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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
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to a u th o riz e the developm ent of
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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
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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
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Brookings Plywood Expands
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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.
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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
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839 E Jackson, M edford. Ore.
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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
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