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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1953)
Excellent Hunting Heavy Wood Oils Brush Kills Opens Duck Season Double A heavy weed oil will "T he m allard s w ere w histling in at tree top height and about a s p ersisten t as the old blue-tail Hy. W hy you co u ldn’t keep them out. We d id n ’t even need o u r dekes.” So w ent th e stories of th e good shootintf experienced by w a te r- low lers over m ost of the shooting areas opening w eek end. I he sc a tte r-g u n a rtis ts c e rta in ly enjoyed a field day in the m arsh es of c e n tral and e a s te rn O regon w ith p len ty of ducks and geese av ailab le an d lim it kills the ru le ra th e r th an the exception. M alheur proved to be th e hot sj>ot w ith th e success ra tio b e tte r than fo u r birds p er h u n ter. S h o o t ing was also exceptional at S u m m er lake. In tw o days of shooting in this area. 1.980 h u n te rs checked out w ith 3.317 ducks and 3.729 geese. M allards, snows, and specs .predom inated th e bag. E xcellent to good shooting was also rep o rted from La G rande, l'a k r and O n tario, and W a rn e r vajley and the K lam ath m arsh e s W estern O regon w as very spot tv since no larg e Hights had as y et arrived. S au vie island and the S ltc o o s a re a produced only fair w ith local hatches providing th e bulk of th e shooting. W ith duck w e a th e r com ing on, w este rn O regon should pick up w ithin the next couple of weeks. BLM Timbar Put On M arket Pheasant, Quail Seasons Open alm ost double the av erag e brush kill, com pared to light o r diesel oils, S h o tg u n n e rs can look forw ard w hen used as a brush k ille r c a r to a w hirlw ind of action this com rier. ing w eek end w ith the opening of I b a t’s th e re p o rt from O regon ’he pheasant and quail seasons in S ta te college a g ric u ltu ra l chem addition to th e already opened ists Virgil E reed and M. L. S u th w aterfow l season. erla n d in th e new OSC farm R eports from e a ste rn Oregon q u a rte rly , “O reg o n ’s A g ricu ltu ral 'h o w an excellent population of P ro g ress.” birds availab le w ith B aker, Union Most horm one brush k illers a r > and M alheur count it's tops in p ro sold as a liquid co n c en trate , a m ix tu re of 2 pounds 2,4-D and 2 duction. A la te spring, early hay c u ttin g operations, and late nest- pounds 2,4,5-T. A gallon of this is u su ally diluted w ith 12 gallons of tv all c o n trib u ted to good s u r vival of birds. >il before sp ray in g brush. In w e ste rn Oregon, production T he kind of oil used m akes a difference, according to the re of birds has .also boon b e tte r than se a rc h e rs.’ S p ray in g big leaf av erag e ibis y e a r w ith the u pper m aple, they re p o rt brush k ille r W illa m e tte valley offering the m ixed w ith diesel o r lig h te r oils best prospects. O regon has been divided into gave only a 42 to 47 per cent kill H eav ier oils killed from 73 to 89 lo u r pheasant and quail shooting per cent of th e sam e kind of ar. as depending on bird concen- brush. F ree d and S u th e rla n d think th at heavy oils because of d if ferent chem ical m akeups pene tr a te b ark b e tte r and hold killing m a te ria ls longer. F all is a good tim e tc sp r i.v brush. T he research ers recom m end c u ttin g and tre a tin g brush slum ps above 1 inches in d ia m e te r w ith ' a brush killer. S p ray the k iller on th e low er 18 to 24 •i. h e ; of .sm aller sized brush. A n o th er m ethod is cu ttin g v erti- •al gashes every 1 inches around th e tru n k , then ire a tin g w ith ,ri m ine salt brush killer. t rations, w ith s e p a ra te seasons and bag lim its governing each specific area. H u n ters a re urged to consult th e h u n tin g svnopsis for ap p licab le reg u latio n s before go ing afield. In fo rm atio n concern- be found on pages 14, 15 and Hi. ¡ng th e up lan d gam e seasons can G eneral season opens noon Oc to b er 24 in all a re a s except K la m ath co u n ty w h ere th e season will open at noon on O ctober 31. I ! 1 J . • I l I m brOokin£S H arbor Pilot THURSDAY . O G TO BER 29. 19e3 H u n ters a re u rg ed by the gam e com m ission to m ak e use of good h u n tin g dogs w h en ev er possible to help prevent th e less of crip p led birds. A d v ertisin g in th e B rookings- H a rb o r P ilo t b rin g s resu lts. DR. W. H. TOWNSEND Veterinarian Announces Establishment of General Veterinary practice 'h o n e 6 3 1 owe en Saturday Night, Oct. 31 at The CLIFF HOUSE Brookings, Oregon Freight Service Coast Freight Lines T he most popular ami beautiful N ight Chib on the West Coast Cash Door Prizes!! Dining Dancing Now You Can Get These Scarce Items Davis Cut Plugs Lucky Joe Radiant Spinner Atomic Strike Bait THE NEW FLAT FISH Entertainment Finest American ami Chinese Food Served from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Good News for Fishermen! Music and Entertainm ent by $ RALPH DEO a, - »he Hammond & y o u r fa v o rite song. i < H ear him sing s j G R E A T LA KES VVliIRLAVVAY RODS, REELS > \ GALIAGHER'S \ S SPO R T IN G GO OD S i DICK and his W e ste rn S w in g sters. T hey alw ays please. COME OUT FOR A NIGHT OF FUN 0 Phone Brookings 2921 0 For Reservations Cover Charge fifty cents plus tax The CLIFF HOUSE Your Hosts I Smith River Í Board Calls For Bids on Bonds F or N ovem ber tim b e r s a le s , t h e B ureau of Land ’' Tan n g em nnt w i l l place 23.891,000 hop ’d f mt i stu m p ag e, in eight tra c ts, on th e Bids w ere req u ested today b\ m ark et in w este rn Oregon. ’ he B ro o k in g s-Ilarb o r S c b o o 1 All eight tra c ts will be offered board on $378,500.00 w orth o! by o ral bids. T he first sale wilj bonds. be held at R oseburg on N ovem ber T he bonds w ere au th o rized last 4, w here tw o tra c ts w ith 8.984.000 m onth by voters of th e school d is board feet a re posted. tric t for th e co n stru ctio n of a On N ovem ber 5 th e E ugene d is new high school. trict has scheduled two tra c ts for Bids for th e bonds will be sale w ith 1.526,000 board feet. opened D ecem ber 1,' at 7:30 p.m. Two RLM d istricts, th e Coos at th e school house in B rookings. Bay and Salem , will hold th e ir auction on N ovem ber 6. Coos S u b scrib e to the B rooking» Bay will have one tra c t w ith H a rb o r P ilot. 8.821.000 board feet and Salem will offer th re e tra c ts t o t a l in g 1 6.560,000 board feet. DAILY T he M edford d istrict will hold no tim b er sales dim ing Novem ber. R esults of th e O ctober sales w ere as follow s: A to tal of 26 tra c ts of O & C stu m p ag e w ere offered for sale w ith a volum e of 31.819,(XX) board feet. T w en ty tra c ts, w ith 34.580.000 board feet, DAVE FRANKLIN, sold for S517.556.55. Owner On public dom ain lands, seven P hone 2634 tra c ts w ith 3,674,000 board feet G E O R G E LO STRO H (w hich w as the to ta l offered» sold Local Agent for S83.681.65. 5 C E. B. W atson, Mr. ami Mrs. K A. Carr
