BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS. OREGON
PAGE TWO
Thursday, February 23, 1956
M RS. A L E N A L. FIC H ER
t
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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>
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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
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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.
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A S S O C IA I IÄ N
whatsoever.
P U B L IS H E R S
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ASSO C IA TIO N
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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
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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
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IT'S WORTH
NO W OPEN
Harbor Garage
Get Acquainted
O ffer
Motor Tune-Up
only s5.00
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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. They told us the c r itte r ’s
kin raise hob, this tim e of th e
year, in w rapping them selves
around any bait being dangled
for fish.
respondents, showing pictures,
and letters from a world-w ide
range, including those from s tu d
e n ts in Yugoslavia and T an n a
Touva.
We are now in the process <»1 compiling
our new telephone directory.
If yon have any changes to he made in
your name, address, telephone num lxr, or it
von wish new listings, or advertising, phase
contact our business othce as soon as ¡xwksible.
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