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BROOKINGS - HARBOR Thursday, September 15, 1955 WANTED 2nd GROWTH DOUGLAS FIR FO R POLES a n d P IL IN G C o ll or W r it e fo r P rice List a n d S p e c ific a tio n s J. H, Baxter Timber Co. C re s c e n t C ity , C a lifo r n ia P. O . B ox 6 9 5 E v e n in g s Phone 6 0 0 1 — Phone 6212 /J ò (J 'n n a e ic u i T he human bodt is the most complicated mechanism ever created. Not all of its processes are thoroughly under stood even by those who devote their lives to a study of them. It is not surprising, therefore, that persons without medical training who attempt to diagnose and prescribe for their own serious ills often do themselves irreparable damage. Have respect for your body. You can never get another. When illness comes, consult a physician. He is a specialist in his line, just as we are in the business of filling his prescriptions. . w F R A N K ’S P H A R M A C Y — Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. — ’hone 4444 Campbell Building " P p P rr n P RRRRKRKKR p KKKKKKKKI HYDRANGEAS ARE BIG BUSINESS ON COAST B ecause hydangeas are one of o u r prineipa’ floral crops, because they do so well a ’ong the coast, and because so m any people w ant to know w hat influences th e ir color of blooms, possibly wv can follow through from cu ttin g s to blooms. T h ere are two types of cu ttin g s dorm ant and soft wood. C om m ercially, dorm ant cu ttin g s a re ta k ” n around th e first of the year, rooted, and kept grow ing on to bloom for the April and May holidays Soft o u tlin e s a re taken in early sum m er, root »d and allowed to grow into dorm ancy, then re p o t ted and forced to bloom the fol lowing w in ter or spring. • Both cu ttin g s should tx* about tw o and a half or three inches long and both are rooted in the sam e m an n er W hile th? cut end is still fresh, best dip it in some rooting horm one, and stick into the rooting m edium preferably sh arp riv er sand w hich has been m oistened or soil m ay lx1 chanced or a m ix tu re of say. half and half The c u ttin g should be kept dam p, not too w arm , and out of tho sun. In about four or five weeks, gently try to pull the c u ttin g out of the medium. If it is sort of stuck, roots are formed and the cu ttin g s should soon be potted intc^a th re e inch pot filled w ith a good, rich, garden soil m ixture. W hen they get potbound, shift them e ith e r outside or into a six or seven inch pot. A fundam ental is rem em bering the basic root-w ord of the nam e - ••HYDRO,” W A TER They are a plant which will do best if kept slightly soggy m ore so. say. th a n pelargonium s. W aterin g should be heavy, at least up until the buds sta rt to show color, if grow n outdoors, and then can be slacked oil but not all off if possible. Now, about feeding the c r itte r s ’ F irstly , there is no such th ing as a blue hydrangea, the shrubs come in a wide, fixed range from w hite though the pinks to a blood red. L et's say they ai'? blue be cause of the acidity of the soil. W hile th ere are som e varieties, notably the w hites, unaffected by soil acidity, there are m any o thers m ore or less finicky about th e ir grub. These varieties are popular w ith florists because they can be m ade to produce blooms whose n a tu ra l color can be shifted by m an u factu rin g th e blue pigm ent ation w ith acids so they'll come out in the m aroons, lavenders, purples, and pastel tin ts thereof. T he acids they use com m ercially W HY PAY RENT??? W h y t ie y o u r s e lf d o w n w i t h a b ig lo a n \ BUY PILOT — BR OOKINGS, OREGON A DECLARED GOVERNMENT SURPLUS HOUSE! LIM ITED SU PPLY F irst Come F irst Served H e re Is Y o u r O p p o r tu n ity Sec One Now E rected 800 BUTTE ST. Crescent City Well-Built One and Two-Bedroom Homes - PR E F A B R IC A T E D — The one-bedroom size is approxim ately 13’x30’ and consists of kitchen, living room area, one bedroom and bath. It is equipped w ith lav ato ry , show er, hot w ater h eater, c irc u la tin g h eater, r a n g e , sink, a whole com m unity of c a b inets and closets specially designed for co m fo rtab l living also bed. springs, m attress, pillows, chests, m irrors, dining ta b le and chairs and a very com fortab le stro n g ly -b u ilt oc casional ch air. Most, o r all of th e fu rn itu re is fine maple. T he floors a re con tinuous hardw ood of th e best grades. W indow s a re plentitul in th is ch arm in g house and cro ss v e n tila t ion is at its best for su m m er com fort. On th e o th e r hand, they are built w r y tig h t for w i n t r y winds w alls and ceiling stu rd ily insulated ag ain st the cold. T w o b ed ro o m buildings contain 4 chairs, 2 chests, 2 m irrors, 2 closets and tw in and double beds arc 13’x38‘. pO R HOME o r R E N T A L U NITS also ideal for O F F IC E S — G U EST H O U SES RIV ER CA BIN S ST O R E S — M ED ICA L CLIN ICS Phone 2721 — C R E SC E N T CITY, CA LIF LTY _ 374 H. S tre e t SEE R H. W ILSO N REA REALTY Low Priced OPEN — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. — SUNDAYS 10 to 5 an: m ostly sulphates of various ele 1 ^ts. all of w hich are good fe rtiliz e rs ferrous, m agnesium , alum inum , am m onium , bein« m ore or less w ell known anil the e a s iest to rem em ber is common old Epsom salts, which is m agnesium «?dnhfl*r' If vou have a hungry - looking hydrangea in your door- yard, w a te r in a couple of cups of Epsom sa lts or throw it on during a soaking rain being sure to get it well out from the p lant's m ain stem , on to the fo xier root area. This is especially desirable if you w ish to em phasize its nresent blueness or, if in an alkali area, and th e variety is sus •'•ptabV*. a heavy dose of the sulphat’vs, in cluding Epsom salts, should l>e sta rte d ju st about now as the au tu m n suns are setting next y e a r’s flow er buds But. if you w ant to bring back your blue tow ard its original color spread a bucket or tw o of lime about its roots and likewise soak it in along w ith generous helpings of o rd inary com m ercial fertilizer or ju st plain superphosphate .The lime m ay be in any form E X C E PT u n sla c k e d ( such as p la ste re rs use) so-called "B roken L im estone,” is good as it should sw eeten the soil for ten or fifteen years and the sam e m ay be said of ordinary n o u ltry o v ste r shell which is p re dom inantly lime, too, and much m ed for sw eetsoil loving plant vit- tals. In th is part of the world it is alm ost impossible to dost* hy d ran g eas w ith too m uch lime. C laude Goldizen had a p re tty good sized hydrangea, blue as all get out. a t his place. T hen the durn th in g cam e out a th rillin g pink! The good folks couldn't figure it out for a long tim e until Claude happened to rem em ber th at when they had th e ir fireplace put in the m ason sw ashed out and dumped his m o r ta r boat rieht on the gWr*. T hey wtvre tickled to have the only pink hydrangeas out in th eir neck of th e woods a^d were erous w ith euH ings. But the durn c u ttin g s n’l hatched out bln'*, and this w as before Claude and | oh, found out about the m o rtarh o at enisorVi so it engendered some head sc ratch in g all the way around A tric k to grow ing hydrangeas and alm ost any plant, as a niat- *er of fact is feeding ’em little and often, d itto w atering. No m o th er w ould think of stuffing h er children once in a g re a t w hile and then laying off feeding, and p lan ts a re like grow ing children m uch of th e ir lives. A fte r your hydangea has quit bloom ing,and has p re tty well shed its leaves, lop off the old woody stem s down to two or th ree node buds above th e ground D on’t cut off the new-wood shoots th a t have good bud tips at th e ir ends unless th e re a re too m any skinny ones and if th e re are, thin them out a l most to the point you’re su re you have ruined the shrub. R em em ber vou’ve upset the proportion of plant abovY* ground to root system beneath. If you’ve fed the plant, the roots will sta rt h au lin g in a lot of grub, as soon as the leaves s ta r t digestion it will have a brim m ing trough of vittals, your plant will get luxurious, and the blooms should m ake your less am bitious neighbor w onder w h a t’s happened to y o u r hydrangeas! H ere a re some v ariety nam es th a t rrrrty help: the fixed w hites a re : E ngles large um brella and heavy, rich foliage; R egula, sm a ll e r u m b rells and less eabagey fol- ige. E asiest of PIN K S to blue- H am b u rg and m ost common, h ere a b o u ts It will grow to several reet and form a dense hedge. S tra ffo rd is a very m uch dcm and- d carm in e pink and ( ’harm quite a blood led These la tte r tw o are '¡able to come in any of the blue influences if not corrected w ith lim ing and, frankly, some of the tin tin g is not a ttra c tiv e , to say he least. If they have a sw eet diet th e ir gorgeousness will m ore than Page LITTLE LEAGUE ENDS SEASON T he B rookings L ittle League, sponsored by th e Elks, R otary, and Lions Club had a sucressful in a u g u ra l y e a r w ith a 5-1 win-loss record. T he boys w orked hard and deserve a lot of credit. W e hope th a t next y e a r’s cam paign will lx* even m ore successful. Reus'd, Beem led the b itte rs w ith n b a ttin g averag e of .611 trailed closely by J e r r y Fox Who had 60t, Fox led th e L ittle L eaguers in hom e runs w ith 4, Beem led in trip le s w ith 2, F oxtin doubles w ith 4, and Bcvm and H anscam shared th e singles honors w ith 5 apiece. T he com bined h a ttin g average of the team w as 301. PIJVYER AB H PCT. PI/A Y ER AB H PCT B orst ......... 3 2 .667 2 B u tle r 3 .667 Beem IS 11 .611 Fox ao 12 ,400 a W ay, L 1 .500 W haley .............. 2 1 .500 H ighem 13 6 .462 E lm g e m ............ S 3 375 H anson ............ 19 7 .372 K ru g e r ............... 9 3 .333 Lowe ................ 13 4 .308 W ay, G. 14 3 .273 B erger, B........... 12 3 .250 2 Sw anson 9 .222 B erger, N. 15 3 200 G ribble, J. 15 3 .200 A rnett 11 .182 V ickers 15 i:n I os t rob 13 .077 Jacobson 6 (XX) K err, A lan 4 .000 M yers ............... 3 .000 Johnson 3 OCX) Johnson ............ 3 .000 K err, D ................. 2 .000 Ransom .......... 2 (XX) F itzhugh .*........ 2 (XX) Wallen 000 Gribble, B. ..# .000 M rs Jack W right, fo rm er resi dent. is visiting locally, from th e ir Phillip Brown, who w as s ta tio n home a t O ak Ridge. ed here w ith the Co,,st G uard, during W orld W ar II, visited here Mr. and Mrs. Luke Fadling last w eekend. A lte r overseas se r welcomed th e ir first grandchild, vice, Phil lived here in B rookings for a tin x \ w as la te r w ith a San Sunday, th e 11th. A son, M itchell Fransisco Bank, and is now an Edwin, w eighing 7 pound, 7 ^ accountant w ith S tan d ard B rands ounces w as horn to th e ir d a u g h te r groceries His home is in A lbu Joan, and h er husband. Clell querque. New Mexico b razier. Dr. Miller, assisted, a t C rescent City. Mr. and Mrs Jo h n D arger, and th e ir throe chidren, retu rn ed . S a t urday from a 7,000 m ile trip back to the ’»Old C o u n try ”, the old ; es, but cooled down into country’ in th is case, being M inn thi m iddle nineties, nights. esota. John said it w as p re tty hot, OLDSMOBILE - GMC TRUCKS See MfG COQUILLE A U K ) CO. ■m by Ray Weste ren Nothing's as nein as DOG GETS INTO LIFEGUARD DESIGN in TANGLE W ITH PORKY The Vic Reynolds dog, P atricia, despite h e r high pedigree, lieing a d a u g h te r of th e movie star-dog Lassie, learned som ething about v hich probably her m o th er didn't tell h er Vic and E lsie heart! h er '••Ilowing, down on the river bar, a recent evening, hut didn’t fret about her ; |s si e w as alw ays s tir ring out a coon dow’n there. W hen she cam e home, still crying, they investigated and found h er head stuck full of porcupine quill. They rushed her to the S m ith River v e te rin a ry hospital w here the doc had to give P a tsy a dose of go to sleep m edicine begore he could Ivgin to rem ove the stickers. the ’56 FORD At * your Ford Dealer's soon Coming September 23 r.o.M YOU TOO, CAN HAVE :— "F) A CONTENTED repay the effort. SET HYDRANGEAS NOW White Pinks Reds Lavenders Blues COME SEE Brookside Azalea & Bulb Farm O a k & P in e 9 FOR See McNEELEY Before You Buy Phone 2061
