Brookings-Harboi Pilot
Thursday, February 7, 1957
BROOKINGS-IIARBOR PILOT
AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W SPA PE R
For What It's Worth
By < lifford P. Howe
Newspaper Group
To Meet Feb. 15
S tew art Holbrook, distinguished
The way I see it, the n ex t cou N orthw est author, will be the
ple of years are going to provide m eeting of the Oregon Press con
P U B L IS H E R S
some very bitter pills for consump ference on the U niversity of O re
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tion by Oregon Republicans. The gon cam pus F riday, Feb. 15.
A F F ID A T I M t M t »
recent fiasco w hich featured the
The two-day m eeting of the con-
E ntered as second-class m a tte r at the postoffice at Brookings, O re election finally of a president of lerence, which is sponsored by the
the senate and the wholesale ap U niversity school of journalism
M arch 7, 1946, under an Art »if M arch 3 1X79
plication of th e “spoils system ” by and th e Oregon N ew spaper P ub
the sta te ’s new governor point out lisher’s Association, w ill be feat
Ray Pisarck, Joe Murphy
m e beginning of a trend w’hich ured by the speaking appearances
E d ito rs a n d P u b lish ers
can bring a long lingering illness of a n u m b er of outstanding men
SU B SC RIPTIO N R A T E S :
for the Republican p arty or the in the field.
One Year in Advance (in C urry County)
.......... $3 00 m eans of bringing it to its senses.
Hodding C arter, editor and p u b
One Year in A dvance (outside C urry C ounty) ........................ $3.50
O ver a long span of history the
lisher of the D elta Democrat-
G.O.P. has been ruling the roost Times, G reenville, Miss., and a
in the state of Oregon, and during
well-known author, w ill give the
those years they took unto them
1957 Eric W. Allen Memorial Lec
selves a cockiness which led to
ture. O ther guest speakers w ill
th e ir recent dem ise at the polls.
We had a chuckle over the troubles of our neighbor T heir actions d uring the n ex t two include K enneth L. Holmes Lin-
years can well prove w hether
ing city to the south. Crescent City, this week, as re{x»rted th eir loyalties are to the citizens tents like Achilles if they so
of this state they so long rep re choose. T hat is th eir privilege. O r
in the Del Norte Triplicate, the following took place:
sented or to th eir own self interest they can sacrifice the interests of
in
basking in the lim elight of pub the people w hile they snarl and
'The Crescent City council made a contract with two
spit over the bones of deflated
lic office.
government survey men, Robert McDonnell and Elmer The people of th e state spoke at egos. T hat also is th eir privilege.
But such are not the m anners
the polls; they asked for a change
Clabaugh. The men were to make recommendations to in
governm ent and did it rath er of those who would w in public
the council regarding various aspects of city government. em phatically; and regardless of acceptance. To be defeated in an
the party to w hich one belongs, election is never a disgrace; ra th e r
The contract for their work was for $18,500, $2,500 of th
a t is dem ocracy w ith a capital it is but a kindly but firm rem in d
D. The defeated can sulk in th eir j er from th e people th a t w hen all
which was paid already.
is said and done, the voters call j
I
Last week the men reported their recommendations crease the level of learning. Our the tune.
I am a Republican. I have al
and girls, w ith increasing
to a “shocked” council. They argued that a county the boys
social m atu rity and loss of depend ways been a Republican because
size of Del Norte could not support bth a city and a ence on parents for old fashioned it was the p arty of my choice, but
need m ore than is av ail I have never en tertain ed the asi
county government, and although they reported several guidance,
able to them now in our educa nine notion th at th e candidates
selected by my party w ere the
other methods of solving the problem—but they kept tional institutions.
In sum m ation, the m edia of only ones capable of governing.
getting back to the only solution apparent. This is, that television would im prove teach D em ocrats are also A m ericans;
ing standards, end personality and w hile I cannot accept their
Crescent City dis-incorporate.
clashes, ease the teacher shortage, p arty principles, I tru st th at I
salaries, m ake the most of am big enough to accept th eir I
in other words the council hired for $18,500 men to raise
the school periods, provide special 1 rule if the people so dictate. I
di) research on what is the matter with the city, and the treatm en t of the advanced and re fu rth e r hope th at those of my
party in office base th eir hopes
answer that they brought back was—eliminate the city. ‘ tard ed students, and last, take a for
re-election on continued ser
bite out of the $103,000,000,000.00
vice to th eir state and not on i
we pay in taxes each year.
W ere not in the habit over laughing at other peoples
acts of p etty politics.
R. L- Jenkins
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NE WS PA F I R
field college, research and feature
w riter on N orthw est
history;
Charles O. Bennett, au d it bureau
of circulation, Chicago; Ralph
Stuller, Coquille Valley Sentinel;
Mrs. David Shaw , form er publi
sher of the C urry County Report
er, Gold Beach; Dr. Robert D.
Clark of the U niversity of O re
gon; Dean Charles T. Duncan and
Brookings, Oregon
W arren Price, both of th e univer-
sity journalism school.
Presiding at the two-day con
ference, the 38th annual m eeting
of the Oregon Press C onference,
will be Michael J. Frey, publisher
of the O regonian and presid en t of
ONPA. He will officiate in place
of the late B ernard J. M ainw ar-
ing, who was president of the con
ference.
LESMEISTER'S
Real Estate - Insurance
Are We Going to Lese a City?
NEAR SCHOOL on paved street, com fortable 2 BR home w ith
FHA financing w’hich means low m onthly paym ents on the
balance.
l ’A ACRES in H arbor with view th a t is unsurpassed 3 BR
w ith fireplace and plenty of room for the kids to rom p and
Play.
JU ST LISTED choice property in H arbor ocean fro n tag e
w ith access to beach 2 BR home and room to build Tbis is
ju st the location you have been dream ing of.
OW NER W ILL CARRY CONTRACT— We have a num ber of
places listed w here th e owners have indicated th eir w illing
ness to c a rry the balance on co n tract—it m akes for easier
financing come in and we will arran g e for you to see these.
$6,850.00 TOTAL P R IC E for 3 BR home on G acre, w ithin
walking distance of town.
i, ACRE IN HARBOR w ith very substantial 2 BR home. A t
tractiv e down paym ent.
BETTER BUYS at LESMEISTER'S
PET E J. LESM EISTER. Broker
PAU L L. FAUERSO, Salesman
Phone 3311
Brookings
difficulties, but this is truly amusing to us. For example,
the two researchers are slowly doing themselves out of a
job. If they tell all the citys who hire them to dis-incorpor- 1
ate, then who is going to pay their big salaries.
And t(x>, what will we call Crescent City if they follow
the recommendations and dis-incorporate Just plain Gres
cent, perhaps. Maybe after Crescent City folds up (as
per recommendation), all the people that live there
would want to live in a “city”, anti would have to move ,
to Brokings.
This whle show would be akin to asking an efficiency
expert come in to show you better close shop.
Clings to the
road like a
stripe o f paint!
If the council adopted the recommendations and peo-
ple stopped in here to ask how far it was to the next
“city,” would we have to tell them that it was Klamath r
At any rate we hope the good people of Crescent don t
lose- any sleep over the proposition, The problems of the
“City” of Brookings are pretty fierce at times too!
TO THE PEOPLE
OF CURRY COUNTY:
C hapter 532 O regon Revised
S tatutes relates to the necessity
for branding f o r e s t products
(logs) which are removed from
th e land, and th e re a fte r tran s
ported to some destination and
there sold. This law has been in
effect for a considerable length
of time.
In effect this law provides that
all logs must be branded w ith
the Public U tilities Com m issioner
of the State of Oregon A pplica
tions thereof must be filed w ith
the said com missioner The costs
of such application and registra
tion is $500 The application m ust
be filed by the person who will
use the brand on his logs.
Severe penalties are provided
for the violation of th is log brand
ing law, running all the way from
$500 (X) fine and 60 days in jail
to a $5.000.00 fine and im prison
merit in the state penitentiary for
not more than tw o years
T he D istrict A ttorney of Cur
rv county has been requested by a
large group of mill ow ners and
logger s, all residents of this <?oun
ty, to enforce this law.
As District A ttorney I n •ali/c
th a t tis law has not been actively
enforc•ed in Co rry county. T here
fore I believe that this m atter
shout« 1 now be called to the ntten
tion cif all w ho may be interested
A reasonable
in UUs matte r
lengthi oí tune w ill be afforded
evei vi one to connply With this law.
A fter such peri od of tim e has ex
pired it sitali becom e necessary
for th e district attorney to enforce
this law in C urry county.
If I can be of assistance to any
prrso n in this m atter please call
at my office and let me know 1
am in my office in the court house
at Gold Beach on M ondays and
T uesdays and in my Brookings of-
fice on W ednesday and T hursday
except in the case of some em er
gency-
I respectfully req u est coopera
tion in this m a tte r by all persons
concerned. Please do not m ake it
necessary tor your District At
T he *57 C hevy can give lessons
on taking curves and holding llie
road to ju s t a b o u t any ear going.
Few ears at any price are so
torney to com m ence crim inal pro
ceedings for the violation of this
log branding lay. The above notice
is general in its scope. F or a m ore
detailed inform ation please con
suit me or your own attorney.
Respectfully subm itted,
Ed F. Ackley, D istrict A t
torney C urry County,
Oregon.
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ance of an honest-to-goodness sports
car. Chevy doesn’t throw its weight
around on turns because it carries
its pounds in the right places.
Letter To The Editor
F eb ru ary 5, 1957
Brookings H arbor Pilot
To the Editor:
A ri cent copy of your news
media points to a need for certain
sums of money to expand the ex
isting school plant. 1 am rem inded
of the farm er who built so many
barns for his cows th at he ran
out of pasture, the poor cows
starved, so did the farm er,
becomes almost an im possibility.
The shortage of trained teachers
to occupy the new classroom s will
not im prove simply by building
It m ust be apparent to you that
our educational system is in need
of change and the answ er is not
m ore and m ore buildings. In this
age of electronic magic the need
is for new methods. C osts are ris-
ing to a point at whic h financing
them. And then, there is the pro»
blent of the graduate who seems
to have learned little w hile pass-
ing down its echoing 1tails on his
way to a contpetive world, out-
The critical years for a child
lie betw een th e tenth and eigh
teenth birthdays; to often, latent
talent goes unrecognized by the
overburdened teacher U. S Com
m issioner of Fxhicational Sam uel
B row nell puts it this way, “ It will
ta k e trad itio n al American ingenu
ity of m any kinds by Uxal school
system s and by th e states to solve
our shortage of qualified teachers.
“One picture is w orth a th o u
sand w ords” and a growing n u m
ber of educators are suggesting
the use of closed television eircuts
Larger classes. w ider range of
subject m atter and g reater stu
dent interest will cut costs and in
And if the road should turn up
ward, Chevy can take care of that
nicely, too—with up to 245 h.p.*
Come on in and take a turn at the
wheel of a new Chevrolet.
hifch-fttrfornumce VJ
also urailabie at extra cost
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