of tim e Then ju m p sp rin g is here again. It is ad in to bed w ith g reat gusto, re visable, it you can m an ag e it, to m em bering of co u rse to rem ove have all y o u r bulbs u n d erg ro u n d Ja n W escott has been donated to th e L ib rary and is a ren tal book. O ver 400 books w ere borrow ed from the L ib rary d u rin g the nonth of A ugust, and 3600 books have been loaned d u rin g th e fiscal year. L ib rary h o u rs a t p re sen t are as follows: T u esd ay : 11:00 A. M. to 1:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M. to 5 :00 P.M F rid a y : 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. T h e L ib rary is tem jxrrily s it u a te d in th e V :F :W : H all, B rook ings. News and Notes from : The Alexander Studio « T his week we p lan ted m o re fern s in F ern Alley (o u r e n try -w a y ). Com e in and tell us if you like th e effect. Let us show you sam ples of o u r w ork. W e th in k y o u ’ll lik e th e q u ality and th e prices will be a p leasan t surprise. No. 6 M anley Bldg. (D o w n stairs) Tel. 2864 adv. Y our buyers read th e class ad s P ilo t C lass Ads P a y — tr y ’em New Books -use them next week! U m phres W ell D rillers Also Build Plastered Reinforced Steel Storage Tanks iooo to 40,000 Gal. Capacity All Sizes of Well Casings From 4 ft. Down — 7 ft. Lengths Pioneer SEE ME FOR- L A N D L E V E L IN G B R U SH C L E A R IN G ROAD B U IL D IN G AL SARVER T E L E P H O N E 2822 R an so m A Second, B rookings before th e end of N ovem ber. P la n t sooner if possible but of «o u rse you m ay have to w ait it th e ground is occupied by d ah lias and o th e r late bloom ers who a re m aking th e ir final curtsv to au tu m n . w U h m tw th e ® What do you know about the history of this county? What did you learn about it in school? WANT ADS “A Century of Coos and Curry” Used Equifiment % INTERNA TIONA L 6x6, extra good 2,300.00 1948 FRUEHAUF LOG TRAILER . 2,250.00 1942 INTERNA TIONA L FLAT BED 400.00 1942 CHEVROLET, dual drive Port Orford was the first settlement in this county. Gold Beach was once known as Ellensburg. The settlement in this area was called Chetco. \ es, there s hundreds of things of interest in the book_ Make Offer Fam uli CUB and MOWER, good used Limited Number Of Copies at The Pilot 825.00 DAVIS TRUCK and TRACTOR Price - - (6.00 per volume Xour International Harvester Deafer B R (X )K IN G S, History Books OREGON j
