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T4 THURSDAY, DEC, 21, 1950 THE EAGLE, VERNONIA, ORE. Former Trehame ÄROUND THE FARM i’iüÄ Resident Ill Rats don't lay eggs but three bage can. Most of these rats rates will eat as much as two hens. If it’s chicken feed, calf feed, or grain, or even the stored apples and potatoes for the fam ily use, rats can take a heavy toll. This is a good time of year to be on the look out for rats around the buildings and to carry on a program of eradicat ing these pests. The brown rat is a field ro dent to a certain extent, at least. By this we mean that he is not limited to living in buildings. In the summer particularly rats will move from congested areas out into the country side and locate wherever food and pro tection are available. In the fall when the rains and cold weather come on many of these rats forsake their summer homes and move back into the buildings. In St. Helens, for example, we get calls about rats mainly in 1he spring and in the fall. In the spring rats will move from over populated water front and business areas out into the resi dential areas. City dwellers and even those in suburban areas will call about seeing rats in their back yards and around the gar TREHARNE — Bob Sunnell are on the move and will not stay unless there is food and visited the Bert Tisdales Sunday. shelter available. Many of these He brought word that his brother, hole up for the summer in the Clare, a former resident of Tre- rubbish strewn rocky gulches in the town living off food picked harne is ill and has been placed in the Veteran’s hospital in Port up around nearby residences. Then in the fall with the com land. He will have to be there ing of heavy rains and cool for a year. His illness is com weather many rats abandon their plications from fever overseas country residence. Some move during world war II. back to the waterfront and busi Loren Dodge and Dave Carver ness areas. Others move in to were Portland visitors Friday. adjoining houses, garages, or out Mr. and Mrs. Truman Daven buildings if they can find suit port were Tuesday visitors in able homes in these buildings. Portland on business. Again home owners call about Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pierson rats seen around the yard and and son, Elvin, were Tuesday often the rats may have moved Portland business visitors. into the basement, attic, or the Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tisdale garage. were in Scoggins Valley Sunday Having suffered persecution by to visit Mr. Armstrong who is the human race for years and ill with a heart ailment. George Esau of Rickreall years the brown rats has become very wary. He refuses to take- visited his nephew, Dick, Sun most poisons. If he does take day. Midge Reynolds got a call that poison but is not killed you will not get him to try it a second her brother-in-law, Ernest Cham bers, is better. time. A recently developed rat poi slow poisoning effect kills son, Warfarin, promises to help its them. in the job of rat control. Rats seem to have no hesitance m Do you think it is an easy job taking Warfarin poisoned bait to go out and buy a good dairy and will continue to take it until bull—one that will improve your dairy herd. A total of 4,335 bulls were proved by the dairy herd improvement association records in the U. S. in 1949. Only 43 of these increased production over the 500 pound level. Of these 4,335 sires, 2,071 decreased pro duction. Even so these 4.335 bulls averaged up to a good figure. The average production of daughters used in these prov ings was 9,725 lbs. milk, 4.5$;, and 397 lbs. butterfat. Cooking Class Draws Names for Yule Party The Mist 4-H Cooking Class II met at the home of Mrs. Lottie Pugh with Laurie Brown being a visitor. After drawing names for the Christmas party to be held December 21 at the home of the leader, Mrs. Inger Ashley, the girls served a delicious dish of macaroni and cheese with wal- dorf salad. Operation Is Result of Fall TREHARNE — Harry Weaver slipped and fell December 9 in a grease rack and injur'd his side which resulted in a ruptured kidney. He was rushed into Portland to the Good Samaritan hospital Thursday night where he was operated on Friday morning. The injury required the removal of the kidney which the doctor said was deformed and had been all his life. Harry cam? out of the operation fine and is still in the hospital. Bill Reynolds of Monument, brother of Robert Reynolds and nephew of Albert Reynolds, was accid nta ly shot Friday, Decem ber 15 while logging near John Day. Mr. and Mrs. Gift of Scappoose called on Mr. Walker Friday and gave them a box of Christmas candy. Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tisdale and Mrs. Sam Beck were in Portland Friday evening and visited with Claude McCool. Eastern Star Rites Attended RIVERVIEW — Mrs. W. F. MacDonald and Mrs. T. H. Gal loway went to Gresham Wed nesday on business, returning by way of Portland where they visit ed for a while at the Marvin Emerson home. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hawkins went to St. Helens Saturday even ing. Mr. Hawkins visited while Mrs. Hawkins attended Eastern Star installation. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Conway of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Richard McNair spent Sunday at the Jack Riley home. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Callister and son of Logsden, Oregon spent the week end at the Lloyd Callister home. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Johnson and Mrs. D. R. Fowler enjoyed dinner at the Clarence Fowler home Wednesday. The occasion was Mr. Fowler’s birthday. Help Stamp Out Tuberculosis Buy and Use Christmas Seals The Vernonia Eagle Marvin Kamholz Editor and Publisher Official Newspaper of Vernonia, Oregon Entered as second class mail matter, August 4, 1922 at the post office in Vernonia, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $2.50 yearly. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ^ASSOCIATION SEASON GREETINGS Despite the fact that national forest lands have increased only 11 per cent since 1933, finan cial requirements for adminis tering them have risen 280 per cent. PHONE 853 NEHALEM VALLEY MOTOR FREIGHT Moderation is the best policy. The divinity of the season is surpassed only in the toy it brings to the hearts of men Merry Christmas. Vernonia Branch The Commercial Bank of Oregon Light beer is the beverage of moderation. Enjoy- REPEAT THE sounding joy THIS CHRISTMAS. • ”//i the liater Knight's Beauty Shop OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY OLYMPIA. 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