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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
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,
, 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 :
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in F ern Alley (o u r e n try -w a y ).
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w ork. W e th in k y o u ’ll lik e th e
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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 .
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