Out-of-Doors Stuff Mr LANBLKNKVR Bare Facts From Bear Creek Norway News Items Mr. and Mrs. Noah Coener, of Suth­ erlin, were a week ago Tuesday and Wednesday house guests of Mr. and (By Lans Leneve) Mrs. Glen Robison. The American coot, known through­ Occasionally, years ago, a glass ball 1 M*»- L- D. Haughton, of Sweet out the U. S. as the mudhen, has been is picked up that was used for Home, was in over Decoration Dey raised to a higher level. Its name floats on the Japanese fishing nets. and visited at the home of her hus­ has been glorified—it is now known Gradually the number increased. A band’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. as “the white bill." “Ducks Un­ year or so prior to the attack on Pearl Haughton. Clara and Billie Mast at limited, Inc.," has changed the name, Harbor these balls showed up by the * Myrtle Point have ata» been visiting figuring that the new name will hundreds and were picked up on at the home of their grandparents. bring more consideration amongst beaches from Crescent City far to the Mr and Mrs. R. W. Haughton. hunters regarding the bird, and in­ north. AU of those floats were not Mrs. Lura Morgen, of Bandon, was cidentally more loads of chilled shot being accidentaly lost from the Japs its way. , . Washington, D. C., June 7—Veter­ nets and that's a cinch. We are con­ ■ l»st Monday and Tuesday house •guest at the home of her uncle and The new name—“white bill” puts ans being released from service are vinced that they were set adrift in wife. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCloskey. that the GI bill of .... rights the lowly mud-dobber on a par with . discovering ------------------------------------------ —. the ovum rwuic tor me express pur- South Pacific for the express pur­ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker and other wild ducks, so far as a name'1* 001 aH waa cracked up to pose of testing currents for the VW sons, Glen and Johnnie, came in from goes and will ptace it in real game be. Proposals are now before con­ of floating mines to our coastal Klamath Agency and spent several class with new gunners, especially^ gress for amendments which would waters, or some such scheme having >4 days last week visiting at the home __ many ,___ for even now there are new make the measure more workable a direct bearing on the present war. of Mrs. Parker’s mother, Mrs. Ella hunters- in the marsh i.rwi« Wh'o can_ and more acceptable to the veterans, Since the War Department has Bryant, and other relatives. While not distinguish the difference between!Men in thc arn,ed forces have uader- given publicity to the fact that Jap- they were here Mr. Parker's parents, a mudhen (excuse us, we meant'at0od tbat federal government anese balloons are landing in the Mr. and Mrs. John Parker of Ham­ “white bill,") in flight and that ofiwould but there is so much red of the mysterious object which ex­ Pacific war zone, came in and they applied to the bird. For instance, par->Upe Evolved that scarcely more than pkxled over in Klamath county a sons who eat caviar probably would * handiul of the veterans already dis- ' whUe. back and killed a woman and all returned together with the Frank Parkers to Klamath for a visit. not indulge in it if it were listed on c*>ar««d exccss of 1,000,000) have,jfv« children. It happened in a Mr. and Mrs. Ray Claver and two the menu as plain salmon or sturgeon | obtained loans. | wooded section of the country on an children, Howard and Betty, ar­ eggs, for caviar is a rather intriguing Whi,e the loans are guaranteed. ■ old trail. These balloons are about rived here last Saturday evening name. However you may have my the veterans are discovering that it (33 in diameter and plenty large from Houston, Texas. They are house share of fish eggs and I believe that** almost impossible to negotiate the enough to carry the weight of a man guests of his sister and family, Mr. that goes with most fishermen who b>an. In the first place, the veterap or two and there is nothing to pre- and Mrs. Curley Thompson, and are have used them for bait ¡must find some person or instituti-]v,nt suicide inclined monkey-men also visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. But back to the white bill«: They . ‘ J 0 ? wlIlin 8j° ma *« th« I®*». »"<1 from riding them across the Pacific, but oacx wnite Dills: They:,, » Qi mfOiiHe in thia n rnnciHorahlo 1__ u_ . .... tome hh __ . . . . •» • _ Bert Claver. S’ ÄS' ST* One m* * y ' if 2Ä ÄSE landing in our forests during the dry Saturday afternoon visitors at the find^Ttohy when°cooked,T“ .’°a" “ “Pproved f°r a season and setting forest fires. Re­ home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bennett member to report to the authorities were Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bunch and 1. th. . guarantee by the veterans adminis- at once upon sighting a balloon. Do Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Jenks, of wild duck durin» rZiT8*7 tration. Banks are as cautious in not approach to within a hundred Rink creek. feedin» rnnditi e a n perl s an dealing with a veteran who has Just yards of it and stand guard untU the Clare Freeman, of Sweet Home, sons. Ana while they may possess a '«' .. .. i proper persons appear to take charge. came in Decoration Day with Mrs. .4-— « al T i i « Pacific as they are in dealing with A short while back we weye al- 7. ? . flaV‘>r’ hÜ may 60 — in and .»V« ^'lowed to ««»mine a small piece of Lawrence Haughton .and visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. .«a«Mäl2tj"lteta.OinhITh. tabrte _i from one of these Schroeder, 'till Monday of this week ,___ ,___ It looked not unlike a when she returned to Roseburg with them in a solution of plain vinegar a"?°.-th_e.ta??*,Of dUCk' one-half of the loan they wish to heaven down throaU U)e Closkey. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Schroeder went that one way we discovered makes negotiate. ¡American (white) public. But when to Langlois Sunday to try to find a fairly good dish. Here it is, in ________ ___ ___ Of course, some _________ of the blame for it comes to spending the tax-payers case that you wish to give them a the mix-up can be laid at the door ' money on propaganda splurges favor­ some seed potatoes but fbund them as scarce as “hen’s teeth" there also. trial sometime: the lending agencies, but even af- ing the Japs, it is going it appears They visited at the home of Mrs. Soak the birds over night, as , ter the veteran has talked the agency to us a bit too far. Money could be Schroeder’s brother and wife, Mr. and described above. Boil tender, strip ¡into being willing to make a loan, spent for far more worthy purposes. Mrs. Ben Burgess. all meat from the bones and chop up there te. still the questionnaire of We believe that Harry Truman has Everet Rossiter, from Visalia, finely. In seperate kettle boil pota- the veterans administration to satisfy, raised himself another notch in the Calif., is working for Rufus Rylander toes and fine chopped onion until and that is another hurdle to over­ estimation of the people in general by as is also Glen Wolf. well done. Mix this in proportion togcome. ome. “Me” FaiAlns This l¿an of tM^DI 'bHl, rtdansiniT titLiuirir Mt. and Mrs. F. A. Denison came chopped and add beaten ~ ___ feature' . ___ respective posltion»P“£ta” Mix into patties and fry in butter carried an appeal when It was en- j "ag holding a “favor job” under the in from Roseburg Decoration Day until heated, through, then serve. I acted by congress but the actual'r- - - - -■ -■ - - with their grandson, Arthur Bart­ New Deal and Biddle distinguished Try it once. You’ll no doubt be stir-1 mechanics of obtaining a loan and hhnself as being entirely inefficient lett, and spent part of the day vis­ prued. ^-curing th. guarantee of the gov- ! when he SJbw entirely iting with the Rylanders and Ver­ non Triggs. There i* one thing about mudhens' emment agency is developing many in hlg 8tand regarding the Montgom- Tuesday afternoon visitors at the » (excuse again) . . and • that -• . is • the fact WX — I — I* «»»111 — ¡flaws. Congress, of course, is will- ery ward Ward case. case. A. R. Bennett’s were Mr. and Mrs. that when a duck hunter has tough, ing to remedy the situation as soon % sad-eyed couple stopped at the Redwood of Myrtle Point. luck, or cant hit a duck on the wing,1 as it can figure out a fool-proof sys- rtore recently -we read where you Sunday afternoon and evening din­ he can always sneak up to within; tem, which the existing taw most your yeuow cat_ “ m M the lady." ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus range of a white bill. And too, slow decidedly does not provide. Also. 'we lost our cat too, last week; the of to obtain 1 same way you lost yours. Some one Rylander were Mr. and Mrs. Will flying white bill offers a good tar-1 in the “ matter - -- priorities . Kistner, of Coquille. get—they never fly high enough to building materials, on _ which the ran over him in front of our door. Herman Tedsen and Mrs. Nicolena be out of range, as ducks do. They : veterans are supposed to be No. 1, the We’d had him for nine yean. Tears provide excellent practice for the Irian is not working out as expected coursed down her cheeks as she spoke. Elzner are leaving Saturday evening, —too many regulations. novice gunner. ' '* I glanced at her husband. He too June 9, for Corvallis to be present was misty-eyed. The husband has at the graduating exercises of his However, white bills .will always daughter, Anita Tedsen. The com­ Alarming statement as to probable been under the doctor’s care for be mudhens to us and in the future, mencement is to be held in the Men's as we have done in the past, in exhaustion of oil reserves in the weeks with a bad foot. Gymnasium Sunday evening, June “ Do you know, “ sai4 his wife, "I ’ d bringing any home we will conceal United States, current in the early them in the innermost pocket of our days of the war, are refuted in a re­ rather he lost his leg than to have hunting coat and sneak in with a sort cent announcement by the petroleum lost our cat.” “Me too,” said her husband, and of guilty feeling. Somehow, be it institute of America which shows that meant it. white bills or mudhens, we cannot these reserves are greater today than he I To some persons this, may appear bring ourselves to the point where1 when hostilities began, and this we can call it sport bagging a poor I despite the fact that a record total of foolish, but to downright ldvers of old lumbering, slow-winged bird. We' 1,678,000,000 barrels of crude oil was pets it can be grasped. A household derive a lot more thrill out of ahoot- drawn from the ground last year, pet can worm its way into the heart ing tin ^ans. In comparison between I The more favorable situation is due of a person after close association a duck and a white bill, it is the same wholly to the activity of American over a period of years. They actually thing as seeking to kid ourselves into j oil companies in developing scien- become one of tbe family. Dogs and believing that a bullhead is on a tific methods and discovering new cats are like humans, each poeseses par with a trout, both in the taking fields. While a greater supply than a different personality, traits and and the eating. No sir. it’s going to be ever before was made available for character, just like people and there a mighty hard proposition to try and war and civilian wee, the year ended are never two exactly alike. So there­ convince old duck hunters that mud­ with a larger balance of oil reserves fore a lost cat or dog can never be hens are white bills and are as good than when it began, amounting to a replaced to the entire satisfaction of net gain of 389,000,000 barrels and the owner. eating as ducks. v We should have liked the driver Ducks have increased by the mil­ with known oil reserves in the United of the car that killed the cat belong­ lions. And what has happened? The States now at an estimated total of Since new ing to the couple mentioned above, limit has been increased, the season 20,433,231,000 barrels. to have witnessed their show of grief lengthened and the use of live decoys fields are seldom developed fully in as we did. And we should like the their first year, it is probable that restored, the latter being something that should have never been allowed this estimate is below rather than driver of the car that killed our cat in the first place. When game birds above the actual figures, ¡¡nd that to watch for a few hours the dead and animate are plentiful is really the the reserve may be further increased (cat’s mate as he searches through the time to preserve their future, as a result of exploratory drilling house and yard, calling softly as he searches. After each futile search A shorter season, a reduced bag limit now in progress, he looks at us with big reproachful would be the proper move at the eyes and in which there seems mute present time, for that would Insure Latest proposal is to furnish trans­ appeal that we aid him in his search. ducks for years to come, for future portation and subsistence to men in Yes, there’s grief reflected there generations. There is no assurance the east Jo induce them to go to the T along with the reproach. that disease may not strike the birds Pacific coast and work in ship re- Perhaps if persons who run down I pair yards. In the meantime ship­ even next season, or that nesting pets in front of peoples’ homes would zones will have conditions interfering yard workers continue leaving the take into consideration the fact that with normal hatching conditions. west for “back home” in the hope of the pet killed was one that a man There are many things that can cut connecting m with a steady peacetime would rather lose a leg than the down the duck crop overnight. At jab Last year congress was asked to slain animal, the drivers of such cars the present rate it will be only the prqvide transportation to their homes might be fnore considerate toward a matter of a short time until the ranks for these shipyard workers, but this family cat or dog, or even the old of the birds will be cut to an alarm- situation is now reversed; the work­ red rooster. ing scant number, and desperate steps are leaving the west coast in “Don't Be Saps—Deport The Japs.” will be taken to preserve their re- iarger droves than had been antici- — maining numbers. The time to con- pated, and in the national capital the “ It Pays To Insure In Sure Insur­ serve game is when it is numerous flight is reported as taking the form and not wait until it is about extinct Of a stampede. It is assumed that ance.” See Ernest R. Smith, office before taking steps to protect it. ship repair work will keep west coast Roxy Bldg. Phone 97. That’s what has been the trouble in yards busy for at least two years, by past years; poor management in game which time the demobilization of ^w»ira. t troops in the Pacific may be expected. Pitman that's Dtffsrswt” Phone 62M Night ioe-L