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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT T H E R E 'S NO S U B ST IT U T E FOR C IR C U LA T IO N E ntered as second-class m atter, at the postofTice at Brookings, O re gon, March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879, M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year, in advance (in Curry C ounty)----- $300 One Year, in advance (outside Curry C o .)........ -$3-5° Classified Adv. Rates 15c per line—Min. 50c cash All advertising copy m ust be in by 5 o’clock Tuesday evening to insure publication. News item s and classified ads will be received up to W ednes day noon. N atio n al Advertising Representative W., N EEKiY N e w York EWSPAPER Chicago • R EPRESENTATIVES, IN C D etroit • P hiladelphia NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS: K indly notify of any change of address in advance. Failure to do so costs two cents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will be dropped unless subscriber notifies Pilot of change. EC EN T articles in the B rookings-H arbor Pilot have called attention to the Chetco River Mouth Development and its im portance to this area. Actually there are ttw o projects in this area seeking aid from U.S. Army engineers. One of these is designated ns the Chetco Cove, requesting a b reak w ater for a deep w a te r harlxir, to perm it ocean-going ships to call at this port to carry enrgoes of lum ber and lum ber by-products to the eastern seaboard and foreign m arkets. The o th er is the develop m ent at the m outh of the Chetco River requesting construction of a jetty on the south bank of the Checo River with a channel opening of 150 feet and a stone dike on the north bank to s ta bilize the north spit. This would give anapproxim ate depth of eight feet of w a te r at m ean low tide at the m outh of the Chetco River. This would furnish a haven or refuge for small craft th at ply the coastal w aters in the sum m er as well as m aking the inner basin available for shallow draft fishing boats. Now, which one of these two projects should we sup p o rt? The Chetco Cove or the Chetco River m outh development. It should be of interest to our readers to know what action has bet'n taken on these projects, in order that they may lie brought up to date on this m atter. The Commit tee on Rivers and H arbors of the House of R epresentatives (by resolution adopted March 100, 1938) requested the board, chief of engi neers lor rivers and harbors, to review reports on the Chetco River m outh developm ent, (p rin t« ! in House Document No. 92, 52nd ongress, 2nd Session) w ith a view to determ ine w hether any im provem ent of the Chetco River m outh was advisable at that tune. A report was subm itted to the chairm an of Com m ittee on Rivera and Harbors. House of R epresentatives by the office ot tin* chief of engineers, W ashington, D. C., on Dec. 23, 1911, which lias been printed in document form (No. 817 of the 77th Congress, 2nd Session) approving the cost of the project which was estim ât« ! at $189,000 for new work and $8.(MX) an nually for m aintenance, /»rocn/cd local mfcK’af /urafohes free of cost to the United States a suitable quarry site and necessary rights of uxi.w amt easem ents for prosecution of the icork. But due to thi' wor in 1941, all funds for rivers and harbors projects w ere frozen for the duration. Since 1915, although this item has b»'fti in the budget, when it gets down to brass tacks in cutting appropriations from the various budgvt items, some of these new projects a ie cut out and this Chetco River m outh project is one of the first to get the axe. 'Hie Portland d istrict office of the U.S Army engineers has certain projects that are carried on the budget from year to year, such as the Columbia River and W illam ette River projects which have been classified on a p rio r ity basis due to tlood controls and the «instru ctio n of new dams and these a forem en, iontsi projects m aintain a corps of engin«»ra at all times, and they are naturally the ones that the Portland district office favors in its budget when the tim e «m ies to cut down on the various new projects One o th er item that has been se, up for m vntenance under the rivers and harbors budget is the dnslging operation at Cixis Bay and other ports along the Oregon coast. W ith reference to the Chetco Cove project requesting a b reak w a te r for deep-draft ocean shipping from this area: In 1919 when the C.‘iO Lumber eompanx o jx 'ia t« ! its mill at the present hx'ation of the Bnxikings Plywood corporation, it constructed » dock which extended 1200 feet out into Chetco w ith a 25-foot depth a, low m ean w ater, which perm it t«! is own boats to load out lumber anil unload incoming freight This was a private dixk and for that reason the U.S. Army engineers could not m ake an> improvement for breakw ater unless the CAO Lum ber «impanx would convert its dixk to public use This it refus«! to do as it would invite « im p etit,on According to the old files of the C ham ber of Commerce, briefs and « in fra cts with the U S Army engineers w ere sta rte d in 1933 or before, to seek aid in ,1 . i I’’ . ts' \ e c ’ ■ P ’ Ï -> as used for shipping lumber. 76 boats loaded cargo out of grtOO O w e for California m arkets That is quite a record R Thursday, November 27, 1952 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON l’AGE TW O and in case of a sudden storm the ship would put out to sea until the storm was over. In 1950, a hearing was held a* the Chetco Grange hall in Jan u ary , at which tim e oral testim ony as well as a revised brief was su b m itt« i to the U.S. Army engineers. At the hear ing a num ber of fish packing plants did not have their represen tation on hand to present their proposed plans for developm ent; also there was no representation from outside tim ber owners as to the disjxisal of th eir products. There w ere no im m ediate plans present«! for the development of the m inerals which lias been enum erated both orally and in our brief. All of these fac tors had a bearing on not w arranting a favorable recom m enda tion from the Portland district office of the U.S. Army engineers. In July, 1952, Congressm an H arris Ellsw orth and Colonel Lipscomb, district engineer from Portland, m et with the directors of the Brookings Cham ber of Commerce and the City council. The purpose of this m eeting was to acquaint Colonel Lipscomb w ith this area and also review the Chetco Cove and the m outh of the Chetco River. It was the opinion of Colonel Lipscomb a t th a t tim e »hat the Chetco Cove project would be of m ore eco nomic value to this com m unity than the developm ent a t the m outh of the Chetco River. The Cham ber of Commerce p re sented Congressm an Ellsw orth and Colonel Lipscomb w ith a re vised brief and a com m itm ent to com plete a brief of the poten tial area to be served. Several weeks ago, at a luncheon m eeting in Gold Beach the B rookings-H arbor delegation had a chance to talk w ith S enator Guy Cordon, who advised us to form a port district at once and begin to compile all the inform ation we would need to support us in the development of this project. Senatoi Conlon emphasized that we should be prepared to subm it com plete and detailed inform ation as well as personal representation when this is presented in W ashington, D.C. W ith the development of the Chetco Cove, the prospect ot obtaining a road over to U.S. 199 would be met with im m ediate support in the areas of Josephine and Jackson counties. This would m aterially aid our area in the sum m er and fall to bring S outhern Oregon people here who enjoy fishing and the ocean beaches, and who now travel to o th er p a rts of the sta te for this pleasure. Another possibility is the exportation of fruit from the Rogue River valley and other products from Southern O re gon. Along w ith bringing about developm ent of the m ineral resources in Southern C urry county.. Some of these m inerals are im ixirtant to our natu ral defense fo r stock pile m easure and only aw ait low’ cost transportation. The fulfillm ent of either of these projects m ust n aturally have the entire support of the community. C. H. GRAYSHEL. facts about our com m unity today, and file it aw ay until one year from today, and then m ake an other inventory. Let me tell you th at you are going to be more than just amazed. When I get the biggest thrill is a talk with people who have been a u a y from this com m unity ju st a m a tter of m onths, and to have them come back and Sec the m any changes wrought. Ju st try this som etim e, and see ivhat a big shock you will get. W e are too close to the trees here to se? the forest— if you know ivhat I really mean. Defense Bond Sales Reflect Steady Trend The steady trend in U.S. de fense bond sales in Oregon con tinued through the m onth of Oc tober, as series E defense Imnd purchases equalled last year’s sales. C. M. Gray, county chairm an, reported state-w ide sales of $2,- 19,949 in series E bonds and coun ty sales of $3,825.CO. Total s ta te wide defense bond purchases in all series am ounted to $2,358,867. Gray said th a t continued ac cum ulation of savings through de fense bonds by th rifty citizens is a reflection of their desire to pro vide for financial em ergencies and opportunities in the future. "The backlog of fu tu re purchasing power represented in defense bond holdings,” he pointed out, “will fu rth e r our efforts to help insure a stabilized economy in every com m unity.” Announcing Just Personal working people who are doing a The Stocking of a Sm all great job of keeping abreast of the tim es at least to the extent NURSERY BUSINESS of their abilities. I am thankful In Brookings that m ore and more new people are seeking a right to become a I have received a shipm ent cf p art of this com m unity th at is ■ Cam ellias and Evergreens. Rea certainly a healthy sign. sonably priced from 75c on. Ju st for fun and for a lot of j LOIS G. KIRW AN self-satisfaction and inform ation.' too, let us, today, jot down t |)c On Easy S tre e t near H ighw ay 101 The Old Stubbs Property E D ITO R 'S N O TE : “Judt Per sonal" column by D E W E Y , Thanksgiving Day 1951 i* re” p rin te d : By DEW EY This is Thanksgiving Day. 1951, and despite everything, it sems that we still have plenty to be really thankful for so much. I can niagine m any things in our com m unity which m ight have been worse, thus giving us cause to find fault. It is a custom ct mine each year to tak e an in v en -1 tory. as it were, of the tilings which have happened to me. My balance sheet has alw ays su r prised me. First of all. I am th a n k fu 1 to live oi this com m unity one which is so enterprising so alert and so alive. Our grou'tng pains arc som etim e# alm ost unbearable, tfut ! yet I can find that they arc en- i durable w ithout too much frov’>»e. ! am thankful for our progress the fsist year and I seriously doubt if any of u s hare fu 'ly as sessed the many changes. 1 am thankful for my friends disagree w ith them as I may have in the past year for I h a \e found them to be honest and g o o ! : friends. Som etim es our d isa g re e-; m ents have been blessings which j hx>k me some tim e to see and | fathom, out 1 11 admit that I have found much good from all of these. I am thankful that our cifi/i is uirorporuf«! and ts started o»i! P the road to becoming a grea place. I am thankful for the men you jteople h a te chosm os the council, for I firm ly believe you dtd ju st more than a good job. These m m are doing the very best they know how, and os far as I am able to sot. m aking so m istakes I am thankful for my business One of the principal aims of this bank is to develop home territory. Our loans are largely centered here. We are encouraging and cooperating with local enterprise. You are invited to become a depositor of this active, community-boosting bank. OREGON STATE BANK BROOKINGS. OREGON A our Dependable Home Institution" Member Federal Deposit Insuiance Corporation
