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r
On the
Reef
By BILL PH E L PS
W e’ve been saving up q u ite a
few things to say in this colum n,
but every tim e we sit down a t th e
ty p ew rite r we forget w h at they
were. You probably w o u ld n ’t have
liked them , anyw ay.
One thing w e've been m ean in g
to do was a little polite boasting.
You rem em ber Ed M cC lain’s Ads
for his Model H ouse o p en in g ? 12Oo
people signed the guest book for
th at opening, besides th e ones
w ho couldn’t w rite. And Ed
sw ears he did n ’t tell a soul ex
cept through th e P ilot ads.
As fa r as th a t goes, we a lre a d y
knew how m any people read this
paper. We m anaged, w ith a little
cooperation from th e T h e a te r
m anagem ent, to foul up th e
Ocean D rive-In’s Ad . . . got th e
program a week too early. W e
heard about it. too . . . from a
large n um ber of people w ho had
driven 20 miles to see th e w rong
show.
Anyhow, we th in k a su rp rise is
nice once in aw hile. T h a t’s why
we did it . . .it says here.
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume S—Number 22
HEAD OF LEGION
POST HERE DIES
AT CONVENTION
KKOOKINON, ( 1 K K 1 C O U N T *. OKEOON
PR IC E ON NK W SSTANIIS— T E N C E N T «
City Police
Hold Two Men
For Burglary
Thursday, July
‘954
Progress Mode
On Improving
City Streets
T w o m en w e re a rre s te d by
B
rookings
Police W ednesday eve
M onroe Lew M organ, C om m an
ning, and a re being held in the
d e r of C hetco A m erican Legion
Then* were, th is w’eek, a serie s
P ost 138, an d a B rookings re si C ity jail on ch arg es of burg lary .
of developm ents co n cerning Brook*
T h e tw o a re R alph Gilm ore, 20,
d en t for several years, died S a t
m gs’ d u sty and bum py s tre e ts ,
an
d G ilbert Alt, 18, both of B rook
u rd a y m orn in g at Coos Bay, w here
and th e d evelopm ents pro m ised
he w as a tte n d in g the A m erican ings. They w ere bound o v er to
som e relief for th e fu tu re .
Legion S ta te C onvention.
D eath th e G rand J u ry a f te r p re lim in ary
F irs, th e B rookings C ity C oun
h e a rin g by J u s tic e Mrs. C h arles
w as due to a h e a rt a tta c k .
cil, m eetin g in irre g u la r session,
S chaal.
W hile in B rookings, M organ a l
have a rra n g e d for th e S ta te H igh
Iyocal a u th o ritie s accuse the
m ost single-handedly revived tin*
w
ay D e p artm en t to pave tw o
local Legion P ost, which, he w as I tw o (if being involved in the
blocks
on S p ru ce S tre e t.
b u rg la ry of at least one of a
I t ’s quite aw hile to th e fall re p re se n tin g at th e tim e of his j n u m b er of B rookings
T h e D e p artm en t will p av e th e
homes,
selections, but w e’re alread y w on d eath .
two blocks w ith a re g u la r h ig h
O ne of his last a c ts in th a t ca-I w hich have been robbed d u rin g
d ering who the next M ayor of
w
ay m ix used by th e S ta te . C ost
th e p ast few w eeks.
this City will be. But we alre ad y pacity w as th e co n stru ctio n of the
to
th e city will b<* $1.00 p e r run*
G ilm ore is ch arged w ith being
have a request to m ake of him in j L egion’s float for th e Lily D ay an accessory to th e b u rg lary , and
ing foot for a s trip 20 feet wide,
parade. T h e float w as a huge
advance.
w hich is to be born by a b u ttin g
A m erican flag of red and blue Alt is ch arg ed w ith burglary.
p ro p e rty ow ners.
W e’d like to see the Council do | p ain ted lilies as w ell as n a tu ra l
as m uch o r th e ir w ork as possible ones. M organ took th e fioat w ith
T h e council decided, how ever,
N O T IC E
at re g u la r m eetings of th e C ouncil. him to th e Legion C onvention,
not to com ply w ith a req u est from
E a s te rn S ta r, M asons and
Posing as a n ew spaper, as we w here it a ttra c te d w idespread a t
p ro p e rty ow ners on O ak s tre e t
fam ilies po t-lu ck picnic. Az
som etim es do, we f«*el a little ten tio n . H e and th e local jiost’s
to pave a jiortion of th e s tre e t,
a le a P a rk . 2 p. m. S unday,
Joseph K. C arson, D em ocratic u n til m o re a d e q u a te fin an cin g a r-
em b arrased to learn of actions o th e r d eleg ate. Bill H am ann, also
A ugust 1st.
ca n d id a te for G overnor, told a | ra n g e m e n ts can be mad«*.
by the Council w hich no one knew d is trib u te d lilies at the conven
B rookings g ro u p T h u rsd a y that
of . . . and by th e s in g u la r co tion.
Second developm ent w as n o ti
b e tte r tra n s p o rta tio n is v ita l to fication to city a tto rn e y Ed A ck
incidence th at none of th e five
M r. M organ w as born J u n e 24,
th e developm ent of S o u th w est ley th a t th e S ta te H ighw ay Do
m em bers ever th o u g h t to m en ' 1891, in P o rtlan d . In addition to
O
regon and th a t it m ust come pa rm en t will tra n s fe r title to
tion them to us.
his Legion
m e m b e r s h i , he
i I soon.
land a b u ttin g
C hetco
A venue
We realize, of course, th a t w as a m em b er of the P re sb y te ria n
C arson lunched here at the Avenue* from O ak to E asy S tre e t,
th in g s often com e up w hich re C hurch, th e C ascade Locks Lodge
P la n s for a new business b u ild
q u ire im m ediate action by the of th e I .O. O. F., M adrone en ing in dow ntow n B rookings w ere C hetco Inn, w ith a sm all gro u p to th e city, so th a t sid ew alk s m ay
council. B ut having an evil, su s ca m p m e n t of C rescent Ci tv, and announced this w eek by LeR oy He said th at he w as not m ak in g be built along th a t section. Noti*
, a cam paign trip , hut had come fieaion fillowed e a rlie r n eg o tia
picious sort of mind, w e’ve som e l ocal No. 72 of th e B o ilerm ak ers W eid em an and H om er K essler.
i solely because of an in v itatio n he
tim es w ondered if th e C ouncil I'n io n of P o rtlan d .
T he tw o h av e pu rch ased p ro p had received to speak at th e Az tions betw een th e H ighw ay I>e-
p arem en t and th e council.
ju st doesn’t find it m ore peaceful
F u n e ra l services w ere held at e r ty adjoining the present U. S.
T h ird developm ent w as n o ti
to m eet occasionally
w ith o u t th e A ssem bly of God C hurch, N ational B ank site, and plan the alea F estiv al, w hich he had had
having it nosed around.
W e’ll T uesday, Ju ly 27, w ith Rev. Hugh co n stru c tio n of a business build- to decline. And, he said, he never fication th a t th e s ta te will nut
m issed an o p p o rtu n ity to get into E ern Str<*et, a section of P acific
ag ree i t ’s jieaceful . . . but it’s B ronson officiating. C hetco Post t here.
C u rry C ounty.
Avenue, and A zalea P a rk Road
not in the best trad itio n s of Gov 138 sent a firing squad and a bug
T w o businesses a re alread y
M r C arso n ’s re m a rk s on tr a n s ino first class shat**, then tra n s
ern m ent.
ler for th e ir farew ell to Ih e ir corn' planned for th e location. P h illip ’s
C lo th in g S to re will move into th e p o rtatio n cam e a f te r m em liers of fer title to s ta te ’s sh a re in those
T h a t’s th e tro u b le w ith these m ander.
F
in
a
l
rite
s
w
e
re
h-
Id
W
ednes
la rg e r p art of th e building, and the grout) had told of this com s tre e ts to th e C ounty, w ith th e
d arn ed dem ocracies . . . . ev ery -
th a t
lull
title
day
m
orn
in
g
in
P
o
rtlan
d
,
w
here
P
e te L e sm eister’s In su ra n ce and m u n ity ’s e ffo rts to get b e tte r u n d ersta n d in g
one w an ts to know w h a t’s going
highw ay tra n s p o rta tio n , and to shall go to the city. T h e s tr e e t!
R
eal
E
s
ta
te
A
gency
will
occupy
on.
C ontinued on B ack P age
develop a port here.
a re p art of th e C ounty road sys
th e rem ain d er.
S p eak in g from his experience tem at p resent, alth o u g h rnain-
on th e N atio n al M aritim e C om ta n a n e e has been done by the
m ission, C arson said th at ch eao state.
w a te r tra n s p o rta tio n w as a ‘m u s t’
S ta te crew s arriv e d th is week
t o develop this area.
to begin paving th e s****tion of
W hen asked how o th e r sta te s Eern A venue in front of th e C ity
had handled th e problem of devel Hall.
oping seaj»orts, C arson sa ir th a t a
com m on m ethod was to form a
S ta te P o rts Com m ission, whose
function it is to build and devel
op seap o rts.
T he E x-M ayor of P o rtlan d de
clined to say, though, w h e th e r he
B rookings v o ters will go to th e
thought, th at plan would work ¡Kills W ednesday, A ugust 11, to
for O regon. He w ould need, he decide w h e th e r to ap prove a new
said, m ore tim e to stu d y th e prob C h a rte r for th e city.
lems involved liefore co m m ittin g
Tlie new docum ent w as ap p ro v
him self.
ed by th e C ity C ouncil at a reg*
( ’arso n inspected the site of u la r m eetin g som e tim e ago, an d
B rookings’ proposed deep-sea port, re fe rre d to the petiole fo r th e ir
and talk ed w ith lum berm en here appi oval.
who would be p o ten tial shippers
T h e ’ ew ( ’hat te r w as com piled
T he d em o cratic can d id ate also »y a citizen ’s gro u p , from a sa m
jabbed at A d m in istratio n pow er ple d o cu m en t su b m itted by th e
policies, say in g th a t no one knew L eague of O regon C ities and C ity
ju st w hat th e "co m p act” txdng A tto rn ey Ed Ackley. T ext of the
set up consisted of, but th a t it docum ent is on pages six and
would obviously add confusion seven.
and expense to th e d< v lopm ent
B rookings operates at th e p re
of {rower in th e sta te .
sent tim e u n d er a b lan k et C h a r
- ♦
REGION NEEDS
BETTER ACCESS
CARSON SAYS
New Business
Building Planned
Charter To Be
Voted Upon
T his float, depicting th e A m erican flag, w as th e laot em m m unity service p*
by Lew M organ, before his d e a tk . B uilt by Lew am4 Mill ffamMxM*, Mae
w as ta k e n
m an d er M organ to th e A m erican L*ugiti>.» C«wav erotic-» a* Cr**«
w kere T/*w Di* d
P O L IC E
Day
3193
N ight
3311
C ity Phon**
2354
te r for th e s ta te . G re atest effect
of th e new ('h a rd e r will I k * to
m a k ’* bond issues flo ated by th e
citv fo r im p ro v em en ts m a rk e t
able.