COUGAR
bia and Alberta. The range ex
tends south to Patagonia. Except
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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