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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1949)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,* 1949 BROOKINGS-HARBOR. PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON Oregon In Top 11 Geld Beach Council Fire Does Damage For Farms Hooked Accepts Addition l At Turner Home \Up To Electricity GOT D BEACH The fire at the Of New Subdiv. Louisa Turner estate dwelling At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1948, Oregon had 13 electric co-operatives of which Coos-Curry Electric Co-operative is one, according to annual re port of the administrator to the secretary of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Since that time four more have been or ganized and are either in opera tion or nearing completion. Total loans at that time amounted to $14,181,184, with funds advanced amounting to $9,- 437,839. Miles of lines energized amounted to 5,204, with 17,389 consumers connected. The state’s .percentage of total farm elec trifications is given in the report at 95.2 per cent. This percentage of farms having electricity is by far higher than the average throughout the U. S., according to a survey contain ed in the report which shows Oregon as among one of but 11 states of the 48, with 90 per cent or more of its farms having cen tral station service. Others in this above list in addition to Ore gon are: Washington, California, Idaho, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Send the Pilot for Christmas! C. 0. LEONARD L L LEONARD Brokers Complete Real Estate Service NOTARY PUBLIC CLAUD WRIGHT, Salesman Bo? Zll South end of town Brooking, Oregon ON PEDRIOLI DRIVE 4.6 acres of the finest bulb land. Well-built unfinished house, elec, stove, sink, etc. Fruit trees and bulb planting stock. Small stream through property. Good terms. A short distance from Brook ings are 5 acres of fine soil on Hwy 101. Two houses with ga rages, chicken house, barn and plenty of good soring water. Ex cellent location for cabin rentals. Good cash price. Have good modern 4-r o o m house with finest of ocean views with approximately 7 acres. Rea sonably priced or will trade for Southern California property. — What have you ? If you are looking for good income properties we have sev eral that net excellent returns on small investments. Will be glad to show these to you. Just listed! Unfinished house in finest of town locations. 39/100 acre, only $2150—$500 down and $40 per month—why pay rent? If you don’t see what you want in this column, come in and look over our fine listings. We are at your service always! Town house, 6 rooms and about *2 acre for only $3850. Lovely hillside* home overlook ing ocean and Chetco river. Maf- nificent view, ^-acre, a moun tain retreat with seclusion, yet । within walking distance of town and school. Only $1500 down, bal ance very easy payments. We Work With SPEED to Fill Your NEED!......... ■fl The World's Fest Climate PAGE FIVE was finished this week. This act makes it possible to work on the building regardless of weather. Auxiliary Raising Funds For Beaver Aux- . The Legion and V. F. W. fiarivs are serving their annual i r I I m Turkey dinners Monday. Nov. 21. In GOLD BEACH—At a meeting last Friday afternoon destroyed El sew here on this rare appears of the city council, Monday, the the inside of the dining room at high school art center build-1 • ‘ an advertisement paid for by the ing. This has been an annual Kendall-Moore subdivision plat and rafter above it before being ! American Legion Auxiliary, to affair for a number of years. at the south end of the City of extinguished by the volunteer County Treasurer Sosey ’ is at- raise funds for sending as many Gold Beach was accepted. The fire department. girls as possible to Beaver Girls nlat consists of 48 lots on the About 350 gallons of water tending a convention of Coumy State next year. side-hill above the highway over were used from the emergency Treasurers at Portland. 1 This training in government is looking the ocean. The two-acre tank no the fire truck in putting . Tuesday evening. recognized by everyone to be a Joe Johnson and his brother, great thing for the youth of tract on the Crook-Buffington , out the blaze. Some damage was land at the mouth of Riley Creek done to the other rooms by the Marvin, are spending a few days America. At these schools, actual ; at the John Adams home on the polities is practiced by the divid for a sewage disposal plant was water and extreme heat. accepted for $3500 with a $500 The fire was started in the Rogue, on a bear hunt. ing up of the groups in to every | plywood which ceiled the chim- down payment. A new wood bunker is being । phase of government, from the A strip, 40 feet wide. going ney. No one was at home at the bult by Henkes & Son at the precinct to the nation. Campaigns through the Bailor tract connect time and the whole interior of Foster and Clyde mill. are carried on, ofliers art' elected ing with the county hospital lot, the room was ablaze when the Work on the basement and ad and training is given in passage was accepted from the hospital fire department arrived. Ray dition to the Presbyterian church of bills in both legislature and association for a street. Reed of the Lake Paulina. Ore., is nearing completion, under the congress. The council directed City Re area, occupied the home and supervision of George Mateer. Maryann Biddle and Margaret corder B. I. Mather to write Mr. lost some fishing gear and cloth Cattle guard at the entrance Byrne were sent last summer, Chapman of the West Coast Tele ing. He came here this spring of the new cemetery has been and their reports have been given phone Co., regarding the lack to fish on the Rogue. fixed so that cars can’t go off many times to different functions improvements being made to the in the area. the sides. ’oral t^’ephone extension, citing Water in Rogue River is now the several written complaints close to summer level, and clear. While rainfall is below normal he has received. Harold Stokes obtained two Steelhead fishing should be good. recent rains have started the D. F. Devoe, city building in Pistol River reports Chinook be tickets to the OSC-U. of O. foot grasses to growing, thus aiding spector, submitted his report and ing caught there. ball game at Eugene for Satur pastures over the county. asked for some information on day. and according to reports is the enforcement of the building unable to attend, so his friends code. ' Councilman Averill Walker, are assisting in finding a pur- chairman of the fire department, i chaser for him. Frank Behrman of Grants Pass ' and Fire Chief L. P. Sydow asked Aircraft Repair shop was a Gold for some additional equipment Beach and Port Orford business which would help improve the visitor, Tuesday. COLD WEATHER IS COMING efficiency of the department, the A new sign has been erected entire outlay to be under $200. Buy your heater at lowered prices!! at the Rogue Myrtlewood Co. by The request was granted. Orin Hess. Jack Conley, local ; Bills and other routine business painter, lettered the attractive was disposed of. City Attorney sign for the firm. Shaw is preparing the necessary Concrete foundation is being 32.900 B. T. U. Circulator, legal papers for the sewer dis- poured for the addition to be trict bonds which will be acted built to Shields Electric, to be Regularly $59.95, now .................. $54.95 upon at the next meeting of the occupied by the insurance agency 50.000 B. T. U. Circulator, now....... $76.95 council. of Col. A .J. Russell and associ- 55 000 B. T. U. Circulator, ates. .Regularly $94.85, now ................... $84.95 Sidewalk work is being done ****** near Steiner Jewelry store and Curry County Reporter office. 1 Holly “Stubby” floor furnace for bu Ralph Kessler has been busy tane, Reg. $87.50, close out at... $05.00 turning out moldings on his new Airtight Heaters, for quick heat.... . $7.95 planer, recently installed. Addi GOLD BEACH—Roy Rader. the tional knives to make up special new flight instructor at the Leith orders are being added so Mr. Airport, is all set up to give les Kessler may meet any demand sons to private parties or GIs. of the trade. Hendricks Building Brookings, Ore The composition roof for the The flight strip has been graded and the taxi strip has received communitv hail at Pistol River a now coat of gravel. The field will be lighted to enable students to do night flying. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rayer and daughter, Geraldine, moved here from Eugene, where Roy was engaged in flight instruction. During the war ho was flight instructotr at Lone Pine. Calif., and at El Paso, Texas. Charter trips and charter freight can be flown in at rates below the pres ent rate being paid to truckin : companies, Mr. Rader staff'd. Roy has a Consolidated-Vultee B. T. 13. Gold Beach Notes HUTCH SALI! Coleman Oil Heaters Flight Instructor Takes Over At Leith Airport HEN3RICKS FURNITURE CO I Figures Show More Cars On Road Than Ever In This State There row more cars and trucks with Oberon licenses on Oregon highways than at any time in the past, according to figures recently released by the registration division of the state. ( Motor vehicles registered in1 Oregon this year totaled 638,875i in September, the report said, with registrations exceeding last year by 10 per cent and toppedi those for all of 1948 by some । 38,000 cars. There were 44.544 more pass enger cars. 7,888 more pickups, and 3743 more trucks. Motorcy cles also showed an increase of 323 with only buses showing a decrease with a drop of 145. Reg-1 istrations have climber 50 per cent since 1945. ¡¿anca Card Party Sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary BENEFIT OF 1950 BEAVER GIRL STATE FUN CHETCO GRANGE MALI SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1949 8:00 o’clock P. M. Electric Roaster and Stand To Be Given Away! LARGE TURKEY GIVEN FOR DOOR PRIZE!! Handiwork Turkey Sandwiches and Coffee! Home Made Pies and Cakes Dancing Pinochle Bingo Canasta Help Send Brookings Girls to Beaver Girl States in 1950
