2 — Brookings-Harbor Pilot—Thursday, Oct. 28, 1954 PIPE DREAMS BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN IN D E P E N D E N T NEW SPAPER Entered an eecon3 00 $3 50 N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W eekly New York N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . C hicago Ó** \ N E W SP A P E R PUBLISH ERS W < Í ^ A S S O C lA l ATION Philadelphia D etroit N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L I I ASÎocfÂTLCÎN A C .U VE ,M f M B { R EDITORIAL ON EDITORIALS W h at m akes a n ew sp ap er w rite e d ito ria ls? Is it n e c e sa a ry ? W hy should a new spaper alone out of all b u si­ nesses in a com m u n ity stick th e ir neck out on co n tro v e rsial issues of th e day, and in c u r the w ra th of th e c itiz e n ry ? W hy should a n ew sp ap er jeopardize it’s business by ta k in g a stand, o r a side? M any reasons a re advanced for doing ju s t th a t. We feel th at one of the m ain reasons for having a co m m u n ity new s­ p a p e r is above and b e y o rd th e m é re p rin tin g of local news, and ad v e rtisin g m essages. W e feel th a t an ed ito rial encourages people to th in k for th em selv es and not ju s t to digest m a te ria l and accept it as fact. An e d ito rial sets p eople to th in k in g if it is rig h t o r w rong, if they ag re e o r disagree. O ften it b rin g s a m ore a n im a te reaction, and brings the p erso n ch a rg in g dow n to th e “ p rin tin g oflice” to let th em know th ey a r e all w et. T his w e like. W e’re ju s t hu m an s down h ere too. W e can m ak e m ista k e s and we often do. W e don’t propose to sit up here on a gold th ro n e and tell th e people of B ro o k in g s-H a rb o r w h at to do, and w hen to do it. W e do som e th in k in g , though, and th en w e’re in a position to sit down at th e ty p e w rite r and say w h at we th ln k k , so th a t you can re ad it, and th in k about it, an d give us y o u r reactions. W hen we print an editorial we don’t say T H IS SH O U LD B E D O N E, r a th e r we say, W E T H IN K this should be done. Its a big difference. To us, a new sp ap er w ithout local ed ito ria ls is a dead p ap e r, and lack s co urage to say w hat they think. W e c e rta in ly d on't w ant to m ak e enem ies, but m ore im p o rta n t, w e don’t w an t to be classed in th e spinelss categ o ry eith er. BY JO E M URPHY All in all, last w eek w a se n ’t sp ec ta cu larly happy. B esides drop­ ping tw o pages of type on th e floor we co m m itted th (- following atro cities. W e changed the nam e of th e U. S. N ational B ank to th e h irs t N ational. W e changed th e slogan of th e s ta te highw ay com m ission from "if you can't drive safely you c a n ’t drive in Or» gon”, to “if you c a n ’t drive you c a n ’t drive in O reg o n ”, and we canged th e a tire at th e Elks club dance from Blue J e a n s ac­ cepted, to excepted. O th e r than th a t things w ent p re tty sm ooth, though. Incidentally, we wish to th a n k h ea rtily a t this tim e, ail of those good people th a t took the tim e and tro u b le to ponit out those little m istak es to us. B ecause you’ve got to be on y o u r toes to catch us asleep at th e sw itch, o o o In c id e n tally th a t highw ay d e­ p a rtm e n t slogan th a t we m ade up is probably an im provem ent on th e old one. It really elim in a tes a lot of people from the road. Ju d g e H ans Nelson is heading for Boise, Idaho th is w eek to a tte n d the regional m eetin g of th e N ational R u ral E lectrical Coop. H is m ain purpose w ill be to m eet w ith som e of the big gov­ ern m en t men and try to borrow $15,000,000 to build th e Coos- C u rrv dam . T h a t’s som ething I ’ve alw ays w a n te r to do borrow $15 m illion. Of course you’ve got to pay it back. o o o Ju d g e Guy F o rsy th w as in B rookings F riday. W e had a chance to sit down and th ra s h out som e of the issues at sta k e in th e county. F o rsy th seem s sin­ cere, and seem s to he a cap ab le m an. H e was at one tim e a s ta te policem an, and then operate d a g arag e business in Gold B each before running for oflice. o o o Com ing into B rookings T u es­ day m orning at abouf 8 a. m., I saw the most dism al sight. T h ere w as a whole fam ily, Mom. Pop and th ree little tykes, none older th an seven hitch hiking. U n d erstan d they slept in th e B rookings jail d u rin g the night on th e ir w ay north. o o o W e’ve estab lish ed a hook-up w ith the C u rry C ounty R ep o rter for securing election re tu rn s next Tuesday night. So, if you like, call us up W ednesday and find o u t w ho won, and m aybe if you p re ss us w e’ll tell you why, too. o o o W ith th e election com ing up this w eek, and w ith the sew’er situ a tio n b rew ing at a rapid rat»' it re a lly kept us hopping here. -------------- N IG H T CLASSES TO BE FORMED P ro v id ed tw en ty -fiv e (25) sign up. a night class in Com m ercial su b jects will be ta u g h t for adults T he tu itio n fee will be Ten Dol­ la rs ($10.00) and if the class s ta r ts th e fep is not to he refund­ ed in case a m em b er does not continue. If tw en ty -fiv e (25) do not sign up w ithin a reaso n ab le tim e, the class will not begin and all fees will be refunded. T h e class will ru n for eig h teen (18) weeks, and will m eet once aw eek for two hours p er n ig h t from 7 to 9 p. m T he m eetin g n ig h t to be arranged later. T h e su b jects to be covered a re : B eginning and Advanced Typing and a review of Shorthand. T h ere w ill be no B eginning S h o rt­ hand. U n d er g ra d u a te High School s tu d e n ts will not be adm itted. S u b scrib e to H a rb o r P ilot. T he Brookings- IMPORTANT MEASURES ON BALLOT T h ere a re a lot of im p o rtan t m easu res on th e ballot n ex t Wcx'k. It will ta k e a lot of thought for people to w ade th ro u g h th e tw o ballots, th e city and the county, in o rd e r to in s u n ' th a t th ey a re m a rk in g them in the rig h t w ay. M easures on th e ballot call for such v aried item s as daylight saving tim e, rep ealin g m ilk control law. and th e estab lish in g of a m en tal hospital n e a r P o rtla n d . E ach and everyone of th ese d eserves som e thought. H ow ever, th e m ost im p o rtan t thing to local people is on th e city ballot T h e n ' a referen d u m vote calls for a new tax base to be estab lish ed here. T h e re is no need to go into g reat d etail on th e tax base. It is alm ost sufficient to say th a t th e proposed ra ise it has had ver> little opposition from a m soureje. and it e e rta in ls is not K in g m ade an issue in th e local election as fa r as we know. Too. the proposed raise w as recom m ended by a citizens co m m ittee co n sisting of F renchy A rrell, Lynn H am pton. W illian C rissey, and L u th e r T isdale. The im p o rta n t thing to rem em b er about th e tax raise is th at it d o esn’t necessarily m ean th a t the ad d itio n al am ount w ill be budgettxl. but r a th e r it allow s the city th a t opportum tv It is very n ecessary for th e perm ission to raise be given this year, as th e tax base can lie raised only at a g en eral election, w hich w on’t be held u n til 1956. T his w ould m ean th a t the c it\ would be sh o rt of o p eratin g revenue until 1957. and a grow ­ ing co m m unity such as B rookings can t afford to be in th a t position. A vote for th e ra isin g of th e tax base, wy b eliew , is a vote to w ard s th e fu rth e rin g the progress of B rookings. HAVE BRIDAL SHOWER 1 b rid al show er w as given in ’ h o nor of M ary M ontgom ery by M rs. W a lte r H ale of H arbor on Monday evening Oet. IS. A gam e w as played anil coffee and cak e w e re served. Tw enty six g u ests attendcxl. LIE PILOT flow is the tim e to " w inte rproo f" your home. You con budget the cost conveniently ond econom ically w ith an FKA home im provem ent loan through lids bank. ft N o d o w n p a y m e n t to 3 6 m o n t h s to p a y Asx y o j. contractor o r building material d e a le r... or »¡op i , i u, any convenient U.S. National branch. BROOKINGS BRANCH - .... M IM It* P ID IR A l D E P O S IT TONAL BANK * i a IN S U R A N C E No TRICK to pbcc a PIL( >T ad, result»—A TREAT C O R P O R A T IO N By Bud UNDERGOES SURGERY M rs Ja m e s K e rr underw ent eurg« r\ at th e S ,'aside hospital in < reseen t C ity, and is doing nieel\ Mr. Ixx' F o u n ta in of B rookings w en t down as a blood donor 1 M