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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON PAGE TWO .. .The World's Best Climate == IT SEEMS TO ME BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore March 7, 1946. under the Act of March 3, 1879. DEWEY AKERS, Editor and Publisher National Advertising Representative NG SERVICE. INC Subscription Rate Per Year, in Curry County, Oregon °er Year, outside Curry County...... $2. S3. Who. in this or any other community, w ouid hire inexper-1 ienced people to manage a busi ness for tnenx Who would place trust in incompetent cashiers io handle money for a bank? Who would think of going to a doctor who had never attended a medi- ical school ? What are these ques tions leading to? Best answered, I think of an other question, “Should incom petent teaechers have the job of teaching our children—of in fluencing the future generation? Of guiding the minds that some day will become our scientists, our teachers, our leaders? Can you imagine how anyone would like to change to a lower stan- dard in eduaction? DO WE WANT SUB-STANDARDS? THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 cialistic when the government builds and owns the homes peo ple live m. I have seen and heard enough indications around here to convince me that there is a planned effort being made t/ drive coal mining, wire commune ications and the railroads into nationalization. For the purpose of stopping the trend, and I believe we do want to stop it, our system does not work as well as the British sys tem does. There the socialists re ceive less than a majority of the total votes cast. As a result, the socialistis program is stopped. Here, in 1948, Truman and his program received less man a majority of the total votes cast but the result was considered a “mandate” to carry out the pro gram. Fortuately our people have an other opportunity this fall to say what is on their minds through their ballots. Our system works a little more slowly than the British, but it will work surely. To any dis-interested and casual observer, last Friday By Dewey at the Grange hall, and again Monday night at the high school, On the front page of this is imprtwion would be gathered that the local school and budget sue appears a story concerning boards were on trial for grand larceny or embezzlement Decause the* dedeication of the new har Mrs. Alan Dunham of Port bor at Crescent City and its pre of publication of the 1950-51 school budget for District No. 17. land has been a house guest o4 sentation to the harbor commis Mr. and Mrs. Floyd T. Bobuo These reputable people, taxpayers, serving without pay and sion of that place. This celebra Ed F. Ackley, who went to certainly without thanks, met many hours to determine what nec tion, likely to be attended by Sv Harris Ellsworth, M. C. San Francisco last week to con essary funds it would require to conduct schools of the district for scores from this area, should be sult a specialist concerning his There is a real battle going an object lesson on what a lit the coming year. On one hand these people had the law’ and 65 tle co-operation can do, what it[ on between the states of Ari ear, returned home Monday eve edicts from the state department of education, and on the other can mean if every citizen of a zona and California. It is a fight ning, much improved in health. they had the taxpayers’ point of view, to budget adequately, yet community can whole-heartedly over water similar to the strug- Acreage, in Brookings, get behind a movement, regard- gles in the days of the “old west’’ within reason, as far as they, as honest humans knew how. less of personal feelings and a over water holes the principal 1 to 20. Choice buiiding I differences are that this water These men were accused of being dishonest, both individually few opinions. w-K ** —. 1 »-k-« • n 1 « 1 v w-v *•% ♦ 1 »"V Ik 1 «'V CT TI V* i sites. Sunset Cottages, on Bnd collectively. They were held up to public ridicule, inference Noted in the article were the problem is mlilion times bigger, i 49tf the fighting is more dignified Hwy 101, ii<irbor. was made that each and all were telling falsehoods concerning statements of how everyone of and guns are not used. Califor- ----- the community “gave?’ and not various items of the budget. In the main, the discussion of the one word of what they expected nia lost the first round when & NORINE HARVEY budget became a mockery of a trial. to 7 receive.” Therein lies the the U. S. Senate approved a river project in Arizona by a substan The Pilot has not, in the past, and may not in the future, whole story. Merchants, restaur- accredited teacher ant owners, and everyone, gave. tial majority. see things eye-to-eyc with the individuals of the school board and labor, gave money, gave equip-| The Californians, however,* do 01 those of the budget board, but the Pilot will hasten to defend ment use, «ov, to further this proj-1 proj- j not propose to take this oefeat ect which will mean much to the lying down. Said one California the honesty and integrity of these people, who certainly have the congressman in describing the e cono my of the area. most thankless job in the world. project to me: “It proposes to Such progressive communities The Pilot, in the past, has been a critic of the schools, and as those which do things, one use water which the state (Ari W’ill not relinquish that right so long as free press remains in is likely to find people who do zona» does not own, to lift that Studio Building water twice as high as the Wash this country. However, the criticism the Pilot has always made in not look right at the present— ington monument, convey it far-i but to the future, possibly as Brookings, Ore, connection with the local schools has been that they did not offer than from Washington to far away as the second and third ther sufficient courses to fit a student for any branch of higher learning generations. I have no doubt in New York, at a cost to the f^d- treasury of three quarters my mind that many people gave eral or for the problems to be faced in life. . billion dollars, to irrigate of a up to as much as $100 who were, Just about a year ago there was quite a furore over the state* unable to wield a shovel, ham-| 200,000 acres of privately-owned,| concerning the preparation of students by high schools in Oregon. mer or other tools. These people w ar-boom desert land vv h i c h would not be required to repay This accusation was meant to include District No. 17, as well as will reap little or no actual bene- the construction cost, for rais- The answers to everyday other Curry county schools. Even the Portland schools, with bigger efit other than to live in a com ing crops which are now sur- munity which is progressing. i Insurance Problems^ budgets, more facilities and a great corpB oi teachers, were not Crescent City should be ap plus.” By Pete Lesmeister I haven’t yet heard the plauded for her action. She has shielded by’ these exposes of inadequacies ot education. zona side of the story but it will High schools, to be somewhere near adequate, should offer a perfect right to be proud of have to be good to tie that one her achievement how sue ac four years of mathematics, four years ot science, four years of tually picked herself up by the —let alone beat it! « * * English, two vears of some language, two vears of manual arts “bootstraps,” and set herself out Now that the British people (this to include home economics tor girls', some commetcial sub in front as a progressive place. gov- their have halted Mr. Pyke, recently in his talk to^mw ikihvu mm r socialist jects, and adequate social studies to complete the required number the local Rotary club, told of ernment dead in its tracks 1 am hoic everyone, waitresses, nurs inclined to believe that there is Question. When I read of of credits to enter a school ol higher learning. developing world-wide distrust of es, and such wage-earners who the huge damages awarded to Constant reference was maUe both Friday and Monday nights gave their bit, also. With spirit^ socialists and their desire for so people injured in automobile about the rising costs of t he il ke that, there is no obstacle on cialistic control of governments. accidents. I begin to wonder and no denial is made or attempted. However, people do not stop the face of the globe too big to In those rather limited areas of if the five and ten thousand! the world where people are still or even ten and twenty thou-1 surmount. Crescent City jollou- to think that people once could buv a pretty substantial meal tot cd the old army plan “Difficult free and may select a govern- sand dollar public liability j 35c to 50c now 90c to $1.50. Once all of us could go to a market tasks are done quickly the im ment of their own choice they policy is large enough to giver are discarding socialism and the complete protection. 1 hear! for Some meat, and have a ‘mess' ot liver tossed into the order possible take a little longer." inevitable loss of freedom which of people carrying fifty and! not more than another dime. for Pete Lesmeister is in a quan goes with it. Some people tailed hundred thousand dollar lia teacher live on the Times have changed. No longer can a dary. He has a berth in south to stop it in time. You must re bility policies and I w’ould $65-a-month-salaries known to this writer in his youth. State laws ern Oregon baseball league and member that the Hitler party like to know is the cost of have made it mandatory that teachers obtain at least three vears is faced with a gigantic task of* had the word “socialist" in it. such insurance is too high for The present Russian government the average person to pay. of college to teach in the grades, and five to teach in high schools. building a team which takes a is a union of “socialistis" states. : perhaps quite a sum of money Answer. Not at all. As a mat Times have changed and all of us might as well accept the tact. sum of that filthy lucre. Pete| Webster’s big dictionary says ter of fact, a very small in For benefit of those who did not attend these two meetings wishes he had such an organiza-, socialist is a political and eco crease in premium can change to discuss the budget, the Pilot will defend until the end the in tion as the Crescent City Elksi nomic theory of social re-organ a ten and twenty thousand which gave a dance and all pro ization. the essential feature of tegrity and honesty of the men who set up the budget. To accuse ceeds to the baseball team $600 which is government control of dollar policy to a twenty-Jive and fifty thousand dorlar pro them of being dishonest could be basis for slander suits. to be exact. Pete needs some economic activities. tection. You are quite right, money, to buy baseballs, to puy We are attempting to fight too, about the need for great bats, to buy meals for players off socialism in the United States er protection as the size of while on trips to other towns.- but most people do not seem to damage awards has increased Baseball is the national pas-} realize it. Much of the so-called substanially in the past few time, 1 have been told, and I’ve Truman program is clearly' so years. always thought so, but like any ’ cialistic. The Brannan plan is so- •If you'll addicts your own Pillow Arm Daveno and Matching ('hair $100 other thing. takes money to keep cialistic because it would control insurance questions to this of- going. People love to go out to| farmers. The administration med- $50 Circulating Oil Heater, like new fice, we'll try to give you the \ games like the recreation it af- ical plan is already called by its correct answers and there’ll Montag Wood Range, with new oil fords, so Pete hasn't any pur- proper name “socialized medi- be no charge or oblibation of $50 Burner Attachment .................... any kind. ।। twular worry about the season, cine." The valley authority plans once it's under way. He is. how- (of which CVA is one of nine) Maytag Washing Machine, in good PETE J. ever, concerned over the mimed-, is socialistic because it means iate needs of the club now to that entire regions would be put enter into faster company as far under rigid government control. Real Estate and Insurance us baseball goes. Who has an Certainly part oi the housing Crissey Building Brookings} idea of how to help him? j legislation already enacted is so- a PIANO How you Know! FOR QUICK SALE WE OFFER: Harold Jesser, Box 602, Brookings 61- LESMFISTER
