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to w ard w hich to aim in 1954.
How ever, one of th e resolutions
m ay set off a discussion bomb
By R U TH B. S M IT H
g re a te r th a n th e e a rw ig th o u g h t
An accolade of ruffles of th e would resound in h er own ear,
W A SH IN G TO N . D. C. — T he
drum , tw o tig ers o r th re e “ra h s ” perchance. T h ere a re tw o schools
1
<th
an n u al W ildlife C o n serv a­
of
thought
in
this
area,
we
find.
— w h atev er y o u r m edium of
tion
S
tam
p s published by th « N a ­
It
m
ust
be
s
ta
te
d
th
a
t,
to
quote
praise -to B. M iller, who, w hen
asked by this w rite r how s h e d the radio, th e ea rw ig ’s com m ents tio n al W ildlife F e d e ra tio n are
like to g a th e r a few g a rd e n e rs’ w ere "h er own and not rt cessari- new being d istrib u te d from F e d ­
resolutions for th e New y e a r for lv an expression of t h 1 opinions eratio n h e a d q u a rte rs in W ash ­
this colum n, w ent fa r beyond the of this s ta tio n !” P erso n ally , we ington.
T he 36 stam p s in th e 1954 ed i­
call of d u ty and w ro te the w hole a re g reat believers in th e C h ris t­
colum n for her.
T h a t’s frie n d ­ m as can! custom , built up over a tion include full-color illu s tr a ­
long period of neighbors and tions of 14 species of N orth
ship!
friends w here we have form erly A m erican birds, five m am m als,
And w hat stau n ch resolutions
lived; no m a tte r how freq u en tly five fishes, seven wild (lowers and
she gath ered , c e rtain ly a fine goal
one h ears o r sees a .p articu lar tw o tr es, th e red ad m iral b u tte r ­
friend o r neighbor over th e back fly. a t'm b e r ra ttle s n a k e and th e
fence, it is h e a rt-w a rm in g indeed A nderson tre e frog.
• to know th e y ’ve given you an
T hey w ere p ainted by fou r
j extra-special thought at C h ris t­ noted n a tu re artists. R oger T ory
m as and th a t you, too, m ay ta k e P ?terson, the F e d e ra tio n ’s a rt d i­
tim e out in a busy w hirl to think re c to r and best know n fo r his
j of them , also. W e cherish th e illu s tra te d ‘Field ’G uide to the
m essages from n e a r and rem o te ird s,” co n trib u ted nine of th e
friends as an im p o rtan t p a rt of birds, ranging from th e lordly
c u r holiday season
C anada goose and th e p opular
O u r sy m p ath ies a re alw ays bobw hite to the colorful sc a rle t
w ith th e postoffice people but it ta n a g e i. He also p ain ted the but-
is probable they w ould be th e last
to advocate c u ttin g down th e those few' m ay not be grow n by
C h ristm a s m ailings. ’T is even r u ­ any o th e r resident so bring your
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m ored about th a t one em ployee, list along. Mrs. Lois P e te rso n has
h ard-w orking as th e rest, gained ag reed to m ake a com pilation ol
w eight at it. A nother ruffle for th e lists a f te r all a re given h er
This week’s double Green th e p a tie n t,' long-suffering postal a t th e m eeting. Com e one, com e
d e p a rtm e n ts before we get back all, to learn m ore of g ard em n g
Stamp winner
on th e g ard en p ath o r before o u r (especially J u n io r g ard en in g this
ed ito r him self announces th a t tim e ), to g reet y o u r old and new
Clarence Overman
" th e opinions herein expressed
friends, and to honor o u r c h a rte r
a re not necessarily. . . “his’n.’’
m em bers.
T h e J a n u a ry m eetin g of the
(C orrection
from
D ecem ber:
G arden C lub <Jan. 14) will tie T he gold-w rapped C h ristm a s git
h gh-lighted by th e ce le b ratio n of w hich received one of th e h o n o t'
th e n inth b irth d ay of th e club. aw ard ed should have been c re d it­
P lan s are sec ret but th e fact they ed to M arie G u e rreta z.)
a ie in th e hands of th e past club
In a new spaper sent from th e
presidents, w ith M arth a G rav- e n tra n c e to th e G re a t Smoky-
shel as ch airm an , bodes well for M ountain N ational P a rk in T e n ­
w h at is in sto re for us. A nsw er; nessee, is noted th e fact th a t on
BROOKINGS to roll-call includes a re p o rt on J a n u a ry 3 was to occur th ? n in e­
o u r w in te r flowers at C hristm as. te e n th an n u al w in te r bird count
1 o date, a t le a st a hundred dif- 1 th ere , p a rtic ip a te d in by th e peo­
SOUTH OF DIMMICKS
1\ rent bloom s have been reported. ple of th a t and neighboring co u n ­
T hough som e of us have few. ties
It is a day long event, spon ­
Along Azalea Row
Wildlife Stamps
Being Distributed
Kayser Hose
$1.15 pr.
terfly and som e of the wild flow­
ers.
The five m am m als
black
bear, w alru s, g ra y fox. wood ra t
and co a ti - w ere p ain ted bv a re th e m ean s by w hich the n o n ­
b ran cis Lee Jaq u es, for m ans profit F e d e ra tio n finances not o n ­
s e a rs sta ff a rtis t of the A m erican ly its ow n activ ities, but len d s
M useum
of N a tu ra l
H istory. a ssista n c e for co n serv atio n p r o j ­
Jaq u es also co n trib u ted th e fishes, ec ts s|Minsored by affiliated s ta te
o rg an izatio n s
five of th ? birds an d th e trees.
D u rin g
1953 stam p re ceip ts
Som e ot the wild flowers w ere
helped
supj>ort
m ore th an a score
done by Leslie R agan, one of
of co n serv atio n w o rkshops fo r
A m erica's forem ost tra v e l-p o ste r
a rtists. M ichael Bevans, y o u th fu l school te a c h e rs and sev eral y o u th
N ew Tertey illu s tra to r an d a n ew ­ cam ps, an d provided g ra d u a te fe l­
com er am ong the W ildlife S ta m p lowships in six colleges and u n i-
j versifies. T he F ed eratio n also
a rtis ts , co n trib u te d th e r a tt l e ­
p re p are s and d is trib u te s co n se r­
sn ak e and tre e frog.
v atio n teac h in g aids and re fere n ce
O ver 600 species of A m erican m a te ria ls
w ith o u t
ch arg e
to
sv i Id life have been p o rtra y ed in schools th ro u g h o u t th e n ation.
the N atio n al W ildlife F ed eratio n
sta m p s since th ? series s ta rte d in ¡R E T U R N TO SCH O O L
1938. R eproduced by six-color
H ow ard R itch ie and R onald
lith o g rap h y , the stam p s a re d is­ A kers re tu rn e d to C orvallis T u e s ­
trib u te d by m ail to individuals d a y to resu m e th e ir stu d ies at
th ro u g h o u t th e co u n try . They I O regon S ta te College.
Where Guarantee Means Something
3 prs. $2.98
Y our S erv ice H e a d q u a rte rs
RA D IO AND T E L E V IS IO N R E P A IR
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W h a rf S tre e t
oes
sored by th e N a tio n al A udubon
Society, but u n d e rta k e n by the
T ennessee O rnithological Society,
th e U niversity of T ennessee, th e
K noxville Bird C lub and the
S m oky M ountain N atio n al P ark .
W hy cannot we, so in te re ste d in
th e birds as part of o u r program ,
push
some such a count for s o u th ­
Come in and test drive the fabulous H o rn e t or sen satio n al J e t
w estern O regon right her*?
T he p artic ip a n ts, som e 20 to 30
of them ta k e th ir posts at d a y ­
b reak and rem ain un til sunset
601 H S tre e t
P hone 7091
C rescent C ity, Calif.
noting th e different species of
birds th ey see and h ea r. At a
d in n e r th a t night, th e lists w ere
to be compiled. T he w a tc h e rs
w ere to be statio n ed in desig n ated
a re a s w ithin a 15-mile radius.
T his w in te r bird count, held in
a re a s
th ro u g h o u t
th e
U nited
S ta te s and C anada at th e end of
th e y e a r gives to th e A udubon
Society, la te r to be p rin te d in its
publication, a com plete collation
of all th e findings and helps to
account for the w in te r m ig ratio n s
of th e birds. Can th e B rookings-
H a rb o r a re a secure a ssista n c e in
being a p art of this m ost in te r­
estin g in v estig atio n ?
Soon, says o u r club presid en t,
M is. R apraeger, will com e th e
s ta r t of club effort to w ard th »
lan d scap in g of o u r hom es and
gardens. A book re cen tly added
to th e flo ricu ltu re shelves of the
O regon S ta te lib rary is "Sm all
Hom L andscaping” by P. J. Mc­
fa t
Save
K enna and A. B. M cK enna F a w ­
c e tt. It is well w orth looking in ­
to, in anticip atio n of th e sp rin g
Sa m p le F aicx fio m B rookings:
program .
P ortland - - - $6.55
Los Angeles - - $12.20
In addition to th e fine New-
San Francisco - - 6.55
S alt L ake - - - 22.40
Y ear’s g re etin g from th e g u est
R eturn Trip 20' I.FSS . on Round-Trip T ickets
colum nist of last w eek, m ay I
1 add one of m y own fa v o rite s in
sim ilar vein; for all of you:
R C R E T T K E , Agent
B rookings. Ore.
Ph. 2311
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