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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Salvage Sand
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