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
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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
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assessm ent rolls and reg istratio n
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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
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« n the list. As any one can tell
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' 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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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PETE J. LES'IEISTEIt AGENCY
Phone 3311
Brookings
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Floor Shows
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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
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step
th at y °u hardiy
know you're w; ring shoes.
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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