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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON
The
PILOT
B RO O K IN G S-H A R B O R
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IN D E P E N D E N T
FOR WHAT
IT'S WORTH
P IL O T
By C L IF F O R D P. ROW’E
N E W SPA PE R
FO R W H A T I T ’S W O R T H ------
One of the most encouraging
aspects of the cu rren t sta te pol
Ray Pisarck, Joe M urphy
itical p ictu re was the recen t de
E d i t o r s a n d P u b lis h e r s
cision of S enator M ark H atfield
B LB BC R IPTIO N
R ATES.
from Salem to seek the Repub
One Tear In Advance tin Curry Conty) ....... . ... ........................... >3.00
lican nom ination for S ecretary
One Tear H. Advnncc (outalde Curry County) ..
..................... >3.30
of S tate. In en e ra which too
often finds candidates en terin g
politics for the sole purpose of
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N A T IO N A L
E D IT O R IA L
self-advantage o r to grind an
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axe for some special group, it
ASSOCIATION , (^< 3 .'~ÿ
is indeed refreshing to discover
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a well-qualilied candidate whose
chosen professsion is govern
m ent.
Considering the obstacles th a t
such a candidate m ust face, one
Did anylxxly hear the news? T he
W e are of the opinion, and we be cannot help adm iring th e cour
lieve a substantial majority of the cit •g e of such a one who en ters
num lxr one priority for the G rants
Pass Cham ber of Commerce is to build
izens of Curry County agree with us, the political arena w ith no fin
ancial backing o th er th an th a t
that this sum of $11 3,000 should be dis which m ay come from those who
a road all the way over the mountains
tributed to the schools of the county on believe in clean and honest
to the Upper Summer bridge on the
governm ent w ith special prj
Cheteo. Let ns he alarmed. Let us pet
an attendance basis. Some of the other
ge to
counties of the State, who also partlC-1 T h at «» perhaps the reason 1
ition the Count} Court for their 113
nated in the distribution of () & C funds ; find ' myself a t this early stag e
thousand dollars so that we can build
in the cam paign determ ined to
a counter m id to G rants Pass. A lright,
have appropriated one-half of the sum ¡give a n possible upport to this
they received to their schools. If this one candidate lor public office
maybe we at kidding, and being on the
r e
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i " 'h iie the national p ictu re is still
s u m o f $113,000 is distributed to our ¡n u rnU(1lile and /houini?
fa« tii n is side, hut apparently that's the
Entered «* «M ond-cl*M tnuttor, at the postofnc« at Brookings. Oregon,
March 7, IM S , under the Act o f March 3. 1879
Thursday, January 12, 1956
Teachers Ask For
Minimum Salary
The recom m endation of the | of $3400 for teachers w ith less
1 group is to be acted upon by the than a batchelor’s degree; $3700
associations rep resentative coun- for those w ith the batchelor’s
.stablishm ent of a statew ide cil in March, and if approved by degree; and $4000 for those w ith
m inim um sa la ry schedule was the policiy m aking body, will be the m aster’s degree. He said it
ta e
or in a m otion approved i subm itted to the 1957 Oregon would also provide reg u la r an-
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c°nonruc W elfare Com- S ta te L egislature for enactm ent nual increm ents for each y ea r of
mi ee of the Oregon Education into law. according to com m ittee experience to certificated O reg-
associatinn
e atu rd - ay (Dec-j
,
. chairm
,
„ an DeVere
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_ T aylor
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association a a» t a Q S
of _____
Med on ’ educators. "T eacher tu rnover
em ber 10 Im eeting of the group ford,
is g re a te r and salaries low est in
a t the association’s head q u arters
I aylor explained th a t the new d istricts which do fiot provide
building in P ortland.
schedule would provide a floor j salary schedules,” sta te d Taylor.
nxanazx^xLxa
ROADS or CHILDREN ?
til
inkii
schools, Curry County shall have only 01 becoming even more confus-
appropriated about one-third of the
/ ,Tni. ‘ i,nlllkn\ ln my own
young
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total sum received to its schools.
I field is the best qualified m an
of our friends in Gold Beach,
•y are alarmed over C<x>s Bav
and Myrtle Point coining to the Agness
area to steal their timber, so the County
Court has considered the possibility of
using the $113,txx) unbudgeted O & C
Tim ber Money to start a road up the
Rogue to Agness.
in the s ta te for the office he
W e believe that we are as well in seeks.
formed as to the economic necessities of Possessing an enviable record
1 as a professor of political sci
Curry County as the next fellow’. W e ence in one of O regon’s o u t
shall never know ingly impair or hinder standing independent universit
M ark H atfield has fu rth e r
the economic development of our coun s ies,
tr e n g th e n e d his political s ta t
ty. But there is such a thing as common ure through his years of service
sense. A nd we do have children. And to the sta te in th e senate. W ith
his political record th ere for all
each andgill of us do possess that degree to read, the voter will not be
of integrity which compclls us to sec voting for a pig m a poke. N eith
r will he be gam bling as to
to it that our children are’educated in e his
integrity. His train in g and
good schools.
experience have been such as to
Ladies and (ientleinen, we too, are
alarmed and dismayed at the situation.
W e would like to see all of Curry C oun
ty timber processed in Curry County,
localise it will build and m aintain pay-
1 rolls, and it means a wider tax base to
support county and city governments.
A nd any help given Gold Beach inter
ests in that regard would lx- in our best
interests also.
g u ara n tee honesty in office; for
Various private interests, and per only the weak and unqualified
haps members of the County C ourt succum b to cooruption.
I have never held to the
place the harvesting of logs before our theory th at new faces in office
1 ecessarilj m ake continued good
crying necessity for better schools.
governm ent a certainty. N eith er/
According to our figures the Coun- have I felt th at any age group,
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«ge group,
I , holds { a monopoly
ty government should have $218,000 old or young,
know-how.
from O & C timber money. $101,057.60 I on political ¡!o E
t J N ever-
I lowcver, let’s not spend all of that
Si 13,(xx) to subsidize the logging in
dustry in Gold Beach. Remember,
please, that that $113,000 belongs to
all of us.
There has been paid into the treas
ury of Curry ( xxinty, from O & C funds
th c sum of §331,000 (this is over and
above the tax income and income from
Natonal Forests). Of this sum, the
County Court of Curry County has
budgeted $2iS,ooo for various purposes.
'1 bis is a tremendous am ount of money,
ami it belongs to all of the people of the
county.
Of the sum of $331,000 there re
mains an unhudgeted balance of $1 13,-
(xx). 1 his balance is a njx- and juicy
melon ready for the cutting. Various
interests hover about, all ready and will
ing to get ahold of a slice. Now who is
goii g to get this money? The County
Court will answer this question.
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It it isn’t, and Gold Beach interests
.ne anxious to have the road to Agness,
w hy d o n ’t we take the money out of the
Court I iouse fund, am ounting to about
$300,000 to use on the Gold Beach-
Agness mud. and then bond to I,mid
the courthouse, as is done in 99 percent
of all public buildings?
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P O R T IA N O
RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and Due from B anks........................................... $ 1 4 9 ,8 0 2 ,3 9 4 .0 7
United States G overnm ent Bonds.................................................
3 0 0 ,3 4 2 ,0 4 8 .8 6
M u n icip al and Other B o n d i............................................................
7 4 ,1 2 8 ,9 5 7 .3 6
Loans and Discounts— N e t..............................................................
3 0 9 ,1 0 3 ,2 5 3 .9 3
Stock in Federal Reserve B a n k ......................................................
1 ,0 8 0 ,0 0 0 0 0
Bank Premises (Including Branches)...........................................
8 ,8 9 1 ,9 2 8 .3 5
Customers Liability on A cceptances..........................................
9 3 ,6 5 4 .0 0
Interest Earned......................................................................................
2 ,8 7 0 ,0 1 3 .7 8
O ther Resources...................................................................................
1 ,3 9 9 ,2 4 1 .0 0
IIABIUTIES
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C o P '1« 1............................ f .................................
SurP *«»................................................................
U n d ivid ed P rofits............................................
$ 1 8 ,0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0
1 8 ,0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0
2 0 ,7 9 0 ,5 5 5 .5 7
5 6 ,7 9 0 ,5 5 5 .5 7
Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc....................................................
A cceptances...........................................................................................
Dividends D e clared ............................ ...............................................
4 ,2 3 8 ,6 8 5 .4 9
1 2 6 ,4 3 9 5 0
5 8 5 ,0 0 0 0 0
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781,492,594.59
Other Liabilities..............................................................................
81,624 6 0
Interest Collected Not E arned .........................................................
4 ,3 9 6 591 8 0
$ 8 4 7 ,7 ? i , 4 9 1 .3 5
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D I2 E C T B fiA N C H OF
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OREGON'S OW N STATE-WIDE BANK
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tftivronee Comoro Ion
D A F f BLO O M S A R E BOUND
FOR M A R K E T
1 ly grow ers a re ju st sta rtin g
o ship outdoor grown dafTodil
blotmis to m ark et, the w arm
ram s having brought them along
a timely season. Several
thousand others, grown under
gla.ss, i.,v e already been shipped
w<n,M clean up tiv forced on<
Ixdore the volum e builds up
from the fields. By fa r , moat of
’he blooms a re shipped by air.
E X T E N S IO N TO M E E T
The Home Extension m eets
-Il .1.tiiti.it> 1 st h a t 1 he <. a n g e
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county tax for the county g ‘ :eral fund, young man of promise, possess
outstan d in g training and ex
e d between $150,000 ..
$160,000 <ng
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{Patience, comes into the nictum
from U.S. Forest Service (of which three-j he should be given e w .y assL t
fourths goes into a road fu n d ). At any anev m helping him to obtain
th a t office in u h ich he can best
rate, that is around $460,000 to run the serve.
county with this year (not including
By such assistance we a re in
the disputed $113,000). Surely this suring for ourselves in the fu t
ure th e caliber of statesm an sh ip
should he enough money to run a coun which this country so sorely
ty and still leave a goodly am ount for needs at all times.
r< »ads.
Th
Brookings Residents
For Demonstration or information regarding
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trig urtn a tiiio i or Strung, Cloudy U rin e ) “Rraided Rugs " Fhose atten d in g
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and Bladder Teel.
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CtMufotUng twlp, A billion C Y 8T K X tablets
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