Eleven Vision
Clues Outlined
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COUNTY Trapper Robert E. Walker shows two coyote taken in
traps along with evidence of one type of damage done by preda­
tors. About all that remained of this two or three-month-old fawn
was the head. Walker's trapping efforts are financed jointly by
county and federal funds, along with some assistance from the state
game commission.
Don Coin Walrod photo
New Trapper for County Learns
Area, Notes Results of Work
Robert E. Walker, county trap­
per, who assumed his duties July
1 following the resignation of Wal­
ter Forsyth, reports reasonably
good success in taking coyote, bob­
cat and bear in spite of having to
learn his territory.
Walker came to Columbia coun­
ty from Tillamook. Although this
is his first position as a govern­
ment trapper, the trapping bus­
iness is by no means new to him
since he has operated private trap
lines.
Voter Sign-up
Time Is Short
Robert A. Welwood, county
clerk, reminds all citizens of the
county that there are only 13 days
left to register to be eligible to
vote in the November 6 general
election. Registration closes at
eight o’clock October 6 and anyone
registering after that date will not
be qualified to vote in the Novem­
ber election.
Welwood states his office will
be open until 8:00 p.m. on October
6, but he urges all those who
should register or reregister to do
so early. For the convenience of
voters throughout the county, he
has appointed the following official
registrars:
In St. Helens, Dorothea Cold-
well, chamber of commerce build­
ing, Everett Emerson, acting fire
chief and Rollie Martin, at the
St. Helens fire station; Louise
DeRossitt of Goble; Grace M.
Brough, city recorder of Rainier;
R. W. Kessell, justice of peace,
and Edne M. Bradley, Culbertson
Feed store, Clatskanie; Katherine
Grimsbo, Mist store, Mist; Walter
E. Linn, city recorder, Vernonia;
Wendell G. Hill, Hill Ins. Agency,
Scappoose, and Edna M. Graf,
Sauvies Island.
Anyone of the above will be
pleased to help in registering all
those who call upon them.
Broken Leg Is
Result of Play
RIVERVIEW—Mary Ann Steele
broke her leg while playing on
the bars at the Lincoln school af­
ter school a week ago Friday. She
hopes to get a walking cast and
be able to return to school the
latter part of the week.
Melvin Snook of Fullerton, Cal­
ifornia came Tuesday to spend his
vacation at the home of his par­
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Snook.
Other Relatives there were Mr.
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Snook and
family of Portland on Saturday
and Mrs. Lewis Morgan of Port­
land, Mr. and Mrs. Don Morgan
and two daughters and Janice Hes-
kett of Longview on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs W. A. Weygandt
have moved into the house on the
corner of Eighth street and tne
highway from the Davies farm on
Keasey road.
Week end visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Normand
were her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Raymer of Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brown
and son Danny left Saturday for
Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
where he will enter Prairie Bible
Institute for his senior year.
Mr and Mrs. John Steele Jr.
have taken over the Sun Valley
service station on Sunset high­
way near Buxton.
No umpire can change the clas­
sified advertising results!
Many of the animal and bird
specimens in the museum at Tilla­
mook were collected by Walker
who did so in cooperation with his
uncle, Alex Walker, curator of the
Tillamook museum.
The services of Walker may be
arranged by calling or writing the
county extension office, courthouse
St. Helens, or by contacting Wal­
ker direct at Vernonia where he
lives with his family.
Walker is married, has two
daughters and a son. In addition
to his trapping activities, he has
been active in Isaak Walton league
and 4-H affairs.
! P a g e s F rom Our P ast
Eleven clues to possible vision
problems in a school-age child
are outlined by the Oregon Opto-
metric Association.
Dr. Richard D. Nelson of Med­
ford, OOA chairman on visual
problems of children and youth,
says four out of ten school child­
ren have vision deficiencies which
handicap them in their studies,
preventing maximum achieve­
ment.
He urged parents and teachers
to note carefully their children’s
habits and relate them to possible
visual problems.
‘ Watch for symptoms like fre­
quent loss of place when reading,
avoidance of close work, and body
rigidity while viewing distant ob­
jects,” Dr. Nelson advises.
Other important indications of
possible visual problems are hold­
ing reading material closer to the
face than normal, excessive head
movements, poor sitting posture
or position, facial distortions or
squinting while reading, excessive
frowning, scowling or blinking,
rubbing eyes, and complaints of
headaches.
“These irregularities are too of­
ten considered childhood antics
by parents or teachers, when they
can be and often are the result of
serious vision problems”, Dr. Nel­
son comments.
Dr. Nelson also recommends
that parents, in addition to watch­
ing for these symptoms, have their
child’s vision examined by a vision
specialist at least once a year to
keep up with growing vision re­
quirements.
Unloved is the man who can
drop ashes on the rug at home
and get away with it.
Uernonia Eagle
THURSDAY, SEPT 27, 1962
By Kenneth L. Holmes, writer historian
ter the coding of the white man.
It was not the whites who drove
them out.
Little do we realize that there
The answer lies in the coming of
was a time when one could sing,
the horse to the Indians with the
“O give me a home where the
resultant radical change in the Red
buffalo roam,” about the North­
west and mean it. Although there Man’s habits of life.
“There is no question,” wrote
seems to be no evidence that there
were buffalo north of the Colum­ Dr. Bailey, "that only a few gene­
bia in present Washington, it is rations back buffalo covered in
well established that once they considerable numbers many of the
roamed over present eastern Ore­ large valleys of southeastern Ore­
gon and southern Idaho. Some of gon, and that they disappeared af­
the Washington tribes did trek ter the introduction of horses
over the northern Idaho Bitterroot among the Indians and before ma­
range to the Montana buffalo coun­ ny firearms were obtained.
"A thrilling page of history
try each summer to lay in a meat
supply for the winter and to ob­ seems to be missing, when red
tain buffalo robes, horns, sinews, hunters first mounted on horses
learned of their power to over­
and other parts for multiple use.
Vernon Bailey, a wildlife spec­ take and kill with comparative
ialist with the U.S. Biological sur­ ease and certainty big game as
vey, years ago proved that buffa­ well as their less fortunate ene­
lo had been in Oregon. After nu­ mies. The balance of nature was
merous interviews with Indians disturbed almost as much by the
and pioneers in eastern Oregon, I advent of horses as by that of gun­
and after combing the area him- | powder.”
What a hunter the Indian was
self, he turned up skulls of buffa­
lo in quantities enough to show on horseback even with only his
that the beasts roamed all over lance or bow! The horsb was
trained to run at full speed guided
southeastern Oregon.
The Piutes had a song calling only by knee-pressure from his
rider. The bowman had to use both
for the buffalo to return:
hands for shooting his arrow and
“Come back; come back,
reloading.
“And do not go away again.”
With a quiver of a hundred ar­
In 1916 a Piute brave living near
Burns told Bailey, “There used to rows, tipped with obsidian from
be buffalo all over the Malheur volcanic deposits, here was a for­
valley.” At the time of this inter­ midable hunter and steed. And
view the Indian was not sure of the brave could replace another
his age but thought he was 70 or arrow after shooting one, with
80. He said that his grandfather great rapidity too.
had seen plenty of buffalo. He
There was a game common to
thought th? great animals had left many tribes, a contest to see which
the area about 100 years before. warrior could keep the most ar­
What caused the bison to dis­ rows in the air at the same time.
appear from the Oregon country? The Indian held eight or ten ar­
There seems to have been no re­ rows in his left hand and stood
cord of their having been here af­ in position with his bow in his
WHEN BUFFALO ROAMED
THE NORTHWEST
right. At a given signal he would
start shooting arrows in quick suc­
cession, sometimes having as many
as eight in the air at once.
Place such expert bowmen on!
horseback, and you can see what
formidable opponents the buffa­
lo faced.
By the end of the first quarter
of the 19th century the great hairy
beasts had retreated out of east­
ern Oregon and were only oc­
casionally seen in southern Idaho.
Within the next 75 years they
were to be nearly extinguished by
the white man east of the Rockies
as well.
Lei's Get Acquainted!
Do You Know This Man
Born at Medford, Minnesota, on
March 29, 1901.
Married in 1923.
Came to Vernonia in 1952.
Has been in business here but
is now employed here.
Has four children, a number of
grandchildren.
Must have a rabbits foot, judging
from his luck.
Is active in local civic, fraternal
and patriotic groups.
Is a sports enthusiast.
(Information supplied by
J. W. Nichols)
Answer to last weeks quiz: Joe
Magoff.
Wonder how many years it will
be before the first cloverleaf
traffic interchange is dedicated
as an historical monument.
It’s valways the first step that
costs the most—but it is worth
thp price if it is in the right di­
rection.
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