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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1946)
Page Two BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Home of the Croft Lily BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT Entered as second-class m atter, a t the postoffice at Brookings, Ore., March 7, 1946. under the Act of M arch 3, 1879. ÖREG P ublish Sense And Some N O N SEN SE- S/PAPE R SIOÜIATION by 1948—possibly a fully-devel oped district, com parable to any anyw here else in the world. Mr. K err w ill soon have his m ill running fu ll capacity here. He has p u t some tim ber through, but as in nearly every case of any plant, there are m any things to be corrected before m axim um pro- THE DEW EY AKERS, E d ito r and Publisher G EN E GOULD, A ssociate E d ito r Harbor Beauty National Advertising Representative will be open WBW ftPAPEB A IM fc B T lä lN C (** »HiUaW ot 4hs f • SA LO N openm ? building ’ . soon flow onto the m Z lots of houses will be Bill White of San riancas Sunday after visiting Meri# 1 cam for a week. ’ Central Build®) Brookings assisted by | National G&tonai A**ooat»oH MILDRED BYRNE Mrs. Kaufman Serving America'« Advertiser« W W . ftaadolpt —' CMoaee I . A • O F F IC I* Homo Town Newspapers Catherine Sandstrom • Hafeoot «M ». Sa» Aambo», Crt. team at or W ni higl ng gaii Public Stenograph September 10th 8E B V IC B . IN C . etco R< Notary ndignit: reek wi lop-sid Ì - gun ers on! |hs mat erger a tr score: I Club Public W„... I erty: X Subscription Rate: Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon...................$2.50 Per Year, outside Curry County «....................$3.00 enhall. Bp, Dewoj/ Brookings-Harbor area has be come quite a trading a re a —th a t’s certain —because, the past sev era l days there have been unusual large sales reported by most all In the past week quantities of M ontgomery W ard catalogues local m erchants. It acts some have arrived at local postoffices. In the past, this event m ight have thing like this: A ttracted here by the opening m eant something, but today, with news businesses opening up in the of three new businesses, people area, the need for these “wish hooks” is becoming less and less. shopped around the area for any A study of this area will convince the average person ju st th at! or all articles they m ight have H ere’s the way to analyze this statem en t: In the first place when needed or wanted. All businesses of the area profited by the open ordering from this catalogue, one buys from word description. He ings, perhops even those directly cannot feel, look at or judge the quality of the article which is being in competition. Buyers looking at these stores purchased. He mails the order, which said to include so much pos a fte r the opening days found the tage, and then th ere’s the usual w ait—and oftentim es when the order shelves kinda bare—alm ost like comes, there has been a substitution—perhaps a check, refunding the carcass of a turkey on a p lat the purchase amount, and a sta te m e n t: "Tem orarily out of stock.” ter, a fte r a big dinner had been On the other hand, local m erchants, and there are sufficient served.. This rem ark is not made w ith any insinuations just w itty in the area now to supply most every need, one may go to the plac»' like. S m ith’s D epartm ent store of business, look at, compare, and know definitely w hat he is getting. claim th at they "nearly sold out” When one considers the price ir, the catalogue, the additional for everything. Archie Hendricks said he was almost out of business for postage or express, and the tim e which will elapse before he can a short time, until he got in some hope to receive the goods, the local m erchant usually understells. more stock early in the week. Jim m y W ard— yes, his old home People of this area, faced as they are with transportation prob town treated him pretty rugged- lems. are fortunate indeed to have the class of m erchants which like Monday. A line had form ed serve this area. All are, without exception, com parable to any one before the store opi ned—and it was Jim m r Yelton, the old work might find in towns many tim es larger than this area. horse, who helped out on two of j Now with tim e general m erchandise stores, or they may be the opening days he certainly elass.al as such, a furniture store, a hardw are store, a clothing store, can handle crowds. ( a r l Donough, Dem oncratic two womens clothing stores, a variety store., together with other candidate for governor, was an business, few towns find them selves as well blessed. Prices at these official visitor in this area Mon store, comparison with prices quoted in papers from larger places, day. He was surprised to see the are on a par in nearly every ease. The difference, if one w ants to growth of the area in the past two years, and said as much. He be that technical, is merely the difference in transportation. stood at various spot and gazed, It is Well to consider another angle w hin planning to buy: Which with amazement at progiy^s concern pays’ taxes toward the schools of this area; which firm "Transportation facilities « extends credit when such is needed in times of necessity; which better kind." he said, "would do\ wonders to the area would just i firm c a r e s it the article pleases a lte r the purchase is made; which mt all bottlenecks, if firm contributes to local well-being and looks to the fu tu re -o f the on' How m any ot com m unity? Answer these, and then buy where the money will do r e a d e r s have really given the most good to the most people d s e r io u s th o u ch t? Ju st sit down for a moment with a pencil jot down the things of the area which depend upon tra n sp o r tation a quicker job, jot down those things which transportation does not affect that would be a shorter list. ProfM’r transportation w o u l d \ isitors Are Welcome Anytime 'ipec</ < valuation of m any dreams , for this area at least ten years. i W hy f< years* In the next two I o r th n years, most people o f\ the an are going to build, or t At the W inchuck Bridge want tí tmild. A fte r building it | ( will bf ibout ten years before i \ plans, already s> t, would be real-\ ■,i2cd in moaf cases. Im m ediate transportation would then CMf| building tim e to practically noth- »"</. and would speed up the de velopment already planned in this ¡im m ediate area. T ransportation would create an outlet for products of this area, thus aiding the comm unity finan cially, which finance would sooner en’er m ’o the development of the area, all of which would chop Until Further Notice tn to the ten-year plan for the New Hours; 7:00 a. nt. to 3:00 p area. Proper transportation, if such could be realized this year would sr,’« a vastly \ rin’' NORINE HARRIS HARVEY Need For Them Becoming Less, Daily C U T Sm Accredited Teacher of Eva mly ga Sunda •— P I A N O — Life C ertificate G ranted In 1919 B rookings FOR Oregon | SA LE AT Bush’s Lily Gardens P. (). BOX 131 HARBOR 01 Prize Croft and Chetco Special Easter Lily Planting S tock Irookir A ny size, from bulblets to 84nch bulbs, ‘‘select’ from several y ears selecting and groi ing E a ste r Lilies a t H arb o r, Oregon. Che your planting requirem ents now, or at har tim e, about Septem ber 10. SALE PRICES Individual plants m ay be selected for $2.00, up, according to size and ageg. F ifty cents ex:j p er plant fo r mailing. Field-run planting a lte r h arvest tim e a t prevailing prices. —Mail Orders Gladly Solicited— Due to m any pecularities of the E aster Lily’s growing we are not able to guarantee the results of any lily rtodf Wh„ Mlied • Com otion. ] Rtoisture that soil F L 0 w E R S A N I) d < I’ I, A N T S Hendry's Greenhouse G ra y s h e ls Good Cats Cafe M here Good Food and Friends Meet NOW i; soil fo ahead- or fail *ithin and an « * lf o f 5 16*’ M arine Plywood fo r th a t boat! Shingle Stain i/8” Tem per Board O verhead G arage Door Sets HA VE YOU R E C E IV E D YOUR COPY OF PITTSB U RG H “COLOR D Y N A M ICS?’’ «rrrsBURGH paints Locally, We Represent: Johns-Manratlle Co. Curt» Silentite Sa^* Pittsburgh Paint Co. Masonite Compaq Nu-Wood Product* Co. Heatilator p i t ber Who It is Went * the s i Sear i ^&nst i fnely pu phases t Wtseqne, How n «U ke drop i, u j J- Hd I will j, ’* you tfnipij ►****b^L * ’
