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BROOKINGS-HAKBOR PILOT ¡The SKETCHBOOK] AN IN D E PE N D E N T NEW SPAPER a* Moot»! c I mm mAttar, a t the j a f ce • U <vkn*i* Ore*, fi, Marsh 7, 1044. under the Act ,f March 3. 187W R ay P tc a » tv •V i CAPITAI PARADE , J oe M urphy E ditors and Publishers su b sc r ipt io n r a t e s . One Year in advance (In C urry c o u n ty , One Year, In advance (outatde C urry C ounty, 13 N A T IO N A L NEW SPAPER V l i 00 V « Z <J B U S H E R S RO th e a n n u a l rep o rt of th e S ta te In The T h inking Stage I One of the most interesting, and L iquor C ontrol Com m ission g i »- often am using of inform ative, trib u te d th is w eek a re ap p reh en fe a tu re s of rt p o rting a legisla sive of th e re tu rn of the saloon Thu rep o rt says, “T h e re wa„ « tive session occurs when a m em b er puts his em bryo ideas out for sh arp decline in R e sta u ra n t licen ses allow ing service from cusrr»- discussion w ith his friends. It is .'astonishing how much m *rs’ b o ttles in fav o r of D ispen know ledge on rem ote affairs will se r licenses, indicating a g e n e r? ’ come from unexpected sources accep tan ce of th e tv w m ethod c ; and how m uch will p ertain to the consum ption side of th e subject. T he rep o rt sta te d th e re wa» «. One is inclirwxl to conclude th at record d istrib u tio n of $15.O(X),0OO a go<xl m any persons had the idea of liquor p ro fits to localities an* of ru n n in g for th e legislatu re tlxe s ta te gen eral fund, and th a t m any y e a rs before m aking the 2.017,860 gallons of sp irito u s liqu jum p. ors w ere sold during th e 1953 Som e of these em bryo ideas 54 year. th a t got into the "thinkin g it , o w r ” sta g e this w eek w ere: Bro-im On Both Sides .in act to relieve farm ers an 1 Among th e lobbyists a te ,h* landow ners of responsibility of two Brow n boys not b ro th ers. e ra d ic a tin g ragw eed from th eir G eorge S m ith Brow n is w ork property. As ragw eed is a health ing to r th e dry in te re sts and will problem , and th e p resent law is have legislation to offer a g a lru t not enforced. Sen. W. Lowell em ployees of th e O regon S ta te would put th e ragw eed fight costs Liquor C ontrol Com m ission ac up to the gen eral public. cepting gifts of value. Sen. F ran cis W Z iegler would G eorge E. Brown is on th e w er license auctions of new m erch an dise th a t has not had personal side and m ay offer leg islatio n regarding sales of beer to minorw. p ro p e rty tax paid on them . Dr. T itu s Frazee, ex ecu tiv e Sen. Z iegler and Sen. Phil Brady would exem pt parking lots d ire c to r of the O regon T em por- owned by churches th a t a re used ance L eague will press th e adop solely to r convenience of m em bers. tion of a law to m ake com pulsory Sen. C arl H. F ran cis w ants con a chem ical te st for in toxication. stitu tio n a l am en d m en ts m ade by New York s ta te has had sucn a a tw o -th ird s vote of each house law for two years and sev eral o th e r sta te s are considering adop o fth e leg islatu res of all states. Sen. P a t L onnergan would tion of a sim ilar law. .s h o rte n th e tim e betw een filing Jobless Pfty Record In 1954 E D IT O R IA L J A S^ ° T * ^ )N A S S O C IA T IO N n a t io n a l a » v rtih T ng r e p r e s e n t a t iv e by W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . New Tor* Chicago D etroit Philadelphia su p erin ten d en t of im portant because im portant because mine. F irst, it wag noted th a t national population is on th e rise. I'speeiallx is it not *d in th e grad, school children, w here B rook ings-Ifni bor have m ore th a n 100 in th e first grade, com pared to ,30-40 in high school cl., a*“s. Secondly, the grow th of C u rry County, as noted in recent new s stiri, s, w ill a l l o t th’» situ atio n h e re trem endously, ( 't i n ; C ounty has in c re a s'd 57.9 percent since 1950. A nother nice thing about the w hole m a tte r is that the I II.O I cam e out on top, h eating the Lions by a 44 to 36 score Now they w ant to challenge Ihe R otary. T hey figure those guys a re a little older. D on’t they realize th at Joe and I a re m em bers of th at team too? * * * * * The Lions claim we used a few ringers. Well we will gladly re play thv gam e using only our howling team m em bers. T hat will give us only five men, hut we are w illing to play th,» e n tire gam e w ithout su b stitu tes, ju st to prove we are the g re a te st. And finally, th e grow th in Brookings has even lxien m ore phenom enal. T he school e n s u s in B rookings-H arbor has in- ereas, d 112 percent since 1950 To put th e sto ry as Mr. H am pton told it: " F t us ;e um e tin t pupils m oving into the d istrict offset those leaving In o tlv r w ords no gain from im m igration Assum e fu rth e r th at tin« 1« ■ innin » fu st grade will rem ain the sam e size a present 100. W ith tha* assum ption, by 1957-58 we will reach 1 ( m Mi in school. “ At an o verall 25 pupils to th e teacher, 40 classroom s w ould l> ' n< ded. At th e d o se of this year, counting Music room and shop, we will have 29 classroom s, if , ho c a fe te ria should he used lor class rooms th e re will he ,31 It is th e re fo re clear th at we are one building shot* bv 1957-58.“ the just now in a BASKETBALL IS GOOD RECREATION Th. re was a lot of in,« rest g enerated in the b asketball ana» h e n 1 Sunday •,ite ”noon A good crow d c o n trib u ted $60 to the March of Dimes, am, everybody enjoyed tinsmselves, even tl,'\ players despite a lew aches «and bruises. T he Lions’ » luh d< "i ve; a lot o| e r .d it tor prom oting a gam e like this, ami th e ir o th e r p ro jects in th e in terest of th e M arch of Dimes. W hich league h i e W (,uld you W at about lo u r team s brings to m in i th,* idea that a m unicipal basketball m ight he a g .od thing. W hat do you ivviders th in k ? be in te re ste d in saving a gam,* once in a w hile? the plavcrs, could th e re h* enough to form s«ay to play perhaps every o th er w eek? Let us know vvliat you think, and w e'll help all we ra n in g e ttin g such a h ag u ,‘ starlvxl. It's good clean recreation. ami prov ides tor a good deal , I sp<>etutoi- interest as well. » YB () M> L<x»k B eau tifu l How N izc I This Is New /•am iliar Sayings bedrooms Hope ! he Colors . I dora ble ...................... .. HAKHW OOD FLOORS é \ FI LLY P L A S T E R E D Pt N O» d/./ri. h AiftftPI ¡baue Easy St. and Easy Driva» O P I N í 1 i A n d if fa !is s M O N E Y , to o . T he c n o ^ ’ e d c h ild w h o is c u t o ff fr o m h e r p la y m a te s liv e s o n ly u a lf - a - lif e . The d is a b le d i js t p la in g u ts to c a rry O n ly w i l h e x p o rt tr e a tm e n t, on. g o o d e q u ip m e n t a n d u n d e r s ta n d in g ca re c a n th e s tric k e n o v e rc o m e c ru s h in g h a n d ic a p s . T hese a re th e th in g s C O N E Y can b u y . Y o u r M A R C H O F DIM ES c o n t r i b u t i o n s a re s a v in g liv e s J d a te s a n d . le c tio n s b u ild in g liv e s t h a t a re s a v e d . My tw o and a h alf year old son, T<xld. w as at th'.» game. He should develop into q u ite a player som e day. He d a rte d across the floor at one tim e and dodged all th° players well enough to reach th e o th e r side w ithout a scratch. * * * ♦ A fte r the gam e he asked me how come the hall never stayed in the basket. 1 took a little business tr ip to E u rek a last S a tu rd a y and saw som e of thv e a rth q u a k e dam age. Many of the dow ntow n sto re fronts a re all boarded up and stre e t corner conversation is cen tered around the “big” quake. ' ' v' yfy : J c jl r TA u. 2 » ¡e iM s s jriMiivi'i 3 fo 3! í JG* -JU, D A IL Y j —XJ t-ii to thv m ercenary one in the p e n t house, all a re convinced th a t they dwell in a w orld w here they alone a re th e only ones not out of step. The answ er w ould seem to bv By Clifford P. Rowe th at all of us should be less con cerned w ith looking to the psy If one w ere seeking to com e up c h ia trist for the solution hut I w ith some insignia which could ra th e r to do a little self-analsis occasionally for th e purpose of I be w orn as part of the daily u ni i discovering if we. too. may havv E dito r: form of today’s citizens, I could faults. Such a probing m ight e n Brookings-I la rb o r Pilot thing of nothing b e tte r th a n a lighten us as to o u r own w eak Dear sir: “chip on the shoulder." Made of nesses and thus bring about a Being presently a resident ol brass, it would need to he firm ly moi • to leran t tre a tm e n t of those F lorida I tend, at times, to look fastened to ins.¡re its not being we u n ju stly criticize. A F recch sa tirist once claim ed som ew hat askance at th,» w lntvr knocked off too easily. only hatch elo rs have A bility to gripe has alw ays been th a t clim ate of Brookings. How ever, wives and only old during o u r fam ily ’s recent 1 m - eh« risked as on.' of t h ' most priz perfect leavem eilt caused by th e d< a ’h ed post ssion ol those horn in a m aids have ¡»effect children. T o of o u r m other, Mrs W. F. Collis. realm w here freedom ol e x p re ss day one could change th a t to give constitu tio n ally gu aran teed . i» the m odern touch by saying I found w h a te w r Broookings nriv ion lack in n a tu ra l sunshine is eom- All of us, at one tim e or an o ther, th a t th<> only p erfect ones a re pi'iisated tor m any tim es o w r hv hav » la u g h 'd off flu» griping <f those w ho a , the m om ent have the 'll,* w arm th compassion and sin our neighbor w ith th«’ excuse th at public e a r and eye. W ith ¡»erfection. then being evervone does it it is the dis cerity of it’s people. D uring the fu n eral service R ev tinguish ng trait of the A m erican. such a w ill-o-the-w isp, it m ight be held to he a sort of release highly pro{x»r for som e of us lx> erend O s te rm e i'r said, in effect, It that w henever God takes somn- valvo lor a I 'ople who do not fore ¡xiinting to th e flaw in o u r thing from us he replaces it with w an, to become t<x» content w ith neighobir’s c h a ra c te r to tak e a hasty glance in the m irro r to a s som ething else Who knows hut things as they are. perhaps this forceful realization From this a ttitu d e , how ever, is c e rta in if o u r own halo has be of th«» kindness in tho h e a rts of gradually developing the habit of com e som ew hat tarn ish ed o u r Brookings neighbors is part u n w aranted criticism , w hich of Gtxls com pensation. springs no, from good - nature«! T ra ffic Toll Up In 1954 com plaining hut ra th e r from a •lames E. Collis, j nasty disposition which th rives on S e c re ta ry of S ta te E arl T. for the family ol th«’ la te Mrs t i tiding fault. The m alady is not N\«wbry rep o rted F riday th e re W J. Collis co n fin 'd to onv class, one age ,or w ere 412 fa ta litie s in 1951 th a t on«' sex. From the y o u n g ste r in resu lted from traffic accidents in the first grade to th«' ven erab le Reach that buyer through a oldster on social secu rity ; from Oregon. T his is an increase of 22 over PIL O T classified advertisem ent. tin* m iserable sound in the slum s th e 1953 to tal and may go higher. Styling T h a t’s Stealing I he I hundei From The H igh PC.eed Cars FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH 4 LETTER TO EDITOR is ADAMS J « « c .ju w C ¡ ( jE x - ÿ û U c /v Gold Beach, Oregon $21,900 Per Year A v e ra g e c o jt to J u p p o ri t a c h »cienti», and eng.neer e m p b >cJ in in d u itr.a l research f ¡ IC 9 A 4 O 0 - ' L . - 207 ,0 0 0 1950 459.CC0 an increoí» of create» «-ore jobs for D . C j e ** zO .A , SKRLE2D WORKERS j t y — Ptrcent ° . i-erienccJ STILL A "BEST W l / f " FOR YOU Z * " t ; C. 'ED' DEMPSEY YOLK an orD ’iienol inc,to i« of *1 ' i 4 ” ' 5 C/o '/ « <E»» ) . o o, î p I o ' or tore*, wnrk.ng p*<i j. I* DODGE-PLYMOUTH DEALER b( c c f op - J r. . arch e r i c l i f c f j k e d ’ work p rtona to d a y . T h is y e a r alone we are spen d in g over 6 m illion re q u e st m odest increases in telep h o n e ra te s. W ith o u t th ese increases we would be u n ab le to co n tin u e o u r im p ro v em en t and expansion program s. B u t d o llar for dollar, y o u r telephone still is one o f y o u r ’’b est v a lu e s” for y o u r m oney. W e re p e a t ag ain o u r pledge to provide you w ith th e finest possible telephone service a t th e lowest possible cost. 'p» n d u itry c t o t e more and g p ro p e . . r » mean* h.glier «am ng capacity, a d l«»i work d ru d g e ry . C zr a th e y f a r t betw een 1953 en d I960 in d u ttry in the I. wtsfe.'.i »«ales rn.it ip eid we// over C ' III 000 000 I n o p e ro t.n g co il« on /y, fo r m d u ttr ia l research to pro- iu v ic i p e r y e a r a t th e close o f W orld W ar I i to over 5 m illion dollars a y e a r to d a y . T h e a c tu a l cost o f o u r ¡»¡ant in service has risen from less th a n 8 m illion d o llars a t th e end o f 1945 to over 25 m illion dollars R e lu c ta n tly , we have found it necessary to A '» ' ? ( oats o f providing you th is im proved telep h o n e service have increased rap id ly in th e p a st few years. O ur a n n u a l payroll has risen from a m illion dollars telephones av ailab le for m ore people. • >** *! n<tvd*» »X tt»d »*m, «killed P'ot*»uawe!, ««-thnt.nl A o u r telephone is a t y o u r service d a y or n ig h t, in good w eath er or had, ev ery single d ay o f th e y ear. T o d a y you can call m ore people an d m ore people dollars to im prove our facilities and to m ake m ore *7 C 3* lo b o r F or« TUNF U r A SPECIALTY C m S.iec M any Miles () i Your ( \ir Phone 411 can call you th a n ever before. Y our telep h o n e helps m ake life m ore profitable and m ore en jo y ab le for you. ',0 0 0 Il hie! CHEVROLET 4 Most Modern Equipped Shop Reasonable Prices Guaranteed Work O nly Factory Recommended Parts Used The New 1955 Chevrolet s 4 AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS — L o n n e i- An av erag e of m ore th a n million a m onth was ¡»aid to jo b less w o rk ers in O regon d u rin g 1954 to estab lish an a ll-tim e rec ord. The S ta te U nem ploym ent C om pensation Commission re p o rt ed Monday. This is m ore than 25 ¡-vr c e n t above th e 1953 to tal of $19,275,• 204. An estim a te d 52,200 persons Old Saloon C om ing B ack? Som e leg islato rs and perused w ere unem ployed at th e end c j th e year. V — S. n gan is joined by Rep. Alfred H. C o rb ett in presenting an act to ta k e th e park com m ission from th e H ighw ay Commission and es tablish it as a se p a ra te d e p a rt m ent. Sen. L onnergan and Sen. S H ugene Allen w ould m ake county elections nonpartisan (ex cept d istric t a tto rn e y s). M o r e lh a n th a t, th e y a re re is AT THE AI DRICH MANOR New Modern I Ionic ß w a g e - e a r n e r n e e d s m o re th a n ♦ ♦ * ♦ * 3'he rem ark s by H am pton a re c learly optim istic. Ike a ssu m ed lor purpose of c la rity that th e re w on’t he any m ore influx into Brookings. Wie leel th a t th ere will be. The tax p a \’.M’s m ight in- well know th e problem of school b o n d and th«» ad m in istration. B rookingx-Iharbor is com pleting a huge new building at a te rrific cost hut tin-5 li have to s ta rt planning for the next one. G row th com m u n ity is w onderful hut it costs m oney too. P vlgaa J z W ell all the people who cam e out to w atch the g reatest b a sk e t ball game over played should feel very proud Not only did they see’ a good game hut they also contributed $60.00 tow ards the Polio cam paign. O ur slogan, especially the day a f te r thv gam e is( "W e will craw l so little kids can walk again.*’ Yes sir ;i11 >,,,J fin«* ¡«eople can feci m ighty p to u d , I know I do for having some part ' of it. Even though my feet arc tafied anti my shoulder m uscles are sore it w as great fun. * * * * * ANOTHER NEW SCHOOL? Som e facts givr n by Lynn H am pton, chools h e r , a rc im jxjifant t„ us all. Thoy «are it is a m a tte r of do llars and cents, but m ore th ey concern education, for your children and Hod * . » bc’ nr frct'uc?» e n d ra re ¡c b t fo r » kille d worker» V S Iw'ta« *, y s 3*p* •» (>•»•-»* IIL IF IIlllE -fllB P lli