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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1951)
P age T wo BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON 'and fifty families coming to work | in tiie plywood plant will even tually mean another hundred to Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore. enter business or professions. I am glad to see that the Eagles March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879. are gaining ground in this area. This organization, while it enjoys D ewey A kers , Editor and Publisher lots of social affairs, has defi nitely done much to further old SUBSCRI PTION RATES: age benefits in this country. It is, 1 believe, the first such group to inaugurate the idea, which is now quite a national plan. I have noticed wherever an Aerie been located, in my NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS: Kindly notify of any years has in the newspaper game, change of address in advance. Failure to do so costs two the Eagles have a way of doing things, and quickly. I am not cents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will quite aware of the methods, but I am certain they are good as well as effective. Coming as it does, right at this particular time, I predict much good will come from this or ganization. I look for the local to soon have its own home The future of Curry County, long dormant and re Aerie - which will be built by a lot stricted because of transportation difficulties, was never of co-operation. In this home, I also predict much of the com brighter than today, as the area hums with activity, and munity ’s social affairs will soon be taking place. seeths with anticipation of the coming year. There are a number of Eagle members about the area who to Aeries in other cities here in the past is being rewarded. What was once the belong who are talking up the proposi tion about the town. They are certainly hopeful that an Aerie soon will be granted a charter. All this progress has not come without pain—real In fact they almost demand it. BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT FUTURE BRIGHT IN CURRY CO growing pains—with many more to follow. The county faces an accute housing shortage unless several hundred houses arc built in 1951; the county school system is practically torn apart at the scam in nearly every dis trict in the county by the influx of students, that which has been felt the past year, and the promise of more. soon will be in a pitiable condition unless some drastic action is taken at once. A year from now the picture and make inquiry into the facts of bad administration after it has happened. For example, congress has given the Department of Agriculture authority regarding the sale and purchase of farm products. Senator Williams of Delaware made an investigation and learned that about the same time the United States was sell ing cheese at a grea loss to Eng land, we were importing more than 13.000,000 pounds of Ched dar cheese from the British Em pire. The agriculture department sold 50.0iMJ.000 pounds of Cheddar cheese to the British Empire at 15c a pound. The United States taxpayers had bought this cheese at a rate of 31c a pound, thereby losing $7,500,000 in the transac tion. Weather Report For the week ending on Sun- Max. Min. Rain day : March 5 . ............ 42 March 6 . ............ 47 March 7 . ............ 49 March S . ............ 50 March 9 . ............ 46 March 10 ............ 50 March 11 ............ 53 Rainfall for week 31 39 35 48 32 32 33 .27 .72 .12 .78 99 .08 ...2.19 Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Campbell and son, Jimmy, who spent the winter at Heber Springs, Ark., are expected home this week. COURTIER'S Beauty Studio State Tax Man To Come To County Open Mondays through Saturdays A man from Oregon state tax commission will be at the court house, Gold Beach, next Monday, March 19 from 8 to 12 noon, ac cording to word received from the tax commission early this week. Evenings by Appointments PHONE 381 Hungry? 5UIÏÏ»E WEEK By Harris Ellsworth. M. C. Thore has been less actual I House action during the first two seriously about a few consolidations in addition to sev i months of this session that I have! । seen here in several years. Only eral building programs. That is the picture, today. I one major bill hase been acted I upon thus far, the extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement spending some anxious moments Act. Meanwhile, of course, com perhaps some sleepless nights— mittees are working on various trying to solve the problem. In pieces of legislation. Bills will some ways they know not exactly be coming to thô floor rather what to plan and in others it rapidly from now own. I expect is definite the school population some people will start calling this will double. In what grades will a ”do nothing” congress. My own these pupils be? Things have a opinion is that it is the quality peculiar way of not going ac of legislation passed by a con cording to a pattern. gress that is important rather than its success in grinding out Facing this area is the problem a lot of law’s. of incorporation and that in a The administration is still relatively short time. True, many pressing for enactment ot the so arguments are current against a cialistic -Truman Deal” program. । movement of this kind, but as Some of it. notably the principles surely as night follows day, the of the famous Brannan plan, are movement must be taken. Ac before congress thinly disguised ;rrE.i tive in this movement is a com- in the budget. It is pretty cer-1 imittee appointed by the chamber tain that the 82nd congress will) of commerce , which has arranged eliminate all such hidden ball; , a meeting w hen an expert on in- tricks that can be discovered. corporation will be heard. Revelations regarding the scan This area can be likened unto j a bolt of cloth without form dal in the RFC are the most , with no pattern of procedure, no vivid news here now. One reli plan for progress. Incorporation able financial publication says of: would establish an identity, it it- "The sub-committee findings By Deux y would set a responsibility and a are mostly in the nature of offi People as far away as Anchor goal. Like all questions, there cial confirmation of private re- age. Alaska. ’ ish to subscribe to may be two sidt s, but the time is ports that have been increasing the I’ilot, to learn of trends in at l and when the people of this ly prevaelnt since the war.” urea must 'Irride upon a plan of The president, ever loyal to his this area. Li unified action. gang of insiders, has called the -Will you letter came: senate sub-committee’s report on ruler nn subscription to the Pi People irea are reali) this subject -asinine.” But the lot for one year and send bill to I hrilled ict ion on con Washington Daily News stated me by air mail. Earl T. 1'rosper, P. O. Box I 111. Anchorage. Alas- st ruction begin on the new ply recently that -insiders wood plant. It seems to many to White House was told in the ka be an answer to a prayer; it is summer of 1949 about an affi- of the shut a new birth of hope to those davit charging t h a t E. M e r 1 inquiries the Pilot rec tn whose faith in southwestern Ore Young, former R F C employee, most weekly rom some the north wo; t. While nothing of gon has been unwavering all the had offered to influence the big many years of residence here. lending agency th reason was gi and sicken- Bringing to this community of (MM).” It is a s t st shown. it hundred and fifty ing story. twern the lines' ('ey from the rill not bring only ; fa Standing timber i n Western I one where rs for the ne eongt sted arci unity might Oregon and Washb g ton is one ill bring new initiative and item of commerce thaï will not carry tin m fa be troubled much by the impost « x, dt Wars, nurses, and more with a litt It skilled tradesmen net ded to care tion of ceiling prices under ord»' of J a n. 26. Prevailing ceiling going rommunity. It wouldn ’ t be with mlich ima prices on timber stumpage are: happen too r, $63.00 per thousand mat ion to eon 'ive ot new stores situation will eventually be taken coming to the irea. it would not feet, weste rn hemlock $21.50; and hink automobile sugar pine care of, but in the nkaniime. I be amiss to locating he can set» jieople living in most any law may ex pec shelter for a lew months. The what f this new which authorizes school situation is almost one tor department to d< alarm. Ihcture, it you can the f wha it no longera has Home-Made Pics HOURS: 6:oo A. M. TO i :oo A. M. IT SEEMS TO ME lo then aw ait Book Cases, Writing Desks, Corner Cabinet* Kitchen Cabinets, Breakfast Nooks, Doors, Windows, frames, cupboard doors, drawers. IF ITS MADE OF WOOD— YOU HAVE A JOB FOR J. E. FIFIELD! Turn off 101 at Beach Road. Follow the Signa Dr. Henry S. Crawford Office House . . 10 to 6, on all days Mondays, Tuesday, Thursday Evenings 878 Front St., Crescent Ctiy Phone 2602 (Next to Greyhound Bus Depot) eaners Quality Cleaning and Pressing Also Agents for DEL NORTE LAUNDRY Pickup and Deliver , Service, on CALL 233 BROOKINGS, ORE. Mondays and Thursdays
