2—Port CHord News, Thursday, Septombor 1, 1966
Fir Cone
Crop Good
Foresters as well as the
squirrels have their eyes on
this year’ s crop of Douglas-
« r cones.
A good crop of cones for
tree seed Is reported In moat
parts of western Oregon and
western Washington. When s
gooil cone crop year occurs,
usually e v e r y three to five
years, foresters lay In a re
serve supply of seed for re
forestation w o r k during the
lean years. Several thousand
pounds of seed are needed each
year to grow new trees on tim
ber harvest areas and areas
burned by forest fires.
Species other than Douglas-
flr aren’t producing well this
year. The crop of western hem
lock Is fairly good, according
Io the U. S. Forest Service.
Most of the true firs , such as
noble and grand fir , have been
reported poor to light. The
cone crop for Sitka spruce along
(he coast Is medium to good.
Prospects for ponderosa pine
appear poor throughout tiie Pa
cific Northwest.
Cone collecting has l>egun In
some areas of southern Oregon
and the W illamette Valley.
Forest tree semi dealers and
forest land owners are setting
up cone-buying stations. P er
sons picking cones should con
tact buyers to find out the kinds
of cones wanted, price per bush
el, how to test for ripeness and
seed condition, awl other In
formation. Sacks of cones must
he labeled at point of origin.
Seisls are used for reforesta
tion In areas of altitude and
climatic conditions sim ilar Io
the area of rone collection.
Cone pickers are remind«!
to observe all fire regulations,
obtain a harvesting perm it
where required, andoblalnper-
mlssl(M) from land owners be
fore picking on their lands.
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P U B L IS H it S
ASSOCIATION
The 'South' Is Windy, Too!
The following "editorial?" clipped from la«t week1«
Brooking«-Harbor Pilot points out more graphically the
narrowline of thinking some editors fall into when they
fail to take the time to evaluate the issues.
COMPASS POINTS
*We welcome Bob Dimmick in the race for Curry
County Commissioner. Dimmick, a veteran in Brook
ings' politics, received the unanimous endorsement of
the county's Republican Central Committee. The for
mer Brookings grocery store owner will face Ryee Wil
son on the Democratic ticket in the November election.
It will be a tough fight. Dimmick is a late starter
and Wilson has the advantage of being the imeumbent
for the j ob.
We respect Wilton's position an certain matters now
before the voters. But we think he's wrong. His attitude
towards a progressive Curry County has been, we be
lieve, negative rather than positive.
Bob Dimmick has not committed himself concern
ing any county problems. But we think Dimmick is a
go-getter who will see that "things get done".
What's best about Dimmick is that he's from Brook
ings. He makes his home here and he plans to stay here.
We do not feel this end of the county, the most dense
ly populated part, is properly represented a t this time.
Wilson is from Sixes, a little too far to the north to
get an idea of what goes on in the southern end of the
county. The other commissioners are from the central
region.
The election is less than three months away. We be
lieve Bob Dimmick would do a good job in die post of
Curry County Commissioner and would like to see him
elected on Nov, 8."
In the third paragraph, The Brookings editor says he
respects Wilson's position an "certain" m atters.. . lead
ing die reader to believe the "matters" are of a secret
nature, or that they aren't supposed to know what the
editor means until the election. He should come right
out and say what he m eans.. . GOLF COURSE,
The editor further compounds his lack of intelli
gence, in the same paragraph, by saying that because
commissioner Wilson opposes the use of county funds to
build a golf course for Brookings he has a negative at
titude toward a progressive CURRY COUNTY. (A check
of Wilson's record would be advisable to you, editor
Keusink. )
In the fourth para graph, Keusink endorses Dimmick,
who hasn't committed himself about the (golf course),
because he will see that things get done. Keusink would
no doubt pop a blood vessel if Dimmick failed to sup
port the golf course.. . after saying all those nice, but
unknown, things about the new candidate.
The editor goes on to say that the best thing about
Dimmick, despite the fact that he should have SOME
qualifications, is that he's from Brookings. We doubt
that Dimmick appreciated seeing THAT statem ent in
his home town paper.
And as for Brookings having too little representation
on the county court, may we remind Keusink that Coun
ty Judge Fel Campbell is at heart a Brookings boy work
ing for the good of the whole county.. . and that com
missioner H. E. Time us is from Pistol River, far south
of central Curry, and is working for the good of the
whole county.. . and that commissioner Ryce Wilson is
from Sixes and is working for the good of the whole
county. If you don't believe it, sir, check the record.
But, as we read the editorial, it looks like Keusink
is simply blowing wind to get back in the good graces
of the Brookings citizenry.
Safety Begins At Home
The first day of school, whether, it be kindergarten
or first grade, is a big adventure for small children who
are getting their first taste of independence.
Many of the children who will be starting school for
the first tim e this fall will be walking to and from school,
and they will be making the trip either by themselves
or with several schoolmates. The Department of Motor
Vehicles reminds parents that children must be taught
basic safety rules and traffic laws if they are to walk to
school safely by them selves..
The time to begin teaching children the concepts
of traffic safety is when they begin to walk and talk,
but a special effort must be made just prior to the
opening of school, when they will need to be "on their
own" on the streets.
How is the bestway to go about seeing that children
will be able to walk to school and back safely? First,
th e Department of Motor Vehicles says, teach your
children a list of safety rules. These will include rules
such as always cross at an intersection on a new green
light; wait for a walk signal when crossing at an inter
section; don't cross the street in the middle of a block;
always walk on the side of the road facing traffic; if
your ball bounces into the street, look carefully both
ways before going to get it; don't ride with strangers;
and always walk straight home after school.
After you teach your children rules, help them out
line the safest route to school. Then take your children
for a walk and le t them take you on the exact route
that they will take to school. Be sure and le t them be
the leaders so that you can be sure they know where
they are going.
If children are taught safety concepts early, they
will not forsake their training as they grow older, and
will be safety-conscious throughout their lives. The De
partment ofMotor Vehicles reminds parents that "safety
begins at home, " and the best way to teach children
safety Is by setting a good example.
LABOR DAY — A T IM E TO THINK
Labor Day, to be observed Monday, marks the termination
of summer, In the minds of most people. It Is the last long holiday
of the season and is a time for the final outing of swimming,
plcknlckirig, boating, o r just loafing. The meaning of Labor Day
Is lost for many In the frantic pursuit of fun. Never before have
so many people been able to enjoy the leisu re, the luxuries and
comforts we see around in In these United States. The rights of
labor have never been so certain, nor Its obligation to act In ?
responsible manner more necessary. We must not become
Insensible to the time-honored virtues of th rift, competence and
pride In a Job well done.
These are the things that have made possible the turning
of Labor Day Into a holiday of fun and leisu re. These are the
things that Labor Day commemorates, and If the nation Is to
survive In Its greatness, they w ill be needed as never before
In the years to come. They are needed now desperately to back
up the men In Vietnam , let alone all future advancements In
space, science, Industry and technology. Think of these things
ss you go to the beach or to the mountains this Labor Day.
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--Photo by Dee El ledge
Investigation
A "Witch Hunt?
By HOWARD F U JII, D irecto r
Commodities and Farm Labor
The probe of food prices
being made by Congressional
House and Senate sub-commit
tees may be a “ witch hunt,’ ’
according to the Packer, a fresh
fru it and vegetable trade news
paper. Secretary of Agriculture
O rv ille Freeman also has asked
for a Federal Trade Commis
sion hearing on food prices.
Secretary Freeman was very
careful in pointing out that
farm ers were not guilty of the
food price Increases. He said
that farm ers are underpaid and
gave as an example farm ers re
ceiving only one-half cent of a
recent three-cent Increase in
the price of bread.
A hornets nest of resentment
was stirred up e a rlie r this year
among farm ers when the Ad
m inistration told consumers to
shop for low er-priced cuts of
meat, reduced meat purchases
for the armed services and pla
ced an embargo on hide exports.
The farm e r is evidently off the
hook In this most recent search
for the villain who is p ro fite er
ing on food prices.
The recently completed ex
haustive food price Investiga
tion by the National Food Com
mission found “ In the broad
est term s, the Industry is ef
ficient and progressive.” Somt
aspects of distribution wert
criticized by the report, whlct
Included some controversial
proposals.
A study of USDA statistics
shows that farm Income and
prices have lagged behind the
rest of the national economy.
Increasing personnel costs and
taxes in all phases of produc
tion, processing and distribu
tion compound to Increase the
ultimate retail price. Increased
efficiency has not absorbed all
of the higher costs. Farm net
Income remains at the same
level as two decades ago. The
slight rise In farm prices has
been outrun by increasing pro
duction costs.
An additional cost to consum
ers Is the “ b u ilt-in maid se r
vice” of the convenience foods.
A 60-cent T V dinner would
cost 20 cents If the housewife
had prepared it herself. In
either case, the farm er re
ceives nine cents to pay his
production costs and f a m i l y
living expenses.
The increasing number of
working wives who take jobs
so th eir fam ilies can enjoy the
better things of life have com
pounded the demand for more
prepared convenience foods.
One out of every three meals
Is nOw eaten away from home,
adding more services and costs
to the final cost.
G enerally speaking, free en
terprise competition has main
tained related industry profits
at a reasonable level. Addition
al costs, rather than excessive
profits, are responsible for In
creasing food prices.
WEIGHING IN raw fleece at
Southern Pacific depot In Co
quille Is Ricky W right, Port
Orford (le ft), who Is assist
ing Phil Estabrook who hefts
bags off conveyor belt Into box
cars bound for woolen m ills
In Boston, Mass.
Average weight of fleece Is
around 300 pounds per bag, and
prices paid are about 50$ a
pound, with lambs' wool a few
cents more. Note markings on
bags denoting "ew es”
and
’ ’lam bs.” Wooltietngpurchased
Is from the ranches of A. W.
Sweet, R. H. Wilson and Rod
McKenzie, all of the Sixes area.
Hatfield Advocates
Spending Control
Control of national govern
ment spending rather t h a n
tlght-money policies was urged
by Governor M ark Hatfield as
the most effective means of
halting Inflation. A b ill (HR
16651), Introduced last month
In Congress by Representative
Robert B. Duncan to give the
President virtu ally unlimited
control over consumer credit,
was described by the Governor
as typical of the “ Big B rother”
approach of the Administra
tion to every problem facing
tiie nation.
"The Administration’ s tight
money policies have not curb
ed inflation. These policies have
crippled the housing Industry
and resulted In thousands of job
layoffs In Oregon’s lumber ln -
dustry. Duncan’ s proposal does
nothing to get at the cause of
Inflation— the billions proposed
for spending In new and expand
ing programs of the national
government.
“ Instead, Duncan would give
th e
President unwarranted
power over every private c it
izen’ s purchase of clothes, or
food, o r any personal property,
unless he Is rich enough to pay
cash on the barrel-head. We
do not need controls on private
credit as much as controls on
public spending.”
This b ill would allow the
President to fix the size of
down payments, to lim it “ the
amounts In which and the pur
poses for which credit may txy
extended to any person,” and to
set the term s for renting type
w riters , muslc.il instruments,
automobiles, aixl other personal
property.
“ This back-door approach to
price control, In the hands ol
the escaiationlsts w ill lead in
evitably to wage control,” the
Governor warned. “ This threat
to the economic freed« , of the
individual must be resisted now
or an economy completely con
trolled by the federal lajreau-
crats In inevitable.
“ While the national Admin
i s t r a t e asks state and indi
viduals to restrain their spend
ing, It would tie helpful If M r.
Duncan were more Interested
or more effective in restraining
the pouring of more federal
billions into our inflated econ-
omy.*
SCHOOL DAYS ARE BACK
A ll good things come to an end— at least tem porarily. And
so It is, as the long school summer holiday draws to a close.
Very shortly, millions of youngsters w ill be shouldering their
school books once again. Other millions w ill see the Inside of a
schoolroom for the firs t tim e when schools opens this month.
While it Is true that an educated man does not get all his
education in the classroom, the fact remains that formal educa
tion is the foundation and best hope of civilization. Education
is the seed bed of tolerance and understanding. It Is the source
of progress In every field of human endeavor.
Tom orrow ’ s astronauts, engineers, scientists, technicians,
men of medicine and the arts and business w ill be trudging
back to the halls of learning, as the c r l s p days of autumn
approach. T h e ir return Is an omen of a steady advance toward a
better life.
FOR A U YOUR HOME
IMPROVEMENT NEEDS
AT MONIYWBLL'B
> m llM aortti of Port Orion
Stephen W illard Sullivan diet)
at his home on Floras Creek
Monday after a lingering I l l
ness.
The son of M r. and M rs.
Frank Sullivan, he was born
May 8, 1911, al Coeur d’ Alene,
Ida. He served in World War II
with the Dixie Division in the
South Pacific. Following the
war he was engaged in farm
ing, first in tiie Brookings area
and later purchased the Charlie
Doane ranch on upper Floras
'"reek In 1952.
Survivors Include his widow,
Pauline; sons, Grady and Alan;
laughter, Maryanne, at home;
s i s t e r s , Frankie Steinke of
Brookings, Abbie Green Spen-
ard of Alaska, and a brother,
Roy Sullivan of Baldwinsville,
N. Y.
Graveside set vices were held
Wednesday In Ocean View Cem
etery with the Rev. William Mai
officiating.
A mouse In a pop bottle,
tacks In a pie, ptomaine poi
son In cream puffs, Iron filing
In canned goods, and a needle
In a cup cake are but a few
examples of Hie types of foreign
substances In foods that have
been subjects of lawsuits.
Although ’h» reader may tie
alarmed by the thought of such
•objrcts appeartnf In his food,
actually such defects III food are
very few, compared to Uie b il
lions of pounds of food that
are manufactured and sold each
year.
Suppose M rs. Housewife ser
ves canned tomatoes to her
'fam ily, and all suffer throat
and stomach lacerations be
cause the teiiiatoee cent sin »ft-
cause the tomatoes contain sliv
ers of glass.
The tomatoes have been pur
chased from a reputable canner.
The cannery In fact posse sees
only select fruits, and operates
a “ kitchen clean” plant with the
latest and best devtars for can
ning awl Inspection.
Assuming that the glass was
In Ihe can when Mr», Housewife
opened I I, and that she did not
see Ihe glass while preparing
the food, both she and her fain
tly may have a valid claim
against Ihe canner and the gro
cer.
Not every stomach-ache after
eating food Is (he subject of a
lawsuit, but damages that have
been caused by eating some
thing which the law considers
defective on ihe part of the
manufacturer or seller may
well tie Ihe subject of legal
action.
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DEEP SEA
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
C O M M ITTEES FOR SEPT.
Ushers: M r. B u r e 11 Straughn,
M r. A 1 be r t W ehmcler and M r.
Howard Gregersen. Reception
ist: Mr. and Mrs. M i i to n Leer.
F e 11 o w s h i p Dinner: Sept. 11,
Mrs. Hurell Straughn, Mrs. Vern
Msgneson, Mrs. Cl ga M agile son,
Mrs. Ralph Hansen, Mrs. M ild red
Russell an 1 Mrs. Bernard Kosta.
Cleaning: Mrs. Howard Greger
sen, Mrs. Donald Stole,Mis. 1 yle
Gee and Mrs. John Norby.
MEETING DATES
Communion Service: Sept. 4, at
regular Worship.
Teachers M eeting: Sept. 12,7:30.
Council M eeting: Sept. 13,7:30.
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