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¡OKLAHOMA PICNIC
Brookings-Harbor Pilot
SUNDAY. JULY 11
TH U R SD A Y , JULY 8, 1954
F o rm er O k lah o m ah s of the dis-
; tric t will m eet at C avem en P ark
in G ra n ts Pass. Sunday, July 11,
; for an an n u al picnic and election
' cf officers. F am ilies a re to take
picnic 1 unches, w hich will he
J sp read fam ily style, and lemon « ie
and coffee will he furnished bv
th e association com m ittee,
,\
1 fid d lers’ contest and co n tests ‘ •
! th e ch ild ren a re planned. There
v ¡11 he co n tin u o u s en tertain m e n t
1 and anyone w ishing to particina»e
in th e p ro g ram should a rriv e ea*lv
for re g istra tio n . P resen t office' < -<|
th e association a r e : E d g ar Ren
fro, C am p W hite, p resid en t; 1 s-
te r W rig h t, M edford, vice-nres -
d en t; Mrs. M cClendon, Dillard,
s e c re ta ry -tre a s u re d .
Real Estate
AND
Insurance
Agency
F O R SA LE
S om e ex cellen t
choice C hetco
R iv e r front age. T his is difficult
to fin d —B est salm on fishing hole
— you can h av e y o u r own boat
h o u se o r cabin here p lu s plenty
o f e x tra gro u n d to build a couple
o f nice homes.
P ric e only $.3500 you should see
th is for it is one of th e finest of
view s and close to th e m outh of
th e C hetco R iver.
W H Y W A IT F O R YOUR hom e
to be built we have a n u m ber
of fine hom es in excellent lo
c a tio n s w ith fa ir prices and term s
— T h ese can be sold on V e te ra n ’s
G I loans, so see us today for
B E T T E R BUYS IN B RO O K IN G S
A N D HARBOR ! ! !
T H A N K S ! ! ! ! To the m any who
h av e given us th e pleasu re of
w ritin g th e ir in su ran ce policies
th e past tw o w eeks and previous
ly in th e L A R G E ST IN SU R A N C E
CO M PA N Y in AM ERICA. T H E
HOM E IN SU R A N C E COM PANY.
You just c a n ’t go w rong yhen you
h av e T H E BES T ' ! ! ASK ANY
of o u r policy holders who have
had a loss, and they h av e n ’t been
can celled out. either. See us on
YOUR
IN SU R A N C E
PRO B
LEM S!
■ S u b scrib e to
H a rb o r Pilot.
IN T R IP 1 D F R O N T IE R S M E N W inning the C en te n n ia l co m m ittee prize of $150 in the A m erican
Legion sponsored p arade in F o u rth of Ju ly in C re sc e n t C ity is th e 20-30 C lub float • C rescent C ity
Model Hom e, 1854”. T he e n trie s of tnis crew of sourdoug n s causd an h ilario u s u p ro a r am ong the
(T rip lica te P h o to ))
sp ectato rs.
Highway Lifesavers Move To Get
If L egislation about to be rec-
i om niendpil by th e H ighw ay Life-
sav ers C om m ittee of O regon C iti-
zens, Inc., is accepted bv th e 1955
O regon L egislature. O regon will
not im pose an absolute top speed
lim it on highw ays, hut th e Rasic
R ule foi driving in Oregon will
I he am ended in tw o essentials.
One proposed am endm ent will he
a clarificatio n of the law to m ake
p resen t
indicated
and
posted
speeds m ean som ething, w ith no
m isu n d erstan d in g on th e p art of
th e public th a t they a re m erely
advisory, and a n o th e r will m ake
it u n n ecessary for a rre s tin g of
ficers to specify speed,
should
i a rre s ts be m ade w here the Basie
R ule is being violated in th e of
ficers opinion. T h e B asie Rule
req u ires reaso n ab le anil prudent
driving at all tim es and in all
c o n d itio n s
considered
Follow ing a conference on the
Basie Rub*. Max 6, at Salem , when
the 1 ifesavers C om m ittee sought
to learn wnet h er to recom m end a
m axim um top sjieed lim it, a S u b
co m m ittee w a s set up to comixise
F o r efficient, quick and reliable difference ot opinions w ith th e re
In su ra n c e S ervice, insure and a s sult th a t the following four re c
s u re y ourself of P ro p e r P ro tectio n om m endations w ere adopted as
the guide to th e state-w id e C om
th ro u g h o u r office
m
ittee in its reo m m en d atio n s to
an d th e
th e In terim C o m m ittee of the Leg
is la tu re :
1 T h at th e B asie R ule he re
taint'd as th e fu n d a m e n tal tra ffic
law of O regon.
2 T h at th e law l>e am ended
Largest in America
so th a t an a rre s tin g o fficer shall
not have to specify th e a itu al
m iles ¡»er h o u r w hen m aking an
a rre st if the defendant w as not
driving in a reasonable and p ru
dent m a n n e r as re q u ired under
the B asic Rule (A t present, the
officer m ust specify the speed at
w hich an alleged o ffender was
driving)
3 T h at th e p ro p er In te rim
Box 21 <
Phone 2341
C om m ittee of th e L eg islatu re con
clarify in g th e B asic R ule to
Residence Phone 2292 sider
m ake it the Basic R ule-P lus-V ri-
m a-F acie-S peed Lim its, so th at
N otary Public- C. O. I^canard
the public will u n d e rsta n d "pri-
Rrookinjrs, Oregon
m a fa cie” o r d esig n ated arid l a s t
ed speeds a re legal lim its w here
posted-and not m erely advisory,
and th a t evidence of driving be
yond the posted speed shall be
sufficient unless the defendant
can prove th a t conditions m ade
th at s{M*ed reaso n ab le and p ru
dent as required u n d er th e Basic
SELL IT THRUihE
R ule (T his recom m endation c a r
ries th e req u est th a t posted or
p rim a facie s .i >ds be set a t the
HOME INSURANCE
COMPANY
LEONARD
Real Estate
Agency
W ANTÆ m
Brookings-
ROSS SALVAGE
WASHED
SAND AND GRAVEL
K en P riest, C ounty A gent, who
RIV ER SIL T
has been hospitalized in G a rb er
ville since he w as tak en ill there,
DRAIN ROCK
re tu rn e d to his hom e in Gold
B each last week. Mr. P rie st is
Phone 2057 or 2341
j speed 85 per cent of th e driving still q u ite ill and has not been
public moves in th e posted a re a s ab le to re tu rn to work.
a r d m eans th a t prim a facie speeds
can be above o r below th e 55
m iles an h o u r as now provided).
4 _ -That ’th e le g is la tu re su p
port, financially and otherw ise, a
public inform ation p ro g ram so
LIVESTOCK
th a t the public, co u rts, p ro se
c u to rs and officers all u n d ersta n d
LUMBER
t h e Basic R ule and prim a
facie
HAY - GRAIN
speed.
P rim a facie speed is now 55
BUILDING
m iles an h o u r u n d er th e law. o r
low er w here posted, T he public,
MATERIALS
how ever, a p p a re n tly th in k s p o st
ed speeds m erely “advisory ” . This
is net the ease according to t r a f
B RO O K IN G S, OREGON
fic officers, hut th e H ighw av I if°-
sav ers C om m ittee of citizen s took
Phone 2411
- -
After 7 p. m., Phone 2625
the position in its reco m m en d a
tions th a t the public is confused
on fh :s and o th e r points and th a t
clarificatio n 's necessary.
If legislation is en acted on th e
basis of the recom m endations.
O regon will not have a m ax im u m
top sneed lim it, hut th e prim a
facie o r posted speeds could be
above or below 55 m iles an hour
as now specified in th e law.
T he S u b co m m ittee on th e Basic
R ule was set up by E C. S a m
mons. P resident of the Highwav
L ifesavers C om m ittee, as a re
sult of a soggestion by G overnor
P a u l L. P a tte rso n , at th e May 6
conference in S alem , w hen it be
cam e ap p a ren t th a t tra ffic a u
th o ritie s w ere not in ag reem en t
on th e value of imfxvsing an a b
so lu te m axim um speed lim it in
O regon.
A ccording to H ighw ay E ngineer,
R H Baldock, 48 p er cent of all
the s ta te s has th e B asic R ule
w ith indicated o r prim a facie
speed lim its such as O regon. 19
p er cent have B asic R ule w ith o u t
indicated speeds, and the o th ers
have absolute speed lim its
Oregon Speed Law Understood
places,
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LEGION TO SI IOW
MOVIES FOR SCOUTS
S couts of th e B rookings- H a r
bor area will be e n te rta m e d M on
day night hv pictures, w hich will
be show n u n d er th e auspices of
the A m erican I cgion T he show
will s ta rt at 8 P M at th e VF\V
Hall.
Ixxi M organ. C o m m an d er of
C het co Post 138. said th e films
Consist of one on A laska wild
life, and one on racing cars All
scouts and cub scouts are invited
B ’iv U. S. Sa ings Ronds!