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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1935)
O’TT CF DOORS STUFF dimmed by misses and it was a pleas ure to shoot beside him. Doc Low was not only a sportsman in the realms of sports but he was a sports man in the common walks of life and in his profession. Possessing a won derful personality he aslo possessed a humanitarian nature that is often found lacking in men of the medical profession. To know Doc was a jleasurc—he was a man well met and one who iscoing to be greatly missed. Penny Sturdivant relates the ex perience of witnessing a battle be tween two large hawks. One of the hawks had caught himself a snake and was flying away with it when mother hawk set out in pursuit. They clashed in midair at a consider- ible height. As Penny expressed it ‘They simply locked horns” and fell o the earth. One of them flew away at once but one of them was stunned o such an extent that it lay there for a short time before winging dizzil; iway. In the meantime, anothe. aawk, evidently the fallen one’s mate, became very much concerned over the welfare of her spouse an* circled about closely until the fall»' one had taken wing and then the. flew off together. Now I sincerely .rust that I got this story correct. At the time it was related to me the.- wore so many ducks, Chinese pheas ’¿nts and hawks flying about Bil. Ferbrache’s barber shop that I migtr, •aslly have become confused in the elling of it. I am grateful to Penn, for said yarn and furthermore h» ;ays that he has docena of witness • j the fac:. But I don't ddubt It i >c least. I have sem g range ilngs than that happen in the wood, id when I relate them I am alway;. ailed a liar. A fellow can’t alway; 09 as fortunate as Penny was with he hawks by having a flock of wit- ¡esses on hand. There are tiagic thing* occurini (ally in tills old world- -things thai ommand our attention, our sym-’ athy. One of the most pitiful littl* liings that has been brought to m; itlention and one that touched my leart deeply was the radio news o rt suicide in California. The one^tr ake his own life was a mere lad o' ourteen, grief-stricken over the loss, of his o!d dog. The boy and dot grew up together, were constant com panions until the dog's death. The day the dog died the boy went to his »oom, wrote a note to his parents, took a gun and killed himse’f. His »athetic little message read: “My best oal is gone—he won’t come back and neither will I. I'm going where he gigging, rpaaring and shooting fish is a mild pastime when compared to the dynamiting of them. It doesn't take long to clean out a stream com pletely where such dastardly practice is cqnlinued. Splash dams, dynamite and spotlights are the contributihg factors dealing with the destruction if our game and fish today. The use of dynamite is unsports manlike to the extreme. It doesn't give the fish a chance. A few sticks of dynamite used in a stream such aj the North Fork will destroy mo- e steelheads than the fishermen wii» 'ake with hook and line during at entire season." The rifle and revolver club which has been formed. at Coquille is a .nighty fine thing. It fumisiies good clean sport, teaches the art of marks manship* the correct and careful way if handling firearms and is some thing that should be backed by al .ood sportsmen. x Bv Laus Leneve St . wart Norton during a recent vi* t to California had the unique ex- pi Hence of being .the invited guest . of a millionaire sportsman to shoot up n the latter’s duck pond. It is not ' ofte. that people who are not in the class of the Idle rich or who cannot count their dollars in a dozen figures or more are privileged to shoot upon a millionaire’s duck pond, unless they tresp'.ss—which we are not accusing Slewart of doing. Some time, how ever, v.‘c are going to try and get hip tu just what sort of a system Stewey employ* to get next to these big busi- n su men that own duck ponds. Tbe s ; cot lag that Stewey describes is v. hat may be termed without contra diction “duck hunting de luxe.” A person, states Stewey, may go to the blind at the duck pond with his t ora on and not have to wear boots. There is an elevated trail-built right Fairview out to the blind. The blind consists of a huge barrel sunk at an elevation Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hedden and so that a person may shoot from it a.nily of Marshfield were guests at at all angles. Comfortable chairs are the Fred Johnson home on Christmui installed wtthin it and there is plenty lay. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Deadmond of room for two hunters. If the hunt vere guests there also. ers get cold, a lantern is placed ber This week has been one of the bus fore them which reflects beat back iest for nearly everyone in this val- fr .o the barrel and warms things up ey. Monday and Tuesday were days In- g-neral On the particular pond 'or the “town-goers” and most of the which Stewart shot over, there had l idetits were in Coqaille on those been forty tons of rice planted and he lays. says that it was impossible to drive Mr. and Mis. Lloyd Teagarden and the birds from the pond; that they aiold Young left this week for Cal- would fly in and almost alight on iornia where they will visit relatives you. The big boss of the pond usual Fairview will be fortunate in hav- ly takes along several gunners who ng Rev. G. A. Gray for services on cannot hit a bam, in order that he undays, December 2J and January and his close associates may kill the », Mr. Gray consented1 to be here the limit for everybody. After the hunt ifth Sunday in this month and ap- is over and every man has his limi •ccia'.icn is felt for his kindness. the gunners retire to the club house The Fairview-North Cork Grange where a hot meal is served them Jo. 739 will hold the last meeting of When they go in the house they leave !ds mo dh tomorrow. T!.e meeting their birds piled upon benches on chedukJ for December 14 was post- the porch. Two Japs cook and serve ■oned br cause of ir.s’.allation of offi- the meals and while the guests are ers at Myrtle Point. enjoying their meals and after dinner Mrs. M. E. Teters, who celebrated smok-s tbe servants pluck and dresr ter 82nd birthday anniversary an the birds and present them to the Tuesday of last week, was very pain- •tinners as the}» leave._ Again I say W Injured last Thursday night ..’’at “no one can dispute the fact that She suffered a broken hip and sev- i this fs “duck hunting de luxe." Stew- oral bruises when she fell, late that rt s»ya that the owner pays $1500 night. He^many friends are hoping each season for the privilege of hunt- for her recovery. i >g one month. The short Townsend meeting held It appears that California hunters ast Saturday was presided over by are rather careless with firearms and President Leneve. Secretary Lloyd ti is a miracle that Stewey did not T'.agardcn asked that Harold Neal lose the sight of one eye while enjoy •fill the vacancy in his office while he ing California’s brand of duck shoot s in California. A birthday gift was ing, A hunter across the pond from presented to Mrs. Am-nda Johnson, him filed at a duck upon the water who was 80 years old that day. The Mid as it took jving he again fired. The above case commands a lot of •lection of officers for the club is One Of, the pellets struck Stewey attention. It shows the devotion that scheduled for January 4, for which squarely in the pupil of his eye. It .1 child may possess for his dog. Dogs ime, according to Mr. Leneve, an caused the blue to fade completely :nd kids really go together. Some- an entertainment has been arranged from the eye for some time and it ihw the the playful antics of a young that will surpass all former ones was fen red he would lose the sight log remind me of the do Following the meeting last Saturday of it entirely. But we are glad to re ngs .of a kid. There is no doubt at a program was presented by the port that it is getting back to normal ill in my mind that a dog's devotion school children, to the great enjoy in both vision and color. While a lot s just as great as was the devotion ment of all present. The Hayseed of h'.intcrs would no doubt be will of the boy who took his own life, Quartette, composed of many local ing to give an eye for that sort of rather than go on through life with ladies and a one-act play by a group hunting, no one would want it shot out the companionship of his best pal. of young people also added greatly out by a wealthy sportsman. I still A dog would gladly give his life for to the program. Candy and popcorn have m^»-doubts as to whether the 'hat of his master at any and all were served and“ dancing followed. hunter shot at a duck or shot at times. They have been known to ~~— ........ tT" ------------------------- Stewey, for to place an Oregonian in grieve to death over the death of a barrel with a couple of comfortable their masters. A dog means a lot to chairs and a lantern to heat things children who possess them as well as up with and let the ducks come in to grownups who own them. They and try to alight in the barrel with become just like one of the home on all kinds of hUn, he is liable to pull off some stunt family. And then to have some which really merits a shot being poison slinger come along and poison taken at him. But, nevertheless, F such?a devoted animal, it makes ft' ALPINE and SCORBY am mighty grateful to Stewart for his pretty tough on all concerned. It I interesting experience. It just goes simply breaks a kid's heart to lose his Local and Long Distance to show what a perfectly tough time pal—his dog. And without saying, those millionaire gunners must suffer it goes mighty hard not only on the wldle in pursuit of the elusive (?) kids but on the whole family. duck! Up in the holes below LaVeTne Phones 101 J—224L Another sportsman has passed on. Falls on the north fork there is, or Dr. G. Earl Low will never line up was, plenty of evidence not long ago with the boys at the traps again in that the fish had been dynamited this world. His cheerful voice will One angler reports to me as having be missed where trapshooters gath counted fifteen steelheads floating in er, for that was one of Doc’s favorite one hole, all dead and every bone in sports. His good humor was never their bodies broken. The practice of A wish to yon ... our customers! May the Holiday Season bring you a wealth of joy and good fellowship. May the Mew Year bring you Health, Happiness and Prosperity in full measure. For ourselves, we also have a wish. That we may continue to serve you faithfully and well, making life easier by this service and bringing to you something better than we have brought before. Mountain States Power Company Over 3,000 policy holders in Coos and Curry counties are saving from 20 per cent to 40 per cent on their fire insurance costs at Huggins In surance Agency, Marshfield, Write 50tf us for’details. Dr. G. C. 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