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TUB CUQUILLB ▼ÀLUrr 8BNT1NBL. COQUILLB, ORBG0N, frRIDAY, ÍANÜAR1 >8. 1982.
some voice in th* matter. Carefully
reviewing the law* passed In recent
year« and the laws sponsored by other
The old timer* ar* beginning to re-,
cluing that hav* been given no consid
c >ond in fine fashion and I can again
eration, it appears that th* Mulno-
assure you that we are going to have
mah Anglers’ Club has practically dic
s >m* mighty fine and interesting
tated as to what should and should
. lories from a great number of them.
not be passed. How does the state
Following ii on* told me by John
game commission and do the mem
Hickam. Mr. Hicjpun ha* long been
bers .of the state legislature know
GIVES YOU DOUBLE PROTECTION LN THE
a resident of this community and
that the 90 per cent of sportsmen who
PAYMENT OF YOUiR OBLIGATIONS. THE CAIN-
those who ape acquainted with him
do not belong to clubs agree with the
CELLED CHECK IS INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF
know that he is veracious in anything
last
in
see them
laws passed? Surely the men who
PAYMENT WHEN A BOOK-KEEPING ERROR MIGHT
hs states:
are paying their good money into the
RESULT IN THE PRESENTATION OF A BILL WHICH
“It hapepned down on-the Missouri
appreciate
YOU HAVE ALREADY PAH).
river,” say* Mr. Hickam, “many years coffers of the state game commission
should be given some consideration.
ago, when I was just a small lad.
Safe Deposit Bex**
They should surely be consulted in the
And, Lans, thia atory is true, so help
Department
Savings
matter. Just because the members
me. It was always Dad’s policy to let
US
of a few gun clubs and sportsmen's
us kids go fishing on a Saturday af
HELPFUL, FRIENDLY SERVICE
organizations, which consist of only
ternoon. No matter how much corn
ten per cent of the sporting frater
(her* was to shock, no matter what
nity, state a few “be it resolved,"
other work there was to do, in spite
that, in my Opinion, is no reason why
of anything that came up, w* got our
they should be made laws without the
Saturday afternoon* off to go fiehing.
voice of the great majority being
Friday evenings we went up the
c’eeks and in the shallow pools we heard in the matter.
Gene Rimpson, superintendent of
caught live minnows to be ueed as
state
game commission game farms,
bait the next day. We used what is
is credited with the statement’that
known in those districts as a ‘trot
house cats running wild about th*
line,’ a long line with a number of
baited hooks attached. This line is woods takes heavier toll from our
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thrown far into the river, fastened se game birds than bird* of prey and
Just as well have the best.
curely to the bank and left all night predatory animals. As if in contra
Early the following morning it is diction of this statement there ap
an article by Jack Miner
pulled in and the fish removed from pear«
the various hooks. One evening, a in one of the country’s leading
Saturday evening as usual, Dad and out-of-door magazines in which this
renowned naturalist states that he is
I put out our trot line. The follow
ing morning Dad called me early, as not a lover of cats and in fact would
was the usual custom, eo that I might not have one on his place, but never-
go with him to attend the. line. Just the-lesa this animal is not half as
as soon as Dad took hold of the line destructive to our bird life as is the
he turned to me and said, ‘We’ve got hawk, crow and great horned owl.
a
big fish on this time.' I assisted While hawks and owls are credited
J. King, Prop.
Dad in pulling in the fish. And what with catching field mice they do not
do you suppose we bad? We had a even begin to catch the amount of
giant cat-fish weighing 130 pound« these rodents that are taken by cats.
and measuring 18 inches between the Mice are a cat’s natural prey and
eyes. The strangest part about It was where they are obtainable he is not
the fact that this cat-fish was not hunting birds, but will spend hour up
hold of the hook at all but had swal- on hour watching a hole in the ground,
Í lowed the latter fish and its protrud- or log where a mouse is hidden. Crows land adopted a whale. They are car
C. H. S. 49, Bandon 11
' ing gill* had firmly held the giant rob birds’ nests by the thousands, as ing for an elephant, which eats a bale
Colossal ability of the individual
' cat-fish.
We stuck a fence rail tfe know. Hawks live almost entirely of hay at a meal and drinka five gal
and teamwork phases, coupled togeth
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i through the gills of the cat-fish and on bird life. According to Mr. Min lons of moonshine for a chaser, so
er last Friday night at Bandon to side
carried it to the house.
This may er’s article he point« the finger of why shouldn’t our city adopt the poor
along with the Coquille Red Devils
scorn
at
the
few
naturalists
who
seek
I sound fishy to a lot of people but it
little deer that craved the companion-
protection for the hawk on th* ground
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and escort them to an overwhelming
I is the truth.”
aoU>moWUT
49 to 11 victory over the seaport high
while Arago was triumphing over! Thanks. John, that’« a mighty good that th,, specie, is becommg «caw*. 'ht u enUr
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school. Th* decisive victory came
_.t
rnurt
.
Bridge, 38 to 8, and then ov*r River- 8tory and am sure glad to hear from Years ago the principal feed of the would
By Mark Seeley
wouldn’t damage the court hous* lawn
after th* acorn favored the locals only
hawk
was
carrier
pigeons,
but
back
in
ton,
22
to
17.
Lakeside
also
beat
you
.
This Coos County high school bas
and the cost' of keeping it would
13 to 10 at the halftime, thus making
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the be„ gtory wlBted by w c 1878 they began dying off and 90
ketball conference is again turning in Bridge but the acoréis unknown.
amount to almost nothing. A doe,
the win so much more spectacular.
per
cent
of
them
were
gone
inside
of
to a topsy-turvy affair with dope
unlike a buck, seldom develops a mean
Rose last week, I got the bears
Only once did Bandon hold a lead,
live yean. This forced all the hawks
When is Promoter Roy Watson go-'
scores and upsets dotting the results
disposition while in captivity. Th*
slightly mixed. The cub that was
that at th* very outside of the game
again and again. In the first place ing to rematch Terry Kilqen and Ker-1 killed was black and the old mother and owls to turn to our song and deer would be a source of wonder and
when Wade aunk a long field goad
look wh&t the following results can mit Shaw ? This has been a point of bear which rushed to avenge the game birda and they have preyed up amusement for the kiddies and an at
from mid-floor.
Then
Coquille
do if they come about. A win by Co discussion among Coquille fight fans death of her offspring, was brown. on them ever since. Mr. Miner is a traction to outside visitors. Scrap*
grabbed a slight lead which they held,
real
naturalist.
His
information
has
since
the
recent
boxing
card
in
the
quille over Marshfield tonight will
from a few kitchens of interested per
And speaking of bears: the brown
to retire at the half only three pointe
throw both teams into a tie for Ant community hall. It can be assured bear that are encountered now and not been gleaned from books but sons, consisting of vegetable paring*,
in the fore, perhaps not outplayed but
from
actual
experience
and
at
the
age
that
such
a
match
wiM
not
be
staked
place, and a win for Myrtle Point
a few carrots and apples and an oc
then in the Northwest are of the sam*
outfought by Bandon.
K>f
flfl
he
should
certainly
know
his
until
Shaw
’
s
injured
nose
is
complete
from North Bend deadlocks them in
casional diet of leafy bushes would
species as the black bear, with th*
During the second half, however, it
birds. He is known throughout the
second place, while Bandon suffen ly healed. Kermit ventured into the exception of being “off color.”
keep the animal in good shape. And,
was a totally different story as lad by
country
as,
“
Jack
Miner,
Lover
of
ring
the
last
time
before
it
had
the dampness of the collar unattend
too, they do love a drink of milk now
A statement is issued by a member
Harry Helmkin the Red Devils made
ed. AH this moans that four teams knitted from a previous break and of the Oregon state game commission Bird*.”
and then. I am sure that there ia
point after point to bewilder and com
the
results
were
much,again
him,
for
Great
horned
owls
an
scarce
in
this
will still have a chance for the league
more than one Boy Scout who would
in which he pointe out the fact that
pletely frustrate the opposition. Helm
bunting with the season already half once the clever Kileen again injured only ten per cent of the holders of district and so do not confuse the be only too glad to rustle a little feed
kin worked beautifully under the bas-
th*
member
he
didn
’
t
let
up
on
it
until
harmless
little
screech
owl
and
the
over.
for the animal, as well a* many a
ket and around the foul line, taking re
Shaw was at his mercy. Of course, angling and hunting licenses in out tittle marsh owl with the former. The
grown-up. What do you say, court
state are members of gun club* and
bounds and passes alike to convert
marsh and screech owl an sun death
A* in the “A” league there ar* Kermit Shaw wants a rematch and
officials! Let’s keep the deer.
sportsmen’« organizations. Yet the
them into tallies.
to mice and should not be molested. A
only five teams competing in the “B” when he gets it the local boy will have
Promised to tell you in this issue
game laws of our state are adopted
Except for temporary lapses Co-
many
backers,
believing
that
he
ia
the
great horned owl isn’t seen in these
circuit thia year. Their race has just
of a deer that sought the protection
quill*’* passing was unerring; their
Remember how and changed by and through sugges parts in a “blue moon.”
Then are
started, but again it can be predicted best leather pusher.
of man. The story was related to me
tions made and resolution« adopted by
teamwork smooth and deceptive.
plenty of hawks and the sportsman
the scramble will be a tight one with cleverly Shaw handled “Bud” Bryant
by John Adams, ex-game warden of
gun
clubs
and
sportemen
’
s
organiza
Coach Hartley inserted three new
who goes out of his way to shoot one
th* tendency to get much closer a* the in their three matches?
Curry county. Mr Adams was going
tions. The question naturally arise«,
faces in the starting lineup. McCua,
of these birds is certainly doing a
season progresses. The high schools
down
a
trail
bordering
th*
bank*
of
why it this? It is the 90 per cent of
Ellingsen and Williams were the boys
good turn to our song and game birds.
of Bridge, Arago, Coos River, River
Signature by Wholttalt
the Rogue when he sighted a big
the sportsmen who do not belong to
receiving their baptism and after
I notice in the nsolutions passed by
ton, and Lakeside are in th* competi
four-point buck that was being pur
By means of a device known as the gun clubs and other organizations
shaking off the first traits of uncer
tion.
slgnograph It Is now posstbl * to make who are responsible for the very ex the Fat Elk Gun Club and the Coos sued by a large coyote. The buck’s
tainty each performed well proving
County Game Protective Association
Of these teams Coos River, Riv 20 perfect signatures by signing the
tongue was protruding and a haunted
istence of the game commission; if
themselves capable of fitting in at
that they both ask that king-fishers
erton, and Arago
have competed name once. Each stroke of the master
look,
evidently
th*
fear
of
death,
was
these sportsmen stopped buying li
any time. So fast was th* red and
should net be protected. These birds
against “A” league quinteta, and only pen sets 20 fountain pens working
in his «yes. The coyote had almost
censes it would be a death blow to the
white offensive and ao tight th* de
an not protected.
They may be
once were they defeated, this by one simultaneously, and all that is neces
succeeded in hamstringing th* deer
commission which is maintained alone
sary
Is
to
flx
the
material
that
is
to
fense that in the second half Bandon
killed
at
any
time
or
season.
point. Coquille turned the trick
on the money derived from the sale !
and has slowed it down. The buck,
had small chanc* to handle th* ball
The little doe that was brought into
against Riverton, 29 to 28, in Decem be written on In place.
upon sighting Adams, dashed toward
The United Rtates treasurer’s office of licenses. Surely it looks a« though
and were held to only one point dur
town last week and which I have al
ber. On th* other hand Arago won
him. It came up to within a few feet
has bad crude devices that would make this great majority of sportsmen who
ing the time. Lineups:
ready told you about, is at the time
from Coquille, 28 to 14 and 26 to 22, four to six signatures with one sign
of him and stood tembling with fear.
contribute 90 per cent of the money
Coquille (49)
and Coos River downed both Marsh ing for some years, and these have
of this writing being harbored at the
Bandon (11)
In
this
time
of
dire
distress
th*
ani
that is ueed to propagate our game
McCue (4)
court house. It is being cared for by
field and North Bend.
M. McCue
been used in signing greenbacks or
mal seemed to sens* the fact that
birds and fish and to put wardens in
Ellingsen
•« Among themselves so far Riverton other official pafiers.
the prisoners and is sometimes staked
Cox
man
would
be
his
protector.
Unfor
the field to protect them, should have
Helmkin (24)
has defeated Coe* River, 40 to 18,
out on the lawns. The city of Port-
(4)
Chappell
tunately Adam* had no gun. He was
Shaver (7)
(2) Wade
forced to run the coyote off by thow-
William* (4)
(5)
J. MdCue
ing rocks at it The buck stood near
Morgan (4)
Auer
until the coyote waa driven off and
Ostrander (fl)
then turning his soft brown eye*,
Seeley
from which the expression of fear had
Referee, Ed Grider, Coquille.
flown, upon Adams, as if seeking to
thank him in this mute way, the
Like the first team fray, the **B”
sorely wounded animal made its way
off -in the opposite direction from that squad game was also a route for Co
taken by the coyote while Adams quille, 4« to 14. This victory differed
watched from a high vantage point from the other in that from the first
to see that the coyote did not again the local delegation took th* upper
hand in making pointe.
Lineups:
take the buck’s track.
Coquill* (4fl)
Bandon (14)
Collier (8)
F
Leutbold
Plant at LUt-Saotr
Morris (14)
F
(4) E. Boak
Arrangements have been mad* with Stonecypher (18) C
(2) Young
a nearby airdrome by the beach life Gailas
G
R. Boak
saving guards of Santa Monica, Calif., Perrott
G
(2) McNair
for airplane aaalntance.
When a Stevens (2)
S
Cone
bather ventures too far out to be
McCarthy (fl)
S
H.
Boak
reached by guards In time to save
Bailey
8
(2) Perry
his Ilf», a special telephone line coo-
S
(4) Nielson
nectlng fl free 11,v with the flyers re-
S
Helventein
suits In a quick flight above the spot.
In the first of the “feud of feuds”
where a life preserver la dropped. The
procedure has quickly Justified Itself, games, Manhfield High’s basketball
officials said, a number of calls hav team defeated North Bend, 28 to 21,
ing been successfully handled already last Friday night on th* armory floor.
this summer.
The game was close throughout and
until the final minute of play the
Wild Animal "Prttaratf*
issue was yet undecided. A long shot
Australia I* about to follow th* from the center of the floor turned the
example of the United State* and trick for Manhfield, culminating a
Canada In the farming of fur-beartag
late rally which brought her victory.
animal*. The skins of many Aus
tralian animals, notably opossums, na- At about three minutes to go North
tlv*’teears, kangaroo*, wallaby«, and Bend held a 20 to 16 advantage, but it
other marsupials, are In keen demand could not be held. Th* score was tied
In the fur markets of the world. Th* twie*, 14 all and 21 all.
first fur farm Is In th* stat* of Tas
mania. where arrangements hav* bean
made for the farming of opossums and
aatlv* bear*.
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