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t Mr. and Mrs. Henry Payne and in which excavating is relatively easy. their daughter, Mrs. Dorothy THURSDAY, A P R IL 2, 1933 One of the commoner kangaroo , _ Cate, drove to E ureka last week Mrs. Alma Dailey of Florence, w here M r Pay ne had a checkup ra ts has a length of 13 inches of which 7 ’a inches is tail. They Orc., is m aking an extended visit as he underw ent surgery there a have long hind legs and the hind here w t h her son-in-law and sho,.t time daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde .. t . .... ~ feet with their four toes m ay be R B y L aurence P almer oberts M rs- A< L- Hal1 of thc Hal1 two inches long. The eyes are ~ Cabins above H arbor had the mis- r p H E N A T U R A L I S T E rnest large and am azingly beautiful as Mr and M r. Fenn H art a r- f of sh j ,ast wevk and Thom pson Seton in his txxik, is so often the case with nocutr- rived from N orth Hollywood Sun- breaki her w ris t “ Lives of the H unted,” w rote a nal anim als. They have conspic day and plan to rem ain here for _ , . , delightful story on the kangarrx, uous long w hiskers and capacious, a short tim e while looking a fte r an<^ Ralph Shelton ra t. It m ay have conditional. x external extcrna) fur-lined fur. , ined cheek ch,.,.k pouches ,x)Uch„ their property, the form er M ark an(1 family have moved to Myr- m any people In their subsequent wWch ran R f(M„, )h Wood place above H arbor. ^lp t leek to make theii home, un. erst ..„Im g of hts antm al Un- underground for stor Mrs. Carl Arlandson retu rn ed but it m ay not be a perm anent fo rtu n a te ly it unjustly conditions . ■ », Q ... people to believe th a t kanearoo aK<' or consum !» lon K angaroo to her home in Coos Bay Sat>ur- rn<? .‘ rOr? » ? lC' H day a fte r visiting for three days , M r and ,M rt H arry Z . . . . ...o ... ............ ,H,S ' lo no» norm ally drink w ater r a ts can suffer at the hands of but may get th eir supply from . . . u u........i___ . .. have gone to Burns tor a short with her daughter-in-law , «, rs visit. such a harm less c reatu re as a their food. On th eir retu rn in about Helen Arlandson. S lo tted salam ander. Somehow as a week they will be accompanied A kangaroo r a t m ay m ake an Mrs. Claude Holland and by Mr. an(j Mrs. William Hotch- 8-foot leap and this is necessary for an anim al th a t roam s in the d au g h ter Ruth of W eaverville left kiss> who have been visiting in open. The anim als do not hiber Tuesday for Ashland to visit Lakeview Mr. and Mrs. W csiey Kobel ar- nate or m igrate and m ust keep o th er relatives a fte r spending the ?? * d ert at borne of rived from Tacoma, Wash., on active the year round. The larg Mrs. Holland s sister and brother- March 17 to visit at the home of e r bannertails store food reg u la r Mr. and Mrs. M ilton Fos- th eir daughter, Mrs. John Sy- ly but this is not the practice f in-law, pv* * | mens, and her family for a cou- with the sm aller species. Miss Alicia G a rre tt enjoyed a pic of weeks. They took a taxi A nest den about 8 by 10 by 5 inches is built some three feet un few days’ visit last w’eek w ith to the Symens home on Cape derground and lined w ith fine her m other and step fath er, Mr. F arrello Road, only to find th at K angaroo Rat plant m aterial. It is kept free of and Mrs. P at Pennock from Ta- the family was gone for a week © I 9 5 2 N otional W ildlife P«dorof»o« dung and w aste food and th ere lara, Peru, South America. This Having come this far they just young a litte r is the first tim e th a t Alicia and moved into the Sym en’s home un- th e years go by and we have ex* the two to four ____ _ of — ---------- periences both with kangaroo ra ts are bom. The ra ts a re social but her m other have been together til they came back, giving them and w ith spotted salam anders, we the families live in separate tun- for a good m any years, and they ' a real "welcome home” surprise, . The Kobels left for their home com e to believe that we should nels. However, if the anim als both enjoyed the reunion. Mrs. Helen Arlandson retu rn ed ¡on Tuesday. depend to a considerable extent arp confined in a cage they will on w hat we see for ourselves. i fight to the death and, while one home 'Thursday a fte r enjoying a | Freddie Flynn has gone to Cap- in G rants P ass tiva, Fla., for a short visit a fte r If you have had the opportu- m aY survive out of a group, even few days' visit which he and his family, who n ity of keeping some of these de- the survivor m ay become so w’ith the F red Reiling family. Wes Sm ith w ent to Gold Beach have been visiting relatives there lightful anim als in captivity for wounded in the process of prov Sabin open the for some time, will retu rn to- som e tim e, you come to feel th at ing his superiority th at he too to help Sheriff somehow the name " ra t” should does not live out his normal life salm on season last weekend, but get her. didn't have any fish to show for Mrs. Bob Max is leaving for not be applied to the kangaroo span. ra t. A r a t is a despicable c rit- K angaroo ra ts serve as food his efforts wwhen he retu rn ed Mt. Vernon, Ore., to m ake her ter, and it is difficult to apply the for coyotes which m ight other- home. In fact, he reported th at home tem porarily with her hus- te rm to this animal of our south wise prey on dom estic anim als. very few fish w ere caught during band’s family w»Xu Mr. Max is getting established at his new job w est desert lands. They have an interesting series of th<‘ weekend. The kangaroo rat comes in a night songs which are intriguing v a rie ty of species. In fact, there I to the cam per who s tops in their a re approxim ately a hundred midst, kinds and in suitable territo ry The N ational W ildlife F ed era th e re m ay be a population as high tion is interested in an under as 1,000 anim als to the square standing of the tru e role of these m ile. Because of the different anim als in the general economy kinds it is difficult to limit the of nature. Notes based on careful te rrito ry occupied, but they seek observation of young, of enemies hot, dry lands where coolness may and of food are alw ays welcome be reached by burrow ing a short d istance underground. Some spe- Mr. and Mrs. N orm an Ander cies are to be found in dam p son are returning to th eir form er lands and some in forested areas home in N orth D akota this week, b u t usually the ground is of a Mrs. Anderson is the dau g h ter of loose type, such as sand or clay. Mrs. Lydia Brownian. 6 Brookings Harbor Pilot HARBOR NEWS K A N G A R O O RAT to join him th ere as soon as it is possible. - * ------------ Eagles Nominate Eagles are nom inating officers on Friday, April 3, a t the V.F.W. hall at 8:00 p.m. Election will be held on April 17. The public is invited to attend the benefit at the V.F.W. hall on S aturday, April 4, a t 8:00 pm . Subscribe to H arbor Pilot. th e Brookings- BROOKINGS CLINIC Office hours. 9 a m. 5 p. m. DR. R. E. SMITH DENTIST PHONE 2831 Dr. Richard L. Smith OPTOMETRIST DR. ROY M. WHITE O STEO PA TH IC PHYSICIAN and Surgeon E m ergen cies <it A n y H our P H O N E 2701 E venings by A p p o in tm en t BAYVIEW GARAGE A t State Line ® Specialiting in Radiator Repair l all Sm ith River 330 or Box 1!W Brookings tor delivery service Faith o f Our Fathers GEO. SI IIPLEY, OWNER nuu‘....... '' '■ •' unr The pioneers who built this coun try of ours into the greatest nation on earth were guided and inspired by their faith in their own ability to a c c o m p lish any undertaking through cooperation and hard work. The modem pioneers who cre ated and built a program of rural electrification henefitting all the people credit their accomplishment to the same faith. Curry County Gas Company MATOT BUILDING ♦ Com plete line of Gas Appliances - w ater h eaters tuinaces - ranges - floor furnaces Servel refrig erato rs and space heaters PROPANE (¡AS Tanks for sale, rent or lease P ll( »IK- 2 8 9 1 To us, who share the rich bless ings of rural electrification, falls the task of insuring that future genera tions will obtain even greater bene fits from this program of rural prog ress. We face this task with confi dence, because we, too, have the faith of our fathers — faith in our selves and in what we can do tlirough cooperation and hard work. 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