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EUGENE 0R£
dheamt
•S
s-flarbor Pihi
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
T h u rs d a y , Ja n u a ry 12, 1956
<Sk
¿oe musifiluf.
Nice to hear th a t the coun
ty 's population has gone over
the 10.000 m ark. We are really
g etting ahead in the w orld by
leaps and bounds. My old home
town in Wisconsin had 10,000
people in it too. and I alw ays
figured I lived in a sm all town.
Pipe D ream s —
We w ere asked to supply some
sta tistics on the p o p u la tio n o f
the area (im m ediate trad e area)
to an o th e r party. We asked M ay
or Roy Brim m and he said 5,000.
lie w as p re tty close we think.
W e checked w ith the post office.
Bill Thom pson said th a t they
have 1.000 boxes, Harlx)r has
300, and th e re are 150 on the
ru ra l route. So, th a t m akes
1,450 addresses, figured at about
3.5 per address, or 5.055.
— Pipe Dreams —
We checked an o th er angle too.
Ricky H aggerty of th e Coos-
COUNTY OVER 10,000
Thompson Resigns
As Defense Chief
V o lu m e 10 — N u m b e r 47
Yahr New C of C Head
A m eeting of th e Civil Defense
C ury C ounty now has over
C arl Yahr, Brookings business
10,000 people, according to Dr. was held Sunday afternoon, w ith Brookings Building Hits
man, is th e new president of th e
H arold M. Erickson, s ta te health rep resen tativ es of m ost of the
officer. E stim ates are m ade by Civic groups in th e a re a present. S i ,244,395 F o r 1955
B nxikings-H arbor C ham ber of
Commerce. Y ahr was elected at
the s ta te board of health and are Those represented at th e m eet
City W orks S uperintendent,
ing w ere the Shrine, Police, the
the first m eeting of th e newly
The Brookings Council held based on vital statistics.
R alph Reed, reported th a t build
C
ham
ber
of
Com
merce,
Lions
th e ir reg u la r m eeting T uesday
H ie United State« N et....• l i f ' “ *!? ' '
C urry C ounty led the s ta te in
night. The m eeting w as quiete ¡»ercentage in increase, jum ping A uxiliary, Legion, S ta r of the ing perm its have been issued Bank has increased d e p o r tu - 1'«' ITiuis,lay night a t th e C ity
and sh o rter than any during the 76.7 percent from 6048 in 1950 Sea Church, C hetco G range, the for $1,244,395 during 1965, a new more th an 33 million dollars in *
,
V.F.W., Rotary, P.T.A., Rebek record by far. The breakdow n in th e last 12 m onths according t o 1 V ,rg' 1 £ la ,k ' T ,m h*‘r b u y er ,o r
past six
to 10,960 last July.
the
permits
haven’t
been
m
ade
the sew er problem has been re
the Brookings Plyw ood w as
O regon’s population increased ahs, Em blem Club, S atte lite
the b an k ’s year-end report.
solved to the point w here an 11.7 per cent to an all-tim e high Social Club. Citizens Com m ittee, as yet, but Reed said th a t this
elected
vice-president, and Joe
The grow th in U.S. N ational
figure included 101 new houses.
election will be held.
of 1,690,840. Census in 1950 gave City Council, B aptist Church
deposits during 1955 brought the M urphy, tre a su re r.
A lengthy discussion w as held Oregon 1,521,341.
Yahr, w ho o jx 'rates t he B rook
Lion's Club and S eventh Day
,
new to ta l to $781,492,594. Last
of the questions and answ ers
E stim ates of the h ealth de A dventist Church.
y ea r a t this tim e t h j deposit ings Feed and Seed, rep laces
concerning the sewer, as they p a rtm e n t are slightly higher
Bill Thompson, civil defense
outgoing president C h arles G ray-
to tal stood a t $748,300,328.
shel.
apfx’a r in this w eek’s Pilot. Som< than those of th e census bureau. director, resigned from th at post
The B rookings branch rep o rt
cnanges w ere m ade in th e orig
The first o rd er of business by
Coos county was am ong t h e ' because the i>ost Office D ep art-
ed deposits in th e am ount of
inal list, prepared by city work top in percentage increase, up m ent urged him to do so. It was
$4.735,594.81, according to E. L. the new group was to set a
superintendent, Ralph Reed
m eeting date, and place fo r the
26.4 from 42,265 to 53,440. D oug decided th a t each organization
Benjam in Jones w as installed Morton, m anager.
T he council also disdussed las county w as up 31.7 percent would discuss a candidate for as M aster of th e C u rry C ounty
Grow ing w ith the sta te it annual dinner, which will be held
lights for N orth Brookings, and from 54,549 to 71,830.
defense director and those nam es G range a t its reg u la r m eeting serves, the U. S. N ational also on Thursday, Ja n u a ry 26, a t
M ayor Brim m said money didn’t
E ight counties of the 36 in sent in, and a directo r picked.
held at th e O phir G range H all showed a move ahead in total the G range Hal. A rrangem ents
allow them to p ut up lights at Oregon lost population since th e
Mr. W. W. S m ith m ade a m ot last S atu rd ay . W illiam G. Howes resources w h i c h roe • from w ere ma<L‘ to a tte m p t to secure
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| present, although it was under- 1950 census. The y a re : Polk, ion to keep w hat w as left from the O verseer of the Oregon $847,711,491 as of D ecem ber 31, the services of a speaker.
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1 " rc s,ood >h a< lh(' s,a,<' highway Wallowa, Deschutes, Yamhill, funds raised in the recent flo<xl
Yahr, in his first official action
S ta te G range w as the installing 1955.
about 1,575 m eters from Pistol m ight „ go
____,___
. _ some
„ of , the
.. ‘
asked the directors to form a
along - for
for th e com m unity. T he money’s deputy, and he was assisted by
Baker,
Columbia,
Union
and
L
oans
and
discounts
for
the
R iver to th e S ta te Line, figured
cost. City E ngineer Dot M artin Clatsop. All of, the o th ers gained. possible use was, discussed by the K ath ry n F o ster as M arshall, rapidly expanding, state-w ide list of projects they would like
a t 3 persons per m eter. T hat
said th a t he would check w ith M ultnom ah gained 22.4 percent, group. They talk ed about an Mabel Adams, Emblem B earer; banking system increased more th e C ham ber of Com m erce to
brings the to tal to 4,725. Both
them on th e m a tte r.
of which P o rtlan d gained 7.8 au x iliary pow’er plant and a good Vivian Johnston, Regalia B ear than 38 million dollars. The 12- u n d ertak e during th e com ing
figures a re low, we believe. But
Reed m ade a rep o rt on stre e t percent.
short w ave radio, b u t no action er; Jo e Zumpfe, installing M as m onth gain gives the U. S. N a t year. He called for a special
then, we could be looking at the
m eeting to be held on J a n u a ry
funds, and reported th a t over
w as taken.
ter; L illian Zumpfe, C haplain; ional a loans and discount total
popuation in a different light.
19th, to discuss the projects.
$8,000 rem ained in th e fund,
A bout $1,200 was raised here, E lsa Ravekes, Custodian, and of $309,103,253.
W hat w ith all the kids running
I t w as suggested by C lark th a t
w hich p u t the city in much b et
and about h alf th a t am ount w’as Edna Weigel, Musician.
Loans and discounts for the
around my house.
th
e
Chamlx’r secure inform ation
te r shape than last year. They
spent on flood victims.
Brookings branch now' total
— Pipe Dreams —
relativ e to m eetings and o th e r
The o th e r officers of th e Pom $3,028,939.91.
have spent $11,080 to d ate in
It was also decided th at each
I talked to my d au g h ter the
functions, to be printed each
th a t departm ent.
organization should think about ona G range are as follows: Ov
‘T h e continuing grow th in
o th e r day about the im portance
A b u rg lary case, covering a m aintaining some so rt of a sup erseer, A lbert B ritton; L ecturer,
week in the Pilot. All those h av
Dogging tru ck s ripping up city-
stren
g
th
and
service
of
o
u
r
home
of securing county aid, or some
Boa
Phipj>; S tew ard, R. K. owned bank reflects this a re a ’s ing m eeting ;, or o th e r im p o rta n t
streets, especially on 5th stre e t num ber of city homes, w as solv ply for em ergency purposes.
funds so th a t additional class-
w as discussed, and an ordinance ed last week w hen th e Crescent
Phipps; A ssistant S tew ard, R.K. progress and the confidence of events are asked to call Mrs.
rooms could be built to relieve
City Police arrested Lyle C harles
Erw in; C haplain, Docia Sw eet; the people in this hank and in Bailey, at the C ham ber of Com
review ed which covered it.
th e double shifting in school.
T reasu rer, Ellen Jag g ers; Sec the economy of this region and m erce inform ation ce n te r on
A le tte r w as read from the Chickloski there. He wras a r r e s t
Eh, she said, she likes to go lb v jT , „ I j T - L T c "* •
, •
retary , A. P. S w eet; G atekeeper, the nation,” com m ented E. C. T uesday afternoons.
school only half a day
F “ h 1 Game S ef f ' ce asklnK ed on tw o counts of b u rg lary
D
r,
y
about the city ’s application for th ere ,and u nder questioning, ad
D. C. Jag g ers; Ceres, Sylvia Sam m ons, U. S. N ational pres
- P .pe Dr«.™ « _
j w a, e r righ(s on (he
m itted sixi ch arg es of burglary’ in
Lee; Pom ona, T o ra G ustafson; ident.
I w as surprised at the inform
Sam Hall, d istrict atto rn ey , Florft, Ollie B ritton; Lady Ass
EIRE LOSSES LOW
I t w as reported th a t through the Brookings area.
Since the end of 1954, the U.S.
ality w ith which the County
Chickloski, 19, has a wife and will represent C urry County a t istan t S tew ard, C lark Erw in;
W ednesday, 164 sew er bills have
N ational h a s . added two new
C ourt m eeting» a re run. I like
jd........
m any of them for child. He was a Brookings res a m eeting in Saam Baldock’s E xecutive com m ittee m em bers, branches in Salem, on« a t Mill IN BROOK I NOS
an inform al m eeting w here a guy m„ nths ahead
office
of
the
S
ta
te
HighW'ay
E
n
ident. He is now- u n d er $2,000
Fred Adams. Clarence Brooks, City and one a t Ashland, bring
F ire C hier Val M endenhall re
can let his hair down, and m aybe
n
a
•
bond in C rescent City, and, ac gineer.
and Fred G ustafson; Home Ec ing to 62 the num ber of its b ank
ported to th e C y Council T ues
cuss once in a while. But the
H all left W ednesday afternoon onomics C om m ittee C hairm an,
cording to Police Chief, Bud
ing offices th roughout Oregon.
day night • i the fire situ atio n
( o u rt doesn't have a recorder,
Cross, he will be charged w ith by a ir to atten d the session.
E dith Ackley and Musician Edna
in Brooking l> Ixen gixxi, an d
o r se creta ry to ta k e down the
The
m
eeting
w
as
called
by
the Brookings b u rg lary s also.
Weigel. C larence Brooks is the
thanked th I
m inutes of the meetings. Guess F ifty football suits
; c for th e ir co
have a r
Chief Cross said th a t he has Ju d g e Effiendenger, chairm an of retirin g M aster.
operation.
th eir m em ories m ust be prettv rived, according to the Q u a rte r ad m itted ta k in g wheels and tire s the County C ourts com m ittee of
The m eeting opened at 11:0()
good.
Chief Mf d erh a ll said th at
back club, who held th e ir reg from a pick-up owned by C a ll the Oregon Coast association. w ith a ixitluck dinner
served
since May 1
— Pipe D ream s —
they have had 11
The discussion planned is aim- at noon. D uring the L ec tu rer’
u la r m eeting M onday night. B erger; tw o b atterie s from th e
Tw o nam es w ere subm itted as alarm s, 8
required ex-
Incident ly, we got a request Two m ore contributions w ere re- city equipm ent, the w ate r tru ck
a t com inK to an un,k’rstand J Hour. M r ^ Sylvia Ix>e showed nom inations for
‘‘Man
and
from Sheldon S ackett, prom inent corded. They w ere C harles Ames and the tra c to r; looting a house, ing w ith Balflock on u h a t th e co,or
O nh 135 dollars in
Hnd fokl alK)Ut hej. W om an" of the y ea r this work. tinguishim
prupert;
publisher of the Coos Bay Times, and Fred Anderson, each giving >wned by Mrs. Flossie Buchanan , ’,lans are of ,ht> highway d ep art- trf |() Mpxioo an(, G u a(am ala.
. suited from
O th er nam es are requested lor
th a t w-e are to send his copy of $300
and tak in g a purse, and $14; a , nw nt>for highway 101 during the i ghe a ,go (jjspjayed the clothing the nom inations and p i c k a th e fires
th e PILO T airm ail, special de-
A board of d irecto rs was set house owned by Mrs. R e n h a rd ,) c0011'1« ye a r-
and articles she had brought ‘‘Man and W om an” of th e y ear
livery in the future. A pparently up, so th at Incorporation papers w here he took a purse, which
Judges from most of th eo th er hack from th e trjp
•. la m
for th e com m unity. T he two Alllll Sc
he w an ts to know w hat goes on could be filed. Included on the was found la ter; a house owned j « u n tie s will atten d the meeting, j The next m eetjng ^11 be held
nam es sent in w ere for women Is I f< >n< •
>y P arty
in town right now.
at n a r bor w ith Chetco G range active in civic functions.
board of directors w ere the th ree by Mrs. Lydia C rigler, also t a x - ! w hich is ^ " 8 ^ I d in Salem
M rs V
1 ale, and M rs.
officers, W arren McNeeley. pres ing a purse, and some v a lu a b le '
¡on S atu rd ay . April 7th. Those
Em il E d’ .
i w ere co-host-
. G.O.C B A C K IN B U S IN E S S
ident; Dr. Sam Gibson, and Tom papers which — re hid.
i N O L IC E N S E S Y E T
who attended the m eeting from P la n n in g M eeting Is I leid esses foi
tlid iy p arty held
The Lookout S tation of the Dent.
Guy W ay also reported having
Chief of Police Bud Cross re- the Chetco G range w ere: Mr.
A county planning m eeting for for A un'
I'« ’iiham, who w as
Ground O bserver Corps is back
O thers w ere Gene Allison, his house entered, and some j po rts th a t because of transpor-1 and Mrs. H. J. Weigel, Mr. and in economic and social survey 93 years ''
This p a rty w as
in business, thefroad having been Chuck Hoffman, tre a su re r; and tools stolen out of a pick-up, tatio n difficulties the new dog
Mrs. F red G ustafson, Mr. and was held Tuesday in Gold Beach, held at 5
H ale’s hom e on
mentions rc- George D unning and Bill Thomp* ‘-w>»-d by Tony C h riste n se n ,) licenses haven't arrived from Mrs Joe Zumpfe, Mr. and Mrs. A tt.‘iiding from Brookings w ere Benham I ;
Sunday, J a n u a ry
stored. The station has been sort son.
, parked
«If isnintna
..
— C
— a t ,h e bowlinK a Hey, ! th e C ounty R ecorder as yet. He Milton Foster, Mr .and Mrs. 1? Ed Demfwey, D. D. W illiams, 8th. w ith 3; guests present,
isolated w ith the w ashed out
T he next m eeting will be held ( w ere retu rn ed by Chief Cross, said th at they will be here C. Jaggers, Mrs Elsa Ravekes,
Cecil W atts, and Jo«’ Tobin. A j Many
and flowers w ere
road and th telephones being on J a n u a ry 23rd, at 8 p.m. in th e ! * * 0 recovered them in C rescent ! shortly, and asked that the
Mrs. Edith Ackley, Mrs. Maude com plete report w ill follow' in i presented f<
int Sue, who w as
in and out.
faculty room a t th e high school. I C ity-
| people w atch th e Pilot, lo r an ad. D m gacre and Benjam in Jont*s.
xt w eek’s Pilot.
happy to \ • t w ith tier friends«
City Council Holds
Regular Session
Brookings Branch
Reports Deposits
A t $ 4 ,7 3 5 ,5 9 5
Pomona Grange
Installs Ben Jones
Burglary Case
Is Broken Open
HALL TO MEET
WITH BALDOCK
r iity Suits Arrive
For Football Team
MORE NAMES
NEEDED NOW
77ic rif p-.s- e i pressed m the art
icle below ore those of the city
officials of Brookings, and don t
necessarily reflect those of the
Pilot. Those who tmve divergent
•
i iso welcome to ex
EXPLAIN QU
law Fix? othei’ f i l l y jx rcent of j stalled.
,
a t th e tim e th«' sewer
gatktfi to all propci ty ow ners in
i!ie money collected will he used
Q. How is this $50,000 to be the City.
1«i T ^constm eted. If the lat-
for the construction of the lac- repaid ?
i » 4 i.,-tailed a t the tim e
Q W hy flix’sn't the ow ner of •
ilities necessary to tran sm it the
A If the City purchases the the vacant lot next to me have :..e s ’Aer is c< ..«tructed, then the
sewage from the la te ra ls in »he , present system , then those be- to pay the sew er sureharg» ?
1 of th e service lateral will
various im provem ent d istric ts to i .ng served by th e present sew er
.»- t . u i e and m aterial expended,
A. It is unlaw ful to assess
press their in ws to this jiaper. the disposal plant. T his includes
‘ if ii m ight ru n over $75 00 in
system, which is designated in
all mains over 8 inches in size, our plans as A rea N. 1, will vacant property for such a »•me eases.
charge. Therefore, th e City has
The officials of the City of pum ping plants and pressure
Q Why not collect this mon-
be assessed on the sam e basis as set up in O rdinance No. 83, a
Brookings have been asked to mains.
’ v j».* th e sew ers arc installed ’
oth
er
a
re
as
w
here
new'
sew
ers
fair an»l operatable plan w h ere
c larifj m any questions p e rta in
A 'J hat would lx? impossible
Q. \ \ hat is going to lx* done will be constructed. T he monies by the ow ner of vacant property
ing to the proposed sew er system
te
uo 1. “’&us'' it is necessary to
received
from
this
assessm
ent
will p «/ an equal am ount to th a t
th a t is now being, planned for w ith the $50,000 bond issue?
•'.live s >me cap ital to co n tract
will
he
used
to
retire
th
a
t
por
paid by the ow ner of im proved
th e City of Brookings. The ques
A. If this bond issue is ap
h r the construction for any
tions have pertained for the proved in the com ing election of 1 tion o( the bonds, the balance to _ pro|x>rty when he etects to build
.,pe of w jrk . Il we do not have
be
retired
from
the
$2.00
assess-
'
on his property and connect onto
m ost p art to the $2.00 assess- ’ January 20. 1956. $29,044.66 as
th
e cre-h on hand then we would
ment
and
from
sew
arge
disposal
!
the sewer.
m ent now heing levied and the appraised by th«> engineering
• - a i t i e m ercy of co n tracto rs
charges th a t will be charged '
proposed $50,000 bond issue. The firm of Cornell, H ow land, Hay es
Q W hat will I be charged ’e .’.Ti'..- tin y m ight have to w ait
folowing questions have been and M erryfield will be put in a fte r various are as a re com
from my property line to the te r th. ir money. The plan is
pleted.
selected from m any that have e crow for the purchase of th e I
•»ewer when it is installed in my A'trke-i out on a five-year basis
been asked and the answ ers present sew er system now in
Q. W hy should I pay sew er I district ?
)•’ a l’ th e sew ers in th e City,
have been given to the best of i stalled in the City-. No money i charge w hen it appears imposa- ,
u c «.'thug the disposal plant, are
o u r ability:
will be paid for this system un- ' ihle to connect my house to the
A. Your property will be ass • nt*«’pat cd to be com pleted w'ith
Q. U hat is to l,e done with less clear title can be given to sew er ? ’
essed to cover the cost of sew er •i tha* peri xL
th e mone> co'lecte ] on the a s- the City, and. if c lea r title can
A It is possible to connect la terals in your district. T h at
'I t • < i’y i? divided into nine
tssm e n t now being levied?
not be furnished, then th e money er. house in th e City to th e j will be on a square foot basis
- , - »tement d istricts and each
A. F ifty percent of the m on will be used to by-pass the p res p. posed sew e r line, The sew er w’hich js not worked out com
L . j TiTt v ill oo assessed for th e ir
ies collected will be put into a ent system. The balance of th; e -’em ar.d th e disposal plant is pletely a t this writing. TTw> cost
’ -ri • ».enient as the work pro-
reserve sew er acceiint to be us»d .-‘•000 will be used to finance n«-i i’Si»ary to th e health of *he
of the sew er service lateral from / : e -e to th a t district. D istrict
ONLY for ihc construction of a construction th a t m ust be done o m m unity and each and every the line in the stree t to y o u r
2 r.d D istrict No. 3 a re
sew age disposal ‘ plant which this year, in order to ta k e care person m ust help to pay fo r th a t your p roperty line has been
x w G ng planned for this ass-
m ust be installed w ithin five of th e rew age from the im p a rt of th e sew er system whicn fixed a t a cost of $75 00. provid
•
arid w ork will s ta rt
y e a rs to comply w ith the S ta te provem ent areas as they a re in- would becorme an overall obli- ing th is service laterai it in-
•Ji-Te a« s xe. as w eather permits
M SEWERS
V»«th gcxxi luck and prop«’r ccxip- th e system as has l>een ou tlin ed
eration from all citiziens, it to you would rcq n iie a b >n<l i>-
would bo jxissible to have this sue of not les th an $367,600. >\a
en tire system com pleted w ithin you ra n i< adbv see, the C ity of
three years.
Brookings cannot afford to have
Q. W hat would it cost to re- such a large b»>nd issiw at thia
I place th e present s ‘W«’r system tim e for various reasons. Oae
if it could not lx> pu rch ased ?
reason is th at the interest would
A. It is estim ated by the be ex o rb itan t, th e o th e r reaso®
firm of con? lilting engineers is th a t we are planning to have*
that th«* cost of rt placem ent of a w ater system fo r th e C.t> th a t
th«’ presk’nt s e v e r system would would give th e people ad e q u a te
be $59,881.17. In addition to the service and a reduction in in su r
above cost, th ere would, of ance rates, as well as a suffiei« at
course, be th«’ legal and con supply of w a te r th a t would net
tingent expenses which m ight be cu rtailed in a dry season.
well run this cost up as high as I Your C ity Council w ishes t»
$65,(MX). You can readily see th at keep the am ount of bonds w ith
by purchasing th e present sys in lim its th at would not p u t th e
tem. eith er by am icable argee- C ity into such a jx>sition tfart
ment or by condem nation pn>- its cred it would be im paired.
cecdings the taxpayers of Brook- i Q. Why do I have to pay tbfcs
ings save frorp $33,000 to $40.000 su rch arg e when I live outside
Q. If th? present plan w ere my o the proposed improve*
not used and a genera, o b lig at m en t d istric ts?
ion bond issue would be prop«»se«i
A. Th«- disposal p la n t awfl
to co n stru ct the system in th e ajx*rtantures a re engineered t*
C ity of Brookings, w h at w ould) tak e ( are of th e e n tire ci||r.
the bond issue be?
A dditional d istric ts w ill be s e t
A. The engineering firm of up as needed. If you do not
Cornell, Howland. H ayes and tlvda surebarwe, you would __
M erryfield of Corvallis, Oregon using facilities paid for by othena
has estim ated th at th e cost of when your district is formed.