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COUGAR bia and Alberta. The range ex tends south to Patagonia. Except Brookings Harbor Pilot 5 for Florida, parts of Louisiana THURSDAY, FEB 19, 1953 ELEMENTARY s c i e n c e and southern Texas, these cats course of study written by have probably been exterminated TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 19. devotes his time to the prosecu some educators for an important * Appointment of Charles E. Devlin city in the East says that the tion of these cases he shall have El REKA. Calif.— The district no time to do anything else. as executive vice president and mountain lion and cougar disap general manager of Northwest attorney’s office of Humbolt peared from the nearby hills at Thus far nobody has come up IXxjr and Plywood Sales Incor county, Calif., it is reported, is with a solution to this problem. about the same time. This might porated was announced today by suffering from a headache. This ------ be elaborated to say that the II E. Tenzler, president of the ailment is caused by some 600 mountain lion, cougar, painter, Advertising in the Rrookings- cases, against log truckers, for Harbor Pilot bings results. company. puma, panther, catamount, moun tain devil, red tiger, mountain Devlin will establish his office overloading which have been piled up in the office. screamer, silver lion, purple pan at the company’s headquarters in The story goes that whenever ther, brown tiger, sneak cat, king the Washington Building next cat and varmint also disappeared Monday, Tenzler said. He will di a logger in Humbolt county is at the same time. They are all rect the operations of the sales cited into court on overload the same animal no matter what company which markets the out charges, he does not go to court, you cad them nor where you find put of three large widely separat plead guilty, and pay a large them. While some eight races ed tir plywood factories. The man fine Instead be hires an attorney. ‘ have been recognized the animals ufacturing firms are: Northwest The attorney enters a plea of Office hours, 9 a. ra. 5 p. m. are unquestionably all the same Door Company, long established “Not Guilty" for his client anil species. Felix cougar. 1 acoma'ply wood and door manu then demands a jury trial. It is DR. R. E. SMITH facturer; Paragon Plywood Cor claimed that the records of these Originally the cougar ranged DENTIST Cougar poration of Crescent City, Calif., cases often show that the jury over practically all of the United C l 932 National W ildlifa Federation PHONE 2831 and Brookings Plywood Corpor finds the logger "Not Guilty.” States with a few’ specimens re A volunteer statistician has fig ported from Maine and along the in the United States east of the ation of Brookings, Oregon. The plains states. Dr. Richard L. Smith sales company has regional of ured it out that if all of the cases southern border of Canada. They O PTO M ETR IST fices in New York. Chicago, Mem now pending in Humbolt county, are still to be found rather regu A cougar may measure 9 feet phis and San Francisco. against loggers for overloading, larly in southern British Colum with a 3-foot tail. The weight ' - ---------- are tried before a jury that it DR. ROY M. W H ITE goes up to 200 pounds. The sexes shall take at least four years for OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN are colored alike a uniformly yel tne courts of that county to wade and Surgeon low’ brown except that the under through this litigation. It is esti Emergencies at Any Hour parts are lighter. The fdr is short, mated that the costs to the coun ty for court costs and jurors’ fees close and uniform. PHONE 2701 shall amount to more than $20.- £ventn<7s by Appointm ent A cougar is a powerful animal lade and Drum (X X ). The district attorney is re- capable of dragging a 9tX)-pouiul moose 300 feet over snow. It can IM>rted to have declared that if he jump straight up for a distance of 15 feet and can leap safely CONTACT down a distance of 60 feet. An individual usually claims a terri Highway Frontage (Highway 101, Oregon’a Main Street) tory that may be 80 miles across CHETCO RIVER FRONTAGE - RESIDENTIAL LOTS and in a single night may travel NEW HOMES - RANCHES - FARM LANDS 20 miles. While black bears are ACREAGE - INDUSTRIAL SITES known to relish pigs, wolves ar-1 INCOME PROPERTIES known to favor cattle. Similarly Beautiful Scenic, Parklike Ocean Frontage coyotes seem to enjoy killing •sheep but the cougar definitely favors horses and deer. In the REAL ESTATE BROKER rarest of instances it has been (»ardner Bldg. (.Phone 2801) Brookings, Oregon ( SEWER LINES, WATER LINES. known to attack man. They may serve a useful func DRAINAGE DITCHES. ETC., tion in keeping the multiplication of deer under control. The fam At S12.50 PER HOUR ous story of killing off the cou gars of the Kaibab forest only to • have the deer multiply so that they starved in the resulting com petition for f<Mxi is a standard story in all conservation pro P. O. Box 1240 HARBOR. OREGON grams. It illustrates definitely that predators, whether they are First House South of Sunset M otel fish, birds, insects or mammals, ON HIGHWAY 101 - 5 MILES NORTH OF CRESCENT CITY vserve a useful function in the economy of nature. AT WONDER STUMP ROAD Cougars are usually hunted by dogs with the hunters following on horses. When possible a pur sued puma takes to a tree to Sunday anil Monday, February 22-23— escape the dogs. There it is shot, photographed, lassoed or other wise used to satisfy the whim of Sterling Hayden and Richard Carson 1 man. Cougars pair possibly for life. The one to five spotted young “POSE T H A T THRILLS” may be born at any time of the BILL WILLIAMS ¡year, usually 91 days after breed ing took place. The young are blind for alx>ut nine days, craw, at seven weeks, eat their first Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Eel). 24 - 25 - 26 meat at three months, are weaned at at/out four months, retain their spots to 18 months and remain ALLEN YOUNG and DINAH SHORE with the mother from one to two years. With exceptional luck a cougar might live to a ripe old “T H E STEEL FIST” eg° of X) years of age. FouDY M c D o w e l l It would seem that these ani T o d a y ’s basic cost of living has risen far beyond that mals under ordinary circumstan cost of telephone service. A t the same time the costs o f ces should not be completed de providing service have increased. Constant telephone stroyed in a given area suitable expansion broadens its usefulness— increasing its value Friday and Saturday, February 27-28— to you. T ru ly telephone service, today's big b a rg a in / to their needs This may be ques is far ahead in value— far behind io cost. tioned by some, of course. But even those who think of cougars JOHN LUM), SCOTT BRADY and JOYCE HOLDEN I only as varmints should recog- 1 • nize that men do get sport from >1 “REDHEAD AND T H E COWBOY” hunting them and sport is quite e _____ ______ ^1. i important in the lives of many GLEN FORD. EDMUND O’BRIEN and RONDA FLEMING t K ; people. Plywood Market V. P. Appointed Humbolt County Charges Pile Up Overloading BROOKINGS CLINIC J. L. KING B. B. CRABB Phone 2801 TREN CH IN G W ORK DONE C H O IC E P R O P E R T IE S W. H. BRADY Frank's Plumbing & Electric Shop "F L A T TOP" "Aaron Flick From Pumpkin Creek" FAR BEHIND IN COST "BRONCO BUSTERS" Til CPH ou; I «Il PIVI
