BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
Entered as second-class matter, at the postoffice at Brookings. Ore
March 7, 1946. under the Act of March 3, 1879.
D ewey A kers , Editor and Publisher
ter completion, will be one of
the most modern in the south
west Oregon area.
Madge Moore returned from
the Bay area Monday, after hav-
ing visited her son for a few
days last Week.
Mrs. Flora E. Weber left Fri-
day on an extended bus trip
through San Francisco and Los
Angeles to Pomona, to visit rela
tives. She will return through
Bakersfield to Cottage Grove and
Portland yvhere she will visit a
sister and brother before return
ing to Brookings.
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INCORPORATION MUST COME
Incorporation of Brookings, like the founding of this nation and
each of its states in the past, is a step of progress. People who are
opposing the movement have lost sight of the fact that this area
no longer is an isolated spot- but is being swarmed under by new
home-seeking citizens who will demand much of the area which
they expect to heavily invest toward its future.
Incorporation has ceased to be an issue of wanting to "stay like
we are," but a move toward directing our destinies in a way these
destinies should be. Somewhere along the line there must be a
governing agency, empowered to exact certain standaids ot health
and conduct from the citizens. With another couple thousand people
here there must be traffic ordinances, zoning ordinances, health
regulations and certainly conduct rules. What the opinion ot cac h ।
of us might be, there must be movements to safeguard the area
which is now in the throes of the greatest expansion any place I
has seen in the past half century.
No parents would want to keep their children small any longer
than nature allows. Parents want their children to grow up—to
create for themselves an identity. Brookings has long ceased to be
infant it has grown up it is still growing.
Announcement of the corning of the plywood about tvxo months
ago is but a beginning of expansion. The entire west coast is ex
periencing the same intensity of growing pains. Thousands of
people all over the nation have considered this area for their future
location. Incorporation, then, is but a step toyvard being able to
cope yvith any situation this section is likely to face. Vote lor it!
NEWS BRIEFS AFFECTING CURRY
EUGENE Bonneville poyver administration called lor bids for
clearing on part of the Port Orford-Gold Beach 115 kv transmission
line right-of-way in Gurry County, Oregon. Bids are scheduled
to be opened at Portland, May 17.
This right-oi-way clearing project consisting ot 7.68 miles in
about 14 tracts represents final clearing work to be done on the
Bandon-Port Orford-Gold Beach transmission line. Successful con-
tractor will lx» given 150 days to complet the work. Copies ot speci-
float ions may be obtained from Bonneville Power Administration
procurement officer, Portland.
Petitions to the county court, asking for an election to determine
citizens’ willingness to incorporate the city, yvere presented this
week to the countv court, yvhich yvill set the date for the evenL
The committee, named at the April 5. general meeting to obtain
signatures on this petition, obtained more than sufficient signa
tures to call the election, which was presented to the county court
at is monthly meeting Wednesday. I he committee told the 1 ilot
it was the wish of the group to ask for Monday, June 4.
Emil R. Peterson, yy ho has been compiling data for the Coos-Curry
history, lets it be known that Coos County has furnished about
90', of the funds yvhich have gore into this work, yvith only 10G
coming from Curry, none of yvhich has been furnished by the
south end of the county. With this lack of co-operation. Curry
county is likely to have but little mention. Southern Curry abounds
with history w hich may’ be oyerlooked unless funds are available.
A cabin tor a yveek. with possibly a little expense money for meals
would suffice lor the moment to get Mr. Peterson here.
business Increasing Kapu
•Established in 1846
Let Nour Insurance Problems Be Mine—
By Dewey
"We are going to have base
ball here somehow,” Pete Les
meister. business manager of the
Pelicans, told me Saturday. "We
thought for a time we yvould be
in the league embracing Eureka, I
Arcata, and others in that area,
except that a Fortuna man nut
a monkey wrench in the deal." ।
All this came about when a
few teams withdrew from the.
Southern Oregon League for rea-।
sons beyond the stretch of most
imaginations. Crescent City, also,
is in the same plight has a team
but no league to enter. With the
Southwestern Oregon League in
different, apparently the only
hope is to get back into the old
Rogue Valley league7 after one
year in faster company.
Fans of this area who have
come to rely upon Pete Lesmeis-
ter for their baseball, are quite
sympathetic toward his plight at
the moment. People here do like
their baseball — the faster the
more they like it. Pete was at a
point where he felt he could put
afield a pretty fast team.
Pete and Roy Deo, helmsman
at Crescent City, may be expect
ed to figure out some tray to
get baseball here, but as yet
neither have come up with any
solution. Pete, despite the delay
in plans, is not letting down a
bit in obtaining bull players to
enter “some'* league when that
opportunity arises.
Was quite sorry to learn in
directly from Emil R. Peterson
that Curry county, especially the
southern end, was indifferent to
the forthcoming history of Coos
and Curry counties. This area,
so full of lore and interesting
material, then, by necessity, must
be ignored, as it were, in hay ing
its history told in much detail.
Histories cost money despite
the fact that Mr. Peterson was
'dipping" into his own personal
sat mgs to compile this data. It
gms without saying that some-
missing" idi opportunity
one
bu not coming tut ward with a
little expense money for him. At
Gold Bunch in February, he teas
gnen a cabin for several days,
and his meal checks were taken
cart of by some interested person.
This paper, to s< me expense,
has acquire pictures, had cuts
made and did what it could to
arouse the people of the vicinity
to the importance of this history.
of the
Almost without exception, busim
to the Pilot in the past week that 1951 is months ahead of all pre
vious years in salt's yoludie with only about a fourth of the year Bertha Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Crockett and Victor Anderson. It
tor homes thus adding impetus to that spurred by the coming of cannot be expected that they are
tin1 plyxvood plant. This year, Indiexe all business men, will never to carry the load.
ec equalled again in percentage ot gain, not excepting the days
Here. for once, ice arc passing
xx hen Brookings I umb< r first established its workings here almost up an opportunity to really do
40 year.*
a turn wor*h whil It may be
such a few short months until
H t st fnomts an gone and with
Residents "Change Mind" About Incorporation
them the knowledge of tthose
North of t< yvn, where some 22 landholders signed a petition to long-ago days which did much to
ask that their names ai d property be withdrawn from the proposed shafH the aistmits of this coun
incorporation ot Brooku igs, alread> some have had "changes c ty and section of Oregon. Who
mind" and affixt d their names to the petition which goes to th
will write Emil Pf Prison at his
county court, to set date of the election. These told the committee Eorth Di nd home, und offer him
that the matter had not ht en properly represented xx ben they had at least expense money to come
signed the petition asking yy ithdraxx al.
lit re for his mission f
Passing of Ikisehll P. Weter deprives this area of a grand old
man yy ho had much effect on the founding of this community
¡'he short st route from seller
the time the Brookings Lumber Co. started operations about 191
to buyer is an adxvrtisement in
Although not one to go about teliin ; his yytilth. Mr. Weter nevei
lodness. by his kindness to a
thelvss made it teit by hi
tee Pilot Classified \ds.
the people yy i ì yy horn he came in contact. The area is much better
man's new Chetco Store build
ing indicates that the store, al-
LOCAL
NEWS
C. O. Leonard Insurance Agency
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Kitchen Cabinets, Breakfast Nooks, Doors,
Windows, frames, cupboard doors, drawers.
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