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2 Brookings H arbor P ilo ti hursday, February 19, 1953 For What It's Worth This Week At T I I E K K ’S M l M B m T IT IT K I O K < IK ( I 1 .A 1 IO X K n trr rd «« «rrond rim»» m a ile r , at the iM M lo fflrr at Hrm iklngs, Oregon. 1, IMtfl. under the A rt of M arch 3, IMTtt. M arch A / in n a A kers , Owner and Publisher N l RH< K I I T I O N K A T E S : $3.00 t in C u rr y C oun ty» $3 50 to u ta td e C u rry C o u n ty ) ........ Clasalfle«! A dvertising Kate«. 15c per lin e M in im u m 50c cash. A ll a d v e rtis in g copy m u s t be In by 5 o ’ c lo c k T u esda y e ve ning to in s u re p u b lic a tio n . ... . N ew s Ite m s aftd c la s s ifie d ads w ill be received up to W ednesday noon. One Y e a r. In ad vance One Y e a r, In ad vance N atio n a l A dvertisin g W New eekly Verfc ♦ Representative N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . < hleago ♦ Oetrolt * Philadelphia N O T IC E T O S U B S C R IB E R S : K in d ly n o tify o f a n y change o f address In a d van ce. F a ilu re to do ao costs tw o cents per Issue sent to th e old address. S u b s c rip t Ion w ill be dropped unless s u b s c rlb r n o tifie s P ilo t o f change. Welcome, Lions Club A community can be judged largely by the churches and clubs it supports. Certainly, therefore, Brookings is favored to have two service clubs of international scope. The Rotary Club of Brookings says welcome to the new Lions Club just chartering. We look for ward to rivalry with the new Lions Club, and with a spirit of friendliness and cooperation. Rivalry or competition generally brings out the best whether it be in sports, in business, service clubs, or as individ uals. A better community in which to live and bring up our children should be the net result of a second large service club coining to Brookings. E. j Letter From ! J Washington i ■ ■ By HARRIS ELLSWORTH. M.C. 4th D istrict. Oregon T H R E E E1NE STATUES now standing in the S ta tu a ry Hall area of the N ation's Capitol honor the m em ories of tine»' distinguished citizens of Oregon's early history. S ta tu e s of Edw ard Dickinson B aker, Oregon Senator and dis tinguished soldier; Dr. John Me- Loughhn, pioneer doctor anti leader, ami Jason l.et\ early O re gon missionary and m inister, a ie now in place. The statu es ol Dr.McLoughlin and Jason Lee were officially pre sented with appropriate ceremony S aturday, Teh. 11, the anniversary of O iegon’s admission as a state in 1859 The statues w ere official ly presented h> Secretary iXnig- las McKay ami were accepted foi the Federal government by Vice President Richard Nixon T he tact that there has been one statu e ot an Oregon citizen in S ta tu a ry Hall for a long tim e seems to have been unknown to m ost ix'ople In 1873 a statu e of O regon's Senator Edward Dickin son Baker was given a place ot honor at the left ot the main entrance to the great rotunda of the Capital by Act of Congress Opposite the Baker statu e on the o th er side of the entrance is a bust of George W ashington. Even the official sta te com m it tee which had charges of a r rangem ents for obtaining and placing the new statues of Me- Loughhn and Let' apparently did not know of the Baker statue, for in the report of that com m ittee printed in booklet form in 1917 appears this paragraph: "The rec ords indicate th at to date 31 The Chetco Inn By CLIFFO RD P. ROW E BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT B reuer and six states have sent one sta- .ue, m aking a total of 74 statues. Eight states are unrepresented ..." and Oregon was listed as not being represented. - ■ UNDOUBTEDLY, the stories ol the great careers in the service of the Oregon country of Dr. McLoughlin and Jasen Lee will be printt'd in detail in connection with the placing ot these statues. I think, therefore, 1 shall devote some space to Edward Dickinson Baker. His was a brilliant career indeed. His death was a hero s death. rp H IS W EEK -EN D I will be af the Oregon Publishers con vention in Eugene and while only a com paratively few people will be aw are of the problems being discussed there, [ consider them most im portant. At first glance the problems of editors and pub lishers may seem to be of little concern to most of us; in fact, if the tru th w ere known, I am alraid that most people even fail to realize the im portance of their home-town editor. While we recognize the high place of the doctor who keeps us healthy, the law yer who keeps us legal, and the teacher who en deavors to guide our children to intelligent living, we usually fail to see where the editor fits into such an essential group. Being one of those fortunte enough to be fairly well acquaint ed with publishers and their re sponsibilities, I do not hesitate, in my own thinking to place them at the top of the list. For the g rea ter part of w hat I know, think, and believe is based on what I read in my daily and weekly paper. And WHAT l think and the ACTIONS resu lt ing from those thoughts, d e te r mine my value to a dem ocratic society. Since my opinions and your opinions, which add up to public opinion, m ust of necessity be nased on available inform ation on all phases ot controversial issues, we should be deeply interested in the problems and activities of those men who through their pa pers determ ine to a large extent what inform ation shall be ours. From the early colonial press which aroused our forefathers to a united effort for independence to the modern press which a t tem pts to give us a tru e picture ot the world-wide struggle of freedom of man versus com m u nism. the American new spaper has been the watchdog of democ racy. Such being the case, 1 am sin cerely interested in the activities of the Oregon press and, as all citizens should be, vitally con cerned for its welfare. After being adm itted to the bar. young Baker went to Spring- field, Illinois, and began p rac tic ing law. There he formed a close lien.Ship with lawyer Abraham Lincoln. He was elected to the louse of R epresentatives in the -9 th Congress hut resigned near the end of his term to take a •ommission as colonel in the Mex Eor t wo weeks from Fe b. 2; ican campaign w here he saw con siderable action. When B aker ending Sunday, Feb. 15. Max. Min. Rain went to w ar Lincoln was elected 9 Feb ........... 53 11 lit to his seal in Congress, hut upon 58 48 1 3i B ak ers retu rn to Springfield. Lin-! Feb 3 Feb. I ........... 55 48 .53 oeln did not stx'k re-election ar.d 5 Feb. . 53 M 2.25 Baker was again elected. Feb 6 ................ 53 30 .24 Those were the "days of '4 9 ’ Feb. 7 ........... 55 42 95 and the great West lured Baker Feb 8 .......... 56 36 lie journeyed to California and! set up a law practice in San F ran - ! Total ra infall ........... 6.67 e:seo. A few years later he m o v ed 1 Feb 9 .... 64 37 to Oregon and was elected to the Feb 10 .38 66 I nited S tates Senate from the Feb 11 59 35 new sta te as a Republican, He Feb. 12 59 41 took his seat in the Senate in Feb. 13 ... ........ 59 42 October. 1860, hut in Septem ber, Feb 1 1 52 86 .33 1861, President Lincoln was hav Feb. 15 .. 49 37 .26 ing trouble with the leaders of his arm ies so he commissioned Total rainfall .59 S enator Baker a m ajor general and sent him into the struggle Nearly one million American* Baker was killed while leading ot all ages a n ' afflicted by rheu his Union Army troopa in the B at m atic fever, forerunner of rh eu tle of Ball's Bluff, exactly one m atic heart disease Support m onth later on O ctober 21. 1861 the H eart Fund will aid in while still a Senator, although tight against this m axir of coming to Brookings tw enty years ago for a visit. Rev. IL M. R oberts and Rev. R. G. Hall are in Brookings work- Tng on the form ation of a Pres byterian church. S. S. Russ, federal veteri narian, is back in this area again and can be contacted at the Inn. ♦ Most victim s of "heart attack" (coronary throm bosis 1 not only survive, but recover to live happy, productive lives. The H eart Fund enables your H eart Association to wage the b attle against heart disease. Fred C. M ostoller, Jr., rep re senting A m erican-Standard C o, was a Brookings visitor this week. Earl McDougall and Floyd lfopem an of Albany, Ore., stop ped over this week to look over the fiishing. The S ta te Liquor Control was represented in Brookings by Car- roll A. N ettleton and he had with him Jim Frain of Coquille. E. W. Steinhauer, who is build C h aracter develop:, ent is the ing a home in Harbor, has been great, if not the sole, aim of our guest for some time. Mr. education.—W illiam O'Shea. Steinhauer represents the M utual H ealth & Accident Insurance Co. of Om aha and plans to handle that business in the Brookings- H arbor area. JOYCE MORGAN The Rev. Paul W essinger was our guest this past weekend. Tie T eacher of held services at the Episcopal church Sunday morning. Beginner's Piano R. H. Grandy of P ortland was and Coaching a visitor representing the Rogue River Anklets. Phone 2543 Mill Gowman and Ray Hooper O r W rite Brookings of Medford are guests of the Inn while looking for a hauling con tra c t for logs. They have their own trucks and can be contacted a t the Inn. 3. Cam bra, Wm. McDonnell H. A. TOCHENS and Abe G unther are guests of the Inn while erecting the new service station for Elm er Bankus. Archie McGowan and Mrs. Mc SALES AND SERVICE Gowan are guests here while H otel Brookings visiting Mrs. McGowan’s brother, Phone 2661 H arry Sm ith. Mr. McGowan tells P L U M B IN G ROY H. BROWN MORTUARY “Brookings’ Own” Phene 2244— Day or Night Hillside Street Brookings, Oregon ” Courteous, Dependable Service” ♦ Weather Report ì When you buy from local merchants, you help them to can y a larger stock of goods which they * can sell at moderate prices. Follow the rule to buy at home whenever you can and elsewhere when you must. As a loyal citizen, you are making this community what it is today. Its future too, depends on you. OREGON STATE BANK BROOKINGS. OREGON “\our Dependable Home Institution’ M t n l v Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
