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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1957)
Brookings-Harbor Pilot Thursday, February 21, 1957 BROOKINGS NEWEST & FINEST MARKET PRICES IN AD Effective FIVE FULL DAYS Friday - Saturday - Sunday - Monday - Tuesday 00010223530248239090002323480201005302020053 pound e O N j M ITO INSURANCE iN M Pork SPARE R IB S ................. pound 4 * ARMOUR STAR THICK SLICED Bacon 2 pounds $ 1 .2 9 LE SM E IST E R ZS Access Road Work Begun up Chetco FRESH LEAN GROUND BEEF - - - ----- 3 GOLD MEDAL lbs. *1°° 25 lbs Flour 1.99 TO M ATO 7--12 oz. Bottles S JOO C A T S U P ............... HOME GARDEN 2!/2 Tins T O M A T O E S - - - - - - - 5 for $1 Gerbers Strained T| 9 zinne C l BABY FOOD - - - - 1 U CullS »pX ........ .. ..... • IfllllllllllMlilH Fresh ô fi Large AA L c 00 Doz. * CAULIFLOWER..................... Head 19c Klamath SPUDS T im ber sale activ ity on the co- Forest Service plans call for the South io r k of the Chetco opet ation section of the road a n ti River w ith appropriated funds cipates 20 m illion board feet in and the extension of the road net 1937, 10 m illion in 1958, and 5 up the m ain and south forks of m o n annually th ereafter. All of the Chetco River by operator con th i, tim ber w ill "be sold in f the T here is still tim e for interested struction financed from tim ber usual m anner by com petitive bids open to all operators. persons to organize a 4-H club for sales. this year, reports W ilbert A nder son, County Extension Agent. Some of the most popular clubs have been sewing 1, cooking, live stock and crops, forestry, photo- | graphy and rocks and minerals. Forestry and rocks and m inerals are a n atu ral for this county, says Andersen, because most boys and girl., are interested in outdoor activities and we have such an abundance of forest land. Each year these club m em bers can a t tend a sum m er camp. A ttem pts are being made to secure a cam p site w ithin the county so m ore persons can take p art in this activity. “ Bum m er" lambs m ake a good project for beginners who are interested in a livestock club They can usually be secured from ranchers this tim e of the year. D airy anim als, beef, and horses Now, you can get the best protection as well ¿is poultry and rabbits can available and cu t costs on your auto also qualify as a project in a live insurance a t the same time. S afeco In stock club. surance Com pany of America, one of the All club m em bers can exhibit famous General of America Companies, their projects as the county fair offers you nationwide 24-hour claims ser and the xest exhibits can be sent vice and personal atten tio n of your local to th e state fair. Anyone in te r aeen t or broker . . . and you save money. ested in form ing a club may con tact the county extension office. Still Time to Start 4-H Clubs Here C & K M ark et Fresh Brookings, Oregon No. 2 10 lbs 33C 8 lb. Bag G rapefruit 49c j « W ork has been started on th e new forest access road up the ■Chetco River, according to Willis E. Ragland, district ranger a t Brookings. A contract for con struction of .85 miles of road and two perm anent-type bridges w as aw arded to the Lillebo C onstruc tion Com pany of Reedsport, O re gon, in Jan u ary . Initial w ork on the project is on the U pper Mill Creek bridge near the end of the present C oun ty road. This will be a treated tim ber trestle 126 feet long w ith pre-cast concrete caps and beams, and concrete deck and curbs. The second bridge will cross the C het co River at the end of the road project and will be a concrete pre-cast girder stru ctu re 300 feet long. The bid price on the project was $221,499 00. At a public hearing held at Brookings Ranger Station May 17, 1956 this project was presented and received favorable comment from local governm ent and indus trp representatives. An additional 7 miles of this road from the end of the contact section to the vicinity of the ju n c tion of the South Fork Chetco River w ith the m ain fork is being b uilt by the South Coast L um ber Com pany of Brookings under the term s of a cooperative agreem ent w ith the Forest Service. This sec tion has been on the planed sys tem of forest roads for several years but sufficient appropriated funds have not been available to aw ard contracts for its construc tion, The South Coast Lum ber Com pany has tim ber holdings in the vicinity of the South Fork Chetco River and they w ere w ill ing to p articipate in the cost of a w ater-grade road to avoid the I slow costly haul over the existing Long Ridge road. T heir p articip a tion in the praject has advanced construction bv several years and will open lip the Chetco drainage for Forest Service tim ber sales U nder the term s of the agree i m ent the South Coast Lum ber Co. finances the construction of the 7 mile section of road. The Go” ern m en t's share of the road cost will be retu rn ed to the South Coast L um ber Company through an am ortization fee charged a- gainst all tim ber being houled over the road. Upon com pletion of these paym ents .th e road re verts entirely to the Forest S er vice and will be open to free use by all classes of operators. M ean w hile the road will be open to free travel by recreationists and oth er forest users, and to com m er cial haulers u nder the term s of the cooperative agreem ent as soon as construction has progressed to the point w here travel is safe. SAVE W ITH SAFECO An extra phone in kitchen —bedroom — laundry or utility room—saves steps, makes your telephori? even more convenient. Cost? 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