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Page Bight Home of the Croft LAly BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON THURSDAY, JUiy To me it appears quite p ro b -1W. A Raymond Last week-end able that the action taken pre- were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hull viously and now advocated by and sons, Mr. and Mrs. King, Mr. men of the B aptist Com- a few misguided enthusiasts — George Hull and son Ben. Mr. and m unity church sprung a surprise namely, burning off the “brush” Mrs. BJetchen, and Mr. Haye on t he ir pastor, Rev. C. E. Dun- was responsible for the present Bryn all of Grants Pass, Oregon, ham a t the Sunday m orning serv- state of affairs. Burning again can M artha Carpenter, Ray a n d ¡ce They presented him w ith a only make things worse, forcing Lenard of Bodego Bay have been beautifully engraved gold Wal- Forest Service Man the rebuilding process to sta rt visiting friends and relatives at tham watch. Refutes Belief Of anew Pistol River and C arpenterville. i Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vincent Old-Himers A nother interesting sidelight They formerly lived at Carpenter-1 on the num ber of fish in the river 'Hie. R ecently at a m eeting of the now and form erly is this. An art- Joeseph T. Mead, Doris and i Chetco Rod & Gun Club, M arian icle in last weeks paper indicated Skip Barbeaum of Sekin, Wash, Nance, of the Forest Service, re that other rivers (the Rogue.; and Dorothy Owen of G rants futed a rem ark th at burning of especially) are experiencing the Pass visited the Joe Mead family underbrush in the forest, p e r same reduction in num bers of last week. m ittin g th e snow to settle solidly fish. The im portant difference.! a bridle shower was given for on the ground to prevent rapid however, exists in the purported Doris C arpenter Saturday a fte r m elting. To go on record in this cause of this condition. The auth- noon at her mothers home. A pot statem en t, and to have the sam e ority quoted in the paper stated luck lunch was served and Doris conveyed to the public, Mr. N ance that fewer fish are getting by the received many lovely gifts. w rote R. S. Perkins, giving his nets of offshore fishermen. Cer Mrs. Ralph W alker was a visitor reasons for his rem ark. The le t tainly there was no contention in Brookings last week. te r reads: --------------------------------------- . | that the plant cover on the hills Gold Beach, Ju n e 25, 1946 had any adverse effect on the Subscribe to the Pilot today. situation. R S. P erkins, president. Chetco Rod & Gun Club, Another m atte r I would like Brookings. Oregon. to take up with you is this. Since Dear Bob: it is impossible for us to depend R eference is m ade to your fine entirely upon the very small le tte r of Ju n e 14 which would num ber (four guards regularly have answ ered e a rlie r if we had in the area from the Chetco River, not bee”, at Rand R anger S ta drainage south to the state line) tion atten d in g our guard school' of Forest Service employees even; Local News Items Brush Burning In Forests Does Not Conserve H ater and son, Jimmy, of Osu( week-end visitors her» about erection of his ho Vincents will move here to m ake their home. Mr. and Mrs. John TuOp son, Rennie, of San Frt a re vacationing at the r,a Mrs. Tw orek’s parents, Mrs. Dan Hassett of H Newspapers Cigarel C H A D ’S F O U N T A IN S E R V IC E Magazines Tobai ED AND MENDY, Authorized Distributors during the past week fo r in itia l a c tio n on fire s , m a v ' Some ol the old-tim ers contend we depend upon y o u r club to act th a t the Chetco R iver has few er as sort of a clearing-house for fish and less w a te r today th a n em ergency assistan ce in so uthern form erly because so-called ‘b ru sh ’ j Curry* C ounty if we should have is being allowed to grow in the to have help quickly for fire back country form ing this w a te r-i suppression ’ It should not be too shed They feel th at burning oft difficult to draw up for fu tu re the brush would rem edy the situ- referen ce a list of nam es of those alioi and they a re undobtedly who could help out for a few d a y s .! sinci '■» in th eir beliefs. However. showing th e ir q u alifications, such lhe\ are w rong because th e ir as m achine o p erato r, tru c k driver, conclusions are based on false m echanic, blacksm ith, tim ekeeper, prem ises cook, firefig h tin g overhead, etc., Tfi« old-tim ers claim th at brush ___o r ju st plain fire fig h ter. They will supports the snow, preventing its I of course, be paid fo r th e ir service. J ing com pactly on the ground ! T o o t his is one ac tiv ity y o u r club and consequently allo ttin g m elt-(c o u ld sponsor th a t would be to «ng to proceed quickly instead of the ad v an tag e of e v ery c itiz e n over a longer period of time. in that part of the county. Runoff is rapid, th e w a te r is low R e g a rd in g r e c r e a tio n facilities, er, and fish do not go up the I have two suggestions to m ake riv er to spawn However, let us W hat do you th in k of y o u r club lœ k at a few of the fa c ts: ; sfMaisormg a drive to r funds It may lx* tru e (fo r a short I necessary to p u rchase the m yrtle- tim e only) th at the brush does wood grove in the vicinity of B ruce hold snow aw ay from the ground Hole to be converted into a public and hasten m elting, but the con re cre atio n a r e a ? It should m ake dition to which they object would an ideal spot. never have come into existence A nother suggestion is th is: If if the hills had not been burned your club m em bers w ant me to the first t i m e . Now, let us do so. I ’ll be glad to a rra n g e a follow the chain of events a few "show -m e” trip for any of them links fa rth er. The “brush" to who wish to look into th e re c re w hich the objection is m ade if a tio n possibilities in the vicinity protected from fire will develop of Snow C am p T h ere a re definite in to oak and m adrono trees in a ad v an tag es of this n a tu re in th at f«‘w years, thus estab lish in g con area, p a rtic u la rly in the vicinity ditions from one to five tim es of Snow C am p Meadow ‘and Al m ore fav o rable to the retention pine G lade You folks could bring of fallen snow (due to shade, p rin , a lunch and m eet me at the Pis- cipally) th an b a l e burned h ill | tol R iver sto re From th e re we sides F u rth erm o re, the young fo r could go on together, visit a look ests are open u n d ern eath and out o r two. look over cam p sites, produce mort* acorns th an the observe a m ining o p eratio n if you brush previously did. R em em ber came, and re tu rn in the evening. too, that this n a tu ra l reproduc Very tru ly yours. M arion Nance, tion ot a stand of tim b e r and the district ran g er. absorlx*nt forest soils u n d er it requires up to 100 y ears a fte r a fire. A n d everyone, fisherm an, h u n ter, recreatio m st. lum berm an. P aul Ibx'kem a is vacationing and just plain citizens suffer from w ith relativ es at Salem . P o rtlan d PISTOL RIVER the lo ss d u rin g th is re -b u ild in g a n d M edford. Oregon He recently period sold his sa w m ill to Jo h n SshofT. The o th er very im p o rtan t a s De F rev ille Hill has moved from pect ot the situ atio n should not lam g Beach, Calif. He is the son be overlooked. T h e s e forests, of Mrs H Hunt young and old brush" patches^ Mr and Mrs Clyde M iller of an d rocky ridges belong to ev C rescent C ity went clam digging eryone. I fie forest service simply Sat unlay m orning They spent ad m in isters th e m in an effort to the rest of the day visiting Mr produce the g re atest good to the ind M rs \\ A R aym ond and g re a te s t n u m b er o f people in the h lorence Book long run Selfish in terests have M rs Jo e M ead’s sister. M iriam no place in this schem e Conse P ra th e r is here fo r a sh o rt visit quently. the in tere sts of com She has been in the \V A A C s m unities and many individuals to r two vears H er hom e is m needing p u re drinking w ater, for- j Glendale. C alifornia age for livestock. recreation, ttm- Mr and Mrs O B her product», and many o th er less Chicago. Illinois are H offm an of ire here visiting tangible forest asse ts fa r out- Mr and Mr- H Hunt. weigh in im portance any gains p aTs> Reeve f N orth H olly-j "»»' n’JKht » « ru e to » few in- wood California Is ■»ending her _ dlvnlua , for , v,.r> „h„ r , sllm n„ .r plant cover w e e burned p a re n t. Mr. and M r. 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