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• »■ .- THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL. COQUILLE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCE 2C, 1982. IN CASH Flrat and 3rd BY DRIVING THIS TRUCK FARTHER THAN ANY ONE ELSE ON ONE QUART OF GAS International lVi Ton Model A-2 FREE TO ALL This contest is open to all with no restrictions, except that party be a truck owner or be able to drive a car. No Charge for enterting. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1932 at COQUILLE, OREGON Machine will be equipped with tank to allow just one quart to pass through carburetor CONTEST UNDER AUSPICES OF Geo. F. Burr Motor Co International Dealers COQUILLE OUT-OF-DOORS STUFF OREGON I certainly appreciate letters like the above. It shows that our readers are taking a heart interest in our col umn. I, however, do not appreciate the little clipping received from Mc Kinley. No name was signed. When a person hasn’t nerve enough to air their views in this column over their signature, well, then I am not publish ing what they write in. This is sup posed to be a dean column, pertain ing to the out-of-doors. It has stories of out-door events with gun and rod. It features the old timers of this sec tion and the young timers as well. But each and every one of us is above board. When we publish a story we do not sign it “John Smith” but by our right and legal names and right now is as good a time as any to impress upon my readers that nothing will be published herein that to submitted un der fictitious names. We all meet hero in the open to discuss the mat ter« which are beneficial to wild life and the person who hasn’t nerve The following letter was received enough to sign any article he sub mits for publication may rest assured by me last week: that his article will get no farther Editor Out-of-Doors-Stuff: I wish than the writer’s waste basket. to congratulate you on your article Just to show that I am not "all regarding the hiring of the poisoner by the county court. It has served wet” on the poison proposition, I am to open more than one taxpayer’s eyes publishing in this issue a little article to the true condition of things. I from the St. Louie Star. The data have been informed that something contained therein has been collected like 812,000 has been paid this pois by the leading naturaliste of the United State«. You don’t have to oner for poisoning fur-bearing ani Read mals and farmers’ and hunters* dogs. take a trapper’s word for it. what they say. It is, indeed, a shame It is, indeed, s shame that at a time that the leading agency for the pro like this when the county court is cry ing economy at the top of their voices tection of wildlife in the United States should come under the fire of that money should be squandered so these men of understanding. foolishly on the hiring of the poison The present high water is going to er, who as you stated, in your past article, has been paid at the rate of be a blessing to sportsmen in this 8200 apiece for the bobcats and coy district Chinese pheasants will now otes he has taken. This hired poison take to the hill land to neat There er hsa been paid almost as much in their nests will be free from water salary as the total number of sheep It is doubtful that the present high are worth in this county. And what water has drowned out a single bird’s has bo accomplished T The resident nest By Lana Lenovo A bill is before congress asking that a one cent tax be levied on each shotgun aboil purchased by hunters throughout the United States. Shells used for clay bird shooting to be ex empt from the tax. The money de rived from thia la supposed to go toward tfhe protection and propaga tion of wild life, ducks especially. The price of shotgun shells today is exhorbitant, compared to the selling price of all other lines of merchan dise War time prices still prevail on ammunition. Good ammunition in shotgun shells sells for 81.85 and 81.26 per box of 26. Add an extra 25 cents on thia and it’s going to be mighty steep prices that the sports men must pay for his ammunition. For the owners of duck ponds and two hundred dollar shotguns the ex tra 25 cents won’t mean much, but for the poor hunter it is going to work a hardship, indeed. trapper is the one that has kept down the predatory animals for him, while the eounty court in the face of the evi dence of such a fact had kept paying out the taxpayer«’ money on such a project. What the taxpayers want is economy practised and not preached. Here is one citizen that stands be hind you and I knew of many others who are willing to back you up. When a county court willingly and knowing ly pay* the taxpayer«* good money for two solid yeans at the rate of 864.00 apiece for bobcats, it is high time that a delegation watt upon them and demand ECONOMY along this one line at least. Sincerely yens, F. E. Poulton, 886 Heath St. Coquille, Ore. An investigation, carried on by the American Trappers Association, dis closed the fact that he had met his death from poisoning. Geel it’s a good thing I don’t live in Texas! Out in Jordan Valley, Oregon, two trappers became ill last month and seeking to relieve their sufferings they took a dose of what they suppos ed was Epsom salts. It was not! It was coyote poison. The result was that they both lost their lives. I can not help commenting on the fact that eleven person* have loot their lives from eating government poison within the past six months. Tbat to more human beings killed from eat ing poison than the county court’s trapper has killed in the line of pred atory animals by poison within sight years. Just called upon an old timer, Jess Williams, of the Williams Grocery Co. Jess says: “Well, Lans, the most unusual experience I ever had hunting was back in Mtosouri many years ago. A couple of us started out Ashing late one night We were walking along a marsh to get to the stream we in tended to fish when all at once there was a whirr of wings around us and flocks of ducks b«gan to descend up on the lantern that we were carrying. It was impossible to drive them away. We struck at them with our fishing rods, but still they came for the lan tern. Finally we extinguished the light, but had killed eleven of the ducks with our fishing rods before do ing so. Naturally, with all that meat, we didn’t need any fish, so made our way back home and called it a day— a night, rather. Monday was the flrot day of Spring. I sat alone, in the old den, trying to dope out something that would be of interest to my readers, but somehow th« old thoughts wouldn’t dick. But something was stirring in my blood as I looked at ths old flshin* tackle lined up against the wall. I crossed over, picked up my favorite rod, put it together, flicked it out toward an imaginary pool a couple of caste and thought the following facte: Don’t you hear the bees a-hummin’ And the old cock pheasant drummin’ And the grouse a-hootin’ in the trees ? There comes a whistle from the dell; It’s Bob-White a-tryin’ to tell That the breath of spring to on the breese. It’s now your heart beats quicker As you put awsy your slicker And get your summer clothes to wear. You grab your flshin’ rod And hit the woodland sod— For the breath of spring to tn the air. Sport Briefn By Mark Seeley ' E aster Though Bill Fortier may not bo there, the Coquille Loggers are going to Workout Sunday afternoon if the weather will permit the boys to gam bol on the green” with their cleated shoes. Bat all the time while their manager to in conference with dele gates from the other towns, the Log gers, while throwing, fielding and hitting, will be thinking of his orders about how to unkink the tight Joints which have rusted during ths winter months around the hot stove. It is thought that Art Pulford, the dash ing outfielder, will take over Bill’s rains Just for a day. It to imperative that the local bail club rounds into shape for their game with Eactaide on April 10th. Thia fray is only a practice encounter but so much bad blood exists between Easteide and Coquille it la expected that the game will renew the 1981 Of course you want the best for that Easter dinner—and here you find meats and fish that measure up to your ideas at prices that will in terest you. feud that developed between the two clubs. The McHale brothers, Thomp son, Donaldson, Conrad, Lund, Peter Phone son and many other who made life miserable for the Loggers last season aro expected to pester the local teas J. L. ST EVENS ers on April 10. Later, during the regular schedule, you can look for most anything to happen. As things line up Pulford, Roper, Gilbert, Lorenz, Fischer, Fortier, Stewart, Sturdivant and possibly Pat Connelly will form the nucleus for the 1932 team. Of course, others will turn up to bolster the club and if th« league rules perimt it, Fortier may be able to obtain one or two additional players to help things along. One » thing sure to that Bill will have a old ( Scritamier, with the Loggers last capable team to represent Coquille. ( season, is reported to bo listed on their roster, a* well as “Lefty” Brown, Since last week I have found that In the other towns things are shap who played here two seasons back, ing up nicely, according to the words and previous to that throughout there is another track letterman in Coquille High. He is Morris Stone used by the delegates last Sunday at southern Oregon. the meeting. Eastside appears to Marshfield has such men as Noble cypher, weight man. This adds great have more players on hand than any Brundage, Andy Feichtinger, the ly to the C. H. S. chances in the com other of th« teams, but in this respect Sutherland boys, Ray Cox, Wally ing meets and etong with the other award men, Coach Hartley has a fins Reedsport to not far behind. Both of Marsden and others. these towns take bheir baseball seri ously and aro backed by the business In winning fifth place in th« state men of their community. At Suther basket ball tournament, Marshfield Highway Commission, April 7 lin, Mr. Clinger reported that the High traveled higher than any pre The next meeting of the state high Chamber of Commerce of that town vious Ceos county team had done, way commission will be held in Port had voted their entire support and making a great showing for thia dis land on April 7 when bids will be toward this end had furnished twelve trict. Led by Neil McLean, one of opened on projects entailing an es new uniforms by mosns of contribu th« most popular players of the tour timated expenditure of 8713,000. At tions. Sutherlin can draft players ney, Marshfield swept through the another meeting to be held on April from Oakland and Roadburg, as wall consolation rounds, after being elim 21 contracts will be awarded for an as well as from their own ranks. inated 43 to 33 by Salem in the open other 8447JMX) in highway improro- Poweia, at eno time the hot-bed of ing games, to win top honors. Klam Coos oounty baseball, generally has ath Falls was defeated, 46 to 27; Sil an abundance of player« on hand and verton, 18 to 14; and in the final, Justice Court blanks for sals at thio this year should ba no exception. Her- University High tell before the Pi- 20 your Ideal Mealing Place. Out there amid the pine There to a camp divine, Where you can get a needed rest. Out where you’ll sit and droam, Close by a laughing stream— Hugged doss to Mother Nature’s breast. It must have gone under the hide of the Biological Survey to bo called, by a national organisation of naturil- ists, “the most destructive influence on wild life in the United States.” At sny rate the Survey to flooding the mails with defensive literature sent out at government expense. The trouble with the survey’s defense to that it is virtually an admission of guilt. The principal criticism has been that its wholesale poisoning op erations and the resultant slaughter of fur-bearers such as skunks, bad gers, martens and mink. Saying that investigators found little evidence that true fur-bearers are being killed in any considerable numbers, Mr. Reddington, head of the Survey, tells the public: “As a matter of fact, the use of poison has been decreased within the past two yean. Further more at a conference of our field men it was arranged that the use of poison would even be further cur tailed.” If poison is doing no harm, why curtail its use T Why abandon a pol icy that has been in effect since 1928? Why should poison thus indorsed in 1923 be curtailed now W it were i not doing more harm than good? 1 The investigation as shown by the mammologista proves that the first dosage of poison kilto the small fur-bearers. Their destruc tion is not reported. After the first dosage there aro none to report If the destructive policies of the survey were limited to predatory mammals and fur-bearers it would be bad enough, but the survey is charged with the bird protection. And it to notorious that the survey is as much under the thumb of reactionary sportsmen as it to of stockmen. The V. E. Yatehey, vice president of the result to becoming plain to every American’s Trappers Aroociation, body. Wild life is being wiped out. -Editorial St. Louis Star. down in Texas was found dead in his cabin out ha a trapping territory last month. Mr. Yatehey had gone into Walnut Tree Dedicated March 17 that particular district to show up the The walnut tree which was planted throwers of poison baits. Within a on th« state house lawn last Decora short time ho caught a large amount tion Day, was dedicated with appro of coyotes by traps. He also studied priate ceremonies on 8t Patrick’s the methods employed by th« poison day, last week. Th. tree to a direct slingers and issued this statement: descendant of one which George “After associating with coyotes and Washington planted on his Mount the casters of poison bait for several Vernon «State more than 200 years years I have eotae to the conclusion ago. Wallace McCamant, Portland that the coyote is the most respectable attorney and chairman of the Oregon citizen of the two.” Yatehey »nv commission in charge of the Washing found dead in his cabin within a ton bi-centennial program, presided fortnight after iseing thia statement over the dedication You get the best CHEVROLETMSERVICE from your Chevrolet dealer at the LOWEST PRIEES for quality work ADJUSTING 1930-31-32 4-wheef brakes REGUIARI Y CHIVROLIT 50« DIALI! Southwestern Motor Co Coquille Myrtle Point
