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U ÛP W LIBRARY*
EUGENE ORE
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Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Commuait»
Volume II, Number 22
SKETCH BOOK
BIDS OPENED
ON SEWERS
Thursday, July 19, 1956
Hall To Resign D.A. Post
Bids w ere opened T uesday
night on th e construction w ork
S am Hall, C u rry C ounty D is
for sew er d istric ts 4 and 7. The
trict A ttorney, has announced his
to ta l bids w ere lower th a n th e
resignation from th a t office, ef
engineering estim ates and it is
fective A ugust 1. H all, a Brook
likely th a t th e assessm ents, as
ings atto rn ey , said th a t the resig
listed in la st weeks Pilot would
nation w ill leave him free to b et
be slightly lower.
te r conduct his p riv ate practice.
No c o n tra cts w ere aw arded, as
Also H all is running for the s ta te
the council has 30 days to decide.
leg
islatu re in November,
T
hree
firm
s
bid,
Busch-Copenha
By Bud Pisarek
B rookings’ th ird annual rodeo
H all h as been District A ttorney
is com ing up S atu rd ay and S u n - '
The PILO T was graced w ith gen had a basic bid of $112,810;
since Gov. P au l P a tte rso n ap
the visit of C arl Webb and for both areas, while Q. L. Ruff-
day, A ugust 4 and 5. This is the
pointed him in 1953. He was nomi
ner,
had
a
base
bid
of
$96,354;
C harles Duncan. Mr. Webb is the
larg est rodeo ever to be held here,
nated by both p arties in 1954 for
secretary of the Oregon N ew s and Pelican Bay C onstruction Co.
points won by those com peting
th e d istric t atto rn e y post and
had
a
base
bid
of
$73,808
the
a
p
paper P ublishers Association and
will count in the world cham pion
was elected .
paren
t
low
bidder.
An
atta
c
k
of
pneum
othorax,
or
Mr. D uncan is th? head of the
ship contest.
Hall stated th a t one of the re a
Low bids in the unofficial engi p u n ctu red lung hit a Brookings
dep artm en t of Journalism at the
sons tor resigning now, w as to
neers
figures
cam
e
to
A
rea
4,
The week of the rodeo the May
business m an Monday, and put
U niversity of Oregon.
enable the d istric t atto rn ey posi
$43, 737; and for A rea 7, $30,078, him in a serious condition a t th e or declares w estern week, w est
» * *
tion to be put on the N ovem ber
w
hile
the
engineers
had
previous
ern
sty
le
garb
is
the
vogue,
and
C
rescent
C
ity
Seaside
hospital.
A fter a quick cup of coffee and
Ballot, to let the people choose
Don Ross, young m an ag er of bew are if you’re not dressed in
a few exchanges of news and ly estim ated $42.000 and $35.000
the officer. He said he notified the
respectively.
Com m ercial
Finance,
suffered such. More details later.
views of the p rint gam e the tw o
governor in May as to his inten
Several people apjieared at the th e a tta c k M onday and was ru sh
S atu rd ay has been set aside as
good will am bassadors were on
tions to resign a t this tim e, to
council m eeting to protest the ed to th e hospital w ith a collaps Kids Day w ith special low prices
th e ir w ay on the beautiful and
give th e governor a chance to give
assessm ent charges. E stes M orton ed lung. He sta rte d bem m orhag- to eqse the strain on P op’s jiock-
w inding road up the coast. The
the m a tte r of appointing his suc
tw o men hope to stop at all the and W arren Sm ith appeared to ing badly T uesday and T uesday etbook. Catching a greased pig
cessor some thought.
protest th e inequalities of the n ig h t the Brookings W alking
is one of the events planned for
new spapers along the way.
According to procedure th e
levy ag ain st th e ir p ro p erty has Blood Bank had contacted th ree th e youngsters.
Mr. Webb last visited Brook
governor will appoint a district
N orth Brookings. They reported persons to rush blood down at
A w estern dance is scheduled
ings in about 1953 and w as very
atto rn ey to fill the unexpired
th a t the bulk of the p ro p erty has 8:30 T uesday night. Bob S tan -
for S atu rd ay night at the grange ■
m uch surprised a t th e change in
vacancy, which will exist from
no access to the highw ay and h u rst. M arge F reem an and H om er
the city. A lot bigger city th a n
hall. Lucky L an caster and his
A city financial m eeting, rela ^August 1, u ntil the N ovem ber
would never be developed. They K essler all gave blood. At 5:43
swing band will provide the music tives to the sew er bonds and as election. The governor norm ally
the little town he rem em bered.
asked
th
a
t
it
be
rem
oved
from
• • •
a.m. W ednesday th e call cam e for th e occasion.
sessment has been called for W ed will accept th e recom m endation
the area.
again and Bessie B aird and Allen
S unday is a big day, a cowboy nesday, Ju ly 25 at 8 p.m. in the of the Republican C en tral com
P ete L esm eister has someone
M ayor B rim m and the council W allace responded im m ediately.
to ta lk baseball to now. Mr. H ol
w ith ham and eggs, sourdough high school gym. The m eeting m ittee in m aking the appointm ent
told the men th a t the proper W ednesday m orning L o re tta W al
m an Bass, brother of Mrs. Emil
b reak fast is planned, com plete
tim e for rem onstrances was at lace, B etty Nelson, P au l Fuereso, pancak«^ and gallons of coffee. will he public, and all those in te r
Moore, has purchased the Cliff
ested in having the sew er finan
th e hearing, but agreed» upon and F ra n k T y g art all rushed to
One of the big events Sunday af cial picture explained to them are
Lindskoug home, and it com es
th e ir engineers advice to look into C rescent to give blood to Ross,
out th a t he is a form er big leag
ternoon will be the w inning of asked to attend.
the m a tte r and see if legally, an also.
a w atch by some lucky cowhand
uer and Red Sox scout. Mr. Bass
Clifford L, Wolf, of a bond
ad ju stm en t couldn't be m ade in
D octors say th a t his condition who can cap tu re it from the horn company, will he on hand at th at
b e tte r favor the B raves as the
th e property to m ake it more w as very serious. It was reported
logical N ational league w inners
of a brahm a bull. T hree pair of time. A question and answed p er
equitable. They pointed out th a t th a t Ross’s b ro th er suffered the
A K iw anis Club may lie form ed
or he will receive a lot of agu-
levia w ill also be aw arded in o th iod is planned, according to
it will even tu ally fall in ano th er sam e thing several years ago.
in Brookings. A le tte r from M.G.
e r events.
m en ts from this departm ent.
M ayor Roy Brimm.
area,
however.
• • •
Dickson, Lt. Gov. Div. 20 of th e
M orton said th a t be felt th a t
C alifornia-N evada-H aw aii
D ist
W eekly new spapers as a rule
rict of Kiwanis In tern atio n al re
don’t give th e ir daily papers from the area didn’t w ant sew ers yet,
but
Councilm
an
Fell
Cam
pbell
ports th at they are -'very much
the big city and special m ention.
interested in sta rtin g a Kiwanis
This tim e it’s a little different. and oth ers told of the m any in
stances of u n san itary conditions
Club in Brookings and have been
T he Sunday O regonian will have
in th a t area.
w orking on this for some tim e."
a beautiful color spread on Brook
C. Ed D empsey also appeared,
He said th ey now have perm ission
ings and its beautiful coast. Clyde
itely
as
yet.
The
banquet
will
and
Doyle
Rausch,
secretary.
D
ir
and while he said th a t he w anted
Len 'Casanova, head coach of serve as a "kick-off" for the s ta it
to have Brookings tran sfe rred
M cIntosh, the O regonians local
sewers, he felt th at the council the U niversity of Oregon will be
ectors ejected w ere Tom Dent, from the N orthw est district to
represen tativ e gave us a speak
of football in Brookings this year.
preview of the com ing edition should move slow in assessing in the featu red sp e ak e r at the first The public is invited to attend. Bill Thompson and Gene Allison, th eir d istrict which was the first
step in the form ation.
and it really im pressed ,us. The th? fu tu re in ord er not to drive an n u al banquet of the Q u a rte r
W arren McNeely, president of besides the officers.
Dickson said he would be in
color photos of this are a repro businesses out of the com m unity. back Club, to be held F riday th e club, appointed George D un
The group will hold a final Brookings w ith someone from the
Mike P age appeared to ask th a t evening Ju ly 27 at the high
duced nicely.
ning to serve as m aster of cere m eeting Monday night. Ju ly 23
the council remove th e Scout school auditorium .
• • •
Crescent C ity club who will spon
monies at the dinner.
to com plete plans for the banquet. sor the group, in order to see if
building from the assessm ent, lie-
The old cry of "T here is n oth
C asanova’s ta lk will consist of
Officers
of
the
group
w
ere
elec
All those interested in helping
cause the paym ent would m ake a
ing to do in Brookings,” is fast
hum orous incidents
from
his ted at a m eeting M onday night. out in getting football underw ay they can sign up at least 25 char-
hardship on th e Scouts. The
becoming outm oded. A rodeo,
coaching experience. The program Elected w ere: McNeely, renam ed here are asked to atten d . The tr members.
council felt, however, th a t no p ro
Dickson em phasized th at they
dances, Q uarterb ack Club annual
will also fea tu re o th e r e n te rta in president; Dunning, vice presi m eeting will be in the facuP y
perty could he exem pt if it was
did not wish to “p ira te ” m em
dinner, and then the county fair
m ent, which h asn ’t been set defin dent; Chuck Hoffm an, trea su rer room, lieginning at 8 p.m.
bers from the R otary or Lions
a re ju st a few of th e things th a t to lie served because it would
club. Those who are interested in
a re in the form ative stages. Along throw the sew er burden on other
form ing were ask, -d to leave th e ir
w ith all the service club activi property owners, because it has to
be paid for by them.
nam es at the Pilot office, or to
ties one can keep very busy.
L ittle else was discussed at
w rite d irectly to Dickson, who
* * *
I lives in Crescent City.
T he soap box derby boys are the m eeting. A petition for re-
back in town No w inners in t h e 1 koning of p ro p erty for th e build
Robert D. Holmes, D em ocratic
group but the boys are by no ing of a Masonic lodge n ea r the
nominee for governor of Oregon, Coos Bay Credited
Youth building was read.
m eans discouraged. The expen- |
will be the guest of honor at a
W itfi Legal Assist
ience did some good and you can I T he PUC hearing on the in
Brookings and its heautiful
Inside th e
M otorlog series public pot-luck picnic lunch a t
creased
w
a
te
r
rates
was
post
bet m any of them , if not every
I’heie was a lot of printed m at-
Azalea
P
ark
in
Brookings
on
S
a
t
lilies will receive state-w ide pub shows a ro u te flown highway 99
one of them will be in th eir next poned indefinitely, according to licity this week, w hen an article
urday, according to L I) Bloom | ter in last weeks Pilot. However,
over
to
Brookings
and
up
th
*
a
le
tte
r
from
th
a
t
group,
read
at
year.,
will he featu red in the Sunday coast highw ay, hut most of the er, chairm an of the D em ocratic 'g iv e the Coos Bay Times credit
the meeting.
• • •
I for an assist in th«' settin g of the
O regonian’s N orthw est Magazine. story concerns
Brookings. In cen tral com m ittee of C urry C oun
C harlie Grayshel, who has been
I type. Because of the. n a tu re of the
A p ictu re by Ralph Vincent, side pictures include a huge color ty.
ju st an observer as fa r as the a rt I lemniingway Reports
■ long assessm ent district legal, it
tak en some years ago, will dceor- shot of H arris Beach park and a
Holmes, who will st>end the e n 1 was impossible by the city to get
group goes may be w eakening.
F ran k H em m ingw ay, in his n te th e front cover of the m aga view of the Azaleas in A zah a
tire day of July 21 in C urry coun th -m to the Pilot office in tim e to
T he long. 2 for a nickel cigars, Tuesday m orning broadcast, gaf\g zine. T he p ictu re shows rows of
state Park.
ty, will also meet th<* public at I set them for last weeks paper.
may give w ay to a p ainters brush the local C edar Lan,? C annery A lilies on the H arb o r side w ith the
The story tells a little about a coffee hour in Gold Beach .it
before too much tim e passes I;,. good iilug H em m ingw ay, a R a ocean in the background, in full
However, the city needed them
myrtlewood groves, highw ay 101 19 a.m. on S atu rd ay m orning at
I base my predictions on the tionally known radio neWs C om color.
published,
so Ju n io r H anseam
and other p arks along the coast.
(Continued on Page 1 Sec. 2»
stre n g th of C harlies observance m entator. told of his c h ^ r ; w ith
Hew M ayor Roy Brimm to C o o s
of th e colorful sunset the other Rex Hayes and of the fjfie pro
Bay, when* th ree I notype o per
day. He drug m? out of the Pilot ducts th at the cannery feature-»
a to rs w orked a to tal of 3 7'^
basem ent to have me feast m> He was on his way home from a
h >urs to set the t,v«ie, and the
eyes on the gorgeous view and vacation in E astern /Oregon. anil
p lates w ere p ro d . ! by Ralph
wished, some a rtist could cap recommended thq. ' C edar Lane
R «'ft and C h a rle Echols and
tu re it in all its splendor . . . th at C annery as a goojj place "to get
rushed back on T h u rsd ay for a
a rtis t someday could lie Charlie your salmon oatided, 'if you catch
late press run in the Pilot. The
himself.
I hint was late, but the notices
got in.
Rodeo Soon
Don Ross Suffers
Punctured Lung
Bond Expert Will
Untangle Problems
Kiwanis Club
M ay Be Formed
Casanova to speak at dinner
Dem candidate Holmes to visit here
Brookings Gets Statewide PubUcity
Coos County to Set Pace
On G-P Timber Re-appraisal
A m ovem ent underw ay in Coos
county could bring added tax dol
lars into the C urry county tre a s
ury. according to local observ
ers. The Coos county officials
moved last week to recap tu re
five years unpaid tax es on a huge
block of tim ber, possibly a c
quired by Georgia Pacific Corp,
when it took over Coos Bay Lum
ber Co. assets.
Ti e Coos Bay L um ber Co. had
a larg e block of holdings in C ui-
ry county, an dit is possible th a t
C urry countv official m av move
depending on resu lts of the Coos
efforts. The Curry* court was
m ade aw are of the efforts being
m ade by D istrict A ttorney John
P ick e tt of Coos county.
The story on the tim ber hold
ings is this. G -P m ade an official
announcem ent th at it had ac
quired about 4 billion feet of tim
ber in the purchase from Coos
Bay Lum ber.Coos Bav L um ber's
cruises showed th a t thov or.lv
had 3.5 billion on the books. It
w asn't known how much of the
excess tim ber is in Curry, o r Coos
hut the offices of tax collectcr
assessor and d istrict atto rn ey of
Coos county have sta rted an in
vestigation tp check the possibil
ity th a t ta x e t w ere om itted from
assessm ent rolls bectuse of faultv
cruises.
I wo Men Visit
PBY Crash Scene
Rags R agland. C hetco F orest
Ranger, reported th at two men,
N avy Com mander K elly arid M t.
G odfrey of Boeing A ircraft, w ent
up t h e Chetco River Tuesday to
in v estig ate eond ‘.on n ea r the
w ar tim e crash ol a Navy PBY.
which cost the lives ot 11 men A
m em orial of some typ? is under
consideration.
The men w ere taken up by
trail p ack er into the rugged
Pickett said th a t "A ccurate,
co u n try w here they ram p ed o ut
modern cruises of CB tim b er have
overnight t 'fore retu rn in g to
made since sale negotiations j
Brookings.
and said th at these records
may be available .He also said i
The I>*e Morse t .
it was possible th a t th? sta te tax
recently move«! to Bi iK.ni
commission m ay be consulted in '
Morse* cam e about s w.*e
the m atter.
to work at th* B
According to a story in the !
w im m J com pany
I'
Coos Bay Times. Pickett pointed !
I ami th e ir son, Jeff. v. ’• •) s alm ost
out th a t th e m a tte r is difficult. :
i in Al-
twelve, rem ained b- i
"Most lum ber and tim ber ou tfits
bany until th e ir hotr « w as sold,
Mrs Edna Weigel, ch a irm an f the H olrrv's-for-G ovem or C om m ittee for southern C u rry
ca rry th eir tim ber on inventories •
n J un«' 30
T hey arriv ed her«'
county, check over lists some of th e m em bers of her committ»*? in prep aratio n for picnic honor
at a le-ser figure th a t it actual';,
and a re living on S price S tre e t,
ing
S
ta
te
S
en
ato
r
Robert
D
H
olm
es
of
A
storia
iJem
ocratic
nom
inee
for
Governor
of
Oregon.
Left
is som etim e as a policy and ■
They all say the> 1 ke the com-
s -metin ‘s by m istake.” he said. to rig h t: Mrs. Weigel, Mrs. Ted Lewis, Mrs. E m m a C ham bers an d Andrew H offeldt.
munity.