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Evt ryone has met th e m agazine
S ta y to n is not th e only tow n in not th ro u g h y et.)
to ad v e rtise to th e w orld an e x ­
salesm an who a c ts as though he O regon th a t enforces it. S easide
The news of th is G reen R iver tre m e case of BAD T A S T E to put
will b u rs t into te a r s if th is cruel, end G resham am ong m any o th e is
Law’ w ould of course first be d is ­ it mildly.
h e a rtle ss person d oesn’t ta k e a have very s tiff p en a lties ru n ­
H oping this le tte r finds you the
sem in ated am ong th e S p o rts Lov­
subscription. So w h a t can you ning as high as two h u n d red and
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P e rh a p s th e G reen R iver O rd i­ e ran t peddlars.
would. Now c e rtain ly you should
nance isn’t th«* best solution to
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Even a Moron can see th e ob- know’ w hat happens w ith any im ­
T he w orth of a s ta te , in th e long
the problem , but it dot's sound lik<? I vious ad v an tag es of such an
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p o rta n t S p o rts News on the C oas4, run, is th e w orth of th e individuals
A pril 25, 1954 it w ould provid«' som e very w el­ O rdinance, enforced, for the tow n w o uldn’t y o u ? W hy of course it c< i .p sing i;. John S tu a r t Mill.
com e p ro tectio n for hom em akers. ! and its citizens. O u r “Good M er­
I i o o k in g s-H arbor Pilot
im m ediately l>ecemes N ational
S incerely,
B rookings, Oregon
c h a n ts” do deserve protection. new s). A lright now' you know as
To the E d ito r:
R U TH FA N G E R The o th e rs will not last very well as an y good A m erican knows,
• long anyway.
Your colum n on th e G reen R iver
what a dom inant role the U S A.
C o n g ratu latio n s, for your artic le
O rd in an ce w as in tere stin g , but I
T herefore, I stre n u o u sly dis- plays in world a f f a r s today, don 1
felt you w< re considering the in last w eek ’s papi'r on the G reen a e r e w ith y o u r artic le , th e last you ? -certainly you do. So p e r­
m a tte r from th e w rong angle. I R iver Law. W ho passed th«' o rd i­ tw o sentences in p a rtic u la r.
force U.S. N ew s m ust & will be­
m ay b ■ m istak en , but I don't be­ nan ce? Not the citizens, business-
com e new s of In te rn a tio n a l sig ­
Yours sincerely,
lieve th at the th re a t to m erc h an ts , ' 'en or tax p ay ers, but th e M ayor
nificance, w on’t it? course it
E. F. STRO NG.
is as serious as th e problem for and the C ity Council, few of whom
will. So you see Mr. E ditor, hov.
B rookings S tu d o.
housew ives and hom e - ow ners, are re p re s e n ta tiv e of the com ­
we, here in Brookings, can, in a
w hich you pass over so lightly.
m unity. T h ere is not one re p re ­
step by step su b tle so rt of m a n ­
S om e piajple can slam th e door se n ta tiv e of th e larg e st payroll D ear Mr. E d ito r
n e r become the subject of work!
I t ’s be n ages since I ’ve w ritte n vv d«» n o to riety (C h am b er of Com-
In a p e d d le r’s face, but th e re a te and tax paying g roup in the com ­
p le n ty of us who try to be polite m unity . . . th e logging and m ill­ you and besides this, I sim ply ca n ­ m erce, p lease note) and all b e­
an d find ourselves trick ed into ing in d u stry upon w hich 75 per not keep any longer; Its th e big­ cau se of those diabolical tw ins
buying things we d o n 't need or cent of th e people here depend gest laugh I ’ve ha«l in m anv a T h e G reen R iver O rdinance Signs.
w an t. My Scotch blood m akes it for th e ir livelihood, a fact w hich moon, in fact I h av en ’t laughed
Now as to wht th e r th is n o to rie­
im|x>ssible for them to sell m e o u r city governm ent does not so m uch since the day H ilda, th e
ty would be good o r bad for
into the
a n y th in g th at costs m ore th a n ten seem to ” realize.
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B rookings, , I shall leave en tire ly
d o llars, but o th e r persons, not so
11 ,h a l som eone left open down fo r you & y
As a producing businessm an
o ur re ad ers to decide,
Lights o u t— d on’t le t
tig h t-liste d , are high - p re ssu red ( logger • and saw m ill), I am su re by ,h t ,c,h,liken house w i,h
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in to ord» ring expensive item s th a t m ost of the people involved
H e ’d g e t a bang
Now th e reason I ’m w eeping w ith a degree of c e rta in ty , th a t I
w hich could h av e l>een purchased in o r w orking in in d u stry a t* op­
From a fa u lty circu it.
to b e tte r a d v a n ta g e in local stores posed to such an ordinance. If all on your sh oulder Mr. E d ito r is ) know the people of B rookings are
F reedom Loving enough to g ra n t
O ne real ra ck et w hich has been the m e rc h a n ts of B rookings will because th is s id e sp litte r em an a tes the rig h t & privilege to th e p e r­
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W’ork«sl in B rookings is th a t of give us service and com petitive
son or persons who had those
b u ilding supplies insulation, s id ­ prices, we will be glad to purchase of 4-22-54. It specifically has to signs m ade to use them as they
ing, w e ath er-strip p in g etc. By the o u r needs here at home. B ut until do w ith th a t G reen R iver O rd i­ see fit ON T H E IR OW N PROP-
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tim e the hom eow ner realizes he they do, I shall co n tin u e to buy nance thing you spoke ab out - : ERTY ONLY p re fera b ly over the
h a s an in ferior job costing several from out-of-tow n sources w h en ­ The hypocrisy of its en fo rcem en t
i m ain en tran ces, but certain ly
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tim es as m uch as necessary, th • ever necessary, even though I etc., etc.
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to
ag en t is long gone. T he m oney m ay have to m ak e a phone call o r
m arvel at w hat lengths, and to
goes out of the com m unity, and ta k e a trip to do it.
w
hat trem endous e ffo rts o u r city
th e re is no one here to m ak e good
I am glad we have a paper
th at is in tere ste d in upholding fa th e rs will go to p ro tec t and d e ­
COQUILLE AUTO CO.
th e l>est in te re sts of th e com ­ fend th e defenseless tax p ay ers.
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else,
for
instance
can
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m u n ity as a whole, and is not
m u n ity protect th e poor h arried
afraid to tell th e tru th .
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See
housew ife from those fx'rsisten) ly
Ted S te en b erg en
M RS. ALIC E M. PU TN AM
obnoxious bum s th e
itin e ra n t
peddlers, th a n by som e such m e th ­
for
B rookings Ore.
A pril 23. 1954 od as is found in th e G reen R iver
K IM B A L L -W U R U T Z E R
1 aw ? it is not th e ordinance, hut
Brookings-» II a rb o r P ilot,
P IA N O S
the m ethod of i t ’s enforcem ent
B rookings, Ore.
th at seem s so funny to me, ns
and
To the E d ito r;
,
tor
the hypocrisy involved in this
HAM M OND O RG AN S
In re. y o u r a rt id«» on “The
G reen R iver Law ." Enclosed is ¡c a se ? W ell b ro th er, ju st don't
Phone 2589 or W rite Box 47
a S u p rem e C o u rt ru lin g on th e get m e s ta rte d on th at su b ject j '
Brookings, Oregon
legality of this O rdinance. M any because it woultl ta k e all t h e r
tow ns and even th e w hole S ta te s colum n space in this paper to deal
w ith it properly. Hypocrisy, being
what it is in all its m u ltitu d in o u s
form s happens to he mv “ Pet
For the first tim e, you can now
Peeve.” No doubt we shall h ea r
have aSonotone tubeless hearing
moi’.' about this p a rtic u la r hum an
aid. D ouble-battery com bination
c h a ra c te r from tim e to time.
elim inated.
You say th a t th«' only a p p re ­
ciable effect from the P o stin g of
O P E R A T IN G COSTS
th«' G reen R iver O rdinance S igns
at th«' lim its of the tow n of S ta y ­
as low as
cents a month
ton. Ore. was to som w h at cu rb
fb«' speed an tics of S p eed sters in
and SO EASY to wear
and around S tayton. W ell, w no
can
now honestly say th at this
SONOTONE OF
did not serve a good and useful
MEDFORD
purpose for th«' tow n of S ta y to n ?
839 E. Jackson, M edford, Ore.
So accordingly, Mr. E ditor, let
us exam ine some of th e possible
test of the soil in any one
’ effects th a t the P osting of those
of your fields will tell whether
signs here at B rookings (by the
S ea) m ight he.
or not it needs liming— and, if
F irst, let m e say th a t the speed
so, how much to put on.
limit at th«' ap proaches to B rook­
ings is too high even this is
We would like to supply you
o ften violated so th a t no on«*,
consistent w ith a m inim um d eg ree
with oil the limestone you need
of safe driving is able to see, m uch
because we know it will make
less read, a sign so posted
Secondly, w hat do you suppose
You money. But we don't
th«' « fleet of these “G reen R iv er”
want you to waste money by
Signs would be on those out-of-
applying it where it isn't needed.
S ta te A nglers th at periodically
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visit the “ M ighty C heteo" part cu-
So, dan t guess — test See your county
larlv on those «Ia.vs (an d i t ’s m ost
of th«' tim e )? , w hen th e w a te r
rm agent or ASC office abed how to take
SIX M ONTH AUTOMOBILE POLICIES
in th e C heteo is of a decid dly
the
samples and get them tes ed.
green color? (Oh, w hat a revolt-
ing situ atio n to be co n fronted
w ith .) Whv in no tim e at ail the
At Regular Rate — No Penalty
USE OUR HIGH SCORE LIME A N .) SAVE
new s of this Green R iver Law en-
torcem ent at B rookings, would
trav e l like w ild-fire in this w hole)
legion, yes, including the e n tire I
P acific C oast if vou please be- i
T HURSDAY A PR IL 29, 1954
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
SHORTY CIRCUIT
EVANS ELECTRIC
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See MANNING
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A rth u r Knox Insurance Agency
Phone 22ii
Br a ikings
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