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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
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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.
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edition. T he only th in g th a t I
D ear E d ito r:
, wished you’ll put in th e Pilot
A fte r reading the T hursday, would he a green comic page.
Oct. 7, edition of th e P ilot I Th< n you would have a very color-
th o u g h t I would w rite you a let- ful and o u tstan d in g paper. Keep
h r and tell you w hat I though up th e good w ork fellows,
Leave your packages in your car throughout the day
of th e edition. I w as very happy
S incerely yours,
w hen I saw th e pages larger.
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