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2 Bnx>king$-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, February 18, 1954 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER By H arris E llsworth , M.C. Entered as secon d -class m atter, at the p oetofflce at Brookings. Oregon, M arch 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3. 1S7# F E W P E O P L E have tak en m e M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher to ask for sponsoring a bill A to a u th o riz e the developm ent of W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S . E ditor SU BSC R IPT IO N RATES: One Year In ad van ce (In Curry County» ...............- .................... S3 00 One Year, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry County* ......... ....................... 13.50 , N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E SE N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . P hilad elp h ia Detroit C hicago N ew York NEW SPAPER N A T IO NA L \ P U B L IS H E R S ASSO C IA TIO N E D IT O R IA L as T o c F âtlcîn v * / ~1 I ~a 1 A I C T I ¿ > M 0 E M B H- VE ER Ö- Brookings Plywood Expands IS ALM OST AN Y O N E would be, we w ere im m ensely in te r- e s te d in th e plans announced by B rookings Plyw ood to in c re a s e production in th e ir plant here by h alf again as m uch as th ey a re now producing. W e’re intrigued, too, by w hat th e increased production will m ean to th e B rook in g s-H a rb o r a re a , w hen it g ets underw ay. S ta tistic a lly , i t ’s im pressive plywood production goes from th re e m illion to four and a half m illion feet p er m onth. T he payroll len g th ens by about fifty m ore nam es, and increases $175, (XX) p er year. Log p u rch ases go up by $5(X>,(X)0, to a point ap p ro ach in g tw o m illion d o llars p e r year. T h a t’s a lot of m oney in any town, and i t ’s a lot m ore w hen th e tow n is in in d u stry -p o o r C u rry county. C ertain ly B rookings Plyw ood is by fa r th e larg est in d u stry in th e county now, and prom ises to stay th a t w ay for som e tim e to come. W e’ve w ondered for som e tim e, now, how m any people realize th e v alu e of th a t plywood plant to this city. We first had a glim pse of it w hen a local c a r d e a le r inform ed us he had sold o v er 1(X) new e a rs to people connected w ith B rookings Plyw’ood. And th e local m e rc h a n ts could tell you, too . . . if th ey recog nize it. At the m om ent, they m ight tell you th a t things w e re ju st a s gcxxl before the plywood p lan t cam e . . . hut let th a t m illion and a q u a r te r p ay ro ll stop, and y o u ’ll h e a r them m oaning over th e dull th u d of doors closing for th e last tim e. But it isn ’t ju st a m a tte r of plywood payroll. T h at p lan t here h as done a n u m ber of things. It has brought in d u stry to an area w h e re tra n sp o rta tio n d ifficu lties had effectively prohibited it be fore. It has ta k e n th e heavy, close-grained woods of the w estern slopes, and shown th a t it m akes a sujx’rio r g rade of plywood. And the g reat tree s fallin g in th e fo rests up he C heteo a re no longer going to C alifo rn ia for m an u fa ctu rin g . T h ey ’re com ing to B rookings, to m ultip ly the fu tu re ot C u rry C ounty. We're Hoping For Sidewalks '■M IE P R O PO S A L by th e B rookings City Council to acq u ire easem en ts along C heteo A venue lor th e co n stru c tio n of side w alk s is one of the m ost prom ising in som e time. C o n tem p lated by th e council are sidew alks which will reach ev e n tu a lly from C heteo B ridge to Easy S tre e t. The sidew alks are to he built on state-o w n ed land a b u ttin g th e highw ay, and re p resen ta tiv e s of the highw ay d e p a rtm e n t alre ad y signified th e ir belief th at such an a rra n g e m e n t can easily he negotiated. If so, and it the C ouncil c a rrie s th e const ruction through, it will lx* a g reat lxx»st to the city. A lready ham pered in grow th off the highway b\ o u r ¡xx>r s tre e ts, w e have been in d a n g e r of grow ing into a s c a tte rin g of little se ttle m e n ts along the highw ay, w ith no jx’d e stria n tra ffic betw een them . But jx 'd estrtan tra v e l is vital to a town. C u r school children trav e l th e sh o u lders of th e highw ay dailv, and are in dailv d a n g e r of the tra ffic w hich h u rrie s along 101. Ami o u r housew ives o ften have to w alk th e narrow sh o u ld ers on the wav to o u r shopping areas. W ith sidew alks along C hi'teo Avenue, we will not only have in creased th e safety ot o u r citizens, hut we will have g re a tly fa c ilita te d th e tra d e of th e tow n. T he sidew alks will c a rry shop p ers into th e city, and it will perm it businessm en to grow in a re a s w hich are now inaeeessihle to th e pedestrian. HEAR WELL : WITH . SONOTONE ALL- transistor R earing aid 5/ I By a h a rb o r a t Gold B each—at th e C L IF FO R D P. m outh of th e Rogue River. 1 am ROW E dso w orking as hard as 1 can to w ard the developm ent of deep w a rn* shipping facilities at C heteo ove at B rookings and for o th e r h a rb o r im provem ents along th e th e dread fu l plight today facing O regon coast in o u r congressional th e ir courageous descendants. d istrict. C ritics of such activ ity who are w ell m eaning, and as CARD PA R TY Friday, Feb. 19 For the first time, you can now have aSonotone tubeless hearing aid. Double-battery combination eliminated. O P E R A T IN G COSTS V ISITING FRESNO ano so EAsy ro war SONG TO M GF M EDFORD 839 E Jackson, M edford. Ore. » A request w as m ade by read eis for the am ount of p recip itatio n in this area for 1951 and 1952. This inform ation has been supplied fcy th e United S ta te s W e a th e r Bu- reau. T otal rain fall for 1953 was 105.41 inches. 1951 1952 (Ja n u a ry .................. 14.92 15.23 F e b ru a ry ............... 10.57 11.98 M arch ...................... 6.48 7 T . A pril ......................... 2.63 2.41 1.09 ¡M ay ......................... 2.49 .08 Ju n e 2.36 .03 .04 Ju ly ......................... .56 A ugust . T S ep tem b er .............. 4.28 .44 9.26 .63 O ctober ................. 4.79 N ovem ber ............. 13.21 D ecem ber ............. 15.70 14.24 sire for governm ent econom y. ien ce, depressions and even perse- should realize th a t gov ernm ent cu tion, th a t which th re a te n s them ex p e n d itu res generally fall into pxiay causes all those of the past tw o classes one, th e o p eratin g to fade into insignificance by corn- cost of g o v ern m en t; and two, ex- parison. p e n d itu re s for capital im prove- , S eriousness of the situ atio n is rnent. T he first categ o ry is w here m ade highly evident by th e 60.94 TOTA LS ....... 80.21 th e w a ste is and w here efficiency am ount of space devoted to it in and economy a re so necessary. daily press. Even th e findings T he second classification, benefi- M cC arth y com m ittee are SOCIAL SECURITY eial public w oik, pay back their I pUs^ed on to back pages in order cost in benefits and develop o u r to m ake room for the u rging of OFFICER HERE Mr. C laude Dawson w ill be in co u n try for th e fu tu re of o u r e x congress to in v estig ate im m edi B rookings W ednesday, F e b ru a ry panding population. a te ly th e highly dan g ero u s s itu a 24 to assist anyone in filing claim s N a tu ra lly 1 am devoted to the tion. Even th e m an on th e stre e t idea of stopping w aste and c u t and th e w om an off the stree t fo r for F ederal Old-age b en efits and tin g costs. O ne the o th e r hand, I get for th e m om ent last n ight's to answ er any questions co ncern firm ly believe in th e investm ent television p ro g ram as a source of ing Social S ecurity. Mr. Dawson will be a t th e co u rt of federal funds on p ro jec ts which co n v ersation as th ey fearfu lly dis room in th e C ity H all from 9:00 a re p ro p erly in th e realm of fed cuss this m ost recent th re a t Io to 11:30 a m. e ra l a c tiv ity and which are p ro b th e ir very existence. ably sound from a pay-back F o r it seem s th a t th e re was a sincerely ho{x> th at C ongress will standpoint. frost in B razil which d am aged the devote its m ajo r effo rts to w a tc h O regon is long on resources but coffee crop and as a resu lt the ing the fo rm er while at th e sam e a hit short on tran sjx rrtatio n . This price of a cup of coffee m ay go up. tim e p erm ittin g those who can a f is especially tru e in th e Oregon T he coffee b reak in both the ford to drink coffee the privilege coast area. C u rry county is a g la r ing exam ple. T h e developm ent ot office and th e home has become of paying for it. th e m in eral and tim b er resources an A m erican in stitu tio n , devoted there, w hich can only he accom to g e ttin g o n e’s m ind and body plished w ith w a te r tra n sp o rta tio n , aw ay from th e terrib le ordeal of a will be of g re a t benefit to the e n 40-hour w eek. This, along w ith Sponsored by B rookings A lta r tire country. In the long run the th e good old A m erican tendency Society benefits will equal m any tim es to resist an y th in g w hich calls for a change, will aro u se th e coffee th e cost of th e projects. You can u n d ersta n d my delight, d rin k ers to fight to the last | 8:00 p.m. then, in being able to rtp o rt to g ro unds any m ovem ent to su b sfi- ' th e people of Bandon th a t the tu te a tea break, a chocolate i • PARISH HALL arm y en g in eers plan to spend b reak , or even a m ilk break. R a th Redwood S tre e t som e $174,000 this y ea r in re s to r e r th an do th is they will fork over ing the south je tty and expect to th e e x tra nickel. Y ours truly is not alarm ed. I com plete th e job next year. The Prizes and Refreshments am m ore concerned w ith th e price so u th jetty at the P ort of Bandon EVERY O N E W ELCOM E! h as been d isin te g ra tin g for years. of bread th a n tjia t of coffee and Tw o serious shipw recks h e r e re cently have been alm ost directly tra c e a b le to the trea ch ero u s s i t u a tio n at th e e n tra n c e of the h a r bor by th e broken je tty . ♦ IT S E E M S likely th at postage la te s will he raised althou g h the hill has not been rep o rted from co m m ittee yet. T he ta lk is th at th e cost of m ailing a le tte r will go from 3 c e n ts to 4 cents. In vi vv ot th e tact th at the P ost O ffice d e p a rtm e n t is running in the red to th e e x ten t of hundreds of m illions of dollars annually, and th at first class postage has not been adv anced for m any years w hile ev ery th in g else has doubled in price, an increase w ould seem to he justified. In a way, though, you will get a little m ore for your money when you buy a stam p . T h ere is a ru m or abroad to the effect th at the d e p a rtm e n t is planning to p u t out stam p s w hich a re printed in sev eral colors Such stam p s will be m uch p re ttie r hut they will cost ta r less m oney to p rin t, th a t is. It is planned to change from the 107 - y e a r - old h a n d eng rav in g m ethod to a m odern ro to g ra v u re process. as low as 2 5 centsa month Reports Say This Locality Growing Wetter LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Mrs P ete L esm eister left Sun- ’ day to r F resno, w here she will v isit h er d au g h ter. LEAVE FOR PORTLAND Mr and Mrs. Ju les K oeh ler left last Thursday for P o rtla n d , w here I Ju le s will undergo m edical t r e a t m ent. C onvenient to L>uy ano’ absolutely safe, Bank Money Orders a e acceptable anywhere. The next time you need to send money o. ’ c f town qet one. And we can save y^u money. OREGON STATE BANK BRO O K IN G S, O R EG O N Your Dependable Home Institution 1 M EM BER F E D E R A L D E P O S IT IN S U R A N C E C O R PO R A TIO N
