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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*
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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 ,
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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
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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
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The Issue on the Highw ay
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NORTHWESTERN
NOW PAYING 20 PER CENT
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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
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BANK
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