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FIRM O N 15c PRICE
itriP T S TO
CUT B l'lB
PRICES FOUGHT
Local lily g row ers agreed last
week to m ain tain a pre*, m us’
established price of fiftet
c •
lor 7-8 bulbs, and th e re vvai
every evidence th a t an d te r'.
flurrv of p rice c u tt ng had bee?,
stopped.
The action
was
taken
at
a
m eeting of gro w ers held S a tu r-
«'ay. d u rin g which the grow ers re-
J cted p ro tests m ade by brokers
ol the fifteen cent quotation.
Two of the larg est brokers,
G eorge J. B all of C hicago and
A m erican Bulb Co., also of C hi­
cago, have com pleted paym ent for
th e ir bulbs a t th e fifteen cent
quotation. O nly one b ro k er is
a tte m p tin g to pay for his bulbs a t
tw elve cents, and local grow ers
pointed out th a t th e few who had
accepted his price com prised such
a sm all portion of th e m ark e t
th a t it would not affect prices
generally.
In le tte rs to th e brokers and
to th e A m erican W holesale Bulb
D e a le rs Association, th e grow ers
again raised th e point «ha* he»-'
w as no su rp lu s of 7-8" bulbs in
this y e a r’s crop. B asis of th e at
tem p ted price c u ts has been the
conten tio n by th e broker th a t
,-S bulbs w ere su rp lu s, and th at
did° n ^ r ^ ' i r u T " ' UP° n Pri“
O th e r b ro k e rs’ p ro tests to the
gro w ers had not been because of
the fifteen cent price, but because
th ey feared th e one bro k er would
be g ettin g bulbs a t a low er rate.
A greem ent of th e grow ers to
m ain tain the price should erase
th a t fear.
L e tte rs w ere also sent by th e
grow ers to A m ______
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Bulb and
alt ex p ressin g th e ir
George J. Ball,
ap p reciatio n of th e stan d th e tw o
com panies had ta k e n
in the
m atter.
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1 hursday, N<>vetnlx;r 12, 195»
LUCKY 7 BOYS CLUB
BECOME LEE ESAVERS
CITY COUNCIl APPROVES TERMS
OF FIRE HYDRANT CONTRACT
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On the
Reef
I’he Lucky 7 Boy’s C lub ol
B iookings this w eek accepted ar
in v itatio n to becom e the Highway
L ifesavers C o m m ittee for C urry
C ounty.
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f«n city
vd 4 . council
—
• • on
The
B rookings
to accept S ta te P ublic U tility
In so doing, th e club becam e
I
uesday
approved
the
te
rm
s
By BILL P H E L P S
c o n tre c t f T ’ , i,
t<?rmS of a ‘ valuations to d eterm in e th e value
the youngest of 28 co u n ty o rg a n i­
X n . ’s w ith in " he c d y a n d "in" of the h y d ran ts, if th e city should
zations which o p e ra te in O ieg o n
s tru c te d C ite A tto rn ey Ed A eklev desire to acq u ire them . E arlie r,
( o u n ties and a re devoted to re ­
E
v
er
so
o
ften
we
run
right
«»-e B ro o k in g
o th er points of disagreem ent had sm ack into a fact t h a t ’s been ducing the ap p allin g toll of t r a f ­
been rem oved in a P o rtlan d con­ b o th erin g us for y ea rs and years, fic accid en ts w ithin the sta te .
su lta tio n betw een M ayor Dim- and th at is th a t a larg e n u m b er
T h e in v itatio n to ta k e on th e
W ith differences in th e c o n tra c t mick. A ttorney Ackley, C ouncil­
m
an-sized
job was issued to th e
of
people
in
this
w
orld
do
not
erased, it w as hop d th at in sta l­ m an L esm eister and legal counsel
latio n of t h e
badly needed tor th e B rookings W a te r C om ­ ag ree w ith us. They d isag ree club by M arshall D ana, A ssistan t
w ith us, in fact, on a larg e and to th e P resid en t of th e U. S.
h y d ra n ts w ould begin soon.
pany.
varied n u m b er of ¡»oints; politics, N ational Bank, and S e c re ta ry of
T he original c o n t r a t ca rried
U nder th e t«*rms of the co n tra ct, tehgion. how to run a new spaper, H ighw ay L ifesavers.
specifications
s i,ecificat ions th a t half th e hy- 20 h y d ra n ts will be in stalled
He ap p ro ach ed th e club, he said,
co m p arativ e m erits of blondes and
d ra n ts would be in stalled by J a n ­ w ithin a year, w ith ten of th em b ru n e tte s, and so on.
a f te r hearin g of th e m agnificent
uary
H ow ever, it
as to go in w ithin fo u r m onths.
— •’ fifteenth.
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u w
was
T h ere was a tim e w hen this
th ° 1)0X8 had done in keeP*n«
e x Pecied th a t the tw o m onths d e ­
In o th e r action, the C ouncil bo th ered
us
exceedingly,
and
,
<
”
<
er
,n B rookings on H allow e’en,
l lay
av d
rin g
r n n c t t nege
d u u rin
g r c n o n n t tra
continued discussion of a city w e’ve been know n to spend a lot P”«! ° f ,h<> im pressive record they
wou,tl set th a t d a te back,
c h a rte r, and h ea rd a delegatio n of tim e ju s t pondering how th ev •
m ad e in C o m m u n ity service
L ast points of dispute were re ­ from the V e te ran s of F oreign got th a t way. O ccasionally even
1 ’‘‘‘r fo rm a tio n -
m oved a f te r the council decided W ars, who p ro tested s tre e t ex c a­ now. we find o u rselves ¡Hindering ,
c o m m ,ttee will o p e ra te un-
vation on P ioneer road ad jac en t how we got this w ay, hut we d o n ’t 2.7 2 1 s lM
; n so tsh iP of th e R o tary
to th e ir property.
talk about th a t.
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R o tarian s will serv e in
The council accepted a bid for
On one point, though, we have a ° advisory position only. A ctu al
propane gas from W ard P ro p an e stro n g ideas, and th a t is ab o u t W° ’ k ,°f ,hi> com ni' i t ee will be
Service, but reje cted bids received ru n n in g a new spaper. W e don t , c a ’T,ed ? ut hy
boys,
on gasoline and oil for city feel th e y ’re especially good ideas L n » und®[la k ,n ff ,hp P roject, th e
vehicles.
but th e y ’re o u r own. a n d we feel
, M,X8 hat form th e L u ck y 7
we should expose them to th „ 1 club Wl,U>e a u,ni(IUi‘ c h a p te r of a
public view
unique o rganization.
O ccasionally, som eone com es in
H ,h'hway L ifesav ers is an or-
w ho w ishes to in sert in o u r news
,l<>n
PUbl‘f spilrited c i,i’
colum ns som ething th a t we d o n ’t
,
l' ? ‘‘ und,'r f a ken to do
ab° Uf the terribJ<1 cost
W ork will s ta rt S unday m o rn ­ feel should be th ere. And
,
es and p r°f>erty of au to m o -
ing on a Boy Scout hom e here, tim «s it m akes h ard feelings
On,, of the m ost „¡„¡cun
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u.
and v o lu n teer w orkm en who wish
handle
is
religious
m
a
tte
r
We
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,
,
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(
Sam
m ons,
to help are asked to re p o rt S u n ­
hav e people com e in who w ish Io ¿ T '
’ , S ' N a ,i" n al
day at lo a m.
in sert, io o u r new s colum ns. Ion., J
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lo w la n d , th e o rKan iza-
Also to he on hand, according
’ion has received n atio n al a tte n -
articles
concerning
the
lG M ike Paige, chairm an, is a
m e rits of tion in its cam paign for safety.
gtoup of E x p lo rer S couts w ho their re lig io u s belief.
But now here else has th e or
W e <an
c a n ’t 1 d<>
do th aL
a t. W e hope th a
plan to help in the co n stru c tio n
Wp
of th e ir new building.
t h i s . new sp ap er will serve th< g am zalion e n tru ste d its cam paigi
to a g ro u p such as the Lucky 1
W ork S un d ay will consist of people of every belief, but w< C lub
for any. W«
construction of footings for the can n o t proselyti
M r D ana told the club th at flit
building. V olunteers should bring w ant real ch u rch news. B ut it favorable m ention they bad re
Jigging tools, as vvejl as c a rp e n te r m u st be news. If y o u h av e a vta-I
H allow e’en ac-
liing m in ister, a spec,,,I service, )iv jti„s ;(s
fools for the co n stru ctio n of foot
th e ir previous
m g form s.
.i pat ty, a special occasion, we
im pressive record for Cornmunit-,
want
to
p
rint
it.
If
y
o
u
’re
w
o
rk
­
S outh Coast L um ber C om pany
service, had convinced him th a t
this week, donated and delivered ing on y o u r building, o r changin'.
they w ere equal to the task heii, ;
U» the com m ittee 1100 feet of lo catio n s, o r a id in g a M ission. SP,
heavy tim b ers to he used in roof , h a t’s news, too, and we w ant
And, he added, in accept in:
it.
tru sses for the building. The p rint
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,
I » such
u v ii <
a * iasK,
task, m
the e e (dub
iu n w
was
as unt
und, r
Pad we don t feel we can d ev o te ♦aUin „
k
,
donation com pletes the re q u ire ­
TdKing a job which gave them i
, .' ,h ,
m ents for heavy tru sses to span o u r colum , ns i to , 1 m a tte r which is , <«PJH»i tu n ity »
to m ak 1 e r>ossihle
intended to fu ith e r th e cau se of
r
,
he 10x60 building.
,
" saving of nu m ero u s lives as w<
.«• th
ih<,i»«-,n,iB
, r d » o llars
n
. one
f „11 denom ination at th e expense
. . . . , as
o u san d s of
now 1 ost 1
of all ,ho
U ..
t do ; highway ■■»■rid. nls
New President Named at Bank
Workers Needed
For Scout Home
Pilot Carries
T-V Schedule
-met hing-or-ot her,
ook fust prize at
us costum e.
W ith th e advent of re g u la r
program m ing from KIEM -TV .
The B ro okings-H arbor Pilot
w ill regularly carry TV ched-
’ties in each edition
P ro g ra m s for th e <
d for o u r c h u rc h , a n d , I ’m s o rry , !
but vv* w on’t do it foi yours. -
Sam e th in g apfdies to o th er
news. You bring us real, a c tu a l
lx)na fide news, and w e’ll love you
forever. But d o n ’t b ring 11s. h
story form , m a te ria l w hich is
a c tu a lly opinion. If you w ant th a.
:n. w rite us a le tte r, and sign it,
and. provided th a t i t ’s not libelous.
d
th
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Rockhounds I.ai
The Mt. Em ily Gem and Min
o ral S o ciety ( Roekhounds to you
I will hold th e ir an n u al fui k« ;
i d in n er, 'fh u rs d a y evening, Nov
19, at th e VFW hall
clad so many p< ople disagree witf
me
Keeps th e < new spaf« r busi
I ’m ness from ta w n tin g ixuatg.