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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
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.
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
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