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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1947)
y. Jt-LY 24. 1941 [Graham tribes” C osta In A L etter '‘W orld’s Finest C lim ate” Pafft Five • ---- *' no b a n k e t. season. W ith the aid of crow bar ¡.¡2 ,5 f l u S° sorry for the Poor to plant and produce anything more than enough for the few. shovel and m achete in willing* J * by g,rl‘ for whom we hand, a t th e end of three hours X ? * ?° bUt litT,e; as no m«l»- On the south side of the bay we found a sandy beach, and in the ‘we find ourselves in sight of the ,u or. an? kind was available shade of a large tree we stopped ocean at El Coco; a few houses even rhinb ** had failed to long enough to eat before contin here and th ere were strung alone 2 ! ,nk anv might ** neces- uing on our way, as we can’t about a mile of beach. . ? ln thls kind of place. We tarry too long for today we must A park in g place is soon found ^ 7 ^ * ^ { ^ Uc“ sta rt for home. n e a r fresh w ater for washing — hearts The three of us walked along " e gave them some food the purposes, and ju st a short dis the beach, everything was quiet, tance from the ever pounding next day. and made inquiries as! and nothing to disturb the scen to the cause of such poverty in a v cs waves.. ery except a few birds and some the pickup was idle during o u r stay at El Coco. Just outside the little city and across a bridge we found a good cam psite n e a r the river and pre pared for our last night out, before reaching home. The m orn ¡m'd from Iast u'eef' more or j iroad we met two trucks ing found us m aking fast work of iny leave» to market, loaded w ith breakfast a fte r w ashing in the river Reds were soon rolled, ev suggesuvf [peanuts. The grower gets erything deposited in its place, the ?,. fe cents gold a pound, the and we w ere on the road again, g a sate» F L r mvs near 20 cents. only to m ake two brief stops came, w e c ro s s b r i d g e , > nt w n^ R the e side of the road, road. | I a n *. e ^ - ^ ^ X ^ a ^ " , b ____ ~ * chattering monkeys. The monkeys before noon, one for drinking le Ancient ttf bv handy. | and dusty> especially the past around Culebra bay are black w ater and the o ther for a sack 1 to fora* t u p the road we see a flv e h o ,u rs; So. u e proceed to dis- n s kind. U e were told th at the with long yellow hair about the of oranges. man didn't like to work. As the! *y wished as if anxious to pose of the dust in the stream people put it. he didn't like to, faces, and hack of the necks. D inner time found us a t an o th er . certain place before then to replenish the inner man. 'swing the machete." The result* The two countrym en m aneu river, a fte r fording we stopped to vered the boat fa rth e r along the rest and eat. W ith dinner over, tnely ha* Seeing us they stop, and seek rest in retirem ent. The was pitiful. beach and pulled up again, f o r ! were on our way as fast as the l°nng and hft: 'Yes. but if is still next day being Saturday, our A nother sight but not h e a rt x>d in and can’t get through day of rest, there w asn't any rending. a grey pet monkey of they were near another tu rtle road conditions were perm issable. [nonier A months from occasion for stirring too. early. above average size seen here, nesting ground; two nests were Having seen this on the trip )'. through j,.:: try it again.” There E ut even a place of rest becomes showed ga>at attachm ent for his ound, and their eggs prom ptly over, we had no trouble to reach removed, and they we embarked. home. ,...w a their party, th ree r^stless as the advancing light cities aaj business m e n - 0' d a' reveals an inviting wide owner. Not wanting to be away We made all the possible speed Ten p. m. found us thankful hers, all from him at all. the wood with no traffic interference, for for a safe trip, the privilege of | Jose. Mr. Comstock ac- sandy* beach w ith various kinds fes. Thia Sunday morning at precisely! the place from where we started. seeing some of the interesting with one of them, I and colors of fish, shells, and oth- eparatioD AJ1 quite jovial-stimu- er in terestin g things. One of 3:50 central standard time, we The going was rougher than the I things of Costa Rica, and a place rudely a* awakened by w what out and off from the I " hlch U as oxen pulling large were ™?e,y aKe"ed by hat calm of the morning, but noon for a good night’s rest. Buenas even-day affairs, g e t- ! ogs out in*° the ocean until tb ° ugh was the <;hlIdren shak- found us landed safely and well. Noche. »ppearing ’ w a te r w as up to the lead oxen’s ? g lhe caf l? wake us UP- A , A ftera noon meal and some ant) and nose. Then they thev would ta tako tho e I e w . seconds *eeonds brought us to a hasty preparations we sta rt back j j • *u (nose. k e th Miss Ruth McAdams and Miss > of Myr- ■ I--, b aided in ie P1 eP - j jead oxen off> and keep on m , realization that we were expen over the road we had, coming in. Lois Oh m art of Portland are a beauti- supper and bed mak e sam e m an n er till the log ■‘‘¿,c’nK for the first time the We reached Liberia in the eve visitors at the M. W. Rose home. I wife was appreciative w th as out fa r enough to float l Shak‘ng of an earthQuake. There ning and our first concern was J. J. G allagher, who just re [rwnlight because, if the They w ere then maneuvered hv by lsn 1 an>,h *ng funny about it brake fluid, which was obtained turned from two weeks spent at : too close, she w’a n te d to a a ia launch fa rth e r out, either, as that violent rocking at an oil sation, and in due time the Seaside hospital, to many a rit. and not be taken by boat . ' doesn't induce peaceful sleep, i we had our brakes operating. We gatew ay to heavy, is glad to tie .asshe might if it w ere W <le " e r e lifted out of ng rest, Sunday evening Mr. Comstock had driven all afternoon without back in God’s country. Joe says the w a te r by crane, and placed (ewer, we were not dis- •hich he i made arrangem ents with two of any, as it had leaked out while his health i s much improved. in position on the launch. One h the least by a n y th in g ides in the countrymen to take him. Udo good-sized log took 12 oxen to | ’han the small th in g s iection. Neihaus, and myself by rowboat move out. ► w insist .and even- b meen several miles to Culebra (snake) T hat was a day to be rem em |-race to get in and : at 8 p,| bered w ith emphasis on the re Bay. Monday morning we were in awhile, but we a ll when member, for old Sol was out awakened near 3 a. m. by those k the « looking for "tender feet” and i were were making the trip for kfast of fried eggs, bread, found two. Mr. Comstock became Usand *n that hour ,he group of , bananas and cookies is five were pushing out into the I of. and we soon, pack up in terested in watching some very deep. Taking with us food and p re ttty , sm all blue-yellow banded I . ,. . . tv >n as we m ust reach ME fish, an d a ' n-tide. T he got he w as of the co u n try are «itn’c rov- abodes (I’ll not ca ll th e m s u n s la y s I ' sm a ll octopus. He for- h ' a e r - W,?? ' Wf C SUPP a, «.«-level where the ,hc, ,,n p As ' he m,,rnln* waj , „„«ii., i.. .. The t , my re a lly burn. con- cool , , I , wore . - ., cru ise , r coat, a n d . - I k .... u t . j i found a te r in the dav it served' ,, .. . , ... by the roadside, green sequences burned feet and legs Guest * 'equally well to keep out thei it is very painful; couldn't i cattle, and the c o u n try isdale 1 piercing rays of the sun. w ear shoes for two or three days. re and there. In Me i By 5:30 we beached the row- ( a man on a horse. wre My back burned through a thin n. w hite shirt, next time I’ll weal boat on the opposite side of the Rand inquire re g a rd in g ! with - j more. bay and crossing a narrow neck Ito next town A fte r f e w 1 ? attach if land which continued out a M any co coanut tree s and plen- ícense, calculations he says i t mile ... it. i- - . m ile o or r n m o o n ri, , found m in i n a i tu u i rtle s ' . . , . . . I '.me. We ask him w h a t t> of nuts, the cheapest th ere ot office t i , xi. re tre a t. The larg e tu rtle s com e <m,\ place I Know less th an oc • , , , . . . ' time, foot time, horse lorgan i in during the night and deposit for the I turned: lUthers rioN I Aside car time. He assures us apiece (U. S. Money). th e ir eggs in the sands fa r enough rest the dav was back th at the w aves do not m ade in a . , certain tim e I fro m « a 4 i little j — ♦ . ■ . . . „ D o t K. 1 1 1 ct I lilt H \ t > < a < > ijv w .e find ,n time ll,a t M » " ' aking in the sights of a h„ ,h(.r , h(,m Th(,lr , rar|is fight. Seldom do we ~P>cal beach. Monkeys; various , hrp(. fep, wj<1 “'ho measures d istan c e kinds, su e s ano colors of birds wag a (Jistinft m ark as if lheir I ther method th an tim e, iom the large expert Pelican t ransrnjsjson was dragging fisher to sm aller birds of inter- quite wise in f way we « find v mu a a y y a a r rd u i nt* turtles are q u a e w iw is* three orange trees <fd th e w hite heron among them (O hide their eggs. They fruit looks good, so we! One experience of that day ¡dig out a central hole, then Purchase 250 for 36c bas lingered a long tim e: a case I small mounds are made around S Money) and a lucky of poverty, result of laziness. A 'th e edge to mislead those who Htwas, because it helped m an of about 40 came to us, like tu rtle eggs. But the country : •' from getting too telling he was unable to find men have learned th at they lay [•••• »e camo ) ack to the w ork of any kind, had a sick their eggs in the last hole, and ® on th e follow ing Tues- baby, and was also in need of their tracks are too plain to be misleading. A long slender sfick »e again packed up food. about four feet long is carried Wply about the sam e If such was the case of course we w anted to help. So Mrs. Com by the egg searchers. With this probes in the sand where - ........... - ........... — -- he - >ck we find ourselves stock, Udo Neihause (who speaks he *<•— A few stops are m ade both English and Spanish) and thinks the eggs should be; much -A.S reasons and every m vself went dow’n to see the as one probes for a mole s run- J '"op the pickup is sur- family. We found a deplorable way—a sudden easing on t h e f curous youngsters. situation. Some poles supporting stick reveals the nest, 14 gazing at us as if a th atch ed shed roof, about 101 Only tu rtle eggs are down two - strange v animals i in , a a feet square. The baby girl of feet, and even a little more I P"' Pickup has a good Perhaps 10 months rested on the watched as one nest revealed 114 top and heavy gal- m iy aemblence ol B* niej aaj often they find ^•inch mesh on sides ’ tied to g eth around - a tur- in er). erj. The 1 ne m other blind 200. Die covering --------- - --------- - egg - :s a ‘ very *' tough m em brane that can he lock- in ' one eye. three naked ’ ' boys. ‘ 8 ° tie ---- Pickup is used to haul and 12, abdomens distended, us- —the eggs are thrown in one cause (w UJ\| | to VO th 10« i w orm s). i Only n . one - sack. 400 of them, and handled rorn • m I arket e ual vauac m ade s e - iconkin8 utensil a five-gall'>n much as one would handle po- r r , r< is a oast kerosene can, and all the food tatoes. h it non»- broke ’ ' they had w as II ' PX' Lberia we head west to- Aside from the clothes the m other perience. we took our boat and ^wiall town called S ar- had on- a11 of her possessions ¡started to make a tour of the ' r , rhout too w ere contained in a paper c a r-jin n e r circle of the hay going L bi nk- to st<)D ton. th a t once had contained can-1 ashore in places u h< re shells are ( indar th e ni>d m llk shipped to M ate mi r- I lentiful. The shore n ot producing chant ■ 3V, ! " s Place we Back in 1910 in the Republic ► • "a , °np ' lock- H ere of H onduras. I saw a family mov- ' ’he dis- ing from one I to another. L 'pY *’ rr nutes by the wife had an oya (something |,L 0 E ” h v i - sim ila r to a la rg e crock» on h er i f rr‘ari w -npassable head. T h e husband carried a otU'5 °r con- blanket, and between them a Sa.’d fbe>’ thought medium size pig was trailing, * ’• ! gru n tin g his disapproval over a I and find g o in g ! long journey. However, this poor all th a t w ,s w an.rrt. nur k w t - men rowed out to place w’here many and varied conk shells w ere visible from the boatside. One of the men made several visits to the bottom in about 12 feet of w ater and brought up some nice shells. Very few homes a l o n g the beach, not enough energy devel oped in the few who dwell there Now In Our New Location BETTER ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR BUILDING NEEDS! Now Building Millwork, Cabinets Windows and Doors, Pre-cut Garages, Houses. 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