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Mill City Hi-Liles 4—THF. MILL CITY ENTERPRISE________________________ May 1, 1952 Out of the Woods and quicker than you could see, swung the critter up like he was starting a hammer throw. What a sight it was, that big young Sherman Grant with a cougar by the tail, swinging him in a circle—once, twice—three times—seven—the re maining hounds howling around him, while he worked for a hemlock tree —and there he slammed the cougar s head into the trunk and batted his brains out. . “That was all Sherman Grant, needed to do. Ever since he has had fern burning stopped and tree grow ing started among the Holley clan like nobody’s business.” Homestead Hero . . . Away back in Idaho when home-, steads were still to be had a meek i and mild little man with a big family I took up a mountain timber claim that stockmen wanted to hold open for grazing. He started splitting ties for the P. & I. N. railroad. Everybody expected him to be run out soon or late. But he wasn’t. There’s no big story or tall tale about it. A cougar By JAMES STEVENS By GARY PETERSON “We’ve got the toughest Douglas The Timberwolves stretched their win streak to three in a row by down firs ever heard of, hard to fall and ing the St. Paul Buckaroos 7-6. Roy tough to kill,” said the man from Chase, coming into relieve Elton Greg Morton. “ ‘Tother day me and my ory, wsa given credit for the victory I partner buzzed a powersaw through Last week the Timberwolves beat ‘ one that looked to scale around 8200 Stayton 12 to 10 on Wednesday night, I board feet. Well sir, it was such a ! clipped the Chemawa Indians Friday crossgrained tree it went to whirling, afternoon by a 11 to 4 count, and and it spun like a top as it fell. “Friend, that tree dropped in a tail this week the Timberwolves made a seventh-inning rally pay off to nip the spin that shot it down the hill, out Cowtown Kids from St. Paul. Going over the rim of a bluff, and down in into the last canto the locals were a dive that drove its top twenty feet trailing 6-3. A game with Detroit into the bed of the creek 200 feet was postponed this week when the below. Then up above, there its butt day of the tilt, Wednesday, produced swayed, level with our eyes. Then it settled and stood. We had to track heavy rains. The date of the senior Flunk Day is around and down two miles to pack still secret. Last week’s startling our gear to the tree and fall it a expose of THE weekend seemed to second time. “Yes, sir, we had to fall that fir satisfy the minds of the nosy Juniors and other curious persons. Is next twice. Toughest tree I ever did see.” week "it”, or is “it” some other week Cougar Kittens . . . end—the weekend of the 24th of May, cougar stories that have come for instance? I can give a hint to The rest in this space keep having kit-' WHERE we’re going — it’s a resort tens. The Morton man obliged with area in Oregon, Washington, Califor one about a young forester who came nia, or British Columbia. up fresh from college and tried to talk The date is rapidly approaching of the Tarheels into forgetting how ! the traditional Junior Prom. Evi grandpappy had always burned dead dently the Juniors are even keeping fern and other weeds in the spring, it a secret what band is going to play, and to teach them how money grow» along with the theme and decorations, on trees and on nothing else up in I ! etc. All students and alumni are in the hills. vited to this formal occasion the third “Nice big feller name of Sherman of May. Grant—a poor kind of tag for a man Campaigning is going on in behalf among Tarheels,” said the man from j of various candidates for student body Morton. “His name and nothing else ofices. Next week this column will was the cause of the dislike old Pret include a summary of who’s running Holley took to him. Pret is an old- for what. Signs have been posted in time cougar hunter who still runs, . conspicuous places and this year’s can hounds. His pappy was a Confed- j didates seem to have determined to erate vet, he claims. A lot of the | ( compaign actively as opposed to last folks follow his lead on things, fori : ! year’s office-seekers, or at least some he has a good 37 votes in his clan of them who were rather disinterested. and twice as many guns. Old Pret | Interest must have been stimulated sure did get down on poor Sherman | by national politics. Unfortunately, Grant. though, there is really nothing to cam “The new forester had been a track paign in favor of or against anything. athlete in college, powerful on the Pep club awards were made at a shotnut and hammer throw. That I 1 short assembly last week to members there finally stood him in stead. For who had fulfilled the requirements. he joined in a cougar hunt with Pret Each girl, to earn her pin, was re and his hound pack and some other I quired to buy the sweater and skirt folks, and it came out a cougar was I uniform and attend all home games shot down from a tree, bad hurt yet ♦» in football and basketball. able to kill a couple of the hounds I ♦ Work is going on for the completion when they closed in. of the backstops for the tennis courts, Next thing, before anybody else had The senior band journeyed to lifted a finger, in leaped Sherman 1 » Eugene April 25 to participate in the Grant, caught the cougar by the tail, Class I) band contest. They made a very good showing with a 2 in the regular contest and a 1 in the sight reading department. The grades, ones, twos, threes, or fours, were based upon intonation, instrumenta tion, general musicianship, etc. Members of the senior class got a glimpse of college life in visitation weekends sponsored by the various institutions in the Oregon state sys tem of higher education. This writer was among those visiting the U. of O. and therefore will report the program there to give the reader an idea of the nature of the^e previews. As I alighted from the bus at Eugene, two Skull and Dagger (a UO honorary) boys offered rides to those of us who were visitors. They drove us to the Erb Student Union (a two-and-a- half million dollar structure) where we registered and were assigned to fraternities for lodging. 1 stayed at the Kanna Sigma house. Tom Novi- koff and Bill Fell were among the members who are varsity athletes. Time was allowed for during the day to visit the various buildings and talk to the professors. Saturday evening the visitors could go to a dance in the SU or evening picnics. The evening was completed late at night when the fraternities serenaded the sororities. Other interesting things could be re lated, but each senior, no matter what college he visited, did different things. Floyd D. JENKS Republican Candidate For Linn County Comi"'voner Present County Commissioner "Economy in County Affairs" Pd. Pol Adv. by Floyd D. Jenks KARL IL WIPPER of Turner Candidate for Republican Nomination County Commissioner M ARION COUNTY Native of Marion County Farmer and Sheepbreeder ENERGETIC ANO COURTEOUS SERVICE Pd. Pol. Adv. by K. B. Wipper, Turner HERE’S ANOTHER WAY Car-Saver Service PROTECTS YOUR CAR RO'Y- of battery failures occur where emergency calls are required—*protect against this inconvenience an<J ex pense. Our battery service includes maintaining proper water level —testing for condition—cleaning and com plete inspection of terminals and cables. This is a regular service that keeps your car running trouble-free and more economically. It is part of Car- Saver Service that reduces wear of vital parts and im proves gasoline mileage. Just Arrived... A SON—To Mr. and Mrs. James Grant, Mill City, May 1, at Salem General, hospital. A DAUGHTER—To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caretion, Lyons. Route 1, April 29, at Salem Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Shuey left Tuesday for a week’s vacation at Wal- port, guests in their home over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Que Hair.es of Portland. simply ran over a log with a wedge in the split, knocked out the wedge and got a foot caught in the crack as the log snapped shut. It was one of the homesteader’s tie logs. Pure accident. But the story grew until it had the meek and mild home steader catching the cougar with his bare hands, And it served to keep people from bothering him. The stockmen decided they had just as well leave him alone. He kept his claim and lived peaceably ever after. 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