Rural Mail Route
b Begin Aprii 1st
COUNCIL DISCUSSES FIRES
AT MEETING HERE TUESDAY
I^ts Not
V
W p m a d ’- a t r ip up to Bandon-
By-The Sea Saturday, and it was
a most in sp irin g journey.
The
■veather and the scent ry both
'■/ere superlative. Nobody can te ll
•ne th a t the 100 miles o f C u rrv
C ounty seenery can be excelled bv
any o th e r county
in the entire
country. T h a t coast line is s tric tly
tops in m y book.
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Bandon. Gold Beach and P ort
O ifo rd a ll show signs of grow th,
w ith a new building here and
t lr r e . and some new houses spring-
in " np. but the grow th is n o th in "
lik e Brookings.
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A fte r we fouled tin last week
and m o v 'd M ih lro d ’s B eauty Salon
out to the N o rih Gate B u ild in g
:> ce rta in popular local druggist
ha>l alxrut th ro * women call up
• lie P ilo t and say .they had walked
•art to N o rth Gate to have a face
liftin g o r some such, and now
they w anted a ride back to town,
’"taedless t o ¿ay. I offered to giv.
them a ride. lieing the gallan t Joe
but they refused . .
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W e have, at last, got a phone in
’ h nouse. It is ju st like a new toy
e;;|/. c ia lly fo r the kids who have-
not seen one around since we le ft
Wisconsin. I t »ure saves a lot of
tr ip " back in to Brookings fo r a
dozen eggs, o r a pound o f ham
burger. Now if anybody w ants to
c a ll us up at home to plaee a la rg h
p rin tin g order, o r raise thv duec.
about the paper they can do so.
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O u r w ives are going to s|»cnd
a quiet woek end sortin g th ro iu ’ l
the "W he re are you fro m ” cards
-C? * W e h a w q uite a stack o f them,
h u t .it s t ill appears, as though a
lo t o f people w eren't born any
where. W e’ll tr y to run the list,
o r at least p art o f it next week.
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T hinr^i t ■ d l\ l: i; ;* n a-o u r
here. T w o w-?eks ago m y w ife
w ro te me a note to check on a
s to iy and the whole note wound
up in the paper.
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Let The Azalea
V
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or Lily Festivals Die
Meeting 'Tuesday
Chetco Inn
8:30 p m.
F IV E G E N E R A T IO N POSE. M rs, Ida iC ric k . d w m IfJd u ia m . Wash., a great, g re a t grandm other
holds R ichard A lle n 9 0 her lap. It is th e firs t grea» grandchild, on e ith e r side o f the fa m ily L e ft
to rig h t is M rs. C ric k ; Great G randm other Mrs. F ra n k S k ip w o rth , Aberdeen, Wash. G randm other
Mrs. M erce Jacklvw icz, H arbo r; and the M o th e r Mrs. Claude Blagden, Brookings. M i’s. Crick, and
M rs. S k ip w o rth were v is itin g heir? recently.
Brooking* atuipo hiujio
FOREST SERVICE ENDS 50th YEAR
The Forest Service is marking
it's Golden A n n in rsa vy Year in
1955. Because of the importanet
of the service in the econo-my, both
jnesent unit futvurc, of Brookings
and this urea, ive are jn< /string a
ivies of four articles explaining
the functions of th>- S r ie ic c , m i l
ten by W K. F A G L A N l), distvie
R n n g e i.
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only to the s e ttle r, the rancher,
the m iner, the men who live in the
neighborhood, but in d ire c tly , to
the men who m ay live hundreds
o f m iles o ff down the cours? o f
I some great riv e r w hich has its
Vse among the forest h^uring-
.ountaiiis,
G u'dipe princip les fo r the ad
m in is tra tio n 01 the p ub lic forests
" ep stated In a le tte r- from sec-
e tn r y o f A g ric u ltu re James Wil
son to G iffo rd Pinehot. firs t rh»er
F orester The concluding lines o f
th is le tte r o f F eb rua ry 1. 1905
1 ad in ".'e t
" In the a dm inis
tra tio n of the fo re st—reserves it
must lie c le a rly Ixirne in m ind
th a t a ll the land is to he devoted
to its most p ro du ctive use fo r th v
IP iira n e n t good o f the whole
jieAple and not fo r th? te m p o ra ry
benefit o f ind ivid ua ls o r compan
ies . .
. . W here c o n flic tin g interest
must he reeoneib d . t h e question
w ill alw ays he decided from the
standpoint of the greatest good o f
the greatest n um ber in the long
rw n," — ,—
—
These principles o f a d m in is tra t
ion a rc s till zealously follow ed to
day by the publie forestiers, occas
io n a lly in the face o f considerable
opposition fro m individuals o f o r
ganizations w ith an eye to m onop
o liz in g a sagement o f the p u b lic
On Februr.ay 1. 1905 the Fores
Service was erected in its presea’
fi rm in the D> pai'tm r’ nt of A g li
cu ltu re .
"
President 'Theodore Roosevel:
1 (com m ended that
the “ fores'
w o rk o f the governm ent should b "
concentrated in the l) i- p a r t im it
o f A g ric u ltu re
w h e re - - - p ro b
lem s iv la tin g to gro w th from th
soil are a ll ready gathered, and
w here th? sciences a u x ilia ry to
lo re s try are at hand fo r prom pt
and e ffe ctive cooperation ”
The forest reserves (la te r to b
know n as “ national F o n s ts ")
were established by reservation ot
ce rta in areas o f public dom ain
•mist_ in the. w estern states. Ai
irs t, they were oppose dt by many
who thought th a t the reserves
o .f to be locked up, thus th w a r t-
ng the developmen» of local in-
lu s tiy and sa c rific in g the present
te the fu tu ie But President “ Ted
d y " Roosevelt insisted that “ lo r-
str> is tie | r servution of fores; , S.H. <•( s
F ifty years ago m any wen? not
by wise use"; ¡hat tor. s trv mean;
“ m aking the forests useful noi impressed w ith the claim th a t o u r
’country better be about the task
of assuring long-term manage
ment of its Gcd-given natural re-
j sources.
Each successive decade o f pop
u la tio n increase and changing ec
onom ic co nd itio ns has shown more
v iv id ly the v ita l im portance o f the
n a tu ra l resources to o u r economy.
In the long look ahead, we can see
th a t the very existence o f our
co un try, o r any country, w hether
in jx'ace o r w ar, depends upon the
m oral fib re o f the |ieople and the
q u a n tity and q u a lity of n a tu ra l re-
' sources at the disposal o f the
people.
The work of the Forest Service
i in the past half century has gone
forward,
along th n e 'principle
lines. These are administration of
the National Forests. cooperation
in forestry problems with the
states and private forest owners,
H EA T W AVE
H IT S HFRE
F i r ' ’■■•’ • the principal topic at
•he re«mlar mretina of the Brook
ings council Tuesday night, hoth
the prevention of fire and the
nossih’,!tv of niitttne out an ex
isting «re. nlus the resignation of
Bre chief N ril Nelson
The council heard Bob Cham
bers of the Harhor Rural Fire
District ask that something be
worked out between the two dis
tricts in order to Insure fire pro
tection.
Chambers said they were? inter
ested in a contract, and 'will pay
for the service, when ifcvenue
toes come In through the form a
tion of the district. A t a later
time. Chambers said, the district
contemplates providing additional
equipment. He reported that the
state fire marshal was a t their
last meeting, and proposed that
the district start Off with a truck
w ith a 300 gallon booster tank
I t was the concensus of the
council, and Mayor Roy Brimm
that everyone is in favor of pro
tection of the type M r. Chambers
mentioned. However, the council
wanted to check on the law. es
pecially as regards to Insurance
coverage, before making any com
mlttments. I t was agreed to hold
a joint meeting, on Friday, March
18. with members of the council,
and of the district, along w ith the
volunteer fire department to see
what could be done.
At first the Pilot wasn't going
♦o print a story on this week's
weather, as most people, especial
ly those back east wouldn't be
lieve? it anywRy. However, under
threat of taking our Chamber of
Commerce card away, we will say
»omething about the weather.
It reached a peak of 75 degrees
fere on Sunday, and the beaches
were
packed
with
picnicers.
Shirtsleaves and barefeet were
the order of the day.
The Weather by the day:
35
.22
Wednesday Mar. 2 51
31
Thursday, M ar. 3 52
Friday,
Mar.
4 57
30
39
Saturday. Mar. 5 W
40
«•■ir.day, Mar. 6 75
44
Monday. Mar. 7 64
Discussion was also held on the
34
Tuesday, Mar. 8 62
Brookings Plywood fire which has
48
Wednesday, M ar. 9 54
been burning for some months
Mayor Brimm reported many
complaints and requested some
action. The council had give® the
Plywood «0 days tv let the fire
burn out, but (hat time M nearly
Don Bingham who Is routeman up.
The long awaited rural route is
to go into effect as of April 1, out
of the Brookings Bost Office, ac
cording to word received here by
postmaster, W illiam Thompson.
All people living on 'the route
must come to the Brookings post
office, and sign a change of ad-
ress card. Instructions on the type
of boxes to be erected, and infor
mat ion on where to place them
will be given at that time.
The route w ill start at the
Post Office, and the carrier will
go easterly via highway 101 to
Hoffeldt Lane, then west, south
and west and retrace; and south
east to Benham Lane.
Then west and southeasterly
to Pedrioli Drive; southeacterly
and retrace; Northeasterly, east,
and north to highway 101. South
easterly to Surfside road; then
westerl ya mile and retrace. Then
northwesterly 4 miles to North
Bank Road; northeasterly 2.7
miles and retrace.
W esterly ana northwesterly to
Parkview
drive;
northeasterly
there and retsace; Nohtherly to
Thompson Road; easterly and re
trace. Southerly to Dawson Road;
west and southerly and retrace,
and then southeasterly to post
office.
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The carrier w ill cover a total of
30415 miles on the route.
Additional details on the Aoute
w ill be printed In next week's
Pilot.
ALL YEAR EVENTS
MEETING SET
The AU Year Events Asaociat-
on w ill meet Tueaday, March 15.
at 8 :30 p.m. at the Chetco Inn. A ll
persons interested In committee
work and chairmanship« of v ar
ious committees are urged not to
The a d m in is tra tio n o f th e N a t
misa this meeting. The success or
ional Forests is v a s tly d iffe re n t for the Orgonlan here aaw the
A fter discussion It was agreed failure of both the Azalea and,
today than f if t y years ago. In famed “Big Shot” Atomic blast, to w rite to the Mate fire m ar L ily Festival depend upon a good
the e a rly days a com parative hand set off In Nevada early Monday shal, advising them that the coun turnout.
fu l o f forest officers did lit t le morning.t Bingham was taking cil has had no cooperation from
than rkle the tra ils on horse papers south to Smith R iver and the plant, and that the fire Is not
back fie h tin g fires and checking had Just crossed the state line, out, and that additional material
u n la w fu l tresoass.
when he noticed the flash io the is being dumped on the fire, and
requesting advise from the marsh
M any a forest o ffic e r in those sky.
days had to fa re a hostile local
He listened to the radio reports al on what the c lt/a next step
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s e n tim e n t. He was p ictu re d in of the blast, which was the la r should be>
F ire Chief Nelson said that the
newspaper cartoons as an insolent gest ever fired. Many other people
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative
dragon
p itile ssly
rid in g
down throughout the state reported see fire might last another 60 days,
and said that w ater wouldn't hedp haa applied for a $550.000 loan to
women and c h ild re n : o r he was ing the flash, also.
V a l Mendenhall, jr. was named take care of the rapidly growing
described as w earing a fe athe r in
the new Fine Chief of Brookings, population and power use in the
his hat a fte r the supposed fashion
following the reslglnatlon of N el cooperatives service area.
o f European foresters, or r id ic u l
Manager Bruce Shavere. Prea-
son,
ed as an Eastern dude o r a be
The council Instructed d ty re 'dent Ivan C. Laird, and Director
spectacled college professor out
of place . it took some tim e fo r
Funeral services for Ruth Nel- corder Gladys Kanick to w rite a Hans Nelson of the cooperative,
peoplv in thos- areas to find out nn 44 of Brooklne« were held le tte r thanking Nelson for his applied to the Rural Electrific
ation Administration for the loan
that a forest ranger was not a >t the Perl Funeral Home In Med work on the force.
A petition was read, signed by when
------- they were In Washington re-
h ire lin g sent out from W ashing ford Wednesday afternoon. March
ton to in te rfe re in th e ir local af- 9th. Cincluding services at Slsk- 178 residents, complaining about. <lpntly
While there they appeared be
:vou Memorial Park In Medford. the billboard which la located near
Brown’s Mortuary was in charge the Chetco Barbershop on high fore the Federal Power eommia-
way 101. The petition labeled the sion in the Interest o f the coop
of local arrangements .
YOU
erative's Illinois river generation
Mrs Nelson was horn in Birk- ■dgn as a public nuslanoe.
The billboard was erected be project.
enfeld, Oregon on Nov. 21. 1910.
They reported that FPC has in
I he daughter o f Andrew and E l fore the city billboard ordinance
dicated It probably will take act
So you re a lly th in k th a t that vera Nelson. W hite a child, her was passed.
was snow th a t fe ll in th is a” ?» family moved to Eagle Point and
The council authorized a letter ion on the cooperative's request
last week, do von ’ W e ll ju s t lis she lived in the Medford area moat to the advertising agency advising for temporary permit to invest
ten to w hat the o ld t’mers te ll a- of her life. She operated Burg- them of the petition, A copy of igate the possibilities of the Illin
bout the w l- te r o f 1915 o r 1916 oyne's Resturant near Medford the tette r was to go to the beer ois project without requiring a
when there were 11 Inches o f the with her partner, M r. Burgoyne flhm, whose wares are advertized, hearing. Favorable action by the
commission Is considered likely if
w h itv s tu (f at Brookings and clear for 15 years.
and the property owner.
About a year ago she leased
down tc ^ ’ he tienrh ed<»e. Back up
A dog license ordinance was Oregon Hydro-electric commission
in the hi,Is un the Chefco th ere the Ocean View Cafe from Mrs discussed by the council, and city does not move adversely on the
was from fo u r to eight feet w ith Stoken and operated it until re attorney Ed Ackley was Instruct project. The Oregon commission
about fo u r feet a t the Colegroye cently. She passed away at her ed to draw up an ordinance cov advises the cooperative that it
ranch In ord er to get hay in fo r home Saturday night after a short ering th© situation. $2 would be will require a full six months per
iod before acting on the Illinois
his stock. M r. Colegrove shipped illness.
the probable charge.
Survivors include her mother,
it in by the Brookings boat. The
A le tte r-fro m Ed Bankus was m atter.
The $550,000 loan, which the
snow laid on the ground about M rs Elvera Nelson of Medford, a read, ivhlch, stated that he would
tw o weeks here and lots longer in twin sister, Mrs. Ruby Huber of agree to accept the appraisal of co-op has applied for, w ill be used
Brookings, an aunt, Mrs. Gertrude the engineering firm of Cornell, over the next two years to taka
the hills.
Stanley of Medford, and two niec Howland. Hayes and Merrifield, care o f service to 846 new users,
es, Ruth and M ary Huber of on the w ater and sewer systems. and to heavy up existing linea.
D A N A S V IS IT H E R E
Brookings.
He also agreed to pay half the
M r. and Mrs. M arshall Dana
coats of the survey In the event
were staying at th e ir Brookings
th a t the d ty would purchase the
home durin g the past week. They
utilities and If the price was
le ft Monday lo r P ortland.
The
agreeable.
Danas w ill be down la te r in the
m onth He is scheduled to ta lk at
C ity attorney Ackley was also
the Crescent C ity C ham ber of
Spring vacation Is upon us. Next asked to draw up an ordinance on
Commerce n r c tin g
week. March 18th inclusive
has netting up a plumbing Inspector
C. O. Leonard announced this
beea set aside for Spring Vacation in Brookings. Each new building
week
that H al F ru ltt, form er ed
T o V IS IT SON
for both the high and elementary would have to receive an Inspect
itor and co-publisher of the Port
ion
for
plumbing,
and
an
Inspect
schools
of
the
district.
M r and Mrs. E a rle B a ily are
Umpqua Courier In Beedanort,
March 17 18, and 19, Is the ion fee charged.
going to s,M>nd the week end in
has become affiliated w ith th -
There
was
some
discussion
on
date
for
the
Annual
Oregon
Ed
Corvallis, vis itin g th e ir son Ronald
Leonard Agency. H a v tr - o p -r-‘ed
at Oregon State College. They ucation Association Convention In the possibility of a survey which
as a broker since 1944, prior to
plan to a ttvnd the basketball p la y Portland, and it is expected that a could bring the city streets to buying the Courier he Is aquaint-
number of the teachers w ill a t grade.
offs w hile there.
ed w ith most parts of the atate.
tend.
He foela th a t Brookings and H a r
Featured
speakers
include
bor have a great future and has
Waurine W alker, President of the
selected this area tor a permanent
National Education Association,
home. He also represented the
Dr. Margaret Mead, Dr. Douglas
Veterans A dministration as ap
There w ill be a W ell C hild C lin Kelly, and Lawrenoe M artin of the
Stephen G. Kassa, 63. died sud praiser In the Reedsport area.
ic « t the Brookings Grade SchooJ Denver Post. B illie Davia will
denly at the home of bis nephew,
Leonard stated that the Aaencv
on F rid ay, M arch 18, between the give an address: “I was a Hobo
Joe Kassa, Tueaday night.
feels that they are fortunate to
hours o f 9:30 and 11:30 a m .—
K id.”
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M r. Kassa came to B ro o k in g s have
___ _ _ a man of M r. „ P r — u - ltfa
- - 1 tb - t —
I D r. P aul Ronniger w ill give
from M yrtle Creek two weeks ago ience inthe Real Estate and Iro u r-
A N E W SON HAS A R R IV E D : Sixteen m onth o ld Dougie is the newest member o f the M o rris . ( physical exam inations and im m un-
Mrs. Ray Ilogenson went to
I ance field In the office, which wm
C orderm an fa m ily. The Cord •rm .in’s adopted lit t le Dougie, and he a rriv e d to make his home in
; izations assisted by D orothea M ill- Portland last <veek end, for a visit and w a. living w ith hte nephew
Funeral services are pending.' add to the complete services now
B rookings last week. Mrs. C orderm an fle w down to C a lifo rn ia to b ring h im back
er. public H ea lth Nurse
f.with her sister and mother and I With Browne's M ortuary In charge offered.
,
Bruoluns* Studio Pbolo
1
.
father,
BINGHAM SEES
"BIG SHOT" BLAST
C o-op Applies
For Loan To
Increase Service
HOLD SERVICES
FOR MRS NEISON
SO
THINK IT
SNOWED EAST WEEK?
NEW M A N JOINS
Spring Vacation
To Start Here
LEONARD REAL
ESTATE AGENCY
PLAN WELL CHILD
CLINIC MARCH 18
STEPHEN KASSA
DIES SUDDENLY