Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927, June 23, 1927, Image 5

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LION AND LAMB
rats. They were brothers In dlstreaa,
Lake Creek Locals
and It seemed they knew IL
(By
an En tarp rise Reporter)
Not So Friendly,
rubs probably were drowned, but I
“ On some of the muskrat rafts not
N. H. Cummings and family
Primitive People on Nunivak May think that the older ones had more only rabbits but also mink and some­
and
O. R. Bond and wife of Hal­
Be Connecting Link W ith
than an even chance. We all know times snakes found a refu.e . Here I
Ancient Mongolians.
that the bear is no fool—he Is one of am afraid the fraternity spirit did sey attended the sale at Sciolinn
our wisest animals—and It Is more not last, for minks are noted for their farm Saturday.
Anchorage, Alaska.—Far out Io Ber­ than likely when the flood waters love of muskrat chops and the snake
Mrs. 'Thomas Ardry is visiting
ing sea lies Nuulvak Island. On this
have gone that we w ill And Brother Is quite fond of rubbit meat, as you
friends
at Kalamath Falls.
bleak hit of land, 70 tulles long by per­ Bear peacefully treading his way perhaps know,
back
to
his
old
haunts
In
the
Singer
haps
50
wide,
lives
a
tribe
or
tribes
“
I
have
not
been
In
the
northeast­
Gordon Bolerick and Misa
Complete stock always on hand.
of people who may be the link con­ reserve and the other Jungles In the ern tone yet, but when we do get Merta spent several days at the
there
I
am
quite
certain
we
w
ill
find
necting
the
American
Indians
with
northeastern
parishes
and
In
the
P L E E C E T W IN E
used and new
W O O L SACKS
basin of the Atchafalaya. Moreover that the same fraternity in the face rose festival in Portland last
the people of undent Mongolia.
the mother bears are such wonderful o f the flood peril existed on the hills week.
Washed on all sides by treacherous
shoals and benten continually by roar­ mothers that I am hopeful that a lot and other elevations, where we be­
Miss Myrtle Tobey has com­
of little fellows w ill be saved too- |i lieve the deer, hear, wolves, cougars
ing. pitching surf, ships have always
the cubs can he save. trust the D)()',h and foxes assembled and sought safe­ pleted her school term in West
j given Nunivak island a wide berth.
er bears to do It.”
ty along with the wildcats, turkeys Unn and is spending the vaca­
Only once a year the government cut
tion with her mother, Mrs. John
and the raccoons and opossums.
ters or the Boxer of the United States
Big Gams Safe.
“ It Is a pitiable sight to watch the Gormley,
bureau of education dare send a boat
Mr. Arthur Is sure Hint foxes, like
ashore.
the hear and deer, are above water antics of some of the rats trjln g to
Miss Jennie Nicewood spent
The landing parties always came
somewhere.
As for the cougars save themselvos. We frequently find
(Continued from page 4)
buck with talcs of the most prim itive
Holies, wildcats and other predatory the mice, as tbe baby muskrats are the week end with friends near
oil dealers ana garage men as to the
animals, few tears would be shed over culled, clinging to (lie tips of cattails Tangent.
man's hundred to hold against the had best type of oil to use for your engine. peoples in Alaska. The natives are
Often
their loss. There appears to be a good protruding from the water.
day. “ Well,” said Neeland P.arnes, In addition to this, manufacturers Is­ divergent from the mnlnland tribes
The m issionary society o l the
four or five mice w ill be clinging to h
almost sympathetically, “ what are you sue booklets of Instruction with new and retain many of the ancleDt cus­ chance, however, that a very consld
bunch
of
cattails,
while
the
mother
M.
E. church South met with
toms of the original nutlve.
erahie proportion of them have sue
going to do about It?”
cars, telling just what sort of oil to
muskrat frantically swims around In Mrs. Martin Cummings Thurs­
I
f
they
came
directly
from
Siberia
cessfully
evaded
the
deluge
and
that
Peter Milinan's »tsw er amazed them use for best results.
In the course of time they w ill be a« the water, occasionally diving down day afternoon.
or Mongolia there w ill be something
all. It was given in a way where
Remember thut, at speeds of 40 on the Island to connect them with
numerous as ever In the Jungle fast and bringing up shreds of grass for
Mr. and Mrs. Manlee Spores
doubt had no part. He was confident miles an hour or greater, oil consump­
nesses of the game section of her young. Sometimes the mother
the Asiatic land. Noted scientists,
without being assertive.
w ill turn over on her back next to the of Springfield met with a ser­
tion by trie motor is considerably Henry B Collier and T. Dale Stewart,
Louisiana.
“ I am going to get my money hack higher that at lower speeds. With or­
Muskrat casualties, Mr. Arthur be cattails, so that her young cun feed ious automobile accident Sunday
both of Washington, D, C„ are aboard
from Raxon,” he said.
dinary driving, the motor may con­ the Boxer en route to N’unlvak, They
morning near the T. J. Jackson
ll. ves, w ill lie higher than other spe from her breast.
“ But you have said he's above the sume one quart of oil every 125 miles
“ And so the buttle goncs on. W„ home as they were on their way
clcs of wild life In the state, with the
w ill try to discover how long tuan has
law,” Rradney retorted.
are busy every minute and we expect
of travel, but this amount becomes Inhabited the Island. To do this they
possible exception of the rabbit.
to visit Mrs. Spores' parents,
“ And I mean It. I had not thought greater us speed Increases.
to have enough rats to restore the
“
I
have
Just
returned,"
he
said
Intend
to
dig
deep
into
the
old
soil,
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Williams.
of Invoking that sort of law. There
muskrat
fur
Industry
to
Its
pre
“ from an Inspection of the muskrat
turn out the sepulchers, and unearth
Is an older one.”
I he car became
u nm a n a g a o le
flood
prestige
In
due
course
of
time.'
territory In the parishes of St. Ber
utensils, weapons, and relics to add to
Black Crows Stained
Malet looked at him In sudden com­
Above the desolation of the waters and went into a ditch breaking
nard and Plaquemine. From these
museum collections.
prehension. Long since he had seen
Yellow by Tree Spra) H ie scientists will make measure­ marches came a majority of the musk­ hover great numbers of vultures, snlrt a wheel off and otherwise dam­
something Iron behind the smile oT
rat pelts which meant more than $5, Mr. Arthur, These unpleasant birds
Wenatchee, Wash. — Black crows ments of the native physique, records
aging it. The occupants were
the well-bred host. This was not any
000,000 annually to Louisiana trap however, appear to lu te been balked
have turned yellow; horses, cows anil of their language and observations of
thrown
out. Mr. Spores was cut
longer merely a quiet, middle-aged
In
their
efforts
to
prey
on
the
sinalle
pers. I found that nt least 50 pet
farm poultry wpnr saffron coals these tribal customs and art. The Nunivak
gentleman who faced them. It was an
about the head and face. T. C.
cent of these valuable titilo crea uulinals and birds. An “ aerial p
days, while oreliardlsts are spraying tribes have lived on the Island for
avenger. -Valet wondered the others
trol” Is functioning and holding Mu Jackson took him to Harrisburg,
tures have perished.
trees with a sulphur mixture.
hundreds of years, with comparatively
did not see Milman as he did, Captain
Any objects corning In contact with little contact with white man's clvlll
“ With J. C. Durham, one of our vultures lu check.
where a doctor treated him.
Oliver come to life again.
Fight tha Vultures.
special deputy wardens, | covered
llie wet spray from the force pumps zatlon. It Is expected they w ill pos
Mrs. Dave Spores of Springfield
“ Don't you see,” he explained, “ Mr.
“ Kingbirds nnd blackbirds.” Mr. Ar
much of them uskrnt counlry south ol
Immediately adopt a sticky coloring, sess furs, curios, Ivory, and perhaps
was called and Mr. Spores is
Mllman means that he Is going to pet
tliu r explained, “ and other birds na
and curious birds Hitting through the gold to barter for trade goods.
resting easily at m C. S. Wil­
New Orleans—a country which Is to
Raxon somehow, law or no law?" The
live
to
the
country
flutter
above
thr
orchards go back to the forest strange
With music and magic tricks the
day little more than a great lake,
whole thing was now plainly discern­
mangrove trees, where once wen liams’.
ly camouflaged.
scientists hope to win their conlideuce
“ In our four days’ inspection of the their nests, hut now covered with
ible to him.
mid procure aid lu the search from
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Allinghani
muskrat area Mr. Durham and I saw water. These angry kingbirds art
To Barnes It seemed that madness
now until late Septemlier of ethnolog­
and
daughter of Portland are
thousands
of
muskrats
In
the
llood-
had seized upon the recluse of F ifth
proving terrible adversaries to tin
Two-thirds of this country is ical data. A study of the fauna and waters. Everything that flouted—»
camping at their farm here. Mr.
avenue. Peter Vilmnn represented to
Horn of the Island will be made by the
vultures. When the latter venturi Allingham is planning on doing
log. a piece of plank, anything that
hint all the conventions of an estab­ virgin forest.
“cli'litl-ts.
was buoyant—was carrying Its load too close the “ aerial patrols" fly ai some repair work as well as en­
lished order, an order which frowned
of refugee rats. On the roofs of them nnd peek at their eyes, and ll joying an outing.
upon the ways of adventurers.
buildings, on the limbs of trees that ways (be vulture takes to flight.'
“ One man wouldn't have a clianee
“ W'liat of the otter, the beaver and
still were above water were other
Ray Bierly spent Sunday night
against Raxon," he exclaimed. "Be­
refugees, and sometimes they were the alligator?" Mr. A rthur was asked. with Russel Herndon. lie was
sides that, Mr. Milman isn't that soi t
"They
can
all
swim,"
was
tbe
reply
sharing their haven with raccoons and
of a man."
"And tbe squirrels, the raccoons and on his way to Tangent, where
rabbits, and, now and then, even
"My dear sir,” said Milman. and
he has employment.
the oposr.itns?"
snakes.
there was a queer smile on Ills face
“They can all climb nnd their houu
“
It
is
quite
possible
that
some
of
A number of people from here
“ for what purpose do you suppose I
the muskrats migrated to the lowlands Is the tops of trees,” he answered.
are planning on attending the
have Invited to my house three men I
"It's
a
great
problem,
Ibis
wild
Ilf«
of the Bayou Biloxi marshlands, but
program and supper at Smith’s
who might, but for Paul Raxon, have
they were a very small proportion of o f Louisiana,” concluded Mr. Arthur
been rich and famous? Was It merely
“ and we have got to solve It, and tin grove Friday evening.
the
vast
number
to
whom
the
low­
coincidental that you three should
lands of S t Bernard and Plaquemine first thing nfler the waters reeedi
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cum­
have been his victims, while I made
was home. The great majority of the w ill be tbe strict enforcement of tht mings and Russel and Lucille
up a fourth?"
laws
for
(lie
protection
of
game
lift
survivors are still clinging to the
¿pent Sunday with Mrs. Cum-
Peter Milman was by all odds (he
rafts, the logs and whatever else there nnd tbe fur-bearing animals of tin
calmest of them all
Even Rradney, '
state. This w ill probably prove to bi
uinga* m other, Mrs. Jones o l
Is that floats on the flood waters that
the slowest to be Influenced, experi­
tbe darkest year lu our history, bui Corvallis.
crashed down upon the trapping
enced an emotion of excitement.
grounds through the man made cre­ we w ill emerge from the gloom of II
“ The only point now io he decided,"
Mil In due coarse. Louisiana w ill as
vasse south of New Orleans.
Peter Milman went on, "Is whether
sume ber place ut the head of the * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * » * * « * * * * e 4
Lost
Shyness.
or not you w ill Join me.” He looked
gume mid fur-producing states of thi , A ll the lax dodgers and their *
“ When the dynamite charges that
from one to the other of them with
Union. Just now we are busy trying
cracked the Caernarvon levee were to gave as much of It as we can * lackeys w ill vote against the in- *
that curiously steady gaze of his. It
* come tax W ill you rote ? or w ill i
set
off
there
was
no
animal,
big
or
was the expression that Captain Oli­
Come back four or five months from
* yon leave it all to them?
*
little,
more
shy
than
the
muskrat.
ver had lent him, an expression which
now and I w ill tell you how."
But with the flood It seems the cus­
s s « « s « » v » s s t« s « » s s s s s m s « e
would have been a puzzle to those
tomary fear of mankind largely
who had known him well in other
disappeared.
As Dunham and I pad-
W r o f e I m m o r ta l M u tic
days. “ Well, gentlemen, what Is it
Senate Must Have Its
died our canoe through the flood wa­
to be?”
I r a n i ftchubert Inis been called “ The
ters of St. Bernard and Plaquemine
'Ian of u Thousand Melodies," a l­
Snuff, Tradition Rules
some of the rats—the big strong ones,
(To be continued)
though the Etude. In w riting of this,
Washington.—The
senate
bolds
who still had a lot of pep and dash
-ays that It Is "a libel upon Ills enor­
tenaciously to Its precedents,
left In them—would dive and swim
mous fecundity, because he might bet
and
the
maintenance
of
an
ade­
away. Others, however, weakened by
ter tie termed the man of 22,000 melo-
quate supply of snuff for Its
the long struggle for lire In the r a ­
Hes. ' It Is probable that no other
members Is one of them.
ter, headed straight for our boat
''umpoMer of history produced no many
Two
small,
black
embossed
They would climb up on the paddles,
themes, many of which are Immortal.
metalic snuff boxes resting on
cling to tbe side of the canoe, and
the
wainscoting
of
the
senate
wait for us to take them In our hands
chamber on each side of the vice
and drop them In the bottom of tbe
Many Motorists Fail to See
president's dais have attracted
canoe.
few devotees in recent decades
Why Frequent Change
"Once safe on board the muskrat
of the once elegant custom of
began to make Ills toilet. When bis
of Oil Is Vital.
snuff taking. But when the sen
toilet was complete, tbe little fellow
ate extension o f the capital was
would
lie
back
and
snooze
awny
for
In spite o f the fact that manufac­
constructed shortly before the
an
hour
or
more.
Later
on,
when
we
turers. garage men and deniers con­
Civil war, they were regarded as
sighted a raft, we would set him
stantly stress the Importance of fre­
necessary for the convenience of
adrift
.and
off
he
went
to
board
the
quent oil changes In engine lubrlcn
the members, nearly all of whom
craft tbe trappers have launched
tlon, many motorists full to see why
were using snuff, and to this day
throughout the flood zone as a haven
this changing Is so vital.
one o f the duties of the pages Is
for him In bis hour of distress. All
The Introduction of Improved lubrl
to make sure that the boxes are
this may sound a bit fantastic, but It
cation systems, oil Alters and devices
supplied with the powdered to
so happens It is the truth.
bacco.
to lessen oil dilution in the crankcase
Do Mother'» Fye« Bother?
"These rafts are proving a partial
whether
you
buy
from
Despite the pasting of the
has done much to cut down lubrica­
Remember
that mother i t not aa young
solution
of
tbe
problem
created
by
the
t our Local Dealer or
tion troubles, but the subject of oil
habit from common use, efforts
ia she ns«d to be. and aleog with her
flood. I f we save 5« per cent of tbe
rom
us
direct.
to have the boxes removed have
changing still demands the careful
idvancing years her evrsiglit begins to
animals the raft w ill have to be cred
been resisted by a large major­
ail Let us fit ber with glasses before
attention o f the motorist.
Ited with a very large part In tfle
t is too late.
ity on tbe ground that It was a
What Happens to Unchanged Oil.
achievement Of course, we are go
senate custom and should be
On Tour B lcyclo
Broken Ignite» Duplicated
What happens when you fall to
Ing to lose practically all tbe baby
honored.
change oil? In the first place, bent
Prices From $2 f* Up
and the very young rata, but we are
Von may break your glasses—acci-
produces a chemical change In oil
lents may happen—but save the pieces,
going to save a lot o f the old fellows
Get full particulars
(ring them to us and we w ill duplicate
which causes It to lose Its lubricating
and their mates On many ef these
by mail today. Use
he original lenaea without re examin-
qualities. Gasoline may become mixed
rafts
the
nest-maklng
activities
of
coupon below.
ition
Spanish Mayor Learns
with the oil, lowering Its efficiency
many of the females indicate that It
M EADE & ALBRO
When there Is no oil Alter, particles
Sold On Approval
won't be long before there w ill be a
Women Can’t Be Bossed
Jptametrista, 312 First st , Albany, Ore
of metal from the wearing surfaces
lot of baby rats on board.
AI
men
4
rale
Jo.
Spain.—The
mayor
ol
You are allowed 30
and a certain amount of d irt and rust
"Nevertheless, the fraternization of this mountain town near the Bor
days’ actual riding
which accumulate In the crankcase
I wild life In moments of grave peril Is tnguese frontier Is determined to save
test
before
sale
is
oil tnay be forced to the engine op­
always a wonderful thing.
In my hts woman constituents from ths taint
W L- W R IG H T
binding.
erating parts. Unless all the oil Is
tours of tbe S t Bernard and Plaque­ of short skirts and bobbed hair despite
drained out of the crankcase, foreign
mine desolations I have seen snake«, tbelr assertions (bat they don't wish
matter w ill remain there. It Is not
raccoons, mink and rata an on the to be saved.
Premium 0§er and
O. C. R ' SS MAN, Local Manager
same log. each holding on for dear
•UiHcient to odd only enough oil to
But bis honor, Senor Francisco
name of nearest Mead Dealer.
heep the proper level.
life and all past enmities entirely for­ Montero de la Barrera, has adopted
Lady Assistant
OUT o n THIS Line
gotten.
A new engine requires more fre­
new tactics, lie lias abandoned bis
All
call«
answered day or night
quent oil changes than an engine
"Tbe vast flocks of ducks to whom proposal to fine women who appeal
J Mead Cycls Co., Chicago, 0. (. A.
*hlch Is “ broken In,” becaqse new
¡he marshlands of Louisiana w ire on tbe streets I d abort hair or otibro
Phon« 255
bearing surfaces throw off a greater
picnic grounds are safe bat not their elated skirts. Instead he w ill present
*
Please send full information and name of near- i
H
alsey, Oregon
young. A t our boat sailed through this year prizes to tbe two most charm
number of metal particles. A fter the
i est dealer.
«
Brat BOO miles of driving. It Is advls-
the flood zone, I often noted broods of ing maidens of bis city of 13,000 In
{ N io u ___
baby ducks Tbe mother duck was habitants who maintain tbe old-faab
• le to change the oil in the engine
as a rule swimming Just ahead of loned long balr and skirts.
Repeat this operation every 2,500
J Street or
¡ Guaranteed.— Lampo,
J P.O.ßo».
(hem, some,lines pretending to have a
In warm weather, and every I,-
i wheels, equipment.
broken wing Io order to distract our
“W ndles In cold weather.
! Low prices. Send no
attention from her little family. On
i Town.
l-aundrv sent Tuesdays
— i money .Use the coupon.
What Kind of Oil to Uao.
top of one floating hen house, the « Good citizens w ill vote Tuesday «
Fortunately fo r the motorist, oil
Agency
Hub Cleaning Works
sight that met our eyes was two big J Are you one t
Í
Statt,
J T * I " today so highly developed i
rabbits
and
a
half
dozen
full-grown
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It 1» possible to get disinterested
*^£*^0111 Oiling stwiloq sen ley pien,
Fn future success with your flock of
For
(Continued from page 1)
chickens use
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accessories.
Bring in this ad and 25c and get a 50c size of
tire patching.
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