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Right now forest officials are try
Orville R. Miller, President West
Local 4-H leaders will have the
There
are
no
fragments
so precious 1 opportunity of meeting together to
ing
to
work
out
a
plan
to
save
the
Our good friend Ray McKay, of
Coast
Lumbermen’s
Association,
millions of young trees and seedlings which met at PortlanckFriday, Jap. 28. as those of time, and none are so ’ discuss club problems in two differ
the Coos Bay district, relates the fol
which go up in smoke along about
ding story. In the past we have
Markets for new homes, amounting heedlessly lost by people who can ent meeting* which will be held in th*
this time of the year in fern fires.
published many stories from readers
to an estimated 350,000 dwelling units not make a moment, and yet cab county February 7 and 8." L. J. Allen,
Many of these early spring fires and $1,500,000,000 (1H billion) in waste years.—Montgomery.
of this column and all of them in
assistant state club leader, will meet
start from just pure carelessness. But ¡the three Pacific Coast state* alone,
teresting and we are always glad to
With each returning year, higher with the groups at which Ume the
by far th* greatest majority ar* ’ will be greater in the two year* fol joys, holier alms, a'purer peace and leader* association will be organized.
ieceive anything of interest pertain
burned by rancher* and stockmen on lowing the war than in any other diviner energy, should freshen the Suggestions on organizing and co
ing to the out of doors. Mr. McKay’s
tarais adjoining so-called “free range period of American history, accord- fragrance of*being. — Mary Baker ordinating leader actiivtles wiU be
story is of unusual interest and we
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land.” It is to both of these groups ■ ing to industry leader* who were on Eddy.
extend him our grateful thanks for
• i ’ discussed by Mr. Allen.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8—While that. ï<“’eatry officials are now di the program of the annual meeting of
same. Well, her* it is; we quote:
For leaders in the north end of the
Regret for time wasted can be
of th*
northwest
"At one time I used to do the plow- I1 member*
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—. delegations recti”< an urgent appeal, "Don.’t Burn i
county the meeting will be held at
» come a power for good in the time
mg and planting on our ranch, and in congress labored for months to^**”-
that remains. And the time* that re the North Bend city hall, Monday
being
interested
in Nature, I always induce
board w
to ravog-
recog-'.
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— —-- war production uu»u
. In moat fern " patches, • young
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mains is time enough, if we 'will only evening at 7:30. On Tuesday eve
observed tjie wildlife I chanced-upon niz* th* value of cjiryma deposits in laa',lr trees And • friendly haven
stop the waste and the idle, useless re ning in the Bandon city hall at 8:00
with Interest.
As I plowed, the southwestern Oregon, $23,000,000 was until they are big enough to with-
the meeting will be held for all lead-
gretting.—Arthur Brisbape.^
crow* used to occasionally follow the being spent to construct a chrome stand the »trong, burning sun, and
, ers in the solith end of the county.
In time there is no present,
stlck u,elr
their h
hcads
above the protecting
plow, picking up the worms that were ■ extraction plant at an elevation of auca
*tda abova
Round table discussions will be held
In eternity no future,
mw Montana x««»,«*.
arn cover
e early spring of
unearthed. And I’m tolling you that 7,500 feet ..
in the
Rockies. ' fern
ct>ver ' - Kilt »«
,n lh
lhe
for both home economics and agri
In eternity no past.
a complete
plant
an old crow la plenty smart. He ia'Not only i was
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cultural projects. Leaders will be
—Tennyson.
aware of the fsct a* to whether or stalled but there waa also built a “"d before the ferns start growing,
given opportunities to report what
not you are carrying a gun. If a gua modern hospital, recreation center, these dry fern patches are a dan-
Dear Land to which Desire for ever their clubs have been doing thus
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wiw gerous tinderbox. Dry fern burns
far in the club year and to present
is in evidence
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very < shy, but if .. .............................
business structures
and house* for
flees;
you happen to be unarmed be does prospective workers. It was a com- Ilike cel,uloid and when fire once
Time, doth no present to our grasp any problems which they may have.
not express miich fear, especially in plete city on a small scale—a city geta a toe‘ho,d 11 ruahes pell-mell
All former leaders as well as any
allow;
a district where he 1* not warred that has no occupants and from which °” “ de,‘$Uctlve path. Fern make*
Say in the fix'd Eternal shall we one interested in the club program
upon.______________________________ I not a single pound of chrome is being 1 a flaa*1
hot •nou«h to kiu a y°un«
are urged to attend, aocording to Mrs.
seize
“One day, while plowing, I observed shipped. Th* only person to ««toy j,
but not hot enou*h
Dorothy Bishop Dunn, home demon
At • last the fleeting Now?-
a large crow flying low over the field the luxury of this costly installation ’ tOJ__U °Ut . de^P'rooted f*™
stration agent. Transportation will
—Bulwer-Lytton.
The number of fires started acci
be provided by the county extension
und was astonished to observe that is a watchman.
Beloved, be riot ignorant of this
agents to the meeting at Bandon for
he had a snow-white bill, for-as you
The modern hospital has never dentally can be cut down in the fem
bne
thing,
that
one
day
is
with
the
tat
those interested in attending on
know, crow* possess black bills. I been entered by a single nurse or seaion, just as they have been great- I
Lord as a U|bùs?nd shears, and a
Tuesday evening, Cars will leave
centered my attention on thia parr doctor; lt has never had a single pa- ly reduced during the regular fire
— mm In ryiTr Tfrr-
iwrs |
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-the- CdiiH -house in Coquille at
t i c ula r ~bird and wktdbit-fcfa n ** h e Tfl e n tr Th* T«r*uliuii eenlei has a
7:00 oclock.
alighted some distance behind th* . large bowling alley in which workers erately sq^, fern Jires also cam~br t&>* W es t C uaal LUtilMtiii*nls ~As^
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plow, i And imagine my amazement, in the chrome plant were presumed stopped, but' only through education aociation at the Multnomah Hotel,
of the fira.aettor.
¡Portland, Friday, January 28. The Marilyn Sage Taking Part In
when he deposited what I supposed to amuse themselves, but it ha* never
The real solution to this year-after- theme of the meeting, announced as, Campus Activities At U. of O.
was his bill, upon the ground and , resounded to th* booming of balls or
started picking up worms. I dropped the crash of pin*. Its alleys ar* as year destruction of young forest re- “While we are finishing the war, how
In charge of selling refreshments
the reins and started for him to see smooth and glistening as the day they production lies in an understanding can we best plan to fit lumber into at th* Women's Athletic Association
by
the
general
public
of
proper
land
post-war
reconstruction
and
employ«,
what object he was carrying about I were completed. No store or other
Fun Night on the U. of O. campus
When he spotted me coming, he gave ' business enterprise ha* ever opened use. The annual burning of fem to ment” was discussed by Orville R. last week, was Marilyn Sage, Co
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create
pastures
should
be
oarefully
.
Miller,
Association
president,
Charles
forth an angry caw and hopped to' its door* to supply an anticipated
quille, freshman in journalism. She
restricted to lands that ar* principal- L. Wheeler, president of Interna-
the object he had discarded, and' population of many hundreds,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mr*. D.
See us for photographs of
picking it up flew away. But within
Almost before the “city” had been ly valuable for agriculture and not tional Rotary, and Charles Snell- I J. Sage.
be
done
on
most
lands
In
recognized
Strom,
chairman
of
the
WCLA
Trade
a short time he circled about and completed, other source* of chrome
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Basketball, badminton, table tennis,
areas, for this land is rightfully Extension committee. '
• Family Groups
alighted again, layed down the white, ore had been made available and ex forest
forest land and will never be profit- [ “The Association has made a com- shuffleboard, swimming, tumbling,
object and went about gathering traction of chrome from the granite
folk dancing, and parlor games were
• Service Men
ably kept in pasture. The fight to posite of authoritative national sur-
worms. I mad* another dash for th* formation of the Montana Rockies was
offered for amusement. Those who
keep
forest
land
as
pasture
land
by
(
veys
on
the
postwar
market
for
• Babies
white object, but again he beet me found to be altogether too costly for
attended th* WAA Fun Night signed
burning off young growth in the end homes, and has broker! it down by
to it. All day long I sought to get a continued operation. The whole plan
their names In a guest book.
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is disastrous.
region* and states,” Mr. Snellstrom
hold of that white object, but “Mis was abandoned and, so far as present
Mias Marilyn was also one of six
Continual
burning
kills
off
all
said
in
Portland
today,
“
This
yields
ter” Crow was too smart tor me. He prospects indicate, th* venture will be
pledge* to Amphibian, swimming
young forest regrowth and also will a home building figure for Oregon
beat m* to it every time and al the a total loss to the government.
honorary at the university.
eventually kill ths old seed trees, and Washington of 08,000 units and
end of the day he was still in posaes- Chrome ore is* now being produced
But more important, fern burning $430,000,000 in the first two years of
Calling cards, feu lor 81.00.
sion of the object and I was more de- in quantity in southwestern Oregon
doesn't kill the fem. Fern burning peace. Such figure* are of course not
termined than ever to secure it from and steel mills are having no diffi-
culty in supplying their needs for doe* kill off other weeds, but the offered as precise predictions, but a
him. t
deep-rooted fern comes back stronger means to visualize the pentup demand
this
essential alloy.
“Th* following morning he waa again
BABY BUGGIES
RANGES
than ever after each fire. And in for new family dwelling*. Certainly
In the investigation of war spending
back on the worm seeking job and
17.50
115.00 to $40.50
stead of having pasture land the set this will be a gigantic economic force
still carrying his “white bill,” and this example of hasty undertaking
tler has only a worthless fern and when time* gr* peaceful again. We
BICYCLES
HEATERS
again I sought to get it from him, but is regarded is a prim* illustration of
brush patch with all hope of either lumbermen must prepare for it.”
OO to $1150
OO
to $14.50
the
snap
judgment
which
caused
he always beat me to it.
a profitable pasture or a fine young : A ■
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ROLL TOP DESK
CIRCULATORS
"For several day* that crow and I waste of money and manpower im
forest gon* with th* fem fires.
130.00
Bulletin On Freezing Of
129.50 to 150.00
went ’round and ’round, but he al mediately following the treacherous
This destruction of young produc
We pay cash for Used 1 ’’urniture. Stoves, Bicycles,
ways out-foxed me. But my perser- attack upon Pearl Harbor and ranks
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Foods
Is
Available
tion on forest lands every spring in
Sewing Macblns is, Washers, etc.
vance finally won out, for one day, with th* Cano] oil field development
Freezing of food can be on* of ths
bracken or fern fires takes the lives
as he paused too long, evidently in th* Fort Norman district of Cana ot millions of young trees. In the most satisfying methods of food pre
gloating over an unusually fat, juicy da. The total investment of govern
spring of 1943 more than 22,000 acres servation providing one is fortunate
worm, I made a mad dash and was ment fund* is less, but th* ultimate were burned over tn fem fires. This enough to havs a locker available,
almost upon him—in fact, so do**, loss may be even greater, in th*
fern fir* destruction is a serious has used recommended method* for
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that he hadn’t time to pick up his opinion of those who still defend the threat to a sustained forest economy preparing th* food, and an adequate
treasure and I beat him to it The Fort Norman adventure as supplying and equally as disastrous, the land low temperature has been maintained
white object proved to be the handle a war-time need.
when reburned too often ceases to throughout the storage period.
off of a white tea cup.
Freezing of foods ha* many advan
have value for any purpose.
"While I examined it, the big, black
Promises have been- given that
We must stop fem fires, for fern tage* over other methods of preser-
rascal flew about the field squawking Oregon and Washington federalized fires destroy and do not build our | vstion; a greater quantity of essential
■his displeasure and cussing me plenty 'guardsmen
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vitamins can be preserved, les* labor
will _______
be brought
back to |stat*.
in “crow language," So I toesed the 5^“Un^Statesfro^'the¡South Pa-
and time are required for preparation
handle back upon the ground and had ctf|c for ,
Ume thu y..r,
and the finished product more closely
only made my way a few feet, when Thege boyg were among the fi„t Car On Left Must Always
resemble* fresh food in palatability
upon outspread wings he descended i ¡tran>ported to
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Australia _____
and they
and appearance.
and grabbed up the old handle and [ ^«
’ve‘been in
that
haye
Jb that äreä
ar<a so long th.t
Failure to yield the right of way at : The efficient locker owner will plan
away he flew with it.
th* ptogram for a rest period
to use his locker to capacity at all
intersections was reported in a ma
“He continued frequenting the field
men overaaat> they are entitled
jority of th* traffic accidents involv times of the year, using it for such
after that but guarded his treasure I
brought back. They will re
ing angle collisions during the year food* a* meat, poultry, wildgame,
st,
tie would never allow me {urn
meana oi transportation af-
1943, according to Bob Farrell, Secre fish, craba, oysters, eggs, butter, fruits
to
near him again. Now |fortJ
opportunity and not in one
tary of State, who reminds drivers and vegetables and many others.
can you tell me, Lans, what he saw body
that in this state, the car on the right Recommended methods for freezing
in that old tea-cup handle that caused
has the right of way, regardless of the food* listed are contained in the
him to stick with it in that manner?"
Opposition is being raised to the ' which vehicle is first in the intersec- bulletin No. 23 just released by the
Unquote.
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proposal of the state department to tlon.
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To be perfectly frank with you,
bring into the United State* some , in 78 per cent of the accidents in- vice.
Mac, we cannot. We have know« of 75,000 Italian* to relieve the shortage volving angle collision* at intersec- ' Since all food* retain better texture,
crows picking up some bright object,
of labor. One argument is that there tions, the car on the right struck the flavor and quality and are les* apt
flying with it a short distance and
man
,ltUation warranting I car on the left, indicating a tendency .“> m°‘d °r «P011 a‘ 0 de»r~* Fahr*n-
then dropping it, but never have we
invallofl and th.t Once they are on the part of many drivers to try ha“> “ “ «Pectolly important that
heard of one hanging onto one par- admitted
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th«y may remain for many to hurry through the intersection thiM ------------*-----
temperature •— be —
maintained
ticular object over a period of time, ’ year*. Th* situation with regard ahead of the car on the right.
a11 tl,nea- Where no quick-freeze is
Smart fabric upper* with
as did your old crow. Your story is to Mexican labor is different. The
Farrell warned drivers that they available, package* should be spread
plastic laminated fabric
indeed interesting and I am sure it Mexicans worked in the fields of the forfeited their right of way privi- iin
open to aid ln ireezin« quicy.
•ole*! Open heel, open
has proven so to th* readers. And northwest during the harvest, where lege* in the event they approached an The Packa8eg may be stacked after
loe. With prim bow trim.
thanks again for it
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there was an acute shortage of help intersection at an unlawful rate of freezing-
i-v. that
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Copies of this new bulletin are
and . did such _____
a good i job
plans I gpeed.
He
emphasized
ot
trying to' hu^’y through "an 'intoi- IavaUab,a upon reque’t
Mra Do^>’
are now under way to bring in an
•4
section
and
urged
drivers
to
observe
¿
by
B
toh<
>P
Dunn
’
Court
Houaa
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equally large number for the 1944
quille.
the
right
of
way
rule
in
the
interests
crop year.
nf aeetitont
vehicle conservation.
Since many new citizens ln Oregon
may not be familiar with the Oregon I The Ladies Auxiliary of Townsend
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traffic rules and regulations, Farrell ! Club, No. 2, met with Mrs. Mildred
time million* of bushels of Canadian suggested that they obtain copies ot
Miller on Jan. 27.
Plans had been
These made to meet with Mr*. Esther Brin-
* I er, but she was ill with the flu. There
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. Warehouse* ln sheriff’s offices, from state driver’s were nine present and routine busi
mneT to U** northwest, from Montana to the license examiners, or by writing to ness was transacted. Letters were
| coast, are filled with grain because, the Secretary <# State, ^glem, Oregon.
read from our boys overseas in an
swer to the Christmas cards we sent
la Bright Bed or
See “spute” Leslie tor the best in them, each one telling us how grate-
"Slingback heel, open toe.
Liability, or other Insurance. Office, fu] they were to receive them Letter
Fabric uppers with plaatic
Canadian wheat into the United next door to Coquille Hospital, from the one the farthest away was
laminated- fabric
sole.
phone 5; residence phon- 95L.
* I from Carmon R. Carlson, SeaBees
States.
The so-called Canol fiasco is only
first class, pf Kirkland, Wash. Card
one of several that will break one
6*e Schroeder* Jewelry Store in was sent In October and he received
of these days and there will be re Coquille for Diamonds and Watch it Jan. 11. His answer by air mail
percussions that will shake th* Pa Straps.
tfs came in a short time.
cific coast, and some reputations will I------------------------ ------—-----
Wide strap* criaa-croaa
A nice luncheon was served by the
over the instep. Adjustable.
be blasted. The stuff is brewing and and women for relief work in Europe, hostess and plans were made to meet
at back, fabric upper»
becoming hotter every day.
The and United Nations relief and reha with Mrs. Florence DeNoma on Feb.
plaatic and fabric soles.
Truman committee will have its bilitation administration has already 10.
hands full when and if it probes into sent agents to locate supplies to be
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Income Tax Returns prepared. Call
purchased when congress make* th*
It will pay you to look at Bergen's
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280-M for day or evening appoint
appropriation.
j before you buy.
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Ten
schools
are
now
training
men
ment. George L. Maynard.
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Coquille Studio
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Brooks Used Fl jrniture, Phone 119L
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