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Volume Three, No. XXXXIII.
BROOKINGS,
CURRY COUNTY.
OREGON
Thursday,
December
30,
1948
Permit Granted ’Hook*
Christian Science
Lecturer
Here
Within A Month
Ralph E. Wagers, of Chicago,
Ill., will be presented by the
local Christian Science Sciety,
in a lecture on Christian Science,
scheduled for the patter part of
January, Mrs. Rov Parker in
formed the Pilot, Wednesday.
Mr. Wagers, a member of the
Board of Lectureship of The
Mother Church. The First Church
of Christ. Scientist, in Boston,
Mass., will sneak on the subject:
“Christian Scnence: The Prom
ised Comforter.”
Details of the lecture, which is
free and open to the public, will
be told in a later issue of the
Pilot.
White Christmas
"Almost" Came
“I'm Dreaming of a White
Christmas” came nearer being
a reality than a dream last
Friday, in this area, when a
snow flurry visited just be-
fore the noon hour. Actually
the ground got almost white.
However, the temperature
wasn’t just right, for the at
tempt soon turned to rain,
and with it the hope that a
“white Christmas” could hap
pen in this area.
YULETIDE HOOP
JAMBOREE HELD
. AT FLORENCE GYM
Army Engineers Grant Permit; Actual
Construction Awaits Formal O. K. By
State of Oregon, On January 22.
Last Year’s County
Winners Invited To
Participate In Event
Held up for final approval by State of Oregon
which h^s title of the lands between high and low
tide levels, erection of Brookings' sky hook seems
Yesterday and today. Dec. 29 assured, local lumber men feel certain. Since army
and 30 the Brookings Bruins par engineers’ approval has been given this new industry
ticipated in a ‘Yuletide Jamboree’
at Florence gym., in what is be it is matter of routine for the state to comply, it has
lieved to bo the forerunner of an been pointed out. The following, taken from Thurs
annual event. *
day’s Oregon Journal, tells of the plan:
Invited to the first tournament j
Car Turns Over
‘ Tentative Claris to erect a ‘sky hook’ cableway
were Garibaldi, Halsey, and the j
team, together with j in Chetco cove at Brookings for loading lumber on
Twice In Two Miles Brookings
Florence, the hosts. Each was a coast-wise ships and barges are being made by two
winner last year.
Portland brothers, H. E. and K H. Shillander.
On Christmas Day county
Coach Arthur Guthrie took ton
“A permit to construct the cableway has been
An Arcata man, driving north boys and the manager on the
Christmas day, upset his Chevro trip: Gene Roiling. Doyle Rausch, granted by the corps of army engineers.
sedan about six miles north Raymond Reekman, George Gard
Indian Heirs Assn. let
“The project is contingent on several factors,
of town, by skidding in the snow. ner, Eugene Simpson, Roy John-1
again on its wheels by a so, Chris Brown, Gillman Duffv. • including the assurance of shipping a n d barging
Te Meet Jan. 9th Set
group from town, including B. Dwain Sumner, James Carte; service for the port, according to H. E. Shillander.
Curry County Indian Heirs As J. Gould and his son, Gene, he and James Vincent,, manager.
“The 'sky hook,' which is manufactured by Point
sociation has set Sunday, Jan resumed his trip, only to really
The outcome of this jamboree
uary 9, beginning at 1 p. m. as overturn, about a mile down the should be quite interesting, since er-Willamette Co., has been used to discharge pipe
the time for the next meeting of road, this time to damage his all these team, from four differ from ships anchored out in the harbor in Arabian
the group. The affair will be held car considerably. The first upset ent districts might be in a posi ports. The reverse process would be used at Brook
at Harbor Grange.
showed only a few dents and tion to forecast the probable out ings, where the device would swing lumber out to
Since congress has granted the scratches on the car.*
come toward the coming state
Indian claims for land taken in
ships and barges at anchor in the cove.
“B” tournament.
Fortunately none were hurt.
the 1850’s, and recently there
“If the project is carried through, it is expected
has been much publicity concern Gearin Upset Christmas Eve
While on the four-lane ap Fred Adams Will
to be a boon to lumber mills in that area, which are
ing this grant, news should be
proach
to
Coos
Bay
Christmas
far from rail or water loading points.”
forthcoming at the meeting set
eve,
Hugh
Gearin,
in
attempting
Be Rotary Speaker Project Held Up By Local Opposition, Report
for Jan. 9.
to pass another car, was hit by
Fred Adams, Coos-Curry rep
The sky hook application, placed in the office of
a third car on the right front
resentative
at
legislature,
will
be
Christmas Activity wheel and driven against the is principal speaker, next Tuesday, the army engineers, many months ago, was reported
land in the center of the high-|
delayed because of local opposition, thus throwing
way and upset. Hugh received a Jan. 4, at Rotary luncheon when
Light In Vicinity
bruise or so for his experience, he will reveal some of the prob-, state approval back to Jan. 22, instead of Dec. 21,
With but one restaurant open
lems facing the coming session of the date of the state board meeting.
and his jeep was not damaged.
for the trade that day, Christ
that body, starting Jan. 10.
There seems, however, to be great optimism
mas locally was exceeding quiet
Mr. Adams, prominent in work
as many people were out of the
with Grange, is aware among local lumbermen that early spring will see
Weather Report connected
area for the holidays.
of problems that face farmers, shipping from the local harbor.
For the past week, ending on ' and especially those of southwest
Many family re-unions, and
While lumber prices were high, local mills were
Sunday:
Max. Min. Rain Oregon. He will be ready, he in
dinner parties were arranged in
Dec.
20
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41
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the community.
ferred to answer questions which able to truck lumber to either Eureka or Grants Pass,
Dec. 21 ................ 48
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may be asked concerning things to rail-heads and still compete With mills better sit
32
.09 expected of the coming legisla
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Gould and Dec. 22 ................ 49
uated with respect to shipping facilities. Drop in
30
family were Christmas day vis Dec. 23 ................ 51
ture.
32
lumber prices changed the picture. Now, with water
itors at the Arch Bingham home Dec. 24 ................ 42
34
.50
at Rivers End. The families have Dec. 25 ................ 42
transportation, local mills can compete even on all
38
been friends for years before Dec. 26 ................ 54
Suit
Threatened
In
grades of lumber, almost irrespective of prices.
Rain for week .........................1.18
coming to this area.
COTTON BOWL GAME, SATURDAY,
MOST POPULAR WITH LOCAL FANS
Because the Rose Bowl, (“daddy” of all New Year’s bowl games)
has sunk into such disfavor the past few years, because of the
contract made with the “Big Nine” conference, and because Cali
fornia would not play a post-season game to see which team was
actually the Coast Conference winner. Oregon fans especially are
almost unanimous in their decision to listen to the Cotton Bowl
game instead, Saturday, beginning about noon.
Perhaps the impelling reason for this decision may be summed
up in a simnle statement: “University of Oregon will oppose the
famous Southern Methodist University at that time.
Oregon, which gave Michigan, No. 1 team of the nation for 1948,
its toughest battle, so sports writers claim, and tied California in
’the championship of the Coast conference. These teams because
they did not meet, caused the conference to become divided which
resulted in permission granted Oregon opportunity to cash in on
another bowl bid. and the accompanying money.
Case of Child Hurt
Mr. Kaheler, father of the lad
who was hit by Chris Brown as
the school bus was unloading at
the trailer camp just north of
town three weeks, ago, is reported
to have instigated suit against
Ira Brown, for damages, and a
portion of the hospital bill.
The lad, hit in the accident, is
gaining rapidly but still must re
main in the hospital for some
time as yet.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barney of
Seattle, uncle and aunt of Mrs.
Bob Perkins, are here spending
the holidays. This is the third year
in a row that they have come to
this area for the occasion. While
here they are certainly enjoying
fishing on the Chetco.
PROSPECTS FOR 1949 GREATER IN
LOCAL VICINITY,ISGENERAL BELIEF
With announcement by the army engineers that permission had
been garnted Shillander Bros., of Portland, to build a “sky hook”
at Brookings, the prospects for 1949, for this area, took a definite
step forward, local lumber men predict.
By cutting cost of freight, by water cheaper, “marginal” saw
mills will be given a better chance to compete with mills nearer
big markets, and continuation of maximum lumber industry for
Curry county. Thursday’s Oregon Journal carried this announce
ment, telling that permission was granted. •
The Pilot had no way of reaching the Shillander Bros, for any
kind of statement concerning probable time this new industry will
be.ready to function in Brookings, but lumbermen say that work
on erection may be expected at any time now.
Lumber shipping, it has often been pointed out, will be but a
forerunner of making Brookings a coast-wise and international
shipping point, thus insuring the future of Curry county.