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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1946)
rwSPAY, APRIL 11, 1946 BROQKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON ransportation Is ictor Ruling ;velopment 'rops Of Area Are .argely Determined }y Transit Angle limâtes, a fixed factor, and gportation, a flexible one, de- ine the type of agriculture a ide ion can pursue. the early days, local farm swappable for other com ities were limited by their iptability to stand transit to rket and were necessarily lim- to butter, wool, cheese and les. These were moved to the amers at Crescent C i t y by ms and wagons which were nde timed, laden with merchandise the ranchers. jnprovements in travel—roads dges, motor vehicles—increas- the ranchers’ scope to allow M disposing of fat lambs, mutton irea ck. hogs, and beef, and milk tie; commodities still ranking y high in farm dollars as well *ai enhancing his outlet for other, ing aller items. Even the “take” icit m tons and tons of cascara tea *k. stripped from a tree-like •ub, found on many ranches, ; been increased by its adapt a- ty to transit conditions, it the present time probably most dollars come to the ichers from sheep. Sheep have n raised here since about 1860, jarently being the first cash- xlucing animals in the area, arly settlers, of ç o u r s e , Might milk and draft stock but 7 i not then the facilities for dis using of their products and the rses were being brought up >m California by the Indians d Spanish and sold, outright, to ranchers and miners. Their ute, incidentally, was up the ig valleys of California, over Siskiyous to Happy Camp, and )m there distributed along the 1st from Humboldt county (Cal- mial to Douglas County, Ore. Today, flocks of sheep down ed from 5000 head, range in uthern Curry county. Owing to comparatively high moisture e breeds are usually crosses termined by such fleece char ter as is impervious to mould d sloughing of the fleeces, best town to the trade as “quarters” f| d which are much in demand specialized wool use—the mak- g of the enormous felts used paper-making machinery. The clip is mostly disposed of r ugh a w’ool pool and brings, uall>’- the highest price in the ern wool trade. An adjunct ■e flocks is the highly lucra- If Your Mirror Could Talk- VETERANS Zada’s Beauty Shop Moore's Variety APPARCl SHOP FOR SALE IN NOVEMBER Place Your Orders Now For Fall Delivery T IT U S Harbor BULB : Page Five tive market for fat lambs which Immediately adjacent to t h e are, each year, eagerly awaited coast, com, tomatoes, and such the V. F. W. over 20 members of employed, and will join Ernest by the San Francisco stockyards. crops do not do any where near as the post enjoyed a coffee and Foster at the former Will Tol- Here again, climate plays a prom w'ell as a couple of miles up the pumpkin pie feed, the latter drap man place on Mislatnah Creek, inent part in the dollar trails river valleys, and still further ed with whipped cream, following in the Upper Chetco country. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Streubing from the market back to the up melons and sweet potatoes will their business meeting. Two m at ters were acted upon during the and H. T. James drove to Grants ranchers. Because of it C u r r y yield well. session. The post decided to press Pass Tuesday where Mrs. Streu County ranchers are blessed with Much closer tc the coast, root for federal w’ork on the river en bing took the train to go east. prime lambs just after the Cali and green crops thrive in the fornia lambs are cleaned up and frost-free areas and the yields, trance through resolutions to be Mr. Streubing and Mr. James re before the up-coast lambs are even on a small plot, are often signed by both the post and aux turned home the same day. ready for market. Transportation startling. Potatoes planted in Jan iliary, and forward these docu Mr. and M r s. W alter Essley in this deal also shows promin uary will turn out good crops in ments to the congressional repre (Evelyn Payne) have moved from ently, the lambs being laid down early summer, and before them sentatives at Washington, D. C. Harbor to their house, north of in San Francisco, via speedy stock many "volunteers” will come in In reply to a letter from the Gold Brookings. Beach chamber of commerce sug trucks over good highways usually mighty handy. Green crops put gesting that a county-w’ide com Rev. 0. C. Hicks, pastor of the around 36 hours after they have out about the first of October Smith River Methodist church, been loaded from the range. And, will mature in late winter. New mittee take action on an adequate was a brief business caller at folowing the lambs, cull ewes are Zealand spinach seems to be a county memorial to those resi Brookings, Tuesday. dents of Curry county who served shipped out to the market. frequent perennial. There is a in World War 2, M. S. Brainard Ranchers from all o v e r can ready local market for all the w’as named to represent the post hardly believe their eyes and ears edible vegetables one can pro at a county-wide veterans com when they learn that ranch live duce. It is an ideal garlic coun mittee, the meeting scheduled to stock can here be brought to try, a crop also well adapted to be held at Gold Beach May I. market in prime condition, let local transportation facilities. Charles Sackett, former Jacks alone carried through the winter, All soil in the area has a ten Creek resident, returned here for without feeding. dency toward the acid side so a visit after spending the winter Most ranges, throughout the the use of both lime and addi with his brother at Delevan, Cal. year, carry livestock very nicely tional humus in the form of al Little Miss Marilyn Gardner, without any other food than na falfa meal, ground sheep manure, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harold tive grasses and brousing brush. etc., brings better returns. Irri This is a tremendous advantage gation during the dry summer Gardner, is under the doctor’s care, suffering from a case of over such herdsmen who have, months certainly helps. bronchial pneumonia. not only to buy feed, but to have Berries and fruits do well—all to change ranges. Here, many suc the kinds adaptable to the tem Mrs. Milton Foster returned cessful stock and sheepmen never perate zone. Ilowever, tree and recently from Seattle where she have to tend their animals ex cane fruits should be dosed with spent several weeks w i t h her cepting at marketing and shearing appropriate sprays to get best re son-in-law’ and daughter, Mr. and time and many a fine beef animal sults. There is a good local mar Mrs. Kenneth Bailey, and their is rarely seen by its owner be ket for all of these food products. new’ son, Robert Floyd. tween rounding-up late in sum The best obtainable data on Emery Wallace has come down It would say “Why not fix mer and putting out on range general ranch and farming as from Reedsport w’here he was t h o s e stringy e n d s and again in early fall. Of course, practiced in the area can be had, hard-to-set hair with a new more care brings commensurate of course, from the operator him returns. Range lambing is the self, especially if you talk his A M O N common practice but herdsmen language. Next best and possibly perm anent?” You will be who give more attention to their more to your liking can be had thrilled with your new halo and Dependents “critters” at this time are re from county agricultural agent of soft baby curls and wav To United Veterans you warded. at Gold Beach, and still another es! Make an appointment owe all your past, pres Poultry of all kinds do well source is the state department of this week. ent and f u t u r e service but cannot compete well with agriculture at Salem. benefits. Join and w ork other more adaptable areas where Frankly, within the district un w ith some vetera n s’ group. feed is cheaper and transporta der discussion, there is very lit tion less restricting. The same tle ranch property available for V. F. W. & Auxiliary may also be said of rabbits. operation as such. The ideal, pos Meets I. O. O. F. Hall at Brookings, at 8 p. m. Closed Sundays anti Mondya Some years ago milk goats were sibly, is a place adjacent to the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays tried but it was said they suf Siskiyou Forest where consider fered from some shrub they afc? able range may be had at a nom on the ranges, and died off. How inal cost per head. There are a ever, a very successful goat milk number of ranches of considerable c h e e s e factory' enterprise was merit who have adapted some of their holdings to the growing of operated. Angoras also do well. Owing to restricted suitable floral products thus bringing the areas, grains are not very heav value of their places in sharp con AND ily grown. Here and there are trasts. The yield gained from one acre of bottom land in this type splendid bottoms which yield of agriculture is often in excess heavy crops, all of which are con- the yield from hundreds of s u m e d locally—usually on the of acres of range land. Should an OREGON BROOKINGS farm where produced. owner contemplate selling he cer Where the area shines is in the tainly would not be inclined to production of garden truck. Ev transfer his high-yielding acres erything, within reason, flourish and be left holding those side es with little care and yields so hills of brush, suitable only for abundantly. A large variety of range. garden crops is to be had the In our next spasm of this series year around, with exception of we shall discuss the floral cul such crops as require long per ture where, more emphatically iods of hot w’eather. Again, cli than in this brief treatise, the mate is the controlling factor. two governing factors, climate and transportation play the most vi tal hand in our unique, highly specialized agriculture. MHCTATUM SPHMCUM uiv to u tm _ Home of the Croft Lily : FARM Oregon brookings - harbor Real Estate For Sale Contact us when in need of a home, bulb land, or any property in the Brookings-Harbor Area. Insurance Coverage For Your Every Need! Pete J. Lesmeister Agency fu,. Real Estate And Insurance Wire Bus Depot Brookings. Oregon pctticOAt pet Local News Items All veterans of the recent war should investigate their status in regards to registration for voting before the closure of the poll books on April 16. Mrs. Frank Sullivan is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dutch Steinke, at Reedsport, while being treated for a throat disorder at Coos Bay. Mrs. Sullivan went north last Wednesday. Lawrence Pinson, local man ager of the Brookside Azalea and Bulb farm, is on a business trip east to Minneapolis. The Brook side ranch is a branch of the Hans Rosacker Co., of Minneap- ! olis. Besides the large local estab lishment where fully a quarter million azaleas are under culti vation. as w’ell as sizeable lily and daffodil plantings, the Ros acker Co. has eight acres under glass at Minneapolis. C otton picking juniors will pick this Lil A lice every time. Coy petticoat ruffle emphasizes the I skirt. C risp stripe H am pton P ukkerette” fabric, bizes 9-15. L IL A L IC E ___ California’s Toast To Young America!
