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Page Eight Fishing Is Always Good Here Oregon Farmers Sound Financially, Says C. H. Young THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1950 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON emy in July, 1951, upon success $3,579. “With the pent-up demand ! Cape Blanco Lumber Co. fully completing the final ent on farm real estate was only( While Mr. and Mrs. Charles rance requirements. for equipment caused by World Brooks of Sixes vacationed near War 2 apparently satisfied,’’ Mr. Pasco, Wash., last week the R Young said, “ a larger and larg Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Samples A. Ransdells, who live in the er percentage of agricultural GOLD BEACH Congressman and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hurd of * Hamlet, stayed at their home. borrowings have been going into Randsdell leases the Vnion Oil Harris Ellsworth announced last Medford visited the M. C. Beem other long range improvements. station, adjacent to Brooks’ store week the appointment of Merrill family over the week-end. These improvements, along wuh! at Sixes. Duane Baxter, 1950 graduate of the grow ing trend in Oregon to I practice modern conservation andj Vacationing in Canada since Gold Beach High, as first alter land management, will assure the first of the month were Mr. nate for the U. S. naval academy the importance of the state ;n and Mrs. Robert Thomas. Their at Annapolis, Md. the agricultural picture for *he trip was especially enjoyed be In July, Baxter took the pre years to come.’’ liminary competitivi? examina cause it is the first vacation Mr. tion for Fourth District candi Thomas has been able to take dates for nomination to the ac Office Hours: 9-12; 2:00-5:00 for many years. Managing his Evenings by appointment daily business and handling de ademies. In the event the prin Phone 293 Goetz Building liveries of bottled milk, during cipal appointment fails to qual- By Dorothy Asdel ify, Baxter will enter the acad.^i A whole rash of fires broke his absence, were his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John out early last week in the brush Macy of Dallas. Prairie area north of the air port road. Driven by a strong Earth-moving machinery and north wind, they endangered, for tractors are continuing to work a time, the Runberg and Blair on widening the highway through homes, then hopped across the town, which makes for much din road for further fuel. Fire fight- prs wprp Rpp( bugy maRjng )raHs and dust, but promises a sleek, IS THE BEST SAVINGS METHOD wide ribbon of pavement in the . around them days on end and not-too-far distant future, Work EVER DEVISED . . 4 SEE still more fires cropped up in. on the project was at a stand- other areas. More fifes started still for several weeks and resi again north of the road, and at dents are pleased to have it reports, according to DeP”1 continued again. Many of U... the For Details, at P. J. Lesmeister’s office ut y Fire Marshall, John Mai sh, i curbings have been placed dur patrols were trying to keep the ing the past two weeks flames away f rom the Appling home, farther east and from a nearby sawmill. It is thought that an arsonist i: responsible for many of the blazes but he Where to “FIND” and “BUY” It In CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA: has not been apprehended in the A business and professional guide to Friendly Crescent City Concerns who Gold Beach Grad West Point Bound GOLD BEACH—The plant and equipment of Oregon ranches and farms have never been in better condition, and the state’s farm ers and stockmen are prepared to meet any emergency that may lie ahead, according to C. H. Young, vice-president of Curry County Bank, who represents the Oregon Bankers Association as county agricultural chairman. “One of the best indications of this is that Oregon agriculture borrowed loss from banks during 1949 than 1918,’’ Mr. Young said. Reporting on the ninth nation al survey of agricultural lending made by the Agricultural Com mission of the American Bankers Association, noted a _ ... . Mr. 4. 4 Young . . decline tn both the number of new loans and the total amount borrowed from banks by Oregon fa rmers and ranches last year, “T h i s decline is particularly I healthy,’ he said, “in view of the) present uncertainties and i he I slight drop in agricultural in-1 come. It shows that farmers and stockmen are wisely avoiding ex cessive debt and an» holding on' to their reserves to meet any! p< ssible emergency. Mr. Young stated that “in 49, Ihe last full year of operation, the 68 Oregon banks serving ag Across Garrison Lake, on the merit a “share * of your ricultural communities loaned county road, a new’ bridge is $6'9,557 000 to 21 648 farmers and being built to replace the old ranchos to meet all types of fi one which was beginning to do» nancial needs. This is a decline teriorate rapidly at the south Gifts, Stationery from the 30,776 agricultural loans end. The county is which totaled $80.012.000 made work with logs for the pilings School Supplies, Cards by banks during 1948 Of this b( ing taken from the nearby Vai 1010 2nd St. Telephone 2212 total amount loaned last yea»-, Townley property. Const ruction $65.595,000 was borrowed by 23.- has been going on for marly two 569 farmers and ranches ot fi weeks and residents in that area Crescent City, California nance production and operational watching with requirements. ()1 these loans, oi progress. To reach their homes the it ly $20.033,00 were outstanding on is necessary for them to detour CRESCENT CITY Jan. 1, 1950. approximately three miles out “During the year, there wore ot the way, partly over a rutted, 1,079 farmers and stockmen, rep narrow7 road winding through the Visit our record dept resenting only 1.7G of all those woods, six inches deep in soft in the state, who made real es- ( dust. If Compelte Radio Sales rains arrive before com- tate loans in an aggregate total pletion, feared that the and Service of $3.862,000. The prosperity of road will be a morass of mud. the agriculture» is shown Ph. 1512 810 3rd Sx. seems universally true this by the fact that only $8,492,090 fall, Port Orford school enrol 1- in real estate loans were ou‘. ment has increased in numbers standing at the beginning of this teacher-loads heavy and the year. The total of all bank-held becoming inadequate. farm and ranch debt in Oregon Mrs. Frances Kirtland's first on Jan. 1, 1950, was $28,525.000.” giade has 29 new pupils. Mrs. Sheet Metal & Plumbin Mr. Young noted that one of Alice Johnston’s second « the brightest aspects of the pres- Household Appliances, s. Esther Abston’s third ent agricultural debt situation grade 34, Mrs. Mildred Russell’s Sheet Metal, Plumbing is the small size of the average fourth and fifth grade’s 35. and and heating supplies. loan, indicating the ser to top them all, Mrs. Millie Mal banks rendering to the own- lory has 40 fifth and sixth grade Pho. 631 900 4th St vis ot small ranches and farms pupils. in particular The average inm According to Joseph Kampa for production purposes was only superintendent, the peak enroll- $2,787, and the average loan made ment i not Carreirs-Hedricli pected until the end of next week when several ELECTRIC new pupils are planning to enter, Ih’ gives the high school ligure eighth, ninth 20; tenth eleventh. 14; the Your Hotpoint Store new teacher has been engaged to teach English 941 Second St. and girls phy: iral education at the high school. Miss Mary Lou PHONE 931 Richmond, of Hawley, Minn., ar- P. O. Box 392 or call at ri\ mg week. This makes four new teachers in the Cabin No. 7, at Baxter r. Rcbt. E. Smith DENTIST Port Orford News "GOLDEN YEARS' PLAN" EVA LEA LONG CRESCENT CITY MERCHANTS—Give Them At Least A Trial! DAVIDSON'S F. A. Carr & Son Tractor Work Owen Crocker Auto Court, Harbor Electrical Supplies DEL PONTE'S When Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ab- st on drove to Tacoma, Wash., to attend the funeral of Gordon Johnston, Abston’s partner, who X-RAY FITTED died tragically in a woods acci Phone 2102 dent. here last week, they took Mail Orders Filled 828 2nd St. Crescent City with them Abston’s daughter and son-in-law, the Ed Heaveys and Mrs. Abston’s daughter, Mrs. Patrick Leak and son. Mark, who A Snack Or Meal are returning to their homes in Seattle after an extended stay You can’t go wrong by here during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Broili and dropping in at the two sons spent several days at Ashland visiting Mr. Brioli’t par ents. Mrs. Brioli and the bovs remained when Mr r. Briol i turned home. operates Mrs. C. I. Patrick Shoe Store KATHERINE'S Beauty Shop At Residence in HARBOR, OREGON Slosed Saturdays Open 9 to 5 Daily Bus Depot Cafe trade when doing your out-of-town shopping. DIAMONDS WATCHES Mulligan Plumbing Floyd Mulligan Repair & Installation Supplies and Appliances 3rd & G. St. Ph. 1581 Silverware Flatware Hollow ware DIRELYTE WADSWORTH JEWELERS Nielsen Hardware & ELECTRIC CO. Complete line of hard ware and electrical fix tures and appliances. PHONE 143 829 SECOND PHONE 2202 SURPLUS MART ATLAS POWER TOOLS — and Hardware, also clothing for the entire family, including boots & shoes. Come in and shop with us! ms fXAMIMIO LENSES GROUND 1280 Second Street OFFICE HOÜRSi^ÿTO 5:30 SATURDAYS4 12:00 Phone 2752, Crescent City, Calif. tuSEKA? CÄUF. Crescent Chevrolet CRESCENT Lumber Company Chevrolet - Buick Sales-Service For Price Quotations On All Auto Repair, Painting BUILDING MATERIAL Radiators Repaired. Phone 1881 2nd & Market St CRESCENT CITY, CALIF. 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