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BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT PAGE TW O - The PILOT . BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT r«4 AN u INDEPENDENT NEW SPAPER second-clAM matter, at the pogtofflca at Brooking», Oregon. Mareh T. »#4«. under the Act of March 187» S. Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy E di torn and Publinhem SUBSCRIPTION HARDWOOD IS BROOKINGS. OREGON COMING It’s coining. We refer to the possibilities of hardwood development in this area. We don’t look for it this week or next, or jxrhaps not this ^.ar, but it is coining. And Curry County is in a good spot to capitalize on hardwood.. RATES One Tear la Advance (In Curry Conty) _ One T»ar In Advaace (outalde Curry County) IS 00 S3 50 .................. N A T IO N A L FD I T O R I^A L A SSO C IA T IO N v j A ttll I A lt Mt O a x ji A re We Becoming $ Sign Victims? GUEST EDITORIAL . . . By Hal Pruitt Francis Bacon, 16th century B ritish essayist, philosopher District Forest Ranger Rags Ragland attended a meeting, dealing with hardwfxxl, several weeks ago. The Forest Service report on hardwood was encour aging. They reported that the Pacific Northwest will support an industry of 25,000,000 board feet of hard wood, with an annual dollar value of $54,000,000 and an annual payroll of $21,000,000. Marines Offer New Enlistment In Reserves tmZiflMITinTHE WANT ADS ? r?, ' "" if in this area and in fpozcn foods ** m m ade bought quantitv lots In fact eat could he bought 2 cents less ,x«r pound and it would be fuHv F uarankx'd As one m eat d ea le r stated, "I would have to sell them «choice meat, or they would come hack and throw it in my face." l . ««« T he,t' m u c h use carrving this on m uch fu rth er. When all is considered, it pays to shop w ith the local people when tbev have I -aar h iT , i ,nd !f ,hcy t " ' 1 h lu *' “ ,h c > ■« n " : »war of a big s,xxaa 1 som ew here or someone comes around w ith « »w. ask the local boys w hat they can do O u r guess is th at thev w herr you kot ,t and you don’t have far to go for an adjustm ent ci . yO? , W' H sto’’ *nd ,h in k ” -vnu know th at no big o u t! i J J h 7 ,tU’u H ln bl,iimess to «*'■’’ anv thing N o b J h e ls e ' from y o u r rric’n T , ¡’u ' " hrn R « ' ^ s ftp,,, you o'nieivd I .. nelS ib°r. ,h ’’ local m erchant, you know where it in your pocket, either, not t dollars g • hms art la k e tim e to stop and think! IT-F-L-P is spelled for Crip* pled Children when you give to F a s te r Seals, So Giv e T txlay! INGROWN H URTINO YC ______ REGISTER BEFORE APRIL I to vote in fht 5f.tY ts >» new irte. A » • « . t » [ » o f O I T R « O > b rin g M m . . < r , f“/ «» t n e r o w . noil 0 V T V .8 O th » U l n u n ,fo rn o .tA l b . « » I , • » ' « th o n o li to bo r u t on<t I d j . n r » » o . * . A h U m t p u n ofo) A o r n n f o r * O O T U K O Library Board Holds M eeting A slight increase in book cir culation was reported at Monday evening’s meeting of the library board. Monthly book loans are approaching 500, about equally divided between adult and juv enile volumes. Several much-appreciated vol umes have been contributed by Shirley Berry, Eldis Jensen, Col. Lee Rice, Kenneth Payne, W'ilda Poole, Four Biddles, Mrs. L. G. Stafford .Mildred Lent, Rev. John Shideler and Walter Pear* Some oí this w ill come to Brookings, we believe. 1nr statesm an, said, ‘‘T ake tim e now and then to stop and th in k ? We have a great deal of tan oak and other hardwoods T h a t advice is as good today as it was in the 16th ce n tu ry and in the area. It is practically untouched and unexploited. p erh a p s we need it even more. The struggle for gold has a ttra c te d m an since tim e im This is for two reasons—First, the interest currently m em orial. It has caused him to cross oceans, continets, fight the p re a t cold and snow and ioe of the N orthlands, w ith er and die on is in the stands of Douglas Fir. Fir is easier to log, and th e deserts, m ake great contributions and com mit m urder. In short, it is easier to process. Secondly, the transportation ft has brought out the greatest and w orst, the m ost noble and debase in man. The adventurer« w'ho moved forw ard in all of th e picture again deters immediate action. fu ry of th eir search, some finding riches and some finding m isery and death, all learned in the end that ‘‘all is not gold th a t glistens.” The hardwood industry is highly specialized, W hile the days of ‘49 and the Yukon are past, th e search and the processing is different, and in some ways is fo r gold continues even though via a different route. S m art ad v er tise rs are wise to this tr a it of man. T h ere is nothing sin ister difficult. But with modern technical skills this should nbout th at, it is just part of their business. On the o th e r hand it is the business of the consum er to ‘‘stop and th in k ” to see if he is not be much of a problem. tieing taken. In the gold rush days, m ore dry mines w ere sold th a n good mines. More planted gold and yellow rock has been The big hug-a-lxx) is still transportation. That sold a thousand tim es over than has ever been mined and sold to th e good old U S A. To Ihe gold-hungry prospector, th e w ord gold word seems to stymie progress here in a lot of ways— nnd a pit dug in the e a rth suggested the end of the rainbow, and it t(X) can he overcome. l i e w as blinded by the very thought of gold. A nything th a t m ight suggest bis dream coming tru e was easy to grasp. T h e sharpie We definitely feel tfyat hardwood can he listed knew this w eakness and mined his gold w ithout th e hard sh ip of prospecting for it. He just picked suckers and basked in th e su n as one of our potentials. shine and w eallh while the floor sucker slaved in yellow sand and begged for a sandwich. The slogan today is not ‘‘On To C alifornia” but Save A N O TIFY the County H ealth D ollar. Almost every advertisem ent, radio, and TV com m ercial, ’ N urse if you know a child who rx to le s the dollars you can save by taking this one and only i needs help through the E aster w onderful, exclusive and out-of-this-w orld product. Seal Fund. People have become so sign-conscious today, and they a re bet •oming m ore and more conditioned to th a t thought, so th a t it is easy for any company, well verwxi in the psychology’ of man, The U.S. M arine Corps re program is now in the hands of to build a sales slogan or presentation th at will suggest the savings cru itin g station in P o rtland, an all local U.S. M arine Corps re o f dollars an d the custom ers grab the hoQk like th e lu sty tro u t nounced plans to enlist men for cru ite rs and inquiries are in* sn a p thi• fake fly into his a rtic u la te m outh. two years active d u ty in the Re viied from any interested young T here is certainly no attem pt to criticize an.vont for trying to save a dollar or dollars. It is a tough job for the av erag e m an serves. The R egular enlistm ents men betw een the ages of 17 and to keep his family in the latest things and the best food today, i to r 3 and 4 years are not affect 26. lh> must he saving in the way he s|N*nds his h a r d e a m e d dollars. I ed by the new 2-year enlistm ent Any local young m an in te rest ’J’his w riter has been the victim of as m any gim m ick supposedly w hich is being offered on a ed in m ore inform ation is re dollar-savings advertisem ent as anyone. This w rite r has been a lim ited basis for men who w ant quested to w rite to : T ./S g t. su c k er m ore than the average. T hat is why he is able to say w hat only to fulfill th e ir m inim um Barney L. S hanks Office in Coun bo is saying now. d uty service requirem ent. ty C ourt House, Roseburg, Ore. Now we a re going to come to a point or two. We are in The new 2-year enlistm ents fav o r of shopping at home but we are going to criticize some of are open to m arried men while in th e local m erchant«, too. One nice thing, they can ta k e it and we the R egular program , men w ith love them for it. dependents are not eligible for Well, let's give the boy« around town a little bit of a razzing enlistm ent. before we say anything good nlxait them On second thought, th at Full inform ation on th e new is ra th e r hard to do. They all seem so nice and w illing to please th a t we have to dig down deep to give them a bad tim e. But w'e van find something, th a t’s because they are hum an, like us. and som ething we will find H ere it is: They need to get a w ider «el ectio n in th eir stores Maybe we can excuse them a little for that because the town has grown so fast that they haven't h*en able to keep up w ith the dem ands nnd maybe the salesm en who cover the te rrito ry h av e n ’t aw akened to the fact th at this is a full-fi edged com m unity. Anyway, most of them know th at and are tak in g nec- v m a ry steps to correct it and those who haven't should give the m a tte r some im m ediate thought. Now w hat can we say good about these people who m ake Up th e business com m unity of this lower C urry C ounty are a ? A fte r talking w ith all of them tunder the w orst circum stances selling them som ething) it isn’t hard, it ju st bubbles out. The business people of this area are the nicest, as a whole, th is w riter has ever contacted and th at covers a lot of te rrito ry ' W hy that is so could he anyone’s guess. No need to go into theories on that subject hut it is true, th at is all A nother thing, they an” all proud people. They wouldn’t w ant anyone t<f think th a t they exjiected patronage out of charity or Ixxause they were located here. They invite patronage on the basis of good service a n d quality merchandise. Anothei nice thing alx»ut the m erchants of this com m unity is th at most of them are just family outfits The idea of gimmick o r fast figuring deals are foreign to their thinking They don’t know how to go about th a t sort of thing just because they don’t w ant to. T h ey like thv g o o d will and res|xx't of th eir fellow citizens m ore th a n they w ant thx'ir dollars. Hen” again, w e come hack to th a t sign, "All is not gold h at glistens We have Just experienced an exam ple of th a t fact in a recent sales cam paign carried on by a W isconsin Company T h is Item w as sold to m any local ixxiplr who w ere convinced th at Ihey w en ’ saving a lot of money m the purchase of a deep freeze and a hxxl savings program This w riter int»*i-viewed th e m erchants «’ he area Ihe finding w as than an equally good (a nationally a d v e rtise ! brand) freezer could he purchased locallv for much less «m l on b etter term s than the Wisconsin com pany offered The big savings outlined on m eats and frozen foods seemed to be the V n r1K' ' .sr.,hn* P**” 1 'rhe “Urve.v made by this w riter (and ? th ‘S pPOVed w ith o ’lt » <^“ ht. th a t r ght h< n Thursday, March 29, 1956 //CW...3 /oiv cori y s in g le -p u r p o s e RCTARY T IL L E R mine. The board wishes to re EDITH HYNES TO HEAD peat that they surely welcome LOCAL VFW AUXILIARY gifts but with the understanding At the election of officers held they may use their discretion as at the last meeting by the VFW to their disposition. Auxiliary. Mrs. Edith Hynes was The board also heard reports elected President for the coming that it was not a free library' year. Other officers who were and wishes the public to under elected at the same time are as stand that no charges are made follows: Senior Vice-President, excepting for the rental of a very Dorothy Harvey; Junior Vice- small collection of recent vol President, Margaret Phillips; umes. fines for overdue books, 1 Chaplain. Ethel Molino; Treas and a 10 cent charge for re urer, Marjorie Moore; Conduct placement of lost borrower’s ress. Ermadee LaBarge; Guard, cards, which is about what these Maude Phillip« and thnee-year latter cost. Money obtained in Trustee, Clara Bowlin. „ Mrs. this account is immediately ex Bowlin is the present president. pended for some of the new vol A public joint installation of umes placed on the shelves. officers with the VFW Post will A report was made than an be held at the next meeting, on unnamed donor would contribute April 4th. The auxiliary is having one of the lighting units for the rest of the main room. These will cost, their popular rummage sales at installed, some $300 and will be the VFW Hall, this week, start a very welcome addition as it ing Thursday and continuing on will bring light to the busy Friday and Saturday, with Mrs. children’s section. Ethel Molino in charge. It was also stated that with the breaking of the weather, Give EVERY Crippled Child further work on the grounds a chance—through Easter Seals. should be forthcoming, especially for sidewalks and parking area, their commitment of suitable and that the Chamber of Com street and s;te signs. merce would be reminded of TREASURE TONE PAINT b u ilt to the high standards o f America’s N o . 1 garden tractor manufacturer S IM P L IC IT Y LATEX-MIST s159.50 (Rubber Base) SPRING PAINTING While Present Stock Lasts Never before have so many quality features been available in a rotary tiller to fit every budget. 2% hp engine wi»h power to spare. Recoil s ta rte r , Lo T o n e muffler. 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