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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, January 28, 1954 LETTER FR O M W A S H IN G T O N BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER By Entered * • «econd-cla*« m atter, at the p ostofflce at B rookings, Oregon, M arch 7. 1946. under the A ct o f M arch 3, 1*79 M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher T TAKES WILLIAM G. PHELPS. E ditor SUBSCRIPTIO N R A T ES: One Year In ad van ce On Curry County» .................................... W-0® One Year, tn ad van ce (outside Curry C ounty) ........................................ >3 50 N A T IO N A L A D V E R TISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . N ew York Chicago NEW SPAPER D etroit P hilad elp h ia N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L P U B L IS H E R S ASSOCIATION A C T I VE MEMBER If th e A z a le a Festival Goes r p i I E F IR S T R E A C T IO N to the A ll-Y ear E v en ts A ssociation’s poll on th e A zalea F estiv al are. frankly, disappointing. At this tim e, only 12 of th e people of this city have ta k e n th e tro u b le to fill out th e ballots and cast a vote as to w h e th e r th e F estiv al should rem ain. In th e face of such public apathy, th e A ssociation could not be blam ed if it decided to abandon the festiv al. Such a response does not forecast any g re a t body of public su p p o rt for th e group. If th e festiv al should he abandoned, we feel, fran k ly , th a t this city will long reg ret it. C ertain ly th e re is no o th e r festival like it, and it brought to us a fam e which is sh ared by no o th e r city. To recognize the unique qu ality of th e A zalea F estiv al is to ta k e nothing aw ay from th e Lily F estival. T he l a tte r is a b e a u ti ful show, and one we can be very proud of. And th e idea of choosing betw een th e tw o is u tte rly w rong. T h e re is no com pe titio n betw een the tw o except th a t th ey com pete for th e tim e and e ffo rts of o u r citizens. B ut ij th e A zalea F estiv al passes, th en so m ething th a t w as u nique in B rookings will have passed, and will probably never exist again. And this city will be th e less for it. ------- ----- — <• A • -A ; FOR W HAT IT'S W O R TH ¥ By CLIFFORD P. ROWE T IS N ’T VERY O F T E N th a t I I get Am jk'ssim istic about the fu tu re erica, for I have alw ays bad of IL vrris E llsworth , M.C. 6th D istrict. O regon school te a c h e r who recom m ended th a t a young m o th e r ta k e her child to a p sy ch ia trist for e x a m ination. And why this d ra stic as well as expensive s te p ? W ell, it seem s th a t th e little rascal had poked a n o th e r little rascal in the nose and w hen asked by th e te a c h e r to apologize, he had refused. M any of us looking backw ard over o u r own childhood e x p e ri ences will lx* m ightily relieved th at th e p sy c h ia trist in all his g ra n d e u r b a d not as yet m ade Ins e n tra n c e on the stag » of popular fad and fancy. C ertain ly m ost of o u r p a re n ts would have been b an k ru p t long before th e d ep res sion and w e w ould have grow n up considering o urselves freaks. R egardless of how we m ay feel. I the m ovem ent is well un d er way. ' For those who m ust be up -to -d ate the form ula is sim ple: w hen taeed w ith a problem , gallop to the n earest couch w here you can d is pose of it to th e p sy ch iatrist, the no d ern reaso n ab le facsim ile of the old w itch doctor. As fa r as the p ro p er re arin g of children is concerned, 1 feel that d eterio ratio n set in at alxiut the am e tim e th a t th e old woodshed was Ixung to rn down to m ak tx)in for the g arage. A W H IL E a f te r a session convenes I for C ongressional legislation to reach th e H ouse floor for action. In o th e r w ords, the first th re e w eeks of J a n u a ry will probably not dev« lop a c tiv ity on the floor but the C om m ittees are busy. T h? reason for th e slow s ta rt of a session is obvious, ft is alw ays th e p ra ctice fo bring up and act on n ea rly all bills th at a re ready for floor consid eratio n before a session adjourns. We p re tty well cleaned th e sla te in A ugust so it tak es som e tim e for the com m ittees to get som e m ore hills ready for action. M eanw hile w hat seem s to be a lull c e rta in ly does not m ean an easy life for th e congressm an. I could not possibly be any b u sier than I am right now and have been since I a rriv ed back in W a sh ington, D.C. A m em ber of C on gress, p a rtic u la rly a m em ber from the W est, has m uch m ore to do than a tte n d com m ittee m eetin g s and sessions of th e H ouse. To list but a few o f» th e m a n y , things w hich I and my office a re concerned w ith now’: 1. T he W illa m e tte valley flood control project is well along to w ard com pletion but is out of b al ance until tw o sm all but key dam s can be co n stru cted . T hese dam s a re know n as C oug ar on the M cK enzie and G reen P e te r on the S outh S an tiam . L egisla tion au th o rizin g pow er for those dam s m ust be passed P la n n in g m oney m ust be included in the ap p ro p riatio n s bill. 2. T he south je tty at the m outh of the Coquille riv e r (po rt of B andon) is so badly in need of r e p airs th at it is ineffective. T h is condition has d irectly o r in d ire c t ly been th e cause of tw o ship w recks recently. O ne w reck is even now on the subm erged je tty docks aw aitin g salvage. M oney m u st be m ade availab le for th a t job this y ear. 3. On th e O regon coast in ad- | dition to th e problem at Bandon are h arb o r im provem ent p ro jects in various stag es from prelim in ary survey to being eligible fo r a p p ro p riatio n s including th e p o rts at F lorence, P o rt of U m pqua at R eedsport, W in ch ester Bay, Coos Bay and C harleston, an approved project a t Gold Beach, and a pre- i lim inary su rv ey for shipping fa cilities in the C het co Cove at B rookings. All of th ese req u ire w ork on m y p art. 4. T he pear in d u stry in th e ! Rogue R iver valley has a heavy su rp lu s of w in te r pears. They need to p a rtic ip a te in c u rre n t g o v ern m ent pu rch ase program s. I have been having conferences w ith D e p a rtm e n t of A g ric u ltu re peopb on th a t problem . 5. T he governm ent (G eneral S e r v i c e s A d m in istratio n w as about to sell the w a r alcohol plant a t S pringfield. I have been keep ing in close touch w ith th a t s itu a g reat faith in its |)eople, blessed as they are by th e h e rita g e of th re e c e n tu rie s of independ ‘in pioneering stock B ut th ere a re tim es w hen I have my doubts about the calib er of th e present g en eratio n ; and I am not re fe rrin g to th e younger gen e ra tio n In tact, 1 am convinced th at it the la tte r ev er am ount to an ything, it will be in spit«’ of the handicaps im posed by their slipping elders 1 am th in k in g p a rtic u la rly of the in creasing tendency to pass on n'sponsibilit.v to som e one else. F o r exam ple, long ago th e home su rre n d ere d its children to the scb(X>ls for re arin g ; and now it a p p e a rs th a t th e little d e a rs are 1OARD TO M E E T tion. ag ain to he shuffled along -this T he ex e cu tiv e board of the 6 One of the first public a p tim e to to d a y ’s panacea for all t’TA will m eet T h u rsd a y evening, p earan ces I m ade in O regon las Ills, th e p sy ch iatrist. y e a r a f te r th e session of C ongress J u s t re cen tly 1 heard of a J a n u a ry 28. at th e A rrell home. ad journed w as at C am p W hite in M edford T he occasion w as to honor the new m a n a g e r of th e M o d e rn Efficient Laundry M ethods facility, Mr. E ugene K. R icker, and his s ta ff th«’ evening of S ep 2 -H O l'R S P E C IA L S E R V IC E tem b er 18 I m ade a pledge to the Wet Washings Air—Extracting and Drying v eteran s and to the com m un ity on H ours 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. th at occasion which w as re p o rted in the M edford M ail-T ribune Sun Tuesday and Thursday Open til S pan. day, S ep tem b er 20. as follow s: Clothes may be left a fte r 7:30 a.m. ‘The Allied V e te ran s Council ot Jackson co u n ty received definite A C A C IA L A U N D R O M A T assurances F riday night from C ongressm an H a rris E llsw o rth P H O N E 2991 th at th e needs of this d istric t for ■ a hospital ce n te r at C am p Whit» Sherm an To Run For Surveyor A rth u r E. S h erm an , B rookings fo re ste r and surveyor, last w eek announced his candidacy for th e R epublican nom ination for county surveyor. S h ‘ rm an th u s becam e th e sec ond can d id ate to file fo r the post. T he incum bent, C h arles Echols of R rookings. nad previously a n nounced th a t he would run again for th e post. S herm an, at th e p re sen t tim e, has a surveying office in Brook ings. He is a reg istered forest co n su ltan t as w ell as surveyor, and, in addition, holds a law d e gree from th e U niversity of M ich fought in the N o rth A frican and CBI th eate rs, flying w ith th e f a m ous “F lying T ig ers,” th e 14th Air Force. He holds th e D istin guished Flying C ross w ith two c lu sters and th e A ir M edal w ith six. He is a m em ber of D e lta T h e ta Phi law fra te rn ity , and th e So ciety of A m erican F o resters. igan. D uring th e w ar, S h erm an will be presen ted conclusively to th e V e te ran s A d m in istratio n u p on his re tu rn to W ash in g to n .” I hope a s u b sta n tia l n u m b er of g en eral m edical hospital beds can be established at C am p W hite w ith out it being n ecessary to resort to legislation. A ccordingly I have been assem bling th e necessary fa cts and have con ferred w ith V. A. officials. I p lan to tak e th e m a tte r before th e a d m in is tra to r soon. In a fu tu re le tte r I will discuss th e v arious bills I have pending in the H ouse and m ak e a p ro g ress re p o rt on each. To clear land for resale/ price drastically cut on a small group of 2-bedroom surplus structures . • • C O M P E T E with elec. range, refrig., w. heater, Wiring, plumbing & fix tures . . . Easy to reduce to panels as required by law. WtlTt »O« MU1T» T|0 KKMt . . Vancouver Housing Authority 'A a M Louqhlin Heiqhlî . Vancouver W t h CHETCO TAXI UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT £ Prom pt an d Courteous Service D ay an d N ig h t PHONE 2451 I Brokings, Oregon f Need Help m running down your income ta i deductions? You don't, if you pay by check. Your stubs give you a complete record of eipense and you can figure your to« quickly and accurately. For your own protection, pay your bills this businesslike way. Your account is tainted, protected and insured in our bank. OREGON STATE BANK B RO O K IN G S. OREG O N Your Dependable Home Institution 1 M E M B E R F E D E R A L D E P O S IT IN S U R A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N
