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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1954)
| those u n fla tte rin g rem ark s, w ere eeeded from a delicious ham d in I 1 not an avid gard en -clu b b er, al- n er to a p ro g ram which consisted Brookings-Harbor Pilot I w ays e a g er to g re et th e public, of m usical selections, a solo d ance THURSDAY A P R IL 29. 1954 re ad ers o r not, I could alm ost By R U T H B. SM IT H 1 by T eresa '.’an Ceil, and a short I w ish th a t every blade of g rass ’ sj>eech by L u th e r T isdale, th e MOVING FROM P E N D L E T O N I t w ould be nice if I could say : o r stem eag erly looked for would, I \\ ith 1 m netv-six w om en and th a t this is being sent to you lo r them , tu rn out to be a hards girls s ittin g down to a banquet only m an sea te d at th e dinner, j K en n eth S to n e of P en d leto n a r Lillian Zum,pfe w as in rived in B rookings last w eek. Ik» d irec t from th e o u le r spaces bu« w«.etl in th e ir gardens. F rien d sh ip pri p ared by th e m en of the M rs c h a rg e of the p ro g ram , which plans to b ring his family soon. it isn’t so. It is being w ritte n in indeed! (»range last F rid ay evening the concluded w ith th re e 4-H d em advance of deadlines to a c M ayhap this is ju st as good a first M others and D a u g h te rs b a n com odate tra v e l schedul s and tim e as any to bring you som e quet for this a re a w as a com p,ele o n stra tio n s by team s from S m ith 1 Find w h at you w an t th ro u g h the P ilot C lass Ads. by th e tim e i t is used, m ay not thing which 1 thought in tere stin g success. T he affair, u n d er th e R iver and F ort Dick sound at all as intended. an d I ju st do not know w hat ch airm an , W illiam Eiekhoff, p re W h at a b ea u tifu l thing is brought th e subject of “S k u n k s” friendship! O r a t least I had a l to m y m ind ju s t now. boot w as on one lever of th e trap . w ays th o u g h t so u n til recen tly As a m a tte r of fact, in this in T h en pressing hard on th e o th e r w hen I w as bem oaning all th e stance, th e re w as ju st one skunk things th a t needed to be tak en w ith one foot badly caught in a w ith his tw o thum bs, th e levers care of, including colum n m a tia p set at th e end of a long opened and “S k u n k ie ” w as free. But th e re w as still one prob teria l for th re e issues of th e chain, p rim arily for th e purpose lem. “S k u n k ie ” d idn’t seem to paper. W hat do you th in k w as th e of ca tc h in g a w oodchuck who had realize this at all. T he stra in of joint recom m endation of five so- been raiding a very nice garden. term ed p u b lic-sp irited g en tlem en N e ith e r the ow ner of th e trap , holding th e tra p open and the t ?) ? "Just subm it th e last th re e h e re in a fte r nam ed "Mt re M an” thought of w hat m ight happen it colum ns and be done w ith it! No nor th e anim al him self, h erein any second becam e stead ily worse. T hen “S k u n k ie ” suddenly seem ed one would know the d ifferen ce.” a f t e r called “S k u n k ie ” had to sense (should this be spelled One m ight expect such coopera planned things th is w ay but w hat tiveness from one person hut five! to do now ? “ M ere M an” first sc e n ts’ ?) th a t th e re w as no p res W hat a blow to m y ego to learn th o u g h t of his rifle, a good club, s u re on his foot and w ith g reat th at they n ever even read th e or a big stone, but it seem ed delibt l aten e ss he w ith d rew it and a nearb y wisdom o ffer d them g ra tis by h ard ly fa ir to kill th e poor anim al am bled off to w ard sw am p But he tu rn ed back jusi the G arden Club. H enceforth, if which, a t least to th a t m om ent, a second and rew arded his bene th eir g ard en s a re disgraces, we had done no harm . fa cto r w ith a g ra te fu l look. And can no lo n g er be blam ed; ju st for T he final decision w as to a t th e b en e fac to r w as q u ite g ra te fu l tem p t to free “S k u n k ie '’ and on his own account. “ M ere M an” hope for no u n to w ard re su lts if said it ju st proved th a t a common th e w ork w as done slow ly enough sk unk is by n a tu re very inoffen not to frig h ten th e beast. “ M ere sive and will n e ith e r bite nor M an” dropped to one knee and sp ray except w ith g re at provoca s ta rte d p u llin g slow ly on the tion. chain, m oving it g en tly tow ard A m em b er of th e Scientific him. “S k u n k ie ” seem ed to u n d e r s ta ff of the A m erican M useum stand, w hen he fe lt th e strain , how ever, d id n ’t e n tire ly agree. He and began to m ove forw ard w ith said th a t “M ere M an” m ight b e t th ? trap , w ith o u t offering any te r have w orked w ith his eyes resistance. A fte r w h at seem ed an sh u t, th a t skunk juice is exceeding e te rn ity th e re he and “M ere painful and m aybe th e skunk M an” w ere, all but face to face. m ight have been tra in e d not to W h at an o p p o rtu n ity ! P robably fire u n til he saw th e w h ite of an I V A R 1 E T Y no sk u n k e v e r h ad a b e tte r one, e y e ! j but still he seem ed to say, “Your W hat would you have done? I '. . "W H E R E YOUR DOLLAR G O ES F A R T H E R " in ten tio n s a re good,” for “M ere M an” had n e ith e r h u rt him nor 14 bn? frig h ten ed him. W ith hands on th e tra p itself it was p re tty m uch of a shock to find th a t th e tw o sp rin g levers w ere too stiff to open by hand. T he best plan w ould be to get one foot on one lev er and use "They haven’t moved in yet!” j p ressu re w ith both hands on the other. B ut to stan d up u n ex p e ct We Give S and H G reen S ta m p s edly m ight have been ju s t th e frig h ten in g act to b re ak th e spell. A complete line of building So, still in th e cram p ed kn cling psosition, “M ere M an’’ very slow- j materials ly w riggled his left foot forw ard • inch by inch u n til the toe of his j Alena •z Azalea Row Mothers,Daughters Feted at Banquet 3 EVERY DAY. . at PALMER’S WATCH NEXT WEEK'S PAPER FOR OUR G RAND OPENING AT PALMER’S WiRHINGI Tisdale for County Judge Due To The Cattle Rustling and Illegal Slaughter of Stock on the — Pd. P olitical Ad. 1 WHALESHEAD RANCH There Will Be THEATRE OCEAN No Hunting - Fishing > en tranc e ''" __ _ or ON H IG HW AY 101 — 5 M ILES N O R TH O F C R E S C E N T CITY Trespassing Allowed Friday, Saturday, April 30 — May 1 STAND AT APACHE RIVER No Exceptions! S tep h en M cN ally Ju lia A dam s T echnicolor RAIDERS OF TH E SEVEN SEAS Jo h n P ay n e D onna Reed T echnicolor ♦ ♦ VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED ! ♦ COMING SOON White Witch Doctor — Blowing Wild Saskatchewan — The Mor>nlighter So Bi 2 — Mr. Music r -am» u m - -. b r r r :rs I Ä Signed: DELMAR COLGROVE, Jr. < WARREN McK'EELY ,___ 4
