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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1950)
PAGE EIGHT Att. Gen. Renders Decision In Student Residence Status District No. 17 school board has just received a copy of an opinion from the district attor-^ ney of Curry County, dated on i June 29, addressed to Mrs. Geor-. gia Fromm, Curry County school , superintendent. 'This letter and opinion was sent to the loca board in response to a letter, asking to be advised concerning the residence of the Johnson chil dren. The opinion of the district attorney: “It is my opinion the residence, of the children here is the resi dence of their parents, who have | an undisputed residence within Curry county, Oregon. Therefore the children are entitled to free tuition in the Brookings school district, and should be counted as residing in said district for the purpose of establishing the num- ber of resident pupils within said district for purpose of school as sistance aid.” This opinion should clearly an swer a number of articles and letters to the effect that Brook ings school board should not have allowed the Johnson children to Brookings school attend the without tuition. Among the numerous protests ( might be cited, the folowing: 1. Article in the Curry Coun- ( ty Reporter, Thursday, May 25:’ “While it may make the enroll ment look a bit more rosy to in clude these five children from California, nevertheless it is and decidedly so, a misuse of the state basic school support fund as well as a misuse of the local taxpayers money to accept chil dren from another state and not collect tuition.” 2. Letter from Milton DeMar tin to Rex Putnam under date of April 6, 1950 asking that Supt. Putnam discourage the authori ties of the Brookings school from accepting or enrolling children from California. 3. Letter from Mrs. Donald Crockett to Earl Newbry, sec- retary of state, stating misuse of basic school support fund by rea son of bringing five school chil dren who reside in California with| their parents into the Brookings school and collecting no tuition. 4. Oral question a t annual school meeting asking when this tuition would be collected The foregoing opinion from the district attorney answers the questions raised above. There, therefore, is no tuition due since the children “are en- i titled to free tuition in the Brook ings school district.” There has been no misuse of basic school support tun since the children “should be counted as residing in said district tor the purpose of establishing the num ber of resident pupils within said district for the purposes of school assistance aid." The school authorities would have no right to not accept or enroll these children since they are entitled to “free tuition in the Brookings school district.” It might be further stated that the local school board investi- gated this matter in 1947, and upon the basis of the' investiga- , tion admitted these children to school privileges. It is indeed gratifying that the opinion of the school board and school ad ministration has been sustained by the district attorney, concluded Lynn Hampton, Wednesday. SMITH RIVER Mrs. Eddie Westbrook and Mrs. Agnes Westbrook were co hostesses for a group of friends one recent afternoon at West brook home, honoring Mrs. Ford Wood and Mrs. Viola Allen, w’ho are visiting friends. Other guests wAre Mrs. Ella Plaisted, Mrs. Ada Hursh and Mrs. Henrietta Woodruff. Smith River residents and the business houses have the dial telephone service now. New and shiny equipment was installed in the back room of the Smith Riv er postoflice building. This will be a big improvement over the ild telephone system which will include 24-hour service. Mr. and Mrs. James Curley (HQ UGH THE KMC In the Building Line For your building needs (Homer, Kay and Conner) - DIAMONDS, WATCHES. JEWELRY — JteU d Howell Cameras and Projectors THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1950 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON The World's Best Climate have purchased the property of I Mr. and Mrs. Forest Durham and are making plans to move to their new home. Mr. Curley is proprietor o f Curley’s Welding Shop, and garage. The Durhams have purchased a home at Ban-1 don, Ore. Among the young folks who are leaving this week-end to at tend Youth Institute of the Meth odist church at Woodland, near Fort Bragg, are Misses Dorothy owley, Joane McClish, Shiela Mathews and Marilyn Naill. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tyler of State Line Motel, purchased the property in Smith River from the Crag Lumber Co., former lum ber yard owned by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Foote. Tylers plant to make improvements on the build ing, which will include apart ments. j Mr. and Mrs. Marland Rice and three sons of Albany arrived in Smith River the Fourth to vis- it pa rents of Mrs. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Will Morrison and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Horn and two children of Klamath Fa'Is spent the week-end visiting the mother of Mrs. Horn. Mrs. Mabel Browne. oividual owners had as many as 2 d , or even up to 30 pack animals —in some cases a man with his sons might operate the train; or the owner hired extra men to help. Horses must be fed, must be kept shod; saddles had to be kept in repair. Feed and shelter and pasture must be provided I for the animals. The Eckley country wi,th its natural prairies, was almost an ideal location v here forage and pasture were available almost throughout the year; and hay could be produced locally. There was an abundance of excellent timber for the build-, ing quarters, barns and fences. I There was plenty of good rich soil for the growing of gardens: vegetable, small fruits and or chards. Here was an ideal stop- ping point between Port Orford and the gold mines further to the east and the south. Ships from San Francisco and Port land made regular stops at Port Orford when weather conditions permitted. From there pack trains radiated out, loaded with supplies, tools, equipment for the miners. From the 1850’s to the nineties practically all the supplies for the mines and the Johnson Crk. and Salmon Mountain district were jacked in from Port Orford nding o. bv way of Eckley. So men then Vm Ra^ brought their families and set 47 tled in this “Little Switzerland” in the mountains from which the 53 Sixes river springs. Among the 51 early settler were the Haines 54 family, the Guerins, the Greenes,, 52 the Gibbs, the Bigelows. Others: 58 came and went with the passing I tears. But those listed here are! names long associated with the Eckley country. The home of the Weather Reoort tor the past Sunday June 26 Junt' June 28 June 29 June 30 July July 2 ............ Rain for June . Max 67 65 64 .70 .70 81 .84 Historical Bits Of Coos, Curry Cos. range throughout the year; very little feeding is required, except to cows and calves at times. The steers are marketed usually at the age of three years, being rounded up in July and August, when they are loaded into trucks and taken to the Portland mar ket. In addition to the home crop of calves, some feeders are bought whdn available. Cows that are not to be kept for breed ing purposes are sold in the us ual manner along with the steers. The east portion of the Eckley country, on the Coos county side of the divide, commonly known as the Deer Park area, now be longs to Albert Powers, who car ries on a cattle business similar to that of the Dements. Since the coming of the whites, there have been, we might say, three epochs in the history of the Eckley country. With the discovery of gold in the Johnson Creek area in the early fifties, miners rushed in. many of them, with nothing but what they could pack on their backs. Some few had horses. All were so busy staking out claims and hunting for gold that there was little time for other work, except to kill an occasional deer or elk or to catch a mess of trout in the streams. Flour, potatoes, bacon, tobac co, an occasional change of over alls, shirts, and flannel under wear, and tools these must be packed in. Horses and mules were needed. So other men came with pack animals. Gradually these teams, or pack trains as they were call- ea, increased with the growing demand until some of the in- WARREN vw m ix r\ u G w HUNTER Haines family, that of the Guer ins. and of the Greenes became stopping places for the miners and for others going to and from the mines. Many a pleasant ev r ning was spent before a place, binging news from the outside or spinning yarns of ad venture. Travel increased when people began coming in from the Co quille side, up the South Fork, over the divide, adding another spoke in the wheel of which Eck ley was the hub. When mail service was established, a car- tier started from Myrtle Point at the same time that another cue started from Port Orford. Fach one would reach Eckley in the evening, stay over night, re turning to his starting place the lol lowing day. Thus Eckley be came a stopping place between Myrtle Point and Port Orford as well as from the latter place to the mines. A road was built in from Coquille side in 1895, en abling residents to go and come in style—in buggies. Came the second period, or epoch, when the mines began to peter out. Gone were the days of the old pack trains. Men turn*. ed to other fields. The settlers vv ho had provided the pack ani mals, and who had provided the miners with butter, cheese, eggs, bacon, vegetables, fruits and the other necessities, must now look t o other means of supporting their families, educating their children. There were large fam ilies: ten children in the Guerin home, twelve in the Gibbs, four teen grew' up in the home of Joseph Haines. There were many Greenes and Bigelows, but I do not know just how many. To Be Continued ANNOUNCING 0 <> A BROOKINGS-HARBOR AENCY Since so many of our old customers have asked us to restore our sei vice route to the Brookings-Harbor area, we have complied by establishing an agencey at JERKS DRESS SHOP, Agt. in the Kruger Bui-dmg. Brookings, for your convenience. CRESCENT CITY CLEANERS AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Brookings, Oregon^ Dimmick Building nillHOINIHIIIIIIIIIIIIBIIN Wart, the Speed Cop............ 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