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EUGENE ORE
NORA V!NG
THIS YEAR
DUST IN YOUR EYES?
T here's bad news this week
in nrootungs lor muse piugueu
by the dust on the s tr e e ts .
Harold A yers, Field Engineer
Oregon State Highway Comm las
ion told two groups in Brookings
that it would be difficult if not
im possible to attempt any pav
ing project this year.
He said that the state crew s
could not help in any way now,
and it may even be difficult to
get help for next year.
F irst A y e r 8 talked to the
Brookings Rotary club, and then
VOLUME XII NUMBER 23
Tuesday evaiing he told a sp ec
IHUKSDAY, JULY IB, lyjj?
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ial meeting of the council and
BROOKINGS. ORE
the Planning Com m ission th e
sam e story.
He said that the city would
receive approximately $11,000
A fire of undetermined origin y e a r o ld son. M rs. Holmes
from the state road fund some
burned down the home of Mr.
tim
e in early August, which
first noticed the sm oke.
and M rs. Jack Holmes Monday
could be used for that purpose,
The area has no telephone s e r
~
.
but he pointed out that by the
afternoon, about six m iles up
A fire , fanned by a strong
The alarm was phoned in by
,,
vice, and no fire protection, so
the North Bank Chetoo Road.
1
tht Ity made 010 survey-
wind burned the Hedberg m ill in Archie McVav.
once the fire started there was
.
formed the special assessm en t
Harbor to the ground Wednesday
The house was burned to the
no way to get help.
Firem en worked until after
night.
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strict that the sum m er would
ground, and alm ost nothing was
midnight to attonpt to check the
An Insurance adjustor w a s
Fire
Chief
Val
Mendenhall
saved by the H olm es, who were
blaze from spreading.
at the scen e Wednesday, but
At first Ayers was opposed
got the
10 p
planning on moving to Portland
The mill had been shut down
there was no report on the fcause J”
„ call u at \ about
,
*u
P. .m
m. . but
out
to
any "tem porary" m easure in
in the near future. They had,
Ot the fire , ^though wiring may
“ h,d ‘ )re,Uly <nvelope<i for quite a sp ell, butWtrimnday
paving—such
as the laying of
in fact, a good many of their
have been defective.
the structure.
a sm all (rew had worked about
heavy oil blacktopping as th e
effects packed.
The Holm es are currently
. Harb" r Flre
four hours.
city proposed to do for. 50^ a
staying at the OoeU cottage s .
* " ‘h' ra - h*vlng h,d ‘ “ sstlng
The fire lit up the entire sky foot.
The Holmes had been trying
that
had
Just
broke
up
ea
r
lie
r.
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j o south
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of I D Brookings.
to se ll their home for som etim e.
However, after looking over
Jack was form erly a partnar
the str e e ts, Ayers said that a
in the B and H Logging Supply
project such as that would help
firm in Brookings, and m ore r e
elim inate the dust problem and
The Brooklnas
Port C
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The
Brookings Port
prot<fita
cently had been working at the
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« a u j * would -rovid e fair roads f o r
Ion slashed « , 2 0 0 off thdr bud- P o r tD lstr lc t'sflr st sssc ssm e n t. $13,000 set aside in the budget a few y ea rs,
Brookings Plywood Corp.
get, following a two and a half
the purchase of land
u .
. j .
F o l l o w i n g the h<nring the for The
M rs. Holmes is a beauty op
hearing was a little heated (. *
8° ld> h° * t>Ver' ° n
hour hearing on the proposed C om m issioners met again, and
erator at Kay's Beauty Salon.
at tim es, and each item on the wh h *
n V ' ’ proceedin<'
budget Thursday morning.
chapped off a $1,200 item for a budget w . h n u e s t i m w d T h e P o r t
Mr. Holmes was in town when
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Pav« a
There
w
ere
14
people
at
the
budget
was
questioned.
The
P
ort
.
m ere w ere 1« people at tne paid a ssistan t secreta ry 's salary
the fire started, with their five
street
so
it
wouldn't
have
to be
budget hearing, with eight or nine) „ J lopped oH
00„ off
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¡done over again in a few y ears.
Ayers told too, of the futility of
o il, and rock, and more
on any street.
A yers told the council that he
as very much im pressed by
work done on the city
during the past year,
said that they were drain-
good, m ost of them were
rowned, and were wider than
s last inspection.
!t was the consensus of city
Opinion that nothing could bedone
opinion t h a t n o t h i n g could
be done to blacktop any c i t y
HEDBERG MILL BURNS
PORT DISTRICT CHOPS OFF *4,000
BAI NF A LI. TOTAL 1.19
Last w eek's wonderful rain
totaled 1.19 inches, with .7 3 of
an inch on July 13th-
PICTURED ABOVE K CLYDE WOOD, ooted L o. A ogete. A rU .t, „ he graphlm lly .„ u s u a t e . . oo,„,
Ion on Art. Mr. Wood, in an Informal talk before the local p . h
n
p nt n regard to his diaci
Inward for real meaning towards hla work The talk was riven at t h e ^ n ,g r ° ‘4) Frld“y ’ stre88ed
need for the artist to
or* n v ts.k was given at the group a renovated studio on Fern street. Pilot PHOTC
ORANGE URGES ENTRIES AT
CURRY COUNTY FAIR
Chetco Grange M a s t e r Joe
Zumpfe is urging the people of
t h e southern part of C u r r y
County to start planning on the
they can take to the
County Fair at G o ld Beach.
August 9-10-11. There will be a
P rin cess from this area, and if
enough exhibits are sent from
hare, she could be the Fair
Queen.
The selectio n <f the Q u e e n
depends en tirely on the number
Of exhibits entered, with extra
P
a
given for the exhibits
H E tt* fir st, neeoad and third
p la ces. With the Fair only about
(Bree w eeks away, now is the
Bane to plan for it.
It ia planned to have a meeting
at the Grange Hall prior to the
F air to Instruct exhibitors on
' how to make the en tries, and in
formation on the fair given by the
county extension agents T h e
d a t e of this m eeting will be
«d as soon as know.