Brookings-Harbor pilot., November 29, 1956, Image 3

Brookings-Harbor Pilot
Thursday, November 29, 1956
Brookings, Oregon
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O reg o n could easily tra n s p o rt
ev ery p erso n in th e sta te in th e
la te d ra ft ships. T h ere is no p ro ­
tection. how ever, a g a in s t so u th ­
T h e tw e lv e w eek tra in in g sched
w esterly sto rm s an d th e c o n stru c ­ ule in clu d ed d rill, b a y n e t tra in in g ,
tio n of a b re a k w a te r is d esired ph y sical conditio n in g , p a ra d e s an d
by local in te re s ts so th a t ships o th e r m ilita ry su b jects.
Three weeks were spent on the
could be loaded a t n e a rly an y
tim e of y ear. In ad d itio n to th e rifle range where the recruits
co n stru ctio n of a b re a k w a te r ex­ fired th e M-l rifle an d receiv ed
ten d in g ab o u t 2 000 feet so u th ­ in stru c tio n in basic M arin e i.ila:.-
e a ste rly from th e e x tre m ity of try w eapons.
C hetco P o in t, local in te re s ts d e­
sire th e rem o v al of lo ck pin n acles
in th e h a rb o r. Such an im prove-
Bient would benefit sh ip p in g an 1
w ould fa c ilita te th e sto rin g of
logs an d assem b lin g of log ra fts
w ithin a p ro te c te n a re a . C om plete
p ro tectio n w ould n o t be affo rd ed ,
how ever, as th e h a ib o r w ould
still be exposed, in som e degree,
to th e sw eep of so u th e rly sto rm s.
32. In th e ev en t th a t lum ber
prod u ctio n a t C hetco Cove w ere
an a c tu a lity an d if su ita b le facili­
ties fo r loading sh ip s w ere a v a il­
able. th e sav in g on lu m b er an 1
log sh ip m en t th a t would resu lt
fio m an im proved h a rb o r would
not be su fficien t to ju s tify th e ex­
p en d itu res n ecessary to provide
and m a in ta in a su itab le im. rove-
m ent. S av in g s on o th e r com m erce,
such as g e n e ra l m erch an d ise oi
on th e m ovem ent of o res can n o t
be a n tic ip a te d in view of th e pre
se n t and p ro b ab ly fu tu re sm all
! populatio n to be serv ed and th e
[ undeveloped co ndition of th e re-
i t $67,200 on lum ber, and $12,300
on logs, a to ta l o f $79,500 p er a n ­
num .
26. P rio r to th e com pletion of
th e O regon C oast H ighw ay, In­
com ing w ater-b o rn e to n n ag e w as
of som e consequence as th e le ­
gion w as very difficu lt of a c c e s ;
by any o th e r m eans of tr a n s p o r­
ta ' on. The need- of th e com m uni­
ty a re now ad eq u ately supplied
in sm all lots, by tru c k s o p eratin g
cn a fir s t class h ighw ay, and it
does n o t a p p e a r th e re would be
an y m a te ria l sav in g s on inbound
fie ig h t if c a r.ie d in ocean c a r­
rie rs to an im proved h arb o r. The
co n stru c tio n of a ra ilro a d from
th e in te rio r to serve th is region
h as been m entioned b u t it does
not a p p e a r th a t such a p ro ject
will be u n d e rta k e n in th e n ear
faltuip. W hile a ra ilro a d w ould
stim u la te the develo p m en t of th e
n a tu r a l reso u rces of th e region
and th ereb y a lte r co n -id erab ly the
p re se n t sta le m a te d condition, it
is doubtful th a t its cost would be
w arranted from an econom ic view
point.
i E d ito rs N o te . A p e rtin e n t fact
should be* borne in m ind th a t co ­
o p e ra tiv e w ork on th e p a r t of the
I ’ S. F. 8., and p riv a te p a rtie s
have, in a c tu a l o p e 'a t ion, ro ad s
alm ost connecting betw een B rook­
ings, on 101, and Selm a, on 199,
th a t access d evelo p m en t w ith in
th e a re a is going fo rw a rd , an d ' gion.
and th a t oil com p an ies a re re ­
p o rte d very m uch in te re ste d in Bill Herman Recruit
tra n s p o rtin g oil fro m B rookings,
W illiam C. H erm an , son of Mr.
via pipe line, to th e U p p er Rogue
an d M rs. R o d erick M. H erm an n
V alley, t
of 212 W H are S t., B rookings,
27. D ifficulties a tte n d in g n a v i­
O regon, co m p leted re c ru it tr a in ­
g a tio n : I t h as been possible to ing N o v em b er 9 a t th e M arin e
load ships a t C h etco Cove d u rin g C orps R ecru it D epot, S an Diego,
fa ir w e a th e r o r m o d e ra te n o rth ­ C alifo rn ia.
w est w inds, how ever, w hen s o u th ­
R e la tiv e s an d frie n d s of m an y
e rly or w esterly w inds w ith m od­ of th e new M arin es w ere on h an d
e ra te to heavy seas p rev ail, it is to w itn ess th e g ra d u a tio n c e re ­
v irtu a lly im possible to load ships m onies.
a t a n y location in th e hartror.
D u rin g th e su m m e r m o n th s of
1935 an d 1936, a n u m b er of v e s­
sels w e re lo ad ed w ith logs from
r a f ts tow ed to sh ip s’ side, th e
sh ip lying a t a safe an ch o ra g e in
d eep w a te r, som e d istan ce fro m
th e shore. T h e firs t la rg e vessel
(th e B R A N D I to e n te r th e h a r­
bor in 1936, to u ch ed on an u n ­
c h a rte d rock d u rin g th e m inus
tide. She im m ed iately p u t o u t to
se a an d w as loaded w ith co n si­
d erab le d iffic u lty a t a p o in t th re e
q u a r te r s of a m ile so u th w est of
th e end of he w h arf. F ollow ing
th is incident, th e U. S. C o ast and
G eodetic S u rv ey cau sed a w ire
d ra g su rv ey to be m ade, th u s lo- ’
e a tin g a n u m b er of su b m erg ed
pinnacles.
28. P rio r to th e fo reig n ship- (
m en ts of logs in 1935 an d 1936,
sh ip s d ra w in g no t to exceed 22 J
fe e t w ere b e rth e d a t th e o u te r ■
end of th e w h a rf and loaded w ith
c u la r d ifficu lties w ere experienced
in b e rth in g an d load in g th ese
sm a lle r vessels a t th e th e n e x is t­
ing w h a rf d u rin g th e su m m er
w eath ei; conditions, b u t d u rin g
th e w in te r season sea conditions ,
ren d ered
o p e ra tio n s
h azard o u s
and, in g eneral, im p acticab le. B ut
even in su m m er w e a th e r it w as
n o t p ra c tic a b le to a p p ro ach and
b e rth a t th e w h a rf w ith th e deep
d r a f t la rg e r vessels used in th e
fo reig n and in te rc o a s ta l tra d e on
acco u n t of th e m an y su b m e-g ed
ro c k s in th e vicin ity . T he la rg e r
vessels, th erefo r, in 1935, and 1936
a s before .Mated, an ch o red in
deep w a te r o ffsh o re and logs
w ere tow ed to ship sid e in ra fts .
T he d ifficu lties in th is case are
ra ftin g the logs, to w in g th em to I
ship ’ side, and p ick in g th e logs
it of th e w a te r w ith sh ip s' (
ta, kle. C hetco Cove is an open '
r o a d s e d and is th e re fo r su b ject |
to all th e h a z a rd - of su ch a p o rt, j
Aboard Philippine Sea
passenger cars
re g iste re d
in
195?- en d theta i
w ould be p len ty o f room for b a g -1
gage, a cco rd in g to th e O regon
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S ta te M otor A ssoci iti- n
O ;eg o n h ad 735,947 p riv a te ly
F ig u re s com piled on p e r c a p ita
m o to r vehicle re g .s tra tio n
for ow ned p asse n g e r e a rs in 1955, the
1955 show that» O regon h ad one M otor A ssociation re p o rte d
In
I assen g er ca r for ev ery 2.6 per th is classificatio n , C alifo rn ia tops
sons in th e s ta te . In th a t respect,
he list for the nation w ith a reg
O regon w as in a tie for fo u rth istra tio n of 5,299,589 w h ile N ew
p lace in p e r c a p ita re g istra tio n , Y ork is in second place w ith 4,
h av in g th e sam e ra tio as M ichi- 131.794 p assen g er ears. P e n n sy l­
, gan.
v an ia is n e x t w ith a re g istra tio n
In th e f ir s t place is th e state of 3.208,177 v ehicles
In to tal p assen g er e a r reg istra-
1 of N ev ad a w ith a ra tio of 2.4 per
tions, O regon sta n d in 28th p lace,
w hile N evada is la st w ith 94,505
cars.
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IH M I S M O N
20. The tim b e r s ta n d in C u rry
C ounty, O regon, in cluding all S p e­
cies, is about 9.5 billion feet, b in.
of th is am o u n t, ab o u t 3 billion
fe e t is n a tu r a lly tr ib u ta ry to
C hetco Cove. At the p resen t tim e
th e “ is no su ita b le w h a rf for
h an d lin g lum ber sh ip m en ts from
C hetco Cove and th e re are no
sizable m ilh of logs far the e x ­
p e rt tr a d e T he la s t sh ip m en t of
log w as m ad e in S ep tem b er, 1936
and. th e re h a s been no a c tiv ity
sin. e th a t tim e D ig g in g o p e ra ­
tio n s have 7>een fuspended, at
leas: te m p o ra rily .
30. T he im proved h a ib o r of
C rescen t C ity. C alifo rn ia, lies 28
m iles south of C h etco Cove, by
h ighw ay, and th is h arb o r, from
sta n d p o in t, is a n a tu r a l o u tlet for
th e te r rito ry so u th of P isto l R iv ­
e r M ountian. a h ig h rid g e w hich,
m effect, is a b a rrie r betw een
C het ?o Cove am i th e h a rb o rs to
th e n o rth ,
31 T he p ro jectin g h ead lan d of
C hetco P o in t p ro te c ts th e cove
from the n o rth w e s t
so th a t
a to p o g rap h ical and g eo g rap h ical
is a fa ir su m m er h a rb o r th o u g h
th e re are a nu m b er of su b m erg ed
rock p innacles w h 'c h m ak es n av i­
g a tio n h azardous, even to m o le -
D on B lach ley , son of F ra n k
B lachley, left S a n D iego re c en tly
a b o a rd th e P h ilip p in e S ea, in its
h a sty d e p a rtu re becau se of th e
w orld crisis. B lachley, a chief, is
se rv in g in th e H e lic o p te r d ivison,
and has th re e y e a rs to se rv e be­
fo re re tire m e n t.