THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957
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Editori and I'ubliihrm
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Y i. in A d va r.it i in C u ir y County»
One Year in Ad mce (outsiil*- C u rry C ou n ty)
S3 00
J350
COLD RUSH DAYS
T here a re num erous and encouraging indications that the m in
e ra l developm ent of this a re a may be n e a re r to reality than a lot
of us think. There is nothing concrete to rep o rt at this tim e, but
neverth eless a m iniature "Gold Rush of 1849" seem s to be taking
place in Southw estern O regon, and N orthw estern C alifornia.
A C rescent City p ap er reported that a total of 114mining claim s
w ere filed in Del Norte county during tha past month, many on the
Smith R iver. O ther claim s have been filed in C u rry County d u r
ing the p a st few m onths. R um ors a re preveiant In C rescent that a
firm is locating a reduction plant th e re . We certain ly a re n 't in
the new spaper business to re p o rt ru m o rs, but it is evident that
the atm osphere for m ineral development seem s unusually high.
We know that there is still plenty of chrom e mining being c a r
ried on in this rugged country. We know that engineers have been
up on Mt. Emily again, snooping around. We know that big hunks
of pro p erty has been optioned in the Red Flats a re a , presum ably
for the nickel content. We know that in neighboring Josephine
county, n ear Illinois Valley, there is plenty of action in the co re
d rilling on nickel d eposits. Wc know that to the north sampltn of
coal are being taken out of the Eden Ridge p ro ject. We know o f
sev eral people that have talked about people wanting to lease prop
e rty for th e ir m ineral rig h ts.
Nobody, it se em s, has any doubts that this country contains a
large amount and v ariety of m in e rals. Everybody seem s to b e
lieve that the m in erals are fairly low g ra d e —but new methods of
processing and new types of reduction ce n te rs have made feasible
the development of low grade o re s in other regions.
It seem s obvious that the only reason that th ere has been little
developm ent before this Is the lack of adequate tran sp o rtatio n . It
can work both ways, however. We feel that it m ust be evident,
that if a sizeable m ineral concern did come into this region, then
the tran sp o rtatio n would n ec essarily follow. We ju st don't think
that it will be too many y ea rs before the mining industry in this
a re a will be a potent one. If anybody has any ideas on how we can
speed it up—we’d be glad to hear from them.
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SKETCHBOOK
IUD NttlfK
It is difficult to rea lize that
th ere is any n ec essary activity
existing today which does not
have a form al organization sup
porting it. Of late, though, I
have becom e aw are of the need
for one m o re. Fitting action to
the thought, I now announce the
form ation fo the SEIC, the Soc
iety for the Elim ination of Idio
tic C ustom s. M embership is op
en to all who are not opposed to
change.
N aturally in o rd e r to be con
siste n t with the purpose of our
organization, no dues will be
a sse ss e d , thus elim inating that
idiotic custom before we s ta r t.
In fact, no money will be re q u ir
ed. C ertainly as founder andpr««-
sident, I do.not expect a sa la ry
(Unless the m em bership insists),
with the resu lt that with finances
m issing from the p ic tu re , even
the office of tr e a s u r e r can be
d iscard ed .
As founder of this much need
ed so ciety , I will from tim e to
tim e bring before you m a tte rs
dem anding of attention. Member
becoming aw are of idiotic custtmt
which need extinction a re also
urged to a s sist by making them
known.
This week I want to bring up toi
co nsideration an idiotic custom
which has far outlived any u se
fulness which it may have ev er
p o sse sse d . I re fe r to the in tro
duction of sp e ak e rs at public
gath erin g s. This custom has be
en given so much in creased a t
tention and tim e that it begins to
th reaten the very existence of
that which it was created to a s
s is t.
The harm ful asp ects a re , I am
su re , apparent to all. They in
clude the po ssib ility of the In tro
d ucer giving a longer talR than the
sp eak er; o r the introducer giv
ing the speechof the speaker; 05
w o rs to fa ll, the intro d u cer being
so lulled by the sound of his own
voice that he forgets the sp ealer
en tirely .
From this date hence, loyal
m em b ers of SEIC when faced
with the task of introducing a
sp eak er will adopt the following
form ula "L adies and G entlem en,
D r. Raven Rant will now speak
on the subject 'P etunia Culture
among the E skim os'
That will
be all; no m ore, no le s s . How
e v e r one should be on the a le rt
for any possbile shock to the
principal sp eak er. Being allow
e d the p rivilege of utilizing all
the tim e originally p ro m ise htn
may be to much to b ea r.
P ossible the next step in the
so c iety 's cam paign may be to el-,
im in ateth e m ain sp eak er as wdl
It seem s that ev ery truck d riv e r I m eet gives me d irty looks,
and I have never been able to figure it out. A pparently we wrote
an ed ito rial a few weeks ago, proclaim ing the need for caution on
the North Bank Chetco road, because of the traffic which is quite
fit ret this su m m er. However, ail the truck d riv e rs got the idea
that we were picking on th em —which was far from the ca se , as I
p erso n ally feel that m ost truck d riv e rs make th e ir living driving
while the re st of us a re s tric tly am ateu rs in the field.
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The I’ll O f like so m any '-th r
sm a ll town n ew sp ap er a • ■«!
w ith the age oid prob, m o
m aking an honest bu k mil to
g iv e its r e a d e r s a to p n o teh ’P;li ! r
went into actio n by sw e ping out
t h e old outm oded m ethod o!
i tte ip r*
and anv up with a
n w and Ivetter m ethod, ra ile d
"O F F S E T S in c e its in stall;»
lio n n.anv p a p e rs all o v e r th
■ontrv have w ritten th I'll OT
Most d riv e rs will tell you that the w orst accident hazard in the
county is the Sunday d riv e r, heading up the R iver road ju st looking
at the p retty sc en ery . We ce rtain ly have no q u a rre l with m ost of
the truck d r iv e r s —although they would be the firs t to adm it t h a t
th ere may be a so u r apple in every b a r r e l.
« M * t* tttt« * * * t* * tO * * 4 * * * * O tt« t
Frankly, 1 have a lot of sym pathy with: One. The rock c a r r ie r s
who has to slow down to a reasonable speed, while the chance o f
his making a buck o r two depends upon how many trip s he can make
each day; and Two. The Log truck d riv e rs , who m ust com e down
the C h e tc o , and make that h o rrib le turn onto highway 101. Those
d riv e rs would be quite justified in making city, county, and state
officials make one tr ip —and one turn with them around that bend.
Then, undoubtedly, th ere would action in pushing through that p r o
posed cut-off. Like one d riv e r rep o rted Monday. "Things will go
on this wav until somebody loses a load of logs on the highway, and
somebody gets h u r t."
1 haven't been able to work up much enthusiasm o v er the firs t
annual excursion to Bird Island. Where a re these people that made
th* Oregon Trail tre k ? What about the g rea t weste rn pioneer s p ir
it? Go West young man. Our main purpose on the island, would
be, of co u rse , to investigate those flickering yellow lights people
have been reporting seeing on the big rock.
We got a chuckle out of the draw ings Tuesday night at the F air
P rin c e ss spaghetti d inner. One of the top p riz e s was a bicycle,
and it was won by Hank Houvila. Everybody in the place c o u l d
imagine Hank riding the bicycle down Chetco Ave. The top p rize
was a beautiful H i-Fi se t--a n d was won by M r. R oberts, owner
of the Robe rts B ros. C arnival, which was in town when the g irls
w ere selling tick ets. R oberts bought $10 worth of tic k ets.
BACK CURRY CO
LOG CUT TOLD
Log production in the sta te of
Oregon for the calen d ar y ear of
1956 was 9,335,810,000 .board
feet, according to figures that
have ju st been com piled in the
office of State F o re ste r Dwight
L. Phipps. This is 384 m illion
board feet below that of the p r e
vious y ea r and nearly half a b il
lion board feet below the banner
y ea r ot 1952 when the all tim e
reco rd cut of 9, 802, 471,000 ,f
was reached.
C u rry County Cut 387,222,000
was 9th highest in the sta te .
Douglas countv was in the leac
in 1956 with a cut of 1,776,297,
000 board feet of tim b er, with
Lane county next in line with 1,
107,384,000 board feet. Lincoln
and Coos counties were the onb
two additional counties which r> -
ported a cut of slightly o ver the
half a billion board foot m ark.
In the breakdown of production
by land ow nership, the rep o rt
in d icates that the national fo re st
of the state provided 1,876,000,.
000 board feet of tim b er while
the Indian rese rv a tio n s produced
163,038,000 board feet.
By fa r the g re a te r cut cam e
from the p riv ate lands of the
sta te . The exact amount cannot
be determ ined since Bureau of
Land Management cut is includ
ed. but it will closely ap p ro x i
m ate six billion board feet.
State F o re ste r Phipps pointed
out that his estim ate of the log
production has no relationship
to the lum ber production of th*
sta te . He indicated that som e o f
the tim b er had been p ro ce ssed ii
Washington m ills while a lim ited
footage of logs may have come in
to the state from both C alifornia
and W ashington.
DODGE SCHEDULES ADS
IN 3,700 NEWSPAPERS
Dodge has scheduled ad v ertisin
space in 3,700 of the nation's
daily and weekly new spapers to
back its "m ost agg ressiv e Sum
m e r sa les p ro g ra m ", aceordin
to W. D. Moore, d ire c to r of a d
v ertisin g and m erchandising.
M<x»re said display ads runnin
from th ree to seven colum ns in
size would be used in the o m p -
aign which runs for a 1 0 -wee',-,
period extending through Septen-
b e r. The firm will spend m ore
than $1,000,000 on th«- p ro g ram ,
including radio and television to
supplem ent the new spaper c a m
paign.
Based on the theme "Y ou're
paying for a new c a r-m a k e sure
you get o n e !", the selling p ro
gram is designed to take advan
tage of the growing m a rk e t for
c a rs in the Sum m er and Fall s e a
sons; to m aintain sa les m om en
tum built up through the firs t
half of the 1957 model y ear; and
.o m eet heavy "p ric e" campaign?
by co m p etito rs, Moore said.
Mr. and M rs. C. A. S peer, and
daughter, M arilyn, o f S acram en
to, are visiting M rs. S p eer's
m other, M rs. Ethel Jack
.
M r. Speer will do som e deep - a
fishing. M r. Speer is em ployed i
an a irc ra ft plant. They will be
leaving here the la st of this week.
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