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PAGE FOUR The World's Best Climate BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON ing the needed certification. Call was decided to put their efforts at the home office, or phone 343. to the construction of one bridge first, across Elk river. Captain Tichenor, Robert McKenzie and P. Hughes were elected with in structions to at once select a site, advertise for bids and col lect funds, and finally to receive While many details are indefi or reject the bridge when com nite and meager, Eugene Ackley, By Emil R. Peterson 72, resident of this place, is in You may recall some recent pleted. The high character of a Klamath Falls hospital with items in this column taken from the gentlement composing the a broken neck, and his wife is the Port Orford Post, Nov. 25, ! commission affords satisfactory suffering from hrowen ribs, re 1880, published by J. H. Upton ! assurance that the people’s in- sult of an auto accident late & Son. (The son was J. M. Up 1 terests will in no wise be neg- last Saturday night, near 'iule- ton, afterwards an attorney in 'lected. “A subscription circulated at lake, Calif., when they, with Mr. Bandon aind later in Marshfield). the meeting realized $256 and and Mrs. Don Ackley, newly In 1882 or 1883, the Uptons weds, were returning from Reno, sold the Post to Walter Sutton, the readiness manifested by all where the wedding had been when the Uptons moved to a present to add to the fund in performed. farm on the Floras Lake road dulges the hope that the feeling Leaving here early Friday, the between Langlois and Denmark, is general and that little effort Ackleys, together with Miss Doris where they established the Curry will l>e required to raise the Stewart, home economics teach County Recorder, later changed needed balance.” er of the local high school, went to the Southwest Oregon Re to Reno where Don and Miss corder. The elder Upton had been Stuart were married on Satur a cabinet maker before coming Mrs. Carl Berger day. They were en route home west, and was handy with tools, Undergoes Operation at time of the accident. The fol so he set about making a print Mrs. Carl Berger underwent a lowing, taken from the Orego ing press, mostly of wood. Frank throat opeartion the first of the nian, give a few details: Kenworthy, who afterwards week at Sacred Heart hospital, KLAMATH FALLS An elder bought the Sutton place, remem Eugene. She consulted a special ly couple, driving home with bers the old press very well. La ist there who discovered an in their son and daughter-in-law ter it was thrown out into a ternal growth and advised re from the latter’s wedding, were rubbish pile and burned up. moval at once. Mrs. Berger had seriously injured in an overturn Walling's History of South been ailing for some time, and ing car Sunday. west Oregon, 1884, referring to recently had lost considerable Eugene Ackley, 72, and his Denmark, Curry county, says: weight. She was accompanied by wife were brought to a hospital “It is a striking example of ex her husband and son, Tommy, here with spinal fractures. Their traordinary vigor and foresight going' by bus. car overturned north of Tule of the inhabitants of the place By phone Tuesday Mr. Ber lake, Calif. that a newspaper has already ger stated he had word that Mrs. The bride and groom, riding been established by J. H. Up Berger was progressing nicely, with them, were only shaken. ton, an experienced journalist. and hoped to be out of the hos Donald Ackley, a Willamette The Recorder deals mainly with pital by the end of the week. university student and the for local affairs, and it is appar Mary Lou, only daughter of the mer Doris Jean Stuart, Kittan ently well supported. Bergers, is caring for the family, ning, Pa., had been married I am fortunte in having ac except the baby, who is being Saturday at Reno, Nev. cess to several copies of the cared for by Mrs. Tierce. The Ackleys live in Brookings. Southwest Oregon Recorder, so W. W. Smith left the last of Ackley, who was driving when kindly loaned to me by our old the week for LaGrande where the accident occurred, is a re friend, Louie Knapp, of Curry he will visit his daughter and tired Bend lumberman. County, at one time our joint family for a week or ten days. representative in the legislature. To check on Walling’s state ment that the Recorder was well supported, let us glance at a few’ of the ads in the issue of BY C. E. SEGER Aug. 11, 1885. Gold Beach. Ore. We find a quarter page ad of Crawford & Wilbur, wholesale Property Tax Exemption Disabled war veterans, 40% 1 and retail dealers i n general or more, and un re-married war merchandise with $300,000 stock widows eligible for the $1000 I - everything from candy to nuts state property t a x exemption to beer to wine; from fancy have until April 1 to apply for laces and embroidery to harness, this exemption for the coming saddles, and bridles; from pow fiscal year. Application must be der, shot and drugs to paint, oils made annually, to the county as-j and window glass. And J. H. sessor in the county where the( Cutter’s 100-proof whiskey and property on which exemption is brandy. (Sold only for medici claimed is located. The applicant nal purposes and family use). Then we came to an ad of must be an Oregon resident. The Langlois & Nelson, custom black $1000 exemption applies to the smithing, repairing and wagon taxable value of the real or per enal property of the following: making. And the new stage line. Port Unre-married war widows, dis Orford to Bandon three times a abled war veterans with 40% or week, going one day, returning more disability officially certi the next. Leaving Port Orford1 fied by the veterans admimstra- in the morning, Denmark by tion, regardless of the amount of his income. Other honorabiy noon and Bandon by or before discharged war veterans with Six in the evening. Through fare, disabilities of 40* i or more as' one way, $5.00; freight, 100 lbs., certified, not by the veterans ad-, $1.50. Next we find: A. Vesser, M. D.. ministration, but by a licensed Oregon physician. Such persons special attention to diseases of to claim exemption cannot have women. Marshfield lawyers are repre received more than $2000 during the last calendar year as pen sented among the Recorder ads sion, disability compensation or by J. W. Bennett and by Siglin retirement pay on account of & Gray. There are some ads from firms military service. Your county assessor has the at Ellensburg; and a stork pat necessary forms. Veterans with] ent medicine ad offering “The 40*; or more disability, officially Great English Remedy, Sir Ast- certified by the veterans admin ly Coopers Vital Restorative, istration must submit a VA rec and Dr. Mintie’s Dandelion Pills, ord, plus an affidavit as to the the best and cheapest dyspepsia, amount of pension or retirement bilious cure on the market.’’ We recall that in 1880, Upton pay received from the govern ment. The widow must show the was urging through his Port Or husbands discharge and must ford Post, necessity of bridging furnish a copy of the death cer Elk and Sixes rivers. We find tificate. him, five years later, hammering The exemption may apply to away at the same project. We any profierty the veteran or wid quote from the Recorder of Au ow may own or have in posses gust 11, 1885: “A meeting of the sion under a rtvorded contract citizens of the county was held for the purchase thereof. If the at Port Orford Saturday to se applicant owns property in more cure interchange of views as to than one county, total amount the steps necessary to be taken of exemption allowed cannot ex in the matter of bridging Elk and Sixes rivers, and to provide ceed $1000. Your county service officer w ill ways and means looking to the gladly assist or advise in obtain erection of the structures. It Ackleys Seriously Hurt Returning From Reno, Nev. Historical Bits Of Coos-Curry Lore THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1950 Bollinger Boosted Gold Beach Notes Mrs. For Rebekah Degree Tommy Hawkins and Donald Sosey attended the American Le gion Junior baseball league ses sion of Southwest Oregon at Co quille last Monday evening. The Southwest league is divided into two sections. The south half in cludes Gold Beach, Myrtle Point, Powers and Bandon. The Bandon group has not signified whether or not they will participate. Last year Gold Beach won the south ern division honors but lost to Coos Bay, northern winners. First practice game will be with Coquille, May 21 at Co quille. The first league game will be at Gold Beach, May 27, against Myrtle Point. Players from last year’s team include Bill Wallace, pitcher; Sammy Chase, second base; Har vey James, third base; Russell Burdick, outfield; Travis Miller, outfield; Bud Wallace outfield. Donald Sosey states that any boys to be qualified would have to be born after Jan. 1, 1933. The prospects for a highly successful season seem promising, he said. Mr. and Mrs. Bud DuBay of Wedderburn returned from a business trip to Portland last week where Mr. DuBay passed his examination for a pilot’s li cense on Rogue River. Lex Fromm and Clayton Triv- ett Sr. were business visitors at Bend, last week. They made the trip by chartered plane from the Leith airport, Friday, with Pilot Rader and Mrs. Rader. On the return trip they were flown over Crater Lake. When Mr. Trivett sighted all the water, he request ed to be taken to the nearest airport, so a trip to Medford was quickly arranged. Both passen gers are sold on the easy and quick way of air travel. Regular meeting of Topaz Re bekah lodge was held Feb. 28 with large attendance. Mi^ Berly Bollinger was recommend? ed to receive the Decoration of Chivalry, an honor accorded only members in recognition for out standing and loyal work for their lodge. This degree is given each year at Grand Lodge, which will be held this year at Astoria in May. The meeting of March 14 will be a special session, to honor the oldest member of the lodge, 4rs. Ida Hubbell, and all mem bers who wish, are to wear for mal dresses. Folowing the meeting, refresh ments were served by Verna Mendenhall, Addie Sweeney, Gertrude Cole, Iris Kindel and Bernadine Steele. Weather Report for the past w’eek, ending on Sunday: Max. Min. Rain February 27 ... .59 36 February 28 ... ..53 .... 40 ...53 46 March 1 .02 47 1.58 March 2 ...51 March 3 ...52 48 .20 ...57 March 4 50 T 43 March 5 ...49 1.50 Rain for week ...3.30 February rainfall .... .11.44 Janaury rainfall ....... ..23.97 Total to date, 1950... .38.71 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Payne and son, Butch, left the latter part of the week for their home at Ukiah, Oregon, after visiting relatives here for several days. They were accompanied as far as Medford by Mrs. Wanda Ellis who had been visiting friends here for a few days. Co. Service Officei Reports To You: Curry County Does . it Again! The good people of the county raised the county quota for the "March of Dimes" campaign — exceeded the quota, too! Curry County can win at any thing if it only wishes—will put a willling shoulder to the wheel. It will be the county's opportunitv to keep her schools over the top, too! Progressive Citizens of Curry
