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superseded by they light and bell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
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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,
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¡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. Æ' >
if voti use the complete banking
facilities— service and protec«
tion — we make available. Wage
workers find us eager to make
this bank a real help to them.
OREGON
STATE
BANK
B R O O K IN G S. O R EG O N
" \o n r Dependable Home Institution"
M ember Federal Deposit Insurance Corporati n