4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. ter to the hens in order that their sensitive systems may be spared RONA MORRIS WORKMAN suffering, even at the expense of ROCKING W RANCH my own cold feet. Have I ever happened to remark that I don’t I have read somewhere that like hens? I think they are the beauty exists only in the eye of dumbest creatures on a ranch— the beholder, and I rather imagine and the only good thing about there will be many among my them is the egg, which egg fre­ readers who refuse to see beauty quently fails to materialize in in this snowfall. A lovely white this kind of weather. I have blanket of snow lying softly over never been able to learn to love the landscape is really something a hen, and as for roosters—well to look at, but when you have my feelings for the swaggering, to wade through that same 12- noisy, greedy, dominating, utterly incii blanket to get to the pig useless rooster does not bear re­ pen and the cow bam, and you peating, so let’s forget him. have to shovel it off the driveway My word how did I get on the before you can get out the family subject of roosters? Perhaps I am vehicle— well, the blanket ceases . still a bit non compos mentis, to be a beautiful object and be­ and will, I fear, become even more comes just another obstacle to so if I don't get out of this struggle against. And if you house pretty soon. I am getting are a logger and this same soft well enough at last to fight the white blanket shuts down the bit a little and my keepers are camp—alas, the grocery bill goes using the old iron hand in the velvet glove, only about half on and all the other bills, and it may be that you look upon the the time they leave the glove off. I am pleased to say that at least whiteness with a somewhat jaun­ diced eye. However, this is one they do allow me to look out of time I can look upon a real snow­ the windows at this snow, and I fall without having to think about am free to enjoy that which I see. wading through it to parry hot On the partially bare hillside mash and kettles of steaming wa­ above the house stands a mucb- Snow-bound SICKS' SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. Sine* 1878 « f. C. Sick, Pres. READY FOR YOU NOW loved giant fir. Often when I am a bit weary of the details of liv­ ing, I go out and lift my eyes to its serenity. For perhaps two hundred and fifty years it has stood there, and the life of this valley has passed in pageant be- for it. Today it is especially beautiful, its great branches wear soft robei of white swung royal ly against the blue of the winter sky, and the strength of its strong-barked column reaches high above the little things of life, the clustering underbrush about its feet It is good to have some upward-reaching life to help lift your thoughts when the drag of the daily tasks binds you too closely to the things which are but fleeting. My family’s stern admonitions can keep me from playing- in this sriow, but that does not stop mem­ ory from recalling other snows. I can, without leaving my warm room, ski across the lower slope of Mt. Hood—and fall again and again, as I always did—and I can slip away from the others on the ski-run which we made one winter near Odell Lake and wander away through the snow- burdened trees, seeing the trails of tiny creatures, feeling the si­ lence of the far-reaching forest, and its pace. It is good to have such memories, experiences that you can take out and live through again in all their richness. All my life I have been busy col­ lecting delightful things to re­ member when I am too old to continue making new records. Someday I shall sit in my warm corner and take out the albums of memory-pictures and go over them. I am not anxious for that time to come—-it is so much more interesting to make new pictures —but I am glad to know that I have them in case life lays me to one side and I get bored with just watching others live and want to take a header into the past. Occasionally, as at this moment, when I am temporarily laid aside for repairs, I find it pleasant to dig into the book of past ac­ tion. One should, I am very sure, be careful about the pictures they keep. I have known many who seem toi have kept only the sad and bitter and ugly picture* to look at when they grew old. Most of us have some pictures that are not happy, I know, hut we don't need to keep them in our memory-books. Take them out before they get "set” and throw them away, and put something fine and worth saving in their place. They are waiting for me to finish this so they can take it in. I’ll be seein’ you next week. • Approximately sixty per cent of all veterans hospitalized by the Veterans Adminstration are neu­ ropsychiatrie patients. PAINTING PAPERHANGING Paint and Wallpaper for Sale Carlin Hackney Death Toll Now Army Details At All-time High Manpower Need Oregon’s 1946 traffic death toll stood at 478 dead a few days ago, the highest fatality rate in the history of the state, according to Secretary of State Robert S. Far­ rell, Jr., who said the present figure is tentative and may go higher. The previous high toll wa3 for the year 1941 when 399 persons were killed in street and highway accidents. The 1946 toll is 20 per cent over the 1941 figure, and represents an increase of 36 per cent over the 1945 total of 352 deaths. Farrell said there were more motor vehicle accidents in this state during the first nine month? of 1946 than for the entire year of 1945. During that period 43,- 169 accidents were reported, com­ pared to 43,922 for the entire year of 1945. The secretary of state predicted the 1946 accident list would be approximately 60,000. • 52 GIFTS IN ONE— AN EAGLE SUBSCRIPTION Specific examples of the types of jobs made available by the new regular army’s intensified man­ power drive announced last week, were listed today by Col. M. L. McCreary, chief of sixth army re­ cruiting. These run the gamut from air traffic service technicians to mo­ torcyclists and include rotary wing mechanics, automotive repairmen, aerial photographers, munitions workers, radio repairmen, weather observers, supply clerks, cooks and telegraph operators. In fact the army has 40,000 good jobs a month for 40,000 vol­ unteers a month. These colunteers, Col. McCreary said, have an opportunity for training in scores of skills and trades in special service schools under the world’s finest instruct­ ors The new regular aymy, he pointed out, not only needs 40,000 men a month to maintain its au­ thorized strength of 1,070,000 by July 1, of this year but it also needs quality. For a high degree of intelligence is necessary to ab­ sorb the training required to han­ dle rockets and other scientific equipment of this atomic age. The drive for manpower is be­ ing stepped up here, as well as throughout the nation, at a time service in the new regular army offers three basic essentials to any good job, Col. McCreary pointed out. Ho listed them as high pay, security and a chance for advancement. • More than 100 inches of rain­ fall are recorded annually on the seaward slopes of Washington's coastal mountain ranges. A SALESMAN CAN’T CON­ TACT 3200 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK — BUT THE EAGLE CLASSIFIED PAGE DOES. Did You Know We have 6x8x10 concrete foundation blocks for sale? We have and we can also do you carpenter or concrete work, new or repairs. SEE YORK, THE BUILDER FOR ESTIMATES E. M. YORK CONTRACTOR & BUILDER 108 A St. BY LOCAL TRAPPER James K. Martin's Mink Pelt Earns Award for Pelt Handling in SearslÔth National Fur Show Read How You, Too, May Win an Award as High as $1,000.00 This Year! 942 Awards — $7,590 Cash Yes, a total of 942 cash awards for fur shippers—942 opportunities to share in $7,590.00 in cash. MAJOR CASH AWARDS: There are ten major cash awards, ranging from $50.00 to $1,000.00. SECTIONAL CASH- AWARDS: There are sectional awards, too— for complete shipments of five or more pelts—one award of $250.00; eleven of $50.00 each. DAILY CASH AWARDS:Final­ ly, there are 918 daily cash awards of $5.00 each, for pelts received during the Fur Show. Proving again that "better pelt handling pays,” this local trapper got an extra $5.00 in cash—one of the Daily Awards in Sears 18th National Fur Show—and, besides, a chance to share in the big major awards! What this trapper did, you too can do—whether or not you sell your furs through Sears Raw Fur Marketing Service. For Sears Fur Show offers, this season, a total of 942 different cash awards, including the First Award of $1,000.00 for the best handled pelt of all. Pays You 3 Ways First, every award is in addition to the cash Sears get you for your pelts. Second, Sears can be depended on to obtain for you top prices. Third, even if you don’t win an award, careful handling enhances the value of your furs. This third feature is the real reason for Sears 18th National Raw Fur Show with 942 Cash awards, totaling $7,590.00. Last season, Trapper Forrest Slabaugh, of Ligonier, Indiana, won the big $1,000.00 First Cash Award on his skillfully handled mink pelt. 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