-Brookings-Harbor Pilot-—Thursday, Nov. i i , 1954
BRO O K IN G S H ARBOR PIL O T
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March 7, 1946, under the Act of M arch 3, 1879
R ay P isarek , J oe M urphy
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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
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BY JO E MURPHY
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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.
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A LY ’S
C O G E N T CITY
By Bud
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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