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ship passed on th e horizon. It w ould do y o u r own soul and th at THURSDAY, MAY, 6. 1954 of th e one to whom you w rite a le tte r, good ju s t to m ention w hat you had seen o u t y o u r window th a t day. One person says she m akes a habit of looking o u t a t By R U TH B. S M IT H th e sea and sky in at least tw o Som e |M‘ople go by th e ca le n d ar directions both m orning and even and suddenly discover it is high ing w hile a n o th e r says th a t he a l tim e to g et o u tsid e and feel the w ays has to check on th e heavens e a rth on o n e’s hand. But up in before he goes to bed. Even W ash in g to n th re e w eeks ago the though on bended knee in the g a r n ig h ts w ere still down to fr o zing den, it pays to stop th e digging and th e daffodil gro w ers w e ren 't once in a w hile and appraise the ev en w illing to p redict w hen th e ir ch an g in g world aro u n d you. bloom s w ould lx* ready for the Do you know how m any g a r an n u a l p arad e and showing. This d en e rs th e re a r e ? No one ac tu a lly h a rd ly seem ed possible w hen those does, of course, but the national in o u r area, for th e m ost p a rt ¡e s tim a te is th irty m illion and h ad been gone so long. W e do live th a t is an increase over the e s ti in a m arv elo u s clim ate, in sp ite of m ate of only five y< ars ago. T h ere w inds an d ra in s and a re plenty has been a shift from the crow ded lucky to be here! cities into th e country, w ith the R ecen tly a w om an com m ented, 1 re s u lt th at even sociologists o r “ H ow blue th e sky w as to d ay !” politicians professional people and an d th e an sw er, “W as it? You laborers, who d id n ’t m uch c a re to m u st hav e had tim e to notice but | know the difference betw een a I w as too b u sy !” No one in B rook d aphne and a dahlia a re now’ fast ings, home* m aker, logger, office- | becom ing g ard en ers of prom ise. m an, g ard en er, n or “in the lilies” N ever has the g a rd e n e r had so sh o u ld ev e r be too busy to look m any aids a t his disposal. T he sk y -w ard o r sea-w’ard. T oday the ru le of th u m b used to m ean th a t w h ales w ere s|>outing and a big th e g ard en er got from his garden ju st w h a t he put into it, in p la n ning. backache and blisters. B ut now th e p ictu re is changing. The bew ildering p ro d u cts of th e chem i cal laboratories, m an u fa ctu rin g Interior and Exterior p la n ts and professional seedsm en all help the lazy g ard en er to A. H. ECKETT secu re am azing results. It is a l m ost as h a rd to choose am ong Box 551, Brookings th e chem ical “assists" as it is to 6 Brookings-Harbor Pilot Along Azalea Row P L A S T E R IN G ADAM S CH EV R O LET SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE choose th e colors and kinds of p lan tin g s you w ant. B ack to th e original th em e cf p lan tin g tim e. Did you know th e re a re really those who still sw ea r by according to th e phases of the m oon? In spite of this ch e m ic il age and the m odern scoffers, th e re a re those who cling to the theory and can prove it. I had to find out why, and w hich moon phases to follow, and here it is in a nut- ' shell. W ell it seem s th a t m o istu re is necessary for a seed to g e rm in a te ¡and th moon, as it appro ach es the “ fu ll” phase “pulling,” ju s t as we know it does affect th e tides, also pulls m o istu re tow ard the e a rth 's surface, nourishes the seed and here c o n n s th e g e rm i nation. S im ple enough, isn't it? It seem s th a t, w ay back in 1926 an ex p erim en t w ith m aize w as first conducted by a G erm an society, t h e A nthroposophical A g ric u ltu ra l F oundation. O ne plot w as sown tw o days before th e full of th e moon, th e second a t full moon. C are fu lly w atched, the N um ber O ne seedlings broke th ro u g h th e ground in sh o rt o rder, but tw o days la te r th e a n ticip ated P lo t II seedlings did not show. N ot un til eight days had elapsed did an y th in g appear. T hose tw’o days difference in sow ing, w ith th e aid of Mr. M an in th e Moot, m ade a difference of eight days in th e g erm in atio n and th e second ones never did ca tc h up. E x p e ri m en ts continued over a period of nine y ea rs; the finest seeds a v a il ab le w ere used and p ractically every form of v eg etab le and flow er w as tried . T his re ally seem s conclusive proof th a t moon p lan tin g pays off in th e end. In case you, too, w an t to ex p erim en t fo r fun o r in e a rn est, th e next full m oon will be May 17 so y o u r seeds should go in on May 15. S and th e re su lts of y o u r ex p erim en t to the new G arden C lub president, M rs. H arv ey or ti e r still, m ak e a specim en 01 contrasts for the Flower Show. W ell I had intended w ritin g an e ru d ite a rtic le on a v ery heavy topic but “ju s t like a w om an” ram b led rig h t off g arru lo u sly . N ow th ere’s only space to pass on can Collins reco m m en d atio n s for a ttra c tin g th e hu m m in g birds to you 1 garden. P la n t M onarda ( “Bee aim " o r "horse m in t,” so-called.) I t h as a red bloom full of honey, a ttra c tiv e to th e hum m ing bird. F u chsia, h elio tro p e buddleia also a i t ract them as does th e cu rran t rihes san guineam . S ta rt p la n t ing now for th e joy of seeing the b um m ing bird at close range. Crescent Dance Recital Features Brookings Students B onnie K ay M incer’s dancing pu p ils of B rookings will tak e p a rt in a dance re cital to be given in C rescent C ity, F rid ay evening. M ay 14, in th e C rescen t-E lk au d i to rium . B onnie K ay is th e in s tru c to r at F ik e ’s D ancing School in C rescent City, and th e re cital will include h e r stu d e n ts from th e re as well as from B rookings and K lam ath . 8 PATTERSON Pd. Ad Pattrr>»n for Corornor Com T o d K. Gamble, Chairman , SIS S. W .6 tb Avenue, Portland, Oraguu. For Autos and Trucks Low Annual & Semi-Annual Premiums For Fire SUMMER SPECIAL BADGER MUTUAL OF MILWAUKEE P ay in g 15 to 20 p er cent Dividends • Earth Moved • A Building Site Graded S A Pill for a Building • An All W eather Driveway • A Road Built or Rocked • Any Size Pond, Earth Dam Irrigation Structure L IA B IL IT Y - BONDS - GLASS - IN L A N D M A R IN E BURGLARY B ro o k in g s-H a rb o r A rea PETE J. 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