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Vol. 11
No. 34
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Timeus Demands Admission Of Error
County To Assist In
Hatchery Construction
Curry county has entered into
an agreement to assist in the
construction of a fish hatchery
an the south bank of the Chetco
River but will have no interest
in its operation, chairman of the
board of county commissioners
Ira Tucker said this week.
According to Tucker, the
county has taken 90 day op
tions on two parcels of land for
the hatchery site,-cine with Brook
ings Plywood for $1, and on e
with Fred and May Blunt for $1,
Commissioners
Weekly Report
PROBABLY the largest sign in the city went up last week at Pacific Super Market. The
sign is designed to carry current specials at the store, besides the store name. In addition,
said store owner Jim Peterson, we will use the sign as a community bulletin board as
much as is possible. The message now carried announces the coming Community'
Christmas Bazaar set for December 3.
“
Shrimp Take Tops Record;
Port Orford High Bed
Board Thanks
Ballot Defeat
The Oregon Education Asso
ciation Board of Trustees today
expressed their gratitude to
the citizens of Oregon for de
feating Ballot Measure No. 7-
the 1 1/2% property tax limi
tation.
The 20-m ember Board, re
presenting 21,000 OEA mem
bers, in a statement released
at a Portland press conference
said, “ We are extremely gra
tified that Oregonians have seen
fit to maintain full support of
school programs and other gov
ernmental services.’’
Ken Erickson, president, said
that his organization recognizes
there is an urgent need for
property tax relief. He pled
ged the services of all officers
and staff members to work for
a revised tax program at the
1969 Legislature.
“Oregonians for too long a
period of time have been sup
porting local government with
the property tax—a tax that
never was intended to carry
such a load.
“ We sincerely hope that the
Legislature has not misread
the results of Ballot Measure
No. 7. We feel Oregonians
have indicated that they want
quality education but they would
like to see the tax base broad
ened to support such pro
gram s,” Erickson emphasized.
by half a million pounds. Dur
ing the past ten years, the an
nual average number of pounds
taken from Oregon waters has
been only 3,5 million.
According to Jack Robinson,
biologist in charge of monitoring
the shrimp fishery, landings
might have gone even higher
this year except for interruptions
of bad weather throughout
the season and a cost-price sque
eze in May, June and July.
Shrimp beds are typically the
green mud bottoms from 4 to
20 miles off the coast. Beds
off northern Oregon and in the
vicinity of Coos Bay have been
especially productive over the
Mrs. Dan ( Dolly ) Bjerg past ten years.
of Langlois was recently ap
This year, however, the Port
pointed as the fifth member of Orford bed stole the limelight,
the Curry county fair boar d, setting a new catch-per-effort
b r i n g ing the board to full record for the Pacific coast ex
complement, fair manager Bill clusive of Alaska.
Crock said today.
Coos Bay accounted for more
Last week the board agree d than 4 million pounds, making it
to complete the kitchen in the high port for the year. Astoria
new building and Monday re landings totalled 2.3 million and
presentatives of county granges, Port Orford, 1.3 million pounds.
Emblem Club, and restaurants Landings at Newport, partly from
m et with the board to make a bed located during a Fish Com
final decision on equipme nt mission shrimp cruise in the
and furnishings, estimated at a spring of 1966, totaled 2 million
total completion cost of around pounds. Other significant shrimp
$13, 000.
beds are offshore in the vicinity
The kitchen is expected to of Brookings and Garibaldi.
be finished the first week in
An exceptionally strong 1966
December and get its first use year class, which comprised well
o n D e c e m b e r 5 , 6 with a over 60 percent of this year’s
Comm unity Bazaar sponsored by total catch, was the major con
15 churches and clubs in the tributing factor to the record
central Curry area.
season.
WASHINGTON (Special)—Sen
Crook added that when the
ator Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore)
floor sealing is completed the
today anntxinced government
building will be ready for full
grants of more than $200,000
scale use.
for health and welfare in Ore
gon.
DATES TO REMEMBER
The money wUl be sent to
Three new memberswere in Oregon from the federal treas
Birthday wishes go out this itiated
into the Langlois Lions ury, Hatfield said, under the
w e e k t o Mike IJuret, J i m
Goh e en, Shellie Peterson, Minnie Club recently by Deputy District auspices of the U. S. Depart
King, Ima Strahan, Charlie Jen Governor Glenn Scofield of Ban ment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
sen, Shari Beasley,Julie Myers, don.
New members include Glenn
Federal grants include $89,-
Cindy Peabody, Mary Jane P et
Shanton, R. E, Herbison and 641 to the Oregon State Public
erson and David Knapp.
George
Miller.
Welfare Commission’s public as
Anniversary wishes go to M r.
Other Langlois Lions pres sistance division, Salem, for
and Mrs. Gerald Kamph, Mr. and
Mrs. Butch Henry, Mr. and Mrs. ent, according to A1 Brown, social work; $26,913 to the Sac
Harold Reese and Mr. and Mrs. publicity director, were Chas. red Heart Hospital, Eugene, for
Van Lear, Herb Geer, Herb an irradiation therapy unit; $71,-
Tom Meade.
Bell, Jack Donaldson, John 158 to the Oregon State Board
Ellis, Brown, R. E. McLeod of Health, Portland, for state
and club president Willie Smith. wide expansion of tuberculosis
Attending from the Bandon outpatient service; and $5,472
club, in addition to Scofield, to the University of Oregon, Eug
Because of the Thanksgiving were Frederick Moore, Walter ene, for study of mental retard
Holiday next Thursday, t he Gilpin, BUI Johnston, Ed Hend ation.
A grant of $5,000 will go to
Port OrfordNews will be m ail rickson, Russell Conn, H, M.
the University of Portland, Port
ed one day early to subscriben, Howe and Ron Anderson.
WUbur Green was present land, for a mental retardation
on Wednesday, Therefore, a ll
news and advertising should be from the Port Orford club, and trainee; and $9,500 will be giv
in the office not later than four men from the Grants Pass en to the University of Oregon
club, Including former Ban- Medical School, Portland, also
Monday noon, November 25.
doniac Carroll Nettleton, were for training people to care for
also present.
persons mentally retarded.
Forty-one shrimp boats fish
ing off the Oregon coast landed
a record-high 11 million pounds
plus in Oregon ports this year,
according to the Oregon Fish
Commission.
Last year’s 10.4 million pounds
had topped all previous marks
by a substantial margin, but from
reports tallied to date, the 1967
total has already been bettered
Fair Board
Post Filled
State Receives
Federal Grants
Langlois Lions
Initiate Three
John Harr, Coordinator for
vocational education in Curry
County Schools, explainedthe
program to the Board of Comm -
issioners in a recent interview.
In a motion, the Commission
reappointed Viola Cuatt, Sixes,
Mary Rice, Gold Beach, and
Roy We idem an, Brookings, to
three year terms ending July
1971, on the Parks and Recrea
tion Commission.
The proposal presented by
Payne Motor Co., Inc. far two
Pontiac Catalina, 4 door sedans
was approved by the Board for
the sum of $5, 947. 72.
A Wednesday morning m eet
ing was called with the Budget
Com m ittee.J. C.Moore, Brook
ings, and James L.Ferguson,
Gold Beach, members of the
Budget Committee, attended to
discuss a supplementary budget
with the Comity Commission.
In a motion the Commission
approved the adoption of an
agreement between B. A.M ar
tin and Curry County, far a per
iod of ten years, beginning the
first day of September, 1968 and
expiring September 1, 1978,far
rock, at a cost of $. 10 per cubic
yard.
The regular Wednesday after
n o o n road meeting convened at
1:40 p.m . with Myron Baum er,
Lot Robinson, Ed Sypher and the
Comm i s s loners present. Per
sonnel of the road department
m a d e a report covering the
previous week's activities.
Grading on Gold Beach Port
road and City Hall street ready
far stabilizing. Man holes are
completed with catch ba sins
remaining to be constructed.
Slides and culverts in Brook
ings area being maintained.
Slides on south bank of Chetco
will need maintenance.
Patching crew will be moving
to Brookings.
The Hunters Creek road will
need some maintenance a n d
widening.
Hunters Creek Heights road is
ready for work with all right of
way secured. This road will be
prepared for summer paving.
Road from Wedderbum t o
Roguewoods will be prepare d
far summer completion.
Tenth Street in Port Orford
based in and put in shape fo r
next year's paving.
China Mountain road - m ain
tenance being done.
Crystal creek sign has been
removed.
Knapp road culverts have
been maintained.
Grader from the north in for
repairs and all equipment bein g
winterized.
Mrs.Joe Cubic, residing on
Rainbow Rock road in Brook
ings area, appeared to clarify
an agreement p e r tabling t o
vacation of old portion of road.
in a motion, the Board of
Commissioners a p p roved th-
proposal from Chetco Motors
for 1 - 1969 Dodge Polara 4 -
door sedan for a total price of
$2,756.15.
The Board approved an ad
vance in salary for Lois Eileen
Webley, who has satisfactorily
completed a six month proba
tionary period and for certain
other Road De partment em -
ployees.
The Board of County Comm
issioners and members from the
road department were invited ty
U. S. Plywood to participate in a
panel discussion a t the Tim be r
Operators meeting.
Early Paper
WEATHER
Date
Nov 13
Nov 14
Nov 15
Nov 16
Nov 17
Nov 18
Nov 19
Max
Min Rain
55
39 .35
50
39 . 58
56
40 .31
No re port
57
36 .65
60
50 . 81
58
51 .01
000. Total cost of both parcels
will be about $22, 000.
According to the propos al,
the facility will be built by the
bureau of commercial fisherie s
and the county, with the bureau
matching dollar for do 1 1 a r,
either money, labor or materials
from the county. The completed
facility will be operated solely
by the fish commission.
Tucker said the original plan
was to construct rearing ponds
on the Chetco but that t h e
bureau o f f i s heries wouldn’t
participate in anything less than
a full scale hatchery on a 50-
50 basis.
Plans for the facility have
b e e n completed by the fish
commission and a r e waitin g
approval of the bureau of fish
eries. Total cost of the hatchery,
Tucker said, is around$400, 000.
All production is intended to
be returned to county streams.
Address Change
Notice A Must
School Boundary Threatens Commissioners
Vote Monday
* llh Grand Jurï Ac,10n
An election involving all vot
ers in the Port Orford-Langlois
School District 2CJ will beheld
Monday, Nov. 25, to determine
if the northernmost portion of
the district, located in Coos
County, shall be released from
2CJ to become a part of Ban
don School District 54.
Polling places will be open
from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the
Langlois primary (elementary)
school and at the Port Orford
elementary' school, according to
the office of Ray Neugart, Curry
County Intermediate Education
clerk.
The affected area Includes
that area from Laurel Grove
south to the Curry County line,
and involves approximately 80
elementary youngsters and 20 to
25 high school students, ac
cording to the IED office.
A group of taxpayers from
the Laurel Grove-Four Mile
area circulated petitions last
year in an effort to join the
Bandon School District.
Later, a remonstrance was
fUed with the Curry IED office,
making Monday’s election nec
essary.
TRANSPORTATION
A number of women in the
Coos County portion of 2CJ
will be providing transportation
Monday for anyone not able to
find a way to the polls.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles has a problem with
people who fail to notify it of a
They include Mrs. J. L. Tay
change of address.
lor (347-4142), Mrs. Floyd
Vem L. Hill, director of the Chase (347-5041), Mrs. C l i f
department, today urged Cregon Brockmann (347-6963) and Mrs.
drivers and car owners to com Bob Russell (347-6672).
ply with the law which requires
Should the election pass in
them to notify in writing the Curry
county, the next mo ve
DMV within 30 days after the
would be to hold an election in
change of address.
Compliance with the law , Coos county to see if voters in
Hill said, will help insure that Bandon school district woul d
owners and drivers are remind — accept that area.If the question
ed to renew their I icenap« as does not pass in the Monda y
well as help cut operating costs election, the m atter is dropped.
in the licensing agency.
The Department, which must
be one of the post office's best
Oregon customers,mails approx
imately 80, 000 passenger car
renewal reminders and about
40, 000 driver license renewal
reminders each month.
Post master Norm Baker said
About 1700 notices are re this week that for the third
turned each week which thepost straight year his post office has
office cannot deliver becaus e received a special award for
people have moved and left no 100 per cent partidipatian in
forwarding address and have not the Savings Bend program.
notified the department of the
In making the 1968 presenta-
move. Hill said the post office tion.jam esj. Symbol, Regiana 1
department also forwards about Director, Seattle, Said " I con
7, 000 notices a month. Thes gratulate you and thank you
are to people who have left far - and the employees of your post
warding addresses with the post office for your patriotic support
office, but have not changed of this worthy program. Through
their addresses an DMV records, your purchase of Savings Bonds
HUI said.
and Freedom Shares, you help
Failure to notify the depart build a stronger American and
ment of a change of address is further the cause of free people
a misdemeanor and is punish throughout the w orld."
able, upon conviction, by a fin e
of not more than $500 cr by im
prisonment for not mare than
six months, or both.
The Department hopes more
people wUl comply voluntarUy,
rather than run the risk of a
Gene Manley, Qroup Rejreseit-
citation and fine.
ative from Blue Cross will speak
to teachers and employees of
School District 2CJ Mcsxda y ,
November 25, a t 7:30 p.m . in
the Pacific high school library.
The meeting is sponsored by
Word was received here this
week that Mrs.Herb (Alice ) the Oregon School Employees
Thage passed away in a San Association of District 2CJ and
Francisco hospital Sunday morn all teachers and employees are
welcome to attend.
ing following a long illness.
She and her husband operated
Thage Motel here for six years.
Funeral services were held in SCHOCL DISTRICT
San Francisco Tuesday.
BOUNDARY MAP.. . . P age-2
Post Office
Gets Award
To Speak On
Blue Cross
Alice Thage Dies
Former Curry county comm rock out.
issioner H. E. "Heck" T imeus
Curry county District A ttom y
threatened county commission Bill Wallac. igreed that the new
ers with grand jury action at a road followed an existing road,
special meeting last Frida y and later told Timeus that he
afternoon in the new county c o u l d find n o evidence of
office building if commissioners criminal action and the grand
Homer Kerber, Ira Tucker and jury would not be involved.
Gene Colegrove refused to ad
Timeus said he would w ait
mit they had erred in construct until the hearing was reported
ing a road into a rock pit on in Coos and Curry newspapers
the B. A. "Dot"Martin pr operty and he had an indication of
near Whales Head Cove north public feeling before he would
of Brookings.
.
decide an further action.
C o mm issianer Colegro ve
Susie White, Port Orford, tol d
answered they threat by telling commissioners she was a bi g
Timeus to "have fun. " Tucker taxpayer and she didn't feel the
and Kerber also refused to bow comm issioners had misu s e d
county funds.
to the demand.
Presenting his "case" in the
Instead, she said, the county
manner of a trial lawyer, the would benefit greatly in t h e
former commissioner-recalled future from tourists who spen d
last December and defeated in time driving our county road s
t h e recent election-used a instead of going straight throuiji
pointer and photographs to pro- the county on the highway. W e
duce whathe termed "inccntest- need the country opened up, she
able proof that commissio ners said.ifwe are going to progress.
erred in judgement"when they At one point, Timeus charged
agreed to open the Martii rock Martin with using rock blaste d
pit. In his opening remarks, from the Martin pit to rock a
Timeus urged that animositie s private road off the road to the
be put aside and the evidenc e pit. Martin said this had been
listened to, as he "proved" the dene but that the county di d
improper expenditure of county nothave anexclusive agreanent
for the rock. Commissioner Cole-
funds.
Timeus' m a i n contention grove added that no rock h a d
appeared to be that commiss - been blasted at the pit, onl y
ianers had opened the road to drilled. Tucker also stated tha t
the rock pit as a ruse to open there was no exclusive agree -
up a vast amount of private ment, nor had there been one
property at county expense . . . with Eggers.
because the county already, ha d
Commissioner Kerber declin
rock available at the D. N. "Pop" ed to answer when Timeus ask—
Eggers pit close to the same area him if there had been a w ritten
He said that because rock wa s agreement between Martin an d
already available from t he the county and an easement to
Eggers pit, the e xpenditure of the pit, saying he wouldn't ans
around $6, 000 to put a road to wer without counsel.He did say,
the Martin pit and open ti wa s however, that commiss ioners
not using good judgement, an d could not know if they ha d
he was "fully prepared to go t o "erred in judgement" about th e
the grand jury for a solution. " road and p it until several years
Timeus said he knew m any had passed.
grand jury members and tha t
District Attorney W allac e
they would not stand for such answered the question to Kerber
action.
by telling Timeus that every
County engineer Bruce Shaner thing about the agreement wa s
told the group of about 30 that in order but that signing of the
the recommendation to change agreement was pending com p-
rock pits came from him afte r letion of the property survey.
consultation and inspection of
In a final attempt to get the
both pits by him and a State comm issioners to admit an error,
Highway Dept. geologist. He Timeus said that he was n o t
said they both agreed that it without compassion but that if
would, cost the county about commissioners did not give a
the same to open the Martin pit satisfactory answer to a final
as it would to open a new are a question he would go to th e
of the Eggers pit, around $6, 000. grand jury.
The final question: "did you
He added,during many interup -
tians, that rock in both pits was make an error in judgement on
comparable but there was more this matter?"The final answer:
rock "showing" an the M artin three emphatic "No's."
property.
At several points in the m eet
Chairm a n of the board of ing there were chuckles among
Commissioners Ira Tucker point the audience, but the biggast
ed out that the county had call - laugh went to Mrs. Neva Boy d
ed for rock bids back in August when she told commiss ion ers
and that additional rock source after she was told that count y
were necessary if the county wa proceedings are published in the
to maintain an adequate supply papers, "Yes, I read it, and wha t
of rock tor future requirements. youhave in the papers isn't what
The agreement with Martin is you do. "She had earlier request
for ten year at 10 cents per ed that commissioners hold a
yard.
regulardday on which complains
Eggers said he didn't know could be heard.
about the rock bids because he
At the coiclusian of the m eet
was “ the hospital at the time ing, Timeus handed members of
He said that his "feelings were the press a statement that sai d
hurt" because he wasn't not - in part" When the next vacanc y
ified, but that as far as he was on the board of commissicners
concerned there was "no con - occurs, whether it be caused b y
troversy" over the rock. . . j ust d e a t h , recall, r emoval from
over the nine-tenths of a mil e office, resignation, a expiration
of road the county built to t h e of term, ' I s ¡hall again be a can-
Martin pit.
didate
Dale Martin told the group
that the road was not new, but
followed an old logging road
that had been in use many years.
He said it was necessary to im
prove the road in order to get
In response to the U. S.
Comptroller of the Currency’s
quarterly statement of condi
tion call, First National Hank
of Oregon has released deposit
and loan figures which exceed
those for any comparable date
in the bank’s 103-year history.
President Ralph J . Voss an
nounced record high deposits
of $1,552,930,359 and loans of
$994,225,959 were listed Oct.
30, the official call date. These
figures represent Increases of
nearly $144 million In deposits
and $128 million In loans over
the previous third-quarter call
on Oct. 4 of last year.
Total resources ofthestate’s
largest bank climbed some$I96
million to a new third-quarter
high of $1,748,230,416.
The Port Orfoni branch re
ported deposits of $3,011,953
and loans ut $587,416 as of Oct.
30, according to G. B. Rush,
manager.
Comparable totals for the
branch a year ago were $2,-
854,413 in deposits and $1,076,-
420 in loans.
WORK was completed co tearing down the hugh Lima crane used to construct the local
breakwater last week and the machine war (hipped to Portland, according to a memba
of the moving crew.
Deposits Up
Loans Down
Skidding is a major contribut
ing factor in one out of every
four traffic accidents, warns the
Cregon Traffic Safety Commiss
ion.