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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1937)
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON dently neen hunting together, and the stomachs of the feasters were distended with food. Against the trees stood four long, slender spears with jagged notched hardwood points. Here was a living picture of primitive savages with their ca nine allies. Unquestionably the two fine dogs, ODD JOBS ON FURNITURE perhaps registered in the official kennel studbooks of Australia or S A general thing, furniture is some far-away land and now gone none too well cared for. Even native among possibly the lowest type of the human race, had been high quality furniture is likely to stolen by those aborigines for the be bruised and scratched. With use, express purpose of hunting. The chairs lose their casters, springs greyhound, they knew instinctively, break down, upholstery wears and would be especially useful in over becomes soiled. In damp weather, taking and "sticking up” even the drawers of bureaus, dressers, cab inets and similar articles may stick. largest of kangaroos. Any piece of furniture is likely to The dog was not expected to kill be scratched. the quarry; its jaws and pluck The breakdown of springs can be would be of no avail against the ripping and disemboweling claws on repaired at home, and many home the hind feet of an “old man” kan owners, both men and women, are garoo. The greyhound was to hold adepts at it. The methods, however, the animal at bay until the hunt are somewhat complicated — too ers could come up and kill it with much so to be covered in my lim their crude spears, just as they ited space. Also, illustrations are D oes , T oo , Have Their Dentists. must have done thousands of years necessary. For this reason I cannot ago in the prehistoric stage of the do more than refer those who are time-honored man-dog relationship. interested to books that can usually Prepared by National Geographic Society, small white dog was led along be be found in a public library. Without Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. hind the gun carriage on which the What the Breeders Do. this knowledge such repairs should OVE me, love my dog, is no body was borne. It was the mon No doubt men early realized that be given to a cabinet maker. But idle platitude. Men and dogs arch's pet wire-haired fox terrier. are often so bound together On the collar were the words, “I by breeding they could produce dif many other repair jobs are well ferent kinds of dogs, each suited to within the ability of home owner by genuine affection for one am Caesar, the King’s Dog.” a specific purpose. In later years and housewife. another that both are unhappy when Queen Alexandra’s Clumber span this process has been carried to Casters are usually made with a long away from one another. iels were among the best in Eng remarkable lengths of refinement. If the dog, in his centuries-long land, and this breed and blood are An intelligent breeder, if given association with man, had never still maintaned at Sandringham, the saved a life, rounded up a flock sporting residence of the late King time, of course, can produce al most any type of dog. He can of sheep, helped track down meat, George V. choose not only physical features or pulled a polar sledge, this oldest A, Favorites of Presidents. — a strong jaw, a good nose, long friend of the human would still have Nothing pleased President Theo legs for speed, or short legs and given full payment for his room and dore Roosevelt so much as the mu long body for following prey into board. holes—but traits of character, such From that ancient partnership the sic of a pack of mountain Mon or as courage and persistence. man has benefited fully as much as bear-hunting hounds. President Wil THE FARMER MAKES FRIENDS When the late Paul Rainey a few the animal. By throwing in his lot son had an old English sheep dog. WITH BILLY MINK. with his caveman neighbors, the dog President Harding was a lover of years ago formed the project of of prehistoric ages did much to give Airedales. Notable ornaments to the hunting lions with dogs in East Af HE farmer under whose wood his two-legged ally dominance over White House during the Coolidge rica—a practice, incidentally, that pile Billy Mink was living did is now forbidden by law — he tried administration were the Scotch col the beasts and helped speed human a lot of thinking after he guessed lie, Rob Roy, and Tiny Tim, a white crossing American hounds with progress. Eskimo dog. American-bred Airedales, and ran that it was Billy Mink that had driv en all the rats out of his barn into Without dogs the geographical The Hoovers brought to the ex the cross-breeds together in a pack his house. "If I could get that little poles could not have been reached ecutive mansion a venerable Ger with pure hounds and Airedales. brown rascal over here to the until the era of discovery by air man shepherd dog. and other note The result was highly successful. planes; and even today, says Ad worthy White House dogs during The hound has the better nose, but house,” thought the farmer, "I miral Byrd, "dogs are the infantry their occupancy were a beautiful it is not a particularly plucky dog. would soon be rid of those pesky rats. But how am I going to do it? of polar exploration.” Gordon Setter and a big Norwe The Airedale, itself a blend of hound If he doesn’t know that those rats Dogs do the shopping in the gian Elkhound. Pets of President and terrier, is game and aggres are over here he certainly will not Azores, pull carts in Newfoundland, Franklin D. Roosevelt and his fam sive, and makes a good attacking venture any nearer to the house Quebec, Belgium, The Netherlands, ily have included Major, a Ger dog. Face to face with even the than that woodpile. And if he cannot and elsewhere; they guide the blind man shepherd, and Meggie, a Scot biggest of cats, it had the cour get into the henhouse to steal my age to hold the quarry at bay until in city streets; in countless ways, in tie. chickens he won’t stay around here many parts of the earth, they are Bismarck was fond of Great its armed master could reach the very long because he will have little helping to do the work of the world. Danes. Former Kaiser Wilhelm II scene. to eat. The thing for me to do is to The Spanish pointers, when intro Yet man’s biggest gain from the favors dachshunds. see that he has plenty to eat and duced into England, were consid Once in South Africa an upcoun- relationship cannot be measured in learns where it comes from.” ered too slow in pace; they dwelled terms of labor done. The com try trader traveled a thousand miles So the very first thing the farmer on the scene and consequently were panionship and affection of a good to see a dog fancier, offered a large did the next morning was to put spoken of as “ potterers ” — dogs dog are priceless, and often the sum of money, and asked him to some scraps of fresh meat just four-footed party of the second part locate and purchase for him two which made much ado about little outside the woodpile. It didn't take or nothing. So the Spanish pointers can set its friend and overlord an of the best and noblest Great Danes were crossed with foxhounds and Billy Mink long to find them. Of excellent example in conduct and to be found anywhere. greyhounds, and a breed of faster- course the farmer was out of sight. character. What man could not ob "They are for a great chieftain,” He was in the barn peeping through serve with profit the dignity and he explained. "The last time we going pointing dogs was produced, a crack. He saw Billy come out those which today are the most forbearance of a fine Great Dane, outspanned at King Lobengula’s from under the wood and sniff at slow to anger though a peerless kraal he wanted our Great Dane—a numerous of the short-coated gun the pieces of meat. It was clear dogs and are known as English fighter? dog we had borrowed from some pointers. that Billy was suspicious. He went German transport riders. Our own all around those scraps of meat Dog-Lovers Are All Friend*. dog had been killed by a lioness. and the farmer could tell by the Wherever man has traveled, his So we told Lobengula we could way he moved that Billy suspected dogs have gone with him. Most sur not give away anything that did a trap. Lincoln at 37 prising of all, perhaps, is the world not rightly belong to us. But Billy found no trap. Of course wide sense of fraternity among the "Then it was that he became in not, because there was no trap. At millions all over the earth who have sistent and tried to .cajole us into last he ventured to seize one of in common a love of dogs. They selling Satan, for that was the dog’s those scraps of meat and darted “speak the same language”; all name. He offered to fill our two back into the woodpile with it. A gaps are bridged; introductions are wagons with ivory and give us all few minutes later he was out again not needed. Compliment a stranger the women we wanted to sell as just as cautious as before. So, one on his dog and he becomes your slaves to the Barotse. by one, he took the scraps of meat friend for life. under the woodpile. The farmer “But why does Lobengula offer so smiled as he saw the last scrap dis At the important dog shows all much for these dogs?” the dog fan appear. He knew that Billy had sorts of people meet and talk to cier asked. enough for a good meal, and that gether on a common plane. In rank “Because he regards the Great with a stomach well filled he would and station the owners vary as Dane as king among dogs,” was the probably take a nap. greatly as do the dogs themselves, trader’s answer. "It keeps its head 1 which range from the tiny toy high and takes no notice of the mis This is just what Billy did. Be breeds weighing only a pound or erable barking native curs. Such a fore he fell asleep he kept wonder two and capable of being tucked dog would befit the majestic pres- I ing about those scraps of meat and away and hidden in a lady’s hand ence of Lobengula, king of the i how they happened to be so handy. bag, to lordly Saint Bernards, Great mighty Matabele!” “It’s funny,” thought Billy, “how Danes, and mastiffs which may out that meat happened to be right Even the Australian Bushman. weigh the average man. there, I wonder if that farmer could A visitor to the upcountry, in ! have dropped it. If he did. I hope In the London show, Lady Thus he'll do it again.” With this, Billy and So may be seen in animated , Western Australia, came across a went to sleep. conversation with a fish porter from black fellow and his three “gins”— Just at dusk Billy awoke. He was Billingsgate, each with a toy bull his wives or "lady friends”—fast dog tucked under one arm. It is asleep near the embers of three This is the earliest known por hungry again. He began to think only a little dog. but it is big enough fires. Cuddling among their savage trait of Abraham Lincoln. It is an of those hens over in the henhouse. to bridge the wide gulf between companions were a pure-bred grey old daguerreotype taken in 1848. Then he remembered the trap he Billingsgate and Belgravia—or even hound and a well-bred smooth-coat when the martyred President was had found over there and decided ed fox terrier. Buckingham Palace. thirty-seven years old. a lawyer he would keep away from the hen Men, women and dogs had evi edging towards a political career. house. He decided that he would When King Edward VII died, a First Aid Roger B. Whitman to the Ailing House A stem that is inserted in a hole in the leg of a chair or other piece of furniture, and secured by screws. The wood that is left is usually thin, and in time the screws tear out. In such cases the broken wood can be replaced with wood putty. The hole of the caster stem should also be lined with it, so that the stem makes a snug fit. After a few hours for drying, the wood putty will be as hard as natural wood, and the screws can be driven in tight. Drawer pulls usually have screws , passing through the wood, secured by nuts on the back, or by screws that run through the drawer front from the back, going into the draw er pulls. Unless these screws and nuts are kept tight, the wood wears and the drawer pull loosens. Here again is a use for wood putty to replace the worn wood. For a sticking drawer there is nothing better than paraffine rubbed on the upper and lower edges of the sides of the drawer. © By Roger B. Whitman WNU Service. E EDTIME STORYâ 5ßy THORNTON W. BURGESS T 4 » go over to the barn to see if any of those rats had returned. And then all of a sudden he remembered that easy breakfast he had had that morning. Instantly Billy popped his head out from the woodpile. He didn't really expect to find any more scraps of meat, and you can guess just how surprised and pleased he was when he found that there were more scraps just where he had found his breakfast that morning. For the first time Billy suspected that they might have been put there especially for him, and in his heart he began to have a friendly feeling for that farmer. © T. W. Burge».—WNU Service. Island of Malta Really Made Up of Five Island* The Island of Malta, forming as it does the most strategic naval base in the Mediterranean and Britain's most formidable station on the short route to India, in reality consists of five islands, four of which could be contained in the largest, which gives the group its name and which has an area of slightly less than 100 square miles. Two are mere rocky pinnacles which are used for target practice by the British fleet. The others are inhabited and have been likened to the Three Bears with Malta on one side, Gozo, the middle- sized Bear on the other and Com- lno, the Little Bear in between. Archeologically the islands pre sent a pageant of western civiliza tion from the dolmens of the Stone age to the most modern of naval bases; and the patois of the native Maltese is said to be the only rem nant of the language of the Phoeni cians, albeit it contains admixtures from the tongues of the Greeks, Romans, Saracens. Normans, Span iards, French and English, who at various times have been the over- lords. The remains of three temples built of great stone slags attest the existence of pre-historic races, as do parallel tracks which have never been satisfactorily explained, but in solid rock and extending down into the sea. Gozo has been identified a* the scene of Homer's legend of Ulysses and Calypso. From tomb* and other structures built by them it is estimated that the Phoenicians settled in Malta about 1000 B. C., supplanting a civ ilization comparable in some re spects to the Minoan of ancient Crete, and later the island* were used as one of their bases by the Carthagenians in their disastrous wars with Rome.
