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Pag« Two BROOKINGS-HARBOR P L L O a , BKUUKUNiiS, Home of the Croft Lily war measure, designed to prevent w ild spending of savings accrued Recipe Service Feat during the w ar boom days. OPA, then, should die w ith the war, but For Pilot Readers Entered as second-class m atter at the pcwtaQoe at Brookings, Ore its death should not cause great rejoicing to the point where people Each week, beginning March 7. 1946. under the Act of March 3 1879 w ill act w ild —blindly spend th e ir savings fo r unnecessary things. issue, the favorite reci^?, local woman w ill be pub* Common sense will pull this nation through any crisis. this column. Ladies are L have th e ir favorite recinT! fo r the P ilo t reporter My* who may call any dav'*’ Mrs. H. S. Beaulieu su'bJ How many people of 1946 stop to think that this is a b irthday fa v o rite : — birthday of the greatest nation on earth? A P P LE CUSTARD PE 3 s lig h tly beaten eggs DEWEY AKERS. Editor and Publisher In 1776, on July 4, in Philadelphia, a group of men signed the % tsp. salt GENE GOULD, Associate Editor Declaration of Independence which was the b irth announcement 1 cup grated raw apoie of that new country, then in the throes of w ar to win tha t covetec % cup sugar h p i i n i M in * tsp. grated lemon rial independence, which on th a t day. was s till w ishful thinking. 2 cups m ilk. INC SBBVNCB. I1VC. Today, 170 years later, people take too much fo r granted the Cinnamon or nutmeg. liberties guaranteed by th a t document fo r which this nation paid Beat eggs slightly, add „ i W.A.S. a dear price in blood of stalw a rt manhood. People, in observance sal. lemon rind and appl«. m ilk and put into unbaked of this day, do not take into consideration the cost, except, per try shell. Sprinkle cinna.ua ,c< »«.< • « rra c s a • haps, the veterans of the nation who have ju st returned to c ivilia n nutmeg on top. Bake in hoti life from the bloodiest of a ll wars. (425) fifteen minutes, thei duce to moderately slow fori W hile we celebrate tha t birthday, today, let us not lose sight Subscription Rate: 30 minutes longer or untill Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon.................. $2.60 of the fact lib e rty as we know it, s till is in jeopardy. Rather today, insterted into center con» Per Year, outside Curry County..........................$3.00 iet us re-dedicate ourselves as a nation, to carry on the traditions clean. BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT Momie*. O reg I APER A T IO N PUBLISHER What Of The Death Of OPA? We Celebrate A Birthday, Today! established by those gallant men who conceived the idea of this nation of ours— let us forever carr on in the same spirit. Local News Items Weather Rei Weather for Brookings ing the past week: ased the R. M. Calhoun home and W hen P resident T rum an vetoed the am ended bill to prolong th e Max. Min. lily bulb crop on the Pioneer road 51 life of OPA. S aturday, it created m ingled feelings over th e U nited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berger and i near the school. The Robinsons June 24 .............. 58 June 25 .............. 63 47 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Berger and S ta te s: some w ere glad while others p ictu re nothing but gloom fo r w ill take over this week when the June 26 .............. 61 46 families recently returned from the nation. Which shall it be? 48 Eugene where they visited the ir Calhouns move to Grants Pass June 27 .............. 64 53 W hile OPA was designed fo curb prices, w hich it did, th e d i parnts, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Ber where he has sawm ill interests. June 28 .............. 60 June 29 .............. 64 5 2 Mr. and Mrs. D a rre ll W. G arre tt rectives made by the OPA officials did m uch to “h a m -s trin g ” in ger who celebrated th e ir golden of Grants Pass w ill also be even- June 30 .............. 68 wdding anniversary. dustry. worked hardships on m any businesses, especially the s m a lle r Total fo r week Mr. and Mrs. Con DeVore and ' ' ual ' « ‘ his area. They ones, and otherw ise created havoc instead of th e re s u lts desired. Mr. and Mrs. Roy G reen a h a ' , 2 CW b u ild ’ Total fo r month I " 1' from ^ r ' and Mrs, Frank Days clear, 8; days cloud To sav. w ithout OPA, th at prices will not so ar is like w histling ford were guests of M r and Mrs A V. Muchmore Monday I f and’ ' " ” " a> IIarbOT a"d con- days cloudy or foggy, 14 in the dark However, w ithout OPA, black m ark e ts w hich flourished, M r and M r v i « i • ' ternPIate a new home. Both deals Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson of ( were handled through the Pete ram p an t, will no longer have reason for existence. P rices, then, F or hemstitching, leave Lemon Grove, Calif., have purch- Lesmeister agency. w ithout OPA should not rise to the level of black m a rk e t prices. at Josephine Apts., up stairs. I It Am erican jieople use com m on sense, if each individual exer cises just ordinary judgm ent, things should adjust them selves soon in the proper re l.ition betw een supply and dem and. People should refuse to pay ex h o rb itan t prices for any com m odity no m a tte r just how m uch they w ant o r need it. This re fusal on the part of the m ajo rity will tend to curb ru n -aw ay prices, so th at little ill effect will he felt. It IS not lik ely that new autom obiles will be com ing or. the mark.«! m num bers sufficient to supply th e dem and for some time. H ere, ag ain , |>eop!e. if they use com m on sense, can hold prices to a rang«* n e a r th e value of the cars. Io sa\ th ere n ev er will be some inflation w ould he lots of w ish ful thinking, but the ex trem e to which this reaches will largely d e pend ui»on how w ell people use judgm ent. P rom iscous spending is t^hnt inflation w di th riv e upon Judicious spending will c u rb it. O I A w a s not a n a tu ra l law of economics, it w as m erely WE HAVE: Marine Plywood, l.Y and 15’ lengths Asphalt Sitfin« Hexagonal Shingles 90-lb. Slatekote Rooting 65-Ih Johns-Mannville Roofing John-Mannville Flexboard Masonite Temper Board 6-inch Kiln Dried F looring 13-ineh Heatilator S-ineh Rustic and Moldings IxH'ally, H e Represent: Jahns-Mannvüle Co. Curtis Silenttte Snsh Pittsburgh Paint Co. Masonite Company Nu-Wood Products Co. H eatilator Have You fried fran si for Hard-to-find Hardware Articles NEW STOCK OF Rakes Hoes Shove's Scratchers Spading Forks ringes Veterinarian Kits 1 1Z Pelletts & Powder HuKoids W ool Sacks - Twine Slieep Dip SuperMatic Probers • . . 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