PAGE TWO
The
PILOT
The Court tapped the emer­
gency fund for $2,308 for the
office called for $1500 of which
over half went for supplies while State Welfare Commission,
sherifTs bills totalled up to
some $1
with over half of
gojng for his help. The district
attorney’s office required about
5266. with the most of that be-
ing barg ed to clerical help and
t ^e County School Supervision
came to a little over $200. The
Treasurer did pretty well on $6
NO W OPEN
w^jje the county health required
Unlike other budgets listed
Under New Managccr
. ———----------
'
Proceedings
A rough going-over of the ex-
penditures
at the February a?ss-
By CLIFFORD P. ROWE
ion of the County Court shows
an independent new spaper
Oregon,
Bnt«r«d « w conrt-cla.« m a t u r . at tba p o a to fflc . a t B ro o k in g ..
At the moment of this writing they have disbursed some 42.000
M arch T. 1#46. u n d .r t h . A ct o f M arch 3. 187#
the nation is still in the dark as dollars of the public’s fund.
________ Eisenhower
Broken down, some $21,500
to whether * President
Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy
will announce his candidacy for were expended from the General
E ditor* and Publisher*
S U B S C R IP T IO N
RATES:
re-election. Regardless of his d e-1 Road Fund. Of this, about $8,000
*3 00
cision and regardless of who is ! went for a new dump truck and
Ona Year In Advance (In C u rry Co nty) — --------------------------------
S3 50
Ona Year In Advance (outatde C u rry C o unty) ................... ...............
the victor in next fall’s election about $8,000 was payroll expense
it is time for something to be . and around $5,000 for incidental
IA T IO N A I E D IT O R IA L
done toward limiting the duties expenses—eat hire, gas. oil and
I a s s o c îa t i . g n
odds and ends. There is also a
of the chief executive.
:5USH
It is already evident that if per diem bill of $360 for each of
President Eisenhower decides to the two commissioners and also
Shaving Is Slicker —
G et Acquainted
run, his opponents are going to probably some of this should be
WE CONGRATULATE THE COUNTY COURT
Blade Changing Quicker
make much capital of his re­ charged to road accounts.
O ffer
At this time wc would like to com- cent
..............
..... will contend Some $900 was expended on
illness. They
First, congratulations are in ord­
the Court itself, and in this sum I
mend Superintendent of Schools, D. D. that he is not physically capable is included the two per diems
©J performing the ardous duties
er,as the County Court acquisced to the m c n tl - }
noted above. $9,450 is charged |
Williams, for his persistent efforts in required of the office
wishes of the people and voted to give
against the Court House con­
Which
brings
up
the
highly
securing the funds, 1 he Budget Com­
struction fund of which som e.
the school districts a portion of the O
with
pertinent point as to just how
u*«-* t .
mittee, the Brookings-Harbor school much
used-blade
Of -h,. dally routine now « 0 0 0 went to -he arch.tect It
and C timber money. 1 lie budget com
• WE SERVICE
^ompartmaot <
board, Curry County Superintendent of required of a president needs to cost about $780 to operate the
mittee, meeting with the group, over­
old
court
house
during
that
AUTOMATIC
be performed by him personally
ruled that group, in a 4-2 vote. Com­ Schcx)L Ed Seger and others from the From reports coming out of the month and the expenses of the
TRANSMISSIONS
Northern half of the county who at­ nation’s capital, it would seem
missioners lex Breedlove and Bob Is
A ll W or{ Guaranteed
tended the budget session. However, that a large portion of his time we want a chief executive who is
mert, lx>lh of whom believe the roads
is taken up in the performance actually handling the reins of
we would throw a special bouquet to of chores that could just as well government, then he must be
the more important at this time, cast
the Brookings-I larbor Chamber of be handled by lessor officials.
given those responsibilities and
dissenting ballots. I his is their right,
Certainly the responsibility of those only. On the other hand,
Commerce’s
Taxation
Research
com­
and we give them credit in standing up
providing peace and prosperity | >f we want the co^ ?’‘\ ° *
mittee who did more than their part in for almost two million humans is run *>y Congress, wi h e p
against what was obviously the will of
in itself capable of shortening ident being merely a figuii.-R a ,
passing the supplementary budget.
the majority.
• WOMENS
the life of even the physically then let us change the eons i u
It is a step in the right direction. strongest.
The school districts, especially the
But to add to these *°n to so pros i e.
childrens
the filling of every avail- I ^ or some to argue a o e
Brookings Harbor district, can certain­ W ere proud too of the increasing a- duties
able
minute
of
his
waking
hours
sen
the
president’s
duties
is
an
• MENS
mount of interest being taken in County
ly use their share of the money to the
with handshaking, posing for attempt a shir ing responsi 11 y
government
by
the
people
of
this
area.
pictures, welcoming the Bird shows ignorance of the basic
best advantage.
problems involved. Naturally we j
Watchers
WcIltllLIh from
llvll* Ferny
A I uy Ridge,
Arkansas,
or
putting
in
an
ap-
expect th e u tm o st in sacri i
OREGON ELECTION LAWS NEED REVISING
pearance at every convention from whomever we elect; but we
I fere is where trouble begins. within a radius of 1,000 miles is should not demand that he give
There is a rather obvious defic­
his life in the bargain, partic­
Joe could well be the only board mem­ ridiculus.
iency in the method of Oregon voting
ularly when such sacrifice is
YOUNG MOTEL BUILDING
to me that we have
which is shameful, and should come to ber to appear on time, and it is likely two It seems
unwarranted.
alternatives facing us. If
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
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Harbor Garage
'(»Gillette
Motor Tune-Up
only s5.00
SHOE REPAIR
. . While You Wait
All Types
•
Shoes Expertly Re-Newed
a
GERRY’S SHOE REPAIR
that he may he in ignorance of who else
the attention of the Oregon Legislature
should he there. 1 here are certain
at their next session. I his deficiency is
mandatory functions of an election
dumped into the lap of a group of cit­
board
which must precede the opening
izens who are conscientious within*
of
the
polls, at 8:oo a.m. For example,
their personal and legal limitations, to
tlie composition of the board, in equal
see that ctizens have a clear path toward
representation Between Democratic and
recording their wishes.
Republican parties.
Let us consider Joe Doaks. Out
Theoretically, our Joe could wait
of a clear sky he receives an official
right up to the 8 :oo a.m. deadline all
notice from the county clerk that he is
alone,
and when that hour strikes it is
to lie chairman of the Skunk Precinct.
up to him to produce, immediately, his
The assumption is he has voted before
statutory
quorum of Democrats and
and knows there is such a thing as an
Rejxihlicans, and proceed with the first
election board.
voter,
who is within his rghts in de­
Beyond that he is ignorant of
manding his ballot at 8:o> a.m. Ibis
the machinery thereof, and doesn’t
whole procedure, it is plain to see is a
know where to find out, nor does he
knowbvho else is on this hoard. He is physical impossibility.
Poor old Joe, already confused
required to return a stub to the county
with a harried and impossible situation,
clerk stating he will or will not serve.
he turns to the election law volume for
Unfortunately, not everyone returns
light. A big mistake—because to a lay­
this stub.
man the lxH)k is nothing hut confusion.
Our boy Joe, we assume, arranges
Written in legal gabbledegook it has
his affairs s o he can serve. Next comes
little value for the layman who has an
one or more gunny sacks of material,
irate citizen in front of him demanding
dumped at his door. It turns out to he
what he believes to be his rights.
all the paraphenalta required of an
As matters stand, the entire set­
election board plus a rather thick vol­
up
of
the
Oregon election Ixurd laws
ume of the election laws of the State
arc wide open to violation and espec­
of Oregon, under which laws he must
ially by hoards which arc doing their
see that his lx>ard functions. This law
best to see that every registered voter
requires that he must have his Ixurd
has his vote on all matters properly ac­
set up and ready to accept votes by 8:oo
counted for.
a . in. on the prcscrilx-d day.
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There’s so much excitement at the wheel of a ’56 Bnhk,
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