pose of aw ak en in g to action those
m em bers of th e huge m ajority
who arc too o ften asleep at their
posts. U njust criticism is often
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
th e needed shot in th e arm for
H A R R IS ELLSW O R TH , M. C.
AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R
public drow siness.
I t follows th en th a t th e first
E n te re d ae second-clann m a t t e r , a t th e pom o f flee at B rookings, Oregoei,
W ith th e com pletion of the bill
M arch 7, 194«, under the A ct of March 3, 1879
principle
w hich any beginner in
re la tin g to housing, th e H ouse has
th e field of h u m an endeavor must
p re tty well cleared its sla te of big
learn, if fo r no o th e r reason than
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
and controversial bills. A fter ac t-
his
own peace of m ind, is th at for
ng on one o r tw o m ore a p p ro p ria
W IL L IA M G. P H E L P S , E ditor
By
every possible p at on the back
tions hills w e will tak e an E a s te r
SU B SC R IPT IO N RA T ES:
CLIFFORD P. th e re is also a p o ten tial kick in
recess from A pril 16th to th e 26th.
One Year In ad van ce (In Curry C ounty)
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the seat of th e pants.
ROWE
One Year, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty)
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,3 50
A fter th a t I hope hearin g s can be
I f he can le a rn to tak e the
N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E
held on m y bills (S en a to r Cordon
fo rm e r in h u m ility and the latter
has introduced identical bills in
Anyone who takes a position of
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
the S e n a te ) to au th o rize the co n public tru s t, confident w ithin in tra n q u ility , his m ind will he
New York
C hicago
D etroit
Philadelphia
stru ctio n of the T alent S ection of him self th at all of those whom he left free to p erfo rm even b etter
the R ogue R iver Irrig a tio n and serves will he tru ly appreciative the task s e n tru s te d to him.
NEW SPAPER
R eclam ation P roject and on the of his services, is eith er rid icu
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E D IT O R IA L
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bills
calling for the co n stru ctio n lously innocent of the ways of
A S Îo c F Â T L C ÎN
of the tw o im p o rtan t W illam ette m an or an absolute fool. W hich
A SSO C IA TIO N
A C T IV E
M EMBER
p ro jec t dam s C ougar and G reen ever his statu s, if he finds that
P eter. I am hopeful also th a t th e he cannot adjust his defenses in
House C om m ittee on A g ric u ltu re this regard, then he has no place
will be able to give consideration in public service.
F o rm atio n of a P a tte rso n for
to m y hill to provide a system of
Sad to say. th ere are people in
t m ber access roads to he financed th is world of ours who choose Io G overnor C lub in C u rry County
It is S p rin g and it is E a ste and th e w orld is once m ore reborn. by loans from the T reasu ry . Il ignore en tirely the beauty of the w as announced th is week by
co m m ittee action can he com full-blow n rose, p referrin g to rant S am u el A. H all, B rookings a t
T h ere should be no h ap p ier holiday th an th a t of E a s te r S unday. pleted on th ese hills in the reaso n incessantly and fanatically about torney, who is C h airm an of the
F o r here th e w orld learn ed the one th in g th a t gives hope and prom ise ably n ea r fu tu re it will be pos th e baseness of the fertilizer at club.
to th e lives of m en.
sible, I believe, to get them to th e its roots. And w hat is m ore u n
T h e g roup w as form ed by Re
floor of th e House before th e end fo rtu n a te , these habitual critics publicans of th e co u n ty who wish
J u s t as, once before, th e g re a te s t event in all history brought joy of this session.
• a re m uch more zealous in their to su p p o rt G overnor P a u l P atter-
and happiness to a w orld th a t w as sunk inm isery, we have learned
F a v o ra b le d e p a rtm e n ta l re p o rts a c tiv itie s of destruction and much son in his hid fo r réélectio n to tbe
t h a t in the deepest of o u r woes, we still have hope. And to a w orld have been
received
by th e lo u d er in the halls of public opin- G overnor’s office.
to rn by fe a rs and rav ag ed by the presence ol arm ed conflict, th e re ! H ouse C om m ittee on In te rio r and ion th an are those upon whom we
A full s la te of o fficers was
is still hope . . . even a f te r it seem s th e re could be no hope.
In s u la r A ffairs on th e hills intro- depend for the support of con- nam ed to assist H all. They in
duced by S e n a to r Cordon and m e s tru c tiv e progress.
felu d e: Rose Poole, H arb o r, F irst
T h a t is th e one g re a t thing w e have, these days to lean on.
w hich w ould se ttle the inter-d e- ! O pponents of dem ocracy often Vice - C 'hairm an; A rth u r Knox,
B efore us is th e sp ec ta cle of a w orld th a t seem s bent upon d e stro y p a rtm e n ta l dispute over som e claim th a t the policy of allowing
B rookings, second vice-chairm an;
ing itself. And m an seem s able to do nothing to stop th a t race 462,000 acres of O and C lands. , all people an equal voice in gov
G eorge D ickinson, Gold Beach,
to w a rd d estru ctio n .
T he House co m m ittee has alread y ern m e n t is a w eakness inasm uch th ird v ic e - c h a irm a n ; Mrs. Ira
conducted a hearin g on this bill as so m uch tim e m ust be w asted T u ck er, P o rt O rford, fo u rth vic”-
B ut it need not he m an th a t saves him self. And once before, th e
and it seem s possible th a t com p u ttin g in th eir p ro p er places the
S on of God died, so th a t he could in terc ed e w ith his F a th e r for th e m itte e action can he ta k e n on it irresponsible blabber - m ouths ch a irm an ; S ylvia K nox, Brook
m en of a sinful w orld. W hen th e re is no hope left on e a rth . . . th e re in executive session w ith o u t fu r who love the sound of th eir own ings, S e c re ta ry - T re a su re r, and
W illiam G. Phelps, in ch arg e of
still is hope.
th e r delay. L egislation for the voices.
publicity, B rookings.
purpose of se ttlin g this disp u te
O u r answ er is th at such tim e is
N am ed to th e hoard of directors
And. as th e w orld tu rn s aw ay from the gloom of w in ter, and
of long stan d in g has h ereto fo re n ev er w asted, for un w arran ted w ere the follow ing: C. Ed Demp
sp rin g b re ak s forth, so can we tu rn aw ay from th e pit in to w hich we been co n tro v ersial as betw een th<*
a tta c k s often serve the noble pur- sey, B rookinys, E. L. Morton,
h av e plunged ourselves. O n this E a s te r, as alw ays, th e re is hope fo r tw o d ep a rtm en ts, each of w hich
Brookings, D r. W. A. C artw rig h t,
m an and his w'orld.
had im p o rtan t C ongressional su p sources of funds for G overnm ent Gold Beach, I r a W ilson, Gold
p o rters. Now’, how ever, th a t an ex p en d itu res w h erev er possible,
Beach, Mrs. H o w ard Sands, Gol.1
effective and s a tisfa c to ry com especially in connection w ith the
Beach, R obert D im m ick, Brook
prom ise has been w orked ou t, a provision of a secondary m arket
inys, W a rn n T. S m ith , Brookings
final se ttle m e n t and d istrib u tio n for hom e m ortgages.
and Ira T u ck er, P o rt O rford.
of funds held in suspense by th e
W e don’t know how m any citizens of B rookings and H a rb o r will T re asu ry m ay he m ade as the re
v o te in the p rim ary election to be held next m onth. But we do know sult of action on the bill.
• • •
th a t it will he a very sm all portion of th o se,w h o a re elegihle to vote.
And because of th a t fact alone, re p re s e n ta tiv e governm ent in
T he H ousing hill, which h as ju st
th is w orld laces a very big test. T h e re is no question as to w h e th e r been acted upon by the House, is
recom m endations
th e o rd in ary jieople ot th e world a re ca p ab le of governing them selves based u p o n
. . . hut th ere is a very big qu estio n as to w h e th e r th ey will tak e m ade by an advisory co m m ittee
appointed by th e P re sid e n t last
th e trouble.
y e a r to stu d y the sub ject. Its
In the P rim ary election next m onth, w e will choose th e re p re basic purpose is to en co u rag e tlv*
s e n ta tiv e s of th e two p a rtie s who we th in k a re o u r best hets to re p building of hom es by individuals
re se n t us in o u r governm ent. B ut, really, fa r less than h a lf of th e by a tta in in g the follow ing o b je c
people who have e a rn ed th e rig h t to vote will lie exercising it.
tives.
F irst. M aintaining a high vol-
And, th ere fo re , the m en we send into the m ain b a ttle tor o u r
OPEN TOED
*me of resid e n tia l co n stru ctio n ,
s ta te and county votes will not be th e choice of a m ajo rity of peo
w
ith
th
e
assistan
ce
of
m
o
rtg
ag
e
pie . . . they will 1 m * the choice of only th e m ajority of those wh.
SANDALS
insurance, secondary m a rk e t, and
voted.
»tber credit facilities of the F e d
W hite, Red and B lack P a te n t
And w hat is th at to y o u ? W ell, w hen you give up the right to e ra l G overnm ent;
choose the m en who help to govern you, you throw aw ay a precious
Sizes 3 to 8
Second P roviding a m ore even
h erita g e. A lot of A m ericans have died to r ju st th a t right . . and a
flow of hom e m o rtg ag e cred it to
lot m ore have been p ersecu ted because of th e ir belief in it. It isn't
ill a re a s and assu rin g flexibility
so m eth in g to he valu ed lightly.
n hom e m o rtg ag e te rm s to ke p
And you h av e n ’t m uch right, have you, to criticize th e m en w no pace w ith g eneral econom ic con
12 !2 to 3.
ru n the governm ent . . . w hen you co u ld n ’t be bothered enough to ditions;
re g is te r and vote for or against th e m ? They a te th e re to rep resen t
T hird. P lacing m uch g re a te r
th e people, an d if th e people c a n ’t be b o th ere d w ith governm ent, who m phas s on im proving and con
LADIES
ca n ?
serving o u r existing supply of
So, b efo re next T u esd ay , ta k e tim e to re g ister, so th a t you can housing th ro u g h
v o te in May. It isn’t h ard , and it is im jx irta n t . . . and i t ’s a duty you
(a) EHA in su ran ce p ro g ra m s
w ith black p aten t, brown or blue L e a th e r trim
ow e to everyone . . . including yourself.
w hich will assist re p air and re
h ah ilita tio n w ork of hom eow ners,
1 provide m o rtg ag e in su ran ce for
Regular $7.95—Special
.
re h ab ilitatio n p rojects, and b ring
m o rtg ag e term s for ex istin g h o u s
ing up to those applicable to new
F o r all occasions w ith th rift and com hort com bined
housing; and
th ) F inancial assistan ce to help
the com m unity a tta c k on a new-
broad basis its overall problem of ;
Boy’»— 1 to 6
u rb a n blight and d e te rio ra tio n
th ro u g h re h ab ilita tio n and con
A variety of purses
servation. as w ell as slum c le a r
Men’s—6 to 12
an ce and u rb an re-developm ent.;
and wallets—for
F o u rth . Providing m o rtg ag e in
su ra n c e to assist in bringin g new
p riv ate ly built housing w ith in the
women and children
BROOKINGS
financial reach of a la rg e r s e g
V IN C EN T BLDG
m ent of o u r increasing pop u latio n ;
SO UTH O F DIMMPCKS
and
F ifth. S u b s titu tin g p r i v a t e
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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, April 15, 1954
LETTER FROM
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FOR
WHAT
IT'S
WORTH
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Curry "Patterson
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