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PAGE SIX BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON Thursday, December 18,1952 ment was used in an effort to sub Subscribe to the Brookings- sta n tia te this view — including 1 H arbor Pilot. Only $3.00 per some th at seem fan tastic to the ~ A . year. lay reader 1 D uring recent m onths, beef has y ’ i been flooding into m ark et in huge The Roanoke River in Virginia However, the Federal er 'q u a n titie s, and the prices of most Series E defense bond sales d u r isn’t a world famous or p a rticu commission granted the license to cuts arp lower than thev werp p ing November dipped 9 per cent situation is sim i. below the corresponding period larly impressive stream . Yet it the Virginia utility. Interior w*nt vear ago is likely to become the most im- to court. The F P C decision was lar for some other m eats. For- a y<*ar ago, according to C. M. by p jnz. o rta n t river III in this vw country mill. uiiiij. I unanim ously * upheld • • the U S instance, 11IV ii- the p<ll'KtTS packers nave have oe^n been Gray, county defense uuuu bond tiia chair- T h at is the point of a strik in g ! Gourt of Appeals for the F ourth , offering pork at average whole- , man. article in the November issue of Circuit. Now the m a tte r has sa je prices which are about 21 Total E bond sales throughout See t „i. tz ii e e n t taken a k e n to n n re m e e C o u rt — pe r ___ . »--»__ ci c e o e e i to th the e S Suprem Court. eent below .. the 1917 level, Tim •the s ta te am ounted to $1,668,564. The Reader’s Digest k by «, Jack Kil 1 b been p\-pn though wages and taxes and ¡County sales w ere $2,419. S tate- patrick, editor of the Richmond 1 he needed pow i expansion has most o th er costs of doing busi- wide purchases in all series de- News Leader. And the reason already been blocked for four for this, in his words, is th a t “If y°a rs - ness have risen substantially since , f<?nse bonds w ere ju st under two WRECKERS million dollars. the extrem e theories advanced by W hat is the significance of all I then. the Federal governm ent for the th is? In Mr. K ilpatrick’s words, At the end of Hie sum m er of OCEAN VIEW D RIV E Roanoke river are upheld by Con- 1 In te rio r’s argum ent in the Roan- J 1951, by contrast, beef was in the (Harbor Oregon I gress and the courts, nobody but | oke case am ounts to “urging th a t I sm allest supply in eight years TREES INCREASE th e Federal governm ent will ever all m ajor stream s everyw here re i and prices were near their all- 11IRI A again build a power plant on any gardless of their relation to navi tim e high. im portant stream in the United gation or flood control, should be Many things have contributed OVER HOLIDAYS S ta te s.” regarded as Federal property. By to so great a change in little L e t’s keep C hristm as m erry! The story is a long ’and com the sam e line of reasoning, no m ore than a year. One of them This is the appeal m ade by the plex one, but the highlights can vein of coal or acre of farm land is especially w orth noting. We I N ational Board of F ire Under bebriefly presented. F our years is sale; th*re is no stopping point approached a point of crisis in our w riters every y ear at this time. Bookkeeping ago. a Virginia power company short of com plete Federal ow ner m eat supply when it became clear The reason, of course, is th at the applied to the F ederal power ship of all n atu ral resources? th at the price control authorities C hristm as tree, center of holiday commission for authority to build Pay Roll Taxes In o th er words, if In te rio r’s plan.led to in au g u rate a c r a c k - ! festivities in most American a |K»wer dam on fhr Roanoke. Its prem ises are accepted, private d o w n policy which would have homes, can all too easily become Insurance region needed the ¡lower, and it enterprise wil Bind it impossible taken the profit out of m eat pro- the center of a tragic fire was predicted that the generators to build hydroelectric plants. Gov duction while leaving the pro- K e rr Building t o keep C hristm as m errv, the would be in operation by the end ernm ent will have alm ost unim a ducer with all the risks. A new 1 N ational Board of F ire Under of 1951. But the interior d e p a rt ginably sweeping powers over in black m arket in m eat began to j w riters Hsts the foUowing sug- m ent opposed the application, on dustry, agriculture and enterprise emerge. Almost every au th o rity ’ gestions for holiday safety Brookings, Oregon the grounds that the en tire R o over all the basic resources is convinced that m ore and m ore 1 anoke basin was reserved exclu and economic energies of this n a m eat would have been diverted ! ? sively for Federal jxiwer develop tion. The door to to ta litarian so from the normal and legal chan m ent. Every conceivable argu- cialism will bc wide open. nels, to the detrim ent of the vast o ♦ m ajority of consum ers, had not <► o Congress stepped in and amended ♦ ♦ the price control law so as to MATOT BUILDING <► curb those politicians who w a n t o Please Place Your O rders Now’ o ed to a rb itra rily reduce prices < ► Com plete line of Gas Appliances - w ater h eaters FOR regardless of w hat happened to ♦ furnaces - ranges - floor furnaces agricult m e and industry. Con ♦ Servel refrigerators and space heaters HOLIDAY SPECIAL PARTIES gress recognized the fact th at the AND DINNERS price a m an sells his products for PROPANE GAS m ust honestly reflect the cost of T anks for sale, rent or lease operating his business. CLOSED DECEM BER 25, 26 AND 27 The free m ark et produces Phone 2891 abundance because, by its very nature, it encourages people to GLEN’S MODEL BAKERY work and invest and take risks BROOKINGS. OREGON in the hope of m aking a profit. And because it is intensely com petitive, the free m ark et g u aran tees fair prices. COMPLETELY FURNISHED November Defense Bond Sales Decline A Year of Change W orld's M ost Im ortant River If You've Lost Your Bearings Il I A R BO R A U T o I OF FIRE B. B. Crabb Co. Curry County Gas Company ONE- AND TWO-ROOM COTTAGES Library Benefit D A N C E R E C IT A L Given by Pupils of Bonnie Kay M incer Saturday, December 20 8 :00 P. M. Admission; Adults. 75c HOUSEKEEPING—by week The new storm , -due to hit the coast late today, is not expected to be as severe as the week-end blast in which 14 ¡»ersons lost their lives in C alifornia and O re gon. month SUNSET MOTEL OFFICE SOUTH O F BROOKINGS ROY H. BROWN MORTUARY Spend your dollars ai home. Brookings' O¿on ’’ Children 35c GRANGE HALL, HARBOR Tickets on sale at M incer’s Jew elry and Tots to Teens’ Toggery Proceeds to l>e donated to Library Fund xn^tunnnnaTn' - Phone 2 2 4 4 — Day or Night snf-.inn.nr; Hillside S treet FOR YOUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS Brookings, Oregon “Courteous, Dependable Seri’icc” Call Us! As Close as Y®ur Phone GIVE ROSES FOR CHRISTMAS A rthur Knox insurance Agency 1 have just received a shipm ent of roses large vigorous 2-year plants field grown strictly No. 1. FOR TH IS W EEK ONLY Wide range of colors and varieties Also some 3-ft. 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