TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON
Page 2
Thursday, June 22, 1933
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vocal efforts to mako It a Soot, sat
both away and stretch and gas*
was killed in midstream of the Rogus
heavenward In an ecstacy of penguins)
river last week by Randolph Meserv
bliss.
ey, old-time rlverman. Spying the
Rivals Hava Vicious Fights
reptile heading for the south shore,
But gentlemen penguins are not only Age of Reason
he slowed down his motorboat and Life and Habits of This Queer
good lovers, they are extremely pugna Great Americans
struck the snake with an oar. In all
cious as well, and when more than one
Polar Resident.
many years on the river. Ran says
Brief Resume of Happenings his
Romeo is attracted to the same Juliet, Luck
this is but the second rattler he has
By BD HOWB
a
merry fracas la likely to enaus With
of the Week Collected for
seen in It. The snake was three feet Praparad by National Qeorraphlo Soolaty,
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W
ashington
D.
a
—WNU
Saraloo
beaka and Dippers they go for each
long and nearly as large as one’s
Oar Readers
HE penguin colony of the Lon other, delivering vicious cuta and stabs /"tARELESS people had a specially
wrist at its greatest diameter.
don boo recently presented a and raining blows about them with v j terrible warning during the do-
The W ilsonville ferry over the
new problem to Its keepers such speed that the eye can hardly preaslon; everywhere one heart tho
THE MARKETS
W illamette river is now operated by
when these natives of frigid Ant follow. If the fair object of all thia careful did much better, although
the state highway commission with arctica suftered
from bronchltta excitement haa a preference for one every one was Injured. The same
PORTLAND
lengthened hours and an additional Among other things, mufflers were of the combatants, abe may enter tho story conies from the Fallfomla earth-
Wheat — Big Bend bluestem. hard operator. The dangerous approaches provided in an attempt to aave the
fray on his side; but more often she quake: those who built strong houses
wheat, 68c; soft white and west have been made less so by the addi birds, which are worth several hun will sit serenely by while her admirers —realised that they lived In an earth-
ern white, 60 He; hard winter, tion of large white gates at both
do battle. Eventually one of them quake section—suffered much less than
dred dollars a pair.
northern spring and western red. landings. A highway fence has been
While there are several species of will beat a forced retreat and leave the occupants of houses carelessly
68c.
put along the high western approach.
the spoils of war to his conqueror,
thrown together, and neglected after
Hay — Buying prices, f.o.b. Port The ferry is now free from 7 a. m. penguins, the Adelle of Antarctica,
After courtship comes the Important they were built There seems no
which was a source of amusement to
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, »14.50.
to 11 p. m.
members of the Byrd South Pole ex business of nest building; and this, too, doubt that carelessnesa is one of the
Butterfat— 21 @ 22c.
•
Business men of McMinnville plan pedition, is, perhaps, the most enter is accompanied by much ado. An very worst of our human sine
Eggs— Ranch. 17 if 18c.
Adtile's nest consists of a loose pile
• • •
Cattle— Steers, good, »6.25 & 6.85. an honest-to-goodness holiday over taining.
of
small
atones,
quite
unadorned
or
When
the
age
of reason arrives if
The
Adelle
penguin
resembles
noth
Hogs — Good to choice, »5.00 ® the Fourth. They are going to lock
ing so much as a aolemn, rotund lit softened with lining; but unfortunate- it ever does we will admit that the
their
shops
July
1
and
throw
the
5.50.
Lambs — Good to choice, »5.50 @ keys away. They decided so and when tle old gentleman In starched shirt ly for the peace of the avian com man who goes about turning off un
they set out with their fishing rods, and swallow-tail coat. And the bird's munity. there is not in the near vicin necessary lights left burning by car®
6.00.
they aren’t turning back until the habits are as strange aa his appear ity a sufficient supply of such building less people. Is a better man than the
SEATTLE
Fourth is over, they declared at a ance. He spends his whole allotted material to go around. Then doea mean persona who left them burning
span within the Antarctic Circle, sup temptation enter Into the life of a pen because the expense Is not charged
YVheat — Soft white and western chamber of commerce luncheon.
plying that desolate region of Ice and guin. Ills soul la filled with a great to them. We will also like better the
white, 61c; hard winter, western
Orders from the government for snow with one of Its few notes of desire and he longs to supply his wife string saver. Few families keep s sup
red and northern spring, 59c;
various types of handles has been re life. His wings are water-wings, which with more and better stones for the ply of new string on hand; when
bluestem, 69c.
ceived by the Woodburn Ax Handle .serve him for naught In the air.
construction of their Uttle love nest, string Is needed. It usually comes from
Butterfat— 19c.
factory.
The
factory
is
the
only
one
but there are none to be had, with a saving woman who haa a ball In tha
Like
man,
he
proposes
to
the
lady
Eggs— Ranch, 18 @ 19c.
drawer of the kitchen table.
Hogs— Good to choice, »5.80 @ 5 90, of Its kind on the Pacific coast. The of his heart by proffering her a stone. honor.
s e e
orders
included
45
dozen
cutter
He
walks
erect,
toddling
along
with
Soon
he
covets
those
within
his
Cattle— Choice steers, »6.25 @ 6.75.
Sheep— Spring lambs, »5.00 @ 6.50. handles. 45 dozen sledge handles and precise and preoccupied mien, a* neighbor's stone pile, and, having thus
A man asks ma: “Who In your opin
more than 1000 hazel hoe handles.
though bent on some most Important broken one commandment, he skids ion are the fifteen greatest living
Spokane
W. J. Williamson, who lives on the business but more often than not this farther along the downward path and Americana?” I have written him I be-
Cattle— Steers, good, »6.00 @ 6.60.
attitude la only a pose. Time la renl.y before long is engaged in taking what ,,pve they are comparatively unknown
Hogs— Good to choice, »4.75 @ 5.25. Redwood highway, in Josephine coun no object to him, and after hurrying he can while the neighbor isn't look- mpn; g<,me of thero poasibly hidden
Lambs— Medium to good, »5.00 if ty, has suggested to the Izaak Walton away In one direction he la likely to log.
away In small towns or on farms
league that it offer a bounty on
5.50.
Constant vigilance la the price that Mogt ot tbe noted men of the present
skunks in order to conserve game turn and retrace his steps or dash
away in some other. Perhaps he may must be f ild for keeping a stone bungs- hare been called to Washington to sd-
The city of Lakeview is perhaps in birds. During the past few weeks
even stop suddenly and, tucking his low under one’s feathera In a city of Tjae President Hoover or President
the best financial condition of any skunks have eaten 200 turkey eggs
penguins
Roosevelt In the present emergency.
city in Oregon at this time, according belonging to W’illiamson.
After the newlyweds have become Not one of them measured up to real
to the monthly report of A. J. Swift,
Removal of James R. Brown of
proficient enough at the gentle art of greatness In the recommendations I
city treasurer. There are no warrants
Eugene
as appraiser for the federal
purloining stones to be able to main- bave geen In print My correspondent
of any kind outstanding at this time.
farm
loan
bank
in
Southern
Oregon
tain a nest, two eggs are laid and tho alao wtshea me to prepare a list of
Tax delinquencies are about 10 per
process of Incubation commences. Thia fifteen of the greatest Americana In
cent. Sinking funds are available is asked in a resolution sponsored by
the Roseburg National Farm Loan
lasts about a month, with both birds aj, onr history. I have only three
with which to retire about 25 per
participating, for they have a strong clearly In mind: Benjamin Franklin
cent of the bonded indebtedness of Association. It is charged that he dis
criminates against Douglas county
parental instinct and sit patiently for <ouid head the list followed by Alex-
the city. This will be done within
long hours at a time to protect their an(jer Hamilton and John Adams. If
interests.
the next three years.
eggs from the harsh Antarctic blasts.
nrged to add other names, poasibly I
The city of St. Helens’ application
While sitting on the nests, hen birds „honld select John D. Rockefeller, Rr„
Business men of Curry county are for a loan of »25,000 from the Re
amuse themselves by attempting to j p Morgan the elder, and Thomas
jubilant over the unprecedented pick construction Finance corporation, to
reach out with their beaka and lift a A Edison. I have never believed
up in trading so early in the tourist be used in installing a new water
stone from the pile next door. If de- Oeoy-jr»» Washington wns truly great,
season. The auto camps and hotels main and larger water pipes, has been
tected. and they frequently are. thia an() doubt Lincoln was
We have
are' being pressed for space, filling refused, on the ground of lack of
is a signal for a squabble, and, with- neTPr had a great soldier, except poa-
stations and garages have been do adequate security.
out leaving their nests, the two ladles a|bjy gome unknown man who never
ing better than they have so early in
try to bite out each other’s tongue* ba(j a chance. Measured by world
Clatsop county bulb plantings are
the season for many years. All indi
Happily, they seldom succeed.
standards we have never had a great
cations point to Curry county being generally in good condition and the
literary man. Henry Wallace, grand
a mecca for more tourists than it prospects for increase are good. The
Chicks A r t Always Hungry.
father of the present secretary of ag
plantings in the county now include
has been for some years past.
When hatched, the chicks are little riculture, was a country parson and
3,000,000 bulbs. At least two carloads
balls of sooty down, and they wear farmer, and came very near greatness.
Concluding a ten years’ residence should be shipped out of the county
their “baby clothes” for some week« If an Infallible list of the fifteen
in Bandon, during which time he has this year.
before exchanging them for suits of greatest Americans, living or dead,
been director of the Bandon concert
feathers. They start getting
hungry
The Oregon State Hotelmen’s as
band and instructor of music much of
. .
.
could be prepared, few would be wide-
soon
after
they
are
hatched,
and
con-
, wo.,bird, of them
sociation
has
started
a
movement
to
the time in the schools. Charles F.
The Penguin, Resident of Antarctica.
H
nno
I In
n
« state
« in t o e
\f lin
(in n W l« 0 < l BDOft-
»1
tlnue
a
of
unappeased
appe
Atwood has moved to Portland, have Governor Meier declare July 3
not known at all. I do not believe one
holiday, in order that there may head beneath a flipper, go calmly to tite as long as there Is the smallest professional politician would be on
where, this summer, he will be in
empty
space
within
their
elastic
young
charge of the organization of juvenile be a three-day holiday in connection sleep.
the list; several buslnesa men might
If pursued or desirous of moving bodies.
with the Fourth of July.
bands in the public parks.
make It The manner In which we
Addles
live
largely
on
a
small,
red,
over soft snow In a hurry, he turns
marched cheering Into the present
Tillamook
county
will
have
no
fair
The Pine Logging company ot
himself Into a toboggan by dropping shrtmpllke crustacean which occurs in American ruin, and the weakness we
this
year,
according
to
the
decision
ol
amazing
numbers
In
the
Antarctic
seas.
down
on
his
smooth-feathered
breast
Grants Pass, with Robert Grimmett,
or nothin, for .hen, to
"«• have
formerly of the Illinois valley, as the board of directors. Owing to the and skidding gayly along, propelled ¥ h ,re t.
eat
on
lha
l.m
t
a
n
,
therefore,
until
«
«
-
»
'
W
O
me
aa
to
Amert-
president, has just secured a con financial condition of the country the by both feet and flippers. Indeed his
fair
appropriation
will
revert
to
the
ldlosyncracies are legion, and they the chicks are fully developed and able can Rreatness.
tract to log between 10,000,000 and
to take care of themselves In the wa-
• a a
make him the most Interesting of Ant
15,000,000 feet of lumber near Ma general fund.
ia |ry a|tends Bny man to
dera, Cal., and Is taking about 35
arctic creatures and endear him to ter. they must be fed. This their el-
Declaring that taxpayers of Wasco every explorer of the desolate South ders accomplish by means of regurglta- brlng blm
,uck. n0 utile <,eru
men from Josephine county for this
county should have a break, Circuit
work.
Polar regions.
tlon.
attends any man to bring him bad luck.
Judge Wilson has assessed the cost
The bogy man for baby penguins;
fbe
of B year or a life, what
Belongs to a F irst Fam ily.
The move on the part of the state of a trial to the defendant who was
takes the form of a skua gull. This baseball players call the good and bad
This strangely manlike bird is truly
board of higher education to remove convicted of assault with a deadly
unpleasant bird conceives Its mission “breaks” are about even. Good breaks
an F. F. A. (First Family of the Ant
the state high school basketball tour weapon.
In life to be the prevention of over have come to all of ns frequently, and
arctic), tracing his ancient Unengo
nament from Salem to Eugene and
population among the Adelles. and woe we have not taken proper advantage
Comerclal
fishermen
at
the
mouth
back to those halcyon days of the
Corvallis has been coldly received
be unto the unwary chick which wan
at Eugene. In some cases outright op of the Umpqua river are taking only earth's youth before the coming of the ders away from Its comrades. A of them: frequently we all fall to han
dle bad “breaks" as well as we might.
a
very
light
catch
of
Chinook
salmon.
great glaciers. Then, in a temperate
position is expressed.
Many fish came Into the river during or perhaps even tropical climate, it Is marauding skua will drop down be This Is fhe truth, and I know It well,
Disgusted with treatment alleged high water before nets could be probable that his ancestors flew like side It and with a few savage blows but what I believe Is I am the nn-
of Its strong beak end the chick's luckiest man In the world.
to have been accorded Wasco growers placed.
other birds. But as centuries passed
earthly career and feast upon the re
a a a
by Portland comission houses, the Po
Salaries paid Pendleton school Into ages and cold crept over the land, mains.
mona grange has adopted a resolution
killing
all
vegetation,
the
penguins
I
came
to
Mlama,
Fla., this winter,
Adelles have never been successfully
asking for a study of the advisability teachers during the coming school were forced to seek sustenance In the
disgusted
because
Hannah,
the colored
of organizing a farmers’ produce year will be 15 per cent lower than sea. Eventually their wings adapted transplanted from snowy wastes. How woman we employ at home, never en
those
of
last
year
and
30
per
cent
ever, some of their cousins have sur
house in Portland.
lower than those paid from 1925 to themselves to the new mode of life vived the milder temperatures of Eu tered my room without putting the
and
became
the
flippers
that
they
are
windows down. If I had them np, or
All varieties of cherries were hard 1932.
rope and America and are to be found patting them up If I had them down.
today.
hit by the recent rains and cold
Umpqua valley fruit growers are
Adelle Is a gregarious creature, and In certain of the larger zoological gar
1 have been disgusted all winter in
weather, according to Marion County
dens.
Miami because Nancy, at the apart
Fruit Inspector Vanthump. He said looking forward to a banner crop tn October and November (the Ant
One may visit a pair at the National
the Black Republicans probably suf this year. The prune crop will run arctic spring) he congregates, along Zoological park at Washington, D. C„ ment house where I Uve. does the
from 18 to 20 million pounds. This with countless thousands of his kind
same thing.
fered the most serious damage.
is considerably above the average In great rookeries. There the age-old and find them well disposed. As yon
I was wnlklng on the streets lately
. A dozen chittem trees in Hendricks yield.
business of choosing a mate Is his first enter the Inclosure hoth of them come with a white woman from Indiana.
consideration; but, as with true love forward with grave and dignified de She learned bossy ways as a school
park, Eugene, have been ruined by
Inflow
Into
Upper
Klamath
lake
an unknown man who stripped the
elsewhere, the course of his romance meanor and emit “quaarks” of greet teacher when young. The tilt of my
ing. Coming closer, they give yon hat brim didn’t suit her, so ahe
youngs trees of their bark and sold for the stream year, reckoned from Is not always smooth.
a
careful Inspection, out of first one reached over and changed It Occa
October
1
to
date,
is
next
to
the
low
After deciding In his own mind on
the bark.
est recorded in a long cycle of dry the fair lady he would wed, he must eye and then the other, and then sit sionally (not often) I rebel, and said
A. T. Button, principal of the New years. The driest year was In 1930-31. not only win her favor but also van down with an air of resignation and to her:
berg high school, has resigned to
quish whatever rivals may present an expression of otter boredom. Your
“Put that hat brim back where you
There now remains in the hands of
acoept an instructorship in civics and
themselves. In achieving the first of feelings are a bit ruffled until the found It.”
economics with the Portland school the growers only 2800 bales of 1932 these designs, he takes a small stone keeper assures you that their be
She Is probably telling around now
hops, dealers announced. Homer Gou
district.
In his beak and lays it humbly at the havior Is due to the keen disappoint thnt 1 am no gentleman, but she did It.
ley and Bert Jones sold 163 bales to
ment they experienced on finding that
I have never suited women; always
The 180 acres of strawberries In tho Wolf Hop company at 70 cents, lady’s feet This gift Is accompanied you were not a fish.
there Is something about me they want
by
a
soulful
gaze
from
his
white-
the Lacomb Strawberry Growers’ dis
When the new wing of the birdhouse to fix.
Ninety thousand pounds of wool rimmed eyes and an unmelodlous
trict, In Linn county, have been sold
at
the Washington zoo Is built one
• a a
•’quaark”
from
the
bottom
of
his
heart
for 5 cents per pound to Salem pack has been sheared from 9000 sheep
Very likely he will have to repeat end of It Is to hold a large glassed In
belonging
to
the
Baldwin
Sheep
As soon ns a fool proposes another
ers.
company, 12 miles from Madras. The this performance a number of times closure. Within this, ice machines are plan for more human betterment than
to
create
an
Antarctic
atmosphere.
In
Dorothy McClung of 89 Portland wool has been put In storage.
before he succeeds In breaking through
Is possible, the people should some
boulevard, Portland, was severely
her bashful feminine reserve; but he which It Is hoped that a colony of pen how hare the power to say to him:
Miss Eva Oalces, deputy county Is nothing If not persistent, and finally guins will live and flourish. Perhaps “Now, now, we've tried that," and
bitten by a pet bear at Government
Camp last Sunday while she was feed clerk at Hillsboro, suffered a broken she yields to his Importunities to the science will yet devise a means where force him hack to work. The certain
nose and facial lacerations last Mon extent of giving him a critical glance. by those of us who cannot well travel thing seems to be we cannot afford to
ing the animal.
day when she fell from a horse.
Thus encouraged, he assumes his to the South pole may nevertheless en try all these plans as we have been
Lloyd Kelly, 35, of the North Fork
joy the captivating drollery of the
Voters of Wasco county are to grandest posture and Invites further Adelle penguin, most Interesting resi doing some thousands of years to the
district, was killed by Roy Swearin
inspection.
If
he
pleases
her,
the
lady
violent disturbance of Industry and
gen, who mistook him for a deer, vote, July 21, upon the feasibility squawks her approval, he adds his dents of Antartlca.
peace.
while hunting in the hills in the Big of forming a port district at Tha
Dalles.
Creek section north of Florence.
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