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Volume One, Number Five
Climate Of Area
Vital Factor In
Its Development
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
Cub Scouts Assigned
Project For Next Week
The monthly pack meeting of
Cub scouts was held Monday eve
ning at the Odd Fellows hall, un
der supervision of Leo Spangler,
assistant Cub master, in absence
Nature Produces
of Joe Berger, master.
Here What Man Tries
The project given to the boys
To Grow Under Glass tor the coming w*eek was weath
er vanes of various kinds. The
Climate is determine ! by geog previous project was home-made
raphy. An easy proof of this is boats. Roy Annin, who judged the
the comparison of the Chetco cli ! boats, awarded the prize to Don
mate with that experienced in ald Crook for his Chinese Junk;
other places of tbout the same second to Richard Carlson and
distnce from the equator. The i third to David Berger. Prizes were
irallel passing through this area tickets to the theatre. All boys
threads Cheyenne, Detroit, Chi- between ages of 9 and 12 are in
Boston and Rome Italy. vited to attend these meetings.
?rtainly, folks fam iliar w ith the
iveather in those area can m ake
dvid comparison to th a t which
have here.
Death Summons
Pioneer Figure
Before going on to talk about
the weather it might be interest-
After being in ill health for a
to note that at Brook in gs-
larbor you are more ban 2000 number of years, George Wilson,
tiles west of the P anam a C anal, I one of the earliest settlers in this
>nly 15 miles east of Cape Blanco, area, died at his home at Har-
he most-westerly th ru st of the | bor Thursday. Funeral services
Jnited States, and about seven were held Monday at Roeder Fun
tiles east of Gold Beach, the eral Home, Crescent City, and in-
Staking Of Lines
Begun By Coos
Electric Co-op
Work Wil? Start At
California Line To
Come Northward
Earl Saunders, staking engi-
eer for the Coos Electric Co-op
erative, arrived in Brookings on
Tuesday to start staking out pole
sites from the California border,
Wednesday, on the first step of the
Co-op’s re-building and expansion
program. The new sub-station
site has already been determined.
The proposed site of the new’
sub-station will be about 200 feet
inside the state line, and will be
just off the highway to the west.
The w’ork of staking out the
new pow’er line right-of-way will
start at the state line and come
north. At the present, all ease
ments from the state line to
he existing established right-of-
way on the highway have been
signed.
Although there are still a num
ber of easements unsigned, the
staking engineer will locate the
new right-of-way as far as sign
ed easements will permit.
It is the desire of the local
Co-op that the people who have
easement blanks but have not re
turned them to the office, to do
so immediately so that the stakes
may be set while the engineer is
in the area.
! terment was at Smith R i v e r .
:ounty seat.
Mr. Taylor, long a figure at
Set quite deeply in a sheltered
xtver, the Chetco mouth area is Harbor w’here he rode horesback
supplied with a type of weather in almost all his travels, wras born
tot experienced elswhere in the at Taylorsville, Calif., March 3,
vorld. If a doubter, consult the 1864. His family moved to Smith
S. Weather Bureau statistics River when he was about two
covering this locality for about (years old. A couple years later
years. It is this unique cli- they m o v e d to the Winchuck
nate, naturally air-conditioned, ranch, south of Harbor.
*hich allows us a highly lucra *A self-taught man, George Wil
tive form of agriculture which son took correspondence courses
:ontinues and is expanding wifh- and became one of the earliest
»ut competition, and also which surveyors of this area.. His dad
ittracts people who wish to es was given contract to build the
cape the tremendous vagaries of Curry County court h o u s e at
dimate they have to endure in Gold Beach in 1878.
fss-favored areas.
He is survived by his widow,
After being held up for several
We say our climate is air-con- the fromer Harriett Shaeffer of months due to lack of materials,
htioned. Possibly a better term Cochocton, Ohio, whom he mar the planer, at the Curry County
vould be sea-conditioned because ried at Portland in 1905, a son, Lumber Co., will probably be in
really is the Pacific ocean with Clifford of Harbor, and t h r e e opertaion within the next week,
warm Japanese current which grandchildren. Also surviving are or ten days.
ontrols our weather. This cur- two sisters, Mrs. Belle McDonald
R. D. Row’ley, of Smith River,
enr. swinging in a vast arc from of San Francisco and Mrs. Nettie planer man of many years ex
hot, west central Pacific, flow’s Gerks of Pontiac, Mich.
perience, has been repairing and
outh along our coast at a tem-
putting the planer in order for
erature averaging thruout the
the anticipated rush of work, as
far, about 55 degrees and the
soon as it is ready.
loser you are to the shore-line
Homer Kessler, owmer of the
more this warm w ater ef-
company, has set his boiler, con
fts the thermometers. Converse-
structed a concrete and fire brick
the further you go from the
Under auspices of high school dutch oven, and will be ready to
hore-line. the less influence so, students entertainment will be fire up shortly.
1 ile there may be a com para- given tomorrow evening at the
"With Mr. Rowley as foreman
V
either the B rook- Brookings high school gym, when of the planer, I feel confident we
't's or the Harbor postofFices, the "Suppressed Desire” dance is can take care of lots of work—
'Jn a mile or two up the river billed. A play, to be given by the if we can get the lumber after
•deys there will be a difference high school, is other cntertian-, we áre ready to go," said Mr.
Possibly 20 degrees. Mt. Emily, ment offered to the public.
Kessler.
fven miles back and 2700 feet
Refreshments in way of hot'
'e the coast, may be entirely dogs, cokes, and such will be sold
,0^-clad and not even a frost by the students. Money thus real Red Cross Drive Lags
Mrs. Goldie Smith, chairman of
wc/wdcd on pUge Seven
ized will be used for the student the Red Cross drive in the Brook-
body funds.
ings-Harbor area, has sent in $125
Students hav^ been making an collected during the present drive.
advance sale of tickets.
The drive is still on, and those
who have not as yet contributed,
may still do so by either contact
Will Talk Airport Site
irom Ore^ on Journal
All those interested in seeing ing Mrs. Smith at the Brookings
an airport located in the Brook- post office, or send it by mail.
,F^tiyals that have not been ings-Harbor area are invited to
-in four years are scheduled attend a special meeting tonight
iis v UFn to ibe Oregon coast (Thursday) at 8 o’clock, at the
Weather for Brookings the past
r._■e.ar' 9 iflers that have been Central building.
week,
was:
Inquiries have been made of
> tra / * FecaijSe of shortage
Max. Min Prec.
nrc ? anf^ materials will be the chamber of commerce, and
again.
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certain business in this area as to
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^ i n2aJea f<s,ival at Brook-' the desire, need and possibilities March 26 ......... 57
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a v 1 '* hf' H Mfty 2s - R are ! of having an airport here, and March 27 ......... 55
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lte ‘8ht so d u tif u l as Azalea this meeting is being held to de March 28 ....... 48
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wtk in that season. Bush-, termine as much as possible, the March 29 ......... 51
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** SSi ! v i t h the colorful i public opinion on a project such March 30 ......... 56
March 31 .........63
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“ ri-ow Dead-high in the as this.
Total
rainfall
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Park that over-
People are reminded that the
rveni/n
river basin’ For
Attorney Hugh Gearin will open
,
the traveler, pol-' P.-T. A. will hold a meeting at
his
law office at the Central Bldg.,
ihc ? u’ood p i c n i c tables the school tomorrow’ (Friday) at
nl«
next Tuesday, he announced.
’ roughout
nark.” i .a no n m. Ever\ one invited.
Planer Soon Will
Be In Production
High Schools Plans
Dance For Friday
Mentions Festival
n Daily Editorial
Weather Report
Tidal Wave “Fools”
Real Estate Salesman
The tidal wave, which hit
the Pacific, Sunday and made
history, meant most to the
Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and
Pete Lesmeister.
Figuring he knew’ his waves
—the ripples in the ocean—
Pete told a prospective land
buyer that "waves never have
reached this far.”
A few moments later they
looked back—a wave had in
undated the spot where they
had stood when the state
ment w’as made.
Dean Schoenfeld
Billed For Talks
Final arrangements have been
completed, scheduling Dean W.
A. Schoenfeld, dean of the college
of agriculture and director of ex-
tension service a n d experiment
St,a QOnHW,nrk„ in ° .T S T for
ril 9 and 10. His schedule provides
for a meeting with the Cape Blan
co Lily Growers Association at
Sixes Grange hall at 8 p. m. on
April 9, and with Central Curry
Lily Growers at the court house
at Gold Beach at 1 ;00 p. m. on
April 10; and with the Chetco
Lily Growers at Harbor Grange
hall at 8:00 p. m. of the same
date. This schedule has been a r
ranged by County Agent R. M.
Knox, and all lily growers are
invited to attend one of these
meetings, irrespective of member
ship in any of the organizations.
The dean will be accompanied
by J. C. Moore, assistant market
ing specialist, who has been as
sisting organized lily growers in
all sections of western Oregon,
since his recent appointment. He
wil discuss organization work.
Since Dean Schoenfeld is also
a director in the Federal Land
Bank for co-operatives, it has
been suggested that he should
discuss marketing a n d finance,
and also outline a program for
disease control research w’ork, and
a general education ‘program.
Croft lily growers h a v e re
quested the establishing of ex
periment station in southern Cur
ry county to determine the cause
and work out control methods
for scale tip rot.
Wednesday forenoon, April 10,
is being held open for individual
conference at the county agent’s
office. Lily growers committees,
or directors of local associations
will be scheduled for D e a n
Schoenfeld’s time by placing re
quests with the county agent.
Lily Capital
of the W orld
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946
Mark Cotton Left
To Make Survey
Of Lily Industry
Schedule Given If Any
Grower Wishes to
Contact Manager
Mark C. Cotton, manager of the
West Coast Bulb Growers’ Co-op,
left Tuesday, April 2, to be gone
a month to study and review the
major Easter lily markets before
and after Easter. This trip will
be of greatest importance and in
terest to each grower in the in
dustry.
Andrew Flynn, president of the
co-op, announced t h a t Cotton
would, on May 7. present to a
joint meeting of the board of di
rectors of the co-op and repre
sentatives of all lily growers as
sociations in Washington, Oregon
and California, a report on his
and aiso"an“ analysis of the
crop survey now being undertak
en. This meeting is to take place
at Coos Bay, in the afternoon,
and a public meeting is to be held
in the ’evening of the same date,
to which all grow’ers are invited.
To send its manager to the
major markets w’hich are so far
removed from the growing area
is a most important service of
the co-op to the industry. To have
such information made available
to the industry is certainly evi
dence of the co-op’s announced
policy to be of service to the en
tire industry, a policy on which
the co-op is to be congratulated.
On leaving Brookings, Tuesday,
Cotton told the Pilot: "I wish
that all good and responsible
growers, both large and small,
were in the co-op now. They
should be. I feel certain that they
will join as each one under
stands ’that those who help each
other help themselves.’ Helping
Concluded on Page Three
Contest Play Billed
For Gold Beach
Students of Brookings H ig h
School^Jiave selected "The Tar-
nished~Witherspoons,” a farce in
one act, as their contest play, this
year to be presented at Gold
Beach on Friday, April 12. The
cast of characters:
Grandma Witherspoon — a gen
tle, sweet little old lady—Eugenia
Moore.
Grandpa Witherspoon—a chip
per little old man, a horse thief
—William Foltz.
Margaret Witherspoon—a mod
ern mother—ambitious for social
prestige—Phyllis Huffman.
Henry Witherspoon—a p o m p -
Hams, 70 in number are enlous, easily agitated businessman
route to Brookings to be prizes —Gene Gould.
for the Chetco Rod and Gun Club
Helen Witherspoon—t he fun-
shoot, to be held Sunday at the loving daughter—Carol Lee Croc-
Crissey farm, near the mouth o f; kett.
Charles Witherspoon an eager,
the Winchuck river.
enthusiastic
youngster, out of tune
Several events, including men
and women contests, rifle matches with his mother’s social ambitions
as well as shotgun, will be held —Eddie Freeman.
Margaret W’itherspoon, the so
for those wishing to participate
cially ambitious young matron, is
in the different events.
Mr. Crissey gave the club per striving to attain place and posi
mission to use a spot on his Win tion in the social world for her
chuck place, to fire into or across self and family, when, can it be
the sand dunes. The time of be possible!
Is there a skeleton in the fam
ginning is set at 11, says adver
ily? You will enjoy reactions of
tising for the event.
the various members of the With-
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Dunham of I erspoon family when it seems that
Cumberland, Wise., are guests of Grandpa has a "past”—a past
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hogan this; that is not elevating to the social
week. Mr. Dunham is assistant standards of t h e Witherspoon
manager of Stokely Foods Co.
family.
Ham Shoot Billed
For Next Sunday