Brookings-Harbor pilot., October 23, 1947, Image 1

Always For A More Progressive Brookings-Harbor Area!
TWO. NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR
BROOKINGS. CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
•niVRSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1947
çhool Case Is Decided
ellite Chapter, 0. E. $., ?X Ti I S “
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Tax Commission Opinion
1 Thr flrst 19 da'vs °f oc«>ber
Favors School District 17
have been we, ones for th i. .ec-
'tion of the Oregon coast, with
¡11.56 inches of rain falling, ac-
is are now complete for institution of the
te chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, to be
ive worked diligently for the past several
preparing for the occasion. Institution of
ige followed closely, that of Sydney Croft
F. & A. M. recently
quet will be served by
of the Episcopal Guild
Odd Fellows hall, at 6:00
November 1, preceeding
titution ceremonies, to be
Harbor Grange, at eight,
frs of the order m ay
enations for the b a n ­
contacting either Dor-
¿rr.plar, w i »h\ m atron, or
W
’eideman, associate m at-
for ticqets.
luttees making arrange-
lor the event include:
ft — Lillian W eieman,
Edith Low, Iris Kin-
aad Decorations — Eileen
chairman; Alice Rausch,
ckner. Mary Hanks, Rose
t Jewell Gott,
ihments — Ethel Olsen,
Grace Rdwardson,
Hascam. .
ility — Hazel Hendry,
Goldie Smith, Helen
Mina Christenson.
•f>> Cars and Housing —
“ plar, chairman; C harles
and Sam Gott.
fr Off Twice
ig Past Week
X™
for the weather bureau. The rain.
October 1
.00
October 2 ..................
10
October 3
.00
October 4
............ ........ 00
October 5
.00
October 6
. 00
October 7 ..............
40
October 8
..............
.91
October 9
..............
3.27
October 10 .................
67
October 11
.......
.10
October 12 ................ ... 00
October 13
.........02
October 14
........ 20
October 15
4 41
October 16
27
October 17 ............. ........ 52
October 18
.........30
October 19 ..............
37
Total for October
11.56
A comparison with the past
ear has been promised for next
'eek by Mr. Whirry, with next
week's report.
A decision, much in favor of School District
No. 17, was handed down by Oregon State Tax Com­
mission, last Thursday in answer to a petition to
that body concerning the third school budget elec­
tion, held September 26. The contents:
was held before the S ta te Tax
State Of Oregon
Commission at its offices at S a ­
lem. Oregon, October 10, 1947.
In the M atter of the Second Present were several petitioners,
Review of the Budget and Tax representatives of the s c h o o l
Levy of School D istrict No. 17, board, L ester Wilcox, assistant
Curry County Oregon, for th e ! to *he sta te superintendent of
At th e annual election of Coos-
Fiscal Year, ending June 30. 1947. public instruction and members
C u rry E lectric Co-operative, at
. .
jof the S ta te Tax Commission.
Coquille last Friday and S atur­
Opinion and Order
! An understanding of the ques-
day, A. E. Sandbo was named
..
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tion involved in the considera-
This m a tte r comes before the tion of the ¡M-tition requires a
d irecto r for Zone 1, comprising
State Tax Commission on thp knowledge of the events p re ­
the Brookings-H arbor area, and
statem ent in w riting of more ceeding the pteparation of the
oth ers named, w ere:
than ten interested taxpayers of , □ .
,
.
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Zone 2—Bob Elliott, Gold Beach
e . i rx . , x, ,V 1 ~
I budget under review, and for
r ' t r? nC
°
m UFrj I this purpose a sum m ary of said
Zone 3— Fred Adams. Ophir.
County. Oregon* p u n u .n t to th e '
, „ hlW inclu(led ’
Zone 4 Frank Shaw, Port Or­
provisions of Section 110-1213.
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, h>, „„ June l6 a
ford.
h' m eeting was held for the purpose
Zone 5—E lm er Gant, Bandon
S tate Tax Commission order the of discussing the budget of the
Zone 6—Dave Philpott, Bul­
Curry’ County Assessor not to school district and to authorize
lards.
extend on the assessment and a tax to produce the am ount of
Zone 7—Albert Powers, Gay­
Howard James, Herbert Payne, tax rolls the levy for the budget $23.847 51 in excess of the six
lord.
adopted a. by the
board
at per cent lim itation as set forth
_ school
,
.
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Zone 8—Ivan Laird, Sitkum. George Funk, Mrs. W. L. McVay
and
Lynn
Hampton
attended
the
I
meeting
Septem
ber
25
and
in Section 11 of Article XI of the
Zone 9—Bert Jennings. Remote
of Cum - County rural authorized as to the excess there- Oregon Constitution. By a vote
According to Bruce Shavere, meeting
board last Monday evening. Mr. | oi beyond the six per cent con- of 87 opposed and 54 in favor,
m anager, and George Bishell, as­
B l s i a m , w h o were ». m « mt-«. Wilcox. of the state di partm ent s,Itut*onal lim itation by a ma- authorization
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_ such
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, was
for
levy
sistan t. who were in this area,
Monday, construction is going ¡of education, explained the new ’J™ district at an etectio n 'lield refused Subsequently a second
ahead as rapidly as the crew al-Haw, and representatives of the Septernber
‘
budget for the school district
lowed by REA, permits. Together!various school boards in the coun- *• H
was prepared and notice was duly
w ith Tom Sawyer. REA re p re -|ty were given opportunity to Hearing At Salem, Oct. 10 pubhshed wf * m eeting to dis-
sentative, also here Monday, the present their needs to the ru ra l,
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icuss said budget and to vote upon
group met with the City Council board.
• Hearing hold on the m a tte r ¡the question of authorizing a levy
to raise the am ount of $35,719.92
a t Gold Beach Monday evening, i
in excess of the six per cent
constitutional lim itation. At this
m eeting held on July 17, the
taxpayers by a vote of 107 to 89
authorized the levy.
A. E. Sandbo Was
Re elected, Board
Open House Set
By New Bakery
STATE TAX COMMISSION
Chetco District Passes Eighth Season
Without Forest Fire Of Any Nature
over the area the past
have not been helpful
e metric power situ atio n
The Chetco District of the Siskiyou National, Second Itudget Voided
area Wednesday, Oct.
Tuesday, October 28, from 2 Forest has gone through its eighth consecuive fire, Thereafter a petition was filed
**** tree fell across the
^Oregon Power Com- to 8 p. m. has been the long- season wihout having a fire, according to word re- with the s ta te Tax com m ission
’ near Gasquet to dark - aw aited tim e set for open house ceived by the Pilot, from Ranger John Porisch, of
a t the W illiamson Bakery.
irea for three hours.
prepared in accordlnce with the
Mrs. W illiamson and her son. the Gold Beach office.
-Vermittent pow-er fail-
Mr. Porisch, in his letter to the Pilot, wishes requirem ents of the Local B ud­
f remainder of the week, Bob, wished to hold this event
; *ny length of tim e^, some tim e ago, but were delayed to extend a well-deserved “thank you,” for himself get Law. A fter inveftigation of
the facts, the commission by its
K “P to the ordeal exper- because all the glass for the
and his fire crew, to the people of Curry county for opinion and order dated 15th day
•unday. when power w as show cases had not come, and
r 3 a. m. until a b o u t1 they did not wish the public to their excellent co-ope»rtion in the prevention of of August. 1947, ordered th a t the
due to line trouble see anything but the completed forest fires. Few, if any, communities can boast of assessor of C urry County, O re­
gon, not extend the tax levy
River, through the bakery* and business. Refresh a better record than the local one.
___ July 17,
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approved
and fu rth e r
? where, it was said tnents will be served
It
shows
that
loggers,
ranchers,
miners,
hunt-
ordered ¡¿aid assessor m ake a
T™ / h e n a faulty ini
prc fishermen recreationists, tourists, and other reasonable extension of time for
,5 anded *be current. A --------- o
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, u S ts of the forests have been reasonably careful
No* xT ¡ Z
‘ worked into the riv e r
7? tree fo another spot.
^ ¡ w h e n ^ i n g fire m ^he
»ere restau ran ts of
.
^P ended largely
^Qty and the Pilot, com-
In order to have finance, to pares money wOiich would otherwise have
^ ie Publication c a rry on the 1948 Lily Blossom p o n d e d in putting OUt fires n3\e been saVP’l,
the school district and notice
ast Wednesday for W eek in Brookings, Tuesday eve- ‘ orpkflnfcahb stands of timber which are Steadily was duly published calling for
' Ionda>'
th isjn in g C roft Lily Growers Asso-
ciation voted to su g e a tent-
to
lhoP »as dark,
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* increasing in value have teen s a v e fh a n d ^ a t areas
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m f, e/t , K n u t o h lll t 1 m • i
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6. when a box social will be en- ? u r e j v to re-nroduce to stands of merchantable tinr
nf » the . «ix per — ren t llrm ta-
rf ; mess visitors joyed a t the grange hall. F u rth er
. future of this area and county.
f ‘fttt’IHUfi/t O
H p p» agt th ree
Tuesday afternoon.
details will be announced later, h e r IOI u w
Laying Plans For
Lily Blossom