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the nation’s carriers as a whole, ceived by Marion Nance County it was pointed out. Service Officer H. C. Saalfeld The recent shortage of refri- an<^ passed on to Veterans’ Affairs gerator cars, it was emphasized, officials announced: ’’The buildings at Camp Adair is due principally to the tremend- Acting now to insure future i ous increase in production of per- are presently assigned to the Fed transport ation for the West’s in- ishable crops. Fruits and vege- eral Public Housing authority, creasing production of perishable | tables originated by rail in the Skinner building, Seattle, for dis crops, Southern Pacific and Union I United States rose from 747,559 mantling in the veterans’ housing jointly owned Pacific Fruit Ex ¡carloads in 1940 to a record total program." The letter added that the lands press Company to purchase 3,0001 of 974,514 in 1945, which increase more refrigerator cars of the most of 30 per cent was matched by at Camp Adair are assigned to modem design the shipments originating on the the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, This makes 5,000 "Reefers” or lines served by the Pacific Fruit which is "working up a program of disposal at this time.” dered by Pacific Fruit Express Express. since the first of the year, a pre The new refrigerator cars will Another abandoned war-time vious order of 2,000 cars having weigh about 4,000 founds less project, the Salem airport, has been announced in January De than conventional cars, and will been disposed of as follows, ac li veries of all cars are expected have new type convertible bulk cording to the WAA disclosure: before the end of 1947 heads, half-stage icing devices, “An interim permit has been Largest operator of refrigerator fans for circulating air in the cars given the city of Salem for use cars in the world, Pacific Fruit air ducts in car walls, herringbone of airport and eight builingds Express now has a fleet of more floor racks, one-piece hatch covers as operating facilities. Six build than 36,000 cars, which will be wrought steel wheels, and easy ings have been turned over to the raised to over 41.000 by the cars riding trucks. state of Oregon, 36 to the De now under constuction or author partment of Agriculture, and the ized. Its equipment is now in the U. S. District Engineers’s office national refrigerator car pool, are removing the remaining 59 which was continued after war’s to civil works projects. enr in an all-out effort to over When the Civil Aeronautics come car shortages pending de Administration have made their livery of additional equipment. The abandoned buildings at report on the lands contained in During the war years only 1,000 Camp Adair near Corvallis, which Salem Army Airfield, and the new cars were purchased, con at war-time peak housed some are classified as airport and struction of railroad equipment 70.000 soldiers, will be dismantled same residential or agricultural, final being limited by wartime condi and alloted to the veteran’s hous disposal will be made." tions, but through an intensive ing program, the Department of The information came from ¡■«•pair and rehabilitation ----- - » program. - » «in, I eterans Affairs was informed E. W. Barnes, deputy regional! facific Fruit Express Company's this week. director for the office of real prop- is g n 'a h .V 'tb Sen’,ce ' A letter from the War Assets erty disposal of the War” Assets ____ 1 ’’at m aintained by J Administration in Portland, re- administation. Cars To Be In Use Camp Adair Will Be Dismantled Local News Items WHITE ROCK For benefit of friends who may care to write. Carroll Reekman has a new address: Pvt. Carroll Reekman, Co. 50, AAR Tr Bn ! Fort Bliss, Texas. Eddie Young, of Phoenix. Ari- , tona, is visiting his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. King ! who live six miles up the Chetco River He will remain at the King home about a month, or until school starts again this fall. Otis Young, up the Chetco has .sold his farm. The name of the purchaser was not learned at the moment. His daughter, who lives at Phoenix. Arizona, came Mon day. and will drive the car back to Arizona for him He will make Phoenix his home Mr. and Mrs. H W. K retzm eier and children of Portland, who nave been in the area for a week «'Xfxvt to return to Portland on Friday. Mr. Kretzmeier. who for m erly hve, i here, owns Ocean \ lew Iraets. which he has sub divided and has put on the mar Dining kooin And ( ocketail Lounge at the Oregon-California State Line F E A T I B IN Dinner Parties C. Banquets BEER BY CASE TO TAKE O U T: B k 0 () K I N (,’ S - H A R B 0 R Real Estate For Sale ket for hom es Mr and Mrs Larry L ittleto n and d a u g h te r of The D alles are v o tin g th e ir son-m -law and d au g h ter. Mr and Mrs Bob Da- \ is ow ners of the N«h>k Cafe Mr L ittleton. long identified w ith the bank at The Dalles, is q u ite in terest«^! in this area Mrs ROy McLean and son Ed w ard. w ere h e -? from Medford for a few days, visiting at the 1 p Cro,iS a r d daugh- ♦ r s h e a tten d e d grade school S,>e “P ete” when in need of a home, bulb land, Pete J. Ix‘smeister Agency a! Estate And Insnrance Central Building Brookings. Oregon £• her fo rm er schoolm ates Mix G ladys P ayne re tu rn e d last w,«ek from Ashland w here she atten d e d the sum m er s e ^ o n of S o u th ern O regon College • m ju r a t ion. ‘ Andr«'w Jackson spent the last w«‘ek-en«l hetv w ith his fam ilv from O nek. Calif., w here he is e m p l o y W h i l e here he sub- | ¡aeriNM to the Pilot to have it . p e n t him at Orick, declaring it ¡w as the best little p ap e r h< had seen in a long tim e 'Î looking lovely, too! A new perm anent will p rep are >ou fo r a sm art and active «unm er. Z ada‘s will rfve ™ n a n 7 b a t Wfl-’ Iook ni« 1' "0 Z A D A ’S B E A U T Y sh o p Closed Sundays and Mondays They continued on to San cisco where they are vi othe. of his broth«, ? week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foster and son of Kelso, Wash., visited Mr. Foster’s brother, Milton, and family for three days last week. arrive tomorrow to sp^ ^ yl wiLh.his father. u Z at the Pilot office. He rji the seventh grade this Ronald Akers, of Da' ME Millwork and Cabinet Shop Door and Window Frames FLUSH-TYPE INTERIOR DOOR CABINETS A SPECIALTY We make special size sash, too! M ASO N & EDW ARD general contractors Box 157 Brookings. Orejo« PUNCTA TUM spectocti uur tuutm FOR SALE IN NOVEMBER Place Your Orders Now _ . _ . For Fall Delivery T IT U S Harbor BULB FA R] Closed on th e S a b b a th CUT FLOW ERS and p l a n t s isitors Are Welcome Anytime Hendry's Greenhouse At the W inchuck Bridge i or any property m the Brookings-Harbor Area. Insurance ( overage For Your Even Need! E N J 0 Y SU M M ER S P O R T S but keep your hair Miss Pat Percival left on the Tuesday evening but to return to her home at Portland after visit ing the E. E. Hanscam home for a week. Mr and Mrs j tV Rush left ^ a tu n la x for P a rk e r A rizona » -'I,- , Wepe called pn ,7 ? . ? ' r'-,urn h”me ak'u« th< ,enth of August. Ph1? “'« ” elen Pa>i,e and Ph>lli- Huffman return,M home H u ffm an , relatives at M onterey | 101 tUo WpflK TO ALL MY FRIENDS: C ! “esda-v - Jul.V 23. I leased the ! . £ A. Ik- hope to carry on in a manner n ?? Xt area, which has been mv homt v th * . t0 have the best possible n son niu*1' ruit; Ve,Lretable and delieaev in son, always on the menu. faith 1 endeavor to justify F p p 1 u-a\ 1 a n( s have shown me in the ’ our d-it \ l° come any time, except Mon Dui day to close. Mrs. (’. I. Patrick hessee of the Hooh Cufe F eatu rin g S T E A K D IN N E R S —and— fr esh seafo o d s — at noon—
