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2 B rookingsJiarbor Pilot, Thursday, December 3, 1953 FOR BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT LIBRARY NOTES going to build som e m ore shelves. Im p o rta n t p rogress has been m ade on th e new’ building, despite th e w eather. C h arlie S ta n h u rs t has set the rough plum bing so now the re m a in d er of the concrete can be poured. At the m eeting, a m uch app reci ated donation of all th e stu dding needed will be forth co m in g from th e W estw ood planer. Mrs. C harles S ehaal reported sev eral new m em b ersh ip s tu rn ed in to board m em bers. T h e fee is $2.50 and th e fund is now being added to w h at will be expended on th e building. Books m ay be borrow ed from th e C hetco C om m unity Public L ib rary w ithout charge. Entered an second-claim m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, O regon, M arch 7, 1946, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1*79 T his announcem ent is m ade be cau se of inquiries as to how much M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher »he service costs. T he lib rary W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S , E ditor hoard wishes to rep eat th e fa SU BSC R IPT IO N RATER: cility functions th e sam e as any One Year In ad van ce tin Curry County» .................................. >3 00 By o th e r lib rary of com parable size. One Year. In advance (outsid e Curry C ounty) ............ ............... |3 .5 0 CLIFFORD P. All ap p licatio n s for loans will be NATIO N A I, A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E ROWE welcom ed and processed at the W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . lib ra ry desk T uesday and F riday Philadelphia New York Detroit C hicago 'ill re w as a tim e when I co n afternoons, from 2 until 5 o’clock. doled the telephone a necessity T h ere are charges, however, (or N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L .n any home. Of late, how ever, I c e rta in new' books and for books N IW S P A P IR P U B L IS H IR I I assoc C a am considering very seriously the kept past th e re g u la r borrow ing v. n # « m a tte r of having the th in g re period, and for volum es dam aged ASSOCIATION A C T IV E M E M B E R m oved if for no o th e r reaso n th a n o r lost. to give m e peace and quiet. At M onday n ig h t’s m eeting of I can still rem em ber very dis th e board, th e tre a s u re r said th ere tin ctly w hen th e ringing of th e w as $183.53 in th e book purchase phone m eant th at som eone w ished fund, part of w hich was from the to speak w ith m e or my wife. To H a rb o r C om m unity Club amt The action of the B rookings C ity C ouncil in appointing a be perfectly honest, it w as m ore $22.08, and from the V.F.W. co m m ittee of citizens to help them fo rm u late a c h a rte r for th e often for h er th an for me. Yet L adies A uxiliary rum m age sale of city is, in o u r opinion, a m agnificent exam ple of dem ocracy at I w as alw ays the gentlem an , as p ap er bound volum es, $14.81. w ork A lthough th e council has full a u th o rity to a rriv e at th e w ell as curious, so I alw ays 1 V ery m uch ap p reciated g ifts of c h a rte r w hich will be presen ted to th e people som e tim e next answ ered it. It got to be a habit books cam e from R. L ./J e n k in s y ea r, they have been e a g e r to have suggestions from th e city, and as such w as accepted by all. an d from M rs. Lyle Redfield and th e ir action in appointing th e co m m ittee has proven th e ir excellent in ten tio n s. Ju st recen tly , though, it daw ned S p ace is in cry in g need and Mrs. And, by en listin g th e advice of o u tsid e people, the council on m e th at circu m stan ces had E a rl Sim pson, board m em ber, is changed considerably. I find i ! h a s also effectively shown th a t its only in te re sts in this m a tte r am now an sw erin g th e phone ! a r e the in te re sts of th e people of the city. about 15 tim es a day: ten of those Among th e m any questions which have been asked is th is : calls a re for my d au g h ter, th re e , J u s t w hat is th e significance of a c h a rte r, w hy is it necessary, are for my son, and my wife gets an d how a re w e o p e ra tin g now ? th e re m a in in g two. But does one T echnically speaking, a c h a rte r is not n ecessary to a city, of th em ev e r answ er it? Abso alth o u g h we know of no in corporated city w hich o p e ra te s w ith lu tely not! o u t one. W e m ay all be sittin g aro u n d T his city o p erates u n d er a provision of law in th e s ta te th e living room. The good wife C o n stitu tio n at th e present tim e, w hich reserves th e righty of a will be sewing, th e son will be m u n icip ality to th a t m unicipality. A c h a rte r does th e sam e, stu d y in g his L atin, I will be re a d but in m ore specific term s. ing, and th e d a u g h te r will be In a c tu a lity , th e need of a c h a rte r shows up w hen a city dividends to policyholders on doing one of a m illion confusing u n d e rta k e s th e d u ties of governm ent. T hus, w ith o u t a c h a rte r, th in g s th a t an eighth g ra d e r is it would be ¡x>ssible for th e people of this city to float a bond capable of doing. The phone rings. hre insurance on their homes issue, but it is ex tre m ely doubtful if anyone would buy th e bonds. No one m ak es a move. It rings T h e sam e w ould go for th e c ity ’s recognition in legal m a tte rs in again. No one bats an eyelash. and household effects! w hich it m ight he em broiled. W ithout a c h a rte r th e re is th e By th is tim e I have to rn m yself possibility of lack of recognition of th e legal s ta tu s of th e city aw ay from my book and have the g o v ernm ent. receiv er off its hook only to find, The C h a rte r should, in th e w ords of the M unicipal R esearch S E E as usual, th a t one of the offspring B u reau of th e U niversity of O regon, be brief, and broad. It is a is w anted. I am alm ost tem p ted docum ent w hich s ta te s to th e w orld th a t B rookings is a resp o n to bribe one of my friends to call sib le m u n icip ality w ith its own governm ent, and should be re c m e som e day ju s t so 1 can say ognized as such. th a t one trip w a sn ’t w asted. It is not, necessarily, an en u m eratio n of th e pow ers th e city Your Local T he th in g th a t burns m e most h as; those a re covered by s ta te laws. B asically, it estab lish es is w hen one of my son’s p als calls. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL EIRE ASSOCIATION th e form of city governm ent, th e term s of office, the officers of T hey used to say “Is little C lifford th e city ,and th e ir m ethod of election o r appointm ent, and th e Agent t h e r e ? ” and I w ould call my son. b o u n d aries of th e city. N ow adays they ask "Is big ! W hen the citizens of this city approve a city c h a rte r, C lifford th e r e ? ” and w hen I a n B rookings will have stepped over th e line upon w hich it has sw er th a t this is he speaking, sto o d since incorporation, to its place am ong the cities of O regon. they cru elly put m e in my place by re to rtin g , "No, we w ant to ta lk to y o u r son.” Not only am I w earing m yself out answ ering th e phone, but it S e n a to r Joseph M cC arthy of W isconsin has told the w orld also seem s th a t I am now e n te r th a t he and M eC arthyisrn Mill he the issue in th e next election. ing th e phase of being insu lted in W’e hope h e’s w rong Not because we in any w ay c o u n te n ! th e bargain. an ce th e in ex cusable laxness of the last a d m in istra tio n in its h an d lin g of C om m unists in governm ent. But because we have seen w hat M cC arthy does w ith w hat evidence does com e to light in his hearin g s. W’e don’t th in k lla rrv Trum an w as disloyal Blind, stubborn, m isled yes And we have no doubt his a d m in istratio n w as rid dled w ith co m m unists in high places But a h a tre d of com m unism is no excuse for fascism , and in M cC arthy th e a d m in istra tio n is saddled w ith a m an who w ould stop at no b a r rie r in his search for power. R esults Nov 30 T h ere w as a tim e w hen this nation overlooked one basic B rookings M arket 4. vs. O regon point': B ecause the C om m unists w ere opposed to the fascists, S ta te B ank 0 th a t did not m ake them o u r friends F a ilu re to re m e m b er th a t cost the free w orld C hina and B alkan E urope, and m ight have B & H Logging 2*4, vs. Barrv s en slav ed th e w orld. B ow lers 1 4 . And now the w heel is tu rn in g full circle. B ecause we h ate K e rr Hdwe. 3, vs. VFW 966 1 and te a r C om m unism we m ust not forget th a t it is not the only H a rb o r G arage 4. vs. Brook ngs ! e \ d in th e w orld If M cC arthy succeeds in his a tte m p t to M achine 0. becom e the sym bol of the R epublican p a rty , we will surely learn S tan d in g s it again the h ard est way. our P o in ts \_ x W L H a rb o r G arage 34 14 B rookings M arket 31 17 B rookings M achine 30 18 CORSAGES VEW 966 25 23 B & H Logging 24 ’2 2 3 4 CL I' FLOWERS B a rry s Bowlers 2 2 ’2 25*2 K e rr H a rd w are IS 30 ¡ O regon S ta te B ank 1 41 FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS BROOKINGS, OREGON H igh Scores Indiv idual gam e. Jones 200; in -I "Y our Dependable H om e Institution" dividual series. L D im m ick 535, Harbor, Ore. Phone 2568 O sborne 528. team gam e. H a rb o r M em ber EoJeraJ Depoxii Insurance Corporati-m G arage 817; team series, B rook ings M arket 2331. WHAT AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IT'S WORTH I :»'3~ The Council and the Charter YELTON'S ? NORTHWESTERN 1 NOW PAYING 20 PER CENT Arthur Knox Insurance Agency I I I The Issue in 1954 COMMERCIAL BOWLING LEAGUE 1N stf ...Open One O REG O N STATE BANK McVAY'S on the WINCHUCK I
