The Coquille Valley sentinel., August 21, 1947, Image 16

the Norway school.
Mr and Mrs. Wm. Kirksey and
granddaughter, who were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Grant, left for
Klamath Falls last Tuesday after an
enjoyable time at Bandon beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hamilton of
Gaylord were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy C. Grant. ■
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rylander were
last Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Leatherman of Fairview,
who were also entertaining their
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Lesley Miller and son, Danny, of
Washington, D. C., aad their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Leatherman of
Coquille. Mrs. Miller was formerly
Julia Merle Letherman.
Mr. Davenport took Mr. and Mis.
Tom Gossen and family and Mrs.
Larmon and dkughter, Violet Gossen,
to Bandon beach Sunday.
Miss Bonnie Young and Elwood
Young of Redmond, Oregon, were re­
cent Sunday guests of their aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Darst, who
came to Norway from Cave Junction
near Grants Pass to work for Finer
Neilson have several puppies and
would like to give them away.
Joselyr. Norris returned home
Tuesday from a visit at Reedsport
and her cousin, Shirley Norris, came
with her for a few days’ visit.
BULLDOZER WORK
By Hour or Contract
Donald McLeod.
| Mr. and Mrs. Dee Clay .and Judy
I spent several days at Grants Pass
and Medford camping.
\
COOS CLEARING AND GRADING
Mrs. John T. Norton and son, John­
nie, of Burns, are visiting her mother
COMPANY
' and brother, Mrs. La Vina Finley and
iJim Agostino, of Coquille, and her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Phone 319-R
Coquille
¡Mrs. Darrell Brodie, for two weeks.
Mrs. Brodie and sons and Mrs. Nor­
By
ton spent last Tuesday in Coos Bay.
Florence Hallock, Cora Mackey, Ida
Lans Leneve
Oerding and her sister, Elynor, at a
ham dinner Wednesday afternoon
I The annual Elks picnic was held in
the Norway grove Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker of Cor­
vallis and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Det-
lefsen of Myrtle Point were guests
We have received a lot of favorable ing the migration of salmon. How­ of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schmidt last
comment regarding the itand we ever we have our suspicions regard- last week,
have taken regarding the proposed ing the matter. There is no question I Myrtle Point Grange held their
erection of power and irrigation dams on earth but that the erection of annual picnic, at the Norway park
on our Oregon streams and especially dams such as the splash dams upon Sunday, Aug. 9, with an attendance
the proposed Rogue river dams. Rel­ the streams of Coos county are di- of 120. A good time was had by afl.
Jade O'Sullivan and sons John and
ative to this subject a very interest­ redly responsible for the shortage of
ing letter was received from Aaron trout in various streams today. The Jerry; of Myrtle Point and Cliff Shear
Smith, a resident of Butte Falls, fish ladders that were installed In enjoyed a chicken dinner Sunday,
most cases were for the purpose of Aug. 10, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Oregon.
Mr. Smith writes concerning his getting by with the law and of little Haney and family,
Fill your heating oil tank now before
own personal observation of various assistance in allowing the salmon to
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hughes of Rose-
1
dams. Speaking of Ray's dam we jet past the obstruction.
burg were guests of Finley Schroeder
Howard Hancock Is giving hl*
• the Fall rush
The fish congregated in great num- last week. They spent one night with
should like to quote a paragraph of
home a beautiful coat of grey
his letter, via.: "took a look at Ray’s bers at the foot of these dams and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Allen of Bunker
paint trimmed with white and a
D o n 't forget that O ld M an W in te r is watting just a page or
dam and saw eleven out of about many times the dams were opened Hill and the next night with Mr.
two
away on your calendar.
and
thousands
of
logs
came
thun-
and
Mrs.
Wallace
Warner
of
Coquille
fifty make the top. If anybody would
Gwendolyn Summons of Coos Bay
take a look below such dams and see dering down upon the salmon. In before returning to Roseburg.
was a Wednesday visitor at the Ed
W hether you use a furnace or circulating heater, we have
the thousands of salmon struggling to addition to this, the fish were gigged,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross were Sat­ Brodie ranch to visit her great grand­
the correct grade o f o il fo r it, and by ordering N O W — you
reach their spawning grounds we gaffed, speared with pitchforks and urday, Aug. 9, evening dinner guests mother, Vesta Soper, and her grand­
wouldn't have to wonder at the even killed with clubs as they fought of Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Anderson. mother, Ida Soper, and her aunt, Mrs.
avoid the fa ll rush. .
shortage of fish. And the Savage to surmount the dams. Continuous
Mr. and Mrs. Finley Schroeder Ed Brodie.
O u r delivery is p r o f i t . Phone us today. Y o u 'll enjoy know-
Rapids dam— they wont let the pub­ splashing washed away the spawn­ drove to Powers Sunday*. Aug. 10,
Donald McLeod spent Sunday, Aug.
ing beds as well. Yes, there is no to visit Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hubbard 10, fishing over the bar at Bandon,
lic even look. Why?" (unquote.)
warm th the moment the temperature
ing you can have
We, too, should like to know why question regarding the feet that the and children. The Hubbard’s came but fishing wasn't good as no one
takes a nose-dive.
the public is not allowed to take a splash dams rate as public enemy back with her parents and after out was catching them.
look-see at Savage Rapids dam dur- number one so far as the destruction shopping Monday In Coquille, they
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McCloskey re­
of fish are concerned.
returned to Powers.
turned to their home in San Francisco
Few splash dams are now operat­
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rylander and Sunday, Aug. 10, after spending two
G. B. Howe
ing, but the damage has already been Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schroeder of weeks at the home of their uncle
done and regardless of artificial Myrtle Point entertained Mr. and and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mc­
116M or 116J
propagation, the erection of more and ___
_*ropagat
Mrs. _____
Lesley _____
Miller ___
and . son, Danny, Closkey, and with other relatives.
Phones:
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more hatcheries, the time will never of Washington, thursday.
come that the trout and salmon in
Frank Haney has started construc­
See
the
latest
Christinas
Card
as­
our streams will be as plentiful as tion on a garage back of his home.
sortments with year name imprinted
A S T A N D A R D OF C A IIF O R N IA P R O D U C T
they were before the advent of the
Linda Hatcher is staying with her at the Sentinel.
(adv.)
splash dam.
aunt, Mrs. Don Ross, this week, while
Outside trolling is taking a huge her mother is In Portland.
toll of salmon at the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Finley Schroeder
The great schools of migrating sal- were Saturday evening guests at the
mon are token by the thousands of home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Claver
tons each day of the season by out­
Lueila Smith of Portland has been
side trollers.
visited her brother and sister-in-law,
Another old timer has passed on; Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross; also her
a good sportsman was Sam Sher­ mother, Mrs. Pansy Ross of Coquille.
wood, the man of whom we write.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson and
During our kid-days we stood shoul­ family were Saturday evening callers
der to shoulder with Sam at the traps at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
in competition shooting throughout Claver
this county. He and I were two of
the team of twelve Coquille gunners
--->
that composed the team of shooters
With night about to end the from that town.
We engaged in
world is bathed in a profound shoots for various prizes which in­
cash, banquets and merchan­
expectancy. A marvel of cre­ cluded
dise. In those days each town ih the
ation is to be performed and county had a twelve-man team and
at the dawn the soul of the and each week or so they would meet
one who waits foa this rare at the traps in competitive matches.
We recall a time that our team was
moment is touched by an matched
against Marshfield on the
emotion that gives him a old fair grounds at that town. The
losing team was to supply a banquet
glimpse of the infinite.
for the winners at the Chandler Ho­
tel. Incidentally we won the match.
We serve not only with po­ After
the match was over each shoot­
lite tact, but with a sympa­ er of the two teams put a couple of
thetic personal consideration dollars apiece into a pool, which was
then shot for in a 25-bird match. The
of others’ feelings.
high man took the largest percentage, Dont tak Chances with any­
second high his percentage and the
thing as important to your se­
third high his.
Sam Sherwood had his shooting
eye that day and tied for first place curity at insurance. It costs
with three Marshfield men.
They
were to shoot off the tie. Sam walk­ no more to see a specialist and
ed over and looked the score book
over. He studied the various scores be protected.
carefully, took his place on the firing
line with the other three shooters.
The rules governing the shoot-off
were that the first man to miss was Insurance is our Business,
out of the race for first place, and ‘
the next miss was also disqualified
Not a Sideline.
You’ll get there slick and smooth
and so on until the shooter that re­
mained without having missed took
with SHBLL PREMIUM GASOLINE
the first money.
N ext tim e, travel I
To the surprise of everyone, with
In Shell Prem ium you get more than
today’s driving. You can measure the
the exception of his own self, Sam
PO RTLAND
missed the first bird and was elim­
high octane. You get perform ance
results in quick-starting and pickup
inated from the competition for first
made available by Shell Research.
, while yaa
. . . on steep, steady climbs . . . or
money, but in doing so, and owing
to the fact that the other three shoot­
along smooth, straightaway travel.
F o r this is a gasoline of many d if­
ers all broke their first birds, he by
Shell Prem ium Gasoline, you’ll
ferent
power
components—
a
group
his previous score that had given him
Insurance of all type.
an opportunity to shoot for first
selected,
finely
balanced
and
rigidly
find,
is one of the research-engineered
Î96 W. First 8L
money, automatically dropped him
controlled by Shell scientists to give
products
that Shell Dealers have fo r
into second money and tied with no
Coquille, Oregon
your engine exactly w hat it needs for
your better driving everywhere.
one. So Sam walked aaway with
second money by using his head,
while on the other hand the other
three tied shooters blasted away sev­
eral dollars worth of ammunition
and when two of them were finally
eliminated they found themselves
holding the sack, for shrewd old
On your next trip to Portland,
Sam had been the first to drop to
second place and he took that part of
try Southern Pacific's popular
the pool.
night train. Stretch out in a
Hl health had kept Sam from the
roomy, comfortable standard
marshes for many years, but in his
V i >
Pullman berth and sleep
day he was an ardent duck hunter,
a good wing shot and an all 'round
soundly while the miles slip
good sportsman—good natured, like­
by under th e wheels.
able and noted for his wit. It was a
pleasure knowing this old sportsman
N ex t morning you're there,
and whenever we happen to think at
rested and refreshed — ready
him it is always with pleasurable
for a day o f work or play. Over­
memories. Happy landing and good
night service returning, also.
huntin', Sam.
Each season sees some old timer
missing from the fields and marshes
H ere's aM M costs
or the trout streams but like Sam
from Coos Bay:
Sherwood, though departed they are
often recalled to memory, for old
friends of the woods, the streams "and
the marshes are never forgotten.
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Fisherman 'Swims’
In Loon Lake
At Norway
By Mrs. Darrell Brodie
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kelley i
Mr. and Mrs. Den Huston w.
to Loon Lake the week-end
Ang. 9th.. and they report a ;
catch of fish.
Don Huston wanted to
swimming so he lumped in («
fell In) with his clothes on.
The party fished quite a while
for Don’s fishing pole and finally
E X H IB IT S
Exhibits enough to keep everyzminute
of your time occupied if you see them
all.
Community Exhibits — Livestock —
Poultry — Agricultural and Industri­
al Exhibits!
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4-H AND F. F A.
EVENTS
Young Farmers! The 4-H Clubs and
Future Farmers of America will
show what farm youths can and are
doing in Coos County!
H O R S E - R A C IN G
Fast, exciting races run by Pari-
aJd *r1 SykStem’ such M seen at Salem
and Gresham Fairs.
Everybody likes good horse racing!
Septem ber 11, 12, 13