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r 2 Brookings 11 arbor PilotThursday, February 12. 19$^! six m onths o f 1952. I t is legal to pass on the rig h t w h ile on a lo u r-la n e roadway, D riv e rs w ho clin g to the in the division said, provided you side lane o f a four-lane highw ay don’t exceed the speed designated vio la te an im p o rta n t tr a ffic law’ fo r the area w h ile so passing. By as w e ll as fra y the tem pers of H A R R IS E L L S W O R T H , M.C. m o to rists fo llo w in g behind, the 4th D is tric t, Oregon state tr a ffic safety division poin ted o u t today. - N O W T H E w hole w o rld knows Oregon law’ requires d rive rs to w hat the new Eisenhow er ad keep w ell to the rig h t hand side m in is tra tio n stands for. We ,akso o f the roadway, except when know e xa ctly w hat is to be done passing o r pre p a rin g to tu rn about a num ber o f im p o rta n t le ft. On four-lane highways, the things. You have probably read lane closest to the centerline is com plete reports of the P resi intended to p e rm it o v e rta kin g Sizes 1 th ru 14 d e n t’s “ S tate o f the U nion” tr a ffic to pass easily and safely, speech to Congress. You have th e division said. Tots to Teens Toggery S low m oving vehicles w hich doubtless heard and read much Across fro m the Bank stay in the inside lane impede com m ent about it. I th in k , how tr a ffic flow’ and force fa ste r ve ever, th.at the speech was of such hicles to change lanes. T h is can j extrem e inqxirtance, especially be a tr ic k y m aneuver leading to ----------' w ith respect to foreign policy serious tro u b le when im patience th a t I shall m ention a few of the over-rules n a tu ra l caution, safe ty o ffic ia ls rem inded. m ore significant points o f it. JOYCE MORGAN The President said: "W e have .The division said 3,724 acci Teacher o f learned th a t the free w o rld can dents in w hich one vehicle side swiped another w h ile o ve rta k in g not in d e fin ite ly rem ain in a pos Leiter From Washington BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT T H E R E 'S So Ml B .s T IT I TIC I OK (ll« II.A T IO \ E n te re d mm Merond-rlit*** m a tte r, Mt the potttofflee Ml HnmklnKM, Oregon, M arch 7, ll)M I, under the A r t of M M rrh 3, 1 *7 *. A/ inna A kers , Owner and Publisher On« One h l KS< K I I T I O X K A T E S : Y e a r, tn advance (In C u rry C ou nty) ............ ................................................. S3.00 Y ear, In advance (outalde C u rry C ou nty) $3.50 C lasalfled A dvertisin g Rates, 15c per line M in im u m 50c cash. Boys' and Girls' W ear N a tio n a l A d v ertisin g R epresentative W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . Y o rk * ( hlesgo ♦ D etroit * P h ila d elp h ia N O T IC E T O S U B S C R IB E R « : K ind ly n o tify o f any change o f address In a d vance. F a ilu re to do so costs tw o cents |>er issue sent to the old address, fluhncrlptlon w ill be dropped unless subscrlbr notifies P ilo t of change. W H A T SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT OUR HIGHWAYS 1 he B ro o k in g s -ila rb o r area is tr u ly a garden spot. C e rta in ly no o th e r place in this great sovereign state of Oregon has acacia trees bloom ing in J a n u a ry and P ebruary, and no o th e r place in O regon can boast ot holds ol daffodils at th is tim e o f year. E ve ry- •ttiin g grow s and flo u rish e s so lu x u ria n tly in o u r m ild clim ate, and o u r scenery is unexcelled anywhere. T he Oregon S tate M fg b w a y O epartm ent has ju s t publicized o u r b e a u titu l coast lin e w ith large color photos in the leading n a tiona l magazines, b u t w'hat th is departm en t has fa ile d to do is tu rn is h us w ith an adequate highw ay so th a t v is ito rs m ay tra ve l here in com fort to e n jo y o u r gorgeous scenery and recreations. 1 his area is the southern gatew ay to O regon’s b e a u tifu l c o a sta l playground, but the highw ays necessary to tra v e l to reach th is lovely garden s|x>l are so w inding, and at th is tim e of year in sucn deplorable condition, that we hesitate to in v ite guests lo v is it o u r section ot the state. This c o m m u n ity should m ake a u n ite d e tio rt to get o u r state highw ay departm ent to do some th in g about the w rt te licd condition ot the highw ays in to B ro o k ings anu n a rb o r. vve seem to be the to rg o tte n people, and it is h ig h tim e th a t som ething was done to get action tow ard a good h ig h w a y lo th is area fro m the Rogue riv e r valley. There should be some cooperative m ovement between the Cham bers of Com m erce at G rants Pass, M e d lo rd and Ashland w ith o u r own C ham ber ot Com m erce. Going to the state highw ay engineer, to the h ig h w a y com m ittees ot the legislature, and rig h t now w h ile the lt t o j le g is la tu re is in session, also b lin g o u r condition to the a t te n tio n ot the governor. In general, re a lly m ake a gotxl big noise so th a t the rest ot the state know s th a t we are here, and th a t w e w ant to develop o u r resources, but must have a good h ig h w a y in to th is area in ordei to do It. We a ll know the old say ing, i t s the squeaky wheel th a t gets the grease” let s all s ta rt S qu e a kin g gtxxl and loud so that we w ill get the a tte n tio n we need in the B ro okings-M arbo r area. E. L. M O R T O N _ .... - t _i ■ OF W h a t I t S W O r t n By CLIFFORD P. ROWE I am alw ays o|x»n to advice, v e ry seldom re fu sin g to liste n ; but the oth e r day a suggestion was given th a t re a lly set me hack on m y heels When Driving CLEARANCE SALE 2 0 to 25 Pet. O ff A ll ad vertis in g copy m ust be In by 5 o’clock Tuesday evening to Insure pub licatio n. N ew s Item s and classified ads w ill be received up to W ednesday noon. N ew were reported during the first " Keep To Right tu re o f paralyzed tension, le a v ing forever to the aggressor the to Formosa to P R E V E N T the choice o f tim e and place and Chinese N a tio n a lis t governm ent means to cause the greatest h u rt i r ” m lig h tin g to regain te r r ito r y to us at least cost to him se lf." taken by the C om m unists by He then stated six points around force. The Seventh F le e t w ill see w hich a w ell-defined and under th a t th is is done,’ said President I t seems to me the standab le foreign policy is being Trum an! people of Asia are going to be b u ilt. Some w ill say th a t there com pletely bew ildered by this is little or nothing new o r d if c o n tra d ic to ry action on o u r p a rt." fe re n t in his foreign policy sta te I c e rta in ly have made no p re m ent. To me, however, it is new tense at being an expert on fo r and w onderful not m erely be The point is th a t cause of the w ords in the sta te eign affairs. m ent but because I believe—yes. even a novice could see th a t I know th a t the w ords mean there was som ething very w rong Iv h a t they say. T h e ir in te n t in th a t 1950 policy w hich has been so costly to us since. W IL L be carried out. We have heard lip-service lo the ide.a of cooperation between the President and Congress on foreign problem s before, but it has not happened. The T ru m a n a d m in is tra tio n ta lke d o f having a bi-p a rtisa n foreign policy hut •eMom permitted bipartisanship F o r exam ple, I m et a wom an on the street the o th e r day w ith purple h air. N ow m aybe purple is a sign of y o u th ; it w asn’t in m y younger days hut then tim es are changing 1 suppose. A t any rate, if th a t was her game, she had missed tire com pletely be cause w h ile she had c e rta in ly cam ouflaged her hair, th a t w hich rem ained unretouched offered evidence enough to n u llify a ll her e ffo rts topside. W e have heiard before that o u r p o licy o f opposing com m unist aggression was w o rld -w id e ; how ever, we saw one p o licy developed in E urope but alm ost the exact opposite approach in Asia. 3 i j J 5 2 J t J Beginner’s Piano and Coaching Phone 2543 Or W rite B rookings H. A. JOCHENS P L U M B IN G SALES AND SERVICE Phone 2661 Hotel Brookings SPECIAL PURCHASE Rag Rug, $1.00 Just right for use in protecting carpets I The dear fe llo w ’ Deemed to be un- I t«‘i t he impres W hen I q u it Itxikin g fo rw a rd w ith a n tic ip a tio n to the events o f tom orrow and to those o f the com ing years and when 1 begin harping about the good old da\ s of m y yo u th and how the pres ent generation is going to the doys, then and only then w ill I become w o rrie d fo r fe a r th a t my acquaintance« w ill catch on that I am g e ttin g older. s io n that g ray [h a ir was a sure sign th a t one was not long fo r this w o rld and th a t if those w ith whom he Associated ever be came aw are ot the s ituation, the in d iv id u .il w ould be u n lu c k y stashed aw ay in a closet some* w here along w ith o th e r item s LOCAL NEWS th a t had ou tlive d th e ir u se fu l M rs. I Hilly Cox ol K la m a th ness Falls, who has been v is itin g E \a I Informed him th a t the co lo r Lea Long the past tw o weeks, o f m y h a ir was the least o f m y re tu rn e d to her home d u rin g the w o rrie s , and th a t if those w ho weekend. knew me w eren’t aw are o f the Mrs. F. N. L y g a rt le ft S a tu r fact th a t w ith each passing m onth day fo r Sacram ento to be in the I w in grow ing older, they w ere h a rd ly w o rth y of the bother in home ot her d a u g h te r when she volved In dipping m y head in a come« home fro m the hospital w ith her new baby. dye vat. In fact. I have alw ays had the notion th a t a person Peggy (.¡ould is at home this grow s obi a ll over and not ju s t week fig h tin g a bout w ith a flu on top of his head "b u g ’’ HENDRICKS FURNITURE CO. We developed the "M a rsh a l! P la n " w hich was specifically de signed to help Europe help itse lf, but we h,ave been too tim id to rem ind the Eureq>ean countries of o u tlin e d . Possibly the greatest difference is th a t now the p rin ciples stated w ill be carried out The most dynam ic, if not the most s ta rtlin g ., p a rt o f the P resi d e n t’s message was his statem ent th a t the U. S. Seventh Fleet w ould no longer be used to p ro tect C om m unist C hina fro m the C e n tra l governm ent forces on ro tm o sa . n $ a t is sp e cifica lly a new policy in action. A fte r I lis t ened to th e speech I came back to m y office and looked up the I paragraph I w ro te in m y w eekly le tte r a few days a fte r the o rd e r was issued to the fleet. In th a t le tte r I said: "O ne th in g about o u r new A sia tic policy troubles me. I th in k we are m aking another grave e rro r. On the K orean ¡xm insula it is our policy to help d riv e the C om m u nist troops hack and regain te r r ito r y they have taken by force. B ut, at the same tim e, we are sending the V. S Seventh Fleet J J and floors W e made some secret agree ments, denied at firs t th a t we had and la te r a d m itte d m aking ”a few .” F rom there on out there No, I am not a b it ashamed w ill be none. th in n in g th a tc h o f the fact th a t snow is lx*g ili \e s , there Is some s im ila rity i to disg uise th e ning to fa ll on the rtx if; my p rin between w hat w as supposed to I tact th a t it w as cipal concern is th a t the tire con be o u r foreign p o licy in the past i tu rn in g g ra y . tin u e to burn w ith in . and w hat President Eisenhower A ve ry g»xxl friend, o r at least I had a lw a ys considered him as such, hinted th a t I should p u t som ething on m y j When you rent a Safe Deposit Box at this hank, you are buying safety for the valuables and important papers you place in it. Here they are secure from fire, theft and accidental loss. He who hesitates may lose all he owns, so do not delay any longer. Come in today. O ur rental is reasonable. 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