Brookings-Harbor pilot., March 04, 1954, Page 2, Image 2

Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, March 4, 1954
LIONS HEAR OF
INSTALLED AT HALL
U TA H SCENERY
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
AN IN D E P E N D E N T N EW SPA PER
Entered ae secon d-etasa m atter, at the p oafoff’ce nt Brooking*. O regon,
M arch 7, 1916, under the Act of March 3, 1879
M
in n a
A
k ers ,
O w n e r a n d P u b lis h e r
W ILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor
SU BSC R IPT IO N R A T ES:
One Year tn ad van ce tin Curry C ou n ty)
... ___
One Year, tn ad van ce (outsid e Curry C ounty)
N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISE JO R E P R E S E N T A T IV E
By
C L IF F O R D P.
ROW E
j:t no
S3.SO
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
I
AM P L E A SE D to announce
* *Y r the booklet svbich I prom -
ed e a rlie r is now com ing off the
NEW SPAPER
press.
N
A
T
IO
N
A
L
E
D
IT
O
R
IA
L
\
Enough interest w as show n in
P U B L IS H E R S
as T o c I l a t k ín
hose le tte rs which I received and
Z
H-
ASSOCIATION
rom sim ilar inform ation passed
C T IV E
M EM B
n to me by editors to encourage
m e to tak e the financial gam ble
even though a c e rtain risk was
involved. My fam ily m ay have to
A W O R D FOR CURRY C O U N TY
do w ith o u t food for a couple of
m onths, but certain ly such a
The old tim e r from up the C hetco paused, and for a m om ent
m inor sacrifice should he w illing­
he pondered.
ly m ade by them in o rd e r th a t
"So you w ant m e to describe C u rry C ounty, do y o u ? ” he said.
they can la te r b rag th a t Dad
"W ell
H e sp at ag ain st a stum p.
w as an a u th o r and has a book to
prove it.
"W ell, for one tiling, i t ’s w ild.’’
T he booklet, w ith an a ttra c tiv e
In his m inds eye he saw it again , th e rising slopes of the
cover, will contain at least tsven-
m o u n tain s piled ridge on ridge, th e ir gashed slopi's covered w ith
ty -fo u r colum ns selected from
those w ritte n u n d er this heading
th e d ark reaching firs. In them w ere th e canyons of th e rivers,
since
A ugust 1951 and w hich you
the C hetco and th e R ogue and th e W inchuck, sliding betw een the
h
av
e
indicated
as y o u r favorites.
ste e p rock cliffs. On the higher slopes w ere th e snows, and as
T hose dealing w ith life in the
you ,op|H‘d out you saw th e tossing peaks ag ain st th e skyline,
A m erican hom e are in th e m a jo r­
ran g e a fte r range u p th ru s t ag ain st th e horizon. And alw a y s the
ity, one concerns politics o r the
d a rk forests, cloaking the d ee r and the co u g ars and th e bear,
in te rn a tio n a l situation.
hiding the steep ridges except w here th e rock slides had torn
I am having a larg e n u m b er
th e sides of the hills open in gaping wounds, and the rock -rib b ed
p rin ted which m eans th a t ev e ry ­
hills stood, too steep and hare to hold th e trees. And nothing
one will have an o p p o rtu n ity to
hut silence.
get one. On the o th e r hand, it
m ay m ean th a t I m ay possibly lie-
" \e p .
he said, " I t ’s wild And p re tty , too. And kind of
com
e the ow ner of th e w o rld ’s
isolated . .
larg est collection of an a u th o r ’s
first edition.
Along the co a sta l s trip th e re w ere the sea-sw ep t cliffs, the
I feel th a t the booklet can be
rocky headlands fig h tin g th e ir e te rn a l b a ttle w ith th e waves.
safely included in th e categ o ry of
They swept down from th e n a rro w coastal plain, plunging into
su itab le gifts for any occasion; if
th e w ater, and so m etim es th e sea closed in aro u n d th e m o untains,
not found sa tisfa c to ry for such
d ashing ag ainst th e rocky shoulders. Som e places th ey had
usage, they can be recom m ended
reached a tru ce, and th e sea rolled up on g en tle sloping beaches,
as excellent for insertio n u n d er
th e m o u n tain s saf*» behind Rut here they w ere locked in b attle,
th e short leg of an a rtic le of fu r­
and the raging w aves dashed upon th e rocky headlands, te a rin g
n itu re or as hot p late pads on the
at th e land, re tre a tin g to a tta c k again.
dining room table. Included, but
w isely placed on an ins de cover,
And upon th e cliffs the n arro w roads w ound, th ro u g h the
is a bran d new p ic tu re of the
forests, along th e canyons, clinging to th e slopes. And th e
w rite r tak en by Allan d. Lay. s ta ff
w in ter sto rm s w ould te a r down on them , b u ffetin g th e slim links
p h o to g rap h e r for the O regonian
w hich held C u rry C ounty to th e outside, te a rin g them a p a rt, to
1 folk)wed my son’s suggestion
lx' slowly m ended and torn ap a rt again
th a t it he placed inside th e book
so as not to discourage sales.
1 hat s rig h t," said th e Old 'rim er. " I t ’s p re tty s to rm y ,to o ”
Copies arc available at 25 cen ts
I he w in te r storm s, te a rin g at the roads, sw eeping in w th
each w ith no lim it to cu stom ers.
th e wild w aves of the Pacific. And C u rry C ounty w as lost in
In tact, a d o llar bill or a ch e rk
sound as the wild w inds swept in. hu rlin g the b re a k e rs against
will bo m uch m ore convenient to
m ail. Send your req u ests to m e
th e land, bowing th»' sta te ly firs, w hipping ag ain st th e rock
at 2020 18th Avenue, F orest
crow ned, im m oveable m ountains. H ere a huge fir w evered,
Grove, Oregon.
th e n slowly, m ajestically , toppled to the ground, its m assive
ro o ts te a rin g from th e e a rth , and the b eating rain s w ashed
ag ain st th»' hills uncovering the ribs of rock, rem oulding the
WATER REMOVAL
grand«' crow ns of C u rry C ounty. Anil the sounds of th e sto rm
PROJECT STARTED
faded in his ears.
I he ( ity of B rookings this
w eek began operations designed
"R ut it s not all s to rm s . like th a t," he said. " I t ’s real nice
to rem ove su rp lu s w a te r from the
som etim es And p re tty ! W hy . .
section
of F ern s tr et d ire c tly
T he F .'b ru a ty sun shim 's on C u rry C ounty and th e ra g in g
in front of th e city hall
s u rf subsides to a rolling swell, sp ark lin g in th«' sun. In the
E a rlie r this m onth, th e S ta te
fields of H a rb o r th e sun shone on th e ea rth , gold w ith daffodills.
Highway Ih 'p a rtm e n t had ag reed
am i green w ith the new young green of lillies U nder the sun the
to pave th at section of stre e t,
firs stood, an d th e r is e r s rolled, quiet and lim pid, betw een the
once the su rp lu s W a te r is re ­
moved.
silent cliffs And on the hanks the azaleas opened th e ir first
Men at th e present tim e are
e a rly blossoms cloaking the fo rest openings w ith th e ir color.
(e x cav a tin g the catch basins w hich
An«l the m an zan ita, d o ttin g th«' hills w ith w hite, and all th e little
a re reportedly buried u n d er the
flow ers w hich grew in the m ass of green covering th e sto rm -
s tre e t there. Follow ing th e ir lo­
scarred hills T he Ol«l Tim er sight'd.
cation. d rain s will be laid along
Yep, he said, " It s kind of h ard to tell about. G uess its
I he I
to convey the w a te r 1
just different!"
aw ay
New York
C hicago
Detroit
P hilad elp h ia
z
3TÚIXIIUIÜILXÍÜL
• :r. u: : :mrrrnTnprrnTtf
DR. W. II. TOWNSEND
Veterinärs
Clinic
SMITH RIVER
O//i«’e //o u rs ;
1 to 4 - 9 00 p m
Momias thro u g h Saturday
« to 8 - 9 00 p m
M on. W« d.. Fri. Eenings
P h o n e s : S m ith R ise r
H .'st.bnc,. 631
..............................................
O fflce w ,
EM ER G EN C Y C A L IS ANYTIM E
Symptoms of Distress Arising trom
STOMACH ULCERS
dueto EXCESS ACID
The B rookings-H arbor Lions
club W ednesday heard tales of a
unique N ational m onum ent in
; U tah told by a visitor here.
T he visito r L urt Knee, once a
! resident h ere and now ow ner of
a guest ranch at C apitol Reef
! N ational M onum ent.
Mr. Knee
1 accom panied his story w ith pic-
! tu re s of the m onum ent.
He told th e Lions of larg e fo r­
ests of petrified wood which also
, contain U ranium , which is now
1 being exploited hv the g o v ern ­
m ent. In c lu d td in the petrified
I forests, he said, were q u an titie s
of Redwood, w hich had been
: thought to grow only in this area.
Mr. Knee said that Capitol Reef
is an unique park, w ith m a s s iv '
geological form ations which have
T he F ire D e p a rtm e n t’s brand
new siren w as in stalle d last week
end on th e roof of th e city hall
by v o lu n teer firem en.
No announcem t nt has yet been
m ade as to w hen it will be tested
R ut y o u ’ll know it w hen it is.
T he new’ siren is expected to
be h eard for approxim ately four
miles, acco rd in g to fire chief Neal
Nelson.
been carv ed by erosion. Part of
th e p a rk is unexplored, he said,
and u n safe to trav el without a
guide. H is g u est ranch is located
on one b o rd e r of th e park.
Follow ing the program , the
Lions gave a vote of thanks ,o
Jo e Zum pf, w ho furnished all flor­
al d ec o ratio n s for the Lions’
C h a rte r p arty .
THE FINEST FISH
Clam s
-
S h rim p
-
O y sters
Abalone
-
Scallops
-
P raw ’ns
FR ESH COLUM BIA R IV E R S M E L T
Eastern O regon
Beef
LO C K E R M E A T
SILVERSPRAY MARKET
N. B rookings
HEAR
OPERATING COSTS
WITH
_ _• _
■
■
For the first time, you can now’
have aSonotone tubeless hearing
aid. D o u b le -b a tte ry c o m b in a tio n
e lim in a te d .
t
.. Y *
SONOTONE
ALL-transistor
H EA R IN G AID
as low as
25
cents a month
4N0 io EAST TO VtlAR
SONOTONE OF
MEDFORD
839 E. Jack so n , M edford, Ore.
H E A R IN G C E N T E R
DRISKELL MOTEL
MARC} I 24th — 2 to 4 p. m.
n
'
ment never
fluctuate» in .
value . . . al- j
way» worth >
100 cent» on .#
the dollar?
I,
Pays a good rate
of Interest . . .
, , 7 v.-v''1*
And is available
et any moment
upon demand.
You’re right! It's
a savings account
in our banL
/
QUICK RELIEF OR NO COST
OREGON STATE BANK
Asir A&ouf 75-Doy T riaL O /fal
Over five million package« ol the W iil a r d
T r u t m f v t have been «old for reltel of
•y m p to n w o f distrvm anstng fm r- S to m a c h
and D u o d en al Ulcer« due to E tcest Acid—
Poor D igestio n. S ou r or U pset S to m a c h ,
f i i M l n t u , H e a r tb u r n , S le e p le ttn e « « .
• tc „ due to Etc««« Acid. A«k tor “ W illa r d ’«
W n u g t " which fully eijilain» thia remark-
ab h home treatm ent—fra » —at
C he tco D ru g S tore
BROOKINGS, OREGON
Your Dependable Home Institution
ftf
£ MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSERAN’CE CORPORATION
._=...