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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
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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'
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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!
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