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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1936)
COqml&B FALLET OUT-OF-DOORS STUFF By Lans Leneve Friendship means a lot in this lit tle old world of ours and I earnestly believe that no finer friendships are formed in any walk of life than thoae that are welded together out in the big woods and in th* marshes And. too, outdoorsmen have so much in common that though they may never tread the same trails, or marshes to gether, or fish th* same stream, there exists between them a sort of mutual understanding, they having so much in common. Two hunters or angler* who have never hunted or fished to gether may form a friendship, but • . merely having met they have con versed upon the topics that are of such interest to both parties. I can count many such friends and during my life time I have had little favor* shown me by such brother* of th* trail. In my bedroom there hangs a framed picture of a bird dog, staunch on point and his master, gun at ready, approaching from the rear. It is a picture presented me by my old friend. Albert Maiden, a few year* back and one that Mr. Maiden prized very highly, having had it hanging in hi* own bedroom for almost 40 years —hanging where he could see it aa he awakened each morning. I, ' too, prize that picture highly for there is a lot of sentiment atatched to it. 1 always gaze at it as I arise each morning, as my friend did during all thoae year* and it is with a feeling of deepest regard that I think of the giver. I also carry a worn whetrock. ,■ It is worn down as thin as a dime. 1 have carried it in my hunting clothes and sharpened my knife upon it dur ing the past twelve years. It was twelve years ago that an old gentle man took it from his pocket one day in Coquille and handing it to me said, "here is a whetrock that I have car ried for over forty year*. It used to be many time* thicker than it is now . It’s a mighty good stone, Lan*. 1 haven’t any more use for it as I am too old to take to the hill* any more I want to give it to you and I hope you will get some good out of it.” Unfortunately, I did not know the old gentleman’s name and it was an occasion when it would have been embarrassing to ask it, so I could do . naught but slip the little stone in my 'pocket with my heartfelt thank* And to this day, I never sharpen my - knife upon it but I recall the old fel low. Somehow I cannot help com paring the stone to the old man him self The stone, like the old woods man, was once sturdy and strong, but after year* of constant wear they had - both arrived at the breaking point. Time had taken toll from each of them. I trust that the man who gave me the stone is still alive and enjoying health and if he should see this I want him to know that I am grateful for the little gift and have used it all these year* and still carry it. But it is quite likely that he has crossed the Great Divide by this time, for at the time he gave me the stone, the hand of time was resting heavily upon him, but not so heavily a* to dim the r 9:00 a. m.—Coos River vs. Riverton. • eager, wistful light that shone from grouse, the song of the birds are 9:45 a. m.—Coquille vs. Myrtle his eyes when he recalled past ex- really the things that belong in such periences encountered in the woods, a setting -the things that have ex- Point. 10:30 a. m —North Bend vs. Pow And But time has no regard for us and as isted there all these years. the years pass along, healthy bodies those wonderful beauty spots, the ers. 11:43 a.' m.—Bandon vs. Bunker art broken, strong constitutions shat greatest creations of God, which have tered and once stalwart frames that been invaded in the past by only HiU. Bridge—bye. braved the perils and hardships of hardy, venturesome lovers of His cre The finals will be held at the home uncharted wilderness and icy marsh ations, have been thrown open to are just mère husks of their former any and all who can drive an auto town of one of the finalists or on a The wilderness has been neutral floor on Saturday evening, selves—puttering about with their mobile. old favorite gun and fishing rod in despoiled and with that ever-increas March 21. the living rooms of their homes, with ing relentless step, civilization moves age-dimmed eyes forever turning onward—claiming those things that Farm Outlook Conference Makes wistfully toward the crest of timber- are actually sacred to the heart of the Many Suggestions in Reports id mountains in the distance and old timer. Perhaps for the soul of him it is .-ailing to memory visions of wood- (Continued from Psge One) and trails that they shall never trav better that he is forced to putter el again. And with the breath of about the house with his favorite gun berries should be grown for the lo chilly winter whipping through the and rod and his cherished memories. cal fresh fruit market. The Nar branches of the trees, the honking of Perhaps it is better that be hears and cissa, a new fresh fruit berry, ha* reads only of the changes that are ¿eese overhead, the sight of flocks of given favorable results in this local ducks winging marshward at evening being wrought in his beloved wilder ity a* an early berry. The Marshall And when the Grim Reaper tide, memories come crowding in ness. or Oregon la still the favorite for upon them that causes their aged strikes him down and he shoulders barreling or preserving. The Corval —A crawler type tractor with plenty of power and traction orms to sink deeper upon the easy his pack for his last pilgrimage into lis, a new canning variety for the chair, a light of sadness to creep into The Land of Shadows, he will take heavier soils, is gaining favor in the to go through any soil and up grades without slipping. .heir brooding eyes. And thiZpicture with him, not a mental picture of a coast section. The Red Heart, also a —Powered with a heavy duty, single cylinder, five horse o me is one of the most pathetic ravaged wilderness as it stands today, new canning variety, is proving pop maginable—a once healthy, strong jut a picture of the majestic forests ular in the Willamette valley. Grow power, air-cooled motor. sportsman, with the love of the out is they once stood, of leaf strewn er* ar* cautioned to secure planting —Plows two acres a day; cultivates 12 to 14 acres a day. doors everlastingly enshrined within trails and miles and miles of un slock free from crinkle and other di Fuel costs only about ten cents an hour. his heart, being forced through ill charted wilderness—just as it used sease*. The cranberry committee re health and aged, broken body to re to be before man with his axe, his ports that the acreage grown in Coo* ♦ An engineer from the Vaughan Motor Company, Portland, main indoors, unable to answer the spade and shovel and engines of de county can be doubled or trebled Oregon, will be at our store Monday, March 16, 1936, to call of the woods, the streams and struction stepped in and despoiled without seriously affecting the Unit demonstrate this “Little Iron Horse” to interested purchas whistling wings. But with relentless God’s handiwork. ed States production. It is essential stride Time marches on, forever ex ers. Come in and allow him to prove to you what this ma that grower* who undertake, cran acting toll, as each month of the cal- Coquille Juniors Defeat N. B. berry production understand the bus chine can do. lendar is turned. And as the years The Coquille Junior High defeated iness and have sufficient capital to roll by, more and more old sportsmen the North Bend Junior High basket develop the plantings. There is a to are forced to forego excursions into “¿ North ' ’Bend 'Friday, tal of 77 Vi acre* of bearing cranber their favorite haunts and seek the i March 6, by the score of 10-9. The ries in Coos county and including solace of their easy chairs—there to game was a close checking, defensive plantings under construction, it sit and dream dreams of the days that • game from start to finish. Everett would be 100 acres. The value of the have passed them by. ¡Smith, of Coquille, was high point crop produced in 1935 was 324,000. 4L» gj oiv And like the old time sportsmen,1 man . .ari witji x rxsdnta pointe. The truck crops committee findings the very things that he has associated | fhe Coquille Junior Midgets were indicate that 50 tons of vegetables with down through the years, are defeated in the preliminary by the which could be produced locally, are also going rapidly, are vanishing North Bend Midgets, 17-11. brought into Coo* county each week from the picture as civilization from outside pointe. Line-ups for Junior Higha: marches onward. Forests are being Coquille North Bend The efforts being made in the cut down, mountain trails converted Smith, B (1) (1) Miller county at this time to bring about F into roads, streams dried up by log Goodman (3) (4) Crowell better drainage condition* and re F ging operations, old landmarks de- Smith, E. («) (4) Centers clamation of some of the lower lands, C strayed, buildings erected upon fa- Arrell Hamilen were commended by the agricultural G vorite hunting grounds. And, as Fox economic* committee. Better methods G Arnold old timer gradually fades from Coquille Junior. Win 2-4 of burning and seeding grazing lands picture and theme of things, so does The Coquille Junior High defeated to increase the permanency of the There are times in some the very things that he loves fade the Bunker Hill Junior High at grass was also recommended. The people’s lives when a single with him. It aeema that it was meant Bunker Hill Monday, March 9, by the practice of renting or(working for an telephone call means more to be that way—that the grand old score of 22 to 4. Line-ups: established operator for at least a than telephone service foreate and the old timers should Coquille Bunker HUI year is worthy of consideration by fade from the picture together. Their Smith, B. (2) costs in a year . . . more (4) Davidson any newcomer info the county,, the F aaaociation was really something Goodman (12) K Bone report states and it was recommended F than it costs in a lifetime. sacred, if you grasp what I mean. Smith, E. (4) Myers that prospective buyers, especially C The city man with his golf pants and Arrell (4) Diehl newcomers, consult with established G Would you like to know more about telephone service or all man’s new, patented devices Arnold Button farmers, farm organization leaders, G some special application of it to your home and your parti simply do not fit into the scheme of Substitutes: Coquille, Schaer, Wil- lhe county agent, agricultural teach things and seem out of place in the son, Shambow; Bunker Hill, Jennings. er«, or others a* to the productive cular needs? Just call us or drop us a line with your ad- stretches of wilderness that houaed Junior High Tournament opacity and suitability of the soil for dram ... we are at your service. the older generation. The honk of The Coos County Junior High th* type of farming contemplated. horns, the purr of high-power motors, school basketball tournament will be Lumbering and agriculture are the passing of glittering automobiles held at North Bend. The preliminary Coos county’s principal industries over mountain roads that were once round will be held Saturday, March and the committee report state* that rough trails, travelled only by hardy 14, in the Community Building of ‘‘We believe it is essential that fores woodsmen and their pack animals, that city. try be understood and considered to do not fit into the picture. The horns, Nine teams are entered this year, gether with agriculture in forming the cars, the roar of motors, the including Riverton, Powers, Bridge, the future course of agricultural de- shouts of laughter are totally out of Myrtle Point, North Bend, Bunker! . velopment. The placing of the forest z place. The tinkle of a bell on a lead Hill, Coo* River, Bandon and Co- ! under sustained yield management is pack animal stumbling along a rocky quill*. [of primary importance. Tax adjust trail, the grate of calked or hob In the first rounds the following ment, long time financing at low nailed boots, the hoot of the blue combinations will meet: rates of interest, blocking out sus tained yield units by purchase or agreement, and better fire protection of cut-over land and immature tim ber should be considered.” Licensed Carrier Phone 94R, Coquille Oregon produce* only on* per cent - of the nation’* poultry products and Foo* county import* eggs part of the and utilization of the soil. The report year and the poultry committee rec indicates the need for lime and rec ommends that the number of com ommends that all agencies lend co mercial poultrymen be increased at operation and assistance to the devel least to the point of meeting th* opment of the co-operative handling needs of local consumption. of shell to provide agricultural lime. In Coo* county th* number of beef Soil fertility is being depleted in cattle has increased slightly since many sections and consideration 1920 and the livestock committee re should be given to better methods of port shows that there is no room for conserving fertility, drainage, and ir expansion of beef cattle production in rigation. Coos county since ail of the land suit The income from field crops in able for cattle grazing is now being Coos county represents approximate used. Sheep, on the other hand, can ly nine per cent of the total agricul safely be inreeased to make use of tural income. The principal produc the cut-over hill range as rapidly as tion consists of forage plants includ this kind of land can be seeded and ing pasture and hay, with a fairly developed into satisfactory pasture. substantial acreage devoted to seed The report of a special livestock crops. Between 1,100 and 2.330 tons committee state* that the present of ■ hay is imported into the county policy of absolute fire protection is each Fear and WM recommended desirable for land now in timber, but, b? the conference that the hay acre- , quite unworkable for lands which,age should be increased and that have been recently logged and should *P*cial attention should be given to be grazed in the interim between log the production of more legumes for ging and development of second this purpose. The alfalfa acreage has growth. Also those lands which for increased from 47 acres in 1924, to various reasons are not reforesting or 952 acre* in 1934 and it was recom which on account of location, soil, mended that thia acreage be at least It was further recommend and topography, should be in grass trebled. permanently. It is felt that the lands ed that th* county agent establish al Ask for Cow Bell Dairy cream and recently logged and not reforesting falfa variety trial* to determin* thoM milk, the only milk and cream made are a more serious fire hazard than best for Coo* county. safe by pasteurization. • lands well timbered, and It is in the . 1 . ..... . . recently logged and brushy areas that -- ———— illegal burning is common. As a mat ter of public interest, the report states, it is just as important to de velop grazing on that type of land as V to develop timber on timber land. The owners of this type of land are form a quartette of virtue* that paying their share of the tax for fire will never be improved upon. patrol and should get the kind of pro tection and assistance needed to —James Oliver maintain the best possible range. The report prepared by the soil management committee and adopted by the conference, states that no per-1 Caille Itandon manent agriculture for Coos county i°9R 1083 can be put into practice without care ful consideration of the conserving Tilling The Soil With A Vaughan J. A. Lamb Company C wmaw UILLE, OREGON TO PROTECT YOUR HOME West Coast Telephone Co. BENHAM’S TRANSFER ANYWHERE FOR HIRE WOOD and COAL ef TWO fUMfUfS by tjgtzzyÆ ¿awnrn vte I CALIFORNIA Industry, Economy, Honesty and Kindness AfOHf- Everyone can afford ELECTMC Cookinq SCHROEDER BROS. MORTUARIES, INC. Mountain States Pcv.ar Company I 4 4*” <•
