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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1954)
8 C ivilization and the y e a rs it has becom e disappeared. la rg e consignm ents of books a r th e sw ift-w inged m etalic b ird s— rived, loaned from th e S ta te li a m ore, scientific pro ced u re and THURSDAY, M ARCH 4, 1954 is now considered a d efin ite Con th e a ir lin ers and je ts —have d ri b rary . S ev eral of these volum es trib u tio n to th e cause of o rn ith ven them aw ay. h av e been asked for by th e p a t I do think a count here, whe- ology. M ore th an 3000 bird ob rons and m any of them a re in W o rk ers will soon be called u p serv ers in th e U nited S ta te s and th* r official or otherw ise, would th e ev er p opular ju v en ile d e p a rt on to build th e new’ lib rary . Roy C anada took p a rt in the official reveal som e ra ritie s of o u r own. m ent. Mrs. R obert S m ith con By R U TH B. S M IT H m P o rtla n d , seventy-tw o o b ser W eidem an, who is supervising the trib u te d a ca rto n of m y stery s to r A udubon counts this w in ter. job, has given Ja c k M cC arton the And the S p rin g arose on the In P o rtlan d , th e y d a l count of vers plodded up hills and th ro u g h list of m a te ria ls needed, and Jac k ies and Mrs. S am G ott a few y ears g arden fa ir ttie cold fogs, 'lh in k how m uch of N atio n al G eographies. T hese individual birds cam e to 39,047, j is a lre a d y rounding it up so it can L ike the spirit of love ev e ry the second highest count in 15 ! m ore p leasu rab le the ex perit nee be* delivered on th e site. P ossi la tte r have been placed on th e w here, years. T he P o rtla n d a re a was would be in o u r balm y "H om e of bly som e will be th ere l>efore this “help y o u rse lf” tab le for m a g a And each flow er and herb on zine exchange. divided into 16 sections which vwinter F low ers"! gets into circulation. e a r th ’s d ark breast covered an a re a about 15 m iles i Do you know how to p ru n e ? If L ast week, Bud R ausch com Rose from the d re am s of it’s in d iam eter, w ith c o n tra s tin g ter- not, lo r quick, easy ways, see the p leted th e co n crete w ork, long GO TO M ED FO R D w in try rest. S helley. I rain of m arshy o r w a te r lands, c h a rt and a rtic le s in th F eb ru ary delayed by w e a th e r conditions Mr. and Mrs. K en n eth B aker I tim ber, resid en tial and farm lands. issue of the S u n set m ag az in e(p-18) and g e ttin g the plum bing roughed an d d a u g h te r K aren, spent S a t So spring cam e to B rookings R obins and red sh afte d flickers Not only is it a p rim er for th e be in. C h arlie S ta n h u rs t finally got u rd ay in Medford. d u rin g this p a st w eek of s u n w ere th e only birds found in ev ginner, but it also presen ts some the la tte r in place so ev e ry th in g sh ine for every stem and b ranch ery d istrict. T he robins an n u ally new ideas for the m ore ex p e ri is now ready for th e s tru c tu re . seem ed ready to b u rst w ith th e o u tn u m b e r o th e r species w ith the enced. Tw o new concepts are, Two problem s have not yet new s that sp rin g -tim e is here. No O regon Juncos (or snow birds) to quote, been solved and m ust be before W inter w as ev er know n to ex ten d com ing second. About h alf the 1. ’ Leaves m a n u fa c tu re p lan t the building can be u tilized-w atei too ta r into M arch, except in m o birds counted w ere w a te r birds, grow th. T he m ore leaves you a l and sa n ita ry facilities. Both of Bookkeeping m e n ta ry g u sts of tem per. ducks and gulls p rim arily, and low to rem ain on the .plant, the these a re in th e w orks and c a l’ Som e w eeks ago th is colum n house finches w ere also n u m e r fa s te r and stro n g e r will be the for coordination w ith neighbors. Pay Roll Taxes m en tio n ed the a n n u a l A udubon ous. T he s ta rlin g s a re recent p la n t’s grow th, in stead of p ru n Use of a bulldozer, for a sh o rt Insurance bird count in th e S m oky m oun new com ers w hile a w histling sw an ing a plant right down to the tim e, will be w elcom ed, and m uch ta in s of P nnessee and then, m ore and a H olbell’s grebe w ere sp o t basic form you w'ant in asingle fill m a te ria ls will be needed. recen tly , cam e a re p o rt of a sim ted and c re a te d special e x c ite operation, g ra d u ally re m o v e During the past week, two ila r count right in P o rtlan d , O re m en t because of th eir raren ess. It grow th th a t you don’t w ant. gon, to g e th e r w ith som e national is also in tere stin g to learn th at 2. “A basic process th a t mak< s occasions. W atch for the next in fo rm atio n . N atio n al bird co u n t w hat w ere once n ativ e gam«* bran ch es extend them selves in issue’s tre a t on th e su b ject of ing s ta rte d back in 1899 as a birds, such as Bob W hites, C ali length is the production of h o r "D ahlias" by H elen Dempsey. “s u b s titu te for looking at birds fornia and m o u n tain quail o r the m ones or auxins in c e rta in te r o v er th e sig h ts of a shotgun". j sh o rt-e a re d ow ls have en tire ly m inal buds. T hese su b stan ces d ic ta te flow of grow th. By p inch ing and nipping, you can e n c o u r age a flow of grow th in any di rection and so reduce m uch of the usual w in te r p ru n in g ”. T he a rtic le approaches each plant as an individual and if fol FOR ECONOM Y AND D E P E N D A B IL IT Y lowed, one need not p ru n e by ru le but ta k e ad v a n ta g e of th e p ro c es ses of n a tu ra l g row th and p ru n e in th e direction one desires. A l For Curry County m ost any p lan t will respond to train in g , and the c h a rt gives ev Phone 411 Gold Beach, Ore. e ry th in g from basic pru n in g and pinching to the rem oval of sp en t bloom s to encourage grow th. In San R afael, a landscape a r ch itect, having been asked to m ake a w all quickly w ith o u t dis Highway Frontage (Highway 101, Oregon’s Main S tre e t) turb in g existing lawn o r s h ru b C H ETC O R IV E R F R O N T A G E - R E S ID E N T IA L LOTS bery used cem ent bags both for NEW HO M ES - RANCHES - FARM LANDS the w all and steps. F irst a 6 ACREA G E - IN D U S T R IA L S IT E S inch tren c h was dug. Then 2 bag-; 01 cem ent w ere placed on edge IN C O M E P R O P E R T IE S (O u r sand and g rav el is w ashed, w ith a steel reinforcing rod run B eautiful Scenic, P a rk lik e O cean F ro n ta g e screened and w eighed to give full th rough to the ground w ith e- Brookings, nough rod still p ro tru d in g above m easu re and p ro p er p roportions O regon to hold a third bag. T h en all of ag g reg ate, to in su re q u ality ) R E A L E S T A T E B RO K ER bags w ere slit open down the "W '/io tries to do the common things of life uncom m only w ell.’ m iddle to adm it m o istu re and fuse th e cem ent. The whole w all w as then sprayed w ith hose and law n sp rin k le r and th e re a fte r be Crushed Gravel River Run Sand and Gravel gan to set, the p a p e r bags d isin te g ra tin g slowly. The 250 foot Rock Fill Material Clay Fill w all w as com pleted in th re e days O ne m ight not alw ays need 750 Black Top Toil River Silt bags of m ateria l as in this case but it s a quick short cut to beau- Clam Shell Soil Concrete Pipe & Ditching tv T he steps for the w all w ere m ade laying the cem ent bags flat. Now B abys’ T ea rs ca rp et the space betw een th e steps and su c cu le n ts fill the cran n ies in the w all w ith th e ir colors. T ry it and let m e know the outcom e. N ext w eek you will really have a guest colum ist who know s h e r su b ject, not a second-handed m a teria l w rite r such as I on mosi Brookings-Harbor Pilot ' T hrough WORK BEGINS ON LIBRARY SOON Along Azalea Row B. B. Crabb Co. Kerr Bldg. ADAMS CH EV R O LET Sales and Service C H O IC E P R O P E R T IE S IN H. BRADY F ) \ Brookings, Ore. READY MIX CONCRETE J AUTO REPAIRING 4 • . . 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