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Brookings*Harbor Pilot
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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.