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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, December io, 195$ LETTER TO EDITOR grav g As es we have all know, m any of the become so badly County Library Committee Named D ear E d ito r: grow n up w ith weeds th at to say I m ust w rite in defense of o u r E ntered a« second-clan« m a tte r , a t th e p n sto fflc e a t B rooking«, O regon, they are objects of pity would be C ounty Ju d g e Guy F o rsy th e, and T en people to serve on the M a rch 7, 1946, u n d e r th e Act of M arch 3. 1R79 p u ttin g it m ildly. Som e of th e the people of c e n tra l C u rry in th ? C u rry C ounty A rea L ib ra ry C om grave stones have fallen over and M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher m a tte r of highw ay location, and m ittee of th e O regon L ib rary As m ost of th e stak es which once the u n fa ir criticism of them . A fte r WILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor m ark ed th e plots have long since sociation w ere ap p o in ted last ca re fu lly reading your front page S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S : been m isplaced or destroyed, w’eek by C h arles F. Doane. Gold One Y ear In a d v a n c e (In ( 'u r r y C ounty* .......... ................ S3.00 report on p ro tests m ade at the m ak in g it alm ost im possible to Beach, c h a irm an of th e co m m it One Y ear, In a d v a n c e (outnlde C u rry C o u n ty , ... . ............ ,3 .5 0 last m eeting of the highw ay com tell w h ere to select a plot. W on tee. N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E m ission and your e a rlie r critica l Two m em b ers w ere chosen d er w hat could he th e cause for d torial about ‘‘losing sleep,” 1 W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . from th e B ro k in g s-H a rb o r area; all th is ? Could it he th at the New Y ork C hicago D etroit P h ila d e lp h ia convinced y o u r ju d g m en t is people have been too busy ro u n d Rose Poole, and Wm. G. Phelps. ■ e e d on lim ited info rm atio n o r O th ers ap p o in ted w e re : Donna ing up them th a r r $$$? NEW SPAPER ■ is. »form ation. R em em ber th e N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L C hurchill, Langlois, D oris Olson. I su rm ise th at th e cem etery hl ad a g e: “ A m a n ’s ju d g m en t is A s 's b c S Ä ii'e N PUBLISH ERS P o rt O rford, A. F. N iem an, Port hoard of d irec to rs have w orried b e tte r th a n his in fo rm a tio n ? ” y J U O rford, Ann R yan. O phir, W ickes ASSOCIATION H o i ' i e u ’m e P lease seek to get all of th e facts about the deplorable situ atio n un Shaw ; Gold B each, L ucille Mon til th ey a re about to g b e up in before “ju m p in g to conclusions.” roe, Gold Beach, G ro v er Rasch, disg u st, due to lack of co-opera In th e first place I have heard P isto l River. no one ex p ress any objection to tio n and ap p reciatio n plus '»suffi a m odern highw ay o r any serious cien t funds to get on w ith the in o th e r w ords clea n up th e Since the tim e we first began com m enting on the opposition objection to a “lim ited access” w ork according to plans. A fter grounds of th e ce m e tery ship of a few landow ners in the Gold B each a re a to a lim ited access all we should bear in mind th at road providing it does not prev en t sh ap e sm ack to th e p ro p e rty line highw ay for f u r r y C ounty, we have received tw o opposing developm ent of o u r resources. The the d irec to rs have work to do afso. le tte rs from landow ners there, one of w hich is p rin ted in this on 1, 2, 3, 4 sides and re sta k e the I t seem s to me th a t if the location of a lim ited access road issue. plots. T his w ould c e rta in ly be a can n o t help but have trem en d o u s churches, clubs and o th er good No one ev e r lik es to adm it th a t the o th e r fellow has a im pact on the econom y of an a re a people in B rookings and vicinity long step in th e rig h t direction to w ard b e tte rin g o u r com m unity point, including me. But I ’m going to have to say th a t Mr. such as ours. It has been o u r re ally w an ted to do som ething on Knox of W ed d erb u rn does have one. and su rely a God-send to every th e co n stru ctiv e side they would contention th a t some co n sid era one . T he only tro u b le w ith it is th a t it is a point c le a r off tion should be given to a to ta l re fra in from griping and com the rriain a rg u m e n t. J. GAW E, p laining about triv ial m a tte rs long econom y of th e com m unity, the Mr. Knox c ites th e need in this county for secondary’ s ta te enough to sponsor a m ovem ent to D. W. Gill A pts. county, and the s ta te as a whole, system ot roads in this county broadened to include access C o rn er W illow and S pruce St. as well as to en gineerin g expedi "redeem" the Brookings C em etery to th e vtlley, and to perm it g re a te r access to th e in terio r. Most ency alone. especially, w e’d like to see one up the C hetco river. In th e second place, c u r ju d g e So we have no a rg u m e n t th ere. N or do w e d isag re e w ith ap p e are d before th e com m ission the position th a t the s ta te m ain tain th e p re sen t location of to get th e ir co m m ittm en t on 101 for a scondary s ta te highw ay. T h at, too is v itally n ecessary m ain tain in g necessary, abandoned to give access to lands th a t lie along it now, as w ell as to road sections as secondary roads, ch an n el access into 101 at th e proper points. so th a t m ain ten an ce w ould not But when Mr. Knox says th a t Ju d g e F o rs y th ’s trip to become an im possible d ra in on | P o rtla n d w as to plead for such seco ndary roads, he has an county finance. Do you know th at a d v a n ta g e on us because, as fa r as we know, he is th e only m an th e highw ay d e p a rtm e n t had for on record as cre d itin g th e Ju d g e w ith thost m otives. C e rta in ly m ally advised the cou n ty com th e P o rtlan d p ap ers w ere of th e opinion th a t th e Ju d g e w as m issioners th a t they should p re th e re to p ro test access and location provisions of 101, and the p a re th e ir budgets to ta k e over dividends to policyholders on H ighw ay Com m ission seem ed to have the sam e opinion. W e’re the m ain ten an ce of abandoned not su re w hat th e J u d g e 's opinion is, since w e see him ra re ly sections, such as the one o v er the in th is end of th e county. fire insurance on their homes hill on the C oast H ills ra n c h ? Do But even if we w ere to g ra n t the m otives th a t Mr. Knox you know th a t th e s ta te now gives th e Judge, w e'd still question th e necessity of th e trip , and household effects ! m ain tain s less than eig h t m iles since Mr. B aldock of the S ta te H ighw ay D e p a rtm e n t assu red of secondary roads in C u rry local resid en ts at the Gold B each hearin g th a t he would recom c o u n ty ? Now. don’t you think, m end th e m a in ta in a n c e of th e ex istin g road as a s ta te h ig h out of all fairn ess you should S E E way. And, if th e Ju d g e w as pleading fo r additional secondary "give the devil his dues" and at roads, w e see no point in the u p ro a r . . . since th a t w ou ld n ’t be least give th e judge cred it for re la te d to th e question of controlled access on 101. g e ttin g a prom ise out of the com W e’re afra id th a t w e’ve com e rig h t back to the sam e old m ission to m ain tain a few m ore p o in t: S hould th e S ta te H ighw ay C om m ission, in re ro u tin g 101, m iles of secondary roads in Curry build an open access highw ay along the coast o r n o t? Mr. Your Local county ? Knox and o th e rs w ith co m m ercially su itab le p ro p e rty along NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FIRE ASSOCIATION T he biggest problem , howevc»’, th e rig h t-o f-w ay th in k they should. W e don’t. is th e norm al and m axim um d e Agent We d on't think so because such a highw ay w ould he a d ea th velopm ent of residential, re c re a tra p w ith m odern tra ffic conditions. U n re strieted access w ould tional and in d u strial p o ten tial m ak e d iiv in g this highw ay a hazard which would d riv e to u rists th a t m ay he fa cilitated o r in h ib it from this co unty ju st as surley as the present cu rv es do. ed by unw ise location of a lim ited Such a highw ay is alre a d y outm oded And to line it w ith access road. T he developm ent ot com m ercial esta b lish m e n ts would only d estro y th e one o u t tax base to m eet the in creasin g stan d in g asset we have . . . o u r scenery. dem and for tax ex p en d itu res and 1 m ay, as Mr. Knox says, he prejudiced. I'm very fond of m any o th e r problem s should get this county, and I d like to see it grow and prosjx'r. To do so com plete consideration. At one we m ust co n q u er o u r m ain obstacle . . . our d ifficu lt tr a n s tim e, in th e late th irtie s th e s ’a te p o rta tio n problem . planning com m ission sponsored a And 1 th ink 1 u n d e rsta n d Mr. K nox’s views. C ertain ly if project to m ake a "p rim itiv e a r e a ” I owned p ro jierty along the highw ay which I hoped to develop 1 ol the whole county, m ake a s ta te com m ercially, I’d also be predjudiccd. the o th e r way. B ut the park ot the a re a outside the na cost of developing th a t p ro p e rty by an open access highw ay J tional forest, and "freeze” all d e w ould he too groat in lives, in p ro p erty dam age, and in lost velopm ent. This was opposed by opixirt unity for this county to pay. th e C u rry county people, hut the highw ay com m ission can still a c com plish alm ost the sam e re su lts th ro u g h th e lim ited access road We re h eartily in favor of the Azalea G arden C lub’s a n law, and th e purchase of land for n o u n c 'd plans for a cam paign to have hx'al citizens d ec o rate s ta te parks. The people in the th e ir hom es w ith outside lights for C hristm as. H This year, our merenants have gone 'c o u n ty and the areas affected, N othing could do m ore to add to the a ttra c tiv e n e s s of o u r e . out to bring you a fine selection of have had no voice in developing city, d u rin g the com ing C h ristm a s season W ith th e ex istin g policy in this very im p o rtan t land beauty th at su rro u n d s o u r hom es, the C h ristm a s lights would merchandise. use problem . be a final, p erfect s e ttin g for o u r holidays. Shelves are groaning with the finest This is th e view point we have Phe G arden C lub has tem porarily lost th eir sp ark p lu g . Mrs. p ro d u c ts of American industry, priced to tried to place before the com m is Cilayds Lindskoug. who has been ill. But sh e ’ll be back before sion, and c e rtain ly does not ju stify moke your Christmas the best and bright C h ristm as, and w e’re su re th at she and th e re m a in d e r of th e th e criticism and prejud ice ex- ilu h will sueeed in th e ir o b jectiv e: to m ake B rokings th e m ost est ever. ’ b ea u tifu l city on th e coast this C hristm as. presst'd in your paper. I hope you ' Be wise! Before you buy be sure to will find room in the next issue to bring this co rrectio n to the a tte n tion of y o u r readers, and to co rrec t an injustice th a t many feel has been done. CORSAGES ' Yours very truly. BR O O K IN G S-H A RBO R P IL O T no « The Issue on the Highw ay I I NORTHWESTERN NOW PAYING 20 PER CENT Arthur Knox Insurance Agency f , POPPING Outdoor Lights For Christmas Take a Good Look at Brookings Shop Brookings First * CUT FLOWERS It Pays! R O B E R T M KNOX. W edderburn. O re EI N E R AL A R R A NG E ME N TS M cVAY'S on the WINCHUCK H arlxir, O re Phone 2368 To th e E d ito r of th e P ilo t: L E I 'S EACE IT all th e best people I have talk ed to. in re g ard to th e B rookings cem etery, ag ree th a t the upkt'ep ol the c e m e te n 1 a s been \ a s th ¡lected in d a u O REG O N STATE BANK BRO OKIN GS. OREGON T our Dependable Home Institution Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation il
