PAGE SIX
Thursday, June 9, 1949
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
The World's Best Climate
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Juelson tacostal Sunday reunion. This is
privileges extended to such rural, portant phase of the problem will
an annual affair among Portu- a
newspapers. If the proposed rates I be given the most sincere atten- (nee June Hassett) of Kodiak, guese people, w’hich dates back
should be approved, literally hun tion before any final recommen Alaska, arrived last week for an to days of Queen Elizabeth of
dreds of these publishers would' dation on the pending bill is pre extended visit with her parents, Portugal, who has been deeme 1 i
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hassett.
find themselves unable to con sented to the house for action.
Ruth expects to return to Alaska a saint among Portuguese Cath-
tinue, and would have to close
with her sister to take over the olics for her work with the poor.
down their businesses. Many small)
position recently resigned by Mrs. The Roses will go to Oakland
communities and rura 1 areas)
this w’eek-end to attend the wed
Juelson.
would find themselves without i
ding of a niece.
Gene
Gould
returned
home
last
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Millgard and
any medium of local news and
Reach your buyers through the
Thursday
morning
from
college,
ar-
information on important civic daughter of Colfax, Wash.,
Pilot
Classified Ads—it pays!
to
spend
the
summer
with
his
rived
the
middle
of
the
week
to
and community matters.
narents. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Gould.
visit
Mr.
Millgard
’
s
sister,
Mrs.
By way of illustration, I want)
Gene will be employed this sum
By Harris Ellsworth, M. C.
to cite some examples taken at I Dorothy Lockland and mother. mer by Ed & Mendy’s Chevron
random. The publisher of one j Ted left early this week for Col
Washington, D. C., June 1. newspaper with wrhich I am fa fax, but Mrs. Millgard will re-’ Service Station.
A Beach party was enjoyed af
Dewey Akers, Editor, Pilot,
miliar has an annual postage bill main at the Lockland home un
til
Locklands
return
from
their
ter
baccalaureate Sunday eve
Brookings, Oregon.
< o
of approximately $800. Calcula*-|
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tvts fXAI*»MiO
ning at Mill Beach. Some of the
Dear Friend: Enclosed you will ing this postage bill under the । eastern trip, early in July.
IEN$IS*GBOUNO
find a copy of the statement pre- pending legislation, it was found
Mr. and Mrs. Don Redfield re-1 seniors and friends are reported
sented to the house committee on that this cost would be increased, turned late last week from New-j to have enjoyed beans and wie
onkt HOURSjÀpO 5:30
¡Mist office and civil service in to more than $5000 or about six berg, where Don attended Pacific' ners served by Jim Carson and
SATURDAYS;
Bill
Tierce,
chefs-protempore.
reference to H. R. 2945.
College
the
past
year.
Don
will
times the present amount. In
4M '
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rose returned
As you know, this legislation another instance, the present an-| be affiiliated with his father in
proposes drastic increases in sec nual postage costs are $136. Un- the grocery, and the construction late Sunday from Ferndale where
ond class postal rates which der the pending bill these costs i of the new store building.
1 they attended a Portuguese Pen-
building,
would affect publications gener would amount to nearly $2400.
ally. I thought you might be in This approaches twenty times the
terested in my comments upon present cost. These instances, in
this proposal as it would affect a great many cases, would mean
Where
to
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FIND” and
“BUY
” It
In , CRESCENT
CITY, CALIFORNIA
small newspapers. Sincerely — me
the a
difference
me re rice between
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Harris Ellsworth.
¡ng in business or closing up shop a business and professional guide to Friendly Crescent City Concerns who
Statement by Ellsworth:
merit a “share” of your trade when doing your out-of-town shopping.
Mr. ('hairman ind members of entirely.
Another
fact
which
should
bei
My statement
the committee:
concerning II. R. 2945, which is noted is that the proposed rates
being considered by the commit would work the greatest hard
tee, will be limited to certain ship on those least able to bear
provisions of the bill. 1 fully rea the burden. Large metropolitan
& ELECTRIC CO.
lize the very difficult problem dailies, by reason of their large
which the committee has before circulation and advertising in-j
Texaco Service
Silverware
it; namely, that of endeavoring comes, which might better absorb
“
Here
To
Serve
You
Tires and Tubes
1
to revise our postal rates in such an increased cost of this char
Flatware
a way that the post office depart acter, will be little affected. The
Hollowware
Kaiser-Frazer Dealer
ment may become more nearly small town daily and the com
Sherwin-Williams
a self-sustaining government serv munity weekly are largely or al
Ph. 91
Crescent City
ice. There are many very com most wholly dependent upon pos
DIRELYTE
Paints
plex inter-relationships involved) tal service for distribution. If
in the proposed legislation and it the small newspapers should be
HARDWARE
is not practical to attempt a dis- excluded from the mails as a re
< ussion of all these factors. Ac sult of high postal rates, the peo
Housewares
cordingly, I shall limit my state ple in small cities and rural areas
ment to that phase of the prob-| would be those who would find
Floyd Mulligan
lem of which I have first-hand ' themselves first and most greatly
829 SECOND
knowledge and experience.
inconvenienced.
Repair
&
Installation
Since freedom of the press is
II all newspapers were dropped
one of the basic freedoms pro from the mails, a serious ques
Supplies and Appliances
301 “H" STREET
vided under our constitution, and; tion arises whether any substan
since the protection and encour-1 tial saving could be made in post
3rd & G. St. Ph. 1581
figement of this freedom is deemed office operating costs and per-1
\ilal to the préservât ion of our sonnel. With the new rates, the|
form of government, it has long) quantity of newspapers entering,
CRESCENT CITY
been a policy of the government the mail might be materially re
of the LînHtui States to encour- duced and the postal personnel i
age in every' way possible the es- requirements remain almost the
“The Family Store”
Visit our record dept I ! & ELECTRIC CO. i
tablishment of newspapers thru- sanie Direct and indirect postal
out the nation for the dissemina- . revenues might be decreased and
Compelte Radio Sales ! Complete line of hard j Drygoods and Furnish
tion of information. To carry out result in making the present sit
and Service
this policy and to promote the uation worse rather than better.
ware and electrical fix-j
ings. Apparel for the
< sstablishmont of newspapers in
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
tures
and
appliances,
j
Ph.
1512
840
3rd
St.
small communities and rural dis
entire family
tricts, the congress has, for many present these observations to the
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committee, knowing that this im-
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LOCAL NEWS
CRESCENT CITY MERCHANTS-Give Them At Least A Trial!
REDWOODS
HARDWARE
Manuel's Battery!
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
Mulligan Plumbing
WADSWORTH
JEWELERS
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i Nielsen Hardware;
The pending legislation
rate. While it is I
concrete evidence
the effect
& Interior Decorating
ci lie cases, it is impossible to Paper Hanging Spray Painting
Rural and Farm Buildings
fully predict the ultimate dire
Anything
in spray or brush work.
results of such rates upon small
dails and weekly papers in the
Dodson Painting Co.
United States.
about 10,(M)0 small
There
Across from Pilot Office or
weekly newspapers in the United
PHONE 41
States. A large number of these
EK EE ESTIM A TES
could not have started had it not
been for the second-class mailing
Dr. H. A. Stover
CII ! R 0 1* R A C T 0 R
Phone 352
1062 J. Street
CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA
ELECTRO-PHYSIOTHERAPY
X-RAY SERVICE
ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAPH
Carr's Sheet Metal
CRESCENT CITY
& Plumbing
Equipment Comp'y
Household Appliances,
Sheet Metai, Plumbing
and heating supplies.
900 4th St
Pho. 631
Carrell's-Hedrick
ELECTRIC
Electrical Supplies
Your Hotpoint Store
941 Second St.
PHONE 931
Gordon F.
JOHNSON
Bus Depot Cafe
“Store for Men”
Phone Crescent City 2224
or Call at
YOUR REXALL STORE
Readv To Serve You Always
T. W. Zenier
PHONE 183
Mrs. C. I. Patrick
2nd & Market Streets
Tom Brown's
MENS WEAR
Jarman Shoes, Knox &
Baxter Hats. Marlboro
Shirts
920 Second St.
Chevrolet - Buick
Sales-Service
Avt« Repair, Painting
Radiators Repaired.
Ph. 471 Crescent City
A Snack Or Meal
You can’t go wrong by
dropping in at the
& Nursery
PHONE 1881
Crescent
Chevrolet
Titus Bulb Farms
for all occasions, Immediate
Service
Irvin's Florists
Chetco Drug Co.
Lagging and Mill Sup
plies, Power Chain
saws, wire rope.
851 FOURTH STREE1
Nunn Bush Shoes
Arrow Shirts
Genuine Levis
Pendleton Shirts
Janteen Sweaters
White Staff
Complete Line
of
Work Clothes
Sporting Goods
Flowers . . .
Crescent Lumber
Company
LARGEST STOCK
of diamonds, watches
silverware & jewelry
Warren G. Hunter
JEWELRY
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