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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