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PAGBTWD The BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON r»t m utua...... PILOT IROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT We who have '‘recently” come —;— ----7------7----7— . raised a family, who about the Into here hovo to live have nnllf only followed a ra Civil War period, again went women. The same can be said of piittern made, many, many years to the “Far West” then Kansas, those who first landed on the Karell T, 1M>. ago, and which will probably Iowa, Missouri end Nebraska shores of Canada, whether Brit continue ‘o be followed, long Their families, in turn, took off ish, or French, and even the ear Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy after we are gone. Everyone we on a much longer trek—and pos lier settlers of Louisiana were E d i t o r « a n d Publishers meet along the “coast” is in the sibly an easier and more public content with such companionship gl/BSCRIPTION MATES: same category. There are very-, ized one beyond the western as they found indigenous, until «3 00 One Tear la Advance (In Gurry C oot/) very few slight diversions but slope of the Rockies. In this tran the "Basket Girls” arrived and Oae W ar to Advance toutalde Curry Oounty) .................................... S3 50 they are insignificant. sit, from the Atlantic across to even then, there weren’t enough If you investigate your origin N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L the chances are you will loose the Pacific, frequently four or ladies from the homeland to go T V /S P A P E R around. I I as T o c ía t i S. n the thread in the mazes of Eur- more generations appeared to PUBLISHERS I I J o V \ S J I J | S lv p U C L C l U . V S I1 111x711 complete the pattern. On their All of these strains have blend- ope. And in the predominately way many were ,ost We ASSOCIATION AFFILIATE MEM whjte waqx there may be colored times think all these adventure« en and offshoots of all of ttx»m J threads, gathered along the way. who came west were borne by have migrated to become our The census of one of Oregon’s the prairie schooners, that those neighbors. In the process, the earliest settlements reports a loved ones who did not arrive migration is directly proportion j very small minority of white were buried on the lonesome al to the facility at hand. When We want to start off by advising you N O T to males unattended by Indian lad prairie, overlooking a very con those facilities, trails (or none) ies and in Bibical time« Greek siderable number especially from roads, railways, highways, and vote in the city bond election, to be held this Friday. soldiers brought home their the Atlantic coast who set out airways, finally evolved because This may seem to be a shotking bit of information, Etheopian wives and their child. from their homes and either more people wanted to use them, J quicker, the migration speeded and we want to elaborate. We advise you not to vote, i’(»n ‘ I attempted rounding Cape Hom up from the slow movement of a down the families of in theirf own jerry-built craft unless you are informed in the matter. Your vote is any Chasing of us, here on the coast, or anything else that would generation at a time to what we very important, and unless you have determined right follows an almost axiomatic < noat or even those who were have today. We who have lately their journey from the I persuaded to come via Nicara- come within this generation — from wrong in the matter at band you may be doing pattern Allantic Seaboard to the Pacific! gUa. Some engaged transit to the will find that the trip we easily yourself and your neighbors a dis service by voting. *lope. Such as can tie Learned Atlantic side on the Isthumus, made in a m atter of days is not be compared with the stories We believe firmly that an informed voter is a horn the early comers show' they sure that they could cross it and »»me of our neighbors can tell made the journey in periods of walk up the western coast of good voter. We don’t care particularly if you agree or generations us, of the almost unusurmount— and some of the the country to California, not able obstacles their forefathers disagree with the city's bond proposition, because if ate comers and some of the knowing that such a journey is endured during their migration the people don’t want to accept the bond, then everyone can travel from Berlin to Brook- almost impossible. in which they not only estab mgs without missing much sleep Many of our substantial west lished civilization along the route should be satisfied. compared to the journey from coast families came almost dir- but,brought it to in However, before you cast your ballot for any \ itginia to Kentucky which took ectly from Eusope, crossing the preparation for us Brookings I « late-comers some of our ancestors a year or Atlantic, some with their fam- proposition, especially one so vital to the city as this, more. ilies, crossing the plains, and Whether there fore-trekkers W IT H D IV ID E N D S we feel you should check on some questions you surely Various influences practically setting up their first American were - urged by « a .-. succession u v ^ s iu ii o of , depoulated m a n y European Now, you can get the best protection home among those who had ’ *h<‘riffs or some inner and honor- must have. | countries during some 250 year made their journey in generation ah,e motive, we owe them much, available and cut costs on your auto You can pick up your answers from letters, and of contemporary advance in stages. insurance at the same time. S afeco In They are the ones who slashed surance Company of America, one of the transportation. Columbus, in his other material printed recently in the Pilot. You can „ A1_ . <nd fought their way to the famous General of America Companies, search for a shorter route to the Further south, in California, j Chetco, they ane those' who est study the ordinances which are at your disposal at the jjepper market (with which to t a u7h'n.‘h P!' t,ern h i°"7 Wed **■ *blished h t e . th e n , offers you nationwide 24-hour claims ser vice and personal attention of your local though there some of the oldest by attracting others to further preserve m eat) uncorked a flood City Hall: Or you can find vociferous dissenters ready , «geat or broker . . . and you save money* fanuhes came out from Spain to, our national scheme, and the of wanderlust as soon as word and willing to give you their opinions. got ‘round. A couple of centuri«« Mea co. encouraged and fostered evident progress they m ate The point of this editorial is as follows: We later some religious unrest, fol by the Catholic Church. Here which we accept as our h eriû g t 8 ’ want you to vote, but only if you have determined lowed by plunging economic and again the pattern is the same. cannot stop with'us P E T E J, L E S M E IS T E R A G E N C Y The early Spanish did not social Devolutions along with pol logically which course you want tlx city—your city itical upheavals. Much of the bring their ladies with them to too,in our generation, are to take. flood came to the Americas- all any great extent. The g»ntiy Pioneering, or at least, it will be the Americas, North. South, and may have but the peasant and •°» a hundred years hence, ------------------- Central. Those who came to our the soldier class acquired native Atlantic seaboard, both Canadian and US A., plopped down on the The Brookings-Harbor Chamber of Commerce nearest, handiest land ,and there their families. is starting off a new year with a new leader, Carl Yahr. raised Now, there has always lieen a Now would be a gotxl time to make a few pertinent contention about these families. observations concerning the Chamber of Commerce. Among them were those who stayed put and those who moved First,, we could observe that a lot of communit on. Some say the less desirable ies don’t have .1 Chamber of Commerce—and those h ik d of their own accord or were invited to, the ‘respectable’ communities are slow moving, and stagnant. Second, staying at home and others say we see that some communities have an active vibrant the ‘respectable’ and energetic Cbamlxr of Gunmerce, anti those cities are alive anti came west and the laggards stay ed behind. going somewhere. We want the Brookings Harbor Whichever way it was, in trac- area to fall in the latter category. ig several of the earlier coastal w > can just about fore- • Ford’s Thunderbird V-8 engine,' I Imistkiy night the ( liamber of Commerce’s settlers ce, in each cast», where the fam- j Board of Directors .ire sitting down, each with a list ly came from the seaboard ’ the standard "8” in Fairlanes and Station of things they would like to have accomplished in this states around the time of the of 1812, to what was then Wagons, is the most powerful ”8” in its aita this year. 1 lie group will toss each of the proposal »'»ar he Ear West" Kentucky, Ohio,! anti come up with some definite type of program for Indiana and Illinois. There they field at no extra cost. Ford has built more AN INDEPENDENT tar«« M (W Thunday, January 19,1956 THO8B UTILITY BOYS! store up all to our Now that the furor is over, fair-weather way of life. let us all exhale so we can bow low to the gentlemen who eased Many of these men our burdens by helping us keep ( themselves and their families in touch with the outside world. much—soaked to the hide, mi ga They, all of them, are our neigh my meals, and often in the HaHr. bors and despite the fact that ness— and in the midst of tht they are,most of them at least, Holiday Season at that. Their are on our collective payrolls, ministrations were vital and that does not lessen the oblig their rew rd lies in the apprec ations nor does it measure the iation of their neighbor* and indebtedness. inner satisfaction that their Casting aside those who un work is acknowledged to be in wittingly complained of their in the "WELL DONE” Class. convenience, we should not con template our ’phone, power, and An architectural innovation is road interruptions in any other manner than to imagine, if we the surgical tape binding the poorly can, the work these men corner windows of orve of our did, out then? in the worst storm newer business buildings. of gales and downpours to re- « m o d « «la*« m a tt« , at Uw NEWSPAPER poitofflca at Brooking«, Oregon, under the Act of March I. It?* A Ballot is an Im portant Piece of Paper JÏÇAUTO insuranc B 3WJ A NEW YEAR FOR THE C. of C. afield the year. What would you like to see the ( liamber of Gunmerce achieve tim ing the coming year? Remember they represent you, too. Why don’t von corner a tlii cctor on the street, anti tell him w hat you think, d ell bun that you personally want to see more industries here, or a harbor, or a road to Grants Pass, or a bigger ami Ixtter Lily Festival, or more publicity about Brookings distributed, or whatever other project you nay want. Don t ask linn tell him. Ami while you’re telling bun remeinlxr to slip your membership fee into bis hand became no organization can operate prop erly without support. We wish the new Cbamlxr, anti the new Pres- dent well this year. Ì6C MEftttiftb OIDSMOBILE - GMC TRUCKS COQUILLE AUTO CO. \ -8 s than all other makers combined! Gst More ( eating ComîoJ Fords e In virtually every model, a Ford equipped the way more and more people want it . . . costs less* than any other full-sized car in America! 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