Brookings-Harbor pilot., January 29, 1953, Page 2, Image 2

2 Brookings Harbor Pilot Thursday, January 29,
1953
Letter From
W ashington
BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT
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c i i i / i . n t d - - B it o t . k ! . N t . s: I am a sm all m anuf a c t in < 1
interested in locating in y o u r section of the country.
W h a t have you to o ffe r? ”
T h is could be a sample of the m any in quiries received by our
re a lto rs , o u r newspaper, C ham ber o f Commerce, Oregon Coast
AjMMX'iation, and m any residents.
W H A T DO W E H A V E T O O F F E R ? C ould YO U answer th a t
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LOCAL NEWS
B y C L IF F O R D P. R O W E
W esley K in d e l is s till being
kidded about his w ife ’s black eye.
He re a lly doesn’t m ind though be­
cause it is q u ite evident fro m the
wound on her forehead th a t she
suffered both w hen she slipped
and fe ll w h ile hanging up clo th in g
last week, s trik in g her head on
an o il can. The cut required
stitches.
/O R D C A M E to me recently
th a t a few o f m y readers
my
recent
a rtic le
[dealing w ith the
By
O ne Y e a r, In ad v a n c e t in f u r r y C o u n ty 1
One Y ear, In advance <outside C urry C ou nty)
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Claanlfled A dvertisin g Hates. 15c per line M in im u m 50c cash.
A ll ad vertising copy must be In by 5 o’clock Tuesday evening to Insure pub­
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For What It's Worth
construction
o f
lonion
sandwich
I being ra th e r
I silly. R a t h e r
U th a n being per-
V tu rb e d over such
M m evaluation. I
consider it one
of
th e
nicest
things said about
me in a long,
long tim e. Those
readers w ill nev-
H A R R IS E L L S W O R T H , M.C.
4th D is tric t, Oregon
" great d a y " has come and
gone and. the C ity of W ash­
ington is ra p id ly resum ing its nor­
m al appearance. It was a great
day in m ore ways than one. The
crowds were great, the w eather
was great but the change in
the governm ent of the U nited
States w hich took place s h o rtly
a fte r 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday, ___
er k n o w how
Jan. 20, was indeed tremendous.
much real pleasure they gave me.
The executive departm ent o f our
The older I become the m ore
federal governm ent, headed by
w
orried
I am over the p o ssibility
the President, a c tu a lly docs w hat
of
losing
the capacity fo r doing
m ig h t be called the "g o ve rn in g "
o f o u r co u n try. Congress makes som ething ju s t a little foolish
the laws, the J u d ic ia ry in te rp re ts once in aw hile. Therein, I believe,
them , but it is the President and lies the source o f m any of the
his cabinet, assistants, hoards, ills we su ffe r today: W e w ear
commissions and bureaus w hich ourselves out and tie o u r nervous
a d m in iste r and enforce the laws. systems in to knots try in g to im ­
So when one President and his press people w ith an intelligen ce
high command steps down and we don't even possess. Personally,
out o f governm ent and is in s ta n t­ I have never had any am b itio n
ly replaced, the change in o u r to be included among the in te lli­
gentsia,
th a t
s e lf-e n te rta in in g
governm ent is great.
group
of
people
w hom someone
T his change could, under some
ju
s
t
re
ce
n
tly
defined
as "those
circum stances, m ake sudden and
«weeping differences in o u r in d i­ w ho th in k and ta lk beyond th e ir
vid u a l lives. This is tru e because ca p a city."
he
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O U R C R E D IT S : M oderate clim ate. Cheap available e le ctric
pow er. Adequate unskilled labor. Raw m aterials. O u r c ity is
p ro p e rly zoned. M a n u fa c tu rin g sites are available. O u r school
s itu a tio n is b e tte r than most ra p id ly grow ing cities. W e have a ll
necessary professional and business services. T here are homes
a va ila b le and skille d la lx ir to b u ild more. O u r ta x rate is com ­
p a ra tiv e ly low. We have tru c k tra n s p o rta tio n to n o rth e rn and
•o u th e rn te rm in a l cities. We have a sound banking system. W e
have excellent c ity governm ent.
O U R D E B IT S : We have very poor p ro tection against fire ;
the executive branch o f o u r gov­
a b e a u tifu l tru c k but no hydrants. T he lack o f proper sewage
ernm ent is clothed w ith such vast
disposal w ill some day develop in to a m a jo r health problem. We
power. However, there is not the
have tra n s p o rta tio n but no a ll w eather highw ays n o rth and south,
slightest indication th a t the E is­
and no inland route to the valley. O u r fre ig h t rates are exces­
enhow er a d m in istra tio n w ill m ake
sive anti o u r m ail services are inadequate. W e have available
sweeping, drastic, o r im m ediate
re a l estate but the price is out of pro p o rtio n to the rest of the
changes. The im p o rta n t th in g is
c o u n try .
th a t the new governm ent repre­
A t first glance the debits do not present a rosy p ic tu re but a
sents a d iffe re n t philosophy and
few years ago it was fa r less a ttra c tiv e . W e are now in co rp o r­
(a ttitu d e tow ard governm ent. I t is
ated, and the c ity officials and fa r too few p riv a te citizens are
¡manned
by vigorous, p a trio tic
spending a great deal of tim e and e ffo rt to correct some ot o u r
and determ ined people - d e te r­
deficiencies. They w ill continue u n til Brookings does have fire
mined, th a t is, to give this coun­
hydrants, good sanitation, decent secondary roads, and some con­
tr y the best governm ent it has
tr o l over o u r w a te r systems. Those c o lle c tio n s can and w ill he
ever had. There is s till a feeling
made. A nti the necessary expansion is being made in o u r schools.
o f calm o ptim ism around here
But o u r highw ay s itu a tio n is serious. O u r largest in d u s try
th a t is encouraging.
is our tim lx ’r; w ith o u t means ot tra n sp o rtin g it we w ould be eco­
One fact about the change in
n o m ica lly crippled as is the case at present w ith some neighbor­
control from one jx d itic a l p a rty
in g cities to the north. C iv ic organization and loggers have
I to the o th e r is both in te re stin g
sought fo r years to have H ighw ay 101 im proved and fo r a road
¡and encouraging. The D em ocrats
to the in te rio r. And fo r w a te r and ra il tra n sp o rta tio n . We
in Congress and "d o w n to w n ” are
receive the same answer now that we did years ago, "Y ou do
show ing the finest possible s p irit.
not have the volum e of business nor the population to ju s tify
There w ill he no lack o f opposi­
th e exjie n d itu re of such large sums of m oney." Each year the
tion, o f course, but it w ill not
•‘N O ’’ Ix'eomes a little less vehement, as we continue to grow
lx* mean o r jx 'tty if a c tiv itie s to
and our economy increases.
The increase in to u ris t tra ve l
date are in d ica tive of the fu tu re
•lo n e " i l l force the im provem ent of o u r highw ays it " e can
w a it long enough. But th is could lx* expedited, even as o u r
T here seems to lx' considerable
local im provem ents are being expedited, if every resident w ould
confusion regarding the subject
le t his voice lx* heard in the rig h t places and assist the civic
of local p o litic a l appointm ents.
groups.
M y m ail indicates, fo r example,
It " i l l take m any m ore m onths of hard w o rk and m oney to
that m any people th in k the new
com plete some ol our local problems, and m ore e ffo rt to keep
a d m in is tra tio n w ill rem ove post­
the highways ojx'n. How can we exjx'et to suddenly be blessed
m asters and appoint new ones.
w ith a ra ilro a d or a m u ltim illio n d o lla r deep w a te r h a rb o r? The
T hat is not so. E a rly m th e '
Cheteo R ise r Project was approx ed p rio r to W o rh l W a r 11 and
"N e w D e a l" days all postm asters]
" i l l s till require all the e ffo rt and a ll the ju s tific a tio n vve can
" e r e made perm anent c iv il serv­
m arshal to be accomplished. A t m uch less cost, it w ould a ttra c t
ice employees. Therefore, unless
Com m ercial fishing and tourists, an im m ediate benefit to our
e xistin g law is changed, the new
economy
The la rg e r Im provem ents are nice to contem plate,
Republican
a d m in is tra tio n
" ill
and probabl.v " i l l be a reality some fu tu re day B ut let us wot
not have a chance to a p ixiint
forget we are s till a sm all c ity in a not yet th ickly populated
(xisttnasters unless and u n til va­
section ot the U nited S ta te s When the tim es comes, and it " i l l ,
cancies occur by reason of resig­
w hen industry is in need ot o u r untrapped raw m a terials, we
nation. re tire m e n t o r death.
should redouble our e ffo rts to procure o u r deep w a te r h arbor
N or
an» such
appointm ents
and o u r n etw orks o' s u jx 'r highways
mad«' solely on the basis o f jx>-
M eanw hile, we " a n t o u r m ills and o u r plywood plant to con­
litie a l "p a tro n a g e .” Applicants for
tin u e to operate. W e " a n t our highway kept open fo r tru c k
a jo b as postm aster w ill ta ke a
trans|x>rtatlon. H a rd w o rk and concentrated e ffo rt applies to
c iv il service exam ination.
The
o u r fre ig h t rates also, and our m ail sen ice. and a ll the o th e r
C iv il S e n ice Commission
" ill
sm all m a tte rs, " In c h ate just as necessary to o u r w elfare, a,id
then ra te the applicants and pub­
o f im m ediate daily concern
lish as an e ligible lis t the names
We are ju st n o " fig h tin g to accom plish " h a t the sm all cities
of the three highest. Selection
o f S outhern C a lifo rn ia fought fo r and gained th ir ty years ago.
must then he made fro m this list
Even the great city ot lx's Angeles d id not receive th e ir harbor
of three. Veterans have p re fe r­
a ix l th e ir factories overnight. F or year« they loaded and u n ­
ence. In o th e r w onls, supjx'se the
loaded ships fro m a pier exposed to the open sea. Only when
elig ib le list contains the names of
the demand became great the C ity of Los Angeles donated the
tw o non-veterans and one v e te r­
land to attract th e ir firs t large m a n u fa c tu rin g plants
W e an*
an the law gives the veetran
h a rd ly able to do th a t hut it w ould support a plea th a t real
preference if he is at the top of
estate assume a selling price more in proportion to its real value.
the list. I f the veteran is th ird
The above statem ents do not m ake pleasant reading, hut the
on the lis t, anyone of the three
facts are there, and we must face them
E very grow ing c ity
eligible« m ay be appointed.
has these problems, and it does not detract fro m its p o te n tia li­
W e have not learned yet ju s t
ties anti charm
B rookings is a w o n d e rfu l place to live, and w ill
w hat procedure w ill he used in
he just th a t m uch b e tte r to r every ounce o f e ffo rt we each ex­
nam ing postm asters
»or oth e r
pend in its behalf.
federal appointive officers', hut it
Above a ll else, we do w ant som ething a ttra c tiv e fo r th a t sm all
[is m ore than lik e ly th a t the d u ly-
1 elected R epublican county and
m a n u fa c tu re r " h o w ill some day ask "W h a t do you have to
state ce n tra l com m ittees w ill be
C. P M
called ui*>n fo r advice as to w hich
I f I had been endowed w ith
the intelligen ce o f an E instein or
a Baruch, I w ould be on ly too
glad to devote th is space w eekly
to providing fo r lesser m inds the
correct answers to a ll the prob­
lems o f life . Since the powers
th a t he did not see fit to provide
me w ith th is equipm ent, I reserve
to m yself the rig h t and p rivilege
to c ry out at tim es in regard to
the m e rits of onion sandwiches
and oth e r equally m om entous is­
sues o f the day.
A fte r all. I read a m e tro p o lita n
paper w hich p rin ts d a ily a horo-
elig ib le person should be named.
I t is in te re stin g to note th a t
although fo r tw e n ty years the job
o f being a precinct com m itteem an
o r wom an has often been a th a n k ­
less and sometimes seem ingly fu ­
tile office, it now is a post o f defi-
n it im portance.
M r. and M rs. L y le Redfield,
M rs. F lo ra W eber, accompanied
by Ben T u rn e r, le ft M onday bv
autom obile fo r a to u r o f Mexico.
T hey expect to be gone fo r .a
m onth o r six weeks.
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The L a tte r D ay Saints have
sta rte d a Sunday school w ith
m eetings every Sunday at 10:00
a.m. at the Grange hall.
I t is reported th a t M rs. Anna
Van Campen is doing fine and ex­
pected home fro m hospital soon.
She underw ent surgery Jan. 15.
M rs. E L. M o rto n a rriv e d home
S a tu rd a y a fte r v is itin g her daugh­
te r at Salem and son in N ew ­
burg. H e r v is it was extended a
week longer than she had planned
because of road conditions.
scope w hich enables its readers
to plan th e ir ne xt day according
to the dictates o f the stars. I t
has anothe r colum n w h ich ex­
plains the so-called in tric a c ie s of
the game o f canasta, an a c tiv ity
w hich m y tw elve-year-old daugh­
te r learned at the age o f nine
and at w hich she has been beat­
in g me re g u la rly ever since.
I am sure th a t i f we look
around us we w ill fin d things
m uch s illie r than onion sandw ich­
es and we m ay even be surprised
by fin d in g th a t we consider them
to have a place in th is som etim es
too serious w o rld o f today.
H. A. JOCHENS
P L U M B IN G
S A LE S A N D S E R V IC E
Phone 2661
Hotel Brookings
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you " a n t y o u r money. L ik e a ll banks, we keep
our reserves liquid.
T h a t's w hy it's so convenient to keep y o u r
money in the Oregon S tate Bank. I t ’s easy
to deposit and it's easy to w ith d ra w . In e ith e r
case there's no delay.
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