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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1952)
Thursday, July io, 1952 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON t H«jng Kong Fantastic City, Redfields Relate In Tale Of Their Trip To Orient are built over the sidewalks with arches and pillars. After dinner Lyle and I walked You can go around the island to the shopping district of Kow of Hong Kong in a couple of hours loon, about ten minutes. We went as it is small, only 32 square miles into old Hong King Mary’s shop, It has a population of two and a where we bought a number of half million. A big portion of the gifts and some hand-carved furni Chinese live on sampans and junks ture. On leaving Old Mary told which can be moved at will and us to take a taxi or a rickshaw as there are thousands of these lit it was dangerous to be out after tle boats in and around the island dark. We had our first rickshaw in the various bays. We were tak ride. en around and upon the peak. 1823 Next morning we had breakfast feet above sea level. Then we and went to the ferry building to went to Repulse Bay, a popular meet our guide of the previous ii«^ resort on teh south side of the —ferried across to Hong Kong island. Further on you come to and there hired a cab to take in Little Hong Kong, situated above the sights of the island. Hong- Deep Water bay. which is filled Kong is a fabulous metropolis, so with hunderds of sampans. Driv colorful and beautiful, but very ing further on you see on the hill hot and sticky as well as smelly. the terraced hillside Chinese cem It is filled with hundreds of beg* etery. Then you come to dairy gars, children on up <o adults. farms where grass grows so thick They make begging their voca and green, providing fodder for tion. Many of the streets are on the farms. The hills and cliffs ov steep hillsides and are literally erlooking the ocean are covered stairways. Looking up and down with beautiful homes, more like any street you see hundreds of palaces. You finally come to the colorful signs in Chinese script in unforgettable Tiger Balm Garden. front of each shop, many double Going through this garden is decked street cars clanging the like a ferry pathway, leading in pedestrians out of their way. One and through grotesque figures hued may see cars of every description and carved from the side of the —from all nations and any num mountain of solid rock. Every con- ber of Chinese-drawn rickshaws. ceiveable animal, bird, fish, rep Most of buildings in the business tile from land, sea or air, men, section of Hong Kong are made women, children in every shape of concrete, stone or brick, and of and form. Many beautiful pago three or more stones. Nearly all das and structures are also seen. Here the creators of imagination y went wild with fantistic ideas. Ttte wealthy Chinese who creat ed Tiger Balm salve, an Oriental cure-all, believed that as long as he was constructing something, Bookkeeping he would continue to live, but I understand he is now dead. One Pay Roll Taxes of the beautiful pagodas rising out * Insurance of the famous garden, you can see from the ship’s deck. K e rr Building That evening at midnight, May 3, our sh J» ¿ur.ied about face and Brookings, Oregon started home. We went next to Kobe, Japan. Brookings M arket Continued from Page One B. B. Crabb Co, Where the Money Goes Farther — Where the Service Is Better— Where the Variety Is Larger Where the Produce Is Fresher— THURS.. FRI., AND SAT., JULY 10th, 11th & 12th ALBER'S Flapjack FLOUR 2Mb. box LEADWAY, Halves or Sliced PEACHES GRATED TUNA 2 can FRUITS - VEGETABLES Large Juicy 29c ß can 2 5 C Bits O' Sea Light Meat 25c MEATS Rib ORANGES, 5 lbs. ■ 2 9 c STEAKS, lb. . . 7 9 c Fancy, Dry Tend Beef ONIONS, 4 lb s .. . 2 9 c ROASTS, lb. . . 6 9 c Solid, crisp Picnic CABBAGE, lb. . . 4 c HAMS, lb. . . . Golden Bantam ROY H. BROWN MORTUARY PAGE TH R EE Pork CORN, 5 for . . 2 9 c CHOPS, lb .. . . 6 9 c “Brookings’ Own" Phone 2244— Day or Night Hillside Street Brookings, Oregon “ Coz/r/ro«/, Dependable Service' WHITE KING, Giant SOAP POWDER 3-1 b can PROPERTY FOR SALE 7 LEVEL ACRES Three blocks South of Post Office; 5-room modern house with circulating Fireplace. Shrubs, some fruit trees. TERMS! WALTER W. WOLLAM Brookings, Oregon CRISCO . . . . Hormel, 12-oz. S ic Sunshine Soda SPAM . . . . 43c Ball Jelly ('/,-p t. ta ll CRACKERS, 1 lb. . 2 3 c GLASSES, dozen. 5 9 c OLD SOUTH, No. 2 Can -g ICC GRAPEFRUIT JUICE FRANCO-AMERICAN SPAGHETTI 2 for
