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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1953)
The representative for the firm Canadian border from North Da in the United States last year S ta te 's V e g e ta b le s would go into the jumho-size can. whose Portland factory has sup- kota to Texas and east to South THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1953 Carolina. In the Old World they a striking illustration of Oregon’s plied containers for the state’s •ome south in both Europe and For C a n n in g W o u ld I imfiortance as a supplier of food processors for the past 50 years \sia to about 30 degrees north to the nation, the can-making explained that canning vegeta LAPLAN D F ill M a m m o th T in firm pointed out. The Beaver bles in 1952 recorded a 49 per a tit utle. cent increase in tonnage over the LONGSPUR The breeding territory is I f some 20th century Paul state’’ p >an crop for processing average for the 1941-1950 period ol.iOO tons. FPIIE CHANCES are good that ounded on the south by*approxi- Bunyan could mold a tin can big enough to hold all the vegetables, About half of the state’s en- if the snows of the winter Pilot Class Ads get results? grown for processing in Oregon ¡fire crop of peas for processing— have vanished from the fields of .1 _. container . ■ G tK -I tn tons ..,„..,.1 Æ Ï ’J last year, the giant 55,540 would be _____i poured into, the United States by the time this WrJ would cover a baseball diamond I the giant tin, plus thousands of is read, it w ill be another win and tower 1,547 feet high. « tons of beets, sweet corn, aspara- O. DAILY ter before the Lapland Longspurs American Can company econo- KUS and other vegetables, *1 again come south acros. the H in F re ig h t S e rvice mists report that the mammoth’ “ This mythical container actu- der from their northern bedding can would contain 203,400 tons ally represents millions of regu- ; ground During the winter months C oast F re ig h t of snap beans, peas, sweet corn, lar-size cans of Oregon food whicn, they may he seen south of tin* I ets and other vegetables—the are distributed from coast to Lines 1952 canning harvest of Oregon’s 1 coast each year,’ ’ said E. G. fertile valleys. I Gross, representative for Canco Lapland Longspur DAVE FRANKLIN, More than one-eighth of the in Oregon. “ The expanding mar-! GIBBS C 1052 National Wildlife Federation Owner snap beans grown for processing kets provided by the cannihg in C o n c re te P ro d u cts lately the region of the la dustry for the state’s perishable Phone 2634 BOB W ILL IA M SO N »’ees, although this is not a sa pound. They are usually found food crops offer a major source Transit Mix Concrete Local Agent u bitrary boundary. with other birds such as Horned of income for Oregon's farmers.’’ Septic T a n k Supplies, Chimney Lapland Longspurs may be Larks, Snow Buntings, Juncoes, { Blocks, C em ent Blocks, Culvert •en sometimes feeding on weed and now and then a Tree Spar ieeds gleaned from weedtops that row. Like the J unco, the Lapland Tile, Drain Tile, Well Casing stick above the snow. I f the Longspurs have outer tail feath C RAVED , SA N D and C E M E N T 'round is bare they have excep ers that are white or apparently Beginning May i, 1953, Green Stamps Phone 2545 Easy Street tional ability to conceal them so. The Longspurs have a slight selves by crouching on the ly greater wing-spread than the will be issued on Cash Purchases Only. Tree Sparrows, the Longspur be ing between 10 and 11 inches and the Tree Sparrow between 9 and inches. DRYING AND FINISHING WORK J 10 Like REDFIELD'S SUPER-MARKET Horned Larks, and un i i like the the Juncoes and Tree Spar rows, the Longspurs may run in < BR O O K IN G S LA U N D R Y stead of hop and like the Horned Larks the Longspurs show a eon- picuous, long hind-toe track. *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦ “ ll'e do it or — Y on do it” There are four species of Long- spurs to be found in the North C u rry C o u n ty G as C o m p a n y American continent of which the Phone 2262 ' ,-inland Longspur is the (‘astern MATOT BUILDING representative. Two other spe cies may accidentally find their Complete line of Gas Appliances - water heaters ! way east of the prairie country • inges - floor fui n icee ! now and then. Servel refrigerators and space heaters Grasslands or salt-marsh conn try offer the greatest appeal to PROPANE G A S. ! visiting Lapland Longspurs and Tanks for sale, rent or lease < here they may be found in flocks in season. Phone 2891 Our picture shows an adult male in summer plumage. The POTTED A N D CUT FLOWERS face, crown, throat and upper '»a breast are black and the nap«' and lower hack of the neck is chest PH O N E 256S Harbor, Oregon nut. The conspicuous field char acter would probably lx» what ap pears like a black cap and black-,, streaked side of the breast. The 11:11111.HU. lffu.ugjU'.r’l-u. 'jr.LLamnnmiarjitt^ELTidn'.rani. back is conspicuously streak u with black and brown or w ith a d irk and lighter brown. In w in > EN TR ASC E> ter the conspicuous black shown < 'w PJL in our illustration is for the most A t S ta te Line part missing though there are ON HIGHW AY 101 - 5 MILES NORTH OE CRESCENT CITY dark to blackish spots on the sides • Specializing in Radiator Repair of the throat and back of the eye. AT WONDER STUMP ROAD The female looks much like the Call Smith River XU) or Box 1*1 Brookings adult male in winter but lacks tor delivery service much of the dark brown and black of the male. GEO. SHIPLEY, OWNER Friday and Saturday, April 24 ’ 25— Superficially these birds look ... mm.!. .■ '. ir./.-ninr. i-.-.m— in ffì like brown Juncoes or remotely like Vesjx'r Sparrows, which "T H E R AID ER S " "V : would lx* la r away when the RICHARD CONTE Longspurs were to be seen in the United States. Economically the birds serv«' a “TH E TH IE F” role as destroyers of weed seeds KAY MILLAND RITA CAM j though it is doubtful if this is H ave y o u r ca r S ervice d j important in view of the abund ance of seeds available. They are interesting to" watch in win A t Lou B la nc, Inc. ter weather, however, and the Sunday and Mondtiy, .April 26 - 2“*_ National W ildlife Federation hopes that they w ill never be U mvc your packages in your car throughout the day "H IG H N O O N " hopes that they w ill never be driven from their natural range GARY COOPER - THOMAS M ITC HELL - LLOYD BRIDGES 8 Bnxikings Harbor Pilot j 5 5 9 9 9 9 M c V A Y 'S GREENHOUSE ON THE WINCHUCK — OCEAN THEATRE— BAYVIEW GARAGE WHEN YOU SHOP IN COOS BAY COMPLETE SERVICE - FAIR PRICES — C a d illa c — O id s m o b ile — — S a fe ty -T e s te d Used C ars — VISIT OUR WHOLESALE ROW LO U « BLANC, In c . “KA T K I” Screened Sand, and Gravel Salvage Sand and Grave! Top Soil Rill D irt D-ainagc Rock Phone 2341 1 uesday - \\ ednesday - 1 hursday, April 28 - 29 - 30 "M IL L IO N DOLLAR ESTHER WILLIAMS - M E R M A ID " VICTOR MATURE ‘‘DESPERATE SI \ R C H ”
