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31 years. T h ere w as no sound or light eq uipm ent on th e beacon boat an d conseq u en tly , it w as superseded by they light and bell By CLIFFORD P. ROWE BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT boats in th e ea rly p art of th e 19lli W O RD IS OU T th a t a few of T l I h R K * * \ O *1 « ' • T i l l 1 1 I OR < I K< I I.A T I» » \ cen tu ry . T hese light and beil E isenhow er's cam paign backers K n trrc d »» »« t o ik I rlM «, m a tte r, at the p«M»tofflee at HritoUIng«, Oregon, 'la r c h boats w ere q u ee r vessels m ade 7, IMItt, under the Act of 'la r c h 3, IM7H. a re becom ing som ew hat b itte r. of iron, flush-decked, tu rtle b a c k e d Sees th a t so fa r T he new C olum bia lightship, an(j w ith a light o r bell clappers A/ inna A kers , Owner and Publisher j they have not b ro u g h t aro u n d from th e east fastened to th e m ast. L a te r, day- M MM K II'T IO N ' R A T » -:*: tlb e e n offered coast for p erm an en t s ta tio n a m ark s w ere added. L ig h t boats, O n« Y e a r, In ad vance (In C u rry C ounty» ■ O n« Y e a r, In ad vance (o u ta ld e C u rry C ounty» |3.5U ■ governm ent po- th e m outh of th e C olum bia river, o r floating lights, as th ey w ere C la a a lfle d A d v e r tis in g K atea, 15c p«r lin e .M in im u m 50c caah. Isitio n s. T his is i , mow back on sta tio n a f te r an- then called, w ere m o stly anchored A ll a d v e rtis in g copy m uat he In by 5 o 'c lo c k T u e sd a y e ve n in g to in s u re p u b b e s t new s ' nual lo u tin e re p airs in d ry -d o ck i in inside w a te rs and it w as not lic a tio n . : u n til th e d evelopm ent of the N e w s Ite m s and c la s s ifie d ads w ill be received up to W ednesday noon. fln e w s th a t 1 have I a t S eattle. s tu rd ie r lig h tsh ip th a t hazard o u s N a tio n a l A d v rrlla ln g Represent a liv e heard since elec Lqst y e a r th e new lig h tsh ip re- locations along th e open coast tion night. ¡placed th e old C olum bia w hich W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . w e re able to lx* m ark e d . T he principal , had g u arded th e sea ap p ro ach to New lo r k ♦ < hlcago ♦ lle tro lt ♦ l*hlladelp hla T he first light vessel to be i reason th a t 1 the C olum bia riv er for a p p ro x i placed on th e Pacific coast w as N O T IC E TO H C H H C K IR E R S : K in d ly n o tify o f a n y change o f address In a d va n c e . F a ilu re to do co costs tw o cents per Issue sent to the o ld address. I t i a c k e d E isen m a tely 40 years. sta tio n e d a t th e e n tra n c e of the H u b s c rlp tIo n w ill be d roppe d unless s u b s c rlb r n o tifie s P ilo t o f change. how er for presi T he new C olum bia is equipped C olum bia riv e r in 1892 an d was d e n t, even be w ith a h ig h -in ten sity light. It is propelled by sails. At one tim e BROOKINGS SAFE THROUGH STORM fore th e nom in atin g convention, now of 15.000 candlepow er w hich d u rin g h e r history, sh e p arte d w as his excellent reco n i of choos is s ta n d a rd for m ajo r lightships. h e r m oorings in a trem en d o u s A F T E R G E T T IN G R E P O R T S of sto rm re su lts in N o rth e rn ing good m en as su b o rd in ates His T he use of this h ig h er in ten sity sea and heavy gale an d was C alifo rn ia and from d ifferent p a rts of th e s ta te , th e people of ap p o in tm en ts since election have will m ak e th e C olum bia signal B rookings felt as a w hole th a t we w e a th e re d the sto rm easily. stra n d e d on th e sh o re n e a r the confirm ed m y original convic- v is ikie a d istan ce of 14 m iles m o u th of th e C olum bia river. The tions. O th e r th an the La B arge d estru c tio n th e re w as no m ajo r c a on a c lea r night. H e r c o m p a rt No. 50, as she w as know n, was lam ity . No lives w ere lost, it w as not n ecessary to ta k e to th e I suppose it is only hu m an n a m en ts a re all s tru c tu re d for u t c o n stru c te d of wood and re h ills.” and although we w ere isolated we w ere not inundated. tu re for people to expect som e m ost convenience w hile living at m ained in service only u n til 1909 W hen th e scores w ere added up on both sides it is found to rew ard for effort in behalf of a sea. T he ship can m ak e h er own w hen she w as replaced by th e b e m ostly a m a tte r of inconvenience and e x tra w ork. W e defi successful candidate. At the sam e fresh w ater, a fe a tu re th e old Co steelh u lled lightship. D u rin g the n itely had enough to eat. tim e, it is highly essen tial th a t lum bia lacked. She depended am alg a m a tio n of th e lig hthouse th e president, if he lives up to his solely on fresh w a te r sto rag e. serv ice and th e C oast G u a rd in T ru e, m any a hom e and building leaked a f te r th e continued ra in , but th at h ap p en ! every year. T he lull in th e sto rm M onday o ath of office, should give to th e S he is also equipped w ith th e 1939, fo u r lightships, th e C olum allow ed tim e for w a te r to ru n ofT. T his co astal land hart th a t people the clean and efficient gov latest in fog signal a p p a ra tu s, a ir bia, th e U m atilla, th e S w iftsu re p ro p e rty about it of shedding w a te r quickly. A few hours a f te r ernm ent prom ised. conditioning, radioheacon and r a and th e R elief w ere tra n s fe rre d an o rd in ary sto rm th e top soil is not soggy. H er recreatio n al facilities to th e C oast G uard. T h ese four A ttem p ts, and highly success dio. ful ones, on th e p art of th e past include a hobby-shop and read in g lightships m ain tain ed only th re e If you a re feeling badly, think how happy th e stu d e n ts a re o v e r an unfores«*en em ergency. ad m in istratio n to rew ard all those co m p artm en t, providing th e m ost sta tio n s as th e R elief w as used who w orked for th e p a rty by p ro com fort possible for th e c re w ’s on all sta tio n s as relief. All b u t m ade th e selection, saw fit to give viding e x tra se a ts to th e “gravy 42-dav period a t sea. one w ah b u ilt aro u n d 1908; th e him this m uch desired co m m ittee tr a in ” had m uch to do w ith its T he com m anding officer of the S w iftsu re w as th e n ew est and u ltim a te bogging down. An ex ec new Colum bia is C hief B oatsw ain it w as com pleted in 1929. seat. S p eak in g of com m ittees, th e utive who ta k e s seriously the R oland E. M iller. This is Mr. R epublican m ajo rity in th e H ouse w ishes of th e people m u st alw ays M iller’s th ird lightship and he Bv Harris Ellsworth, M. C. found itself in a p ecu liar and u n place ability above friendship it s ta te s th a t it is a g re at im prove T h e All Y NOTICE! ear E v en ts asso cia co m fo rtab le position w hen it a choice has to he m ade. A real m ent over the old type ship. He tion will hold a m eetin g in con W H E N A N EW C ongress be friend " il l realize th is necessity fu rth e r added th ta the m orale s ta rte d to organize th e co m m it ju n ctio n w ith th e C h am b er of gins Us w ork it generally tak es tees. A fte r all, th e heavy w ork and his unselfish accep tan ce of and conduct am ong th e crew is C om m erce T h u rsd a y evening, some little t ime to get organized of the H ouse is done by co m m it th e situ a tio n will add m uch to his ex ceptionally high. Jan . 29, a t th e G ran g e hall. T his and legislation sta rte d . No bills own ¡xilitical s ta tu re . tees only final action on legis _ , , . . L ightships a re ac tu a lly floating info rm atio n w as m ade know n by an* ca rried over from th e p re Only th e m ost prejudiced would iie h th o „ SPS ,,|aCPr, on stafio n in lation com es on th e floor of th e Ed Dem psey, vice p resid en t of the vious C ongress ev ery th in g s ta r ts House. W hat we discovered was contend th a t «elfish office seekers locations along , hp coas, w here association, w ho is in ch a rg e d u r n ew T his m eans, of course, th a t th a t we have only 219 m em bers a re confined to th e Dem ocratic it would im p rac,¡cable or ing th e absence of Jo e T aylor. « tie r <i tall is introduced it is re available to r co m m ittee assig n p arty , rh ere a re probably just as „ccdlessly expensive to build a fe rred to a designated com m ittee. m ent. (O u r m ajo rity is 221 but m any ¡xitential m ink coat and lig h th o u se Q uite frequently, T h e com m it tec m ust hold h e a r n e ith e r th e s|x*aker nor m a jo rity deep freeze ad d icts in R epublican they m ark the approach to a port ing! and spend considerable tim e lead e r is assigned to a co m m it ra n k s as in th e D em ocratic. T he II A. IOCHENS o r the o u te r lim its of o u tly in g on each bill before re p o rtin g it tee.» H owexer, since we a re e n m a n n e r in w hich P resid en t E isen dangers. O ccasionally they are to th e floor. It " il l tie at least titled to m ajo ritie s on all com-1 how er disposes of them should a couple of m onths, then, before m ittee s the to tal n u m b er of Re- em phasize th e difference betw een used in inside w aters. The fo re ru n n e r of th e m odern lightship th is new R epublican controlled publican se a ts t o be filled is 237. th e tw o ad m in istratio n s. w as th e beacon boat w hich w as SALES AND SERVICE R3rd C ongress " il l ac tu a lly p ro Since th e House rules p e rm itte d F o r th e d isg ru n tled office see k o rig in ated in 1789. It w as a sm all duce any new laws. Phone 2661 Hotel Brookings assignm ent of only one co m m it er, th e re is alw ay s the a lte rn a tiv e boat w ith colored d ay m ark s on M eanw hile the o rganization of tee to a m em b er we w ere in a of going independent. T h ere is a th e m ast and w as used for about th«* House and the filling of com spot because w ithout filling ALL lonely m an in W ashington, D.C., m itte e sea ts b as been done very of the s e a ts we could not con who would und o u b ted ly ap p reciate rap id ly I cannot r em em b er a trol th e co m m ittees, w hich is the com pany alth o u g h he m ight face j session opening sine«* 1 have b een proju'r function of th e m ajo rity . w ith re lu c tan ce th e possibility o f. a ni em b er of C ongress w hen the Hie only solution w as to am end ¡having to sh a re th e sp o tlig h t com m it t«*s wen* organiz«*«! as th«* rules so th at a few m em bers m averick publicity, e a rly as they have b een th is year. could serve on tw o c o m m itte e s ., S in ce re g u la r legislation usually T h e m in o rity 'c r y generously re q u ire s long and careful com agreed to th e proixised a m en d m itte e consideration »♦ is likclv m ent so the com m ittees will lie th a t th«* only actions by th e properly filled. T his could pos- Th«* local school board m et of us from M onday afte rn o o n ami decided H o u se as a "hoi«* d u rin g th«* n ex t sibl> m ean th a t som e ot " i l l he be given additional th at in view of th e road condi- sev e ral w eeks " ill b«* th e b in O regon will com d lin g of various H ouse r é s o lu -, co m m ittee itte e assignm ents. tions on all of th e bus ro u tes, tions. 1 hese " il l be resolutions - — th at tra n s p o rta tio n w as impossi- a u th o ri/in g ami d irec tin g th«* in-1 T H E R E S E E M S to be a fin e ’ ble, and th erefo re, for th e best v estlg atio n of various m a tte rs feeling of good " il l am i hope of ¡in te re s t! of th«* school classes In this ca teg o ry " il l lx* m y success lo r the incom ing adm in- should he suspended fo r th e week, reso lu tion. renew ing th«* one istra tio n It s«*ems to m e th a t A pproxim ately h alf of th«* popu- passed last year, to s tu d ' th e In criticism of President Eisen-1 lation of the school are bus stu- Brookings Harbor Pilot Thursday, January 22, 1053 For W h a t It's W o rth C olum bia Lightship B rought Here From East Coast W ASHINGTON - WEEK - P L U M B IN G a NK School News r) M g e Earners] p <iian Bur«*au ami its activities in how er’s aptM'intments ami sta te -i dents. selling Indian tim b e r lands in O re- m en ts has lx*en at an absolute A bsent on g an and e Isewhere. A resolution o f this sort can lx*, ami u su allv ta. handled q u ic k !' b> th e R ul«s C om m ittee. Such resolutions a re M onday w e re Mr. m inim um T his m ay lx> ju st th«* H arrison, " h o h ad gone to Eu- calm before the storm , but 1 don’t , gene on T h u rsd ay night for m éd i think so. ¡eal-d en tal tre a tm e n t. Mrs. H enry, I ------- ¡w ho bad gone to h e r hom e at w ith o u t m uch obj«*ction D a ffo d llS S h lD D O C ï * Jonuorv 1 12 rr de. who H r Your earnings "ill be of mote permanent value to you, lx en ibsctv tw h o replaced Lowell St«x*kman T he first field-grow n daffodils i to M edford Frida> night F o rtu - from th a t e a s te rn O regon dis- of th e season to be shipjxM w ere | n a tely. first sem ester ex am s had tric tL w as m ade a m em b er of sent Ja n . 12 by B irg er D ahlstrom . been given before tin sto rm th«* lions«* A ppropriations Com- H a rb o r P ro o f of the product was | w hich m akes possible clearing up mitt«x‘. Newly e lected rw em b ers brought to T h e Pilot in th e form j the first sem ester's w ork of th«* H ouse art* not g en e rally i of buds, th e s ta te in w hich th e j In th e b ask e tb a ll schedule the put on th a t committ«*e s«> it is flowers a re picked for shipm ent , B rookings B ruins did not go to quit«* a com plim ent to R ep re sen rh e sc buds, " h e n placet! in " a - ! p o rt O rford S a tu rd a y night, and ta tiv e S am Coon th a t th e com ter in a " a r m room, ojx*n up ¡th e re a re no gam es scheduled u n m itte e on com m ittees, w hich soon. giving beau tifu l yellow » til S a tu rd a y n ig h t of this week, spring blooms. but road conditions " il l no d o u b t! Mr. D ah lstro m has grow n d a f m ake it im possible for O phir to fodils to r a n u m b er of years. He com e to B rookings S atu rd a y enjoys his w ork except w hen it T he gam es w ith Langlois F ri is raining " h e n flowers a re to day night played here w ere both 3HMNTABS v. 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