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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1949)
I$ Thm Stcrtosraan, Safin, Orecon, Thtgsday, March 31. 1949 Continued from page 12) lb. Uh were excellent . scrappers on a fly rod. Baas Ganr ed Up your of us had finished our morning on ' the lake and were discussing a big bass that ruled over a small inlet in the cat-tails at the head end of the lake. We were seated on the slope of the old dam near a small bay at one wing. The water at this point was not over four feet deep and was . clear arid free of weed'. Suddenly we noticed a pair of fish chasing each other around the small inlet at terrific speed. As they came Into a portion that was lighted 1 ram the rays of the sun we could distinguish the markings of a crappie and .also those of a good sized bass Soon two more bass appeared In the picture. It was something that is witnessed per haps enlv. once in a lifetime. Craopie Battled 'Em The three bass converged on the crappie from as many sides. The crappie raised the needle sharp dorsal fin on? his back and swooped in a sudden maneuver under one of the bass. The bass was ripped as cleanly as if by a aw. He thrashed the water for a few seconds and then drifted to the too in feeble tail switches. By this time the other two bass were really after Mr. Crappie One of the bass made a sudden underneath pass at the crappie but missed. The crappie m turn swerv ed and his deadly dorsal fin again siasned and npoed a second bass. For a second he was off guard and the remaining bass dove sharply down and under and rip ped the crappie from the median line on down across the belly. He turned and came in a gam with another ripping dive. The water wes reddening by this time and It was difficult to observe the fin Jsh. In a matter of seconds the crappie and bass No. 2 bobbed to the surface to Join the first vic tim. Mr. Crappie Respected It was all over in two or three minutes. One of nature's dramatic episodes that few are fortunate enough ever to witness. We have, 11 four of US. respected the mm. pie for his fighting ability ever smce mat urnng under water uaiue. aiaeiignts such as this make up most of the thrills of fishing. It happens often in the wilderness but often we are too busy to notice. When we do no tice and observe the battles for survival, we learn a lot that can never be gained from reading Valley Briefs p) Kansas Ciiy JSl. Louis . jt) Chicago . . bSDelroii . . 5 II flat Mttas Boise ... $ 9.75 Sail Lake . 15.75 Denver . . 25.80 35.40 40.55 40.55 42.80 New York . 49.80 tra.lvays depot I2t N. High at Marlon - 1. 3-2815 Aaanavflle The Aumsville home extension unit will hold a benefit card party at the city hall Friday evening, April 1. Proceeds will go to the Oregon state Azalea house fund. Refreshments will be served. Clear Lake - The Community club program scheduled for Fri day night here has been postponed to 8 p. m., Friday, April 8. Club leaders said the postponement was necessary because of a death in the family of a member of the cast of a play to be presented. Macleay The Macleay grange business meeting will be Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m. and the social night will be Saturday at 8 o'clock, for grangers and friends . Fratum Dr. Roy Fedje, Sa lem district superintendent, will conduct the fourth quarterly con ference at Pratum Methodist church Friday evening, April 1. A covered dish supper will be served at 7 p.m. Four Corners The April 1 meeting of Rickey Mothers club has been postponed to April 22 There will be no school Thursday and Friday of this week, as teach ers will attend Oregon Education association meetings. Turner Mabel Messer, who has spent the past two months in Doe rn Decker hospital, returned home Sunday. Gates Gates Women's club will hold a cooked food sale Sat urday at the Heath store. Mem bers are asked to bring their food to the store before 10 a.m. Union Hill Mrs. W. H. Burrell will entertain the members of the Woman's club at her home near Stayton on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. The program "Movie Travelogues" will be in charge of Mrs. Burrell and Mrs. Rolun Heater. Pratum Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Brunkow of Manzanita spent the week end with relatives here. On Sunday, members of the Brunkow and DeVries families had a picnic dinner in the new recreation room at the Harold deVries home. mmm IN THE DISTINCTIVE GREEN TOTl BOTTLE ennui minus, iic, uciia. in QT From where I sit... Joe Marsh 1 .3 TVTV Remember How We Talked? K writ like tkls at the Hooper's the ether night. Hap's eighteen-year-old daaghter is talking about "a real gone gny solid oat of this world, bat def." "Now what kind of language is that?" Hap barks. "Can't she speak English?" Til translate it for yon," Ma Hooper says, "in the language of - the twenties, when iron were a boot twenty years old. She simply means this fellow Is the 'cat's whiskers. Remember how we ased to talk sometimes?" Hap went back to reading his newspaper. From where I sit, it's easy to criticize the other person when we don't take a good long look at our selves. Sure, there'll always be some differences. I'm fond of a temperate glass of beer and maybe you would prefer ginger ale but let's just live and let live. Because when we go out of our way to find things to find fault with in others, chances are they can find a few in us, too. Copyright, 1949. limited State Brewers Foumdmtiam club will sponsor a free color mo vie of Glacier park and the Cana dian Rockies at 2 pan. Saturday, April 2 at the KF hall, followed by the annual spring sale of shrubs, bulbs, plants and a gift and candy bazaar. The movie is provided by Western Air lines. Lincoln Mrs. R. V. Carlson will be hostess for the Lincoln-Zena home extension meeting Friday. Mrs. Thelma Miller, home demon stration agent from Dallas, will give commercial short cuts in mak ing a blouse in a day. The session will begin at 10 ajn., with sack luch at noon. Turner The Saddle club is giving a dance Saturday, April 2, in the Aumsville dance hall. Gates Schools Add Volumes GATES F. R. Burton, school principal, has announced that 150 new books have been added to grade and high school libraries. Red Cross drive closed this week, with Mrs. Elmer Stewart, Gates chairman, reporting a total of $90 collected out of a quota of $150. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Carey, who have spent the winter in San Francisco, returned this week to Gates. Carey will re-enter Oregon State college for the spring term and graduate in June. Valley Obituaries Mrs. Ethel Leeta Miller WOODBURN Mrs. Ethel Leota Miller, 52, resident of Wood burn since 1912, died Tuesday at her home. 543 Doud ct rimmi Mr- vices will be Friday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at Ringo chapel, with the Apostolic Faith church in charge. Burial will be in Belle Paul cemetery. ? Mrs. Miller Was born June 18, 1896. at Lebanon: Neh inH ram to Woodburn from Nebraska. She was a member of the Apostolic Faith church of Portland. Survivors are the widower, George V. Miller; daughters, Mar garet nckens of Brooks, Vivian Thompson of Portland, Florence Ethel at home; son, Leo G. Miller of Woodburn; mother, Mrs. Ger trude Adams of Hubbard; broth ers. Earl S. Adams of Bandon and Floyd J. Adams of San Pedro, Calif.; sister. Hazel Cary of Gas ton; two grandchildren. Arthur F. Hebart SILVER ION Funeral cerv ices for Arthur Fletcher Hobart, 77, who died Sunday at Sedro Wooley, Wash, will be held Thursdar at 3 n m from Hm Me morial chapel of Ekman Funeral home. Burial will be in Valley View cemetery. The Rev. Ben F. Browning will officiate, and at Minstrel at Amity Will Benefit Band AMITY The Amity high school music department will pre sent a minstrel show Friday, April 1, at 8 pjn. in the high school gymnasium. Proceeds will go to the band uniform fund. 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