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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1947)
Gould, B. J, Mar 1947 rmrangs-rarmr Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area! BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNtTY, QRRGQN Club Bills ip Games and te, Friday “Will Benefiits Justify Incorporation. Question For People To Decide Upon The incorporation of Brookings is being discussed by the resi dents of this community. The propostion appears to reduce itself lie DesJardin an to the question: “Shall the benefits, to be derived from incorpora Features tion, ju stify the cost th e re o f? ” In an attem pt to bring this m atte r After Game squarely before the citizens of Brookings, the following statem ent hope to give local bas- has been prepared: fans, as well as dance- PROPOSED C ITY LIM ITS. i a treat, Chetco Rod & Gun T he city lim its are tentatively proposed as follows: Begin a t has billed a double header «ball game and dance for a point on the Ocean, intersected by the south section line of Sec ligh school gym, on Friday tion 36 (south of H arris S ta te P ark) thence along the section line ng. the curtain-raiser, the “ Pis- due east to the Chetco River, thence down the Chetco River to the eaners,” the second s trin g Ocean, thence northclly along the Ocean shore line to the point local gun club team , w ill of beginning. This area consists of a little more than a square mile. Smith River, at 7 :00 p. m. E STIM A TE D COST oldt State Junior V arsity meet, in a return gam e, th e A budget for the City of Brookings, for its first years, should tirods." in which prom ises not exceed $7,500.00. Such an amount would be sufficient to employ a rousing exhibition of th e two policemen; build additional fire hydrants and construct nec sport. wildered by the large floor essary stre e t lights. W ith the exception of a small per diem ex ¡ureka. the local quintet m et pense for a recorder or clerk there should be no city salaries. it at Eureka a couple of A city collects fines, m any kinds of licenses, personal property ts ago. Now, on a “norm al” floor, they hope to revenge taxes, franchise taxes, liquor taxes, and receives money from the stigma. sta te from gasoline taxes, etc. In a city the size of Brookings an ag ith the games over, Eddie ardin and his o rch estra w ill g reg a te of these various taxes should total at least $5.000.00 per Qp for the dance, w hich w ill year. This should reduce the amount, necessary to be raised by ix the evening’s e n te rta in - real property taxes, to about $2,500.00 per annum. Under present >ach Art Guthrie will be in conditions the average home-owner of Brookings would pay about Ramrod lineup, to put up $20.00 p er y e a r in city taxes. greatest possible serer.gth. W H A T TH E MONEY BUYS US is Eddie DesJardin’s first 1. W ith the exception of amounts paid for equipment all of arance in this area a t a pub- the money paid out of the city would rem ain in Brookings.. lance. He recently w’as pres- the Rod & Gun Club par- 2. Thè city would have police protection, better Ire equip 'hich was a club affair. m ent and street lights. As a result fire insurance premiums would be su b stan tially reduced. 3. Zones would be created for residential, business and farm ing districts. This would preserve the present status between these groups and keep each in its appropriate place. 5. Brookings would cease to be a country cross-road and be ’cent Fountain tning Delayed 'other Week »“ntain Reported To * Most Modern on ■ M r 1®1, Oregon come 3 city. 6. The selling price of real estate would increase because real e sta te alw ays brings a higher price in a city than in the country. 7. Busirtess retu rn s and wages are always g rea ter in a city THURSDAY. — .............. Pilot Will Be “Of Age” With Next Week’s Issue W ith next week’s issue, the Brookings-Harbor Pilot “becomes of age.” or as commonly know-n in newspaper field, a legal news paper. This comes, in Oregon, a fter a newspaper has been pub lished for 52 consecutive weeks. Different sta te law’s vary on "legality.” M ontana requires 18 months of publication, some of the states as much as two years. Established March 7, 1946, the Pilot started with Volume One, Number One. Next week this will read, Volume One, Num ber Fifty-two. Mr. Fixit'Says ‘It’s Warm Here’ Brookings’ noted w’eath er has become topic of discus sion in many places over the world. Even Mr. Fixit, whose daily column in the Oregon Journal answ’ers everything, has been asked. The Friday Journal carried this: Mr. F ix it: Is it true th at the tem perature of Brook ings, Ore., never falls below 70 degrees or goes above 80 degrees? Mrs. Lula T autfest. Milwaukie, Ore. “I am told th at the clim ate of Brookings is rem arkably equable and shows little v ar iation in tem perature. The figures you quote are, how ever, ra th e r high. The range would probably be from 40 to 60 degrees, usually hover ing around 50. As this is w ritten the tem perature read ings are 55 for the day and 50 degrees night tem pera ture. It is said th a t Brook ings has the least variation in tem perature between win ter and sum m er and between night and day of any spot in Oregon and in this re spect it ranks with San Di ego and Devonshire, Eng. FEBRUARY 20. 1947 -.............»-.......... — Scouts and Cubs Party Set For Next Monday Eve Parents Invited To Boys Show “Wares’ In Joint Meeting To observe Boy Scout Week, and to acquaint parents of boys in both Boy Scouts and Cubs of the local area, a joint m eeting of these two groups will be held next Monday evening at the Odd Fellows hall. The tim e is set for 7 :00 o’clock. While the finals plans are up to the scoutm aster and cubmas- ter, a tentative plan was made Tuesday evening when the scout com m ittee m et to set a date for observance of the birth of the scout movement. Boys To Bring Parents Each Scout or Cub is urged to attend and bring both his p a r ents to this affair which is the date of the m onthly pack m eet ing, and tow’ard which the cubs have worked diligently. Tentative Program Tohl Soutm aster Reginald T aylor and C ubm aster George W idney outlined the following program , subject to change: 1. Presentation of flag and pledge of allegiance by both cubs and scouts. 2. Ojxming cerem onies of each group, led off by the cubs. 3. Cubs’ singing of den songs and repenting of law and prom ise of the cubs. 4. S tu n t by the Cub dens. 5. D em onstration of some n a ture by the scouts, possibly will be life-saving. 6. Viewing of handiw ork of boys of both of these groups. Heart Attack Fatal To Mr. Bunnell R. H. "Judge” Bunnell, who J1 hampered by failure of than in the country. cam e to this area from K la m Materials and goods to ath Falls, and who was cu rren tly 8. New’ business, new’ people, new capital and larger payrolls ltatn0Pen? R of the Vincent building a home next to the ,and Gift Shop has been alw’ays appear in a com m unity th<jt gives notice that it is pro- H oagland property, overlooking T, f another week, Ralph ' gressive, th a t is working to improve its conditions and which pre-j the Chetco River, fell dead about 9:30 a. m. W ednesday m orning hn» F I . — . ' dot Tuesday, ‘ utrsudy, pa re s for the future. arrival from P o rtlan d from a heart attack. 9. Civic pride would be created. Civic pride prom pts people According to Dr. A. O. Schm itt Agitation For “City in n 1)een tile Past who was summoned, Mr. Bunnell ' quest of goods. fo good-will to work as a unit for better and happier living condi Charter” Given Lift L ¡fV n\uThUrS<lay Of next was at the R ulla home, talking In Letter To Pilot ‘ othmg more prevents, tions for the comm nity as a whole. to Mr. Rulla in kitchen when Therefore, let us discuss, among ourselves this proposition of in death came. He was dead im of orJ*1 8S the te n ta tiv e Incorporation of Brookings, a m ediately. W u£nlnK- ThlS date WiU corporation. We shall not all agree but let us keep our disegree- question th at has long been in While many details are lack fee fU? completion of the m ents free from personalities and politics. Give the other fellow the minds of people of this area, ing, it is reported th at funeral Li/ tained for lack of ma- the benefit of his opinion and the right to express it. Let us rem ain was given im petus this week by arrangem ents are pending word « ¿ “h ? ? ' rcpu,pd to be fair and just, approach the m a tte r with open minds, and upon such a letter, w ritten to the Pilot by from Mrs. Bunnell, still a t K lam A ttorney Ed F. Ackley, urging ath Falls, and other relatives. alon- hi 1 st anywhere an> "nere in m Ore- a basis arrive at e u r conclusion. • people to debate the question in Ic. "S highway ,01. has hecn their own minds of “W hether or »!h ]wa’|nS^ ' ,r?t>Ie a ,,e n t‘on Local New s Items not the benefits derived from in \ ‘ as well as Local News Items Ed F. Ackley Moved To Mr. and Mrs. L arry M etier and corporation justify the cost.” d e lin g through. His plea, is printed on this son of K lam ath F alls w ere vis The Rebekahs enjoyed a pi-1 New Office This Week A ttorney Ed F. Ackley, local page, ana sets forth some of his itors for several days in this 8iven a t nochle gam e Tuesday night. Re lawyer, has moved from the argum ents. area. While here Mr. M etier re the V eterans freshm ents of jello and whipped ceived his Fellow craft degree in These columns are open for a f°r of cream , hom e-m ade cookies and C entral Building, where he open frank discussion of this proposi Masonry. crowd c Und- a ttr a c ted a coffee w ere served. Prizes went ed his office last Septem ber, to Mrs. J. A. Roderick is a t the ■*err \ SaTurday evening. to Mr. Leming and Mrs. Much- the Johnson Building, directly tion. as Mr. Ackley suggests, and Seaside Hospital, Crescent City the Hendricks F u rn itu re The Pilot will welcome lette rs ». Fjr , ' and funny cos- m ore and low to Mr. and Mrs. above either for or aaginst this move. for a physical check-up to de Co. store. e to"1' 0 f° r the 6051 Beaulieu, pinochle prizes were The Pilot requests, however, term ine need of surgery. Mr. turned L ? neRro couple. won by E arl Simpson and ana Agda agud * In ■> addition to the office, Since S aturday is a national an a p a rt- th a t lette rs do not drag in any holiday, W ashington’s Birthday, a«h and c i .f° ** Geor&e Bickner.. The door prize, a big Ackley wall m aintain personalities, but to state the have a few of >r nf ‘fence Stoller. heart-shaped box of chocolates, ment so he “may local postoffices will be open only he told w rite r’s beliefs, ju st as he may i a t mail times. »nd Mrs r’ZP w altz w ere w ent to Mr. Gustafson, which a l the com forts of home, see them . 4 . . . . ' irs MacKenzie. so happened to be his birthday. the Pilot, Monday. First Plea Made For Incorporation Of Brookings
