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Home of the Croft Lily Brookings*Harbor Pilot Lily Capital of the World One, Number Seven THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1946 ►cal School M ust ipand To M eet •owth Of A rea State Experts Point >ut Many Facts In 'heir Findings In this chapter, it will be law ful for this column to get right down to being pretty boastful about tbe a(japting of Curry Co agriculture products to the fixed factor of climate and the • f a c t o r of transportation. This special tract around the mouths of the Chetco and Winchuck riv ers need yield even a slight glance to any other section when it com es to the joining of weather with yield in dollars. This little niche of Oregon is tailored to nature’s order as the ideal toward which many plant growers strive. In order to grow certain floral crops elsewhere the florist must build and maintain great glass houses, the most expensive and most tricky of all forms of agri As this paper went to press culture. But here, the friendly last week, reports came that ocean and adaptable soil allows the first azaleas, right along the grower to forget all about bot the coast, were bursting in tom-heated benches, heat control, bloom. Other reports are com hardening beds, pots, and the ing in so they are getting to thousand and one things that can be common, so it won't be and ^0 harass the greenhouse long before the now l u s h ranges;that worry the southern grower with blasting heat and I Azaleas Reported Blooming his is the second, and con- ing article of the findings of experts sent to Brookings re- tly by the state board of edu- ion to make a survey of the il schools. A true picture of il sc h o o l conditions is re- id. as will be noted. RECOMMENDA TIONS rhe problem at Brookings, as [usually true, permits several brent solutions. One solution [o build a new high school and the present building for grade ool purposes. The second is to Id a new grade school and use present building for h i g h ool instruction. A third solu- is to a d d to the present [lding and use it for both grade high school. The writer fa- b the second solutiQn for the [owing reasons: The grade school w ill Floral Agriculture O f Area Second To None In World be as large as the high school, that the building would need Jitions to house the elem entary 1. The present rooms are too all to house the prospective tions of the elementary school ^quately. Many high school sses are smaller than a grade lean use a smaller room to an ¡tentage. This type of structure ap- bs to be ill-adapted to climatic pions (see No. 6 of last week’s ort t so that no more construc- of this type should be used the district if it can be avoid- This means that no addition uld be made to the building *ePt as a last resort. and make the retail flower deal er shudder in fear he’ll not get his merchandise when he needs it. Currently, Easter lily bulbs are locally the most-talked-about. And w’hy not? In a narrow coastal area spreading north and south from the Chetco a couple hundred miles each way, are now growrn the most lucrative out doors agricultural crop in the world. An adaptable acre in that area can carry at least 25.000 commercially negotiable bulbs, selling upwards of $500 a thous and. We who live here can state the gross per acre in our sleep NEEDED and we’re willing to let the read the improvements recommend- er figure it out for his own bug iare as follows: eyed elation. But, when you’re Repair the roof. pondering the potentialities, we’d Replace the under timbers timidly remind you that an acre deluded on page eight Concluded on Page Nine •ur-Legged Game B est In Area—No tner District Can B oast Of As Much Telephone Co. Engages Another Operator Here Mrs. Harriet Stephenson h a s been employed by the West Coast Telephone Co., in addition to Mrs. Phillips, as full-time telephone operators for the local exchange. Mrs. Stephenson, prior to com ing to Brookings, was an operat or with the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., at San Francisco. Now that there are two full time operators, the telephone of fice will be open continuously: 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. during the week and from 9 a. m. to 10 a. m. on Sundays. R oguing A ttracts Huge Crowds H ere W ednesday P. M. Experts Demonstrate Culture Practices To Local Lily Growers ^ jou like to pack a gun out into the back country* just in case Fully 200 lily growers turned sorneihing to shoot at? Well, then, here’s your country! le^ uP°n miles of wide open spaces, on or off trails, with as out, Wednesday afternoon, to wit a chance or spotting game—and real game, too— as there is ness a demonstration of lily rogu ere in the west. There’s enough in the way of four-legged ing, on the field of John Rogers, dividends to the hunter, all the way downward from just west of town. Specialists in the lily field showed the crowd / ’ r* deer, and one never l s uhat else, although we do good eating. They range through- how a planting should be culled fathered game due, primar- out the area, from the ocean of undesirable plants, especially 0 poor hatching conditions beaches back into the highest of those affected with nemitode that «o to the ravages of the ranges. It is not at all uncom have developed what is called ■ y- Domestic cats quite mon to see their tracks along the .“bunchy top.” R. M. Knox, county agent, gave ¡ 1 ^ 'e r t to a wild state sea edge, to which they come for •_ e Coast and this writer salt, nor is it uncommon for them a talk on the necessity for puri ei with wild house cats to be seen along the highway, fication of the stock, followed by , n miles from any habi- night or day. One Christmas eve R. R. Smith, pathologist from writer and a companion saw Oregon State College. ror fe inexperienced nimrod the The point stressed by the speak ,k, k lujuiuu 14 in a 24-mile ride northward I --1 J P Wel ’ sh°uld his time from Brookings on Highway 101. ers was a forthcoming proposed V to ensaged.the services And they’re met with, anywhere certificaiton of stock, both for the protection of the buyer and X n the local "hoy5", ¡f he’s in their range, night or day. for propogation purposes. This, There’s many a back-country back *nt° really country. Although dweller with a pet deer—possibly the speakers told the growers, is we few, if any registered i half wild, yet sometimes quije a matter for them to decide and must come as a result of their „ ..---- le, ’ there are those m ose domesticated. Frequently they vis ir i*rvitheir way ar°und and it forest service lookouts for a expressions demanding such cer r hit» ICeS mi&ht he handier daily handout of breakfast hot- tification, the alternative to other of thlng °Ut cntir®ly ignor- cakes, hand fed. , 1 the country. Bear, too, are more or less common and there’s many a fam he is paying good money for. fine deer are Mr. Ciark recommended that ily that depended upon its ■nbb are the smaU supply of has bear fat for cooking. | growers immediately remove and tea » r ,^ C*es of lne coastal horoughly b u r n every pla~* There are folks that like to eat r* ,n a 8re n°t oni.v good Concluded on Page Four Concluded on page seven ;ng hut are also very’ green hillsides will be well- dotted with large splotches of pink and white, and the mag- nificient stand of shrubs in the Azalea state park will be attracting the big pre-war crowds. -Photo By Mrs. L uther Tisdaye Croft Lily Assn: Took Bold Step At Its M eeting Rigid Rules Set For Members, To Aid Lily Industry History was made by the Croft Lily Growers Association of Har bor, this month, when that pio neer organization unanimously members to strict observance of adopted a resolution pledging its the following trade practices: 1. To rogue out any lily bulb not exactly true to type or spe cies: 2. To eliminate any bulb show ing any symptoms of pests or dis ease ; 3. To never sell for commer cial forcing purposes any year ling bulb, regardless of size, nor any bulb that was dormant or failed to bloom in the field. 4. To mark all cases, (inside and out), with the exact number, type and species of all Easter lily bulbs. According to H. T. James, sec retary, this is one of the boldest and most progressive steps ever taken by an organization of grow- ers and was prompted by their desire to propogate and market “America's Finest Easter Lily.” Mrs. Ray Struebing of Strue- bing Bulb Farms, was sent as official representative to the Croft Lily Growers Association to per sonally contact buyers in Minne apolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chi cago, St. Louis, and other metro politan areas to explain the many benefits that should result from the adoption of this “better bulb” program. Chetco Tide Tables April April April April April April *"■— April 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 A. M. High Low ...0.Q7 7.00 —0.35 7:37 ....1.06 8.17 ...1.39 9.01 ... 2.20 9.52 ...3.10 1050 .. 4.13 11.51 P M. High Low 1.24 6.37 2.10 7.10 3.00 7.46 3.53 8.28 4.57 9.25 6.01 10.40 7.01 Mrs. Goldie Smith Given Treasury’s “Silver Award” Lead Curry County In War Bond Selling Campaigns Mrs. Goldie Smith, Brookings postmaster, has every right to lie bursting with pride over the re ceipt of a Silver Award from the Treasury department for sale of war bonds in recent drives. Given to the leading b o n d chairmen of counties, Brookings has also the right to feel proud for Mrs. Smith’s good fortune. A letter, received from E. C. Sam mons, state chairman, has this to say to Mrs. Smith. Dear Mrs. Smith: At the re quest of the secretary of the treasury, the bureau of engraving designed and the United States mint produced the Treasury Sil ver award in limited quantity to have engraved thereon the names of patriotic citizens w'ho perform ed outstanding service in the war finance campaigns. We are happy indeed to deliver your silver aw'ard, an honov just ly deserved for faithful and loyal service to state and nation. We have all been enriched by the as sociations made in this truly big volunteer army that has just com pleted a selling job that the ex perts say couldn’t be done. There is special significance in each Oregon presentation as you were selected an outstanding member of the championship team. The Oregon war finance committee sold more E bonds per capita for the entire program than any other state in the union. Our war-time activity has come to a close, but this organization has accomplished so much and there is still such a great need to perpetuate the thrift program that we hope your interest will remain active and that you will be willing to counsel with and ad vise the savings bonds division in the continuing program. On behalf of the state office we wish to say it has been a great pleasure to have served with you. Gratefully, E. C. Sammons. Co-op Man P ushes E asem ent Signing Herb Lindsey, C o o s Electric Co-op official in charge of right- of-way easements, is in Brookings to aid in getting all the unsigned easements ready so that the con struction program may go ahead. Lindsey's trip here is necessi tated, according to the Co-op of ficials, by the lack of signatures no certain easements, which con hold up the whole program. The staking of the new line is progressing rapidly, and were all the easements signed, the neces sary steps could be started in get ting the right of ways ready for line construction, it was stated. In conjunction with Bert Cleve land, Lindsey will attempt to ob tain all easements outstanding in the time he is here. Lindsey stated that “this trip is necessary so that the Co-op, now* that the time is here, will not be hindered or its work interrupt ed by lack of right-of-way per missions. The Co-op is ready with the construction profram and the work will be pushed just a« fast as materials and labor will per mit.
