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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1935)
.---r?'.! OI T-OF-DOORS STUFF By Lans Lenev« Something struck me as rather amusing during the past trapping season. The I. E. -Fox Company of New York offered cash prises for the largest badger hides shipped them each month during the fur season. The thought struck me as to just who-, ver heard of a fox running a badgar game? Each season sees improved, safety devi.-e* put upon the market for hunlrr* and fishermen. A person may now purchase for less than IS .00 a lift p eserver vest consisting of a not too heavy fabric that may be wont beneath a hunting or fishing jackjt. It is rain-proof, wind-proof and !n e:tse the wearer falls into deep wat; r it keeps him afloat exactly like an ordinary life preserver. Chains for automobiles are far from belh i a new invention, but chains fo- men are" A chain may now be pur- chas ?d that can be wrapped about th< sole of a gum boot, or a person's shoe that permit* the walking upon slick surfaces with sufety. They are ideal to wear while fishing rock strewn stream*. They are easily removed oi a<ta.-hed.. Recently I saw a pair of them in action and they were certain ly r wonderful help to the gnglei who was wearing them. v I have often heard men make the remark, “A woman has no business hunting,” or “I wouldn’t want to hunt in the same country where women weie looking for deer." And yet, to day s ci many a lady indulging in the pastim* of stalking deer, as well as shooting ducks-. How often do you hear of one of them bagging a man* for a deer, or accidentally shooting her hunting companion? It fact, it would behoove a lot of men who take to the marshes and the woods to fol low the hunting methods employed by the gentler sex. A woman who is really a hunter is usually a very ef ficient one and possesses good nerves, a good eye and Is usually a good sho1 -and believe it dr not, she is not as ex citable as the majority of men hunt ers. It is this latter fact that causes accidents to be almost nil in the ranks of lady gunners. It is really the early training that a hunter receives that makes of him either a .reckless or a careful person With firearms. Some are naturally careless and never seeril to correct their ways, while efthers are careful from the start. A good lecture by a seasoned hunter should be given ev ery novice when he first shoulders a gun. It would go a long way toward preventing accidents. ------- 1 'udaa The following little story regarding a dog w hich appeared in The Oregon Journal a while back will without doubt be apprtetaied by dog lovers and cannot help but stir the heart of any one who is human. It is a story that is bound to cause your hrout to tighten and touch your heart with pity. Here it’is: • Althou :h his master, Francis Mc Mahon, died more than ten years ago n an upper floor operating room of St. Anthony's hospital, Rock Island, 1U„ Shep, a Scotch collie, still is wait- >pg in the lobby of the building. “ 'Shep is the truest friend Francis vad,' said McMahpn’s sister, whd re ales the s.ory of the dag’s d?voti m. 'McMahon was hurt by failing into the basement of n hotel in his home own, Erie. Ill., when a fence he was tuning against gave way. He was ushed by ambulance to '.ho hospital i Rock Island, 20 miles away. As e was taken into the building on a retcher it was discovei-ed Shep had ollowing the speeding ambulance >hep, you stay in tire lobby and wait or me,' ordered McMahon, who did ot believe he was serijusly injured. 7!ien death canr.e, the body was re- loved by an elevator in another part rf the building, and Ship, then two /ears old, did not? see it. He has kept his lonely vigil day and night, often unning to the elevator with gleeful barks when he bears the cage de scending. Satisfied Jhe occupants do not include hi* master, Shep walks back td his post a few feet away. The 'irst few weeks after McMahon's i.-ath. Shep would not make friend* During the big now in January, with any one, but slowly and cau- which reached a depth of 10% inch«* lously he allowed certain of the ho*- here on the ranch, daisies that had lital Fianciscan Sisters to pet hi* blossomed, were completely covered head. Later he started to take food for several days. But a* the warm isters of the institution have adopted rays of Old Sol melted the »now away, him as their ward Bnd he meets each; the little flowei * showed their bright ambulance which stops at the hospi-, face* once again. It was really a al. McMahon's sister often calls at ; sight to inspire. Heavy frosts, chill he hospital to see Shep but he i* not; winds, soaking rain* and finally >verly friendly toward her. A week snow, all failed to daunt the courage »fore last Christmas Shep was of a mere daisy that persisted in spite nisscd from the lobby and the Sisters of all of Nature's odds against it. The were worried, ^ie returned, how- tiny flower won its fight against the jver, within twenty-four hours. It is mighty elements and when the great believed some one stole him and that white blanket oL snow finally van- he managed to make his way back to ished, those little beauties of the field his post. seemed to lift their faces to receive the “ 'Francis raised Shep from a warm kiss' of the sun god. Against puppy,' his sister said, ‘he had a way overwhelming odds the daisies won with dogs.* " the battle and they stand out alone to It the above is not a* case of love, me as a symbol of strength—a har- oyalty and devotion, then I know not binger of spring—with leafless trees vhat one might call it. It big lends in the background that had failed as rtrrngth ¿o the fact that dog is beyond yet to respond to Old Sol's coaxing ioubt the truest friend of man. It to burst into bud. Yes, a mere field matters no» what sort of treatment daisy can set an example in courage hat a master metes out to his dog. and fighting spirit that It would well He may be kicked, beaten, cursed and behoove man to follow. 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