Brookings Harbor Eilat
Thursday, July 23, 1953
Letter From
Washington
BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT
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Those Civic Minded People
I T IS one th in « to w o rk fo r pay and anothe r to w o rk fo r
the love of it. Perhaps some o f you are old enough to rem em
ber when diaper service firs t came in to existence. A s trik in g
blow by radio advertisers was, “ M others no longer need to w o rk
Just fo r the love o f i t . ”
The people o f th is area dem onstrated Sunday th a t they are
W illin g to w o rk because they choose to do so. There w-ere no
cash aw ards to “ shoot a t" and few even as m uch as though t of
w in n in g a prize ribbon w h ile d ilig e n tly w o rk in g tow ard m aking
a m agnificent parade w hich gave pleasure to thousands.
I t was repeated, " I f I had realized how m uch w o rk was
Involved, I don’t th in k I ’d have s ta rte d ,” and “ N ever again.”
T rue, there is a trem endous am ount o f w o rk involved in
m a k in g a L ily Blossom T im e float, b u t believe me it is w o rth
i t T e ll me, w hat is w o rth w h ile th a t doesn’t stand fo r a great
e xp e n d itu re of energy and th o u g h t? Do the C ro ft lilie s grow
lu x u rio u s ly w ith o u t care and food? Poes the highw ay c lim b the
m o u n ta in ? Does a ch ild grow to be governor unattended?
To name a ll those people that gave of th e ir services th a t
rnadt* the Seventh A nnual L ily Blossom T im e a success, w ould
be im possible. M any perform ed duties th a t w’ere not noticed
p a r tic u la rly nor com m ented upon, however, each served a place
o f iinjx>rtance. For outstand ing service not only fo r th e ir in te r
est shown in this event but also th a t w hich made the Azalea
F e s tiv a l the usual success th a t it has alw ays been, the heads o f
the A ll Year Events Association, the chairm en and those m em bers
w o rk in g w ith them deserve special cre d it. I t was tr u ly a w o n
d e rfu l parade.
G overnor Patterson expressed his surprise to see such a d is
p la y o f beauty and o rig in a lity fo r a c o m m u n ity o f th is size
He
was impressed and was fla tte re d by the w a rm welcom e extended.
S peaking o f the people of this area he said. " I lik e you.”
The Lions C lub members who w ere brave enough to select
a big but w o rth w h ile job w ould be p a rtia lly repaid i f they could
hear some of the m any com plim ents th a t have been flo a tin g
about tow n in regards to the street signs. T hey w ere ready ju s t
in tim e to help visitors here over the weekend locate frie n d s o r
re la tiv e s
T his w o rk w ill stand and w ill lx» rem em bered.
We're Glad to Meet a Governor
hen G overnor P a tte rs o n visited us this last w eek-end. he
b ecam e the first g overnor in o u r histo ry as a s ta te to visit
B rookings
And, as the G overnor h im self said, th a t w as no
com plim ent to the fo rm e r G overnors of o u r s ta te .
But w e'rv w illing to bet, here and now. th a t G overnor
P a tte rs o n w on't Ire the last on«' here, or, for th a t m a tte r, th a t
th is w as his last visit
B«*caus«> B rookings is d iffe ren t, now, and
it's going to keep right on being m ore different.
1 her«' w as a tim e (am i it w asn 't long ag o ), w hen C u rry
C o u n ty was re fe rre d to as ’th e m ost p rim itiv e co u n ty in O re g o n ’.
We w ere, literally, th e fo rg o tten corner.
But the se v e n or eight thousand people who w itn essed o u r
Lily Day P ara d e will te stify th a t we have been discovered, an d
th a t w e w e r e w orth discovering. And G overnor P a tte rs o n spoke
m o re truly th an many (xxiple realized w hen he said th a t, in the
fu tu re , w hen o u r jx»rt and o u r cro ss-m o u n tain highw ay is «level«
o|xxl, th at vv«» w ill b e one of the g re a t se a p o rts on th is coast.
W e th in k the G overnor is a m an «»I vision
W e re w illing
to adm it him to th at sehx’t little g ro u p of jx>ople we ad m ire
m ost, the people who huve tought a n d w orked to m ake B rook
in g s w hat it is. and w hat it will be.
And beside th a t, w e 're r a th e r fond of him
W hen he told
us “you, know, I like you p eo p le!" we decided we ra th e r like d
him, too So com e again, G overnor, Come again, and often, and
w atch O regon's new city grow .
minnmrmjr.
We'll Do Your Washday Chores
Pillows, Blankets, Chenille Bedspreads
Washed and Drycd
Wet Washings—or--Extracting and Drying
Hours 8.30 a m to 6;00 p m
Tuesday and Thursday Open 'til
S p .n i.
Clothes may be le ft a fte r 7:30 a m .
ACACIA LAUNDROMAT
J
There seems to lx? a fa ir possi
b ility th a t the le g islation neces
sary to settle the long-standing
dispute between the D epartm ent
of A g ric u ltu re Forest Service and
the D epartm ent o f In te r io r B u
reau of Land M anagem ent over
the title to and ju ris d ic tio n over
some 462,000 acres of tim b e r land
in the Oregon and C a lifo rn ia re
vested land g ra n t area w ill be
passed before this session of Con
gress is adjourned.
B ills to accom plish this result
have been introduced in both
house and Senate. Senator C o r
don introduced the Senate b ill and
I put an id e n tica l b ill in the hop
per in the House.
Rock Hounds Plan
Tri-County Show
The re g u la r m eeting of the M i.
E m ily Gem and M in e ra l C lub was
held at the V.F.W . h a ll J u ly 16
w ith about 35 members present.
An in v ita tio n to the Crescent
C ity Del N o rte Rock Hound d s-
play on Aug. 30 was extended to
all.
Members were asked to donate
or loan a specimen to the club
fo r an exh ib it at the Del N orte-
C u rry -H u m b o ld t T ri-C o u n ty rock
show at a date to be announced
later.
T w o new rock hounds, M r. and
Mrs. Brazeau, w ere signed up.
b rin g in g the m em bership to 70.
TEEN-AGE NEWS
The food sale held by the Teen-
Age C lub last S aturday was tr u ly
a success. Some donations were
given at the sale to help the
bu ild in g lu n d fo r the new club
house.
This, too, w ill help to pay fo r
the sum m er fo rm a l dance th a t we
w ill have la te r in the sum m er. We
w ant to thank everyone w ho con
trib u te d to the sale. I t w ill help
us get organized.
There w ill be a teen-age dance
F riday, J u ly 24, at the V .F .W . h all
at 8 o’clock in the evening. A d
mission is 25 cents w ith a m em
bership card o r 50 cents w ith o u t
the card.
Cold pop w ill be sold fo r five
cents.
A ll teen-agers are w e l
ference C om m ittee of the tw o come.
Houses have yet to subm it th e ir
reports and action on them may
A d v e rtis in g in the B rookings-
take tim e.
H a rb o r P ilo t brings results.
S im ila r le g isla tio n has been
pending every session of Congress
fo r the last several years. B ils
have been fa vo ra b ly reported by
both House and Senate c o m m it
tees several tim es but violent op
position, m ostly fro m the Forest
Service, has prevented fin a l action
by Congress.
I t is h ig h ly im p o rta n t, not only
to the land g ra n t counties o f O re
gon but to the country* as a whole,
th a t le g islation be passed to c la r i
fy the s itu a tio n and end the dis
pute. Since the argum ent began,
money fro m the sale o f tim b e r on«
the disputed lands has been held
in a “ suspense” fund in the treas
u ry pending a settlem ent o f the
issue by Congress. T h is fund is
now m ore than seven m illio n dol
lars.
I t should be released so
th a t the U. S. T re a su ry w ill have
its p o rtio n o f the money and the
rem ainder d is trib u te d to the land
g ra n t counties under the term s of
the basic O & C act o f 1937.
H e wish to show our appreciation
for the many favors granted us
during the occasion of the Open
ing of
CHUCK’S FLYING “A” ASSOCIATED
SERVICE
So fa r as I know there w ill be
lit t le o r no opposition to the
pending O & C b ills . In a fine
s p irit o f give and take the tw o
governm ent departm ents have co
operated in w o rk in g out language
that is reasonably sa tisfa cto ry to
both
It is also approved by th ’
counties. The new b ill not only-
pro v ides fo r the d is trib u tio n of
the im pounded money but w ill
e lim in a te e n tire ly the present
troublesom e checkerboard p a tte rn
of in te rm in g le d co n tro l by the
tw o departm ents not only on the
dispute«! lands but fo r a n o th e r
500.000 acres as w ell.
The subcom m ittee on P ublic
Lands of th«' House C om m ittee on
In te rio r and In s u la r A ffa irs has
held hearings on my House b ill
H R 5958. 1 believe action by the
Senate C om m ittee m ay be taken
soon. As this is w ritte n I can
not say fo r sure how soon the
House co m m itte e w ill m ake its
decision However, sine«» the leg
isla tio n as now d ra fte d arouses
no opposition I th in k the Com
m itte e w ill take a favorable view
o f it.
Th«’ sudden “ p u rg in g ” o f the
? p o w e rfu l Beria in Russia n a tu r a l
ly created «juite a s tir o f comment
and conjecture in this C a p ita l
C ity
The fact is. o f course, that
there is p ra c tic a lly no really
accurate know lt'dge here o r a n y -I
w here else outside the Iro n C ur- 1
fa in as to ju s t w hat is going on
■ in Russia today. I t is a safe guess,
though, th a t there is tro u b le big
tro u b le in the K re m lin .
• • •
The ta rg e t date fo r ad jo u rn -
m entof th is session o f Congress
, is s till te ch n ica lly J u ly 31. As the
m onth comes to the half-w ay
point, however, the prospects ef
adjournm ent by th a t date grow
dim m er. A ll a p p ropria tions b ills
but the one fo r fo re ig n aid have
been passed by the House and
most o f them have been com
p e te d by the Senate The Con-
WAIT
w here are you ke e p in g y o u r
v a in a h l eg
and
im p o r ta n t
p a p e r s ? D o n t le t th e m li e
a ro u n d w hen a Safe D eposit
h o \ at th is han k is so h a n d y
• . . and safe.
O R EG O N S T A T E B A N K
BROOKINGS. OREGON
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