TBE OOQUIIXB VALLEY
COGITILIX, OMGON. HUBAY, JULY S,
OUT-OF-DOORS STUFF
as in seasons past. But be their num- meat of poisoned birds and animals, I
bers few or numerous they are a pest I by taking poison when confusing it!
By Lans Leneve
Another old timer has passed into to the farmer. They raise havoc with I with Epsom salts, by eating porridge
Always
The I.and of Shadows. An old pi grain fields as well as orchards. J ' made of poisoned grain.
oneer, one of tlte early trail blazers see no reason why such a pest should , Death walks hand in hand with,
and a veteran of the trails has passed be protected, but it is, and under the poison.
A sheepman remarked to me not
on. It is with sadness that I chron migratory bird law at that, making it
both
a
state
and
federal
offense
to
long
ago, "My idea of ridding the
icle this man's death—Amos Hatcher.
range of coyotes is to give the poison
Having known the deceased since kill these birds.
childhood I naturally treasured his I Some birds seem to take delight in man permission to go 'way back in
friendship. Mr. Hatcher was one of j taking advantage of a person's good the timber, kill deer and fill their
the most experienced hunters and nature as is the case of some humans. carcasses with poison. However, he
trappers in Coos county and it was .There are a pair of blown birds and is not allowed to go off the ranges or
always a pleasure to have him relate a pair of chipping sparrows which only on land where he is requested to
experiences of the woods and trails. feasted upon our feed rack through put out poison. He asked me whether
He was always willing to advance ad the wintei that still visit it several I wished poison on my range or for
vice concerning trapping and hunt times daily. If no food is found upon him to set traps anl I told him to use
{'the rack they sit upon it and chirp_ poison
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all means. The poison ac-
ing. He was the man who taught mej
how to prepare the first scent that If and cheep loudly until some is forth- counted for a lot of dogs, too, 1’11 tell
ever used in trapping. This likeable I coming. All other birds we fed have you.”
good-natured old sportsman is going departed for other climes, or to near- [ And there you have it all in a nut-
and woods, but not so the shell. There are many men in the
to'be sadly missed in the ranks of by . fields
,
sportsmen. He was truly a gentle- palr of ’^ws and brownies. They sheep business who are real human
man of the old school and belonged to
,re<^“rty spon4ers' but we “Joy beings—men who will not allow
having them. *
poison placed upon their lands and
a class of men who are fast vanish
A few months back Nevy Hatcher again there are others who display
ing. Slowly and surely the grim
reaper is claiming the old pioneers. killed a large bear south of Powers. such a blood-thirsty disposition as
But though they may depart from The meat was jerked and partaken the man I have just quoted. I asked
this earth, even Time Itself fails to of by something like a dozen people. that particular man if he was not
erase memories of these1 first old Within a short time a peculiar illness aware of the fact that carcasses of
struck those who ate the meat and deer filled with poison would attract
timers who settled upon our soil and
almost resulted in the death of sever- .all creatures of the forest and would I
converted the wilderness into civili
•al of them. Pieces of the meat were ¡mean the death of valuable furbear
zation. Amos Hatcher watched the
'analyzed and the fact disclised that ers and his reply was, “Well, it would
steady advance of the civilization that
it bore traces of poison.
protect the sheep.” To this way of
lie helped create.
He watched it
It is a known fact that a hog can thinking it would be perfectly all
claim old familiar hunting territory
eat a rattlesnake artd that-» rattler right to exterminate exerything that
and watched landmarks vanish before
can bite a hog without noticeable re walks the woods in order to protect a
it. He enjoyed the wilderness when
sults, owing to the fatness ot the hog. flock of sheep. Such an attitude is
it was truly a wilderness—when all
¡The same thing Probably applies to disgusting to any one with a drop of
sorts of game abounded here.
He
I a bear. Moreover a hog can eat sporting blood in his system.
lived the care-free life of the out
poisoned bait such as is used for the
A dog poisoner has been at work
doorsman until his aging limbs could
supposed purpose of killing coyotes, up at Powers with the result ¿hat
no longer take the trail. I envy all
without ill results, so it is the natural many good canines have been poison
men who lived in the days of Mr
supposition that the bear which ed. Whoever the skunk is that is
Hatcher’s youth—the days of honest
Hatcher kiUed had partaken ot poison
tossing
out the poison,
I Hl_
T REpMpBL-
—. he uf«0MITO«
folk, vast wilderness and an abun
bait placed for other animals or, per-! no regard for human
dance of game and fish.
Through
age-dimmed eyes Amos Hatcher haps, even for the bear There have poison is placed in weenies and
been several cases coming under my ' thrown upon lawns and people’s
watched the things he loved, erased
observation where bears have been'porches where little children play,
before him and I know It was with a
killed by poison bait.
The bear There is nothins to prevent a little
feeling of sadness that he did so. It
Hatcher killed was unusually fat and child from eating such a morsel. One
is a shame that the old timers must
no doubt the fat took up the poison harmless little dog that was kept
fade from the picture, for the present
to the extent that it did not kill him chained an a back porch was poison
generation does not produce the typi
and at the same time his carcass ab ed
A public hanging would be a
cal class of stock that made up the
sorbed enough of it to almost kill fitting end to such a varmint who
old timer. Their type is indeed rare a dozen people.
It’s just another' has no respect for human life and
today. Amos Hatcher has been called
shining example of the use of poison man’s best friend—a dog.
Home, but he has left behind him
bait. Grim tragedy usually blazes a
Over on Coos Bay an old sea-gull J
handiwork that will not soon be for
trail where poison is used. Not only has a nest atop a piling. When she ,
gotten.
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. are the innocents of the forests killed is not sitting on the eggs her old man
but many humans have lost their is, but an observer tells me that the
Wild band-tailed pigeons do not
lives as a result of partaking of the old man has evidently done some-,
seem to be as numerous this season
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while it will do her the most good
thing to displease his old lady, for
each time he shows up, she scolds and
g.owls and finally leaves the nest and
chases him up the bay. No doubt he
has been stepipng out on the old lady.
And each time a crane comes flying
along near the nest the gull sails into
him and puts him to faster flight.
During certain seasons only a few
gulls, and they are male, may be ob
served along the Coos Bay water-
front. A lot of people wonder where
they have gone. They have all gone
to their convention which is held up
on the beach above Florence.
A
stretch of beach at least two miles
long is covered with gulls for many
dtfys. Finally, evidently settling the
fish and clam problem, they again
migrate back to their respective bays
and harbors.
Each night before
darkness falls all sea gulls leave the
bay and fly to the rocks along the
coast where they roost for the night
On the ether hand, the shags, or cor
mants, all take for the shore and roost
in the tress, often flying considerable
distance Inland to do so.
It is amusing to watch an old sea
gull bossing his family. Sitting atop
a piling he bawls them out and sends
them beneath the docks in search of
the entrails of fish that are being
cleaned by fishermen.
A sea gull
wiU follow a ship a distance of 50v
miles to sea and then they turn back.
Another thing to command attention
is the fact that in spite of the vast
numbers of sea gulls along our en
tire coast it is seldom that one is seen
dead and then it is one which has
been unlawfully shot. There are sev
eral different species of gulls along
ou^.coast and they do not mingle;
each clan or species keeps to Itself
and aside from an occasional encoun
ter with opposite factions they tend
strictly to their own business. Wil
liam Cox, an old time resident of
Marshfield and who has studied the
habits of gulls for years, is authority
for most of the statements contained
herein.
Gravel Ford Itema
Nearly everyone in this section at
tended the funeral for Amos Hatcher
at Dora Sunday. The community is
saddened by his death.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hink, of Ari
zona, sp.mt from Thursday until Sat
urday at the Griffin’s.
Elvenr Bennett, who is working for
W V. Schroeder visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bennett Sunday.
, Brewer 2, off Beckley 2; wild pitches,
i Barr 1, Brewer 1; left on bases, Co
Almost a shut-out win it was for quille 4, Roseburg 3; three base hits,
“Cocky” Brewer, but not quite, as the Sowers, Brewer, Pullord; two base
Coquille Loggers, hitting hard, de hits, Woodyard, Kolstad, Taylor;
feated Roseburg Eagles, 10 to 2, last sacrifice hit. Woodyard; stolen bases.
Sunday on the Umpqua city's field. t Pulford, Moran; double plays, Brewer
Brewer granted Roseburg six hits, i to Peterson to Kolstad, Woodyard to
three coming in the final frame after Wirth, Turpin to Domencio; umpires,
he had let down, allowing the second Taylor and Richmond
Eagle runner to cross the plate. The
break in the shutout came in the
Loggers to Be Idle Sunday
eighth when after a vdry questionable
No
baseball for the Coquille Lotf-
decision at second base the runner
geis
this
Sunday, the Fortiermen
scored from third on a fly ball to the
outfield. On the disputed play the having performed at Bandon and
umpire ruled that “Chuck” Wirth had Lakeside on Thursday and today, but
failed to touch the bag on a force out, the Coquille Juniors will easily sub
much to the apparent surprise of all. stitute when they meet Roseburg in
4 The Loggers, led chiefly by Art the district championship aeries to-
Pulford, pounded away at three I morrow and Sunday at Athletic Park.
pitched to score their ten runs. Big ' These games will decide which
splurges occurred in the second when team meets Klamath Falls for the
four runs scored and in the seventh sectional honors, after which the
when three came in. One run was 1 Lane county section winner will be
scored in the fourth, another in the met before the goal, The Dalles, is
fifth, and a third in the sixth.
' I reached. „
,
I
At
short Stop for
Coquille
was,
^.CoQuHle Juniors are out to
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Peterson 1A
II 'year
old 1mA
lad' wln
year Ro*bur« won out tn
‘ Rocky” DoUrtrin
voar MA
from Crescent^Hy. “Rocky” made “
whU*
Loggers Take Another
a fine debut in Logger liaery, macing
out two blows, scoring twice, and
fielding his position without fault.
Score:
Coquille *-
B R H O A
Wirth. 2b _
5 0 1 3 1
Sowers, cf
4 2 2 0 0
Fortier, cf
1 0 0 1 0
Woodyard, 3b
4 1 1 I 4
Roper, rf
3 1 1 0 0
Fisher, rf
2 0 0 2 0
Kolstad.
9 1 1 12 0
Peterson, ss
4 2 2 3 1
Pulford, if
4 2 3 1 0
Moran, c
3 1 F 3 1
Hawkins, c
1 0 0 1 3
Brewer, p
2 0 1 0 4
2 0 1 0 4
Roseburg
Taylor, cf
Robertson, 2b
Domencio, ss
Hughes, If, p
Mardin, If, lb
Anderson, 3b
Turpin, rf
Kincart, c
Goff,* c
Beckley, p
Barr, p
HUI, If
Tyman, lb
38 10 13 27
B R H O
4 1 1 1
4 0 0 0
3 0 1 4
4 0 1 2
4 0 2 4
3 1 1 1
3 0 0 2
1 0 0- 5
2 0 0 2
2 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
• 0 0 0
1 0 0 1
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0
0
0
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3 1
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Summary—Earned runs, Coquille
I, Roseburg 2; losing pitcher, Barr;
Sltf starting pitcher, Barr; struck out, by
Brewer 5, by Barr 1, by Beckley 5,1
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1C^ iray’
® count
The Loggers will make their next
home appearances against traveling
teams in seasonal big games.
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at 11:00 a. m. on July 14, vfhlle at
5:00 p. m. on July 10 the Broadway
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