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% * T 9 PAGB SIX THE COQUILLE TALL BT SENTINEL, COQUILLE. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 9, 1933. — OUT-OF-DOORS STUFF • '* i « i dee-dee” gteeta you. They mote th*.', pay for your time a >d trouble in pro By Lans Leneve viding them food during the winter With old Sol doing his stuff, the when spring arrives, as they feed up water ir oar tupt streams has warm on insects and the eggs of insects that ed to the extent that the trout are are harmful to your garden and fruit now taking flies in meat all the tree-:. It is stated by good auth rity streams and the fly fisherman has at that one of those birds destroys on an last come in.o his own after all these average of 4,000 insects and their eggs dreary weeks of waiting. Good fish each day. They are the last of the ing may be had on mast an/ of the winter visitors to depart from our local streams at the present time. yards. No ono goes wrong in culti There are many fisherman who do vating the friendship of the chickadee, not uae flies and either bait cast or for by his antics, his cheerful little fish with a spinner, but once a fly -all, his regular visits for food, he caster, always a fly-caster. Thera is will be repaid a thousand times for his a certain fascination about fly-casting trouble. that holds an allure foa the angler The man that told me last week that no other method bolds. It holds jhat bullfrogs in a certain swamp true that the largest trout are usually •ounded like a herd of Texas steers taken on spinners and bait in most of -nust have stated the truth. While it our rivers and streams but in spite of has never been my pleasure to hear this fact, the seasoned fly whipper i herd of Texas steers “sounding off" seldom resorts to bait or spoon. While I did, at last, after ail these years, a certain anticipation is experienced rear a herd of bullfrogs the other eve at each cast of bait or spinner it ning. There are two things that roam but naught compared to the thrill of he hills and fields that I am afraid casting a gaudy fly into a stretch of ijf and I would rather face a whole likely looking water. jungle of lions, tigers, leopards and How many of you have ever wit elephants all rolled into one than eith nessed the sight of a catfish leaping er of these two, and they are a bull from the water and cavorting about and a rattlesnake. I was fishing for like a trout. Clarence Barton and a catfish on a ditch the other evening companion witnessed such a scene one when a bull began “bellering” a few evening down by the local dock- Clar yards from me. Quickly I glanced ence is firmly convinced that the about for a tree to climb but none was “cats” will rise to * fly and he is go near and a second glance told me it ing to try various flies out on them.1 was many yards to the nearest fence; We are avzaiting word from him each the water* of the ditch looked mighty day and hoping that he finds a fly There I stood, undecided, just _ _ 111 LU U/...U-U that .L they wiU hit. Wouldn ’t I. it k. be whit course to pursue, when another sumpin’ if catfish could be induced to bull joined the first with a hoarse bel take a fly in this little old river of low, and then another! But the third ours. voice came directly from some lily Stanley Stevens and his wife, both pads in the tenter of the ditch, and fishermen as their catch plainly show there, seated upon a pad wab a big ed, returned Wednesday from a two- bullfrog. What a relief! And at last days fishing trip out to Brewster. I had obtained a logk at a Cooa county Their catch consisted of a mere 202 bullfrog. trout. A story comes to me from Alaska— While it is against the Federal law of how bears are trapped up there. to kill pigeons, nevertheless many of As to its truthfulness I am a bit skep them are being killed this season. tical. ...... ................... ... after vl „~ assocto- However, close Some are bein^ killed for food by j tlon with the wilderness for many needy people and many by tenon _ ___ , _ w strange years, I _________ realize the ____ fact ___ that upon whose grain crops and fruit t hinge occur out there and that hunt trees the birds have turned their at- j^ gtories and outdoor experiences tention. It is really a shame to afford .^at are often looked upon as untruths such a pest as the pigeon protection, ire really true. But there is one thing but the main object of this mention hat I am sure of concerning this of the pigeon is a warning to those mar trapping, and that is if it is true who eat the bird. The fact has been hat is is an inhuman, unsporstman- brought to my attention that poisoned tike method of taking bears. grain to being spread in various fields According to myi informer a post is in this district. A poisoned pigeon Iriven into the ground in a district may fly a considerable distance be which bears frequent and razor blades fore dying. After eating poisoned 're driven into this post with about grain they aril] usually fly to the edge a quarter of an inch of the blade pro- of the grain field and alight in trees, 'ruding. Freeh blood from some ani- but if there are no trees in that vicin nal to plastered upon the poet. The ity they fly to the nearest one where bear is attracted by the blood and be they alight. There they sit for seve gins licking it from the post. His ral minutes and then fall dead to the 'ongue is cut by the razor blades and ground. So you see it would be an 'ie keeps right on licking his own easy matter for a pigeon to be shot H E Swain; Bendon— Duke and Laird. Sport Briefs 'ood. The more he licks of course, after partaking of poisoned grain but Klamath ' S Tlje Juniore will soon enter Coquille he more his tongue is cut and By Mark W. Seeley before the poison took effect and the Ashland I league play. Manager-coach Carl Eagle Point nally bleeds to death, standing For the first time that he has been eating of such a bird would no doubt Batteries: Molotore and Edwards; Gilbert hopes to meet with high suc- st the post. - Batteries: Coquille, Gilbert, McHale managing Coquille baseball teams, result in the death of the person who McFadden and Balkover. cess this season. As 1 have stated before, female cat and Hauser; Eagle Point, Loomis, Van Manager Bill Fortier has on hand a ate the bird. The other fray was taken by Med Scoy and Conateser. fish are full of spawn at this season. Hurrah for Hank Burr! At the well rounded pitching staff, In the ford from Roseburg, 10 to 7, in the Coquille Won From Tn the ditches on the opposite side of Coquille hits: Fischer 2, Stewart 1, archery shoot held at Granta Paas past years Carl Gilbert has carried former town. After a free hitting Brundage 1, Kolstad 3, Hauser 1, the river are their natural spawning 8-3 Eagle Point, last week, Hank won the clout cham the brunt of the work, aside from .oc game throughout, Medford burnt forth grounds. That is where » 99 per cent Roper 1, Gilbert 2, Pulford 1. pionship of the state and totes home casional good exhibitions by other in the eighth to score three runs which of the fishing is taking ; place. ___ _____ Coquille stolen bases: Stewart, Mur In all Behind the pitching of Carl Gilbert a cup that IS a cup aa a trophy for local hurlers. This season, however, fairness to the catfish the ditch run l<Jilly can be afforded a needed neat broke the tie. Many thrilling plays en ‘in his first appearance on the mound ray and Kolstad. his prowess. John Stone and "Dad” livened the contest, Sander, Roseburg thia season and the beautiful relief ning east and west on that side of Triples: Kolstad; doubles, Hauser, Kern also attended the dhoot. "Dad" once in a while to allow either Paul fielder, leading the field with six hurling of Paul McHale, coupled with Roper and Fulford. the river along the highway should bo says that to is a pitiful sight at the McHale, the Eastaide sidearmer with circus catches. closed to angling. The fish should be timely hitting of Mr. Kolstad and the dam near Granta Pass on the Rogue all the control, or Glenn Murray, the The games on Sunday, June 11, will other members of the team, Coquille’s Camps Will Soon Be given a chance to propagate in their where the salmon are trying to go seventeen-year old find, a chance to take Coquille to Ashland, Medford to Loggers defeated Eagle Point in the spawning grounds and not be taken Running in Coon County over the ladders. On one side, he work in the box. Murray exhibited Eagle Point and Klamath Falls to opening ball game of the Southern from there by the thousands. Catfish states, there to a ladder that the fish his prowess in the recent 2 to 1 deci Roseburg, the three previous winners Oregon Leagues season, 8 to 3. fishing ie getting to be a great-at (Continued from first page) get through, while dn the other side sion he gained over Roseburg, while it is almost impossible for a fish to get traction and hundreds of fishermen the chucker from Eastside stamped meeting the three losers in each fray. In only one frame, the fourth, The following Sunday, June 18, Co angle for them each week, and in spite , could the Cheesemakero from South forest supervisors in each of the na through. There is a concrete wall on hia brand in the relief role last Sun quille aril) return home to meet Med- * of their»wwift propagation I believe ern Oregon effectively reach the toss tional forests have outlined the work this side and “Dad” states that the day against Eagle Point and in the ford, Roseburg will trek to Ashland, that they should be afforded protec ings of either Coquille moundsman. plans. big Chinooks, in seeking to get over, first Roseburg game which he lost and Eagle Point will jump to Klamath tion in their spawning beds. It’s a Every community in western Ore . This inning saw all of their runs batter their heads against this wall, through lack of condition, 5 to 2.' Falla. The League standing: ' cross the plate when four bunched gon will benefit from the projects for drop limply back and go drifting down pretty safe bet that there have been • Fortier, in fact, doesn’t know arhat W L Pct. hits cut down a one-run local lead. most of the perishable foodstuffs will at least five thousand of these fish the stream. to do with all his moundsters. Murray Coquille 1.000 1 0 taken from the ditch of which I speak This one stand saw Hoosier Hoffard, be purchased close to the camp sites. A question this week has been ask can cavort in field, as well as in Klamath 0 during the past month. Half of them 1.000 . > Eagle Point pilot, open the inning Eggs, meat, bread, vegetables and po the box, but McHale is' primarily a Medford ed: Are catfish protected by a limit 1 0 1.000 would be full of spawn and taking with his second Mt of the game. A tatoes will be bought locally on com pitcher. Gilbert, who also swings a and if so what to it? Catfish are pro Ashland 0 .000 the general percentage of the spawn 1 passed ball sent him to second base, petitive bids, and the farmers in the tected by a limit which is 30, the same mean bat, can also play the gardens Eagle Point of the 2,600 that would propagate it .000 1 Q and after a strike out succeesive distriot will feel some small measure as for trout though he isn ’ t as classy stepping as — —----------- r --- rr— 9 Roseburg means that over a hundred thousand 0 1 .000 , doubles by Kenton and Hartman and of prosperity as a result. The lum _ ___ 1 * i i Another question: Wlhat is the cafish have acually been destroyed in ; he used to be. and a single by Van Scoy drove the three ber industry, transportation In the other positions there isn’t most accurate pistol shell manufact their spawning beds to date this sea- Why aren't the new tenni R court« trucking systems, hardware stores counters in. A double play ended much question. “ Chick ” Haueer, ured? The answer to 38 special and son. being finished? That is a question further threat. Gilbert retired after snd almost every business firm in this hoping that he is on hand all season, it has been adopted by practically all that has been asked quite a lot lately. the fifth, and McHale continued the district has been benefitted by the is unmovable behind the plate. Fischer police departments and match squads Since school closed nothing has been hurling, allowing but one hit in three huge program. The Driver Went to Sleep can also step behind the rubber, while throughout the United States. done on them so it seems that the cantos. More than 60 per cent of the enroll- that he - When the driver of a Eugene bakery Fortier, himself, (trusting - “Pinky” Smith reports that out at proper thing to do would be for the The Loggers scored one run in the mene work in the Ninth Corps Area, ,»houW «* hia father’s place, C. V. Smith, hum truck fell asleep at the wheel at five!'“" *row,to tennis aspirants to arrange to com first to take a lead. They tied it up which is made up of California, Wash ming birds have nested on their porch O'clock Saturday morning, instead of^J^* ?r plete the task. It may seem inadvis again in their half of the fourth when ington, Oregon, Montana and Utah, Fischer has replaced Hugh Chap for three years. For two yean in suc rounding a turn near Rock creek on able to construct cements courts at On June 1st, Kolstad tripled, Hauser and Roper has been completed. man, who drew hia release after the the Roodburg road the truck plunged cession the bird nested there and then present but hard packed earth grounds 13,247 men had been enrolled here. doubled and Gilbert singled. The big I Eagle Point affair, at second base, skipped a year and is back again this down a 60-foot embankment into the would suffice till the others could fol ‘ Kolstad is still fixed soundly at the blow up, however, came in the fifth, Twenty-three thousand men will be year with two baby birds in the nest. Coquille river. low. the boys of Manager Bill Fortier enrolled in these states. initial bag, as are Woodyard and The unusual feature of the accident The two little white-headed chicka It will be nice to have the courts staging a genuine Logger celebration. Stewart at third and short. This number to but a small part of was that the truck did not overturn dees that have made their headquart placed conveniently near the schools, Brundage, Roper, Pulford, and Four hits, all singles, by Stewart, the huge number of young men who ers about our yard for several months but instead coasted down the bank, but while tennis work is being done Kolstad, Gilbert and iFtoher, along will be employed in the coast and Murray will take care of the field showed up the other morning with a stopping right side up in the river, why not completely overhaul the old, with a brace of boots and a passed northwest states. More than 106,000 chores, while on the bench. Manager which was luckfly sb shallow at that |>rood of young ones. The youngsters handy location in the myrtle grove. ball, allowed five of the Coquillites men in addition to several of the army Fortier will always be patiently wait were aa large as their parents but point that the driver, still seated at to dent the rubber. It turned out to personnel, will be in the district ing to take his cut. Hayward and Lor the wheel, crawled out without even perfectly helpless when it camo to The American Legion’s Junior team feeding themselves. The old birds getting wet. Only when he saw the ens, other reserves, may draw their opened its season last Saturday, de be the concluding scoring blast of the Western Oregon is receiving a con nine innings. , siderable proportion of this number. slips. Manager Fortier, brought them directly to the apple spare tire floating down the river did release feating the Bandon youngsters on the though he would like to use as many A crowd of fair size witnessed the The Civilian Conservation Corps tree, where they, the old birds, had he receive a sprained back when he local lot, 6 to 2, in a real high class partaken of pieces of suet during slipped on a rock and fell in the river, athletes as he can, realises that the ball game. Both clubs played fine opening game, and as a whole it high constitutes the most interesting and expense of carrying a large squad. ball, the one coached by Carl Gilbert ly acclaimed the 1933 Loggers. They spectacular mobilization against the their entire stay, The young sat on recovering it. of “Chick" depression that the government has The Studebaker truck was damaged would be too heavy. This is why be having the edge all the way through. welcomed the return nearby limbo putting up a ceaseless twitter and flapping their wings while beyond worth while repair but the is being forced to drop capable men Jesse Barton occupied the mound for Hauser to his old catching poet, and ye< effected. Ito personnel to drawn the old birds gathehre small bite ‘of steering wh e e l and glass in the car who otherwise would be used from Coquille, allowing Bandon only two saw much in the Work of Kolstad, from a new generation of all walks of suet in their beaks and shoved them in were not broken.—Myrtle Point Her time to time. hits and striking out nine batters. Co Fortier’s new first baseman. Gilbert life and all classes. The eon of the the youngsters’ mouths. The scene ald. quille gained nine hits, scoring three has had little chance to unfurl his farm and the factory will swing an alone we enjoyed enough to feel amp One of the other games last Sunday runs in the first frame and one each underhand shoots this season but in ax beside the son of thé merchant ly repaid for feeding thoee birds saw Klamath Falla administer a in the sixth, seventh and eighth. Tom the five frames he pitched he struck prince whose fortune was lost In the through the winter and spring; and sound thrashing to Ashland in a Stacer with three hits led the battery out seven. McHale, the Eastaide side economic crash. armer, showed fine control in the re too, they were such cheerful, friendly With four campa already completed, game played on Modoc Shield in K. F. attack. Summary: little fellows to have about during the H i lief role. Summary: B The fracas was the first game of base preparations fqg th* others in the dis dreary winter months. No matter A box score of the game was not trict are being pushed. It is expected 9 See Mansell Drayage A Delivery ball enacted in the new park, being Coquille .... « 2' available and the following summary all campe in the district will be com how cold or stormy the day, their Co. for Alpine coal. Ordere filled witnessed by a crowd of 600 people. Bandon 2 cheerful little greeting at “cMckadee- promptly. tf The summary: Batteries: Coquille — Barton pleted by July 1. i i « î 1 z i