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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1949)
R eturn From Vacation— Dr. and In Clatskanie— M r. and Mrs. Ken spring period in which the leaves are easily crushed. The Mrs. E. C. H am ilton have re tu rn neth Beeson were called this week m arket is w ith flo ris ts who use t h / ed fro m a vacation tr ip through to Clatskanie, Oregon, on account foliage as fille rs in flo ra l decora towns and beauty spots in Eastern of the illness o f M t. Beeson's fa th - tions. The evergreen iiucm eberry is Here From Lebanon — M r. and R rturns From Vacation— Mrs. Ella n o t as widespread as salal in West Mrs. W ilb u r C ollins and tw o c h il Winkels, Coos county home dem JU LY 7, 1 8 « . OREGON. e rn W ashington b u t i t is im p o rta n t COGI dren o f Lebanon are v is itin g M r. in the fa rm woodland wherever it C ollins’ parents, M r. and Mrs. onstration agent, returned on does grow w ell. A t present it is W illia m F. C ollins. A no th e r son Monday a fte r being away fo r a prefer i ed over salal by flo ris ts fo r and d a u g h te r-in -la w , M r. and month. She visited relatives in fille rs . When the new grow th Mrs. B ill C ollins o f,L e b a n o n are Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, and a t comes in i t is harvested and packed also visitin g here and plan to stay tended the N ational H o m e Econ omics convention in San F ra n - in bunches, 50 to a case. The in Coos county. grow ing stock is being managed on * o a the H e rkim e r woodland fo r per On Vacation— M r. and M rs. Bruce manence. P urdy le ft on Saturday cm a va In Pullm an, Washington — Miss Elaine T ru ll le ft last week fo r BRUSH FOR SALE • • • ' Georg H erkim er, Jr., and his cation trip . They planned to v is it Pullm an. Washington, w here she M r. P u rd y’s son and d a u g h te r-in - “ The evergreen huckleberry has a fin e fu tu re in m y eyes,” said younger brothers, Fred and Nels, w ill holiday w ith friends. D uring George H erkim er, J r. “ So has the salal, fo r th a t m atter. These won-1 dem onstrating th a t “ brush” has la w in Roseburg and fro m there her absence Miss Leah Rover is d rive up to the McKenzie rive r, d e rfu l little native shrubs were looked on as brush fo r so m any years money in it. acting as p a rt-tim e assistant at where they had reservations at th a t i t is hard to get the old fo lks to see th e ir promise. The W estern. * * office. W ishing W ell court. They w ill be the county treasurer’s • • hemlock was called a weed tree and was usually le ft by the loggers. away fo r tw o weeks. Spend W eek-End Here— M r. and Now in m any places cutovers are being re-logged to harvest the old leftover hemlock Tor t Vacationing In C a llfe rn la — Mr. Mrs. Edward N eufeldt had as th e ir and Mrs. H a l Pierce are vacation- guests at the week-end -the fo r a rt o f liv in g can be. A nd I was m ills. -• ing in C a lifo rn ia . They plan to m er’s brother, B ill N eufeldt, and "Tim es change,” said George amazed to fin d in some of the v is it th e ir daughter in San Carlos. Miss Eleanor Francisco, o f Salem. Ju n io r. Every tim e a big ever finest gardens native plants o f our • a green in tow n blows over on a N orthw est — everygreen huckle house i t ’s a sales argument fo r berry, salal and ta ll Oregon grape. On W eek-End T rip — Mr. and Mrs. W eek-End A t Bandon Beach— M r. “ I talked to an English gardener huckleberry, salal, sword ferns and Bud M anning and fa m ily made a end Mrs. Clarence Osika and Here From California — Mr. and other Northwest natives th a t are who had lived here and in B ritish week-end tr ip to G rants Pass, daughter spent the 4th o f J u ly Mrs. E verett Fox and three c h il holidays a t the Bandon beaches He was a sarcastic C rater Lake, and Crescent C ity. the best of shrubs fo r N orthw est Columbia. dren, D ick, Pamela and Carol, o f and reported the weather fine. • • customer, and some o f his jabs Fourth o f J u ly week-end a t the gardens.” We had stopped over at the about how little we appreciated home o f M r. and Mrs. Ernest Leave On Vacation T rip — M r. and The fire w o rks were enjoyed by Mrs. C liffo rd Bissett have le ft on a il dow n there. H e rkim e r fa rm , up in the Lemoio our own native shrubs set me to B atty. • a a vacation tr ip to Yellowstone hills. A creek canyon opened on th in k in g . I remembered that the 1 • * P ark, G lacier N ational p a rk and G uests From Eugene — Mr. and a pasture and hayfield. On up back forties of the H erkim er farm On W eek-End T ri» — M r. and Mrs. The ex Mrs. Robert H olvey and tw o the creek was a rare show o f w hat had loads o f such na tu ra l grow th George Brooks and Bobby spent the Calgary Stampede. pect to be away tw o o r three daughters, o f Eugene spent the m y companion, B ill Denny, a fo r th a t was never noticed except as the week-end w ith relatives in holiday week-end v is itin g at the weeks. ester, called “ an Elysian fie ld of brush and weeds in the stumps. M edford. En route they visited home o f M r. and M rs. M ike o a m in o r forest products.” This is a * “The gardener made cracks and C rater Lake where there is s till Screen. The Screen’s took th e ir general term used by the profes slams about the big evergreens snow. The snow was so d ry it Back From Convention— Rev. and visitors on several trip s to coast Mrs. Earl Soward returned on sion fo r small species in the so th a t were so favored fo r home was impossible to make snowballs, Monday fro m the C hristian church beauty spots w hile they were in ciety o f plants comm only found hedges in our country. ‘Tortured much to Bobby’s disappointm ent the county. s state convention held at Turner. on the forest lands in Western trees,’ he called them. But this man's argum ent was that the W ashington and Oregon. N orthw est was tbs greatest natural The G reatest Garden Country “ D uring the w ar 1 was in Eng garden spot on earth and th a t the land,” young George w ent on to firs t and greatest need was fo r the people here to learn w hat was rig h t use and w ro n g use o f native plants and' w hat w ould grow best in imported plants. ‘ “ I came home w ith many more ideas,” said young H erkim er, “ Most o f them on how to sell what we have on land th a t is o f ho use to us except fo r woodland craps. N ot many have been p u t to w ork as yet. The markets fo r tin y tim ber crops have grown by its e lf e x cept w ith Christmas trees. There a great m arketing jo b has been done. And I am also selling all the huckleberry brush I can h a r vest and take to Green Home. Salal In J u n e ... We went up in to the woods on the benches and slopes. There were seedling trees in sight among There is mastery in calmness. stumps and greening ground cover. S erenity w ins conquests in We came upon a handsome spread w hich rage goes down to de o f salal th a t was yet in bloom. The feat. T rue friends spothe us. shrubs were loaded w ith flowers Service makes friends and lik e lit tle pink pitchers. The rich, kindness keeps them stead dark-green foliage had a depth fast. I t seems that the man o f te xtu re that was re m in d fu l of w ho believes in things is be waxed leather in the grow th by the creek and the cool, m oist shade of lieved in b y others. the canyon w all. There i t was chest high. Up in th e sun we saw Beyond the question o f fu r salal on a dry bank that was a low nishings and costs you need not mat o f bronze-hued leaves on go. Every other detail is short branches. q uietly, ca re fu lly arranged that Salal grows ju s t about every each ceremony shall meet w ith where west o f the C s s c a d e s - unquestioned approval. except in the fanciest gardens. George kept ta lk in g about boost in g its home, use as the use o f Christmas trees had been pro moted. He had the same hopes, o f course, fo r the evergreen black berry. W e’ve got them now at big savings! Those bigger, softer, A lready he was harvesting and easier-steering U . S. Royals you’ve been hearing so selling huckleberry and salal fo li- ! age the year round, except fo r the PAG« TWO c S e n tin e l To Vtelt In Albany— M r. and U n. G ilb e rt Ice and fa m ily le ft th is week fo r A lb a n y where th e y .w ill spend several days visitin g at the home o f Mrs. Ice’s sister, Mrs. M. K . Ray. READY-MIX CEMENT Delivered On The Job O ut or the Mainly About People A ttend Gaines I n F a rtla n d -M r and Mrs. Charles Hansen have returned a fte r spending a week in Portland and W illa m e tte Valley points. In P ortland they attended the baseball games. 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