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Historical Notes On Curry County LETTER TO EDITOR the sea boost th e low er riv er dam s to 436,000 k ilo w atts m ore pow er Rn xikings Harbor Pilot i THURSDAY. (X T O B E R 29, 1953 W e would like this o p p o rtu n ity than they would produce w ithout to express som e view s and ou tlin e Hells C anyon storage. Cost to By MAX B RA IN A R D o u r policy reg ard in g H ells C an consum er $19.00 p er kw year. Idaho P ow er com pany’s th ree T h ere w as a story, in a recent yon. A parked c a r owned by O w ens dam s w ould provide no irrig atio n , issue, about W ill M clndoe’s 80th Everyone, unless he b urns a flood control, navigation o r rec Jacobs of S m ith R iver. Calif., w as The S ad ie H aw kins d an ce la s t b irth d ay party . It recalled an un eoaloil lam p and likes it, has a d am ag ed T h u rsd a y w hen it was F rid ay evening w as tru ly a su c u su al chance th a t m ean t m uch to stak e in th e continued expansion reatio n al benefits, w ith to tal sale stru c k by a d riv erle ss pick-up. able firm pow er of 885,400 kw, at cess. except fo r th e soap on th e W ill and his sisters. )f h y d ro electric energy from fed a cost of $39.42 p er kw y ea r to I he pick-up had been parked by floor w hich d id n ’t w o rk o u t so Som e y ears ago, Good wife and eral dam s. Roy Kinion. who told Police C hief well. the consum ers. I had an em porium in Brookings, T he past 50 y ea rs has seen T hese a re only a few facts we Bud ( ross th at it had been left T he club president. A rt S to n e ’s and one of o u r good custom ers co n stan t grow ing leadership and think th e citizens of o u r a rea are in gear. In his absence, how ever, b irth d ay w as also c e le b ra te d w ith w as Zada. now Mrs. L u th e r T is responsibility in th e field of riv er e n title d to know. the pick-up rolled down the a b eau tifu l cak e and p resen ts. dale. one of W ill’s girls. R em ark developm ent assum ed by the fed I he w a te rs ol an area are a stree t, and hit Ja c o b s’ c a r on the The chaperone's w ere M iss ing u{K»n my hobby of a c c u m u la t eral governm ent. Rut th e whole i n a tu ra l re so u rce th a t belongs to eft door. F itzgibbon an d Mrs. S h ea ing notes on C u rry C ounty folks. concept of com prehensive p la n D am age to Ja c o b s’ c a r was co n R ep o rters, N.C., J.S., J.A. the people. By building Hells Zada asked m e if I had an y th in g ning for riv er developm ent is b e C anyon dam , the people will be fined to th e one door. T h ere w as on th e M clndoe fam ily. I believe ing a tta c k e d by the pow er lobbv. Read th e class ads. T hey pay! p ro te c tin g th is vital h erita g e for little dam age to K inion’s pick-up. she said h er fa th e r knew his In th e first six m onths of 1953 them selves and for generatio n s b irth day but not th e y e a r in the N atio n al A ssociation of E lec yet to com e. H ells C anyon is r w hich he w as born, n o r did his tric C om panies has led the field s e lf-liq u d a tin g investm ent in the sis te rs know th e ir b irth year. <n m oney sjicnt for lobbying, w ith fu tu re . As it c re a te s w ealth, it I looked in th e M clndoe d e p a rt $268,937. Its p re ssu re has forced will pay fo r itself over and over m en t of m y r a ts ’ nest and found the a d m in istra tio n to adopt p o li again. W ithin 50 y ea rs th e dam th a t on S ep tem b er 25. 1865, S i cies, w hich, if c a rried out, will will have paid, from sale of pow m on R othenheim . J u s tic e of the m ean seizure of choice dam sites er, not only its original cost plus | P eac e (p resu m ab ly functioning at for p a rtia l use by p riv ate com interest at th re e p er cent, but Gold B each) m a rrie d R obert Mc panies w hile public groups and ON m illions of d ollars in flood con ln doe and S u san n ah , d a u g h te r of industry* w ill slowly find th e m trol, n avigation, irrig atio n , and YOUR NEW HOME Is ra e l S. M orrison w ith I. S. M or selves deprived of th e ir source ol re cre atio n a l benefit, as well. rison and H. N. W inslow as w it energy supply. T he local c h a p te r of th e N a nesses. OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING T he fight for control of H ells tional H ells C anyon Association In th e first book of C u rry Canyon a re a is the prim e case in firm ly believes an aroused public C o u n ty deeds, on page 158, th e re Special conditions in this area require proper design point. A lthough the Idaho P ow er opinion can yet save H ells C an is recorded th e sale of land by com pany enjoys th e low est cost yon. W e u rg e individuals and o r ing. Don t throw your money down the drain D aniel and Polly M orehouse to p e r kw of g en eratio n of any m ajo r ganizations to w rite P resident R o b ert M clndoe, on O ctober 7, through faulty construction. p riv a te u tility in th e Pacific E isenhow er, o u r sen a to rs and 1865, in w hat w as th e n known as re p re se n ta tiv e s in C ongress, S ec N o rth w est, its ra te charge to Sim on L u n d ry ’s land claim . This, ‘ CONSULT users is th e highest and has been re ta ry of In te rio r D ouglas M cKay I believe, w as som ew here handy for y ears. and m em bers of th e F ed eral Pow tc H yde’s service sta tio n and m o e r Com m ission, W ashington. D.C T he people of O regon and tel, a m ile or so o u t of W edder- W ashington have seen th a t th e telling th em you are u n alterab ly buOr, on 101, opposed to th e H ells Canyon giv T he p ro b a te records of th e creatio n of big blocks of low cost aw ay. T his is th e one fighi th oow er ahead of dem and brings in c o u n ty show th a t R obert died, at people m ust not lose! 'n d u stry w ith new jobs and p a y his home, Ju ly 10, 1876, and w hen S incerely, his e s ta te w as settled , th e heirs rolls and broadened tax base. • Office in Lesm eister Agency C. P. GLASS w ere listed as being S usannah, C o n trast th e population grow th of LO U IS ST. D E N N IS 25; M ary Ann (M rs. A nthony) 9; ‘h<se tw o s ta te s (1940-50) of S a ra h Ellen (M rs. F o rd ) 5; W il nearly 40 p er cent w ith Idaho liam O scar, 2; and Lily M aria over th e sam e p e r’od, 12 p er cen les.-, th an th e natio n al average. (M rs. M orrison) 6 m onths. In d u stria l and dom estic ra te s S u san n ah is recorded as having m a rrie d D aniel M alone, a p p a re n t have dropped in areas w here com ly at Gold Beach, M ay 25, 1877, p etitio n ex ists but w h erev er a th e k n o t-ty e r being E ld r John pow er com pany, such as Idaho M ansfield, at his house, w ith John P ow er has blocked out develop M acy and Lym an W oodruff as m ent in its own service area, w itnesses. B ut this hookup a p econom ic g row th has shown a p a re n tly d id n ’t ta k e for she and 1 corresponding decrease and the D aniel filed a rtic le s of sep aratio n ra te s tru c tu re s rem ains high w ith S e p te m b e r 27, 1880 a t w hich tim e every prospect of going higher. M ake no m istak e about it. , it ap p ears D aniel had gone some o th e r place. She w as aw arded T h ere is NO O T H E R H ELLS cu sto d y of tw o sm all M alone chil CANYON S IT E . No o th e r site offers such an o p p o rtu n ity for dren. W hen S u san n ah w ent to her 'm a m m o th w a te r storage. If H ells (Our sand and gravel is washed, screened re w ard , O ctober 30, 1882, she left C anyon is lost, m axim um devel opm ent is lost! th e following children, according and weighed to give full measure and T he federal H ells Canyon m ul- to th e reco rd s: M ary, 16; Ellen. 11; W illiam . 9; and Lily, 7, all i tipie-purpose dam would provide proper proportions of aggregate, to insure M clndors and all of S m ith River, , irrig atio n , flood control, n av ig a C alifo rn ia, and E d ith M alone, 1, tion and re cre atio n as well as quality) j to tal saleab le firm ¡xjwer, of an d C ora May M alone, 2. Then, on April 18, 1889, A. II. 1.464,000 kw, and on its w ay t< C rook assum ed g u ard ia n sh ip of th e four M clndoe children, M ary. of as the d ocum ents had already S a ra h . W illiam , an d Lily. been accepted as court i ecords. N a tu rally , the M clndoe “kids” T h ere a re undoubtedly q u ite a w ere q u ite pleased w hen they herd of d escendants of R obert and found if th ey w ished to establish S u san n ah w ho’ll be interested, th e ir resp ectiv e ages, all they had likewise, and possibly in a la te r to do w as to go to th e C u rry sto ry we can tak e up odds and C o u n ty clerk, ask for th e pro b ate .en d s of S u s a n n a h ’s folks the reco rd s of th e ir f a th e r ’s estate , M orrisons, and th e re su re seem s get a certified tra n s c rip t th ere- to have been a herd of them ! Car Damaged By Runaway Pickup 9 TEEN-AGE NEWS SAVE M O N EY MACK G. MALCOLM GENERAL CONTRACTOR READY MIX CONCRETE Crushed Gravel River Run Sand and Gravel Rock Fill Material Clay Fill Black Top Soil BROOKINGS AUTO PARTS River Silt Clam Shell Soil AU THO RIZED Concrete Pipe and Ditching NO JOB TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE McCULLOCH CHAIN SAW DEALER AND R E P A IR S E R V IC E Across from Shell Station Brookings, Oregon P. O. Box 195 Brookings, Oregon Phone 2274 Brookings RED-E-MIX Concrete Co. Central Bldg. Phone 2442
