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
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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
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