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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1955)
BROOKINGS-HARBOR Thursday, September 15, 1955 Letter to the Editor Brookings-Harbor Pilot, B rook’ngs, Oregon, G e n tle m e n : Y our a tta c k on th? in teg rity of the C ounty C ourt in th e select ion of a ju ry list comes as some- thing of a shock to th e officials ot this C o u n t' who have alw ay s ot be^n most w illing to cooperate w ith m em bers of th e Press. All th e questions you ask in vour edito rial are easilv answ zered and you should have a'skT i Ih -si- questions Iv fo re you inferred ir- (flt, re g u la rity and fraud am ong m em bers of th is co u rt and the th is duly elected officials of county. If you had asked any C ounty official, o r any law yer, o r . .. A „ H you had consulted th e O regon Code w hich is not a secret doc u m ent you would h a w discov ered th a t th e com plaints you m ake a re w ith out any foundation. Oregon Law sets forth proced- u res for se’ *cting a jury list and for d raw in g a panel of ju ro rs from th a t list. The Counts C ourt ¡"stru ste d w ith the respons.hil- «> for « * * • '" « ». ° f q u a '- ified ju ro rs from the assessm ent rolls and from the re g istra tio n lists. N am es on this list, which is lo con tain not less th a n 200 nam es « " to ,'1‘w s °P*‘ratinK this >'«»'' and w inch under a change in th e law effective next year, is to contain not h ss than' 100 11am s. a re to be d raw n from every por- tion of th e C ounty in proportion to ti e resid en ts as shown on the . assessm ent rolls and reg istratio n K CLEARANCE 1 I EÏIK8ÜDE MOTORS 15 and 25 li.p. ONLY PORTLAND PRICES HERE ! ! 0°/ 0 SAVINGS HANSCAMS (ENTER lists. As required by law th e C ounty C ourt drew up a ju ry list a t the beginning of this year, totalling nam es from various portions of the County. P roportions w ere based on the n um ber of regist- cred vo ters in the d ifferent sec- tio n s .o f .th e County a s show n on ,h t - lec" <’n On the ju ry list 129 nam es are those of re sid e n ts of th e Brookings H arbor area. R eg istratio n rolls show th a t th e precin cts of this area contain ap p ro x im ately 40% of t h e .t oun y s registered voters. Gold R each-W edderburn w ith 22% of the reg istered v oters was rep- resented on th e list w ith 63 nam es, P ort O rford, w hich has 16% of the co u n ty ’s voters, had 58 nam es .. „ « n the list. As any one can tell : ' vou. and we w ould have been m ost g» w illing to tell you if you had taken th ? trouble to ask, this list was prepared in accordance w ith th? le tte r and spirit of the Law. T here is not now. and th ere has never been, to o u r knowledge, any atte m p t to prejudice justice in ’his C ounty by rigging or fixin jury lists. It is th e d u ty of th e C ounty C lerk to type th e nam es on th<‘ list on se p a ra te pieces of p apar in d 'to put these nam es into a box. Between 10 and 20 days before the beginning of any court term , thv County C lerk, in the presence of the Sheriff, shakes the box up and draw s 31 nam es from the box The nam es so draw n are the jury panel. The C lerk and the S h eriff advise us that this is exactly w hat w as done for this te rm of court. If all the nam es draw n had happened to be from th e B rookings-H arbor area, th a t panel as draw n w ould still have been th e legal panel and these ju ro rs would have b w n su m moned for duty. The C ounty C ourt, the Sheriff and the C ounty C lerk have been injured by th e insinuation of fraud contained in y o u r ill-advised 'ditorial. W’v req u est an apology and we fu rth e r request a full and prom inent publication of t h i s letter. Yours truly, CURRY COUNTY COURT By G uy H. Forsyth, County Judge T hree m ore B rookings first graders a re Ricky B erger, Ronnie Roemmich and C ynthia H a rp e r w ho are going to thv C atholic School, a t C rescent City. T w enty-five scholars from O r egon and one from C alifornia are daily riding th e S tar-o f-th e-S ea P arish school bus to parochial clashes in C alifornia. T he stu d en ts are all from beginners to 8th graders. Ja k e Rosen is the bus driver. CLIFF HOUSE CUFF HOUSE CLIFF CLIFF H O U SE BROOKINGS, OREGON Gir’s Now Man . Lookout Points F O M M M .S A \ fbf I * t I ‘ I' , TbPROOUCE BETTER PlNf TRtiS, A HYPODERMIC NEEOLE FlLlEO WITH POtlfN FROM A SELECTED ’FATHER' TREE IS INJECTED INTO THE BAG-COVERED FLOWERS OP AN OHTSTANDIN6'M01HER TREE. W . ... Q piC K iR — a - d FORESTERS, PVBUC AND PRIVATE ALIKE, ARE WORKING W BREED FASTER GROWING, BETTERQUALOV, DISEASF-RESISTANT TRiFS FOR QUICKER. MC IE PROFITABLE HARVESTS. T«S£ SUPERIOR V F E S A(AY HELP WCRF .SE Tk Y/FlD ON MANY PARTIALLY PRODUCTIVE FORES; ACP.ES. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH Page Nineteen Years S?nee Great Fire 1’H This Area Bw C t rW O KD r?ni' r Not a single headline in the N ineteen years before the d ate count rv proclaim ed this event fol'ow ing the issue of this c u rre n t N o r did a solitary radio com m en r> w snaper th re sta rte d the w orst ta to r s ta rtle the w orld w ith the fin* known to m odern tim es in great nows. N evertheless, as a re- C u rry County. T im ber and voting su it of this occurrence, thousands g’-weth destroyed in th a t fire upon thousands of new heroes and would have fu rn ish v i logs for heroines now inhabit the land 1 Curry C ounty m ills for many, re fe r to th e invasion of the public m any years. F ire hazard c o n d 't- schools this m onth by hordes of ions prevailing at that tim e are little first graders. practically duplicated at the pres As I w atched th e procession of et everything in its most highly young m o thers vseo rtin g begin- inflam m able stage. ners past my home on the first F 'ie prevention now. com pared school m orning, T could not h«*lp to then, is such that it • -»dangers being just a trifle curious as to m uch m ore of C urry County than how th ey felt deep down inside. ¡n 1936 j n th at year, th ere w ere T he m o th ers w ere proud th a t several lookouts who not on’v w as plainly (evident from th * pin-pointed the blazes alm ost the h au g h ty tilt of th e ir chins and in stan t they sta rte d hut there th e squaring of th e ir shoulders, v >re suppression crew s w ith f ’- Anyone could easily tell th a t low-ups. They did th eir best t u t their offspring w ere destined to it w as not enough. he the E insteins and the C lair Today, in the area th a t hoiocost Booth Luces of th e next gener- seared there are hut two lookouts a t ’on- • Snow Cam p and Mt E m ily— H ow ever, in spite of th e ir out- both w ith ham pered visibility and w ard appearance, I somehow sens- unnb’e to give m uch m ore th a n a ed th a t these m others w ere also get* —al location of any blaze that experiencing some pangs of re- m ight s ta rt. In this vast area gret. C ertain ly they w ere now lx*- th e re a re two ‘‘sm oke c h a se rs” ma<^ ' a w a re th a t they w ere and th e district ranger. no longer indispensable. Som eone This adds up toffive men charged else would now share in m aking w ith safeguarding untold resourc- a fuss over bloody noses and in es and futures. sm eering salve on skinned k n e e s . ________________ Som eone vise would now s h a r e ----------------------------------------- w ith them th at pedestal upon ,e a rs when M other said goodbye, w hich all youngsters place elders one is reasonably safe in assum w ho a re kind to them and who ing that w ithin the hour such are sy m pathetic w ith th e ir pass- grief w as forgotten. And though it m ay seem cruel, M other h e r ng moods and fancies. F o r this young fry this w as self has probably forgotten except T H E day. O ver-night they had es someone to whom they could suddenly become young men and recount the w onderful ev ents of women crossing over the thresh- day u 'hen they re tu rn e d home, hold into a new world of adven- And 80 a n o th e r phase in the tu re and experiences Now’ they vv°n<lerful unfolding of childhood w ould have the o p p o rtu n ity to becomes history, and though it some of the questions which have will be years before they realize been bothering th?m since they it, this day w as the most th rillin g l)ecame aw are of the com plicated day which will ev er be theirs. And M other will never forget it. w'orld into which they w ere born And while they may shed a few Am ong the radical changes in fire protection has L x n the in sta lla tio n of college girls at look out points. On e ith e r side of the low er Rogue at Brushy Bald th e lookout house right plum b ahead as you cross the Gold Beach-W’ed d erb u rn bridge, and at G rizly M ountain looking right down on the R ogue’s m outh, from the E ast, th e re a ie gals who have been on the job the previous year and look forw ard to fu rth e r w ork at th e ir posts. A nother innovation is th at one can drive to e ith e r lookout and still a n o th e r is that they don’t have th e good old telephones to visit over, as in older days Nor do they have to pack th eir wax'd and w a te r and chuck, as the old-tim ers did. They have all th at brought up to them . It would be in teresting to see one of tin* gals m action it the fo rm er ru lin g prevailed by which th e lookout nearest a rejx titetl fire w as in stru c te d to shouldei his one-m an outfit an d hit it. and sta y w ith it u n til o iiieia lly r e h v- vd. T h e ir predecess ors could spot a smoke, intelligently, by nam ing one or m ore local landm arks Not only th at but they could v ay ae- 7 DARRELL IS FIRST GRADER D arrell W h irry ’so ld e rs sure w ent to bat for him l , ‘c a ',se his nam e w as left off this y e a r’s h arv est of F irst G raders. Goad thing not very m any kids w ith so m any kin w eren’t overlooked, and we hope D arrell is consoled by g ettin g a special story, all his own and his kinfolks. The A. B F reem an s are build ing on Sixth S tre e t, and hope to move in soon. G ary Bolin and W illiam G u th rie have enrolled at St. M ary’s S em inary in P ortland. c u ra te ly trace the sh o rte st o r th e quickest ro u te to th e scene. T he girls both said th eir high frequency radio is ta lk in g day and night as they h e a r o th e r in sta lla tio n s busy w ith num erous tu e s h both O regon and C alifor nia. T he road up to th«* Bushy Bald station leads off to the right, d ir ectly a fte r crossing the first bridge up E uchre C reek and is navigable by any car. T he one up Grizzly goes e a st from the VFW building, Gold Beach, and is not s > good, clear up th e lookout, but ca n !•' m ade w ith pickup o r jeep. W IT H SAFES AUTO INSURANCE You can’t get belter insurance. Yet you save important money! How? SAFECO insures careful drivers only, reducing losses. Modern policy issuing methods cut costs. YOU get the benefit of the savings through B ETTER insurance and claims service, plus lower cost. Act now. C a ll us today. PETE J. LES'IEISTEIt AGENCY Phone 3311 Brookings T O P S T Y L IÏI3 IN EASY HOUSE CLIFF HOUSE C L IF F H O U SE Floor Shows PILOT - — Dancing Dinners BY POPULAR REQUEST . . . . WARREN MORGANS STLYERS Are Held Over -For This Coming Weekend Next Attraction Starting Tuesday, September 20 NORM and CUHRl The Double-Aires and their Double-Dancing Music "O ur N eglected N eighbors” will lx» the subject of Mr. E B lakem an at the B rookings Bible ( ’hutch, Friday evening, S ep tem b er 23rd at 7: 45 Mr. B lakem an is the E xec utive D irector of the Mission to the M igrants, Inc., head q u a rte rs in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. B lakem an will tell of the trem endous challenge in the M issionary W ork in the huge fa tm labor cam ps in forth sta te s in our Union The mission is very active p a r t icularly on thv west coast w here a situ atio n exists th a t is indeed foreign to our own co u n try w here thousands ot folk live on the fringe of so ciety, no homes, m oving from cam p to camp, under-privileged and often forgotten socially, and w ithout a p ositive w o ika b ie message ©I God's W ord 9.95 I t ’s time to rc ax in light, comfort ■’ ’e Pedwm Casuals. T hese smart long wearing styles Hex so easy and - step th at y °u hardiy know you're w; ring shoes. > The message will he illustrated and striking colored slides of the work in the field There will lx: pictures of not only American white, colored and Mexicans, hut also of the vast foreign ¡x>p ulation that comes into our country to work by contract in the hai vests. Some of these pictures will visualize almost unbelievable conditions. They will show splendid missionaries living with and working among the people under circumstances that are extremely difficult. The Pastor, Rev. E. F. McCl ain, and his people cordially invite those interested to join them in these services." DAD y LAD
