Brookings-Harbor pilot., August 12, 1954, Page 2, Image 2

-Brookings-Harhor Pilot—Thursday, August 12, 1954
th e R ogue R iver R eclam ation p ro ­ activ ities and accom plishm ents as
j e c t w as passed by the H ouse by y o u r re p re se n ta tiv e in Congress
ja vote th at w as m uch too close from th e F o u rth Congressional
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
for com fort 163 to 144. This bill D istrict of O regon d u rin g this
AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W SPA PE R
w as b itte rly fought by m em bers 3rd Congress.
H A R R IS ELLSW O R TH , M. C
E ntered aa eecon d -claas m atter, at the poatofflce at B rookin gs, Oregon,
from th e populous N o rth A tlan tic
M arch 7, 1946. under the A ct o f M arch 3. 1879
4th D istrict, O regon
¡ S ta te s and by m any of the mem-
The closing days of a te rm of j bers from M id-west farm sta te s.
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
any legislative body a re alw ays Even though the au th o rizatio n
SU B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S :
Mr. an d M rs. Doyle D uncan of
hectic. So fa r as th e H ouse is con­ w as so w orked th a t p ractically
One Year In a d van ce (In Curry C ounty)
-------------------- 13.00
B rookings a re th e p a re n ts of a 4»
One Year. In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty) ........................
all
of
th
e
F
ed
eral
funds
used
on
cerned, th e end of this session
.....13.50
pound baby girl born early Sun­
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
is proving to be a little m ore o r­ th e p roject would be paid back day, A ugust eighth. The* little
derly and less confusing th an e ith e r by the pow er revenues w ith
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
o th ers have been but th e term in tere st o r by the land ow ners, miss w as nam ed C onstance Jem .
New York
C hicago
D etroit
P hilad elp h ia
G ra n d p are n ts a re M r and Mrs.
hectic is still applicable.
T he the big states, who claim they
pay m ost of the taxes, ju st don’t Bud P a tte n , R aw lins, Wyoming,
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jam is inherent in o u r legislativ e w ant to spend any m ore m oney and Mr. and M rs. G lenn Duncan
N A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L
of Brookings.
PU B LI 5 r £ R S
system . All legislation is first for im provem ents (in OUR co u n ­
as S oc 5 t ^ - n handled by com m ittees. Those try th a t is) even on a loan basis.
A SS O C IA TIO N
Mr. and Mrs. V ernon Goldizen
groups of m em bers w ork th ro u g h F arm s ta te people have a little
of
A lbuquerque, N ew Mexico are
b
eter
reason
for
opposing
recla-
ihe tw o sessions of a te rm of
the
p a re n ts of a 5 pound .boy
m
aion
p
ro
jects
They
think
tha<
C ongress on th e various bills and
resolutions introduced. The actu al such co n stru ctio n m erely brings horn Ju ly 31st. He w as named
R aym ond.
G ran d p aren ts
session, of w orking tim e, for a in m ore farm land to be in com ­ Allen
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C
laude Goldi­
petition
w
ith
them
.
term s of C ongress is g en erally
K..UH
We Of B™°kinK« suffered the loss of two of our best
zen
of
Brookings.
about 14 m onths. Even w ith the
E a rlie r a reclam ation project
bu.lders in one short week. We shall all miss them. Not for
sincere, hard-w orkin g effo rt put in C olorado w as defeated on a
th e ir works alone but for the inspirations we all experienced
R ead th e classified ads. They pay!
in by th e com m ittees and th e ir roll call vote.
In our daily contacts w ith them.
experienced
s ta ff people, m onths and m onths
P erh a p s I am still groggy from
Wai ra re inf,Ped‘ th a t tw o such
m en should
of h earin g s and investig atio n s and th e im pact of the opposition to
o rsa k e th e ir hom es and friends, elsew here to tra n s p la n t th e ir
stu d y a re required on th e im por both th e Colorado project and o ur
in te re s ts into a nebulous ad v en tu re. B ut they w ere m en of
ta n t bills. This m eans, of course, own sm all Rogue R iver p roject,
a c tiv e foresight who cap italized on th e ir experience. This ex ­
th a t m any pieces of legislation but it seem s to me th a t th e fu tu re
perien ce coupled w ith th a t ra re , deep consideration of th e ir fe l­
a re not com pleted by th e com ­ possibiliy of the House passing
low s could not but m ake us conscious of o u r own shortcom ings
m ittee s and ready for floor action legislaion for new- reclam ation
It w as a pleasure, a privilege, to have lived in th e sam e
u ntil n e a r the end of a term of p ro jects is dim indeed.
H ere’s a chance to own a new
co m m u n ity w ith " A rt" and "P op". M ay th e ir re w ard s all be ju s t
C ongress. Thus, in th e last tw o
looking 1949 S tu d e b a k e r 1% ton
w eeks th e re m u st be a very
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M. S. B rain ard
I expect (and hope) th a t the truck, w ith heavy, insulated
heavy schedule of floor activity.
le tte r next week will be the last enclosed van.
As this is w ritten , th e H ouse of one for th is session. These le tte rs
m ore by listen in g to o th ers than
S E E IT!
has com pleted a re sent to the new spapers only
to th e en c h an tin g sound of his R ep resen tativ es
own tongue. W hen one is con­ most of its legislative program . In while Congress is in session. Ad­
P riced at
tin u a lly search in g for m ateria l fact, we have passed a resolution jo u rn m en t next week seems like­
for a w eekly colum n, he cannot calling for ad jo u rn m e n t on Ju ly ly. M eanw hile I shall be g ettin g
affo rd to m onopolize co n v e rsa­ 31, th e d a te set in th e L eg isla­ my notes to g eth er for a com plete
tion.
tive R e-organization Act. H ow ­ and fairly lengthy ‘‘R eport to the
In q u ire a t
¿
V-
ever,
th e House actio n w as tech ­ D istric t”. This will be a sh o rt
I have also discovered th a t to ­
Pilot Office
days com plexities dem and th a t nical only. In o rd e r to sta y in general sum m ary of this C ongress
one should give c a re fu l co n sid era­ session a f te r Ju ly 31, a resolution hut will re la te in detail my own
tion to all th at he reads or hears m ust be passed by both House
By
before
p u ttin g his conclusions into and S e n a te continuing the session
CLIFFO RD
prin
t.
'Poo
m any colum nists to ­ and s e ttin g a new d a te for a d ­
ROWE
day have become so im pressed jo u rn m en t. W hat th e H ouse did
in effect w hen it passed the reso ­
YVell, a n o th e r y e a r has slipped , w ith th e ir own im p o rtan ce th a t lution w as to say to th e S enate.
they have com e to believe th a t
b\ and once again this colum n has
| they know all th e answ ers. Sad “W e a re ready to ad jo u rn when
an o p p o rtu n ity to c e le b rate a
you are, ju st nam e th e d a te in
b irth d ay . T h re e y ea rs ago this to say, m any new sp ap er re ad ers this resolution (by am endm ent»
have
been
fooled
in
to
believeing
w eek, I w ent bean picking w ith
and we will co ncur”.
th e sam e thing.
m y y o u n g ste rs and re tu rn e d w ith
I have com e to feel th a t it is
an u rg e to w a rn o th e r ad u lts of
The bill to au th o riz e th e con­
th e d an g e rs of such u n d ertak in g s. not my responsibility to com e up s tru c tio n of some new w orks and
T h u s w as horn my first colum n. w ith co rrec t an sw ers. If I can th e reh ab ilitatio n ol ex istin g fac­
S ince then, never having m issed cau se my re a d e r to reflect s e r­ i l i t i e s of the T alent Division of
Phone 3 4 4 4
a w eek, I have w ritte n e x a c tly iously for a m om ent o r to chuck-
156 a rtic le s which should to tal I ' briefly, then I am content. In
tact. I believe th a t th e asking of
a p p ro x im a te ly 46,8<X) words.
1 realize th a t a th re e -y e a r old a question can l>e as in fo rm ativ e
isn ’t supposed to know very m uch as an answ er.
and c e rta in ly w ould not be a c ­
I have often been asked w here
cepted by an y o n e in his right I ( \ ( r get enough ideas to run
m ind as an a u th o rity . N e v e rth e ­ | w eek a f te r w eek T he world
less, I p erso n ally feel th a t th e lull of ideas; finding su b jects is
past th re e y e a rs have ta u g h t m e th e least of m v problem s.
Ms-
niueh and th a t m ost of w hat 1 chief concern is to w rite so th a t
have learn ed has been to my bene­ 1 will be read and so th a t w hat
fit.
1 w rite will be w orth read in g And
F or exam ple, I am now co n ­ believe m e th a t is no m inor
vinced th a t one is bound to learn d erta k in g .
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