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< N o w h e re A F iner C o m m u n ity N o w h e re A Finer Climate - I ’K IU . O S K K t M Ik IS i.S . \E M W I » M N - TKN U K in C O IS T I. OK Volume io—No. I I ih is t u U . M a r c ii p ip e a/ieami. * m w Klio Si Rural Mail Route To Begin ApriS 1st 4» COUNCIL DISCUSSES FIRES AT MEETING HERE TUESDAY jo e Lets Not l et The Azalea '\'o mad a t r in up to IV rndon- R v-T h o Sea S a tu rd a y , am i it was a m ost in s p irin g jo u rn e y . T he • eat h e r and th e se n « rv 1x»th '/e r e s iif» e r!a ti\(‘ Nobody can te ll •no th a t the UK) m ile s o f C u rrv • ’«runty scenery can b«‘ e xcelled bv tn v o th e r c o u n ty in the cut i n 1 c o u n try . T h a t coast lin e is s tr ic t lv to p s in m y lx»ok. * * * * * Bandon, ('.old P .'ach and P o rt O rfo rd a ll show signs o f g ro w th , w it h a new b u ild in g her«' and t h*'re, and some new houses s p rin g - inn np, hut the g ro w th is n o th in 1 lik e B ro o kin gs. * * * * * or Lily Festivals Die M eeting Tuesday ('hetco Inn H:3O p m F IV E G E N E R A T IO N P O S I M i-. Ida C ric k , fro m H o q u ia m , W ash., a g re a t, g re a t g ra n d m o th e r holds R ic h a rd A lle n on h e r la,» It is th v fir s t - rea* g ra n d c h ild , on c ith e r Ride o f th e fa m ily L e ft to rig h t is M i- C ric k ; G reat Gr a n d m o tlie i M is b r i n k S k ip w o rth , A lxuxleen, W ash G ra n d m o th e r M i s. Mere«' J a c k lv w ic z , H a rb o r, and the M o th e i M i - C la u d e B ia g d e n , B ro o kin g s. Mr s. C ric k , and Mrs. S k ip w o rth were v is itin g h e ? re c e n tly . Br«x>Uing» studio i'lxno OREST SERVICE ENDS 50th YEAR T in T o v e s t S« i i h i is m u 11.1 it iJ A ft e r w e fo u le d tin last w < ' l's ( l o l i h n A n u n u s u i l i Y e a r in an«l mov’ d M i’ b e d ’s R.'.'iutv Sake ‘ 55. H f e m is i o f t in i n i i i o i t i i m i out to Hi«1 N o ’ th Oat«' B u ild in g • ei r ta in p o p u la r lo ca l d ru g g is t ■ t i l l H I'il i i l III t i l l I i O l l l l l l l l l . I l l l t l had about th re w om en c a ll up ■ r i s i i l i n in i i n f u n i . o f l i m o ! m o s «he P dot and say th e y had w a lk e d ih ! t h is u n o o r o ri f ili im iu io ‘ ‘ mt to N o rth G ate to have a face « > lis n i f ilili O l I I I I I S « I l'I o I II I II I ' lif t in g o r some such, and now l i t i ' lu m i io n s o l I h ' S i i m i m i l th e y w a n te d a rid e back to to w n fo n h u IV A,’. l ' A d L A h l ) , d i s t i l i • edless to «.ay, I o fle n 'd to giv« R o l l i l i i . hem a r it ’.e. being th e g a lla n t Jo«1 h u t th e y le fu -e d . <:•) I-'ehrurav 1 1905 ip,. Fores * * * * k u v ic e w as e le c te d in its p lts e p W e have, a, la st, got a phone in 1« ite in the I » p a rtir;, ait ol A g l i ♦h nouse It is ju s t lik e a new toy c u ll III c. e s p e c ia lly to r th e kid s w ho have- P re s iti’ nt I heodort' Roosevcl not ‘ on on«' a ro u n d since w e le ft it comm - rult d th a t the " lo re s W isconsin It • u r c «aves a lo t ol w o rk o f the g o v r irm ent horrid !»<• t r if back in to B ro o k in g s fo r a eoncent rated in th«‘ I ». par 1 i i ’ont • lo / i‘u eggs, o r a jround o f ham - of A g ric u lt ut e w in re - - - p ro b burg«T. Now p a n yb o d y w a n ts to lem s re la tin g to g ro w th •'»< m tli c a ll us up at borne to place a la rg e stai a ie ad ti ■ lv : at! i i.a l and p r in tin g o rd e r, o r raise th* dura '.tir re t l i ' sciences a u x ilia ry to a lx m t the p ajrer they can do so lo it's tr y art* at hand lo r p ro m p : old e ffe c tiv e co o p e ra tio n ♦ ♦ ♦ • O u r w iv i's a re going to spem T ilt' fo re st i serves ( la te r to h know n as "n a tio n a l Por. s ts " ) i q u ie t w««-k end s o ttin g th ro u tin "W h e re a rc you fr o m ” cat «Is w e re 1 s ta h lis h e 1 by re s e rv a tio n ol We have q u ite a sta c k o f them , «a’ ta in areas ol p u b lic d o m a in At b u t it s till appears as th o u g h a n t . f in tilt w e s te rn states. lot o f people w e re n ’t horn a n y o d , they w e n ' opposi tl hy many w h e re . Wig’ll try to ru n th e lis t w ho th o u g h t th a t tilt* reserve ■ to hi' locked up, thus thvv ai t o r at least p a rt ol it n e xt w eek. ng th e dev e lo p i'it'io of lo ca l ill- ♦ * * * 'u s try am i sat r ific tn g tin present ThinjJS I lly 1: q , en .T o il' . ’ (¡I P re s itle ilt "T e d h ere T w o w 'eks ago m y w ife ♦< the f u t i l i ' dv " Roo.sCVelt insistigli th a t "lo r w ro te m a note to check on s e rv a tio n o f fo rt's; d i v th story and th e w h o le note w ound by w ise us»'’’ ; ¿hat I«»: stry m< an up in th e pajfc'r. " m a k in g th e fo re s ts list fu i noi only to tin ' s e ttle r, th e ra n ch e r, c o u n try b e tte r lx* id xa d the task the m in e r, th e men w ho liv e in th e o f assuring long-term manage nei tborhood, hut in d ire c tly , to m ent o f its G od-given n a tu ra l re- the men w ho may liv e h u n d re d s SOUFCV«. ■ ' ru le s o f f do w n the course o f Each successive decade o f pop some g re a t r iv e r w h ic h has its u la tio n increase and ch a n g in g ec \ sc am ong th e fo re s t h e a rin g o n o m ic c o n d itio n s has shown m ore .ountains. v iv id ly th e v ita l im |x»rtancc of the G u klin e pn •tnlex for- the ad- n a tu ra l resources to o u r economv. m in is tra tio n < t lie p u b lic fo re s ' s In th e long look ahead, w e can s-'c ” a-r• staf. 'if it a le tte r fro m *«'<’ - th a t tl»«.' v e ry e xiste n ce o f o u r ' ta rv o f A g r o |tu re .lames W il- c o u n iry . o r anv c o u n try , w h e th e r o s i e ll'" ' in ,»cacc o r w a r, d«'pcntls u|x»n the m n to ( .if o rd P in ch o t ’ «rester ’Th“ conclu in i lines o! m o ra l fib re of th e |K*ople am i tin th is le tte r o H e b ru a rv 1, 1905 q u a n tity am i q u a lity of n a tu ra l re " I n the a d m in is - sources al t h r jiis|»osal of the id in tr a t ion o f I hi forest reserves it peo,»l’ . m ust be e’ eariv b o rn i' in m in d T he w o rk o f the F o ie s t S ervice th a t a ll '««• la u ti is to hi* devoted in tile past h a lf c e n tu ry has gone to its most pi «luetive usa* fo r t h " fo rw a rd . a lo n g t i m e ^principle 11 o ri a neuf ■ <xxl o f th e w hoi lines 'These are a d m in is tra tio n of jM’o p l,' a id not lo r tb ■ te m p o ra ry th«’ N a tio n a l F otrstR . co o p e ra tio n b e n e fit o f in d iv id u a ls o r co m p a n in fo re s try p ro b le m s w ith the ies . . s ta b 's anti p riv a te fo re st ow ners, on f l i r t i nr interest W 'The a d m in i .ti a tio n o f th e N a t i! ,1 the w e s t ion ional F o re sts is v a s tly d iffe re n t i. Iw ided Iro m the to d a y th a n fifty ye a rs ago. In sta n d p o in t o f ’ he g re a te st gtxrd ol ill. early days a c o m p a ra tiv e hand 1 he g t’ «test n u m b e r in the long lu l o f ton ■ t o ffic e rs d id lit t le ru n .” m ore th a n ru le the tr a ils on horse These p rin e ip k s o f a d m in is tra t back fig h tin g tire s and checking ion a re s till zealously fo llo w e d to unlaw lu l tiesoass. day by th i p u b lic forest as, o cca s M anv a forest o ffic e r in those io n a lly in iht* 'a cc o f c o n sid era b le d a v < had to la t’g a h o stile local o p p o s itio n fro m in d iv id u a ls of o r g a n iz a tio n s w ith an eye to m o n o p se n tim e n t . He was p ic tu re d in olizing a scgvmertt of the p u b lic • « -w sp a j.'r cartoons as an insolent d ra ro n p itile s s ly rid in g down vvom«,n and c h ild re n : o r he was F if t y ye a rs ago many won? not described as w e a rin g a feather- in im pressed w ith th e c la im th a t our his hat after- th e supposed fashion o f Furo|»cnn fo rc s h 'is , o r r id ic u l ed as an E a ste rn dude o r a bP- - jM-etacled college pr ofe sso r out o f place If took some tim e fo r peopF> in tiros-, areas to fin d on, th a t a forest tang« r was not i h ire lin g sent out fro m W a s h in g ton ,o in tc ife r« ’ in th e ir lo ca l at- H E A T W AVE H IT S HPRE At firs t the P ilot wasn’t going to print a story on this week's 'v< other, as most jxxTple, especlal- >v those hack east w ou ldn 't be- tiev” it anv way HovMever, under threat of ta king our Chamber of Commerce card away, we w ill say something alxiut the w eather It reached a peak of 75 degrees I , ‘u on Sunday, and the beaches were picke d w ith picnicers Shirtsleaves and barefeet wen» the o n ie r of the day. The W eather by the day: Wednesday M ar 2 51 35 .22 31 Thursday, M ar 3 52 30 Friday, Mar. 4 57 ‘-’at ill-day, Mar. 5 ttft 39 40 ‘-'qr.day, Mar. H 75 44 Monday, Mar. 7 T>4 34 Tuesilay, M ar. 8 62 45 Wednesday, Mar. 9 54 The long awaited ru ra l rente is to go into effect as of A p ril 1, out of the Brookings Post O ffice, ac cording to w on! ro<viv«'d h re by postmaster, W illia m Thomp'-on F i r ' ’’ ••»«! the princip al topic at A ll people Jiving on the route •he P‘«ml tr m " tin g of the Brook must come to the Btxxikings post ings council Tuesday night. Ix.th »ffice, and sign a change of ad- ♦ he p’-’ vi-ntion o f fire and th«' rxx!sih'’ :tv of nuttln*» out an ex- resa card In stru ctio n s on the type >f boxes to be erected, anil in fo r 'stin g ••re nlus the resignation ot ovation on whore to place them *iie chief N “ il N elson w ill he given at th at tim e The council heard Boh ( ’ham The route w ill sta rt at the L ’ rs o t th«* H arbor R ural F ire ’ is trie t ask that something lx i ’ost O ffice, arul the ca rrie r w ill worked out between the tw o dis go easterly via highw ay 101 to tric ts in order to insure fire pro H o ffe ld t Lane, then west, south .uni west anil retrace; und south b 'd ion east to Benham Lane, Chambers said they vv*t«\ in te r Then west ami southeasterly “ stod in a contract, and wiU puv to r the service, when revenue to P e d rio li D rive; southeacterly toes come in through the fo rm a md retrace. N ortheasterly, east, tion of th«> d is tric t A t a la te r and n o rth to highw ay 101 S outh then tunc. Chamb« rs said, the d is tric t easterly to Surfside road; wester l ya nub* anil retrace, 'llnvn •ontenipJab's providing additional xjuipm ent He reported that the n orthw e ste rly 4 m iles to N o rth state fire m arshal was at th e ir Bank Road; northeasterly 2.7 last meeting, and pntpoKed th at miles and retrace. W e ste rly ano n orth w esterly to tlx* d is tric t s ta rt o ff w ith a tru c k P arkview d rive ; n o rth e a ste rly w ith a .MM) gallon b«>oster tank I t wax the concensus of th® ♦ here und retxace; N o h th v rly to Thompson Road; easterly ami re council, and M ayor Roy B rinun that everyone is in favor of pro trace S outherly to Dawson Road west and southerly and retrace, tection of the type M r. Chambers and then southeasterly to post mentioned. However, the council o ff Ire. wanted to check on the law, es The c a rrie r w ill cover a to ta l o f pecially as regards to insurance coverage, befot-e m aking any com 'U)«55 m iles on the route. A d d itio n a l details on the rout«» m ittm e n ts It was agreed to hold a jo in t meeting, on Friday, March w ill lx* printed in next wee k ’s 18, w ith mem bars o f the council, P ilot. and of the d is tric t, along w ith th * volunteer fire departm ent to see what could be done. ALL YEAR EVENTS MEETING SET Discussion was also held on the Brookings Plywood fire w hich ha- Ixv’ n burning fo r some months The ALI Year Events Assrx-iat- M ayor B rtm m reported many ‘on w ill meet Tuesday, M arch 15, complalntR and requested some at 8:30 p.m. at thw Chetoo Inn A ll action. Thu council bad given the persons interested in co m m itte e Plywood 60 days tv let the fire w ork und «haiim anships of v a r burn out, but (hat tim e fs nearly ious com m ittees ar e urge«! not to up. Don Bingham who Is routem nn m.ss this m eeting. Th«* success o r fo r the O rgonlan here saw the A fte r discussion it was agreed fa ilu re of both the Azalea and famed "B ig S hot" Atom ic blast, to w rite to the state fire m ar L ily FVstivaJ depend uj>on a g«xxi set o ff in Nevada e a rly Monday shal, advising them that the coun tu rn ou t. * m o rn in g .* Bingham w’as ta kin g c il has had no cooperation from pafx’rs south to S m ith R iver and th«» p la nt, and that the fire is not had ju s t crossed the state line, out, an«l th at additional m aterial when he noticixl the flash iu the is being dumped on the fire, and ruxjnesting advise from the ummh- sky. He listened to the radio reports al on w hat the city's next step of the blast, w hich was the la r should by, F , ire hief ---------- NvJson ------- said — that th« gest ever fined. M any o th e r people .. C ------- .......... th ro ug h ou t tho state re io rte d see- fire m ig ht last another 60 days. Coos-Curry E le c tric Cooperative« Ilg the flash also ' and a n d sai«l s a id t th ha « r iv n lr in * * h ..ln at t w w n a t te w n ouldn't help ha«» applied fo r a $55<).(XX) loan to Val M endenhall, jr. was nam«*«l fake care of the ra p id ly gro w in g the new Fine C hief of Brookings, population anil power use in the fo llo w in g tlw resdgtnatlon of N el coo|x'ratives service area. son. M anager Bruce Shavcre. Pres- The councLl instructed city re il«‘nt Ivan ('. L aird , and D ire c to r Funeral «w»rvtees fo r R uth N e l corder Gladys K unick to w rite a Hans Nelson of the cooperative, son 44 of Brookln«»« were held le tte r than king Nelson fo r his applied to the R ural E le c trific ation A d m in istra tio n fo r the loaf» - i the Perl Funeral Horne in Me«l- w ork on the force. A p etitio n was read, signed hy vvh«n they were in W ashington rw*- •ord Wednesday aft 'rn i’on M arch ” ’ h C m clinling services at Sisk- 178 residents, com plaining alxm t c e n tly W hile there they apjx'ared be ' op M em orial Park in M edford ♦ he b illlx x ird which is located near B row n’s M o rtu a ry was in charge tho Chetco Barbershop on Idgh- fore the Federal Power com m is w ay 101. The petition labeled the sion in the interest o f th«' coop- of liw al arrangem ents . '» ra tiv e ’s Illin o is r ir e r generation M rs Nelson was horn in B irk - sign as a public nuslance «•rifidil, Oregon on Nov. 21. 1910, The billbo ard was erected D'- project. They reported th a t FPC has in the daughter of Andrew anil Fl- fore the c ity billbo&rd ordinance dicated it probably w ill take act- So von re a l! flu n k tie d t h - ’ vera Nelson. Whih? a child, her was fiassed | was snov th a t fe ll io th is a ” ” i farnilv mov«*d to Eagle Point and The council Tiuthoh/vxl a le tte r v lnn on th ‘ ‘ «'«operative's request Al ■ . . . ’ f VIA »... _ _ ___ ÎA A t-.<t w eek «to v o n 9 \ \ « ‘ll just lis she lived in th«* Medfoixi area most to the a dvertising agency advising fo r tem porary ix*rm it to invest igate tlx» ¡xifisih ilitii's of th i' I llin te n to w hat ’ h«» o ld t'm e rs t« II a- of h« r life. She operated Burg- th«*m of the petition. A copy of bout th e vv e • a o f 1915 o r 191G oyne’s Ib s tu ra n t near M edford the fc'tter was to go to the beer ois project w ith o u t re q u irin g a vv h«’n th e re w d 'e 11 inches of th “ w ith her partner, M r. Burgoyne fihnr, whose wares are advvrtiz« «1. hearing Favorable a rt ion by the commission is considered lik e ly if and th«* property owner w h it” s tu d at B ro o kin g s and clear fo r 15 years, About a year ago she leased dow n to ’ h«* Ix'aeh ed ’<• B ack up A dog license oniinance was Gregon H ydro-e le ctric commission in the h ills u p the C h«teo th e re th«* Ocean View Cafe from M rs discussed by the council, ««nd c ity does not move adversely on the w as fro m four to e ig h t fe e t w ith Stoken and operated it u n til re a tto rn e y Ed A ckley was in stru ct- project The Oregon commission bout to u r feet at th e Golt-grov«1 cently. She passed away at her •d to draw up an ordinance cov advises th«' cooperative th at it ranch In o rd ’ T to g* t hay in fo r h o n v Saturday night a fte r a short ering tin« s itu a tio n $2 would l»e w ill require a fu ll six m onths per- i«xi before acting on the Illin o is his stock. M r G o lcg io vc s h ip p 'd illness. the probable chi.tgt? m atter. Survivors include her m other, ’ in bv th. B r o k in g s boat. T h f> A le tte r from Ed Bankus wax Th? $550,000 loan, w hich the snow la id on the g ro u n d about M rs Elvera Nelson of M edford, a read, which stat«jri that he w«»uld tw o vvi-<-ks h« re and lots lo n g e r in tw in sister, Mrs Ruby H uber of agree to accept the appraisal of co-op has applied for. w ill he used Brookings, an aunt, M rs G ertrude the engineering fir m of C ornell, over the next tw o years to take th«' h ills Stanley of M edford, and tw o niec- H ow land. Hayes und M e rrifie ld , care o f service to 8-1« new users, es, Ruth and M ary H uber of on the w rite r and sewer systems un«l to heavy up e xisting lines. D A N A S V IS IT H E R E He a l o agreed to pay h alf the | M r and Mrs. M a rs h a ll Dana Br< x»kings. costs o f the survey In the event w ore sta vin g at th e ir B ro o kin g s th a t the c ity would purchase the home « luting the past w i“ 'k 'Phey u tilitie s and if the price w as! le ft Monday lor P o rtla n d TTte agreeable Danas w ill he dow n la te r in the C ity a tto rn ey A ckle y wo* also month He is -h« duled to ta lk at th** Crescent City C h a m b e r of Spring vacation Is upon us N ext asked to draw up an ordinance on i Commerce nr tin g w«r*k March 18th inclusive has netting up a plum bing lnspe«*tor j C f) l,eonard announced thi* bee« set aside fo r Spring Vacation in Brookings. Each new building week th at H al P r u itt, fo rm e r ed To \ I S I T S i)N fo r both the high and elem entary w°« ld have to receive an inspect- ito r and co-publisher of the Port .chfinlc ikf thf» ion f o r i i l u m h i n i / ¿in fo r plum bing, and an in s ix v i schools of the d is tric t Mr m d M rs Earl«* B a ily are Umpqua C ou rie r In R«*ed«snort M arch 17 18. and 19. Is the ion fee «'harg«*d g«>'ug to sjx-nd th«- w eek end in T here w », snm r d iscu sión on h“ f o.rne «YnJ«n»«l w ith ’o rv a llis v is itin g th e n son R onald «late fo r the Annual Oregon E d , u.hx.h . 1-renard Agency H a v ir Ot'^rn»,* at O regon S ta te C ollege. T h -y ucation Association Convention In the possibility of a survey which as a b ro ke r since 194-’ p rio r t plan to a lt ’ nd the hask«'tball p la y Portland and it is expected th at a could bring the c ity strre ts to buying the Courier h* is a q u a in ’ grade num ber of the teacher« w ill a t o ffs w h ile th« re. ed w ith most parts of the stat« tend. He teels th a t Brookings and Hat Featured s{x*akers include bor have a great fu tu re and ha W aurirre W alker. President of the selected this xrea fo r a |*rm a n e n N ational Education Association, home He also represented th Dr M argaret Mead. D r Douglas Veterans A «lrm nistration as J h«'ie w ill 1» a W e ll C h ild C lin K e lly , and Lawrence M a rtin o f the Stephen G Kassa. 63. died aud- p )........................ rsiser in the Ree«lsport , area. i c at the Brookings Grad«* School Denver Post B illie Davis w ill denly at tire home o f his nephew. < iJ ^ n a n i stated ?haTthe"A «enc on Friday March 18, lx*tw«s-n tin* give an address: " I w as ” H o lxi Jo«- Kassa. Tuesday night feels th a t they are fo rtu n a te t hours of 9.30 nul 11:30 a m K id ” Mr Kassa «ame to Brookings have a man o f M r. P r u it t’s expet D r Paul Ronnigcr w ill giv«.* ■ fro ® M y rtle ( w k tw o weeks ago ience inthe Real E state and Insui physical exam inations and im m un Mr Ray Hogenson went to «nd was livin g w ith his r»ph«*w an(^ fkPid ,n rhp n ff|iV whjph ization- assisted hy Dorothea M ill- Portland t- . fo r a visit Funeral services are ¡»ending, add to the complete »eivices no’ er, public H ea lth Nurse » «a» a s *t n>»iher and | with Browne’s Mortuary in charge offered BINGHAM SEES "BIG SHOT" BLAST C o-op Applies For Loan To Increase Service WOLD SERVICES FOR MRS NFI SON SO y o u TI IINK IT SNOWI I) LAST VVI.I.Kr NEW M A N Spring Vacation To Start Here JOINS LEONARD REAL ESTATE AGENCY PLAN WI LL CHILI) CLINIC MARCH iH A N E W SON HAS A R R IV E D Corderman an v Di« C Brookings last week. M is i Cor * « » I» ’ . M Ax» IB him ba« fir i ’ l. u lu STEPHEN KASSA DIES SUDDENLY of arrangement*. i —