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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1946)
<1 <1 Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area! One, Number Twenty-nine. imittee Named Sign Members “Lilv Pool” RROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY. OREGON M aritim e Strike May A ffect Bulb Shipment Gold Strike Brings New Publicity For Immediate Area THURSDAY, S E PT E M B E R 19, 1946 M uch-Needed B usiness (o m in g To B rookings Brookings Schools Find Enrollment Higher This Year A n other lo n g -felt need fo r this area w ill be realised as soon as a building can be erected fo r th a t purpose. F. N. T yg a rf of Gold H ill, isrnup Blanks May Be M yrtle Creek Strike H igh School E nrollm ent last w eek, purchased the lot Causes Exodu^ To leached Easily In SO On Opening D ay; adjacent to Azalea Garage, and n ext to the Coos E lectric Crescent Citv imediate V icinity 36 Boys and It Girls Co-op office, and w ill put in a tire recapping shop. He has 0 Leonard, of B rookings; N. Adding fu rth e r to th e national W ith 80 stu d en ts present at the the lum ber fro m his ow n m ill ?dof Harbor; Chas. S. S ch aal spotlight on this area, w as the opening day. th e high school s tu w hich w ill be shipped here farbor: Tony Olsen of H a r- announcem ent last week of dis dent body found itself crow ded sh o rtly to com m ence erection. and Robert Simmons, B rook- covery of gold on M yrtle Creek, into the space W’here, last year, comprise a com m ittee nam ed trib u tary to S m ith River. Under only 69 found them selves cram p ed a ('rescent City date-line the fol "beyond w ords.” members for the C hetco lowing appeared: Mrs. Lovett has been «'ngaged Pool, according to w ord r e as p a rt-tim e teac h er of English, tí from R. M. Knox, co unty ('R E SC E N T C I T Y - Discovery geography and girls physical ed u it and one of the o rig in ato rs of gold-bearing ores, which a s cation. pool. His le tte r: sayed at from 18 to 55 dollars a I Art G u th rie will have social ntlemen: Enclosed, find pool ton, in test runs here this week, sciences, world history, applied sci ement forms to be used by presaged w hat m ay well tu rn out Came To B rookings In ence and g en eral m ath em atic in 'in signing all lily grow ers in to be one of the biggest gold 1912, and W orked On addition to boys physical ed u 'area in accordance w ith the! strikes in Did N orte county his W. L. Crissey, Hutfh cat ion. ement reached w hile we m et tory. Local C onstruction G earin and Robert Miss R uth W oodwnrd will have Over 20,(XX) acres of gold-bear you last Tuesday. I hope F'gnlish 2, 3 and 1 classes, typing Sloan Gave Talks {«ill be able to sign up all of ing copper pyrites in Del N orte Last Sunday. S ept. 15. at 1 30 county, it w as estim ated, are pos p. m., saw the passing of an o th e r an», sh o rthand, and girls h ealth . independent grow ers in y o u r M r H o rn er will have alg eb ra, . W. L. Crissey, vice-president of sible b earers of the rich gold ore. B rookings pioneer. L o u i s M. g en e ral science, s e n i o r m a th e í uii bf a met ting a t M e, Keep Oregon Green association, The area included lies between Tucker. aange, T hu rsd a y eve- ¡ Hugh C. G earin, representing the R attlesnake M ountain and Low Born, M ay 5, 1877, at S pring- m atics, and boys physical ed u Sept. 19, at eig h t-th irty . B e ' Rod & Gun Club, a n d Robert Divide. The discovery of the ore w a te r, Oregon, he was«son of a n cation. M rs H o rn er will have music for comet You need not be a Sloan, who has made considerable last week, is credited to Tom o th e r pioneer, B ranch T u ck er, who th e e n tire school in addition to of any organisation, but nam e for him self as a compost Cronin, local prospector. The o rig cam»' to O regon in 1852. tii 'ire, you re still w elcom e. gardener, spoke to the m eeting J inal strik e was m ade along the Mr. T u ck er cam e to Brookings) supervism n help. w vital to everyone! of A zalea Garden Club last T h u rs upper reaches of M frtle Creek. in 1912, stay in g here u n til 1917.1 W ith classes av erag in g aliout The gold, form erly run off in the D uring th at tim e he w as forem an 30 each, »»nly one class in the e n day a t H arbor G range hall. tire school has a sm all en ro llm en t and suggest th a t the com Mr. C rissey spoke in behalf of slimes and concentrates and be of con stru ctio n for m any of the th a t l>eing E n g lish 4. as a whole try to g et tw o saving th e m yrtlewoods, ch a r lieved by m iners and q u a rtz op mill buildings, one of which is As last year, r»M»nis a re sm all f of the la rg e r grow ers erato rs to be w orthless, w as found th e "old m ess hall." a c te ristic of this section of O re her where you can all have He left h e re in 1917 to go to fo r all class assignm ents, alth o u g h gon. He pointed out th at the best upon sm elting, to contain gold Mr. H o m e r told the P ilot, M onday od visit with them , including stan d w as to he found up the assaying as high as $55 a ton. S ilverton, but re tu rn e d to ( 'r e s th a t the school bail g o tten off to 'Tuebing and Mrs. S tafford. Chetco. This sam e variety of m yr-i The presence of gold, which lies cent C ity in 1920. will sign this ag reem en t, tlewood is also found in the Holy, in a black form and shows no At C rescent C ity he supervised a good s ta rt, w ith 36 hoys and sure that the plan w ill suc- Land, he pointed out. color before sm elting due to the constru ctio n on m any of the p res 44 g irls enrolled the opening day. In keeping w ith crow ed condi T alking in behalf of fish and presence of chlorides and sulphid en t buildings, the hall of records, °ur meeting h ere a t Gold gam e conservation. Hugh C. Gea es, in the decomposed peridot ite th e schools and the H otel Lauff. tions of the school, lockers this r ‘he court room w as packed rin who approached his subject w here it is found, w as not sus H e purchased a ranch on the y e a r m ust serve at least tw'o s tu dents, it w as pointed out. :jere was very little fa u lt m ore from the angle of law. Vig pected until last week. W hen Tom W inchuck in 1925, residing on it • ‘ with the pool ag reem en t ilance of the stream s and forests, Cronin brought in a load of the u ntil 1940 when he moved to Gold *°pIe worked out. T hey ju s t w ill keep for this area one of the ybllowish clay w ith the black lac Beach, to live u n til his »bath. changing th e nam es to g re a te st attra c tio n s of the area ings to E rnest Hey, local assayer In term en t w as at th e G o l d Mrs. Helen Mason and son re and m iner, a test run was made, Beach cem etery. S u rviving are his . our com munity and for to u rists: ce n tly re tu rn ed to B rookings for V t0 sign UP- and as a and the rest is history. widow, M ary M. T ucker, d au g h ter, Soil conservation has been his; S everal test runs have been Mrs. N. I. P u te r, son, lx*e E. and the w in ter w ith h er p aren ts, Mr. w growers a re now m em - hobby fo r some time, and by and °‘ the pool. W ith th is kind through this hobby Mr. Sloan has) made, w ith sam ples of th e surface tw o grandsons, Louis S and Wm an d Mrs. L. D. H orner. The fam ily had spent the su m m er vaea- 1 am su re th a t th e m ade considerable study of com clay. All tests showed gold in H. Cochran. tioin at Sw eet Home, th e ir fo rm spread on up th e coast post gardening, n a tu re ’s way ofj sizeable quantities. One test, it e r home. hope to even ex tend it keeping soil up to its intended was revealed, ran as high as $75 ^nomia and W ashington. M r and Mrs. H arold Rnu and a ton. fertility . ** me posted on de- According to the discovered of children, Irene. R uth Ellen, and The largest grow th in bulbs He pointed th a t people robbed H arold, o riginally of M innesota, Pnts in your a re a ..—R. M. the soil of its valuable elem ents, , the ore deposits, the gold-hearing reported to th e P ilot so fa r have m ade th e ir hom e a t B rook county agent. th is year, has lieen from the w hich in turned robbed vegeta peridot ite occurs n ea r the surface «•sTMup A, Urged of the ground. In the im m ediate ings this month. G reen-A nnin patch tion of its proper elem ents, and vicinity of the M yrtle ('re e k strik e These p u re C roft bulbs j. foregoing co m m ittee as a re su lt hum anity suffered. Mr. and Mrs. Russell C alhoun range in size from eight, on thtZi a .' an^ fo r signing up of M yrtle C reek are tw o of th e Mrs. McVay, president, reported there are an estim ated million thro u g h 13 inches and w ere m any people who are, o r have ,.and one c°p y has on the county fa ir a t Gold Beach, tons of ore, readily available. grow n from five and six-inch been in this d istrict, digging th e ir ®T ‘he P ilo t office, fo r and to jd of the club’s activitiesj Cronin plans, shortly, to esta b yearlings. lilies. The C alhouns have re cen tly • who m ay be there. This club has been offered lish a pilot plant n e a r C rescent From 564 p lan ts th e re w ere: moved from M yrtle C reek to a (v any th e com m ittee. th e privilege of staging a county- • City, w here sizeable runs in com m ercial q u an titie s m ay he m ade 13-inch ................. 28 ¿ J * 01” * is urged a l, inde. w ide flow er show. new home at G ra n ts Pass. on the ore. If this scale operation 12-inch ..................................... 80 UPrs ?0 th a t adm inis- Mr. and Mrs. John H ibbard an d R eport w as also m ade of the 11-inch .............................. 80 ork may begin a t once.. form ation of the perm anent Aza-, proves successful, a larg e 200-ton W a lte r F, H ibbard of P u en ta, plant will be installed. R ight now 10-inch ..................................... 206 C alif., and Mrs. L. M. H ilt of E u lea F estival association. The club Cronin is interested in talk in g to 9-inch ...*.................................. 150 !ressed Ry T his Area gene are now guests of Mr. and . ____ _______ will be looked to to continue the a backer for the pilot plant, which ’ 8-inch ............ 20 Mrs W H. H ibbard. Mrs. Hilt is J. C. F ran k lin , flow er show. he estim ates will cost $5000 to T hese have ju s t been h a r the d a u g h te r and John and W a lte r * u p grow ers from th e C o-operation is asked by thej vested a re b ro th ers of the H ibbards. a' Wpre h ere M onday cham ber of com m erce to_aid in install. A lready hundreds of claim s have! - ‘r <ue«ts from New York, e n te rta in in g 65 men and 35 wom- M rs H a rry E dw ards w ho h as been staked in the a re a of the; Mr and Mrs John Kirby and th e ir friends, en connected w ith national parks, first strike, w ith m ore p arties son, Dell of Medford were here been visiting h e r p a re n ts a t P e ta . ‘ If1- L. Crissey, to who will he here Sept. 29. leaving C rescent C ity every day last w'eek attending to harvesting lum a. Calif., is expected back In '•*? Crioe«,.*. * t 1 The G arden __ „t.,h club, hv motion >eys lilies. by motion, to stake out claim s. W ith 20000 B rookings today. of their bulbs n. who in troduced w ent on record as favoring the Dr. C. P M ason re tu rn e d to his acres to w ander over, it is be-f into O regon, in th e estab lish m en t of a sheltered pic-, hom e a t K lam ath F alls T u esd ay Tom Cronin has already had a lieved th ere will he plenty of; irea ’nme 30-odd y ea rs nic pavillion at Azalea P ark. follow ing a visit a t th e hom e of purchase offer from a southern land for all com ers for a while Mrs. H a rry Lockland. M rs M a *sed with the’ lily ------— ----------------------- . firm of mining engineers. He Hr* of M ining e n g in e e rs f r o m S an) area, expressing a Lyle Redfiefild and son. Lyle Jr. Francisco are reportedly invest)-1 does not plan to sell any of his son will rem ain in tow n u n til h e r bulb« have been replant«sd. ate on the ocean m ade a business tn p to K lam ath W ith an order for shipm ent of C roft lily bulbs to Pales tine, W . L. Crissey faces a dilem na. Railroads out of Portland are accepting shipm ents of perishables for N ew York be cause of the truck-drivers and m a ritim e strikes which have practically closed everything ,n tflut Mr. Crissey, because of this situ a tio n , m ay bf forced to f tfie order. Azalea Garden Club Hears Speakers At Last Meeting Pioneer Of Oregon Answered Final Summons, Sunday Local News Item s Top This! l
