2 — Brookings-Harbor Pilot—Thursday, Oct. 28, 1954
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M arch 7, 1940, under the Act o f March 3. 1H79
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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