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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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