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Brookings-I larbor Pilot
Thursday, May 27, 1954 ¡ LETTER
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
FROM
WASHINGTON
AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER
WHAT
to o u r p a r tic u la r epoch.
S u ffice it to say th a t ages hence
w hen h isto ria n s delve into ¡he
arch iv es of th e tw en tieth century
th ey ca n n o t be blam ed too much
if, a f te r stu d y in g the advertising
of o u r era. th ey com e to the con
clusion th a t o u rs w as th e thirst
iest, th e d irtie st, the smokingest,
H A R R IS ELLSW O R TH . M. C.
Entffed aa H«eon<i-claws m atter, at the p ostofftce at Brooking*. O regon.
4th D istrict, O regon
M arch 7. 1»48. under the Act o f March 3, 187»
T hings have re ally h e n happen
ing lately to my sev eral bills in
M inna A kers , O w n er and Publisher
volving
p ro jects
in
O regon’s
WILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor
F
o
u
rth
C
ongressional
D istrict.
a n -’ th e s tm k in g e s t g e n e ra tio n in
national a d vertising repr esen ta tiv e
U ndoubtedly each s e p a ra te devel
th e h isto ry of m ankind.
By
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
opm ent has been re p o rted in the
And 1 hough th ey m ay question
C L IF F O R D P.
New York
Chicago
DeWolt
J new spapers but le t’s look a t a
P hilad elp h ia
o
u
r wisdom in using this power-
ROWE
su m m ary :
I ful m edium to en ro u rag e our
1) th e bill auth o rizin g the con
y o u th to d rin k and sm oke, the> at
N A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L
J u s t the o th e r day, th e thought I least will give us rre d it for having
stru c tio n of C ougar Dam on the
as T o c P â t k în ! M cK enzie R iv er on a p artn e rsh ip cam e to m e th a t p ra ctically anv
kept th em clean and sin llin n ce,
zi
M “
; basis w ith th e E ugene W a te r and p rogram on radio o r television to
T T 'I H
i E lec tric B oard w as favorably re day th at am o u n ts to an y th in g at
I; !
ported by th e C om m ittee on P u b all is financed by beers, soaps,
lic W orks and passed by th e cig arettes o r deodorants.
BY CURREY COUNTY lUM BERrñ
N ow i am not too m uih lam i-
House.
2) T he hill to se ttle th e O & C ed by the fact th a t m odern e n te r
P olitical lead e rs all over O regon as well as all over C u rry
co
n tro v e rted lands question w as tain m en t is m ade possible by the
< o u n try w ere anxiously scanning th e re su lts of F rid a y ’s p rim a rie s
favorably rep o rted by the House ad v ertisin g of w h at m ight he
o see w hat the fu tu re portended, com e next Novem ber.
C om m ittee on In te rio r and I n classed as non-essent ials; but I
And it w as an in te re stin g election. P au l P a tte rs o n
s
u la r A ffairs and is pending on , am som ew hat p ertu rb ed as to the
*»undly thum ped E arl T. N ew bry fo r R epublican ca n d id ate for
th e H ouse C alendar. M eanwhile, u ltim a te effect it m ay have on
\ e r n a r ............ e se n m ore soundly th a n m ost or his su p p o rte rs
the sam e bill in the S en ate spon- > th e h istory of th e nation.
predicted. And in so doing, he estab lish ed him self as odds-on fav
V ery few people. I am a f r a d ,
sored by S e n a to r Cordon w as re
o rite o v er D em ocrat Joseph K. C arson, Jr.
p o rted by C om m ittee an d was realize, the influence of ad v e rtis
ing in the evolution of th e hum an
passed by th e Senate.
But things d o n ’t look q u ite so b right for in cu m b en t
3) T he R ivers and H arb o rs S u b race. O utside of th e w ell known
S e n a to r Guy C ordon. D ie im pressive n u m le r of voters w ho sig-
com m ittee, headed by C ongress fact th at it is the p rim ary c re a to r
n iliel th e ir approval of R ichard N e u b e rg e r m akes it look as if
m an H o n v r Angell, approved tw o I of desires w hich in tu rn a re the
th e S e n a to r is in fo r a p re tjv tough fight. A lthough n e ith e r had
coast projects au th o rizatio n o f ' d riving forces for progress, ad
opposition, N e u b o rg er’s vote to ta l ra n consist an tly ahead of o th e rs
h a rb o r co n stru ctio n at Gold Beach vertisin g also plays an im p o rtan t
on his p a rty ballot, show ing th a t d em o crats a re p re tty w ell u n it
and
au th o riz atio n of an im prove ro le in inform ing h isto rian s re la
ed behind him . . . . and th e re w e re q u ite a few dem ocrats, too
m ent project a t th e P o rt of U m p tiv e to th e cu sto m s of p ast ages.
. . . . If w e w e re going to bet. though, w e'd say th a t C ordon can
F o r exam ple, th e b irth of slav
qua a t R eedsport.
s till ta k e him.
3) The bill to au th o riz e th e con ery in this country' is recorded in
H a rris E llsw o rth ra n slig h tly s tro n g e r th a n Cordon,
stru c tio n of th e T alen t Division th e ad v ertisin g of early colonial
Hie dubhome I built
of the Rogue R iver R eclam ation p ap ers w hich offered slaves for
ocally, and lo t’s s tro n g e r th a n his d em o cratic opponent fo r his
on
the
vacant
lot next door?"
sale
o
r
rew
ard
s
for
re
tu
rn
of
es-
project
has
been
set
for
hearing
O rn g re w io n a l scat th is fall . . . . not m uch of a contest com ing
by the C om m ittee on J u n e 14th. rap ed ones. Any o th e r period in
there.
T his hill was ineroduced fairly h isto ry can also be ad eq u ately and We Give S and H G reen Stam ps
As fa r as th e big th rills go. C u rry C o u n ty ’s a rc m ostly
re c e n tly by S e n a to r Cordon and a c c u ra te ly tagged by th e a d v e rtis
over, since m ost of th e p rim a ry races w vre m ore ex citin g th a n
me. W e have been ham m erin g at ing of the time. In o u r generation,
A complete line of building
th e gen eral election p ro m ises to be.
th e E xecutive agencies to get rad .o and television a re u n d o u b t
Locally, in te re st ce n te red around th e C ounty Ju d g e and
th e ir re p o rts in to th e C o m m ittee ed ly doing th e ir bit to w ard p er
materials
D istric t A tto rn ey races.
so th a t th e legislation can be ta k fe ctin g the historical record,
en up. I believe these re p o rts will
And th u s it is th a t a f te r re a d
Incum bent Guy F o rsy th won his renom ination th ro u g h a
he com pleted well before th e 14th ing m agazine ad v ertisin g and lis
d splay of stre n g th all thro u g h th e county, coupled w ith an e x tr a
of J u n e and th e bill can get on its ten in g to and w atch in g th e com
o rd in a rily heavy p rim a ry v o te in th e N o rth end H e o u tra n his
w ay th ro u g h th e tedious and m ercials of today, I am not too
th re e opponents alm ost ev ery w h ere N o rth of B rookings, and w as
lengthy leg islativ e process.
c e rta in th a t I will lx* proud of
a stro n g second dow n here.
5( T he bill w hich would give th e opinion arriv ed a t by my
L u th er fis d a le show ed th e resp ect he is accorded his
perm ission to th e governm ent g rea t-g rea t - gra n dch i 1 d ren re 1 a t ive
neighbors by his stro n g shftnving locally . . . . hut he had p ra c I th ro u g h th e S e c re ta ry of the
tically no su p p o rte rs an y w h ere else. T he reason, we think, is
A rm y to m a k e a p a rtn e rs h ip con
tw ofold: th e fact th a t he sim ply w a sn ’t well know n up th ere ,
tra c t w ith som e local e n tity —puo-
coupled w ith a fe a r of sectio n alism . . . . c e rta in ly a n u m b er of
licly or p riv a te ly ow ned—fo r th e
n o rth e rn residents voiced a fe a r th a t th e B rookings a re a w as out
co n stru c tio n of pow er facilities
in th e fhxxi control dam on the
to obtain a c o rn e r on all th e co unty offices. A nd thev m ay have a
S a n tia m R iver, know n a s Green
point.
P e te r D am , will probab ly be set
W e su p p o rted T isd ale because we know Iflm. respect
for h ea rin g before th e H ouse S ub
his jud g m ent, and f It th a t he w ould he an able C ounty Judge.
co m m ittee on Flood C ontrol early
W e didn’t support him ju st b ecau se he cam e from Brookings. As
in Ju n e. M eanw hile, a n o th e r h i’l,
w e said about one o th e r ca n d id a te . . . . w hen a m a n ’s residence
whit h I introduced m ore th an a
is co n siilen d im p o rtan t in his q u alifica tio n s fo r office, som ething
y e a r ago. is p re tty d efin itely
is radically w rong w ith o u r sy stem of governm ent.
scheduled for inclusion in th e big
And w e r e sure, too. th a t Ju d g e F o rsy th deserves th e
, all i tclusive flood co n tro l hill
¡w h ich is being prep ared by the
co o p eratio n ot all th e co unty in his role as a d m in istra to r. T h e
Ju d g e has had an h o norable c a re e r in his office, and deserves all
Pul ic W orks C om m ittee.
This
hill w ould sim ply a u th o riz e the
o u r res|x*et and aid.
co n stru c tio n of the G reen P e te r
W e w ere su rp ris d, fran k ly , at th e w eakness displayed
Dam as a m u ltip le-p u rp o se F ed
by the o th e r ca n d id a tes who did poorly alm ost everyw here
It
eral
pro ject including pow er, and
w as due in larg e p a rt, we think, to th e resp ect felt of Ju d Ige
a u th o riz e also th e co n stru ctio n of
F o r s y th s jxist ad m in istratio n .
the req u ired re -re g u la tin g d am to
< h tile s D oane o u tr a n his tw o o p ponents easily in light
, RT» w ith it. It is reasonably c e r
b allo tin g , and th e sam e light ' ulloting p re d ic ts a victory for
tain, then, th a t plan n in g and e o n
J u d g e F o rsy th this fall.
stru c tio n of th e G reen P e te r Dam
F inally, S ain H all's victory o v er W illiam F u lle r in the
can go ahead.
With a U. S. National Bank checkbook, you will have
DA race hero w as an indication th a t C u rry C ounty v o ters in
In this re p o rt I re fe r to th >e
money at the stroke of a pen, too! And you’ll enjoy
hi»ls as “m y ” h ’lls which, of
g» n eral have ap p ro v ed of th e conduct of his office, and have re s
course, they a re in th e H ouse of
pect for his ab ility . H e lx*at th e old hoodoo of sectionalism , too.
the many advantages of a checking account.
R ep resen tativ es. All of th.' above
fin e r he o u tra n F u lle r in th e N o rth in several precincts, as well
hills w e re introduced in th e Hou.;-
a s th e S outh.
• Convenient, time-saving, businesslike.
and
S en ate a t about th e sam e tim«
Anyway, wo lived th ro u g h the election, and we think th a t
and a rc identical bills. T his legis
seh'ctions mad«* h\ th e voters of C u rry C ounty do them cn x lit
• Your money is safe.
lation is. of course, sponsored r
W e cant predict the re s u lts of N ov em b er’s races, but we re su re
the
•'»♦(* bv O regon's S enator
(h a t C u r r y C ounty will choose wisely.
• Stubs provide accurate record of
Guy C ordon w ho w orks in sim
expenditures.
ila r cooperation w ith the other
I
, r ’. r.a n iK tr .r .- n « 3
th ro e m em bers of the Oregon
• Cancelled checks are proof of payment.
delegation in tin* House. C ongr ss-
ion ’ activ ity affe c tin g O regon
T H A N K YOU
i is v t«am o p e ra to r! w ith S nato,
C onlon ca rry in g the burden ot
I th e w ork in the S enate.
1 deeply a p p ric ia te the confidence placed in m e by th .
v o ters of C u rry County
I will do m y tx*st to continue to 1
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wherever she goes
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T y g ert on M em ory L am Friday.
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Grands
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