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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1957)
Brookings-Harbor Pilot Thursday, February 14, 1957 NOTICE TO CREDITORS A fter the K oran war, 14,000 out r i n r i T T rn iT B T n F of 21,000 C hinese Com m unist sold- t J e " s t a t e OK O R W X IN FO K tO CURRY COUNTY PROBATE ¡J K"d t h ‘nd’’ ‘ d choMi T aiw an instead. DEPARTMENT In the M atter of the Estate of PH IN ICE VAN PELT, Deceased. The undersigned, having been apixjinted A dm inistrator of the above entitled estate by the C ir cuit C ourt of C urry County, S tate of Oregon, and having qualified, notice is hereby given to all p er sons having claims against said estate to present them at the of fice of the under signed’s attorney, at 230 West Main Street, Medford, Oregon, profx>rl> verified and w ith proper vouchers, w ith in six (6) m onths from the date of the first publication oi this notice, which is the 7 day of F ebruary, 1957. O. H BENGTSON, A dm inistrator of the E state of Phinice Van Pelt, Deceased O. H. Bengtson A ttorney at Law 230 West Main S treet Medford, Oregon A ttorney for estate (Pub. Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28) SALES ¿¿SERVICE’ -4 LOUe.ALDEN M /CHILDHOOD HOPES N eV E P r MATERIALIZED* ! vaa - yours ? WHEN WiVOLDMAN USED TO J E C K M Í AR O U N D BY i/ V TOPKNOT I OFTEN WISHED I w D i DNT have A N /T H IN O to 1 IF V O L P E W IS H N / j THE PERFECT TO S H O P A T f , / - . COAST I * £QU/P*f£/STco // equipm ^ n * * ^ COAST EQUIPI \Johnsom MOM EL ITE C ^ S A W S SERV/CB 2271* BROOK/KGS s T4Z£ k P i M YERS ’ • SX , $ • ' ■ * ;4* r. The Siskiyou N ational F orest is one of the most im portant assets th a t the area has. T h at fact was brought out with a release of the 1956 annual rep o rt of the F orest Supervisor, H.C. Obye, G rants | Pass. S trictly looking a t it from a fin ancial standpoint here are some figures 2 5 s of the gross Siskiyou forest reseipts received by coun ties he . Curry County re ceived $»23.5213*4, fa r m ore th ; any oth er county. Coos receiced $26,867; Douglas »154; Joeephi.ie $166,971.00; and Del N orte $18,- 785.00. Gross receipts from the N ation al Forest were $2,489.611. and to tai expenditures were $1,060,227. of which$580,723 represented a d d itio n s to the cap ital investm ent account, such as roads, bridges and forest plantation?, and the rem ain in g P ulu A N D YOUR WISH W ILL COME TH U E ' I Report on Siskiyou Forest $479,504. ‘ cp resen ted as fern, brush, pitch, am ounted for an addtional 55 sales w ith a sale value of $1,588 T his sale a c t ivity drought adout an increased program of planting and seeding of cutover lands. E stim ates show adout 1007 acres planted w ith some 485 thousand trees, and an additional 100 acres reforested by ceding. This la tte r method of re foresting is new on this forest. addition ,to cut ove. areas 11 L ent ion has 1 een directed to the large areas of brush producing land which should be to lu cin g com m ercial forest products. With thecooperation of the Roseburg Research Center the f »rest ha initiated an experim ent in er .di- cation of brush and reproduce.'» i of trees. There areas totaling 103 acres were poison sprayed in 195 », and the b ush on two of the are a was burned in 1956. E xperim ental planting and seeding plots we:? established in the burned areas. This will be « o rien t open ting e/puas» A nother, the h eauuiB uf A dm in istratio n the report says th a t Mining: Work was sta rte d on hu tage of trained personnel con- exam ination of m ining areas for . inues to be a problem. C onstrue-j determ ination of surface rights t ion of a new residence a t Gold , under the Act of July 23. 1955. A Beach head q u arters and another ( total of 319.000 acres were recom at Brookings have virtually been mended to and approved by the completed. Chief of the Forest Service for T im ber m a n ag e m en t T h e r e exam ination. During 1956, about w ere 97 sales d u rin g the year, 77,000 acres were actually ex w ith 125,487 thousand board feet amined. A dvertising of these a r sold, w ith a bid value of $3,784,- eas.and hearing to determ ine val 537. Tim ber cut am ounted to 87, idity of claims, will be conducted 697 M board feet at t value of 2,- during 1957. All work to »late 393,565. Non convertible products such have been done in Coos and C urry \ - A Counties, E ngineering; The Elk River and T aylor Creek tim ber access road-, 13 and 5.7 miles long were corn- leted during the year. These two i roads represent an expenditure of I over 1 million dollars of uppora- j ted access road funds, and have opened up additional areas for incresased tim b er prouction. T im ber sales m ade d uring th e year req u ired 32 m iles of operator built roads. A pproxim ately, 20 miles vere built in 1956, and the balance is partially com pleted or will be constructed early in 1957. A cooperative agreem ent cov ering construction of about five miles of w ater grade road up the Chetco riv er was com pleted d u r ing the year. The F orest's initial sh are of the project will build about one m ile of road and a perm anent type bridge across the Chetco River. C ontracts for this w ork have been aw arded. This is prim arily a tim ber access road into virgin territo ry . A nother agreem ent has been negotiated covering construction of a road up the south bank of the Rogue River from the end of th e County road, a bridge across I th eriv er, and additional road con- i stru ctio n up L obster Creek to the I forest boundary. Initial Forest Service w ork will construct the th e Rogue River bridge. B ureau of P ublic Roads surveys have been com pleted or are under constract for roads into the Agness area. It is expected th at <. * X’ '-' Eats like a hummingbird! Like fill the new ’57 Fords, that sleek Snnliner up there lives on a mighty lean diet oi gasoline. Big reason? Look underneath the new front-hinged I k h m I of this over 17-f<x>t long dreainboat. There you II find a magnificent V-8 engine . . . an all- new, easier "breathing' power plant that measures fuel and air more efficiently than ever before to give you fuller combustion, greater economy. There you 11 find a com pletely new brand of Ford TN T th a t’s the proud result of Ford's many years of V-8 leadership. Yes, "Six” or “E ight” . . . the going’s great in the new kind of Ford! Brookings, Oregon CHAMPION LAMB For those who like their lamb chops tender and juicy, served in the com fortable atm osphere of their favorite restau ran t, here are some th a t got away. They'll be served up only a t P ittsb u rg h 's Steal? House. This grand cham pion, a 116 lb. Ham pshire w ether latnb, bred and shown by P enn sylvania S tate U niveisity, copped Che grand prize a t the In te rn a tional Show in Chicago. Carroll S h a f f n e r w as re sp o n sib le f o r fitting and showing the grand prize H ampshire, and he's shown above as he bids farewell to the winner, tops a t $6.50 per pound on the hoof. 1957 w ill see a satisfactory solu tion to the problem of develop m ent of this area, and at least a sta rt on co n tractin g for initial construction. This w ill open up an area in which no tim ber c u t ting has been done, and be a m ajor step in reaching the allow able tim b er Rogue R iver w orking circle. FIRE CONTROL: The forest had 41 lightning and 13 m an caused fires d u rin g the season. This com pares to a 5 year average of 13. The increase w as due to heavy lightning storm s in August. In spite of the large num ber of fires, b urned acreage was held to 213 total, com pared to a 5 year average of 467. The S m okejum per squad was increased from 32 to 36 jum pers, and enjoyed the busi est season since th e ir organization, w ith a total of 243 sep arate jum ps. ABOUT THE OLYMPICS A m ost com pelling volume, “The Last W ilderness,’’ by M ur ray Morgan, has ju jst been added to the local lib rary shelves, fresh from the publishers. The w ork deals en tirely w ith th e incom par able Olympic peninsula, as a whole, its people and develop ment, from the earliest discovery to w hat it will be. as a public dom ain, long past our present day conception. It is of especial in te r est to th e folks who know any area betw een Puget Sound, G rays H arbor and the Pacific. The easy-reading, semi technical thesis is chock full of facets sketching hilarious yarns of some of th e’ characters. It is one of the very best popu larly w ritten histories of th e developm ent of the lu m b er indus try in the N orthw est. ¿JarnouA' OLD CROW 8 6 P ro o f is as QrdCcC as any whiskey you are drinking now! Goes like e Thunderbird! » »»l a ear that "eats” like a bird . . . just watch this it a k in d nt Ford devour the nub s' That’s its new Thunderbird V S power* for v o n It s the same kind oi mile-melting power that sparks the mights iim udeihird itself . . . the same .sfm/ing p u v er that burned a ’57 Ford over 50,(XX) salt-enen.saxl miles at Bonneville in less than 20 days . . . at an as erage speed of more than 10S miles per hour! But \etion lest the new kind oi Fort!. Feel the new’ s o lid , s ile n t ride t h a t stems from the aH-new Inner Ford Discover all the other reasons why Ford makes luxury" a low-priced word! * h * ii V S mgtnex m a nule range of himeptneer — including a Thunderbird 312 Su;>e?( barged \ S that delivers >(*» hp and a 270 hp Thunderbird 312 Super V-8 Sample the savingful sizzle in C 2 n : j kind o f OLD CROW Fern 8° 4/5 q». DUNNING MOTORS HIGHWAY 101 NORTH Not only is it as mild — b u t it has th e in comparable flavor only found in fine bourbon! BROOKINGS. 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