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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1956)
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS. OREGON PAGE TWO Thursday, February 23, 1956 M RS. A L E N A L. FIC H ER t ., SA LM O N IN C R E A S E - ( Mrs M urry wag sa d . - We hear of an o th er fam ily T here has been a phenom inal dened recently, w ith word th a t head who bought 50016 expen- increase in th e nu m b er of th e, h er m other Mrs. A lena L. F isher, sives doe m eat he w as invited 10 spawning salm on on th e Ump- 81, passed aw ay a t her home in h an d over t0 th e law —w hich he By C L IFFO R D P. ROWE qua, according to Bill S altzm an, Bozeman, M ontana. Due to ill- did- too> __ BROOKINGS-HA RBOR PILOT H ard ly a day passes but w hat fishery biologist w ith th e sta te ness, Mrs. Murry' was not able *W some of us are called upon to Game Commission. W ith some 50 to m ake the trip east. AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W SPA PE R Cotarad aa aacond-claa» mattur, at tha poatofflca at Brooking«. Oragon, pass in judgem ent upon the a c t' ad u lt salm on observed per mile ions or conduct of those w ith of spawning beds, this increase PATRON IZE March 7, 1M8. under tha Act of March J. 187# Under New Managcer w hom we are in daily associat- am ounts to some 76 peroent over A D VERTISERS Ray Pisarek, Joe M urphy ion. Some of us are very quick the p are n t y e a r of '52, th e year I t is w onderful th a t God made] in advancing o u r opinions, tak - the cu rren tly breeding fish w ere E d ito r » a n d P u b lith e r » ing little if any tim e to weigh hatched. T he count of 1945 was grow ing things green, all around SUBSCRIPTION RATES: th e evidence available. O thers, a fraction over 4 fish per mile us. It is such a p re tty color. 88 oo Ona Tear In Advance (In Curry Goaty) ---------- ---------------- heeding th e Bibical adm onition °f hed 83 so Ona Taar In Advance (outalda Curry County) --------------------- th a t he who is w ithout g uilt S altzm an said it w as imposs* H E LL O W O RLD — should cast th e first stone, are ible to m ake the survey a t the A son w as born to Mr. and Mrs. re lu c ta n t to offer and criticism proper tim e, because of storm s Daniel Exton, on th e 18th, w ith E D IT O R IA L n a t io n a l 0 * * tlE W S P A P E R and high w ater, but it is possible Dr. P au l R onniger assisting. J A S S O C IA I IÄ N whatsoever. P U B L IS H E R S P leading not guilty to eith er th a t d uring the unobserved per- —---------------- — — — --------------- J ü ¡¿33 ASSO C IA TIO N I A F F IIIA T f MEMBER of th e above classifications, I iod still m ore fish m ay have 07753267 find m yself experiencing no hes- been in th e stream . • WE SERVICE ita tio n in condemming those to- j T here is a possibility th a t this iuS5 AUTOMATIC day who com plain incessantly of exceptionally high count of sal- to, being Ixired. W ith m odem life m °n spaw ning may not bring u t io n s . try CY8TEX for quick, gratifying, TRANSMISSIONS not be right, but it has always been that being w hat it is, complex and heavy ru n s of th e m a tu re fish used^uypMt^fc*e»r»pwe « u h “ 'and A ll Worl( Guaranteed way since recorded history and we think ev er m ore dem anding, I can ac- ^ o m this y e a r’s spawn. Rushing, SJtuuc'ttoo o f ttW e y -b a c k 'ila x Im w !14" A lot of excitement was stirred up cept no excuse from those who I high flood w’aters, scouring deep -------------------- --------------------------- that it always will he. Call it hum an say th a t th e ir w aking hours *n th e sh iftin g gravel beds, are . locally, and state wide, on the gambling offer little tow ard a rich er and feared to have destroyed njueh nature or whatever you want. expose in Curry Q>unty. Both the O reg of the spaw n or sluiced o ut the It is true, however, when gam bling h ap p ier life. My own opinion is th at those fertilizing m ilt of th e m ales. On on ian and the Journal gave the story gets out of hand, when it becomes open ' who com plain of the monotony the Siletz it is known th a t all of the front-page play. 1 he Coos Bay and when big money is involved, then of th e ir daily existence have a salm on ’‘m a tern ity w ard ” was T im es did them even better, and ban only them selves to blame, and entirely w ashed aw ay ,and it is it is time to step in and lower the boom. w’ould diagnose th e ir ailm ent as feared th a t th e ru n s of txjth sal nered the story in 76-point (inch) type. T his must be done periodically—be stem m ing d irectly from selfish mon and steelhead m ay be at an C u rry County received a lot of publicity, and would prescribe as a absolute m inim um , th ree to five cause gam bling will flourish again— in ness, rem edy th a t they be concerned years hence. at any rate. Brookings and in Curry County, despite less w ith th e ir own com fort and Besides these n a tu ra l losses W e don’t deny that there was some m ore w ith service to their fellow w ere those of hatch eries w here the vigilant efforts of M r. Hall. gam bling in Curry County, and we do m an. the high w ate rs also took out all W e w ant to point out, too, that One has only to look around types of fish rearin g facilities in agree that when gambling rears its head last year the grand jury, meeting in him w ith unprejudiced vision to cluding m any im m atu re and out into the open, it should I k * stamped th e tru th of w hat I w rite. brood fish. Gold Beach, did not find any O R G A N see Point out to me a happy man, out. W e too, have heard of the com T here is a well-established scientific reason for every de IZ ED G A M B L IN G . W e don’t think one w ho looks fo rw ard w ith plaints of local people, aroused at the anticipation to the daw ning of B E R N IC E S W A N S O N W IN S — that anything has changed that picture cision your doctor makes. He is guided in his opinions Mrs. Bob (B ernice) Swanson openness of gambling here. W e again an o th e r day, and I will show pranced out w ith th e P IL O T ’S in recent months. Certainly w hat ever hv the conclusions of authorities in the field of medicine. you a m an who has dedicated com m end District Attorney Sam I hill his life to the b etterm e n t of the check for ten sim o lw n s, as the gam bling was done was on a hit and Even though you have had no recent occasion to consult for doing his job as he saw it. He had w orld in which he now find w inner of last w eek's Ad-Rime miss proposition, left entirely in the himself. contest. She had su b m itted sev a physician, it is well to have one in mind. Pay him a visit. absolutely no recourse than try to up T ru ly th e individual who finds eral additions to th e slogan and hands of the local operators. hold the law. W e elected him for that T hen when you need him, he will he b etter prepared to en tire existence devoted to one of them su re clicked w ith We weren’t clear on exactly what his his own interest, has by his ,he i udKes The co n test's popul- purpose, and for him to turn his eyes care for you properly. W hen your doctor gives you a caused the flurry of publicity either, own actions narrow ed the hor" a r *4y is evident by th e flood of away from gambling would violate prescription, bring it to us to be filled. Vi e are prescription other than the fact that all the raids izons of his activ ities and m ade j answer5 w° a re getting. Be su re every concept of righteousness. him self vulnerable to the deadly t0 m ake yours rhym e w ith the £ .cialists. were made on the same night. If the asphyixiation of boredom. On slogan- and also get th em into However, there are several points raids had been made over a period of the o th er hand, he who gives ,h<? ^TLOT Office before 5;00 that must lx? considered in this whole him self co n tin u ally in the aer- P‘m ' Tuesdays. We have to round six months, perhaps we w ouldn’t have vice of others, has as his only up thp and th ey have to expose, hirst, despite any law, people got the attention of everyone in the state. lam ent th a t th e days are so w ork them over so they can be are going to have gambling—it is all .1 W e m aintain that C urry County , short and his own lifetim e so printed in time. m atter of degree, and matter of open ' inadequate. is no better, nor worse, than the other 1 T ertullion, an ancient C a rth ness. Peope—many |>eople—are going to counties in the sate. W e believe that aginian church father, knew gamble, whether it is flipping a coin w hereof he s|x>ke when he a sser gam bling does exist in other cities—and t e d : “ He who lives only to ben for coffee, betting with their pal on the we believe that from time to time the efit him self confers on the w orld outcom e'of .» football game, or playing a benefit when he dies.” The FOR WHAT PILOT IT'S WORTH NO W OPEN Harbor Garage Get Acquainted O ffer Motor Tune-Up only s5.00 i» GAMBLING RAISES ITS HEAD . . . GETS SHOOK Ève t v Q etiiia n un'//i gfiacfó FRANK'S PHARMACY New Phone Number 1444 penny ante poker, or bingo. It may or C O U NTY » (T T Y S A L E S T A X On April 1st C alifornia coun tie s or cities tnay levy a on<* per cent sales tax, if they choos», «eeording to an act of the sta te 's last legislature. This would be in addition to the present 3 percent ¿ hx already levied in the Golden S tate. Any city or county may dee: le w hether they v"»«t in ” »h - additional source of revenue for their own disbursem ent and the ela in is made tha, it could re duce , he property tax burden, spread the tax load w ider and «‘specially take in s o m e transient money as well as providing a source of additional funds which m ay tw‘ needed w ithin the tax uni, taking advantage' of this new law Should both m u r ty n”d e p articip a te in this m e , h o i <>: g ettin g more revenik*. they will have to work ou, th e tr own plan ns to how the funds should be divided a fte r the cos, of collect- D .A .’s of other counties m ik e arrests to keep the situation in check. SCHOOL C E N SU S The following school census from Coos-Curry, for 1955-56, may lie com pared to those of Brookings w here the* las, census tallied 1322 children, up 140 from the previous y ea r’s count. Co* quillc has 1.921. up 89 from last y ear; N orth Bend has 2,220 w ith a gain of ,43; M yrtle Point, up 69 for a total of 1.279 and B and on 1,216 having gained ,20. No o th er d istricts in Coos County registered 500 on th e ir rolls. ion. An interesting problem con fronts those who might consider going into this localized sales tax business and th a , is policing of the borders of the city or the county to discourage a form of black m ark etin g through the purchase of com m odities outside th e d istricts se, up. /A T E R N A Y IO N A L R E L A T IO N S The In tern atio n al R elations Club of the Brookings schools me, recently, a, the school build ing A splendid “In tern atio n al dinner” was prepared by the illu m e Ec Class. w i t h tw enty m em bers of the club being ser ved. They w ere en tertain ed by a virtu ally au th en tic hula dance, in costume, by K aren W allace the program being arran g ed by Ralph Fowler, Social Sc.enci’ teacher R ichard Vates, science teacher, gave a very interesting talk on his experiences of hitch- ¡ hiking in Europe. His travels were under the auspicies of the N ational S tu d en ts Union and he spoke highly of the accom odat ions along his way. in the Youth Hostels. E rskine M iller told the ‘ group of his in tern atio n al cor- A 'business th a t doesn’t ad v er tise needs tw o clerks. One to ca rry out the o th er who fain ts when a cu sto m er comes in. A dvertising is the life blood of business." (In d u strial News Re view. i S T A R F IS H — C orty M arpe and Gary B ecker brought a splendid spicimen of a m ulti-legged starfish into the PIL O T Office, F riday afternoon. T he b o y s had it all spread out and pinned to a big piece of p l y wood. 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