1946
LY, Jt’LY-11- 19
_BROOKINGS-HARLQR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
And Some
n sen se
While, in the whole, the article
is true, it creates, in the minds
of people who are likely to buy
the bulbs, th a t they are paying
fabulous prices for these bulbs,
thereby m aking millionaires of
everyone in the industry.
S to n e s of this sort tend to dis
tort the picture. Results are op
posite of what was originally in
tended. Buyers of bulbs deduct,
a fte r reading such articles, that
if such riches are being made in
the industry, then too high prices
are being paul for lily bulbs
figure it out for yourself.
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By Dewey
The Pilot, in no way, is trying
to d e tra ct from the national ef
fect such articles may do toward
m aking this area more desirable
as a place to settle and make a
home. However, the Pilot believes
m ore should have been said of
■ oth er resources which abound in
the area. More should have been
told about the climate, about the
possibilities in lumbering, and of
w hat might be the future in the
m ineral field. The area also is
due for exploitation in the cut-
flower industry.
Black is Our M a rk e t? ”
caption of an a rtic le in
issue of Atlantic, w ritte n
(on Henderson, firs t adm in-
or of OPA. Mr. Henderson
i the blame squarely on the
Critics of the story appearing
fers of .the American peo- in the zkmerican Magazine, w rit
on he indicts as “ profiteers ten by Don Eddy, are blaming
of the war boom.
Ralph Vincent for the mis-infor
ops 1« theory, OPA
was
ght—at least that was the
r • the time of its passage
lawmakers del not take
tteir consideration the hu-
dement. However, L e o n
the Violations as d a tin g
" the days of Al Capone
•,¡libitum days.
a.se of the unprecedented
it of money in savings ac-
with scarcities as huge
were, people n a tu ra lly
little about price, but the
filed in its purpose of be-
b agency it was planned.
element was not con-
the time of its passage.
**‘- oh
r
m ation. Ralph Vincent was en
gaged as photographer to illus
tra te the article, and never even
saw the text of the story until
it appeared in the magazine.
Source of this criticism was a t
tributed to Smith River, from
where Mrs. Liuck called W. L
Crissey of Brookings, apprising
Mr. Crissey of this fact. Such in
form ation is far from the truth,
and is an injustice to Mr. Vincent
who soon will make this area his
! home.
Growers
CO-OP FIELD INSPECTION IS NOW BEING
MADE FOR THE 1946 CROP!
Co-op Standords
Require that rigid field inspections be made on
all COMMERCIAL BULBS! The schedule for
Completing ibis field inspection has been set for
In The Mailbox:
Editor, Pilot: Maybe this will
be
an old story with you and won’t
i building m aterials, and
w
a
rra n t even a partial re-print
suffered most u n d er
bat is, there w ere m ore in your local paper hut seems
t-"> of ceilings in these com- I ’d feel better if I can just tell
someone about it anyway.
than others.
My oldest brother, M. T. Strom-
w with us, no m atter ' men of Los Angeles paid us a
from now on. The surprise visit Thursday. We and
i& which if will soar de- the Chapm ans had gone for a
' ' ’ ''vly upon the minds m otor-boat ride and picnic on
'"ph, who create’ the your beautiful Chetco River, and
•4 buyers' strike on any when we sailed hack into port, he
' whose prin has been was standing on the bridge w ait
''O high, certainly will ing for us so we took him for
price, and that soon.
a ride and he was thrilled over
our beautiful scenery and per
►••’■uman effort will be the fect Fourth of July weather, so
e day to provide new I when we got back to our little
:
for the beginning hom estead and finished up with
y1 in September. A sug- lunch basket, he told us about
•’n the Pilot is; th a t the rush trip he had made up to
' n donate it least two j Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to see our
'oward the erection fath e r who is quite old, and who
A building, once work is ill, with whom I visited about
Such donation, in j two weeks ago. He then stoppe i
hurry building a ¡over in Portland and saw our son
‘ ' nool board could work j and his family, also stopping at
« > ,r’ of a schedule so ■ Elkton to visit our daughter and
!< nt help could be on I family, and the Senior Henderer,
■ day durmg the neces- ¡who are real pioneers, owners of
^faction period.
one of the largest turkey and
chicken ranches thereabouts. It
3’ Pilot classified ad- was getting late when he picked
n fleeted by the up two lugs of cherries.
Instead of going down the coast
n.
of the Chetco Inn,
George Titus, who highway, he went through Grants
advertisement in last Pass to Rogue River to see an
the Pilot. Said he. oth er brother, who lives there,
; here’s a man who and in so doing had to come across
2Ke earnest money a t the C alifornia line. In so doing he
lost my precious cherries at the
border and at those prices. It
. , '"r ^as been reach- doesn’t seem right for such things
; ”O’’thern- most extrem - to happen in this beautiful free
(fte pulling. counti'y of our.
Have heard they are planning
wnfied advertising is
a new highway from this area to
Z * « gaming in that G rants Pass, so we won’t have
i ’”Ce
and to go through Calironia w ith our
of ‘ *«ue come into the fru it, which, when never taken
from the car. should do no harm
s correspondents.
in transporting back to Oregon.
? A L' 8tory ab°u t this
Let this be a lesson for our
neighbors
as well as another big
ie
American Mag-
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• clP too much
in boost for a “through-Oregon high-
’ A n tin g bulb m arket. way. Mrs. H. J. Weigel, Harbor.
July 28,
ALL GROWERS CONTEMPLATING MAR
KETING THROUGH THE CO-OP THIS
SEASON SHOULD MAKE THEIR
APPLICATIONS AT ONCE!
TO KENYON-DAVIDSON BULB GROWERS
The Co-op is calling a meeting o f Kenyon-Davidson g ro w e r t fo r
discussion of price and de term in atio n o f v a rie ty , and other prob
lems connected w ith the m arke ting o f this v a rie ty o f lily . This
meeting w ill be held at the C H E TC O G R A N G E H A L L , on
Monday Evening, July 15—at 8:00 o'clock
West Coast
Bulb Growers
Box 84
M. E. Nicodemus
Wm. Ackerman
Crescent City, California
Box 125
Brookings, Ore.
Cutten, California