RED GROUPER
Tillamook Burn
Reforestation
O n e -ih ird Done
ed the re fo re sta tio n pro g ram
They are m ade in all cases w h e n
B r o o k in g s I l a b o r P ilo t
cover ami soil conditions are good
THURSDAY. JULY 2. 1953
T h e te rm g ro u p e r covers a
To the Editor:
enough to m ake th e ae rial o p era
co n sid erab le n u m b er of usually
tion
practical.
H
and
plan
tin
g
D e a r good people of B rookings
su p e rio r m arin e food fishes. T he
in a safe w ay. T h is com es from
crew s do the job in th e probien and H a rb o r:
red g ro u p e r is not considered by
o u r h ea rts.
areas, along roads and fill in spot:
OREGON S T A T E C O LLEG E
som e fish sp ecialists to be a tru e
It would be so nice if we could
Mr. and M rs. Ja m e s T. S m ith ,
The
trem
endous
job
of
refo
restin
g
w here the a e rial seeding s ta n d u have a safe sw im m ing pool for
gro u p er. R a th e r it is classed w ith
poor.
th
e
vast
Tillam
ook
burn
a
re
a
is
Alice an d Jim m y.
all th e ch ild ren and grow n-ups as
ih e H inds and C abrillas. T he tru e
one-third
done.
G
n
a
t
em
phasis
is
being
giver,
well, so th a t no o th e r p aren ts,
g ro u p ers a re w id er betw een th e
S ta itin g in 1949. helicopters to tire protection phases as web b ro th e rs and siste rs will have th e
eyes th a n th e H inds and C ab ril
Mrs. L. M. H ilt ot E u g en e ham
have seeded 36.000 ac res and as the p lan tin g and seeding o p e ra h e a rta c h e s we have. Also a y o u th
las and in g e n tra l a re sm a lle r
v
isited
h e r p a re n ts Mr. and M rs.
tions to insure th a t the d e v a s ta t c e n te r w h ere th e young people
fishes not usu ally reach in g a b '. e ground crew s have plan ted nearly
W.
H.
H
ib b ard in H a rb o r for th a
ing fires of 1933, 1939 and 1945 can be happy and free from harm
40 pounds in w eight.
T he red 12 m illion seedlings on th e ch arred
last 10 days.
a
re
not
rep
eated
in
th
e
area.
In addition,
g ro u p e r ra re ly w eighs a s m uch acres of the burn.
as 40 pounds and th e usual fish g re at strid es have been m ade in
fire protection phases of the pro
ca u g h t by hook and line ru n s gram .
aro u n d one to live pounds.
N early 50 m iles of fire breaks
T he red gro u p er, like its re la
have been established. 185.000
tives. h as th e h abit of diving into
O regon’s fu r tra p p e rs have tin
o b stru c tio n s w hen it is hooked. snags felled. 120 m iles of access
roads built o r im proved and b e tte r s ta te beaver to th an k for $107,
F re q u e n tly th is re su lts in a cut
file control facilities and outlooks 889.60 of th e ir ea rn in g s d u rin g
line and freedom for the fish.
established.
last w in te r’s trap p in g season, ai
T he sto ry of the re fo re sta tio n cording to s ta tis tic s com piled I *>
project is brought up to d a te in a the O regon S ta te G am e com m :
thesis p rep ared for th e O regon sion. F ig u res based on b eav er tag
S ta te college school of fo restry by card re tu rn s indicate th a t 10,374
Rudy M. K a llan d e r of S alem , who ol the large-sized ro d e n ts w e n
ON HK'.HWAY 101 - 5 M IL E S N O R TH O F C R E S C E N T CITY
heads th e vast program for the trap p e d betw een N ovem ber 15,
AT W O N D E R S T U M P ROAD
s ta te board of forestry. K a lla n d e r 1952 and J a n u a ry 15. 1953.
u bm itted th e thesis th is spring
o u e to D aylight S aving Tim e, only one co m p lete double fe a tu re
T hough th e national price av er
or his m a s te r’s degree in forest age declined ap p ro x im a te ly $2.00
will ee shown Sui day th ro u g h T h u rsd ay . A double show will
m anagem ent.
lie shown F riday, S a tu rd a y and holidays. S how s w ill s ta r t a t
since last y ea r. O regon tra p p e rs
T he com plete re h a b ilita tio n pro- received an av e rag e of $1.00 mor<
msu 1 approxim ately 9:00 p.m Ju n e 1 and one m inute late r
nach day.)
gram for th e 252,964 a c res of per pelt.
This is a ttrib u te d to
s ta te land w ithin th e 360.882-acre b e tte r handling and p re p a ra tio n
burn a rea is ex pected to ta k e of th e fu rs for m a rk e t. T he a v e r
Friday and Saturday, July } 4—
a n o th e r 10 years. T otal cost for age price received per pelt w as
the project is figured a t about 10 $10.40 w ith top fu rs going for
\
•>'
million dollars.
$22.00.
P ro g ress in th e next few y ea rs
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.
The m a jo rity of th e an im als
JOHN PAYNE
— •
ARLENE DAHL
will be slow er, K a llan d e r reports. tak en w ere trap p e d in areas of thi
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A good portion of th e lands read y s ta te w h ere they a re not needed
DEAR BRAT
lor re h ab ilitatio n have been t r e a t as w a te r and soil co n se rv atio n ists
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MONA
F
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E
E
M
AN
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ED W A R D A R N O LD
ed to d a te and m a jo r salvage log In m any places, th e ir rem oval not
Red Grouper
ging
m
u
st
be
com
pleted
on
addi
C l 952 National W ildlife Federation
only provides m oney to th e tr a p
tional acres before m uch m ore re per but also elim in ates a serious
Sunday and Monday, Inly 5-6—
T he red g ro ttp er does not occur fo restatio n w ork can ta k e place.
dam age problem caused by their
in schools as do som e of its re la
H elicopter seedings have speed dam -building
activities.
E v e n
tives. T he fish is a poor fig h ter
a lte r tw o y ea rs of open trapping
an d slow in its actions but th e is using a hook and line and a
D O R IS DAY
—
GORDO N M acRA E
season, a co n stan t flow of heave:
flesh is ex cellen t and th e anim als piece of fish as bait.
N orm al dam age com plaints is received by
b rin g a good price in com m ercial diet of th e red g ro u p e r includes
OUTCAST OF TH E ISLANDS
the garni» com m ission.
m a rk e ts. C om m ercial h arv estin g m olluscs, c ru sta c e a n s and fish.
K
E R IN E A
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R A L P H R IC H A R D SO N
I he tw o o th e r fu rb e a re rs in tht
of red g ro u p e rs is com m on in th e I he food is tak en in day or night.
s ta te ot m ost econom ic value w en
fishing b an k s off th e w est coast
Red g ro u p ers ran g e from N ew tin* m ink and m u sk rat. Cropping
of F lorida. T he m ethod followed E ngland to th e W est Indies and
I uesday, Wednesday, 1 hursday, July 7-8-9—
of 69,700 m u sk ra t bringing a to .a
ire possibly m ost ab u n d a n t in of $75,974.09 to p riv a te trap p ei
'•hallow w a te rs over coral around re p resen te d th e second m ost im
he F lorida Keys. They a re well p o rtan t catch. T hird ra n k in g am
DAN D A ILEY
—
JE A N N E DRU
know n for th e ir a b ility to live mal in to tal value w as th e m ink
om e hours out of w a te r.
I here w ere 3,064 m ink fu rs sole
LEMON DROP KID
T he red g ro u p e r grow s to a 101 $40.567.36 for an av e rag e pric<
BOB H O P E
M ARILYN M A X W ELL
en g th of th re e feet. It is basic- of $13.24. M u sk rat averaged $1.0.
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dly brow nish but o ften m o ttled per ¡iclt.
vith
indistinct
d ark er
spots.
P rices on m a rte n , fox, skunk,
T h ere are, how ever, ab o u t th e and o th e r fu rb e a re rs re m a in ed
'y es definite d a rk e r spots.
At low, but coupled w ith th e th re i
Rlackhcard I he Pirate* “Rocky Mountain**
! no base of th e tail th e re seem s leaders com prised a v alu ab le O re-
Confidentially Connie Bonzo Coes to College*
j be a series of obscure saddle* crop w hich th ro u g h p ro p e r m an
ike patches.
Snows of Kilimanyiro
Jumping lacks
ag em en t can be h arv ested on a
Hie fins including th e tail a rc su stain ed basis an nually.
olored essen tially like th e r e
m inder of th e fish except th a t
th e re som etim es seem s to be an
ascure, d ark band ru n n in g hori-
•on ta lly along th e hack fin and
¡here m ay be d a rk or light m ar-
ins along th e edges of the
paired fins. T h e head is larg e
:id b ears a co rrespondingly large
m outh. T he fins a re all re la tiv e ly
50S H. St. Phone ioqi larg e and do not in d icate any
ib ih ’y to swim rapidly. T he end
of
th e tail is s tra ig h t o r slightly
CRESCENT CITY
concave in outline. E. L au ren ce
♦ M n n t n n u n n n H M *Jalm er.
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1952 Oregon
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