Boy Scouts Assist
W ith Festival
’be m ales alone. They come to I
he breeding grounds or show a , B r o o k i n g s H a b o r P ilo t
wish to reproduce before the fe-1 THURSDAY, MAY 28. 1953
I
”.a’t's do. Breeding usually taKes |
The Boy Scouts, in spue of
I mcc betw een mid-April and ing fish, birds, m am m als and
the inclement w eather, did their
mid-August. The eggs fk *t in other frogs.
collective “flood Deed” of the
C a m 4 7 BS
>1 m il films or clusters usually
1 he N ational Wildlife Fedei »-
f ASUAN DISTAICI
day when they went out Sunday
ittached near the w ater surface ‘ion is interested in all forms , .
to s ta rt gathering m aterials for
o some support.
. ¡•ture and its takes little stim u
C an
IS
the decoration com m ittee to use
The eggs are black or brown lation to interest anvone in this»
PITTSBURGH-YOUNGSTOWN
for the stage in Azalea P ark
and u n ite and cream. The tad- m m al once an introduction l as
DISTAICT
Both Scout troops, under lead
”ele m at develops from the erg
en established.
ers Sanders, Crane anti Buzz
< of no extraordinary size, re a d i
STEIL CAPACITY
BY DISTRICTS, 1951
S tew art, plan to work on T h u rs
Mr. and Mrs. George H assett
ng a m axim um of about 1 ...
Ingots and Stool lor
d a y afternoon and Friday m orn
nehes in length. The tail is long
\> purchased a 160-acre firm
Costings Not Tons
ing to gath er the quantities of
and draw n out in the tadpole.
I libs. Calif. They anil th eir
IASTIAN
...... 23 B el l i 0
fresh flowers needed to com plete
he body is green with a y llov
PITT -Y N G N . ... 4 ] A ll 000
three children will move th ere
the azalea chain and for the
C U V I - D I T ......... 12 00? »00
<h 01 iv, ’•;/ stripe down ihe siue 'vithin the next week or so.
CHICAGO ......... 24.440 MX)
other decorations. The com m ittee
f me head. A fter a develop
SOUTH!AN ......... « 0 1 4 100
is very g rateful to the boys a n d !
ment of from 55 to G3 days tin
C a p a c ity C a in in S ix P r in c ip a l
W ISTIAN
’ Ü4JOOO
their leaders for this help.
m ature tadpole transform s into
TOTAl ................117 547.470
S teeS m aking D istricts Since 1T39
the frog form. How long aftei Screened Sand, and Gravel
this
before the anim al
has
The m any friends of Judge
The steel capacity of the South and West has risen sharply and large
reached
reproductive
m atu rity
Charlie Schaal a re m ighty glad
to see him in circulation a g a in ., gains have been made in other districts, says Steel Facts, issued by does not seem to be established.
thanks to some m ighty proficient I American Iron and Steel Institute. Over the nation, 84 companies now
I h se frogs are of course of
make steel in 27 states, against 73 companies In 1939. There are 143
and tim ely m edical help.
steelmaking plants, compared with 128 in 1939. Eleven states gained
no great economic importance
more than one million tons of steel capacity each, since 1939.
They feed as adults only on liv
Top Soii
Fill Dirt
ing anim al m atte r and in this
Drainage Rock
TPCC
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inches w ith th e fem als being
no doubt destroy many
IK tfc I-KU k U definitely larger than the m ales capacity
Phone 2341
p
sts
such
as mosquitoes.
Tht
. h? m ale is dark olive above
B y E. L aurence P almer
Leonard Real E state
*!•.' s themselves are preyed on
We c arry a COM PLETE line rp H E GREEN Tree Frog m ust with some orange spots scattered
by
a
variety
of
enemies,
includ-
of Gas Appliances, Wedgwood. •* be well known. It bears so over the back. It is lighter on
Tappan, O ’Keefe & M erritt, and many common names. Bell frog, the side and there is a cream -
Caloric ranges — General w ater fried bacon frog, cowbell frog, colored streak which runs length
heaters—Servel R efrigerators — m arsh tree frog are a few of the wise of the side almost Io the
Coleman furnaces.
more descriptive of these common hind legs. The throat is 31. i,n
names. Of course some of these just under the m outh and the
Tanks for rent, sale or lease.
common names are applied to hin is cream-colored. Lower on
C rescent City
Phone 111
’he th ro at is a pinkish area that
some other kinds of frogs.
At Jet. Hwys 101 and 199
vir’-.s the wrinkled throat prop-
IIOURS: 9:00 a.m. to 6:oo p.m.
The Green Tree Frog is found
near the edges of fresh w a te r
Satin day: Open till 7:00 p.m.
ways on w ater plants, bushes,
overhangng trees or vines. Some
of its relatives will stra y farth er
LOYD STEPHANI
from w ater than will the Green
Brookings Barbershops will be Tree Frog. Usually this species c
open Mondays for the summ er. found close to the w ater level
ro tn er than high above it. Rafts
ALL HAIRCUTS ....................$125 of w ater hyacinth or stands of
Children Included
pickerel weed (see illustration,
provide a superior type of vege
E FFE C T IV E MAY 25, 1953
Green Tree Frog
C l 932 Notional Wildlif. Federation
tation to meet the needs of tli
LOYD’S BARBERSHOP
frog
JA K E ’S BARBERSHOP
er. Th fem ale lacks the pinkish
M ature
Green
Tree
Frogs chin of the male, the undersides
Wiring Contractor—Appliance Repair
reach a length of from m
to from the groin to the chin being
more or less uniform ly cream -
colored.
All sorts of interpretations
have been made to represent the
call of the Green Tree Frog.
Phone 2944
P.O. Box 337, Brookings, Ore.
Some say th a t the frog says
Book Cases, W riting Desks, Corner Cabinets,
“fried bacon” repeatedly. O thers
$ Kitchen Cabinets, Breakfast Nooks, Doors, W in
claim th at the w ords “grab, grab,
grahit, g rab it” b etter represent
dows( Frames, Cupboard Doors, Drawers.
the sound.
Still others claim
th at it is a simple repeated
IF I T ’S M ADE OF WOOD—
“quonk” closing w ith a “quank ’’
YOU H A V E A fOB FOR /. E. FIFIELD!
At a distance a chorus of th t
frogs sounds much like a cow
Turn aff Hwy 101 at Beach Road. Follow the Signs!
bell
The sounds are produced by
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Steel Capacity Has Risen Sharply
♦
♦
Salvage Sand
and Gravel
WARD'S
Propane Service
LOYD'S BARBERSHOP
N O T IC E
GEORGE'S ELECTRIC
RESIDENTIAL
—
INDUSTRIAL
''Let George Do It"
JIM'S UNION CABINET SHOP
BAYVIEW GARAGE
At State Line
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A t Lou Blanc, Inc.
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Adtihs 75c, Inc. Tax
a
Children 35, Inc. Tax
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