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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1953)
2 Brookings I larbor Pilot Thursday, January H, 1953 Borax, Asbestos, Gold, Tintanium , Iron, Mercury, Silver. Molyb denite, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum . Vanadium, and others. Some local m iners this year will be trucking about 25 tons of chrom e per day from up the Chetco to the official depot in G rants Pass. Even this small amount of tonnage will pile up in a y e a r’s T H E R E ’S NO S U B S T IT U T E FOR C IR C U LA T IO N tim e to w arran t more work by local men if w ater transportation is available. The nickel mines located around the Red Flat area Entered as second-class m atter, a t the postoffice at Brookings, O re north of here are being tested by the U. S. Bureau of Mines, gon, M arch 7, 1946, under the Act of M arch 3, 1879. according to the article in the Oregonian of August 21, 1952. This deposit covers over 4,000 acres and is classed as ‘the biggest M inna A kers , O wner and Publisher source of nickel in the United S tates.” Low cost transportation will bring about the development of SUBSCRIPTION RATES: w aste forest products and m anufacturing plants will have enough One Year, in advance (in Curry C ounty)____ S^.oo raw m aterials for the following types of operations: Hardboard, One Year, in advance (outside Curry C o.)_____5> 50 frozen food containers, cardboard containers, pulp for paper, alder for furniture, tan oak for flooring and many other types Classified Adv. Rates 15c per line—Min. 50c cash of forest waste. These plants would utilize all the w aste that is All advertising copy m ust be in by 5 o’clock Tuesday evening now* left in the woods or in a burner and by cleaning up the to insure publication. logged land would aid in the growth of new trees. News item s and classified ads will be received up to W ednes H arbor facilities would bring a commercial fleet of fishing day noon. boats and sport fishing boats as well. Commercial fishing at the present tim e is of no asset to this area. Fishing boats catch most N a tio n a l A d v e rtisin g R e p re se n ta tiv e of the fish off of the Oregon shore and land their catch in C res cent City or Eureka. Commercial fishing industry would con trib u te about $500,000 annual retu rn to this area not counting the other processing plants which would give employment to local E E K h ir ii ■ N E W S P A P E R ■ lE P R E S E K T A TIV E S , IN C people as well as shipping th eir products out of here. Sport fishing boats w’ould be a factor in inducing the tourist to spend N e w Y o rk • Chicago • D e tro it • P h ila d e lp h ia a few more days in our area deep sea fishing. By keeping these tourists in our area a few more days mean more dollars for every N O T IC E IO SUBSCRIBERS: K indly notify of any one in the com m unity In 1951 the S ta te of Oregon’s Travel In change of address in advance. Pat lure to do so costs two form ation Bureau released the following tip: Had the people of cents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will this sta te been able to lure the tourist to rem ain one-half day in Oregon the tourist income to the sta te as a whole would have be dropped unless subscriber notifies Pilot of change. been increased by $8,000,000. “Be a good host when a tourist stops a t your place of business” Low cost w ater transfiortation would aid the farm ers of this area by reducing the cost of imi>ortation of the following item s: ♦ I HAVE BEEN asked to prepare another article dealing with the Fertilizer, seed, hay, spray m aterial, m achinery and many other ^above subject. A num ber of jjeople w ant to know just what farm needs These supplies could be im ported in quantity lots can be done to bring this harbor improvement to the proper and with the savings passed on the farm ers could produce more a u th o rities Before we sta rt an all-out drive for our harbor, le t’s livestock, raise more crops, produce better Croft lilies, cut flow be sure th at we are all willing to back this request with our tim e ers, etc. Just a few years ago the only income this comm unity and financial aid. This is a m ust and can not be done by a few had was the result of the bulb farm ers who sold Croft and other m en. or the board of directors of the Cham ber of Commerce. types of lilies as well as cut flowers. We should work with these T his is a task requiring united com m unity support from s ta rt to farm ers and help them to m arket their crops and add their income fiinish. I his will require many m onths of preparation and study to our basic economy. “L et's not have all our eggs in one basket.” to obtain all the necessary factual inform ation required. Should we be successful in securing the breakw ater in the To secure the approval of the Portland district office, U.S. Chetco Cove the b attle for an all-Oregon road over to U.S. 199 Arm y Engineers, for a survey we m ust compile a brief of the area will be easy. We will have the united support of Josephine. and the area that this harbor improvement will serve. This must Jackson and K lam ath counties plus an estim ated population of be an up-to-date complete brief and should contain the follow over 200,000 people and when you are asking for funds from ing inform ation as well as our n atu ral resources. your congressm an or senator votes count and no representative ( a ' T he n a tu re and extent of improvement desired, giving depths in Congress is going to sit still when th a t many people want and w idths of channel, harbor area, etc. action. Phis area will be alive with these people from southern (b ) The num ber and type of vessels which are now. and which Oregon for sum m er recreation and sum m er homes for their fam would be accommodated in the future, including d raft of ilies, plus fishing for fath er and the flowers for m other. vessels. In closing I would like to offer the following recommendation (c ) The annual commerce in tons anticipated, with origin and for the consideration of every one. Perhaps many of you will not destination, and estim ated savings in transportation costs. agree with some of them , but think each one of these sugges (d) L o c a tio n and nature of term inal facilities considered neces- tions over and I ’m sure you can see the big job ahead of us. sarv 1 We not'd 250 paid m em bers in the Cham ber of Commerce (e t Amount of local cooperation which might be expected. in 1953 to support this program These are some of the basic questions that are requested by 2. M embership dues m ust be increased in order to carry out the U. S Army engineers in the preparation of a brief along with this program from an individual m em bership fix’ of $12.50 to o th er Inform ation which must b<* assembled. $100.00 for top fee for large operations. We should include in the potential area to be served by a deep 3. Set up a yearly budget of $6.000 j»er year to promote this w a te r harbor in Brookings, all industries within a 50-mile radius harbor project. of this |x>rt. We know what the estim ated production of lum ber 4. Prom ote and assist in the forming of a Tax League prop m an u factu red in our area is which includes rough lumber, finished er re-assessm ent of property tax in C urry county. lum ber, finished plywood and green veneer We need this same 5 Sponsor a reforestation program in logged off land inform ation on all nulls within the 50-mile radius of Brookings 6. Establish office for the Cham ber of Commerce on the along w ith the same information from mills Ux’atetl in Josephine main street. and Jackson counties The more available tonnage that can be 1. H ue a secretary-m anager to carry on with this program Included in our brief as |iotential tonnage will l»e to our advan r e c to r ? 0 ’ *Upport of the m em bership and the board of di- tag e in convincing the U. S Arms engin«*ers that in the interest and necessity for the convenience of the public we need this im C. H. GRAYSHEL. provem ent. This |x»rt could be used in case of emergency by the U. S. (kn em inent These figures will be of interest to the readers, the estim ated o u tput ot lumb«>r in our area is 11,250,000 board feet p«>r month. This includes all lum ber products and most ot these products are shipju'ii to southern California, ami these are the present rates to Loa Angeles: TmrJirr of 1 Truck rate Brookings to A rcata $ 9S9 per l(XX) bd. ft. Barg«' rate Arcata to Lx* Angeles 12.20 per 1000 bd ft. Piano— I ’oice Loading charges to A rcata ............ . 2.50 per 1000 bd.tt. BRCOKINGS-KARBOR PILOT W ' N MUNSON RADIO Free Pickup and Delivery In Vicinity Tubes Tested Free HARBOR, ORE. Box 1188 Phone 2451 BROOKINGS CLINIC Office hours. 9 a. m. 5 p. m. I'B Chetco Cove Development NORINE HARVEY Total cost truck and barge to L.^ Barge Brookings to Ixis Angeles Barg«» loading at Brookings Cargo insurance Unloading and wharfage . $21 59 per l(XX) bd. ft. $10.30 per HXX) bd. ft. 2.00 per UXX) txl. tt. STUDIO DR. R. E. SMITH D E N T IS T P H O N E 2831 Dr. Richard L. Smith O PTOM ETRIST DR. ROY M. W H ITE OSTEOPATHIC PH YSICIAN and Surgeon Em ergencies at A ng H our PH ON E 2701 Evenings by A ppointm ent 111111 "TIC T^T i i h i i u n ii m m t i T r FOR YOUR ELECTRICAL N E E D S Call Us! As Clos« as Your Phone 2561 Quality Repairing E xpert W orkm anship McNABB ELECTRIC CO. Res. 3 miles South of H arbor Phone 2561 Phene Numbers Hill Brown. police 2SU Pirc 2181 OUR GRADE A A FARM FRESH E - G - G - S Now Also Available at CHETCO STORE BROOKINGS, ORE 1 0 0 p w 1000bd it A sk For Them There RASMUSSEN'S POULTRY 2 00 ¡x'r 1000 bd. ft. Total cost of shipping from Brookings $15.30 per 1000 bd.ft. An estimate«! savings per 1(XX) hd. ft. of $9.29 per 1000 bd. ft. Based on an estim ated savings of $9.29 per 1000 board feet our m onthly production ot 11.250.000 board feet per m onth and 90 per cent of this production being sent to southern California m ark ets our yearly savings from this area alone would am ount to $900.000 |x»r year. When you add the potential tonnage out- aide of Brookings and include the production of areas over 50 miles front this port the sasings to these shippers, plus the sav ings in our own area will be one of the most im portant factors in securing the breakw ater for a deep w ater harbor. W ith harbor facilities available outside capital will come into this area and develop the m inerals we have in southern C urry county This area is rich in m inerals and these are (ome that h o e been dixxM einl; Zinc. Manganese. Chrom ite. Tungxten 3 Pipe Organ SERVICE Screened Sand, and Grave J Salvage Sand and Gravel Top Soil K now Your Own Local Jeweler N. M. JO N E S A eertifie,! w a tch m a ke r o f m any year» experience. He 1» here to le rv e you w ith the beat in everything. FOI D irt Drxrinage Rock Phone 2^41 Leonard E state ■For t h , yo« UWJ * , , , be your guide .* Jpf VOMr Robinson’s Building—Next to Dimmick’s
