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R v J O E M URPHY
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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.
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Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume S—Number 31
o
0,1 XTY OKrOON
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1 hursday, September 2$, 1954
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Propose *28 Million Dam
SEN. CORDON TO
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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' Chiei
•••' ■ of i Police
«/live emu
office to m ake sure.
strea m s.
It looks
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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
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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
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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
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a
c
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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
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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.
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