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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1952)
Thursday, November 6, 1952 jWOOKINGS-HARBQR PILOT. BROOKINGS. OREGON PAGE THREE pay. I o iin t\ and state extension serv In general, districts are formed ices. U.S. Forest Servicce, Bureau provement, clearing and leveling plan to organize the Curry County to provide farmers with needed of Land Management, and county of rough land for better irriga Soil Conservation district, a heavy tion and drainage. Setting up of call for technical help in drainage engineering and scientific aid in and state departments a program of crop rotations for of wet lands is expected. Tech "Another thing, we farmers like the wide field of soil and water pasture and specialty crops. Erad nical assistance is needed, mem Plans for setting up a Soil Con conservation. For example, farm about districts, is that there’s no ication of brush, weeds and unde bers of the organization commit servation district to develop the ers wit wet lands, low-produccing law or authority to force us into sirable shrubs. Farm woodland tee point out. in draining some agricultural resources of Curry pastures, or poorly planned irriga doing any more conservation work management and reforestation 29,000 acres of water-laden land county, were close to the hearing tion systems can obtain technical than we choose. Of course, most Erosion control through improve in the north portion of the county, stage this week. The State Soil help. Farmers can also obtain farmers in our county want to do ment in methods of handling tim along with drainage of additional • Conservation committee a n through their soil conservation all they can to improve their ber on slopes. Contour tillage to farmlands over the county. Assist lands, but it’s on a self-help, farm- nounced approval of the petition district, the kind of technical and action control erosion on sloping coastal ance also is expected to be needed basis. engineering help they need to tac favoring the farmer-action pro Stabilization of sand in the control of tide water and kle tough Bind problems. "We’ve been doing a lot of lands. gram. dunes, soil management through construction and maintenance of Cecil Watt puts it this way, thinking about our land problems The petition, which Included the use of fertilizer, soil amendments diking systems. names of some sixty landowners, Many oi us have long since come the past year. We believe the and diking. is the first step, under Oregon to the conclusion that we can’t agricultural output and prosperity Should farmers succeed in their Use these columns— It pays! law, in the process of organiz drain wet lands, run an irrigation of our farmers would be greatly stepped up if we farmed the con system, or step up the productive ing a county-wide Soil Conserva servation way.” tion district similar to those ness of a pasture, simply by ‘gues* In submitting its petition to the formed in 36 other farming areas and by golly’ methods. We just don’t have the ‘know how' to work State Conservation committee, FÄNGER and SUMMERS in the state. Next, will be the scheduling of cut many ot our land problems; the district organization commit a public hearing by the state com and, as long as farmers in other tee listed the following major General Contractors mittee to give interested landown agricultural area sare getting a problems ; ers an opportunity to voice their ‘helping hand’ we figure it would Streambank stabilization along • Builders of Ft tie Homes • opinion for or against the meas be good for us, too.” Sixes River, Floras ('reek, Elk According to Cecil Watt, Curry' River, Chetco River, Lower Rogue LET US HELP YOU WITH YOUR ure. In event the hearing is con county farmers could get through River, Pistol River, Winehuck, and sidered favorable by the commit NEW OR REMODELING PROBLEMS tee, a date for a referendum vote a Soil Conservation district, train other minor streams. Improve- will be set. Two-thirds of the ed help from such agencies as the bent of sprinkler and surface-type P. O. Box 264 I I.irhor, Oregon votes cast must be “yes” to insure U. S. Soil Conservation Service, irrigation systems. Pasture my a district’s passage. Actual date of the hearings on the Curry County Soil Conserva tion district proposal has not yet been announced by the state com mittee. However, farmer-leaders FRIDAY of the district organization com mittee, believe the hearing will SATURDAY be announced either late this month or early December. November 7 - 8 The proposed district has re ceived support from the Sixes, Ophir, Chetco and Pomona Orang es, and from leading farmers of the county. The district organiza tion committee, headed by Cecil Watt of Brookings, includes: Clar DAN RIVERS I I LADIES ence II. Brooks, Langlois, secre O ur 7th Anniversary tary; Raymond Capps, Sixes; Handy-Cut Dross Lengths D R E S S E S Charley Fox, Langlois; Joe Nilson, Super Langlois; Otis Bowman, Gold GINGH AM S Selected from Our Beach, and John Donaldson, Fran Reg. 98c Yd. cis W. Brown and Donald O. De Regular Stock Haven, Denmark. Considerable interest in forma Special ........ 69c yd. Special $4.99 & Í5.99 Famous Nationally tion of a soil conservation district Known T rim fit Nylon to improve, safeguard and develop the farmlands of Curry county 1 lose - New Fall shades has been indicated by farmers in CHILDREN’S RAYON 60 Gauge, 15 Denier many sections, since organization PANTIES plans were launched a year ago, LADIES BLOUSES according to Cecil Watt, a leader $149 Assorted Colors in the district movement. COTTONS - RAYONS Lace Trim In addition to numerous educa Assorted Sizes and Colors tional meetings, held to acquaint Sizes 2 to 14 Buy 3 pairs and receive 1 pair FREE farmers with district activities, Special 5 for 1 .0 0 Special S i.99 & $2.99 N O W IS T H E T IM E T O STO CK UP FOR XMAS several farmers have visited func tioning soil conservation districts to see the district plan in action. Supporters of the district pro LA DIE’S posal expressed themselves as BOYS’ GAUCHO TYPE MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT Nylon Tricot “very pleased” over the backing HEAVY SWEAT and the general favorable accep Children's Dresses PANTIES H A T S tance which the plan has received. S H IR T S First Quality Under Oregon law, soil conser Shower Resistant Sizes 3 to 14 Med., Small, Large \ . Green - Blue -Tan vation districts are a regular part Regular $1.98 W hite Only Reg. $2.49 of state government and operate Greatly Reduced along democratic lines. Each dis Special ......... . $1.99 Special 99c SjXX'ial $1.39 trict is governed by a board of five farmer-supervisors; three of which are voted in by landowners at the time of the referendum, and two are named by the gov New Shipment of Boys and Girls ernor. Supervisors serve in a vol Many other items untary capacity, and administer C O 1T O N DRESSES the affairs of the district without Rain-repellent and wind-re On Sale Reg. $5 98 sistant. Fully lined. Two >Cecil Watts Heads Conservation District SAIE I / S P E C IA L JA C K E TS B. B. Crabb Co. Bookkeeping Pap Roll Special . ...... S4.69 Some Half Sizes slash pockets. Assorted colors. Sizes 3 to 16. Reg. $3.98 Special ---------- $2.98 f Taxes Insurance Y ? K e rr Building Moore's Variety & Apparel Shop Brookings, Oregon Brookings, Ore. / We Give S & H Green Stams
