Gould, B. J,
Mar 1947
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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.
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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
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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