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<£ < £ B r o o k il'H n i- H 'irf m r P i l n t T T n-nQ iA A v^n/'-’r no r- T H U R S D A Y , O C T . 28, 19.->4 LETTER TO EDITOR C oncerning R epresent a t i v e H a rris E llsw o rth ta lk about lo cal R ivers and H a rb o rs dev elo p m ent a t B rookings, possibly som e h isto ry m ight be w o rth w o rk in g over. N<>1 m any y e a rs ago, w hen th e n 1 wor-p fa r few er people, fa r few er dollars, and fa r less b u si ness, hereabouts, th e local C h am b er of C om m erce s ta rte d looking into •« huge tra n s p o rta tio n sy s tem T hey foresaw' th e p o te n tia li ties of ocean com m erce betw een deep w a te r, at B rookings, as a p ort, and th e v ast tra d e to and from th e e a s te rn areas. T o d ay ’s p o te n tia litie s a re even m ore a t tra c tiv e . T he C h a m b e r’s files m ight con ta in a c o n sid e ra b le c o rre sp o n d en c e from o th e r ch am b ers and larg e businesses as fa r east as L a k e and K lam ath counties and S a n F ran cisco, S e a ttle , and P o rt- 1 lan d , all ex p ressin g keen in te re st an d ask in g re p re s e n ta tiv e s of the B rookings C h am b er to m eet w ith th em and tell th em how they Could help. T h e plan w as ta k e n for a h a r b o r developm ent, at B rookings, citin g th e y e a r a ro u n d exp erien ce of th e old C&O L um ber C a m - p an y ’s ocean shipping, in and out, an d co n n ected by a highw ay to th e c e n tra l valley. W e realized th a t in o rd e r to bring o u r plan being an o p e ra tin g fact, we n eed ed th e votes of the in te rio r a t. J th a t we w ere (and still are, com paratively) little guys, but I v e n tu re to s ta te o u r vision, now, Is quite a hit c le a re r as to w hat c a n be done, both h ere and to th e eastw ard. B ased on in tim a te know ledge o f th e trem e n d o u s and serious in te re st previously created , in a v a st an d w ealth y area, wh re w e m ust Mok for help if we really w a n t hai bor developm ent, this w r ite r b< lieves we shall s tir-'v p ro fit if we a rra n g e all o u r local fa c ts and go into the e a ste rn a re a , in v itin g th e people of the u p p e r Rogue and K lam ath valleys to m ak e deep w a te r tra n s it th ro u g h B rookings and im m ediate M U ST. It is very in te re stin g to note th e coincidence th a t the local c h a m b e r's corres|M )ndence, then, w ith som e of the m ajo r oil com p an ics, ca llin g th e ir a tte n tio n to t h e p o te n tia litie s of ocean sh ip p in g ac ro ss co u n try highw ay, via tra in in g a t th e N av al S ta tio n at P°r t °f Brookings, w as im- rolled. The fra g ra n c e of th e pink i HOM E ON LEA V E m ed iately followed by the con- page w as delightful. Jeff K err, son of Mr. and I Mrs. S an Diego. Jeff w ill probably he s tru c tio n of ta n k farm s at Cres* i w js h th a t I could have seen K e rr is hom e on a 10 day sen t ov erseas aftej; finishing his rr> n» C itv a nd n hn ir w lz ititT fa- fo _ how i_ - ............. , . th e edition, a fte r e o m n le tin tr b basic leave h e re . cent ( ity, and o t th e r r z docking you ...... m ade 1*1. I m v p cilities th ere. bet Would have been in terestin g . B rookings is th e only logical To sum up my idea of the edition, point for h a rb o r developm ent in i sur. wish th a t you w ould p rim -n an > a coastal m ile. It is dem on- all of th e fu tu re editions of the s tra b ly a b e tte r in vestm ent th a n j Hot th e sam e size as this one. riv e r developm ent anyw here . t , ... , along th e coast u As, J or the. s rn e 1 1 ’ 1 think >t,u m o d : , should put it in every edition. ' S- B rain ard . j ust change th e fra g ra n c e every edition. 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