hin^-flannr X iV XJVA_DilW±HU O VG' 6017 S E 6TH AVE •RE Nowhere A Finer Clim ate — Nowhere A Finer Community Volume io — Number 43 COUNCIL HOLDS UP BOND ELECTION DATE T his little m is-understanding between W ickes Shaw and our­ selves over which of us can get under whose skin the quickest is developing into feudal propor­ tions. Last w eek she devoteti a half a galley into raking poor little old Bud and Joe over the coals Personally I think I can settle her hash for the w eek in about a paragraph. — pipe dream « — She accuses us of not reading the R eporter. D efinitely not tru e Wickes, my friend. We w ait its arriv al anxiously. L ast week. I noticed, for exam ple, th a t pic­ tu re you carried on the front page of W edderburn sliding into the Rogue. Tell me, W ickes, is Gold Beach about to go, TO O? — pipe dream « — I t’s getting easier to sit a t the council m eetings from eight un­ til one a m . Now about 11:30 they serve coffee to the council, press and visitors. Ju s t th in k of the crowd they could get a t the m eetings if they s ta rt serving hot dogs, too. — pipe dream « — The Lions Club w ere out sell­ ing bulbs last week and, I under­ stand, disposed bags and bags of them. All th e tim e I thought they wens talk in g about Lily bulbs, seeing th is is the Lily C apital of th e country- — pipe dream s — And down a t P a lm e r’s, w here the little strea m runs across the sidewalk, somebody put up a sign, “No F ishing,” Possibly the C ham ber of Com m erce will be affronted by this. It seem s th at every stream in th e area should have some fish. The Brookings Council got held up Tuesday night in their efforts to set a d ate for the sew­ er bond election. They had an ordinance all set to go, which presum ably would have put the election date in F ebruary, but w ere unable to pass it because of a legal question on an earli«^ ordinance. Two ordinances related to the sew er system w ere passed, while two w ere held up. probably until next T hursday night until cer­ tain p arts of it could be checked on. They did pass O rdinance 81, which in effect, set forth the declarations of intentions of the city in regards to plans, specif­ ications and m ethods of having a sewer system. They also passed O rdinance 82, which established th eir in­ tentions to m ake a sewage dis­ posal plant and system , and the imposition of charges are previously reported, w ith 50 per cent going into th e sinking fund for exclusive use in th e tr e a t­ m ent plant, and th e o th er 50 percent for ad m in istratio n , the pum ping stations, etc, on the basic charge of $2.00 sur-charge and 70 cents service charge w ith the levy to begin a fte r the first of the year. The council also passed a . nother ordinance which would change the existing ordinance on licensing businesses in the city. Most of the existing licenses would be, raised, m any to a m ax ­ imum of $45. w ith some except­ ions which would be higher. An application, h eard before, for a liquor license on a nite spot in Brookings w ere dis missed a fte r a le tte r from th e . p roperty owner. E lm er Bankus, | was read saying th a t th e prop- i erty w ouldn’t be sold for a night : dub The council acted on several Thursday, December 15, 1955 WINDOWS WAIT LOCAL ARTISTS A rtists, w ould-be artists, am ­ ateurs, and those th a t,a re handy [Tainting up th e house have a chance to come into some money p ’anning commission recom ­ for th eir efforts in th e Dunning Boys betw een the ages of 8 m endations. They changed the Art C ontest, being held again and 11, w ishing to join th e Cub sew er d istrict num bers. They re­ this year. The firm plans to aw ard a Scout P ack 332, should reg ister quested th e sta te highw ay to provide for a passing tru ck lane to tal of $350 in prizes, ju st for as soon as, possible at the follow ­ on th e north side of the Chetco the simple expedient of paint- ing places. N orth Bank Chetco, ing up th e ir showroom windows w ith y rg N ellie Jaggers. Ben­ bridge to O ak S treet. in a C hristm as scene, or design- hani L ane> a n d P edroli Drive, But they tabled a recom m en­ ing an original C hristm as card. w ith Mrs. E rnie C. W heeler; dation from th e commission ask ­ The judges have been picked H arb o r area. Mrs. H enry K err, ing th a t F ern Avenue be ch a n ­ for th e shows, and will be on or Mrs. Vernon H anscam ; Easy ged back to a tw o-w ay street. hand at 8 p.m., Decem ber 20. j area. Mrs. Evelyn Hod- The council said th a t they w a n t­ next T uesday night, for the ges; Brookings area, Mrs. Rod ed to try it out on the one-way nam ing of th e w inners, H erm an or Mrs. Ray Shannon. basis for a longer period. The judges are M ayor W ilbur l>en M others, com m ittee The council accepted Joe ; C artw rig h t of Gold Beach. Ray ’ members anc[ leaders will meet S chum aker's resignation from Blankenheim . city judge of th a t r > cem her 16th at, th e V FW H all the Police force. city; M ayor Roy Brimm, Arnold for additional reg istra tio n and They denied « franchise ap- Peabody, Jim Yelton and Rich- ( organization for the com ing year lication from the N ichols-Fretz ard A. Yates. W oodyard fo r Brookings, for It is im portant, D unning said, sole distrib u to r. They O.K ed a th a t th e deadline for en tries be request by D arrell Bell of th e rem em bered. C o n testan ts m ust O utlet to have auctions in his hav? th e cards in by December building on Sunday afternoon, 17th. Also those painting are although th e ordinance p erta in ­ asked to com plete th e ir w'ork by About 800 bags of candy will ing to auctions w ould have to Sunday night, D ecem ber 18th. be given aw ay next W ednesday be revised. T he first prize on the window , . ™ night, D ecem ber 21st, a t the display is to h? $75 00; w ith the N orth Brookings p o p p in g Area second prize $50; and the th ird by m erch an ts th a t a re a . prize $15.00 S an ta C laus has prom ised to A correction in last w eek’s put in an ap|»earance, although paper is as follows: In th e hon­ it is getting into his busy season. orable m ention division of the The candy will be given aw ay Window D ecoration Division, H arold Jochens was elected th ree honorable m entions of $5 rain or shine, th e m erchants re­ and installed M aster of the Sid- will be aw ard ed instead of $15 port as a canopy will be ere ct­ ed. The tim e set for S a n ta ’s ap­ n?y Croft Lodge here in a m eet­ as reported. pearance is 7 :00 p.m. The place ing held last Friday night. will be by th e huge C h ristm as ASKS THAT METERS O ther officers elected w ere T ree erected in front of the K D John Molino. Senior W arden; BE WATCHED MORE „ Chief of Police Bud Cross Cam pbell Building and Fred Blunt, Ju n io r W arden; C harles Spence, Senior D eacon; has asked th a t p arking m eters M erwyn P alm er. Ju n io r D eacon; be w atched a little m ore closely. Virgil G oldsberry, S enior S tew ­ He said th a t they w ere never in­ ard ; N orton S La Brook, Ju n io r stalled for revenue, b ut only to S tew ard; C harles B ickner, M ar­ control traffic and to help the shal; C harles rh rU f ig f lf W ** Harking conditions , T h i Brookings Bruins, con- Chaplain; and L ester Floney, Hc reported W are is an t jn u jnjj w here they left off last Tyler. • ordinance ag ain st cars being left week, won two o u t of th re e in The sta te d m eeting of th e two hours at one m eter, and any recent en counte„ bringing tb ? lr Lodge. N um ber 206. was held sufih car will be tow ed aw ay and record to a n atty 5-2. w ith past m aster, Ralph Row- impounded, w ith the tow bill and Friday night they travelled ley. as installing officer, and sto rag e charged against, th e au to , tQ IHinois Valley and dumpeil .Charles Bickner, as M arshal. plus th e fine. them ra tb ? r easily w ith a big CUB SCOUTS TO REGISTER CANDY TO BE GIVEN AWAY Jochens Is Master Of Sidney Croft BRUINS WIN TWO MORE The Birth t f tUHHy county December 18,1855 — pipe dream s — We have been reading w ith in terest all about the exploits of a m an nam ed Dawes, from . Brookings, who sent the shirt off his back, and a r a ft'o f graph­ ite-coated pennies to the state tax departm ent. He received publicity galore in _ the , city pap­ t ers H ow ever I don t know the man here, and nobody else seems to. However. I w on’t say that th ro ere a person him in B o k in isn’t s b u such t I w ould^bkT — by M.S. BRAINARD 1 Curry County w as officially set I In ’53. on Decem ber 22nd, Coos h*en quite a few indians and ¡off «5 a civil u n it of Oregon on County was carvVd from ea ste rn Chinese w ithin th e area, on both Decemher [355 The area Ja c k son and E astern U m pqua censusses, and ea rly county had been under more o r less county, th is m aking w hat is now tre a s u re rs ’ rep o rts indicate a loose jurisdiction of th e T e rrit- C urry a portion of Coos and. for (few hundred dollars collected in orial Governm ent up until th a t a <«* >'M rs- ,h<- coun*> saa> was "China T ax es’ but om its how .1,me The subdivision called Urn- a < E m pire C ity -n o w Em pire, , m any Chinese paid howfm uch. Coun„ of which w as also h ead q u arters for h<_ te rr ito r ia , Kover„. l s ,)u th u eslp rn Oregon much of the te rrito ria l govern- (w o c(s 1 th e Cascades and th e ocean and m ent in th e county before it w as set south of the U mpqua River to Many of th e older docum ents aside. One was at W haleshead. t(i •nuve'it Lv sending a s im ila r the C alifornia line. O utside the !of wh at is now Curry- County are and although its original Ju stice sack of pennies adressed to the travel no rt^ and south a c r o s s , head«*d w ith the nam e of the C ourt record does not pinpoint uozx. ' » * -11a rvvo ce n tral Pa rt oi thls district, town e ith e r P ort O rford. Gold its location, from th e context it there was very little in th e way Beach, or Union City (which w as was certainly at th e m outh of of habitation and alm ost nothing ; applied to th e settlem en t a t the the Rogue and w-as ap p aren tly on th e extrem e coast excepting rnouth of the C het^bi “Coose established a fte r th e Ju stice the aborigines and th e ir w arring County-, Oregon T e rrito ry ” up C ourt at P o rt O rford. The orig- had m ade settlem en t a discour- until th e tim e we are now ob- inal journal of th e W haleshead H c g i n 1 I I O IU IIC aging project. M urders, burn- . ...ri-ing Ju stice C ourt is in th e archives O utside C hristm as decorations ings, and general m arauding w as , in of th e Oregon H istorical Society. which is one o f,th e most a ttra c t- the order of th e tim es although Curry C ounty w as nam ed in A lthough the county was born ive featu res of C hristm as in a few hardy prospectors were honor of th e late Hon. x >rge the ........... 18th of December. 1855, it 1 ie a iu re s i m s i m a s in , l . Curry, who w as th e te rr ito n a ' ,* Brookings, a re sta rtin g to take I* col.»ting, m ore an.i mote, a ___________ > ....... ,(x)k some years to wean and shape again this year. im ong them, and an occasional g o v e ^ r , o rv hundred years ago. divorce it from Coose. The rec- * y ear . before, - souat and Last y ear and the s Kpttlpr e tu e r sq u a n ted e a n here t re an u n there in e . Mr. C u rr\ cam e to Oregon, - r and u v ords of this tran sactio n have th e en tire a re a from the S tate N am es am ong the earliest oi arted th e n s[ap e r, T I E n< a.. yet, come to this w rit- Line to H arris Beach S ta te P a ra records m ean nothing, today, j - - an d «served th e te rrito r? »i s notice so we can leave th a t w as decorated by individuals and u :(h th ’’ exception of a very L?w *n eo v em o r and lock *" .......... — *' -------- in on th e • group assem- business firm s. ¡who found th e>’ 00111(1 dwe11 in r 1 K hied at P ort Orford. Ju ly 7, 1856 LighN bc especially brightens peace and go about t. eir ways The act which set C urry Coun- and w hat they left us in their up the area. A num ber of large and record* and trad itio n s show ty off. and which, for the m ost Journn| of the first m eeting of C hristm as tn?es have sprung up the>’ befriended th*' Indians and p art, has been unchan , -d. is -jh e f u r r y C ounty C ourt, during the past week and more !the Indians respected th e ir friend quite indefinite, in m any p la ce at the horn? ot Fred» - to ju st w here th ? linea come. are promised. The Cliff House «hip. Sm ith w ere Nelson erit has installed a large lightcxl The first portion of southw est- The boundaries, as set fo rth in Stephenson, S eth B. Blake, and the sta tu te s, and as outlined in tr o ', and the N orth Brookings cm Oregon to be set aside by A aron Dyer, as commissioners. Shopping A rea has ju st p u t up te rrito ria l act w as Jackson coun- - arious private and gov rnment N. Stcphr nson ppcara to have aps m fiit be a largì* tree, and a re in th e pro- tv. P becam e an e n tity not only been th e r»sc? ?r and census Curry-’ popul not ¡ta k e r; W. H. T rra r, A ttorney; c of decorating it. b luse of th e n o rth-south trav- the M. Riley, She; t- and Aaron ve be< The firem an a re n ’t planning elle rs but becaua? of th e discov­ RX) U. I . cen ru s h d only 3 • D yer also servi I as tre a su re r; o r pu ttin g up a tre e dow-ntown ery er gold, th e c u ltiv a tio n -o f 'nt? and they but Murray- P alm er, of Palm ero th-' rich bottom lands bordering I t IL Smi1th, P c r Ruffncr end ~0] m ere in the I'< p rtm e n t S to re said th a t he th 0 Rogue River, and th e inter- m ust have also Jam es Fla >pi( »v'ori th e , ;well th e R etire would do it. con rw», d< fin U iv cn th e upswing r / ru t in biila. if V* i? n vS of {he v ’ '■ ; th'* coart a! tow n o r Crcs- Christmas Lights To Shine t City. Jackson courty was toe »bed on O ctober 28, lo52. Plywood Buys Timber »n y (Cößi cn p last q u arte r, winning 47-39. w ith Jerry- Anderson h ittin g 13, and R oJ Rush and S tan Gribble each netting 12. , S atu rd ay night, playing tiefore the home crowd and on the big new gym, the Bruins m anaged to m ake even less of a gam e out of it. charging off to a 12-6 first q u a rte r lead, out-scoring their rivals 18-4 in the th ird period, and beating Iilinois Valley 54-36 Gary Coates, big Brookings cen­ ter, was top gunner w ith 13 [xiints, w hile Jerry- Anderson hit 8 as did Rod Rush. At C rescent C ity W ednesday night the shoe w as on th e other foot. Brookings ju st couldn't get going ag ain st the Del N orters, J losing 46-32. T he B ruins stayed with tH<-m for the first q u a rte r, , trailin g only 11-10, on MA? basis ot th ree buckets by Anderson, 1 The gam e was a clean one j w ith only nine fouls called on j Crescent City and six on Brook- ings. j T his w eek the squad will tn iv - 1 el to an o th er C alifornia city, 1 A rcata, F rid ay night., and will ] play A rcata here on S atu rd ay . The Ju n io r V arsity boys did I the sam e th in g as th e ir ciders, winning from Illinois Valley 53- 34, and 67-33 at home. D I N orte d u m p 'd the local juniors by a i 49-27 count. BUILDING SOLD T he Main S tre e t building j know n for the |>ast few y e a rs ns 1 "Young’s M otel,’’ w as sold this v -*ek to G H. Moore, formerly oi Lafbywta, C alifornia. 1 Mr. Moore plans to open I ‘‘G ery’s Shoe R epair,” in the o ast side of th e trjild in g , to live dow m sfiirs w ith h ‘s w ife and 16 and 3 y e a r old son«, nnd to i continue th e Netting of room-; up- tflrs. Mr. Moore p’pns to epoo h s shop about th e 15th, o f th n ' inenth, n». r »a ; s he can inat '.1. i hi« eq liprrv »6. w hich h? is bring­ ing up from L u fc- etc. HENRY KERR WINS HONORS H enry K err, Brookings, re ­ ceived two honors at a d istrict Boy Scout Council meeting, held Sunday, Decem ber 11th, a t the E rb Memorial Union, a t the U n­ iversity of Oregon. He w as p re­ sented a Silver B eaver aw ard, for his long and faithful service to th e Scouts. He became one of the few in th e sta te to receive such an aw ard. K err was also elected to serve on th e N ational Council of Boy- Scouts, w hich also is a great honor. Mr. and Mrs. K err a t ­ tended th e conference, accom p­ anied by Mr. and Mr«. Virgil C lark who was recently appoint­ ed new d istrict commissioner. Harbor Post Office Is Second-Class The H arb o r Post Office will advance to Second Class, effect­ ive w ith Ja n u a ry 1, 1956, accord­ ing to inform ation received by P o stm aster H a rrie t E. Payne. W hile th e change will tak e ef­ fect J a n u a ry 1st, it is re tro a c t­ ive to Ju ly /I, 1955 w hen it would have ordinarily taken place Thia year tbe Post Office D epartm ent sta rte d • new system of count­ ing the gross receipts of Post Offices which determ ines the class of the office. W hen the dif­ ferences w ere straightened out. the gr<»«a receipts of th e H arbor Post Office wiere enough to raise it to the Second Class. T here will lie few changes made, w ith the Post Office re ­ m aining op?n from 8 a m . to 5:30 w ithout closing for m on, and th e re wil peebebiy be no wfirtdow service Saturday a i m noons. Mrs. Payne was appointed P o stm aster at H arbor, April 18, 1917, during the first W orld W ar when th e offioe was a sm all fourth-class one. It was then located across the highway from w-here it is now, as w as also the big general store. Wh?n the highw ay was built in 1925, the store and Post Office moved to the N orth side ot the road, but the Post Office w as in an old building which has since been torn down. It became a Third-Class office July 1, 1944 and has gained steadily eviery year since the growth of the area. The resi­ dents of the com m unity fought an attem p t to m erge it w ith Brookings last Spring, as they w anted th eir own Post Office in the com m unity Vernon and Junior H anscam are now planning on a new building t« .hous<‘ the Post O f­ fice, to hr* const m eted probably this coming year. Word received from the Brook­ ings Plywood C orporation w as th a t they have concluded a su c­ cessful. and huge tim her p u rch ­ ase which cost them in excess of "one half m illion dollars.” The Plywood firm announced th a t they have purchased the De Gross holdings in the S m ith River area, for a figure th a t went past th e half million m ark. All of the tim ber is in C alifor­ nia, in th ? S m ith River d rain ­ age. It included several hundred acres of land, w-ith "several m ill­ ion feet” of tim ber. Officials of th e firm said th a t they plan on doing some logging on the property in late spring, and early sum m er. Annual Concert The High Schcol Music De­ p artm ent will present a concert of C h ristm as Music, under the direction o. C M. Dial, H igh School M us:c D irector, in th e High Sol col Aud torium , T u e s­ day ever.'.? Zoe ember 20. a t 8:00 p.m. M em beti of th e H igh School Band G irl’s Ch.irus, th e Boy’s Chcrus, and Mixed C horea will pa: tic ( ate in the v arie d musical pre 3 -am. Smarting a b o u t 7:30. M r s. F.uth M eadors o f H arbor v il p rr en t an o rg an prelud“ t î *’ ' co -cert. T here will be nc adm ission ch arg e tor the co T re public is in- vjti?d tc ? t md. Crew Of 15 Men ¡Work On Forest A erev 0? !5 men are w ork in g in this a no- for the Govern- 1 m ?nt u r.iri th e a apices of th e Chetco D s r.r* prn;f»T S tation, 1 under ,»and, d is tric t 1 Range.*- h e crew is p lanting Prim " • tree«, a. f );.ng road survey 1 w ork E i; ’•t men are cam ped up -*k of the Chetco, th? N< uat a •' survey w o rk up the S k. An old su rvey had ah e-’C. tak en up th e N orth Lc :ik. A fo’ai oi 130.000 trees, D oug­ las E. s, .-».r? e n g planted thia year, ?.r ir.nd said. F o u r men are plan tin g now on the South Bank and w ill plant la ter in snag a re as ; r arid P rairie Creek- Two men are laying lines fo r new- logging roads for new fed­ eral fo: st tim b er sales in th e area. T b-ee moke jum pers, nor­ m ally sta tic ed in Cave J u n c ­ tion, a ie am ong th e men w ork­ ing. T h e firs I-'in g p la n te d a re two yei ro old, from th e W ind R iv er N u rse ry . T hey are al»out the MRS. HOWARD IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Jack Howard, of Pine S tre et, entered Seaside H ospital in C rescent City, Thursday, for a check-up. a foot high. Daff Growers Meet At a m eeting of rep rese n tat­ ives of the daffodil grow ers In the area betw een A rcata, Calif., and A storia. Oregon, definite pluns were m ade g ettin g to g e th ­ er on th eir various problems. They ag i -xl to form The W est Coast D-iffodil C utflow er Grow-- et A.';«