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6 B r i n g s Harbor Pilot THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953 Black Throated Green W arbler By N a tio n al W ildlife F ed eratio n T h e finer branches of th e tree to p s in the su m m er m onths in m ost of th e U nited S ta te s east of th e M ississippi a re being visited o r h av e been recen tly visited by b la c k -th ro a te d green w arblers. N e stin g is norm ally not found so u th of c e n tra l M innesota to P e n n sy lv a n ia and C onnecticut a n d even th e re it m ay be lim ited to th e higher, m ore m ountainous regions. T he breeding range e x ten d s n o rth into ce n tral O ntario, s o u th e rn Q uebec and n o rth ern M in nesota so it m ark s a re la tiv ely n arro w band. W hen w in t e r has arriv ed , how ever, the b ird s m ay have re are d th e ir fam ilies and moved south to Flo rid a and G u atem ala A few birds m ay be found west to N ebraska, K a n sa s and New M exico but th e s e m ark th e exception ra th e r th a n th e rule. R are records have N O T IC E AH C ub S couts will m arch in th e p arad e on th e 19th of July. In Uniform . E. C W H E E L E R C ub M aster. Jim Alvin V aughn brought Miss D ean a Cope of P o rtla n d some of th e folks over from cam e by bus M onday to visit h er Lew iston, Idaho, to visit the boys. m o th er, M rs. S tro n g , of the n ea r C alifornia. T he L ib rary board held its Ju n e j j on an tj .¡e here B rookings S tu d io fo r the sum m er. B lack-throated g reen w a rb lers m cetini! M onday, J u n e 29. an,I a rc about 5-1/3 inches long w ith th e follow ing re p o rts w ere given: a w ingspread up to 8 inches. T he The lib rarian , Mrs. G ladys » d istin field c h , a ra c te ris tic s . B rain ard , re p o rted 342 books . c . tiv . e . in< lu d e , foi th e m ale, a black ioan ed so fa r jhis m onth, and th ro a t, yellow face and back and seven d o llars collected for book fines and re n ta ls. M rs. Jessie Ju d k in s, tre a s u re r, re p o rted a to ta l of $3729.86 in the building fund. T he H a rb o r C om m u n ity club h aving tu rn e d over Material— Workmanship Fully Guaranteed the proceeds from th e ir an n u al May Day T ea and B aza ar and FREE PLANNING SERVICE m onies raised by th e raffle of the hand-m ade ru g to th is building Office in R ear of L esm eister Agency P H O N E 2271 fund. T o tal am ount received from club on these tw o p ro jec ts w as Black-Throated Green Warbler over $200. T his $3729.86 also in C l 9 « National W ildlifa Federation cluded th e $40.80 received from crow n of olive green. In th e s m a ll-I Miss B onnie K ay M incer for th e or fem ale, th e black th ro a t is less "’onP>' raised by h e r d an ce recital. conspicuous th a n in th e m ale. In T he board w ishes to th a n k Miss the a u tu m n the young and the M incer and h e r stu d en ts, T he fem ales lack th e black on ,‘he | C om m unity club and Mrs. L. A. Ihroat and th e u p p er breast and I.p ,e rs o ? ’..w ho m a,lp ,h p r u 8- fo r u n d e rp a rts b e c o m e yellow ish. th ese additions to the fund. Mr. A rrell, ch a irm an of th e Since th e birds a re m ost com building com m ittee, re p o rted th at m only p resen t w hen th e forest canopy is w ell developed, they ^ e co n crete slab for th e building a re h eard m ore freq u en tly th a n w *" ^e poured ju s t as soon as th e they a re seen. A sneezed “zoo- j building site receives a n o th e r fi- zee-zee-zee-zee-zee-zee” m ay be i n a ^ leveling by Ross P u tn a m ’s accep ted as a su g g estiv e descrip- ‘l°z e r- tion of th e song of th is bird. A n o m in atin g co m m ittee w as The deeply-cupped n ests of appointed to re p o rt to th e a n n u a l tw igs bound w ith sp id er w ebs an d m eetin g of th e L ib rary associa- usually lined w ith pine needles, tion w hich w ill be held on Ju ly 100,000 B.T.U. Reg. Price $559 15, a t w hich tim e tw o tru s te e s and fo u r officers will be elected. A co m m ittee w as also ap p o in ted to m ake th e an n u al au d it of the books for th e association. Library News MACK G. M ALCOLM General Building Contractor SPECIAL I... .... < OIL BURNING FURNACE ? Special Price $350 SAVE WITH DIVIDENDS o f 15 to 20 Per Cent Fire Insurance ON Q ualified Properties and Their Contents Non-Assessable Policies SEE Arthur Knox Insurance Agency Gallagher Building Brookings, Oregon Local telephone service carries a Federal tax of 15%. Long Distance calls costing over 25c are taxed 25%. Other forms of telephone service are taxed from 8% to ' • W ur telephone company only acts as a colleuor for these taxes —at its own expense. These excise taxes arc in addition to the Federal corpora* tion income taxes and other taxes which this com pany pays to the government. 5 our Congressman will appreciate your views on this excess t xation of a ncxiSMty—higher even than luxury products « p, j h h ' iiiiu : unirm I I 1 I I I \€fean-Vp Sale Sacrifice Prices T he U.S.E.S., has set up shop in the D enny building on E asy s tre e t, across from th e p la n e r w here “ R ag s” R aglan, d is tric t ranger, has his h e a d q u a rte rs u n til the service builds on its p ro p e rty on P ine s tre e t. I 2 I som e fe a th e rs o r h air, m ay be found commonly on h o rizo n tal tre e b ran ch es from 15 to 70 feet above th e ground. In the nest a re placed about fo u r eggs, each -fi by ‘i- ln c h in d iam eter, w h ite o r cream y and sp o tted w ith g ray, p u rp le o r brow n. T h e n estin g m onth is u su ally J u n e and th e re is but a single brood each year. In cubation is by th e fem ale and lasts for 12 days. T he young birds develop in th e nest in from eight to 10 days from helpless birds in to young th a t can uy on th e ir own. D uring th e nestin g period th e fem ale b ears th e b ru n t ot p ro viding defense. By m id-A ugust th e so u th e rn m igration has begun. T his s ta r ts in a leisu rely sort of w av but speeds up as the la te r broods of birds a re ready to move by the end of th e m onth. T he b la c k -th ro a te d green w a rb lers a re alm ost vvhollv beneficial as d estro y e rs of insect enemi» s of th e tre e tops. T h ro u g h o u t th eir fives they feed largely on c a te r pillars, hugs anil beetles th a t eat the leaves of woody plan ts. Thev seem to be p a rtic u la rly d e s tru c tive el such insects as the ca n k er- w orm s and leaf-ro llers. The N ational W ildlife F e d e ra tion w elcom es th e opportunitv o f helping vou and o th e rs hav e a b e tte r u n d ersta n d in g of th is obviously useful bird E. L au ren ce P alm er. j 4-Chair and Table—Chrome Finish BREAKFAST SET B lack P la stic S eat and B ack Reg. Price J 120 Special Price $60 Oil Pressure Silent Glow BURNER ONLY With Controls — Used Reg. Price $225 Special Price $50 WEDGEWOOD GAS RANGE With Fry Plate Reg. Price $285 Special Price $ 150 $ SERVEL GAS REFRIGERATOR Reg. Price £325 Special Price $175 : Montg°mery W ard 6-ft. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Reg. Price S i85 Special Price $75 g -n -r— - ~ - n — NOTICE lack lendall, county doc tax collector, is now collect ing taxes in a house-to-house canvass of the Brool 1 larlx>r area. paid adv ALL ABOVE ITEMS LIKE NEW Terms If Needed Call 2558 A. J. M ATO T fOOl ( )rcgon 1
