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M OVES TO CzXLIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. R oland “L e fty ” S u lteen , fo rm er o p erato rs of th e B rookings H otel a re m oving to C arm ichael. Cal., w here Mr. S u l teen will e n te r governm ent se rv ice w ork. The Sul tens have been in B rookings fo r seven years. Mrs. B aker, Mrs. S u lte e n ’s m other will co ntinue to ru n the hotel. 'v < | FOR WHAT IT'S W WORTH By W 4 > A' T hom as H all of R ochester, j 4 C L IF F O R D P. W ashington is visiting his sister, ROW E Mrs. E d ith Dam. He arriv ed T hursday, and will sta y in B rook As the tim e rapidly approaches ings fo r sev eral weeks. ., when citizens of th e s ta te go to to the polls to cast th e ir ballots by loi th e ir choices for congress, it becomes increasingly evident th at BY CURPfY COUNTY LUMBER CO th e ir final decisions will depend to a g re a t ex ten t on w hat they a re told. W h a t they have read in the new spaper, w hat they have heard j °n radio o r seen on tel vision will be a highly im p o rta n t factor. In th is y e a r’s election in O re %■ gon. th e prin cip al issue of con ten tio n seem s to be th a t of gov ern m e n t censorship of pow er ver- . sus p riv a te ow nership. The R e publican p arty , still stan d in g on th e p latfo rm w hich brought it victory tw o y e a rs ago, is e n deavoring to ease th e governm ent g ra d u ally out of th e role of S a n ta Claus. As a s u b s titu te it is calling upon p riv ate tax paying industry to join in a p artn e rsh ip . N a tu ra lly , those believing in governm ent ow nership, w ith its "You’ve just met the board of ^ssep tial horde of g o v ern m en t education!" em ployees, a re fig h tin g b itte rly ag ain st this m ove on th e part A complete line of building the p resen t ad m in istratio n . And as is tru e in so m any .political materials conflicts, they a re endeavoring to We Give S and H G reen S tam p s cap italize on group p rejudices R a th e r th a n dealing w ith fa cts which can be proved, they e x pound g en eralities which, w hile they sound convincing on th e a ir and look good in print, cannot stand up before the test of clear reasoning. Any ca n d id ate for officP is em ploying a pow erful propoganda M R .2 4 ^ w hen he advocates the g o v ern m ent providing us w ith services. D us sounds good u n til we realize th a t we. ourselves, a re the g o v ern m ent. F o r th ro u g h ta x a tio n we will be calh^i upon to prov ide not only for co n stru ctio n , but also for m aintenance and pay ro lls Gov ern m en t en te rp rise s have n ever been noted for econom ics. E qually d ista ste fu l would be th e opposite e x tre m e which would allow in d u stry and business to run ram pant w ith a devil ta k e th e hindm ost philosophy From w here I sit. the sensible solution seem s to be a p a rtn e rs h ip I in which in d u stry is allow ed to ) th riv e in a com petitive atm os- ! phere w hile governm ent th ro u g h legal controls g u a ra n te e s th a t the public shall not be in ju red in the process. G IV EN JA IL S E N T E N C E M i. an d Mrs. Lynn B org and n _ 1 • i i i rv» « ch ild ren w ere am ong those hose peo mgs-Harbor Pilot pie who hu n ted F riday. Thev w ent TH FR SD A Y , OCT. 14. 1954 w ith som e of M rs. B org’s fa m ily n o rth of Bly, Ore. F o u r less d eer tram p e d th e woods upon th e ir re tu rn T uesday. 7 From where I s it... ¿y Joe Marsh "Blind Man's" Bluff You know how Handy Turner down at the hardware store goes in for weird advertising stunts. Hell, when it came to plugging his new Venetian blind depart ment, his enthusiasm nearly landed him in trouble. H andy painted a w arning on the tailboard of his tru ck : “ C au tio n —blind m an driving.” H elen A rkon, B rookings was given a 10 day suspended jail sen ten ce in Ju d g e N elson’s m u n i cipal co u rt this w eek on a ch arg e of being drunk on a public stree t. ’’Had driven about a mile," Handy sava, “when a state troop er atopped me and told me that sign might cause trouble. Guess he was right. From now on I’ll ad vertise in the Clarion.** M rs. O livia L e itn e r has left on a short vacation trip to P o rtla n d S he has been tak in g c a re of Mrs. M arg aret Bloom quist, H arbor. 1' rom where I sit, I ag ree—the highway is no place for jokes. We all ought to be considerate of the other fellow when we’re driving. In fact, le t’s respect our neigh b o r’s rig h t of way always. Then, w hen we h av e d iffe re n c e s of o p in io n -say about the best route to Centerville, or w hether beer or butterm ilk is better with lu n c h - there will be less chance of an y body developing an y “blind ’spots. be Copyright, 1954, I nited States Ureuers Foundation THE VERDICT IS BEING DELIVERED Reports from Hydra-Mafic* CMC owners clinch the all-around superiority of " Hydra-Mafic Hauling" Rissw SSSSBr» • ft ' & La s i ©r hanoV m g a r iv u r s ready mix l o ve it » « - - .z 00 CONCRETE 5 ^ V* *0 -f <Our sand and g ravel is washed, screened and we ghed to give lull m easu re and p ro per proportions of ag g reg ate, to insure q u ality ) Crushed Gravel Rock Fill Material p Black Top Soil 5 Clam Shell Soil H River Run Sand and Gravel Clay Fill River Silt Concrete Pipe & Ditching y d r a - m a tic * G M C ’ s a r e e a rn in g m o re fo r p ro fe s sio n a l haulers. I hey are slashing deeply the costs of d eliv ery operations. 1 hey are sp eed in g schedules; saving tim e, m oney and trouble for ow ners in all kinds of businesses. rounding out th e ir first tw o years in serv ice. A nd the experi- ences of ow n ers in ev ery field of tru ck use seem to leave no doubt about th is: Hydra-M atic Hauling" is obsoletiu'* the slower, harder, more costly t. o/ the m anual-shift truck! H y d r a - M a tic G M C tru c k s a r e • o w t » 7r»f4 H f é r a - M M tt O r iv t v tk if tn . I t it tta n J a r it nor hat 1 '• n ifi m i t,» I hese proved econom ies are waiting for you in light-, m edium - and heavy- 1 • > t iM ( . s. W hy d o n ’t you come in and see w hat we can do for you? • •« h i t / a . ' t, MZZZen m ilt, o f mm Zn WpZ/Zan a n S n U tla e f a t ix ir a t o i l I n l i n t o lh ir t. N O JOB T O O SMALL f { Brookings RED-E-MfX Concrete ? Buffington M otor Co. Co. 5 185 S. 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