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Brookings-Harbor Pilot
T hursday , may
LETTER FROM
W ASHINGTON
la , 1934
BRO O K IN G S-H A RBO R P IL O T
A N IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R
Entered u
In m y le tte r last week I told
of the hearing held by the Housr
C om m ittee on P ublic W orks on
m y b ill to authorize the construc
tio n o f C ougar dam on the M c
Kenzie w ith the cooperation of
the Eugene W a te r and E le ctric
Board. T said 1 thought it was a
good hearing. E v id e n tly it was be
cause ju s t fo u r days la te r the
com m ittee m et in executive ses
sion and reported the b ill fa vo r
a b ly to the house.
In o rd in a ry
words, this is referred to as “ g e t
tin g the h ill out of com m ittee.”
It is a big step fo rw a rd fo r the
legislation. I hope we can get it
on the flo o r o f the house soon.
secon d -class m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, O regon,
March 7. 194«, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1879
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The County's Most Im portant Bill
C u rry C ounty voters who go to the ¡Mills next M ay 21 w ill fin d
an im posing lis t of candidates fo r th e ir consideration.
They w ill be faced also w ith one im p o rta n t b ill; the one c a ll
in g fol a reappraisal of C u rry C ounty p roperty values.
And, probably, the reappraisal b ill is as im p o rta n t to this
ro u n ty as are the choicesthatt he people m ake in th e ir elective
officers.
The o n ly th in g to be re a lly feared, concerning the reappraisal
b ill, 1s th a t people w ill m isunderstand it. I t has been charac
terized as a b ill to raise taxes I t is not.
W h a t the b ill w ill do is s im p ly th is : I t w ill provide the coun
t y ’s share o f the funds to have properties in C u rry C ounty re
appraised. so th a t each piece o f p ro p e rty w ill pay its ju s t share,
and only its ju s t ahare in taxes.
S tate R epresentative Rod M cKenzie, a m em ber o f the legis
la tiv e tax com m ittee says they have found properties paying as
li t t l e as th irte e n per cent o f the ta x they should pay; they have
found o th e r properties paying 275 per cent o f the taxes they
should have assessed against them .
N o one can argue fo r the present system, w hich applies values
to p ro p e rty th a t are hopelessly out o f date. W h a t is needed is
a reappraisal th a t w ill provide the tru e tax th a t p roperty should
pay . . . no m ore and no less.
C u rry C ounty voters should m ake sure th a t th is b ill passes.
Ross L. Putnam
The death of Ross P utnam has taken one of B rookings’ most
|M»j»ular citizens away from us.
In the seven years th a t Ross had lived here, he haii b u ilt up
a circle of friends w hich num ber the greatest p art of this com
m u n ity . P ro b a b ly no one who ha« ever known him has escaped
th e sadness w hich his passing leaves.
Ross did a great deal fo r this com m unity. The business th a t
be established here was an im p o rta n t fa c to r in o u r economy. B u t
m ore than th a t, his c o n trib u tio n s to o u r co m m u n ity life have
made this a ric h e r place in w hich to live.
Ross leaves a b e tte r tow n than he found . . . and it is
beause o f the c o n trib u tio n s he made to it. He w ill he sorely
missed in the B ro o kin g s-H a rb o r area
By
C L IF F O R D P.
ROW E
So, ta rd y as I m ay be, I want
A bit of m y past caught up
w ith me the other day; and as him to know th a t I am thankful
is often the case, I was not too and at the same tim e would like
happy over the fact that I had to express s im ila r appréciât. »¡1 0
a ll those adults w ho take time
forgotten it.
H aving been invited to Madras from th e ir d a ily chores to offer
to address a group of high school I a kind w ord to a youngster who.
newspaper staffers at th e ir firs t although seem ingly independent,
does crave the guidance of those
The house has ju s t com pleted C entral Oregon Press conference
who speak fro m the experience of
banquet
I
dropped
in
to
chat
another item in President Eisen
1
years.
how er’s le g isla tive program . The w ith the publishers of the Madras
G reat indeed m ust be the
b ill w hich provides fo r U nited Pioneer. There, m uch to m y sur
States cooperation w ith Canada in prise, I found at the linotype m a w ealth o f s a tisfyin g memories
b u ild in g the St. Law rence Seaway chine the man who w ay back in w hich become the heritage of
has been passed by both House 1925 gave me m y fir s t jo u rn a lis those who have helped a youth
along his e a rly road.
and
Senate.
A n o th e r Senate- tic break.
As
e
d
itor
of
the
lit
t
le
w
eekly
passed b ill, w hich at least in part
is in accordance w ith the P resi paper in m y home town, his was
The pow’er to love tr u ly and de
d e n t’s program , is the legislation the firs t establishm ent I visited votedly is the noblest g ift w ith
pro vid in g statehood fo r H aw aii when I returned home from ccl w hich a hum an being can be en
and Alaska. A lthough he recom lego on vacation. In fact, it was dowed; but it is a sacred fire that
mended statehood on ly fo r H a w a ii d u rin g m y firs t sum m er vacation m ust not be burned to idols.—
I understand President has ex- th a t he let me cover m y firs t M aria Jane Jew sbury.
pressed him self as being satisfied storY f ° r his paper; and when I
to see the Senate b ill adopted. ’ saw
*n P*™*» I was fhe proud-
T his b ill is at present in the est kid in the
state of Wash-
hands o f the House C om m ittee on *n Kton-
In te r io r and In s u la r A ffa irs where
That I had never forgotten ; one
RfcY COUNTT LUMBER CO
i t was sent a fte r it came fro m Just doesn t forget such m ile-
the Senate.
stones. B u t in o u r conversation,
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
New York
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sions become p re tty discouraged
and had shared m y troubles with
him. From his rem iniscings I gaih-
ered th a t his k in d ly advice bad
strengthened m y determ inatio n to
keep going in spite of difficulties.
This was the p a rt 1 had for
gotten; and as I traveled west
w ard the next m orning, I found
m yself try in g to fig u re out why.
M y fin a l conclusion was that
yo u th in his closeness to his
troubles is too often unaware of
those factors w h ich are to influ-
i ence his la te r life.
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he told how in those trying days
A
, o f earning m y own way through
A p p a re n tly the recent C ourt of
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~ college, I had on several occa-
Appeals decision on the O and C
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controverted lands case w ill not
d is tu rb plans made by the legis- com m ittee, has filed his report on
la tie com m ittee in both House and j the H a rry D exter W hite case. I t s
Senate to consider the b ill w hich a shocking story of to ta l disregard
S enator Cordon and I have in tro - o f reports on government cm-
duced O u r b ill w ould not only ployes accused of Com m unist and
settle the dispute and provide fo r 1 espionage a c tiv ity .
the d is trib u tio n of the money, hui
“IL ¡»rated exposures by the
it also provides sp e cifica lly re- F B I of subversive a ctivities by
garding the a d m in is tra tio n of the several top T reasury D epartm ent
lands and d irects an cxchang ? | o tiic ia ls in the previous adminis-
program between the tw o d e p a rt tra tio n failed to result in the f i r
m ents w hich w ill remove what is ing ot a single one of them .” J l i
now a checker-board p a tte rn of ner inform ed the Senate.
The report explains how a po-
ownership. A lth o u g h the court de-
cision c le a rly declares the disput- litic a l party, anxious not to d s-
ed lands to be a part of the O tu rb le ft-w in g support, can hide
’Are you working for Pefrillo
and C land grant, and that money behind the F B I fa ilin g to follow
or us?”
received fro m the sale of timbe» through when the ¡»roof of sub
on the la rd s should be considered version is available.
We Give S and H G reen Stam ps
O and C money, it does not c la ri
1 he report also revealed that
fy tli troublesom e question as to several of the Treasury D epart- A complete line of building
1 w hiei d p a rtm e n t of governm ent an t l n.pk yes on whom F B I r '-
I
shall ad m in iste r
o u s h th e an sw e r
m u rf be clea rly
Cong iess w hich
lot's.
th e lands. Ol
h » s
ist (. »ubt. including Wh 1
to th a t question and Coe, w ere prom oted to b e tte r
siM’lled out b\ ,1 ■ Which provided even g re a te r
is w hat o u r bill o p p e itu n ith s for raiding th • fil s
f o ir go» 'in n ii nt and passing its
st c ets along to an agent, not to
S e n a to r W illiam Jen n e r, R e me tiou th e go’den opi»ortunit es
publican of Indiana, ch a irm an of for tw isting o u r policy to favo:
’he S énat In te rn a l S eeu n tx Sub Soiet R ussia.”
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