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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1954)
w o r ;> g <^ 0 klBRARY 5 jf PIPE dreams R v J O E M URPHY > Rud and I were down at the new p „ o, building (h;< w^ U ’ ¡„ T ",8 '° figUre o u > " h a . T h J 1 7 ° s ° w h erc and why. nicelv U. dH>e Shaping up q u i,e . • and it w on’t be long be fore w e r e in there. W e trie d to ay out som e p lans for o u r office too, and it begins to liik like I vvon t have room for a pool table, a f te r all. * * * W e w ere try in g to ta lk Rov \Veidem an in to p u ttin g in a sink beneath th e b asem en t s ta irs and enclose it off so we can p u t in a d a rk room. T hen a f te r th a t all w e 11 need is a cam era. U e would like to put a curved co u n ter in th e office, and we plan on building it ourselves. Bud says th a t it w on’t be any problem as he once helped a guy build a curved bar. * * * Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community Volume S—Number 31 o 0,1 XTY OKrOON (ICMT8 » » T « V b ^ _ t » v 1 hursday, September 2$, 1954 ----------------------- ---------------------- ------------------------------------------ J ' -------- Propose *28 Million Dam SEN. CORDON TO 1 /IC IT ” ■ t > . . HJCVT ML A I 1 A IF P 1 / W tc F • TAX BASE RAISE *COOS-CURRY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE M AY BE VOTED ON F,LE^ PLANS TO CONSTRUCT HUGE A m easiirn tn raise th e city of HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAM NEAR AGNESS easu re to ,u / " Rs . ppople w i" have B rookings tax base to $29,250 will , i o ' chan ce >° <alk to a probably be on th e ballot in the j ’ S e n a to r next week, when N ovem ber election this year. A i S e n a to r G uy Cordon will be here citizens co m m ittee recom m ended i '° Ur' to th e council th a t th e base be | B ^ .k in g 's A k t a v " ^ ' " ! 1" raised to th a t figure. in«- ♦ , ? * l , d a y ’ O( f ’ • accord- The budget com m ittee, con I 5 sistin g of F ra n c is A rrell, Lvnn publican g ro u p in C u rry C ounty H am pton. W illiam Crissy. ♦ A p re lin in ary ap p licatio n for , th e co n stru ctio n of a p ro posed $28,000,000 h y d ro -electric p la n t The groundw ork is being laid in th e w ilderness n ea r A gness has for a g ig an tic “Move th e Pilot been filed by th e C o o s C u rry Day., in B rookings. H undreds of E lec tric C ooperative, Inc. T he B * ............... ......... ....»“ ! developm ent w ould serv e th e A n o th er nam e, E arl Bitbuer B rookings area. office v o lu n teerin g th e ir services for the big move, so th ey w on’t , I he plant, according to a s t a t e h a \e to m iss an issue of th e paper. m en t issued today by Iv a n C. Tn th e fu tu re all those w ho wish L aird, president of th e Coopera* . . x , ' a y s * , x * “ k x s " » to help should please leave th eir five, would he c o n stru c te d at th e nam e and ad d ress w ith Bud, beg bend high school at 11:30 a. m. and . “ 'lS‘ p io p o sal- T h at b rought th e to ta l of nos 1 »<" ......•” of th e Illinois n e a r n Bald alc as I w on’t be able to assist m uch then will speak at a public lunch- . Acc<)rd,ng ’o s ta te law the tax sible can d id ates for c o u n c il^ ,» M o u n tain > ap p ro x im a te ly 11 miles personally. At th a t tim e I plan con to be held at the Cliff H ouse baSC m us,t be voted on .luring to four, w ith C F C a m ' ‘ so u th ----------- e a st of Agness. to have a q u otidian spell of las-j a t ............. 12 15 ” general e,ecti° " ’ eons,- petition already have he,m m " i iv iia v " u ih jii < T e n ta tiv e plans call fo r a 140.- situ d e or debility, w hich should in cap a citate m e d u rin g th e "m m " I • r ' is f b‘' li<‘VPd ,h a * s<,n- Cor<1° " ? h , / . ,hl' Tm " a s u re isn’t on C am pbell is ru n n in g to s u n - « , I (XX) K \\ plant w ith an a v e ra g e «»• 8 m ov- | i ’ ’ ho first U. S. S e n a to r ,o ev e r ' Pll' a !l° ' M e m b e r the city him self, o t h e r s w ho have s , ^ out put of 43.200 KW. A 100 foot ing. dngs. lie will he oultl bavp to .w a it u n til 1956 be- fied !- i - “ ‘ K stop in B rookings. He will be in ten tio n s of Running for high diversion dam u p riv er from ... , f b in g in to C rescen t C itv nnH tore th e ta x base could be raised. council include Gordon O lsen, and the plant would divert a p o rtio n U e atten d e d th e P. T. A. m eet- will drive un from th ere Vo Brook T he city o p erated u n d er ex of th e w a te rs of tli# Illinois •ng I—•‘ J h u r s d a y night, and en* ings. A fte r his B rookings , f On p e n d itu re s of $58,870 12 this year, Gordon (m etz. H ow ever, p etitio n s h av e n ’t been re tu rn e d for e ith e r th ro u g h a 3.9 m ile tu n n el 19 feet S f f « ' x r “ i * - ......... ........ “ « and th e estim a te d budget for of those two. in d iam eter. Ib is would pro v id e next y e a r would be considerably a m axim um gross s ta tic head of I wo positions a re open on the would call off th e nam e of the h e ' Sen. Cordon is ru nning on th e h ig ,g h ° er r th a an n th ,h a t because of the 432 feet. council C am pbell's, and W arren class, p a re '..i n ts of | iKi-puunvan R epublican tick et against R ichard g,'ow fh of th e com m unity, p re - S m iths. . . . . and th , en th e r— o wi T he estim ated cost of $28,000.’ in d ien in th a t class would stan nd d N euherirnr e u b erg er lim inarv ary estim e stim a a te s place th e 1955- nn,l Iw » i i • S m ith will he ru n n in g for m ay (XX) would include a tw o c irc u it and be counted. O nly ladv we saw T h e public is invited to a tte n d ♦ >b budget at clo ser to $75,(XX). stood rig h t th ro u g h th e fourth, ♦he luncheon, and tick ets can be This would leave m ore funds for or, ag ain st Byron “ Roy” B rim m , 115 KV tran sm issio n line 21 m iles whose petitions w ere filed this to Gold Beach. O th e r p lans m ay fifth and six th grades, and then p u r c h a s e d in th e follow ing places: s tre e t rep air, th an allo cated this Tuesday. include a tran sm issio n line to rose again at th e eig h th grade H a n sc am ’s sto re. H a rb o r; B rook year. ( ity reco rd er Gladys K aniek B rookings ev e n tu a lly , acco rd in g To th in k 111 be in th a t ca te g o rv ings M ark et; Hi W ay M ark et; H ow ever, it w as pointed out at rep ■ o rted ■ too th a t th e tn d ead for r to from on< one in«- ,itit lin e > io ’ w ord received here irom too! C had’s C afe; Knox In su ra n ce Co.; ♦ he m eeting, th at th e tax base re g istra tio n of city v o ters will be of tfic officials of the co o p erativ e, * * * and th e N atio n al B ank. doesn’t have an y th in g to do w ith on O ctober 1. S he said th a t m any TllP p lan t site w as selected by L ast W ednesday we got to tak e ’ be a c tu a l budget, hut ju st m eans of those signing p etitio n s w e re n ’t th e firm of Jo h n S. C o tto n As a g an d er at th e huge new re s e r ♦ hat th e city can raise the necess reg istered voters, and asked all sociation of San F ran cisco a f te r voir, which th e B rookings W a te r A R R E S T S O L IC IT O R S ary m oney hv tax atio n if nec those in doubt to check a t her a survey of n u m ero u s c o a sta l Co. has — ju st » put into o p eratio n Bud v C ross ar- essary. .......... -Htiiuii. ' Chiei •••' ■ of i Police «/live emu office to m ake sure. strea m s. It looks ' • m uch m ore im pressive re ste d th re e m agazine so licito rs It w as also pointed out at the To accom odate late re g is tra L aird said at orcscnt th e Co- I’orT \ t » 1 * < t 1 1 1 c it in lz 1 1 . i .. « i. z« « . th an th a t old redw ood tank. It this week, u n d er the G reen Riv >r m eetin g th a t by th e end of next tions Mrs. K aniek will keep her o|M>iative and th e Coos Bay a re a is 382 feet above sea level, 50 to ") d iran ce. E ach of th e three, Sv! 300 feet wide, and 1200 feet long. via E lton, Bob Ile ftn e r, and Joyce y e a r th e fire tru c k could he paid city hall office open on S ep tem b er use C olum bia R iver pow er e x lor. and the p ark in g m eters am or- 30 in the evening, as well as clusively, except for co stly E b rrle in posted a $20 bond and Itized, allow ing the city about (C ontinued on hack page) O ctober I in th e evening. The steam pow er at N o rth Rend. The v e rt released. 1 $7,500 m ore. office is also open each aftern o o n Illinois R iver, being rain fed BREUER FILES FOR COUNCILMAN j p a c iik i a i i i t c t co astal stre a m has its g re a te s t flow d u rin g th e w in te r m o n th s w hen th e C olum bia R iver, being ice fed, is at its lowest p ro d u c // // tiv ity . P ow er from th e plan i n .. o. - - w ould tend to firm up im portcf B e tte S m ith Of R ed p ath I,o r- pow er. providinR an excess of th. X v M h " " '" S- K:‘" sas Co«r*T ‘" ¡v o needs to l,e fed n t. it>. Mo has arriv ed ,n B rookincs ih e N o rth w est region d u rin g lh . i"e 'i" i "i .'"'V H igh", an all ¡ w in te r m onths. D u rin g th e sprins local talen t com edy to he given an d su m m er when the r-d u m h ia dav Oety i tP ,mr ^ r a 0' and F ri ¡S hiRh * nrt co as,al Tt , 7. ?irn<',klnKS’ low. th e flow of p ow er w ould hr T he play will be shown in the rev ersed ¡B ro o k in g s school au d ito riu m on T h e site w as selected a f te r both nights. T he production i s , serio u s co n sid eratio n s w as given being suonsored by th e Lion’s to fish and w ildlife p reserv atio n . ! . F o rm al objectio n s to th e propos- T h e Lions club is p u ttin g on al a re expected on the gro u n d s “ E lving High' to raise funds fo r ¡ th a t any ro w e r use of s tre a m s p rojects. is n al to some. _ , . i« o b jectio « Pdirti u , su m e, H i ío ow w e ever vei aien t is needed for tho show’, according to la ir d , th e C oooera ISS S S m m ith ith says «av« th th n a t t »onn arr»»» *1_________ . . Miss teen agers, five m a n a " rm nn't . . believe«' *hai babys. school children and all th e facts when ex am ined fairly hom e ta le n t is needed for the will show th a t th e project as ♦ ’a.v, w ith all those in te re ste d p lanned produce'-: th e m axim um asked to co n tact h er at th e C hetco public b en efits w ith the m inim um Inn. d e trim e n t to fish life. The C o o p erativ e d ire c to rs M r and Mrs. W endell E ra sie r a re th e proud p a re n ts of a txry w hich includes H ans Nelson of bo m Si pt 22. I>r. R n n ig er was B rookings, first becam e intenest- LIONS SPON'OFt FLYING HIGH T H E N E W B RO O K IN G S W A TER COM PANY RL been in o p eratio n most of th e sum m er. T he big rvoir wa« holds 21.000.000 gallons of w a te r. The d e e p Nt p in th e r feet long ;wid v a n . s in w idth from 50 f. » t ^82 is p ictu red above, having y e a rs in co n stru ctio n anti ir is 35 fee*, and it is 1200 ah .e sea level. in atten d an ce. <C ontinued on back page)
