Page Three
Illinois Valley News, Thursday, September 21, 1939
OFF IN A CORNER
WITH PHIL SNORT
National Dairy Show
to be Featured at the Pacific
International Livestock Ex
position, Portland, Oct. 7-14
A lady ha* taken me to task for
not mentioning, in my last wild
life letter, that bats, too, fed up
on termites. No. I did not men
tion them only as I said nearly all
bird-life ate them, and a bat is
more of a bird than a rodent. Will
the lady please classify the bat as
to genus, specie and order for
my benefit? Neither did I men
tion that toads, lizards and snakes
eat termites, and I presume that
many other things feed upon them
that 1 know nothing about. What
I tried to show was how benefici
al termites were to bird-life dur
ing the month of September, and
how beneficial they were to our
forests during the whole year by
speeding up the process of decay
of fallen timber, thereby making
more room and fertility for other
growing trees and herbage. Ter
mites hold no regard for latitude,
longitude or altitude, but thrive
wherever trees bound.
While upon the subject of in
sectivorous mammals and birds,
I want to say a little about the
greta warty toad; mebby, there
by, I can do a good deed to our
neighboring city of Medford.
Medford, you know has so many
earwigs they have become a se
vere menace to gardens, especial
ly flower gardens. I don’t know
of an insect in this wide world
that one of these toads will not
eat; and I know no other animal
biri\ or mammal, that will eat
longer hours and more steadily
more voraciously than the toad.
A toad is mostly nocturnal and
lives mostly on nocturnal insects,
but will prowl around in cloudy
or rainy days; but woe unto any
insect, worm, bug, moth, fly, mag
got or weevil that comes within
its reacht It seems that a toad
cannot satiate his appetite.
Now, as the earwig is purely
nocturnal in its habits, I would ad
vise Medford to start in raising
toads—friends that never are
dormant while insects are on the
rampage. Space will not allow
that I say more.
4-H Competition for "Plummer Trophy” To Be Keen This Year
Goudy Insists
On Close Check
Of Pension Needs
Elmer R. Goudy, state welfare
administrator, told the Josephine
county relief commission Thurs
day that it must impress upon ap
plicants for old age assistance
that such funds are not a “pen
sion,' but are meant to assist el
derly people who are in urgent
need and who have no other pos
sible means of obtaining susten
ance.
Goudy said he was unable to
account, for the general increase
in Oregon of old-age assistance
recipients, particularly inasmuch
as by law they must have lived
in the state for five years of the
nine years prior to application.
The administrator urged that
every case now on the hooks be
carefully investigated again in a
search for possible resources or
relatives able to assist. The bur
den of proof must rest with the
applicant, he said.
Members of the commission at
tending the meeting were Chair
man C. H. De ma ray, Emil Gebers,
Mrs. Ben R. Bones, James P.
Doyle, Judge W. A. Johnson,
Commissioner John Valen and
Mrs. Cleve Stevenson, county
welfare director.
This year for the first time in ' will also bring Draft t Horses,
history, the National Dairy Show Show Horses, Beef Cattle, Swine
comes to the great Northwest and Sheep to add to exhibits from
where it will be the outstanding the Northwest and Canada.
feature of livestock exhibits at
4-H Club teams from six West
the Pacific International Live ern states will again compete in
stock Exhibition for eight days interesting
demonstrations
of
before proceeding to the Golden their various projects at the Pa-
Gate Exposition.
cific International Livestock Ex-
Starting from Springfield, Mas position October 7 to 14th. The
sachusetts the 1939 cow cavalcade ¡ coveted trophy awarded annually
will participate in the Dairy Cat to the winning team is a large
tle Congress at Waterloo, Iowa, American flag, made of silk.
thence across the Northern states
Final award to winners will be
via Northern Pacific railroad, in based on the average number of
creasing in size as the big special points won by both boys and girls
train travels toward Portland. of the same team, rather than the
CLASSIFIED ADS
Grand Champion Dairy cows and total number of points gained.
WANTED—Girl or young woman
other prize stock from Eastern Teams competing in the six-state
to assist with housework and
states and Mid-west will compete contest will receive from the ex
care for elderly lady. Write
against the best produced in the position 50 per cent of their trans
P. O. Box 447, Crescent City,
Northwest and Canada, present portation costs anil other expen
California,
ing in all, the finest breeding ses, up to the following amounts
stock and dairy cattle on the con per state:
RECORDS—15c each, 10 for $1.
tinent.
Montana, $100; Utah, $150;
Your favorite recordings, slight
More than $14,000 in premiums Nevada, $100; Idaho, $75; Wash
ly used. 704 East L. St.. Grants
will be awarded to winners in six ington, $50 and Oregon $25. The
Pass Sam McConnell.
dairy breeds at the Pacific Inter allowance is determined by the
BUILD where your investment is
national, and the grand total of distance teams must travel to the
protected by restrictions. Build
awards to breeders participating exposition. Amounts allowed are
ing lots for business, residence
in the Ö000 mile "circuit of cham | based on two teams of two mem
lots or homesites from 1-2 to 5
pions” and to other exhibitors bers each from each state.
acres.
Eligible for FHA loans.
showing at Waterloo, Portland
“4-H Club demonstrations have
Inquire at News office. 14-tf
and San Francisco will aggregate proven intensely interesting to the
$96,000, which includes appropri public in general and of great
ations from several breed societ practical value to club members,"
ies. Competing breeds will be stated Mr. Plummer. “It presents
Ayrshires, Brown Swiss, Guern an oppourtunity for boys and
seys, Holsteins, Jersey and Milk girls to display their own achieve
ing Shorthorns.
ments and gain knowledge and My car broke down at Cavern
The National Dairy Show Ex experience from the demonstra
American Legion Hall I
town,
hibit at the Pacific International tions and work of others.”
Where cave men dwell, at Cav
Cave Junction
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added to the usual huge livestock
ern town.
In addition to the exhibits of
exhibits is expected to create the Livestock, Dairy and Land Prod The immediate thing I planned to
SATURDAY,
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greatest amount of interest ever ucts, the 1939 Exposition will fea
do
SEI*T.
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shown in connection with this ture the usual fast action Rodeo,
Was use that place for going
annual event. The special train and brilliant Horse Show.
through.
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New Management
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But that is how plans are with me.
So, I met again Petite Marie.
New Music
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With nothing else that I could do
Ladies
10c
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Gents
40c
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SPONSORS OF 4-H CLUB
I stopped instead of going thru.
I parked my car in the Cave Gar
ACTIVITIES TO THE
The Public is Cordially |
age.
Invited
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PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK
With three mechanics there in
charge.
EXPOSITION
I took myself to the Hotel Drew
October 7 to 14
And gave my teeth a roast to
Portland, Oregon
chew.
It seemed to be as good a roast
As any cook would want to
boast.
I turned my eyes the cook to see
And saw she was Petite Marie.
Petite Marie was ma cheri
Long years ago across the sea.
“Voulez promenade with me
In the bois, ce soir, Marie?”
"Oui.Oui, monsuier, Ooo, oui, oui,
oui.”
Petite Marie was ma cheri
Grants Pass Branch
Long years ago across the sea.
“Oui, oui, monsuier. Ooo, oui,
oui oui.”
Her
husband was my troop mate
OF PORTLAND
then
And we were glad to meet again
And spend a day of talking hard
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Of the good French days of
Mont Richard
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In
the
Loir et Cher in central
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France
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Before we made that last ad
S
vance.
: j It was there we met Petite Marie
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And learned to call her “ma
cheri.”
—G. L. CH AM PIE
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