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-Brookings-Harbor Pilot-—Thursday, Nov. i i , 1954 BRO O K IN G S H ARBOR PIL O T AN IN D E PE N D E N T NEW SPAPER Entered ae secon d -class m atter, at the poetofft«*« at B rookin g«, O regca, March 7, 1946, under the Act of M arch 3, 1879 R ay P isarek , J oe M urphy SU BSC R IPT IO N R ATES: One Yeai In ad van ce On Curry C ounty) . -------------------------- ----- J3 00 One Year, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty) ---------- --------------- >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 N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . C hicago P hiladelphia Detroit N A T IO N A L P U B L IS H ÉRS E D IT O R IA L as T o c F ati / ín 3 ASSO C IA TIO N A C T IV E J H- MEMBER NOTES ON THE ELECTION A couple of things in the recent election puzzled us. And when w e’re puzzled, we like to throw it out in print and m aybe our readers can give us some answers. One, what on earth are those slogans allowed on the ballot for? This seems like a lot of nonsense to us -cluttering up a ballot with such things as "experienced, im partial, no prom ises, b e tte r roads,” etc. A ballot should in our estim ation, contain Just the names of the contestants and the m easures, and no m ore or less. The candidates have plenty of tim e to m ake th eir cam paign speeches w ithout having them printed right on the ballot a t public expense. The ballot is lengthy tnough as it is, with the voter having to wade through 115 lines of type in the recent election. Knowing politicians as we do, it m ust be aw fully hard work for them to try to condenoe all their thinking into the two lines of tyix1 allowed for each. Most of them are w ordier than th at. Secondly, there should be an improved m ethod of ascer taining the final results. The public deserves the right to know w hat happened Just as soon as possible, w ithout having to w ait for two or three days, as happened during this election. T h at is the purpose of the press, too, to get th a t total vote tallied and brought to the people. W e feel we did our share in getting the three precincts here in before I I p. m. Tuesday. We feel th at the local precincts w ere very good about cooperation, hut frankly we can’t understand w hat took so long in some of the other areas of the state, particularly M ultnom ah county. The third thing Uiat puzzled us the low percentage of local balloting, in view of the high local interest in the election. 435 voted in the Brookings precinct on the Cordon-Neulx*rger fight, which generated the most heat. T hat is out of a total registration of 737. T hat m eans th a t over 300 registered voters in the Brookings precinct didn’t exercise th eir option, their most im portant contribution to democracy. We notice in one of our exchange paj>crs, C ashm ere Valley Record, in W ash., that in th eir com m unity 93 percent ot the registered voters went to the polls. That is a little m ore like it. R E T U R N S TO SALEM Mrs. Goldie V. S m ith, fo rm er P o stm a ste r an d Mrs. M ary P ro vost have ended a th re e m onths visit w ith Mrs. S m ith s' d a u g h te r and son-in-law . Mr. ami Mrs. Floyd S w earingen and re tu rn e d to S alem . Ore., w here Mrs. Sm ith live$, w ith h er son ami daughter- in-law . M rs P rovost will re tu rn to S alinas. Calif., a f te r a visit w ith h er tw o d a u g h te rs an d fam ilies. T h e re has been som e unfounded ta lk m ak in g the rounds in reg ard to th»* logging tru c k accident on M. 1. Wood and Son operation last w e e k in w hich Jac k B orger w as sci iously injured. T he q u estio n is being asked a s to why this firm allow ed to o p e ra te logging tru c k s on e x cessively ste e p grades, in this case ru m o red to l>e 35 G . The ru le s and reg u latio n s laid down by th e S. I. A C, do not allow Reach th a t bu y er th ro u g h tru c k s o r vehicles to o p e ra te on P ilot C lassified A dvertisem ent. g ra d e s in excess ol 20*, unless som e auxiliary m eans ot lowing LII. PILOT vehicles is provided. T he above accident was investi gated by a field representative of the S I A. C. and the grade of the road at the scene of the accident was found to be betw een 18 and 19G , well under the m axi m um allowed by the law, fu rth e r m ore the cause of the accident w as due to the failure of an truqk brake air line, not excess ive road grades. —E. Kubin < BY JO E MURPHY 4 THE MOST SPECTACULAR SALE OF FINE FABRICS IN CRESCENT CITY HISTORY X X X Chances are we won’t be able to com plete the process in one short week end. despite what should lx? heroic efforts by all concerned. We may move the newspaper press and some other equipm ent, but may keep the linotype here until the following week end. And sh u ttle back and forth between the two plants, the two plants. X X X L ater w-e plan to have an open house, and a grand opening cele bration w ith tea and crum pets and all the rest. X X X How did you like th a t Neuberg- e r thing? L ittle did I suspect when he was here a few w’eeks ago th a t I w’as pum ping th e hand of our new Senator. W ord com ing out via the Oregonian says th a t if one more Republican in each precinct in the s ta te would have gotten out and voted, Cordon would have won. Do you know any Republican th a t didn’t vote in this precinct? X X X There is some talk about jinxes down at the local alleys. The R otary club had to roll Brookings M achine S atu rd ay night, and , lost three points. Then it so hap- : pened they had to bowl them again Monday evening, and they lost four points. Tony C hristen sen, Jesse Hoagland, and Malcolm and all the rest of the Machine quintet ju st sit there rubbing their hands and grinning. X X X F inally, we w ant to ex ten d c o n g ra tu la tio n s to th e victors. W e’re su re th at on a local leva 1 Roy B rim ni and E a rl B reu e r will be a w elcom e ad d itio n to th«* city governm ent. They, along w ith the present m em bers of th e council, have a few headaches to face in the next few years, hut they can handle them , and w e’re w ith 'em. T hey need cooix’ration, though, from all com m u n ity residents. LETTER TO E2?T0R PIPE DREAMS T his is th e w eek w e’ve been aw aitin g th ese m any days w ith e a g er an ticip atio n . W e're mov- in to o u r new b eautiful new Pilot building T h u rsd ay , and if you see Bud or Jo e ru n n in g down C hetco A venue w ith a press strap p ed to o u r back y o u ’ll know th e re a s on for it. Editors and Publishers New York "Bill’’ Brown was taken to the Hospital, San Francisco, where Crescent City hospital, last F r i he was a patient for some months day, for a checkup and possible last spring. W e stopped into th e C rescent C ity T rip lic a te office last F rid a y to see about a new saw . T hey w e re h ard a t w ork on next w eeks paper, and had m ost of the ads all set alread y . It w as th e first tim e w e’ve been out of B rook ings in a little b e tte r th an th ree m onths, and I h ated to leave the town. ( reseent C ity is a nice town, but I n ev e r can find my w ay aro u n d vv hen I get into those big cities. 350c yards Better DRESSMAKER FABRICS best-selling 81.25 to S2.50 fabrics- 200 pieces! 690 and 99c yd. THE SA LE T H A T W ILL M AKE VALUE H IS T O R Y :— F ab u lo u s selection of m a te ria ls used by fam ous designers in expensive dresses! YOU SAVE U P TO H A L F AND M UCH M ORE! O rion suitings! Silk ’n A cetate! F o rm al fabrics! S cu lp tu red and P rin te d Nylons! M etallics! Plaids! C heeks! M ensw ear F lannel! F ailles! 3-day sale only_ s ta rtin g today. CHARGE IT NOW AT DALY'S! W RONG TA X B ILL Lloyd M cAdam s by m stak e re ceived a ta x bill on a p ain t sto re in O akland, Calif., w hich he built ten y ea rs ago. II»’ w as very su r- 1 prised «0 open it an d find th e | am ount due fo r the c u rre n t y ea rs | w as $828. T en y ea rs ago be was I a billed at $150.00. It w as a $7.000 I building on a 27 foot lot. . I A LY ’S C O G E N T CITY By Bud * D on’t be surprised to find the old Pilot offices empty this weekend. \ \ e ve vacated. But, you can continue to get quality printing in our new modern plant. Chetco Avenue-South
