THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ?
PPCX i KTNGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
In the Land Of Opportunity
I The taxes thus collected should a group of playm ates enjoyed an
be sufficient to pay for these afternoon of games, w ith cake,
streets
lights. .
and ice cream served to conclude
Entered a.< second-class m atter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore..
Question Would the city be the festivities. The birthday cake
March 7, 1946. under the Act of March 3. 1879.
compelled to purchase the water was aglow w ith 10 candles, and
system ?
centered the table.
Answer: No. The w ater sys-
Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Hall
tern in Brookings is privately- left S aturday for Salinas, be-
owned and can only become the ■ ing called there by the serious
property of the city by purchase illness of the aged fath e r of Mr.
from the owner. The m anage- 1 Hall.
ment of the w ater system would
Wm. Buckner returned from
not be affected by incorporation, j San Francisco first of the week,
Question: Shall the city be com- bringing babck a new Buick. He
DEWEY AKERS, Editor and Publisher
pelled to purchase its sewer sys m otored to A rcata where he took
a plan to the Bay area. He re
tem ?
GENE GOULD, Associate Editor
Answer: No. The city would ports a fine trip.
nto be compelled to purchase its
National Adverthisg R apraiarrtatira
sewer system but the public wel
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fare would require th a t the city
obtain
control of the sewer sys
Mr. and Mrs. W alter Pearm ine
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of rtx
tem. W here it is not practical received word from Mrs. A. C..
M. A. S.
to extend the sewer system the Neeves th at she and her daugh
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city should, by ordinance, create ters arrived a t S an ta Monica
a sanitary and uniform plan for all right, but that Mrs. Neeves
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establishm ent of septic tanks.
was tired from the trip.
Question: Does the City have
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schaal,
the right to create zones and Mrs. Ruth Bathiany, Mrs. Sophia
Subscription Rate:
building restrictions?
Mrs. Albina Tam ba, Ben
Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon................. $2.60 Answ er: Yes. The city may, Jones,
jam in Jones and H erbert Payne
Per Year, outride Curry County...................... „.$8.00 by ordinance, create zones for attended Pomona Grange m eet
business, residence and farming. ing at Ophir last week. The next
Business property becomes valu Pomona Grange m eeting will be
tinues to m aintain the streets.
able because people surround it.
Question: Who pays the cost of People m ake business property held a t H arbor on May 17 at
which tim e the local Grange will
street machinery and equipm ent? valuable. Therefore,
the people pUt on the fifth degree for a
Answer: The county, until the of a com m unity should insist that group of candidates.
city is ready to take over the business property be protected by
In the account of the VFW
The following questions and j m aintenance of its streets, uses building restrictions. Likewise, m asquerade
last week, it was
answers have b e e n prepared its road machinery and equip the residential district should be
stated
th
a
t
the
prize w altz was
from m aterial collected by the ment. This enables the city to defined and kept exclusively for
won
by
Mr.
and
Mrs. McKenzie.
supporters o f incorporation of gradually
accum ulate
enough homes. A gricultural land should That was an e rro r as it was won
Brookings as a city. There h a s . money to purchase its own ma- be defined and due credit given
by Mr. and Mrs. Widney.
been no attem pt to color thel chinery and equipment.
! for its use in the assessment of
picture, either in favor of or op-1 Question: Who maintains and, taxes.
position to the proposal:
pays the cost of street lights? • Q uestion: Shall the city pay the
Question: If Brookings is in
Answer: The city m aintains! cost of sidewalks?
corporated uho shall maintain and pays the cost of street lights
Answer: No. The property
the city streets?
to meet this expense the city I owners pay the cost of the side-
Answer: The streets in Brook has the right to l e v y a tax walks fronting their property,
ings have been dedicated to the against any electric company or The city should, by ordinance,
county. Until Brookings requests telephone company th at may u s e 1 establish an economical and uni-
the county to turn the streets the streets for a right-of-way for form plan for sidewalks.
over ot the city the county con-' their respective distribution lines.
Next week, in these columns,
there shall be questions and an
swers prepared on the cost of
running the city of Brookings.
The residents of Brooking shall
give you years
be surprised at the small amount
of
money th at is necessary to be
longer service than any other
raised by taxes for the purpose
of conducting affairs of Brook
household appliance
ings. Don’t fail to read next week
Questions and Answers.
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The ladies aid group held its
regular m eetintg Thursday a fte r
noon at the community hall with
a large attendance to pack used
clothing to be shipped to World
Church service at Richmond,
Calif, where it will he re-packed
for shipment overseas.. Mrs. R.
D. Rowley was in charge of de
votions and Mrs. Jessie Lessard
presided at the business session.
A get-well card, signed by mem
bers and friends was sent to
Mrs. Chester Crook who is re
covering at her home from ton-
silectomy at the Medford hos
pital. lee cream and cake were
served by Mrs. Wm Hall and
Mrs. Jam es Hocking to conclude
the afternoon. .
Funeral services were held at
Roeder Funeral Home. Crescent
(. ity, Monday afternoon for a
widely-known Del Norte citizen,
Dominique Buzzini, form er resi
dent of Sm ith River valley where
he followed ranching for many-
years..
Retiring several years
ago, he moved to Lake E arl dis
trict where he has since made
his home. A native of Italy, he
was born July 4. 1879, and was
78 years of age. Surviving are two
daughters and ’five sons. In te r
ment was at Crescent City ceme
tery beside his wife who passed
away several yars ago.
The young people of the church
are holding a food sale Saturday
afternoon at 2 at Smith River
Cash store. Proceeds will be used
to help the young folks attend
the sum m er institute. .
Miss Dorothy Rowley celebrat
ed her 10th birthday. Friday at
home of her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs Ft D
$ 1 .5 0
HAGGERTY TWINSERVICE
Homer and Howard Haggerty
1) o N ’ T
F ORGE T
AZALEA FESTIVAL
DANCE
SMITH RIVER
Community Hall
Music By
Eddie DesJardin and His Baiwl
SARTURDAY, MARCH 1