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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1946)
Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area! One, Number T h irty -S ix 1. Carnival irday Evening w Big Crowd ter Bills W ere Paid ¡h School S tudents dizcd Good Sum much-advertised and m uch forward to high school c a r- held at the G range h all last lay evening, w as m uch a say student co m m ittee- charge. students, a f te r p aying in- fcess left from la s t school ow realize th a t th e ir tre a s - well stocked w ith m oney rvon the activ ities p lan n ed year. ients connected w ith th e al wish to th a n k everyone ionated tow ard the success event, and nam ed th ese: tco Home & A uto S upply ine Cone T heatre, B rookings it Chetco Store, Bill W a rd ’s ng Store. Good E a ts C afe, Cafe, G allag h er’s P lu m b - ,■ >p. Br ;ok ngs E lec tric and Shop, Hendricks F u rn itu re Redfield G rocery and M adge of Moore’s V a rie ty who lave generously of h er tim e Ipmg choose prizes. ice Protection Of C. Of C. ause this tow n is uiuncor- and has no police pro- h except th a t fu rn ish ed by Sequent visits of th e s ta te and members of th e sh er- tcc the local c h a m b e r of ^rce has taken steps to in- •Te and m ain tain a police rion of ;ts own. fall of the c h a m b e r of com - i last week S h eriff R. G. and ex p lain ed to th e that v o lu n tary sufcscrip- T'Mn local people fo r pay- °f such a m an, w as th e only or' at the p re se n t tim e. ^an chosen by th e c h a m b e r deputized by the sheriff. "s duties, besides being th e ■ 'he riff for th e a re a , w ould to wishes of th e cham - c°mmerce co m m itte e . to th is co m m ittee , , ert Le° L u cas w ere Ed e P’V W iedem ann and [Sunderland, w ho have de- Plans for local police and | Section, and who have al- c°nt acted Bob Nicodemus ve. • ’ ''a g e of th is co m m ittee a >ned in its ap p eal to be ,n nine of this issue. rather Report ___ . * .. week. M ax 54 .55 56 50 55 64 70 w eek enduig on Min R ain 40 39 1.10 46 .56 41 .09 40 36 50 1.65 THURSDAY, NOVEM BER 7, 1946 BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON Republicans Sweep Elections To Gain Congress Control State Tax Commis’n Rejects Co. 'Appeal* Record Off-Year Poll Reported In Nearly Every State S outhern C urry County assess-1 judgm ent of the commission's e m - . ro r grow ing lily bulbs, th e suooly m ents, brought to the attention ployes ar.d the assessor, extended of which from abroad w as sud- W ith no official re tu rn s av a il of th e people of this area through substantial preference to land in denly c u rta ile d by the w ar. Be- a petition early this spring by M. the south as com pared to sim ilar v astly expanded us of the land able nt this tim e for publication, L. D eM artin and over 90 signers, land to the north. cause the g re at dem and for bulb the Pilot m ust go to press w ith w ere affirmed by the state board In the past tew years th ere land tended to c e n te r m e sou i only radio re p o rts from all over of equalization, according to the has occurred in the south a real portion o t ( u iiy ou.v >. the nation, of the re su lts ot T u es report sent the Pilot this week estate boom of substantial pro-1 prices paid for land th ere have d ay ’s elections. skyrocketed. The assessor in 1945 portions, caused prim arily bv by th e county clerk: However, dissatisfactio n o v er increased assessm ents in the dis trict in am ount deem ed sufficient the present ad m in istratio n w as S ta te of Oregon S ta te T ax Commission to erase the 10G d ifferential p re viously accorded and to reflect O P IN IO N AND ORDER Gold Beach Yoted th e land activ ity and gr^at in In the m a tte r of the appeal of Down Fish Bill 312 crease in | rices which have oc- M ilton L. DeM artin, et al. from Just before going to press, ’’b . n ' th ere. It w as indicated by th e C u rry County Board of E qual it was learned by telephone, ihe assessor, and su h stan t ally by ization for the year .1946. a that Gold Beach vott i down eth ers, th a t m any parcel.- ot land T his m a tte r comes before the Fish Rill 319, at the (lection, useful for raisin g bulbs w ere be S ta te T ax Commission on w rit James Ye I (on Wants ing sold a prices varying lx tween Tuesday. G o l d Beat h also ten appeal from the order of the $1000 and $2000 p er acre. voted down (ill initiatives ex Meeting Devoted To Curry’ C ounty Board of E quali Tn p u rsu it of his policy of in cept 300 and * zation, dated May 24. 1946. P ub That P” roosc Shortly creasin g a s » s s ^ 'e - J s in the H a r lic hearding vv . t j held at the Cqr- bor and B r »okings areas, th e a s m anifest in every s ta te w here rv C ounty C ourt House at Gold Because of local clim atic con sessor adopted th e following basis R epublican gains resem bled a Beach. Oregon, on Sept. 5. 1946. P resen t w ere George W. Sutton. ditions, which pre e x c °l!ert fo r te r Ins assessm en ts: for tillab le landslide to w ard th a ’ p ert U n Assessor for Curry’ County, and g ro w in g of certain kinds of crons, land., up to $200 p er a c r - ar.d for official re p o rts give the R epubli m anv of the signers of the orig- Jam ----- es Yelton. last W ednesday non-tillable down to $2 and $5 can p a rty com m and of both the ir.al petition to the board of equal- evening, proposed to the local p er acre. In each categ o ry w ere house and senate. ... .............. ization. cham ___ ber of com m erce th a t th a t v aria tio n s depending upon loca O regon’s re tu rn s, still fa r from P etitio n ers are owners of real organization tak e the lead in hold- tions. use, and o th e r factors. Lands property’ located in the southern ing a special m eeting to interest assessed nt $200 per acre w ere com plete, m ay l>e at lea*4 a n portion of Curry’ County, in the, local people in trying such crops selling from $1000 to $2000 per o th er day aw ay from absolute. d < th a t in vicinity’ of the towns of Brookings as straw berries, rhu b arb and such acre. a c ,-t> He rit. ad « i ' u m h itte u <«-< mm ... several LO C A L R E S U L T S and H arbor. Briefly sum m at ized. j others which are adaptable tc this instances land in th e south w a«i In review ing local voting, these claim is made th a t the values p artic u la r area. possessed som ew hat h ich er th an re su lts w ere seen: assigned th eir properties on thej Pointed out th at the W iliam - sim ilar land ot the north. Thus. Succession To G overnor >es. 1946^assessm ent roll are re la tiv e -1 e tte valley, due to infestation of best land of tRe d airy farm Equipm ent of A rm o rie s- No. lv in excess of values assessed wire worms, and o th er insects af- of C rocket, one of th e peti- R u ral School Dist. B ill—Ves. on sim ilar properties located in fecting this crop, o th er areas are tinners, is assessed at $90 o cr the c e n tral and northern portions now sought for planing of st raw -, acve .w h e re a s land of sim ilar q u n l-: C hinam en P ro p erty Bill Yes. R eading of Ffills in L eg islatu re of C urrv County and that, by berries. long a “m oney” crop f o r j itv to n o r th is a s s e s s e d a t $75, reason thereof, said assessment Oregon. p er acre. Ju stificatio n is claim ed by title only Yes. roll fails of uniform ity. \ Crescent C ity Group V isits for this difference because of J Increasing No. of S e n a to rs—No. T he petition addressed to the T hree m em bers of the C res- g re a te r values resu ltin g I t o n p Fish B ill—Yes. board of equalization asks said ent City cham ber of com m ercei sales ac tiv itiy in the south, Tow nsend Pension B ill—No. board to equalize assessm ents b y . w ere present to extend greetings s ta tin g th e case of the petition- Basic School Bill Yes. reducing the valuations of the from th a t city, and ask co-oper- e rs at p s best, by assum ing th a t VO TE ON O F F IC E S properties of the petitioners and a fjon of the local cham ber in all ¡b u lb and (W ry land in the n o rth H a rris E llsw orth c a rried for increasing those on properties in m atters concerning the h a rb o o ( ls equally productive w ith bulb the n o rth ern and central sections at th at city, which will be of in- anfj d airy land lo the south, the rep resen t ative, F o u rth Dist. of the county. On May 24. 1946 finite Use to the en tire area. | fu n d a m e n tal issue in this appeal, E arl Snell, for governor. the board of equalization declared yjrn, About Power when Isolated, p resen ts itself as Robert S. F a rre l for S e c re ta ry th e 1946 assessm ent roll e q u a l i z e d - ^ om saw y e r, of P ortland, dis- a question of w h e th e r an intense of state. w ithout change. r jct representative for the R u fal dem and for land in one s e g m e n t W. E. Kimsey. se c re ta ry of th e In support of the claim of dis- E lectrification Association, was a of the county, which causes a sub labor commission. crim and lack of uniform - visitor an d told of the need for sta n tia l step upw ard in the level V I i i u ination iiia t / F red Adams, re p resen ta tiv e of ity, petitioners bring forth tha unlim ited power, which Bonne- of sales prices, can ju stify a rise 17th district. tb e 1940 assessm ent roll of Currv ville. as soon as could be realized, in the level of assessed v alu es or Hugh G earin, d istric t atto rn e y . C ounty incorporated the results intended to build extensions to such land alone. A nsw er to this W. G. Sabin, for sheriff. issue re q u ires co nsideration of the of extensive work of classifica existing lines Irene Boyd, for tre a s u re r tion and valuation of real proper R ep o rt, on Xnnociotio« M ee'ino ap p licab le O regon law Nick M arsh, county com m is ty in the county perform ed by P ete Lesm eister, cham ber dele- P a ra g ra p h 32 of A rticle I of em ploves of the S ta te Tax ( om- crate at the Oregon C oast associ- th e O regon C o n stitu tio n requires sioner. mission over a period of years: t jon m eeting, at G earh art, spoke th a t: C h arles Echols, surveyor. W. A. C artw rig h t, coroner. th a t in 1945 the assessor briefly on the recent convention. •* • • • • all ta x a tio n shall be th e assessm ents against an.. m u ^ged individual m em berships u n jfOrm on the sam e class of D IR E C T O R S FOR F IR E D IST . th e south beyond the level es an- f h a r e a in th at association. su ubject bjects • • * * ” H enry B eaulieu, W. S. C had lished by the com m issions -ur- u hlch he feels, w ill aid m ateria lly P »•» a ------i ra g ra p h A riirlo IX de- wick. C laude Goldizen, Ed H o ar vev. w hile perm itting assessm en s obtaining those things neces- d a re s th a t: to the north to rem ain s a.i< * for acjv ertism ent of the O re- “T he legislativ e assem bly shall. and F red Moore w ere nam ed as The assessor agreed ha tn e - d to u rist a t tra c - and th e people th rough the im ti- d ------------ irec to rs of th e new ly-form ed ru - 1940 assessm ent roll prepared by ativ e m ay, provide by law uniform ra l fire p ro tectio n d istrict, him was founded upon J aP Cow fin we D inner M eetings . rules of assessm ............. - ent and tax atio n . . praised values as determ in " H unanim ous vote, th e ch am ber All tax es shall be levied and col- Thanks, Local Voters th e Commissions survey. Ib ap continue the d in n er lected un d er the general law s on- New Crops To Be Topic of ( ’. of C. Meeting, Soon iv ii mOn,hl>' ^ ap p raisals as too hig c^A or Mr and M rs Rot P erkins cave ing southern depictin • > rs of a accorded an additional re lu io ’ blind-f d< 4 ' read a og 10"c in the u tilm ate a-sess- person, b lin d . _ m ents ag ain st the proP’ r ’ 1' ir • ’ p * r d num ber» T hirty-nine south Thus the 1940 assessm ent VhT m eeting. roll, in reflecting the cum ulative w ere present at m e m eung. 4 ^ u “ Vht,10’ y ' ~ ° - C h t L' ; ' p ro p erty situ a te d w i t h i n this state, except as o th erw ise pro- vided by law, shall be subject to aSgessm ent and tax atio n in equal and ra ta b le pro p o rtio n .” C ^ c lu d r d on Page S u Your Chetco Rod and Gun Club, believers in everything sportsmanlike, wishes it to be known that the local vote for Fish Bill, 311, Tuesday, vxm appreciated. Since this bill carried all over the state, it nov) w d l be poneible for fish to propagate and re-stock our rapidly diminishing fish life. Again, Thanks, Voters!
