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BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OBKGQN
“CYCLE PASSED IN FABULOUS
LILY PRICES,” CLAIMS EXPERT
ON MARKETING, MONDAY EVE
ley Williams
Suddenly
s, Sunday
found Lying In L o ft
His Wife E a rly
inday morning
Economic Trends Prove 22c of Each Consumer’s
Dollars Will Be Used For Luxury Iitems; All
Flowers Must Compete In This Bracket
services w e re h e ld a t
Sunday fo r H a r le y W i l -
followed by c r e m a tio n . T h e
were taken, b y a s is t e r ,
Thursday, F ebruary 13, 1947
R. J. Connarn Out
As Co-op Manager
R. J. Km narn subm itted
resignation as m anager of
Coos-Curry Electric Co-op
erative, Inc., to become e f
fective im m ediately. He s ta t
ed he had not made any defi
nite plans for the fu tu re, but
wil Itake a short vacation be
fore taking up fu rth e r em
ploym ent. R
“Any flower grower is faced by competition of
three kinds in the market
of his products/’ said
J. C. ‘‘Dinty” Moore, marketing expert of Oregon Ramrods Dumped
Angeles.
i. Williams, re sid e n t n e a r t h e State College, in his address to the February meet By Humboldt 5
close to th e M u c h m o r e
ing of Croft Lily Growers Association, Monday eve
erty, was d isco ve re d e a r l y
Saturday Evening
ay in a lo ft o f a b u ild in g ning, at the Harbor Grange hall. “In the first place
the house. B e lie v in g h im t o the consumer has only so much to spend, despite his
Return Game And
urt, she rushed to a n e ig h - income bracket. Of the consumer’s dollar, there is
Ito summons aid. W h e n a id
but 22 cents left for purchase of luxuries, and flowers Dance Billed For
led. it was d is c o v e re d
he
Brookings, Saturday
[died, probably o f h e a r t a t - must compete in this bracket.”
From position o f th e b o d y ,
“American know-how, ingenuity and willingness Homboldt S ta te College was
supposed he f e lt th e a t -
to
meet
any problem, should carry growers on to a anything but a genial host to the
coming on, a n d h a d l a id
stabilized market,” he added, as he read statistics Ramrods last S atu rd ay night,
shortly before.
when they handed the local hoop
ming here fro m C o lto n , h e on lily production in the United States, and of im
team a 52 to 42 lacing at Eureka.
Survived by his w id o w
and
portations
from
foreign
countries.
“Marketing
in
an
For the first half the Ram rods
sisters.
exact science, and its laws hold true in any commod made a game of it, but during the
third qu arter, the fast-breaking
ity, regardless of what it may be.”
d the
college
quintet widened the m ar
; the 4 letco Resident
In commenting on the meeting of representa gin, which could not be overcome.
Musser, center for the lo
(es Late Mon., tives of the Pacific Lily Growers with jobbers at a cal Cal team,
ton
was high point man
meeting
at
New
York
City,
Febr.
5,
he
said
that
the
1 mi «1
with
13,
closely
followed by E l
His Home
Uivan.
first step in the right direction had been taken.
m er H anscam Jr. who amassed
“Ninety per cent of all business is based upon 10. T urner and Carvel tied on
funeral Services Will
mutual understanding. It is through this understand the Humboldt team with 13 each.
UE1 r Held at Community ing that buyers must he convinced that American G reatest factor in defeat of
the Ram rods was the huge floor
torch at 2 p. m. Today
bulbs, at whatever he the price, are superior, and whfch could not be covered well
by the gun club aggregation. The
►non C. M o rris, go. r e s id e n t that the buyer can make the most for his money.
of G uthrie, whose gen
C ^ t c a v a lle y s in c e 1935,
“A fter’all, it is that dollar which guides „buyers absence
eralship has alw ays been good,
ate Monday e v e n in g a t h is
to buy any flowier. It is cold business to ,them.^
was sorely missed.
* fJr A. 0 . S c h m itt , lo c a l
flan, had been c a lle d t o t h e ’
Dr. Schm itt h a d ju s t c o m -
c taking M r. M o r r is ’ b lo o d *
- * ’hen d e a th c a m e .
«wral services w i l l be h e ld
I
a t 2 fro m
th e
F ni y church, w i t h S e v e n th
^ enhst c h u rc h
in
c h a rg e .
‘ -fg are his w id o w , t w o
U ; ,a dau8 h te r. b e s id e s a
L r ' / , ° ^ e r r e la t iv e s n o t
” lS of this a re a .
Wl11 be Published
le Pictures
**n, Tuesday,
G«n Club Meet.
’;8 Scouts Were
’«pained With
red
at Meeting
'he V
G= n C I“ b p ,a y e d
On,]., ? Srou> 're o p a t
when m il"8 Tuesday
r 7 Sho»n
of fiu lon pictures
Woui4f u i T \ nd gamp
^ n a t e . . m-
e furnished
■ bow
“ mmission.
IM X r°
to hot
5f
Wkes following the
l i f e « tu v dem°n stra te d
» «f the
T h e h ig h *
ae'ore s e n Z ' nS!ra,ion w as
r
G ouHg and
* * and th
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Kemp. This
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Deceased Planned To
Follow Career of
Journalism
C. F. “C harley” Coffman, who,
with his brother, once operated
the Brookings Fuel Co., died last
Friday evening from injuries sus
tained when his e a r hit a S. P.
train near C entral Point.
While details are m eager, it
is reported th at an eye w itness
said th a t Coffman had stopped
a t the crossing, and had ap p ar-
netly had not disengaged his
clutch, m erely held his foot on
the pedal. His foot evidently had
slipped for the c a r suddenly w ent
forw ard into the train.
The c a r w as carried considera
ble distance from the scene be
fore it broke loose.
Coffman sustained broken bones
in both arm s, a leg and several
broken bones about his body. His
forehead was cut alm ost into the
brain.
Despite these injuries he lived
for th ree days or more. H*» had
taken his ste p -fa th er to work,
and was retu rn in g home w hen
the accdent occurred.
W’as Planning “P aper” Career
Following sale of his equity in
the fuel business last August to
his brother, C harley had planned
to e n te r college under the GI
bill and study journalism . His
first plans w ere to a tte n d U niver
sity of C alifornia. His papers had
been approved too late for fall
registration. Not long ago follow
ing his b ro th er’s d e p a rtu re to
New O rleans, C harley retu rn ed
to this a re a to look a fte r th e ir
interests n orth of town. He told
the P ilot only two w eeks ago
th a t he had planned to e n te r
U niversity of M ontana school of
journalism in the spring q u a r
ter, choosing th at school for its
standing and the fact th a t it w as
less crowded than m ost univer
sities.
E stim a tes Made On Crop
However, the local group will
Mr. Moore, in closing his talk, of the Croft lily before all peo be gunning for the Hum boldt
told about the estim ates made ple wherever possible.
five, Saturday, Feb 22, when the
suggested th
tne
Leslie WoodrifT
W oodnti suggesieu
m a t i retu rn gam e will be played on
of the 1947 lily crop through the
questionnaires furnished by each a full front page picture of the the local high school floor.
local group and the response of j Croft lily he put on all florist
A dance is planned in connec
these. Allowing for all things magazines this year and next tion with the game, w ith music
probable, the group estim ates a i y ear plan to have these in full to be furnished by a California
crop of seven to eight million color.
dance band. The score book:
bulbs from this area, to be m ar Congressional L etters Read
Hum boldt—52
fg ft pf tp
keted next fall. It is this crop
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In the reading of correspond
th a t th e grow er-jobber meetings ence, Howard Jam es, secret ary «
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5
m ust be m ade to dispose of.
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5
5
of Croft Lily Growers Associa-'
A dvetrising Talked at M eeting
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3
tion read letters from S enator
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Joe Zumpfe, chairm an of the Guy Cordon in answ er to Mr. I
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advertising comm ittee, reported Jam es’ lette r furnishing Cordon
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on his com m ittee actions. He with all data concerning produc Bowman .......
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suggested th a t mem bers use all tion of lilies in the United States.
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form s possible to place the name
Cordon, arm ed w ith the O re T o t a ls .............
’’H aggerty Tw inservice,’’ local
fg ft Pf tP
gon state departm ent of agricul Ram rods—42
3 authorized Shell dealers, opened
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m essage told of fhe coming a t ture booklet, informed the tariff Benson ........
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2 10 S atu rd ay evening with a crow d
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tractio n s a t the Pine Cone.
commission about the need for a H anscam .....
3 which far exceeded all expecta
E ight new m entfers were in tariff on all United S tates bulbs. Matson .........
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13,
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ducted into the club. Tuesday,
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tions. Banked with flowers of
In a le tte r to Mr. Jam es. Rep
3 most every description, the new
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and a r e :
resentative H arris Ellsw orth told
2 service statio n has few equals
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Lloyd Stefani, Clifford Bush of the inadequacy of the federal Kemp
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8 even in the large cities.
nell, R. G. Tisdale, Leo Spangler,
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nell.
commission in obtaining
— — — —• ! Built by Roy S underland on
A rth u r F. M ueller, W. S. Chad-i uut- ¡„formation concerning
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wick, A. D. Bollinger and J. El- different agricultural
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6 19 42 the site of his old filling statio n
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products. T otals
which burned about a y ear and
m er P a rk er.
He said th a t the federal esti
a
half ago, this new building is
m ates were taken from the com
Pacific Co-op Will
the latest in station design.
Madge Moore Returns mercial channels only, and n a t Organize Local Unit
Facing highway 101, although
urally would miss much of the
Pacific Supply Co-op, of
From Buying Trip
in
a “Y” intersection, the pum ps
locally-grown lilies
Mrs. Madge Moore, of Moore s locany-givw..
W alla W alla, W ash., will hold
may be reached from th re e w ays
ppare. Shop,
a r , .vu.
Mr u«...
Jam es
V ariety and _A
Apparel
^nop, ar-
.
telline of
a m eeting a t F ort Dick
and offers convenience to the
rived home W ednesday from the from S enator Cord
Grange hall, 7 :30 p. m., on
m otoring public.
Bay A rea w here she had been or. the w eather o
-
j j
c u r.
Wednesday, Feb. 19, for p u r
Besides the m any local people
a buying expedition. She has a for C urry coun
radio sta-
pose of organizing a unit to
present
a t the opening, the H ag
big .stock of goods coming soon. I ^ % , bJ ° adac,a^ u rek a. He asked «serve F o rt Dick, Sm ith Riv
gerty Twins were visited by ’h eir
er, H arbor and Brooking.
fath er, who l i v e s a t Billings,
M rs. R uth B athiany has re- if many had bat rd:n^ ^ cea" f
Mont., and th eir sister and fam -
tu rned a fte r several weeks visit suggested,
i ■_(.
.
E v erett B rayton was a Med- 1 ily of Malin, Ore.
w ith her son, Robert, in the Mrs. Goldie Sm ' h to w rite post * ford visitors this week.
Rov Aron
cards to the station.
receivin8
° n the r * * iv -
Former Resident
Dies From Train
Accident, Friday
I.
Twinservice Opens
Saturday Evening
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