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m g o n a n a on c u t since The en r
began com peting w ith th e eye as
a m eans of o b tain in g inform ation
I am re fe rrin g to th e .present w ave
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
of criticism rela tiv e to the a l­
HARRIS ELLSW ORTH, M. C.
AN IN D E PE N D E N T N E W SPA PE R
leged fa ilu re of o u r schools to
4th D istrict, Oregon
Entered aa Mconri-ctasa m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, Oregon,
teach o u r y o u n g sters to read.
March 7, 194«, under the Act of M arch 3, 187»
F act of th e m a tte r is th a t I can
T he final p assag e by both
d
etect
a close relatio n sh ip be­
H ouses of C ongress on th e long-
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
tw een this issue and the p re sen t
pending
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WILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor
confusion com ing out of th e h e a r­
versy betw een th e F o re s t S erv ­
By
BUBHCRICTION R A T H »:
ings in W ashington. T hough not
ice and th e B u rea u of Land M an­
One Year In advance On Curry County» __________ _____________ __ >3 00
CLIFFORD P. of th e y o u n g er g en eratio n , I am
One Y ear, In advance (ou tsid e Curry County» . ...................... .............. |3 .5 0
agem ent re g a rd in g som e 462.000
ROWE
beginning to doubt my own ability
acres of forest land in Oregon
N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E
to read and get m uch sense o u k
m a rk s th e end of a troublesom e
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
and costly situ atio n . S ince 1910 r p i I F M cC arthy-A rm y bedlam in of it.
New York
C hicago
D etroit
Philadelphia
w hen th e d isp u te arose, n eith er
As fa r as T am perso n ally con-
th e n a tio n ’s ca p ital is n o t th<
th e F o rest S ervice n o r th e BLM only topic of m ajo r discussion concerned, is isn ’t so m uch a prob­
N I WS RARER
N A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L h av e been able to m ak e long- these days. T h e re is an o th e r one, lem of being able to road as it
ra n g e m an ag e m en t and tim b er
PU B LISH ER S
as T o c P atlo J n sale plans because n e ith e r agency w hich w hile p erh ap s not so sp ec­ is to know how m uch to believe
ta c u la r, has had a h ab it of pop- of w h at I see in p rin t. Som ehow
ASSOCIATION
could count th e disputed a rea as
I feel th a t w'e h av en ’t failed in
I V E M EM BER
p a rt of its dom ain. B oth agencies w ith th a t— th e only opposition teach in g o u r y o u n g sters to read;
a re required by law to h arv est to th e bill.
ra th e r we have fallen down in
tim b e r on w h a t is called a su s­
teac h in g th em how’ to ev alu ate
tained yield basis. T his m eans
pro p erly w h a t th ey do read.
One of th e in tere ste d O & C
th a t c u ttin g is lim ited to e s tim a t­
Success of an y dem ocracy de­
counties evidently becam e im p a t­
ed
an
n
u
a
l
reproduction.
W
ith
j
u
r
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pends
on an inform ed people. T he
On o u r front apge page we have an a rtic le this w eek con­
isdiction over th e v a st d isputed ient w’ith th e effo rts to s e ttle this m ore people who know’ how’ to
ce rn in g th e C ensus w hich is now being ta k e n in Brookings.
acreag e in doubt obviously n eith ­ d isp u te by legislation. C lackam as read, th e m ore th ey can be in­
e r agency could m ake sound and C ounty took th e problem to the form ed. S ince th is n atio n ’s found­
W e th in k it’s e x tre m e ly im f»ortant th a a t th e local citizen­
p erm an en t h arv estin g plans. Now c o u rts and won, on April 30th ing, those who believed in dem oc­
ry realize th a t we a r e n ’t having th e census ta k e n sim ply as a
th is year, a decision by th e C ourt
th ey can.
racy have co n tin u ally fought for
m a t t e r of civic pride.
If B rookings can show, a t the end of this
of Appeals. It w as a fine legal
T h e condition has becom e so
equal education for all. O u r big
c o u n t, th a t it has 2,000 population, a larg e n u m b er of benefits will
victory. U n fo rtu n ately , m any peo­
a c u te th a t had this legislation
w eakness as I see it is th a t we
a c c ru e to th e city.
ple
jum ped to the conclusion th a t
been longer delayed m an y mills
have confined o u r effo rts to m a k ­
m ight have been fopced to close th e court decision settled th e m a t­ ing it m an d ato ry th a t ev ery one
T he first and fo rem o st is th a t th e funds w hich a re d is tri­
dow n—w ith re su ltin g loss of jobs ter. I wish it had. but it d idn’t know' how' to read w ith o u t ta k in g
b u te d to th e cities of O regon by th e s ta te in crease sh arp ly for
F irst, alth o u g h th e co u rt decis­
and com m unity income.
into consideration th a t th e m ore
citie s w'hich have a p o p u latio n of 2,000 or m o re
W e’re not q u ite
ion settled th e m oney p a rt of the
N early one m illion acres of for­ problem , it left the question of com plex o u r civilization becom es
s u re ju st how m uch it w ill m ean to B rookings, but city officials
est land have been in a c h e ck er­ ju risd ictio n very m uch in doubt th e m ore d ifficult it is fo r th e
th in k it could m ean $5,000 a y e a r o r m ore.
A nd such benefits
board p a tte rn on the rnaji everv T he d e p a rtm e n ta l d isp u te would citizen to u n d ersta n d w h at he
w ould not com e to the city, w ith o u t this special census, u n til th e
odd
num bered section is claim ed still rage. Secondly, th e decision reads.
n e x t re g u la r one in 1960.
W ith in fo rm atio n galo re on all
o r controlled by the BLM and of a C ourt of Appeals is not nec­
every’ even num bered section is essarily final. Such a decision can sides of all issues; w ith re p u ta b le
So it is v itally im p o rtan t, a t this tim e, to stan d up and be
in th e N ational F o rest. T his has he appealed to th e S u p rem e a u th o ritie s av ailab le for su p p o rt
counted.
T h a t is w hy we have asked ev ery citizen of this tow n
m
eant a costly a d m in istra tiv e C ourt. It seem s p re tty c e rtain of e ith e r side in any co n troversy,
w ho is not co n tac ted by the census to fill out th e form in th e
problem
for th e F ed eral govem - th a t th e governm ent atto rn e y s in­ th e av erag e citizen who can read
p a p e r; for everyone w ho w ill he aw ay th is w eekend to go, now to
m nt. In addition to s e ttlin g the ten d to Appeal and an appeal hut can n o t w eigh m ay easily be­
th e C ity H all so th a t you will be counted, and fo r every one who
dispute, th e bill ju s t en acted into would req u ire m onths and pos­ com e a liab ility to dem ocracy
know s people who a re out of tow n to also re p o rt th a t fact to th e
r a th e r th an an asset.
law provides for ex chan g in g and sibly y ears for a final decision.
cen su s office.
As som e one recen tly p u t it:
blocking up th e se check erb o ard
I t seem s to m e It should be “I t ’s not th a t th e .people don’t
a
re
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s
so
th
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t
each
ad
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in
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rin
g
T his is B rookings’ only chance to ta k e a la rg e load off th e
p re tty clear, even to th e C lack ­ krov. cr.o’ gh, I ; t th a t th ey know
agency a p e ra te s a solid block of
local ta x p a y e r . . . . we c a n ’t afford to lose it.
am as C ounty C om m issioners th a t so m uch th a t a in ’t so.”
area.
th e leg iclativ e solution, now th a t
H ere a re th e th in g s accom plish­ we have succeeded, is em in en tly
ed by th e new law’ :
satisfac to ry .
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1 -M oney due th e co u n ties in
lieu of tax es from th e d isp u ted
lands has been ac cu m u latin g in a
T he M cCarth> h earin g s a re over, and we th in k th a t ev e ry ­
“suspense
fu n d ” fo r ab o u t 14
o n e in A m erica (including the p a rtic ip a n ts ) a re tak in g a long,
years.
I
t
has
deaehed a to ta l sum
deep, sigh ot relief at the conclusion of a very so rry spectacle.
of m ore th a n $7,000,000. T his fund
will Ito d istrib u te d in accordance
W e’re not sure w hat the h earin g s established.
C ertain ly
w ith th e te rm s o f th e 1937 O 4
th e A rm y M cC arthy issue is as cloudy as ev er . . . . and it is
C A ct—75% to th e counties.
eq u a lly c e rta in that som e principals a re lying th ro u g h th e ir teeth .
2—P roceeds from tim b e r sales
But they did accom plish som ething.
A m erica got a close­
on th e form erly d isp u ted acreag e
up. face-to -face view of a dem agogue in action.
And we think
w ill in th e fu tu re be d istrib u te d
th a t M cC arthyism has ceased to tie th e dan g ero u s force th a t it
on th a t basis,
once w as sim ply because the A m erican C itizen has seen it in
3 T he F o re st S erv ice has al-
action.
S tr ip p 'd of its pretensions, it w as not a p re tty thing
wn? ; insisted upon h an d lin g the
to see.
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d si tied a re a as if it w e re p art
ot
ie N a tio n al F o rest so fa r as
AU ol w hich gives very com forting re a ssu ra n c e th a t dem o­
physical ad m in istra tio n is con-
c r a tic processes are really based on p re tty sound values.
It
eerned. T he lands w ill be o p e ra t­
m ay ta k e th e av erag e vote a little tim e to get acq u ain ted w ith
ed by th e F o re st S erv ice in th e
th e ¡H'ople w ho represent him . . . . bu he e v e n tu a lly does.
fu tu re.
Thursday June 24, 1954
LETTER from
WASHINGTON
H-
The Census in Brookings
The End of the McCarthy Hearings
I.ES
SHANAHAN
for
WELL DRILLING
Contact
Par Store or Hanscam's
CHETCO
IN N .
Chef Adrian in Charge of Catering
SMORGASBORD EACH SUNDAY
Served With $2.1x1 Dinner
"POP" AND ZI RR1 TA REED. Managers
I The in te r-d e p a rtm e n ta l tim -
berland ch eck erb o ard is elim in­
ated o r will be w ritte n w ithin
tw o years, w hich is the tim e set
in th e law for co m p letin g the
"blocking u p ” details.
5 Both the F o rest S ervice and
th e B ureau of Land M anagem ent •
now know ex actly w hat and how
m uch land they a d m in is te r and
can proceed to m ak e sound op­
e ra tin g and m an agem ent plans
ini hiding, of course, th e develop­
m ent of access roads.
D uring the m any y ea rs S e n a to r
Guy Gordon and I have been en ­
deavoring to secu re th e passage
of this legislation, th e only point
of opposition io th e r th an from
one o r the o th e r of th e in tere ste d
F ed eral governm ent d e p a rtm e n ts)
has been by people w ho fo r th e ir
ow n personal reasons have pre-
ti reed to do business w ith one
governm ent agency r a th e r th an
th e o th e r The sales policies of the
' tw o a re slightly d ifferen t. I have
observed, however, th a t th is pre-
fe re” v s e tv to be a ’x)tit evenly
divided so w e w ere not concerned
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