Brookings-Harbor pilot., October 20, 1955, Image 1

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Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
Volume io—No. 35
Goodness sakes, this is alm ost
like an election year, th e w ay the
politicos are popping in and out
o ' Brookings. A dem ocratic sen­
a to r or,- week, and a republican
congressm an the next. Ju st think
o. w h it it will be like next year
ai this time.
pipe dream» —
I got a ch.it;,'.' out of Congre: ■-
r.tai H arris E llsw orth story on
Lost W ages, N evada, wh re he
says, is c a rrird on some of the
largest open p.t m ining . i Ar.i rica
JJtpc di cam»
Ail over th e country. S en ato r
- -U.. J IS k;*UV. u inrilni,» io f ¡lib
lengthy speeches and filibustering.
In fact, he holds the senate record
for staying on th e floor in a
speech. But, how many of you
know th a t Morse w as actually
out-filibustered here at the H arbor
C om m ittee breakfast. By a Re­
publican at th at. L et's run that
m an for something.
pipe dream s —
Ilerch Obie, the Sisk.you F orest
D istrict chief, was in Brookings
T uesday too. I asked him. innoc­
ently, of course if l e took lii • n , d
( -'.r the mount a ns. c r if he ha 1
to go thro u g h C alifornia to get
here.
pipe dream»
This is the tim e of year I :
everybody has the fishing .'ever.
Ju st try to do busir.e.;., w .th some
of the r .'.r : b an ts around town.
T heir wives are generally in
charge of the store and they shrug
their shoulders and point in the
get? ral direction of the Chetco.
— pipe drepm s
O ur offices a re in the process of
being fixed up. In fact, I even
have one w all painted now. We
have p rin ted nam e p lates for the
doors and when they are com plet­
ed it w ill he the snazziest place
in town, b ar none.
POWER USAGE
UP 40 P E R G N Ï
Thursday, October 20, 1955
To Have Dedication Soon
HUGH MACKEY
LEADS DRIVE
Y oungsters w orking o n t h '
PIL O T 'S subscription drive are
doing rem ark ab ly well. Some are
know n to be well tow ard the top
in th e co n test and then th e re ar©
some who registered and have not
y et been h eard from, so when
the. d ate, th e last day of October,
comes, and the final retu rn s are
in, th e re m ay be some sure su r­
prises.
S ev eral of the boys and g irls
have been looking over th e prizes
in th e P IL O T office a boy’s brand
new bike, a g irl's brand new bike,
a flash cam era, and a table radio,
besides th inking over th e g rand
p ri.' of $100. Of course, a half
d o llar goes to each green slip
bringer-in, w ith th e subscription
price, when th e contest ends.
HAVING C O F F E E . . . S en ato r W ayne M orse is shown
at the “coffee h o u r sponsored by th e Chetco G range, a t
the G range H all, w hen be visited th e B rookings-H arbor
a re a la st week.
P hoto by D oug Goldsberry
Chetco Run Begins
DEPOSIT GAIN
Gv R MILLION
Fishing is quite good on both
W ith only a dozen mone days
left to w ork and keen boys and
girls on th e job, here's w here the
real com petition begins.
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It is noticed th at alm ost all the
s:f)serip tio n s tu rre d in go to
Brookings and Harbor*people. S u r-
ely, th e re m ust be some outside
who w ould be glad to get th?
P IL O T form er residents, relat-
ives, etc.
As w e go to press th e top scor-
ers a re : Hugh Mackey, who has
hung up 230 points,!Byron Thomp-
son is th e next closest boy P IL O T
seller, w ith 95 points an d his clos-
est ru n n ers-u p are a bunch of
guys in th v 70’s, In th e g irl's race
th e re are th ree p re tty close con-
te sta n ts fo r the girls b ik e: Jacl ie
Botzek, w ith 115, D onna W hirry,
h as 110 points an d J a n e t K e n p
an e\«i 100.
But the race isn't over yet.
A dedication program , and an
o|x>n house for th e Brookings-
H arb o r high school, com pleted this
year, is in sto re fo r the area res­
idents.
V
T he huge m odern plant con-
sisting of 13 g eneral class rooms,
homo m aking room, Shop, music
room, library, office suite, h ea lth
room, auditorium -gym nasium , and
a n d girls
e i r l s dressing
d r e s s i n g room
m n m s s will
w ill
boys ■i and
Ire open for public inspection on
T hursday, N ovem ber 3rd.
T he open house and dedication
w ill be tied in w ith th e P.T.A.
m eeting on th a t date.
Rex P utnam , su perintendent of
Public In struction for the S ta te
>( Oregon, wil be the guest speak-
l’r «t th e cerem onies. A large
crow d is expected to tu rn out for
,h e °P ?n house, which will include
refreshm ents.
All school board m em bers will
have a p art in the program,
Jam es T urnbull, assistant sup-
erin ten d en t, will accom pany Mr.
P u tn a m to Brookings.
Tire school is inviting all form er
board m em bers who have had any
p a rt in building the school, as well
as th e A rchitect Robert Keeney,
th e co n tracto rs. Com m ercial Con-
, cto rs of s k ,,, n ra w n ing. Ran-
T hree of the Brookings are:
problem s w ere discussed by Con­
gressm an H arris E llsw orth here
Tuesday, as he spoke before the
The Lions annual HalJowe'On Brookings R otary Club.
P a rty fot kids will be held again
E llsw orth touched on th e su'
this year.
ject of Acoesss Roar's *o th e led
Boy and girl G bos's, Goblins,
and Chouls, galore, from all a- era 1 tim ber, th e condition o
round will fly on th eir broom sticks Hi; •! way 101 . .red th e problet
or owls, or black cats io the corner of •vater ti i 1 rtation or i
of Oak and Chetco, near th e Pilot o|x>ning oi th ? m ,!i of thv Cht
office, at 7:30, th e e w n in g of CO.
O ctober 31st. W hether in holiday
T he con;;! .
; explained th a t
,'*'PSS o r n o t' the-' 11 j°*n a l,al'a<*‘‘ the governm ent bad been hard to
1 heteo Avenue to th e P ar convince th a t r. ids were needed
lll' 1 acific, and ( out to the to e?t to th e tim ber, and th a t
Big nnual Bonfir© nt the School was costing the governm ent n o n
grounds w here th e re will be a ev by letting good tim ber rot. He
thousand hotdogs, a thousand
id 'h a t only $12.000,000 had been
cool-aids aw aiting them and a budgeted in previous years for
thousand (or more) pennies for forest roads and trails, b u t th a t
them to find in a big sawdust th ey "have m :de progress.” Th:s
pile.
year. ElD w orth said, the am ount
T here will be prizes, too, for th.' euthoriz» 1 is now $22,500,000, al-
first, second and th ird best cos­ mos double the foim vr am ount.
tumes, an o th er prize for the most
I
re Tied to the Gold B e a h
ghostlike and still an o th er for
the most comical big o r little boy to I ooklng- road as being a "bad
one. and pointed out that it had
or girl.
370 c u n es in 35 miles. "Howev.
The Lions especially ask th a t
E llsw orth to ll th»' Rotarians,
cam be kept as clear as possible
"W hen and it th? big highway bill
from the assem bly place, th e p a r ­
is pass« i th at re 1 will have to
ade route, and th? school grounds.
be fixeu.” l i e talked about the
L ittle folks, masked, can 't see so early p .
of the bill when
Rood.
Congres convenes again in J a n ­
And, when the show is over they uary.
nsk ,h e youngsters to go right
Inc le and forget th e outw orn
On ti p o ss.b ilii'c s of opening
?k o r/T re a t which is one of the a harbe i here for fi hing boats,
.' - sons the Lions are g ettin g up and pleasure craft, Ellsw orth said
th 3 en tertain m en t.
,
th a t th - H arb o r ( om m ittee has
done a l- 'nificient job,” and th a t
SECRETARIAL OFFICE he will hav? "15 pounds of m a t­
erial" to lay on the table of the
HALLOWE'EN
PA1TY SLATED
(’ 'ph and Browning, Roy Vreide-
m an, Mrs. I.loy 1 W o ks, ai 1 1 -
I • t K err, past and present P.T.A
Presidents.
Music will lx* u n d er the d ire c t­
¡on of C larence Dial. Mr. Allison OPENS IN BROOKINGS
>’• ill intnxluce the stu d en t council
Mrs N orm a Van Horn, form er-
n em bers. Mr. E d g a r Seger, county
su p erin ten d en t of schools will also l.v secretary >n the Officio of th e
l-e a platform guest.
A ssistant A ttorney G eneral, Tax
At th e open house, following the O'vision. D epartm ent of Justice,
program , th e building w ill,be open W ashington. D. C. announces the
for inspection w ith high schodl opening of a stenographic service
in th? office of Dale S m ith, Ac-
stu d en ts serving as guides,
co u ntant, K ru g er Building, on the
24th day of O ctober. Services in-
,
City Officials 1 O Attend elude dictation, and typing of
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. forms, letters, m anuscripts, etc.
L c a ^ Ue ° >nvo l n
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su b -co r unit t tec.
L ater E llsw orth met w ith the
com m ittee and repeated his re-
m arks th at he thought the chan-
ces of congress appropriating the
m oney w as good if the Arm y Kng-
¡neers put the project on their
ivcom m endations. E llsw orth said
th a t he would keep in touch w ith
th e com m ittee, and that he would
contac' th - Army Engineers to sec
w hat he can find out from them.
th e Chetco and W inchuck R ivers E veryone should bear in mi.id Most of th e city officials plan to
w ith very acceptable fish. Among th e re are ju st about as m any un- a f
I th e L eag u e of O regon C it-
th e local anglers who have been rep o rted who are h ustling sub- ¡es C o n v en tio n w hich begins S u n -
‘'knocking them for a loop,” is th e scriptions as th e re a re w ho ha ve day night w ith reg istratio n in
Eigu s released to th e comp-
P ortland. A ttending from here will
genial w atch doctor a t M incers— tu rn e d th em in.
O ne of th e n ation's m ost con­ (ro lle r , f th e currency as of O ct- D an g ty re s In th re e d
D an
be M ayor Roy Brim m , Councilm en
A m eeting of the m ajo rity of th e ner, 1 ste m S ta r; Fred G ustaf-
troversial political figures, O reg­ o b e r 5th indicate th a t th e U nited
Fell Cam pbell and Jiqa Yelton,
g ot him self an d fam ily a to ta l of
rervio? clutis and 'a rg e firm s in --on, I arbor G range, and AI Phil-
on's S en ato r W ayne Morse, w.ll S ta te s N ational Bank has m ark ed
81 pounds. T he la rg e st fish re ­
C ity w ork superintendent Ralph
thc area w as held Monday night lips, I ions.
highlight the sevent?enth annual up a 1 ' er th a t 12 p er ce n t in d e­
Reed, City R ecorder Mac Sm ith,
p o rted w as one of 44 pounds,
Roy Brown gave the group a
in an endeavor to get th e Com ­
m eeting of the m em ber-ow ners of posits Í ice th e October, 1954 re-
ta k e n W ednesday m orning by C.
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ackley.
m unity Am bulance on a sound resum e of w hat has been done in
the C oos-C urry E le ctric Cooper­ port.
H. Seyler, of Los Angeles. D ick
the past. T he group discussed the
basis.
ative th is S atu rd ay a t Coquille.
U. S ’ational deposits now tot- H ughes, of N apa, g ot a 41 pounder
E ighteen people atten d ed th" pro's and con’s of the situation.
M anager B ruce S havere of the a! $7
03,269 w hich is a gain an(j C raig H anna, of Big B ear
The fourth accident in as many
iyor Roy Sam Hall w as elected perm anent
session, called by
Co-op in announcing plans for the of n
th a n 86 m illion d o llars Lake, one of 25 pounds. H e w itt’s m onths occured la st F rid a y morn
ap pointed ch airm an of th e group, to be call-
Brimr.i. Sam Hall w
session sta te d th a t ab o u t 400 mem- during
e past 12 m onths.
A nchorage rep o rts som e 50 o r 60 ing, on th e tu rn a t th e top of the
acting < hnirm .in of the i.roup by c<l the "C itizens A m bulance Corri-
bers a re intending to be a t th e
The
ookings B ranch rep o rted fish per day are com ing in o ver hill so u th of th e C hetco Bridge
Bayor Brim m , and presided over m ittee.” A m ber Cam pbell w a s
m eeting. A p a rk in g le t a half a e p o s t s i n th e am o u n t of th e ir dock, w ith th e average fish according to S ta te
P atro lm a n
the m eeting. Tl o e atten d in g and d e e t" d secretary.
block n o rth of th e C om m unity $4.663,051.76, according to E. L. ab o u t 25 pounds,
Glen MacDonald.
th eir o rg an izatio n s:
It was decided to check with
building, w here th e sessions will M orton m an ag er
Don S tra tto n , 34, said to be an
Bill Thompson, school board; th ? r various groups to see w hat
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R ex H ayes, a t h is C edar L ane
Tw
o
new
building
projects
are
be held, has been reserved for the
U. S. N ational also show ed gains C annery m ust
busy
c a n ' t em ployee of th e B eres.i Co.,an I u nder w ay in th e Brtjokings area. Mrs. A lice B or ¡well, E m l > m c lu b fu n d s could he raised , and th e next
parking space.
in to tal resources which rose from
atten tio n to his phone. an unnam ed com panion, are r e ­ A IKK) square foot addition is be- C lara Bowliii, V.F.W. A uxiliary; m eeing w as set for N ovem ber 7th.
T he m em bers will h e a r a report $732,933,021 a y e a r a g o to
po rted to have been com ing north
K err, P.T.A.; Amy Davis. T h '• B eta's have pledged $50, the
We m ade several calls to inquire
of p rogress of th e Co-operative
around 1 :30 a m. T hey w ere in an, ing built o nto t i e Dunning Mot- Elain
$827.562,848 a t present.
how
business
w
as
going
w
ith
him
ors gang© . T he addition will be P.T.A ; C h a rle s Ames, S o u th C o ast E lk; p’i'd g e d $50, and S am H all
during th e y ea r ending A ugust 31.
Loans and discounts for the and don't blam e him for not ta k - o u t of thick fog patches. Plung for ar'd'tional shop space.
W. W. S m ith , M asons; pledged $25. C harles Ames gu ar­
Luml
He s ta te d th a t K ilow att hour
ing from a c lea r a re a in to a dense
state-w ide banking sy stem ¡n- ingtim e o u t fo r answ ering.
Also H orton and Son hav© the S am H a ll, R o ta ry ; A m tx 'f C a m p ­ anteed th at his firm would m ake
sales to ta lle d n ea rly 48 million,
bank, they missed th e tu r n am
'll, V I .V A u x iliary ; H azel H an- sure th a t the insurance is taken
c o n tra c t to build a 1760 square
com pared w ith 34 m illion for the creased m ore th an 46 m illion dol­
dropped som e 75 fe©t into a
lars. The 12-month gain gives U.S.
feet T ruck Service unit behind the scan B eta S ig m a P h i; O pal La- ca re of.
sam e period th e previous year.
b rushy canyon. N eith er w as set
Previously, M urry Motors had
B rook, R eb ek ah s; E rm a Ric?,
T his represen ted an increase in N ational
, , a loans an d discounts
iously h u rt, although th e ir '51 on sent Richfield service station.
The work w as authorized by K ost­ H a rb o r °Comi u n ity C lub; J« h ' a g r.e d to ki?ep the am bulance in
consum ption of pow er of alm ost 1 ° ^ /',*
C hevrolet sedan d id n 't look like
Total loans and discounts for
e r and Bolvi. ow ners of the prop- S a y re , L ions; Ri y R ees' r. B rook - th e ir garage, and Aca la Lau i-
40 percent, w ith the a w ra g e con­
m uch of value when it w as tojver
Brooking--
b
ranch
now
sta
n
d
a
t
e rty . Th? building will house tru ck ings Plywood; Roy Brown, Am- d ro m at had agreed to d<. the laun-
sum er using 10,315 K W H ann u al­
th
ro
u
g
h
town.
greasing and re p a ir units.
bulance Association; Agda Bick- dry.
ly, as ag ain st previous y e a r usage $2,681,22)60.
P au l Davis, fo rm erly of B rook­
Since last O ctober th e UJS. N a t­
of 8,061.
ings,
and
now
having
a
tru
ck
and
It is expected, according to Mr. ional has added 16 new branches, tra c to r agency at E ureka, was th e
S havere th a t the 5,000th consum er bringing to 6£ th e to tal n um ber victim of one of th e m ost unique
will be connvctecl to the systemo of offices serving the state.
The increase in both deposits of thefts.
w ithin th e next 12 months.
Sometimoi d u rin g th e past w eek-
and loans and discounts clearly
.' hos which do lxtcomc baby
D uring th eir stay in sa lt w a te r i
M any a householder is loading th e ir hideouts, betw een o u r co a st­
po'nts «nX thv v ital role th is bank end, according to a sto ry in th e
saa
n remain in the stream for a
MAN SHOOTS OUT
tl
a
c
q
u
ire
a
p
a
ra
s
ite
know
n
a
s
b p la y s in m eeting th e financial H um bolt TIM ES, thieves broke up th eir la rd e r w ith one of the line and the H aw aiian Islands.
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of
business
and
finest
eatin
g
m
a
terial
known
to
y
ear
and
m any of the sm aller fish
needs
of
businesses
and
individuals
into
his
place
a
tta
c
h
th
em
-
“sea
lice".
These
A fter about th r e vears of ocean
OVER CLIEF HERE
m ade off w ith a b ran d new, b rig h t man. F or th e benefit of tli© umn-
in this area, M orton com m ented.
caught
by
the anglers a rc really
life, they approach tn e shore, in reives to the fish and sta y ax
A Coos Bay m an m ade the Jim ­
L ast y ear a t th is tim e deposits red In tern atio n al tru c k valued a t itia te d this is, of course, salm on scr. n m anner as yet one of th" long as th e salm on are in sa lt baby salmon which would have
mie Lynch D eath D river crew
canned before the fish realize they G reat M ysteries, detecting the w ater. F resh w ate r ap p a ren tly othe.w e r e tu r n 'd to the sea and
in the Brookings branch w as only $12.000.
look like pikers e a rly S atu rd ay
a re n 't still in th e ocean’s depths. strea m of th eir n ativity of! the kills them and prim.'? fish a re grow n up to retu rn when m ature,
$3,505.681, over a million dollars
E n try w as m ade to the display
m orning. Th? m an, Jam es V an
W ith th e clearing of th e Chetco
undvr the c u rre n t figures.
n.outh of which they pick up the t! ose witlj thb sea-lice still at-
room by knocking o ut the glass
Belner, w as driving a t w hat police
In ti e spawning process the sa l­
Loans a re up from $1,401,256, of a sm all door. T he thieves th en an d the W inchuck, th e fish have scent of fresh w ater, gradually ta ch rd to tli-m L'p un til t i e tim e
chief Bud Cross called "an ex­
mon
become skinny and all beat
been
coming
in
and
m
any
limit
also w ail over a million.
foltnwii i th is up to its offshore the fish actu ally leave salt w ater, ,p from gouging th e ir nesting
siphoned gas from tw o o t h e r
cessive ra te of speed" down high­
catch es are reported from both b a r w i?re they siwnd one or two thi
still feed. V/hen ttrey en tre pi . s out of the cobbles. Many
tru ck s, attended to m inor serv ic­
way 101, a t about 2 a m. S aturday.
stream s.
or th ree days accustom ing th eir b ia -k ish w ater, they stop eatiog.
ing of the rig, helped them selves
He missed th e tu rn in front of
T akes topping 50 1-pound, cans -ystem to decreasing salinity. Hence, r fish w iih -oalice at'iieh- die soon after, and in some
to ap p ro p riate clothing, opened
A nderson's place about a mile
per day a re not un u su al and in ­ T hcy then m ay tx? detected rolling ed he- not 1 . gun to uistein itself :r ions, w here the runs are heavy
th e large d oc/s and drove off.
n o rth of Brookings, traveling
dications a re th a t th e ru n will in th e su rf and sw ells and ex- on it sti.ri.'. t.p food. The par- liter lly line the banks w ith th eir
across A nderson’s lawn, shooting
Davis had the rig in stock w ith
A new type of business v en tu re
continue un til heavy and contin- oeptionally heavy seas have been asites ire tie •. by an indie t on decaying carcass©«.
out into space over the cliff. He is being sta rte d in H arb o r. T he th e idea of aelling it fo r a logging
uing rain s set in, m uddying up the know n
east la rg e fish high on of ti ir fr< ii
F re sh caught,
B ■ it is th?. e sea run fish we
landed about 30 fee t down, bounc- Holiday H ouse will be open on tru ck . I t is described as being six
w ater and the fish h a w all spawn­ th e beaches
"lousey”, (if you w ill) s-lm on f a ti n a ti' coastal dw ellers have
©d and trav eled an o th er 60 feet S aturday, O ctober 22nd, by M ar- wheeled, gas engined, w ith only
In due course, they cross o v er hav* such a store of fat no grease learned to fancy and definitely
or more. He suffered only several ¡an C hapm an and Mabel Thom p- th e red cab on th e chassis, mod©! ed out.
ry in which to fry tlrem.
I n m a n y of th e u p p e r sh allo w s
r jv er b ars, so m etim es p a ss ng ls n
ior us a re th1.' com m ercially
fra ctu red ribs, alth o u g h the c a r son.
RF-190, one of th e larg est tru c k s
w as com pletely dem olished. I t w as
They plan to specialize in hand b u ilt b y /In tern atio n al. T he thieves 080
■ecn the spaw ning beds, ¡n an d ou( ad ju stin g themM lves I.ikew e , the sam e fi h, canned, processed fish if we are lucky
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gifts and holiday decorations, such took a p air of d ea le r license p la tes usually dug o u t by th e fem ales j 0 a /¡jp ¡n fresh w ater, during ls " a richness unequa • d in 'h e « ..n igh to come by the home ca n ­
tow ed o u t S atu rd ay .
d
u
rin
g
th
e
night,
a
tim
e
w
hen
the
w
hich
they
frequently
lay
a
day
whole
piscatorial
category.
ned delicacy.
as m onogram m ing, p rin tin g greet- n u m tv re d D-573.
P erh ap s th e re is no m ore ap-
M any loads of spruce logs a re ing cards and the like It will be
W hoever stole th e o u tfit took fish choose to travel, laying over or , wo in the pool ju st w ithin th e
A very sm all
reen tag e of the
b ar I .a ter, w hen they feel ready eggs spaw ned in o u r stiv im s be- preciable gift, when it com es to
being hauled
th ro u g h town. It located betw een Pacific T ra ile r th e p recaution of doing th e ir steal- *n th e holes during th e daytim e,
used to be th a t spruce w as looked and the O d a r Lane C annery.
ir.g in broad daylight, th e re b y
T he coastal salmon, fo r many they trav el upstream from pool come salmon. D uring th e egg lay- giving, and especially to th e off-
upon as being valueless but ap-
They plan to be open u n til a fte r allaying suspicions which m ig h t years, sp e n t th e b e tte r p a rt of to pool, until they find a place to ing process, m any a re caught in coast dwellers, than a can o r two
p aren tly some use has been found the Holiday season, an d fo r all be aroused if th ey attem p ted th e
th e ir lives in unknowm w ate rs but th e ir liking in which they drop the c u rre n ts ar.d becom e food for or th ree of i©al salmon, as we
tro u t and, o th er fresh w ater dwell- know it.
for it.
the m ajor holidays.
job during darkness.
recent surveys have discovered th e ir eggs.
ilGHTEFN GATHER TO DISCUSS
COMMUNITY AMBULANCE PROBLEM
Accidents Sends
Car In Ravine
TWO BUILDING
PROJECTS IN
NO. BROOKINGS
TRUCK STOLEN
FROM DAVIS
Salm on Fishing Big Business Here
HOLIDAY HOUSE
TO OPEN HERE