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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1946)
Page Two Home of the Croft Lily BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, while the o th er will go up N orth, and Easy streets, to run to the E ntered as second-class m atter, a t the postoffice a t Brookings, Ore., highway, north of town. M arch 7, 194€. under the Act of M arch 3, 1879. T urning on of c u rre n t aw aits “The O ld-Tim er the installation of la rg e r tra n s and H is F ish ” form ers at the sta te line. The (From Coquile Valley Sentinel) co-operative’s m essage m ay be seen elsew here in this issue. BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT ...Guest Editorial... carried by local UJC Of the reasonable „„T panson to towns alon. ‘ Some of the have suggested pre. Z auction in prices on odd. keep from carrying the inventory. Mem&esi 0 reg I o The old-timer was in today with his battle scarred pipe and his stubby fishing pole, and a burlap sack over his back. He’d been out working on a fishing shack, as he called it, and in between times D E W E Y A K E R S , E d itor and P u b lish er he’d had his pole in the river that harbored the steelhead mak G E N E G O U LD, A ssociate E d itor ing their progress to the sea. From the burlap sack he took A dvertising R epresentative out a H-pounder and started his NEW SPAPER A E B T IC E . RWC. tale of fishing in the old days. Then it was that a man went (• m o( the N«Hon«l Edhoo«l A m oom I ìoaì down from work at five or six '1*. A. ». in the afternoon, and it was be- Serving Americe's Advertisers end^tne Home Town Newspapers for the (lay of the auto bridge over the Coquille, and toesed his IMW. Reerfelnh-Chteet. 1.1. • • » » ■ £ ■ • • M * . $«» Frwwb«. C«L baited hook into the current of the river, and smoked his pipe. A fire glowing beside you helped, Subscription R ate: he said, and too many a bon mot P er Y ear, in C urry C ounty, O regon......................$2.50 was said by the crew of citizens P er Y ear, outside C urry C ou nty............................. $3.00 who were filling “Mamma’s” pan try with fish to can. It was then—-several years ago to be true—that steelhead, those plunging, dashing gallant denizens L ast sum m er, when the world sw eltered from the heat, this of the sea, were easy to hook, and only the really sporting ones were a re a was balmy in every sense of the word. W hile rain is expected landed. m ost everyw heer, most evry point in Oregon experienced m ore “I f ” said the old-tmer, “your rainfall than did this area, supposed to be one of the w ettest in fish was loggy or didn't want to Play, you jerked him off, for he th e entire United States. was not one to catch. It was Eugene suffered dam age th at hasn’t as yet been estim ated. The the dancers we were after. The dancers, and what we ask W illam ette riv er went on the ram page the e n tire length of its ed, were dancers! “They were,” valley, and cause m isery to hundred. Brookings, while dripping said he, “fish that literally did from over four inches of rain, had no damage. a ballet across the river on their Roads everyw here, both fa rth e r north up the coast, and inland, broad and strong tails. Why once I saw a fish hooked by Elmer w ere washed in num erous places. The nearest road dam age to this Briner dance for ve feet, and a re a was Sunday, in the vicinity of Coquille. nearly that many minutes. It W here m oisture w asn’t in liquid form, the rem ainder of the piroutted, and turned, jigged, and United S tates is in grips w ith extrem e cold. H ere in this area, the soft-shoed, and danced and danced. Ah, they were the fish.” tem p eratu re a few tim es w ent as low as the upper 40s. To see a fish dancing, we ad mit, is more than reason enough to leave a paper covered desk, dusky store, dreary office. A pipe, a sack, a pole, we’r e ' looking, too, for dancing fish. S /Ä P E R P ublisher I ATI 0 N This Area Doesn’t Have AH The Rain Pilot Staff Extends Season’s Greetings The Pilot staff. Dewey and Gene, together w ith the co rres pondents over the county, would like to take this opportunity to extend greetings for this C hristm as season. This group wishes every IX'rson who reads the Pilot all the joy of the season together with all the prosperity possible. At this tim e, the Pilot staff would like to renew its pledge to boost alw ays for this area, to publish the best possible new spaper; and to extend an invitation to any who wish to come in and get b e tte r acquainted. In the coming year, it is the hope of the Pilot th a t this com m unity. individually and collectively, will put a shoulder to the wheel, in order to accomplish the many things necessary to place this area above all others in way of opportunity for the people who are seeking a home and a place to establish industry. P ow er C onstruction N o w N orth O f Chetco R iver Coos-Curry E lectric Co-opera tive line crew has complete con struction of the new power line north of the Chetco river, from C alifornia state line. W hen this line reaches the for est service guard station, it will lx* divided, and one segm ent ex tended southw ard and westward. M erchants R ep o rt H ea v y C h ristm as B u sin ess H ere Local News It Mr. and Mrs. C. 0 L left early Monday San Carlos, Calif.. Leonard will work at, house during the winter. They plan to return here | middle of February or W ithout exception m erchants of Brookings-H arbor a re a rep o rt an enorm ous C hristm as business. This business, said some Sm ith River people who w ere in town Saturday, is due to the big stocks THE TISDALES GROWERS OF THE WORLD’S FINES! CROFT EA STER LILY P L A N T IN G A N D FORCING STOCK B ro o k in g s, O regon U.S. Bush’s Lily Gardens P . O. B O X 131 HARBOR, 01 GROW ERS P R IZ E OF Croft EA STER P L A N T IN G L IL Y STOCK S till h a v e se v e ra l h u n d r e d first class comnien C r o f t E a s t e r lily b u lb s, 7s, 8 ’s 9s, and 10s for s F O R Fire. Auto and C asualty INSURANCE ty pin g and Pari of Your 1917 Resolutions notary public W hat have you decide for your New Years resolution? Has it included a determ ination to join and work w ith the Brookings- H arbor C ham ber of Com m erce? H ere’s som ething of the p icture: Right in this com m unity lie See scores, yes. scores, of opportunities to draw in new industries — any one ol which will mean much to the well-being of the com m unity m years to come since these potential industries will be long-tim e affairs, propertly m anaged. New crops of profitable natu re are in cluded in this plan. Come out and add your ideas as well as to lend a hand in the plan now being brought up. Edith Ott Hendricks F u rn itu re Store Brookings Oregon Yes. We Have These Items' g lass F or Windows! GLASS POMSCTTAS FO R C H R IS T M A S ! G E T Y O U R O R D E R IN E A R L Y ! And have on e fo r th e H olid ays! A t the YVinchuek B ridge B R O O K IN G S For Automobiles G L A SS W in d o w s a n d S ash J . M. F le x b o a rd M a so n ite — p la in a n d scored i/2” a n d P ly b o a rd C h a p m a n B o a rd I or A ll Purposes A good sto c k o f doors Chetco Builders’ Supply C om pete Information Central Building C a b in e t H a r d w a r e B u ild in g H a rd w a re P itts b u r g h P a i n ts C hrom e E d # # R a k e -S h a k e S id in g
