H AT O LTWRART
On the
Reef
Ry BILL P H E L PS
W e’ve had to do aw ay w ith
M rs. A kers. I ’m sorry, but it w as
unavoidable.
Mrs. A k ers had lots of v irtue,
b u t she had one unforgiveable
vice, S he w as un cooperative. As
th e local w e a th e rm a n (should be
w eath erw o m an . I guess) she w as
g u ilty of gross n eglect of h er
responsibilities.
It w as Mrs. A k ers who p e rm it
ted it to rain last w eek . . . .
ra in on th e first d ay of th e W ran g
lers b ra n d new Rodeo, ra in until
th e Lily fields w ere soaked and
w e had to
call off o u r parade.
And it w as
she, too, who tu rn e d
aro u n d and
let th e sun
shine
a f te r it w as
too late.
So W e’ve ta k e n c a re of her.
T he T isdales a re ta k in g of th e
H e a th e r this week. I ’ve explained
in d etail w h at will happen to
them if th ey p erm it it to rain,
and on q u iv erin g knee they have
assu red m e th a t it w on’t. And if
it does . . . .
firnfags-ferlar filol
Nowhere A Finer Clim ate — Nowhere A Finer Community
\ olume 8—Number 21
BROOKINGS, C lU K t CO UNTY. OREOON
»'Kit E ON N E W SST A N D S— TE N C E N T S
Thursday, July 15, 1954
Well, Here We Go Again!
Wranglers First
Rodeo Sees Huge
Crowd Sunday
Council Approves
Plan To Number
Brookings Houses
Lily Blossom Parade to Leave Chetco
And Oak Streets at One; Carnival
Added to Postponed Celebration
T he B rookings C ity Council
T uesday apporved a plan w o rk
♦ T he once postponed B rookings-
ed out by th e C ity P lan n in g Com
C apacity crow ds S un d ay p ack m ission to n u m b er th e houses
■ H arb o r Lily Day p a ra d e will ta k e
ed the Rodeo G rounds for th e along city stre e ts.
; place next S u nday, s ta rtin g a t
1 he C ity of B rookings is very first an n u al C hetco W ra n g le r’s
, one p. m.
T he house num bering plan is ex
u p set about i t ’s C ity hall . . . . Rodeo, a f te r rain S a tu rd a y had pected to be the first step in a
And th is tim e, it had b e tte r l»e
o r ra th e r T H E city hall. B ecause cu t th e opening day crowd.
good or local citizens will secede
long ran g e program to ev en tu ally
R
obbers
last
week
invaded
two
u n fo rtu n a te ly , it d o esn ’t belong
And it w as q u ite a Rodeo they gain hom e m ail delivery for the B rookings hom es, n e ith e r of which from the U nited S ta te s W e a th e r
to the C ity of B rookings.
say
T he e stim a te d 1500 w ho city. In the m ean tim e it is ex p ect w as occupied at the tim e. The B ureau.
T his sad tru th cam e to light jam m ed the sta n d s and side lines ed to m ak e th e finding of local
E v ery th in g w as in re ad in ess
thieves took som e a rtic le s at lx>th
recently. It seem s th e ground w atch ed th re e hours of e x c ite resid en ts a g re a t deal easier.
lo r th<' ce leb ratio n w hich will
homes,
and
did
g
reat
dam
age
to
w h e re th e C ity H all sta n d s w as m en t packed action.
honor the Lily C e n te r of th e
T he plan envisioned by the th e tw o houses.
given a long tim e ago to th e
About 100 people braved the P lanning Com m ission calls for a
At the hom e of Mr. and Mrs. W orld S unday. And even th e
B rookings C h am b er of C om m erce rain S a tu rd a y to see th e in au g u grid of stre e t n u m b ers w orking
Joe Jacobs, the thieves entered lilies w ere co o p eratin g , w ith th e
for th e co n stru c tio n of a fire ra tio n of th e Rixleo G rounds, and from th e C hetco riv er and the
by c u ttin g w indow screen s They last week six* ing th e fields t u r n
house, th a t w as back in th e old they, too w ere rew ard ed w ith an P acific <|cearv N um bers would
w ith
new ly-opened
took som e personal possessions ing w hite
days, before th e re w as a C ity of excellent show.
s ta rt w ith 100 at those tw o points, of the Jac o b s’, and did extensive blooms.
B rookings.
Last w e ek ’s p arad e w as p o st
Top cow boys of th e N o rth w est and w ork th ro u g h the town w est d am ag e to w indows and doors.
So th e local people built a fire team ed
w ith
the
R oss-P urdy and N orth until they had re a c h Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have been poned at th e last m o m en t, a s
house for th e F ire P ro tectio n Rodeo to m ak e th e S unday show ed th e city lim its.
rain p rev en ted pick ers from e n
aw ay.
D istrict here. And w hen th e C ity one of th e most ex citin g shows
In m ost cases, initial num bers
T he v an d als also e n tered a terin g fields. And even if th ey h ad
w as inco rp o rated , th e C ity took ever seen here. And th e crowd would change at stre e t in tersec
house ow ned by Mrs. M ildred been able to pick the bloom s for
o v er ab out 95 per cent of th e old w as obviously pleased at th e con tions, but in long s tre tc h e s w ith
B yrnes on T a n b a rk Road, doing the floats, it is d o u b tfu l if th e re
fire d istric t, and th e fire sta tio n clusion of th e show.
out
in terv e n in g
stre e ts,
they ex ten siv e d am ag e to the windows would have been enough lilies
becam e th e city of B rooking’s
for all the floats.
Only one c a s u a lty m ark e d the would ch ange witITin th e block, and co n tents.
fire house. L a te r th ey added a day. W ilson F ree m a n suffered a in a re a s w here th e re w ere very
T his week th e re a re p len ty of
second sto ry to house th e city broken nose when an excited short blocks w ithin th e n u m b er
lilies . . . . and p le n ty else. All
offices.
horse kno ck ed him down and ing grid, th e re would probably COUNCIE CONTROES th e th re e scheduled b ands will
R ecen tly it w as discovered th a t tra m p le d him .
lx* here for th e parade.
lx* several blocks w ith th e sam e I II.ICI IT OE I'ENCES
th e deed to th e p ro p e rty is still
And added to th e p ro g ram w as
Top c o n te s ta n ts vied in a p ro initial num bers.
I lie I.lookings ( ity ( ouncil on th<* R oberts B ro th e rs shows, w ho
in the nam e of th e C h am b er of gram of b areb ack riding, calf rop
As an exam ple. C ity B uilding
C om m erce. Aud so th e C ity has ing. bronc riding, wild cow m ilk- Inspector A rp pointed out that Ju n e 1(’» passed an o rd in an ce lim it- 1 opened hen* today, and will p lay
asked th e C ham ber, please, to ing and wild steer rilling. T he Ro- in th e dow ntow n area, num bers ing th e height of fences w ithin through S unday. T h e c a rn iv a l.
give it title to th e H all so it can deo w as u n d er th e P. R. A As on th e O cean Side of C hetco Ave th e city to six feet.
which also w as her»* last year', is
T he action, not heretofore re- a fav o rite w ith local people.
call th e C ity its own.
sociation rules, w ith points won nue w ould be in the 400 sequence,
At last rep o rts, th e C ham ber here co u n tin g to w ard s c o n te s t decreasing as they progressed to ported, was ta k e n at one ot the
A ctually, the w e ek ’s d elay m ay
D ire cto rs w e re n ’t a t all su re th a t a n ts totals.
i have expanded th e p a ra d e from
w ard th e Cove. On the op]x>sitc C ouncil’s irre g u la r m eetings.
th ey w an ted to. by gosh. I t ’s
't h e expected IS or 20 floats. A
And local y o u n g sters got into side, they w ould increase until
th e ir hall, th ey say. and they ju st th e act, too. T hey vied in calf, they reached th e C ity lim it.
coujrle of o rg an izatio n s w hich
m ay keep it. T hey alw ays w a n te d lam b and greased pig scram ble, Along C hetco Avenue, num ber^
h ad n ’t had a chance to build
a C ity H all th ey coyld call th e ir w ith th e w inners ta k in g th e ir w ould s ta rt w ith 100 n ea r the
th e irs have indicated they, too,
own, and now th ey find th e y ’ve prizes hom e to ra ise as F our-H liv er, and progress to about 2100
m ay e n te r the parade.
got one. But a f te r a few m ore ' projects.
B rookings N atio n al F o r e s t
Six divisions a re planned by
at th e» w e ste rly city lim its
people raise th e roof, as th e y ’re
R esu lts on p ag e 12.
U nder th is system , no num bers C rew s a re ex p erim en t ing with a P a ra d e M arsh al G eorge F u n k .
ap t to do any Council night, th e y ’ll !
in th e city will b e preceeded w ith new m echanical p ac k er here, ac They will be In d u strial, C o m m er
pro b ab ly be glad to give it to the
d irectional le tte rs : in o th e r words, cording to W. E. R agland. D is cial, O rg an izatio n s, Ju v en ile, and
city.
Individuals and comic, w ith h x a l
th e re will be no north streets, tric t R anger.
T he m ach in e looks liko an e- kids e n te rin g th eir ex h ib its at
south s tre e ts, east or w est streets.
W e’ve lost o u r p a ra k e e t. H e’s
w ith
a M incer’s Jew elry . A bicycle will
Also necessary will be th e re longated w h eelb arro w
been listen in g to th e birds o u t
, lx* given to som e lucky child, w ho
set
of
h
an
d
le
b
ars
on
each
end
nam
ing
of
a
few
stre
e
ts,
such
F ire last F rid a y dam aged two
side, lately, and we think he
room s in th e A rth u r G u th rie as Del N orte, which m akes a T h e p ac k er is seven feet long, e n te rs a float
h eard a couple of voices w hich hom e, on fifth s tre e t. T he blaze right angle tu rn , and th e num b and cen tered over one tu b lx 'r t i r
T h e p arad e this y ea r will form
he th o u g h t, m ight ju st possibly
a
t
th e co rn e r of C hetco and O ak,
ed
wheel.
P
o
w
er
com
es
from
a
ered
s
tre
e
ts
off
E
asy
stre
e
t,
which
w as brought u n d er control by
be p arak ee ts. And w hen he finds
will be num bered in th e w rong tw o h orsepow er C o n tin en tal Mo across from the ( ’h am b er of C om
th e B rookings fire d e p a rtm e n t.
ou t th ey a r e n ’t, h e’ll probably
m erce building. It will leave at
tor.
T he fire, w hich dam aged two d irectio n for th e new system .
H ind up in som eone’s home. W e
one
sharp, m oving down the stree t
T
he
boys
call
th
e
m
achine
T
he
council
plans
to
have
a
liedroom s in th e home, w as be
th in k he alw ay s th o u g h t he was lieved to have s ta rte d in the h ea rin g on th e new system prior “M ary ” . It is m a n u fa c tu re d by to the w est, an<l disbanding in
hu m an , anyw ay.
elec trical w irin g It w as discov to its adoption, to h ea r any ob th e M erry T ille r C om pany, and is the area n e a r the Richfield S ta
So we hope h e’s happy. D oris
ere d by G u th rie 's b ro th e r who jection to th e proposed mehod b ran d ed th e M erry P ack er. M ary tion.
and Billy and K ath ie a re n ’t. Doris lives nearby.
Ju d g in g is scheduled to tiegin a t
Follow ing such a hearing, num b is ra te d at 500 pounds capacity,
w ould probably clim b a n o th e r
ers would be apportioned to th e and is being used by forest serv 12:30 P. M , so th a t th e p arad e
tre e to get him back , , , , if she
ice crew s to pack th e ir g ear up can leave on tim e
houses.
METERS CHANGED
only knew w hich tree.
In o th e r Council action, th e th e m o u n tain tra ils in the forest.
T he B rookings C ity Council C ity heard from Anna M oulton,
Mt. E m ily and V ulcan Peak Presbyterians Plan
K E R R S HAV E G U ESTS
au th o riz ed th e rem oval of one local re p re se n ta tiv e of a direct- lookouts w ere packed up w ith
Mr. and M rs R ay De La H ay p a rk in g m e te r in fro n t of the sale clothing com pany, who asked M ary th is year. T h e m ach in e has Groundbreaking Later
and fam ily a re visiting h ere at post office a t i t ’s re g u la r m eet th a t she bo p e rm itte d to buy a co n sid erab le m erit, R ag lan d says
G round b reak in g cerem onies for
th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs. H enry ing T uesday.
license to conduct h er business alth o u g h it has som e lim itatio n s I th e new Pr-eshyterian C hurch,
K err. Mr. and Mrs. De La H ay
T he rem oval w as m ade to facil here. T he council held action over M ary d o esn’t bend aro u n d sharp w hich w ere originally scheduled
hav e ju st re tu rn e d from th e S u ita te th e loading and delivery of u n til next m eeting.
sw itch b ack s a s well as th e t r a for this Sunday, have been post-
d an In te rio r Mission, in F rench m ail by th e m ail tru ck .
The city also disoussed m eans d itio n al h ay -b u rn in g governm ent poned for one week, according to
W est A frica. T hey will be here
th e R everend Hugh Bronson.
Also slated for rem oval are to* collect th e $3,000 w hich is pack m ule.
pro bably a w eek
T h e postponem ent w as m ade so
m e te rs in th e n e a r vicinitv of the till owed by p ro p e rty ow ners
th a t those ta k in g p art in the
new ly - in stalle d
hydrant:
on along H illside A venue on street V IS IT R E L A T IV E S
In 1953. 269.360 p ed e stria n s B rookings s tre e ts
.\b
anil M rs Bob P e te rso n , cerem ony, as well as sp ectato rs,
-sire nts. H illside i» schedul-
No p ark in ,
w e re in ju red in U. S. tra tfic acci zones will lx» c re a te d to keep th< ed to
ave«’, w it’ «'" a
sen of Mrs I/*roy W eidem an, would lx» able to see the Lily
dents
B lo s ^ rr p arad e
vi.-i’ed h e re last w«*ek end
h> H rants c le a r
of
Thieves Enter
Two Homes Here
Forest Service Crew
Trys New Packer
Fire Damages
G uthrie Home