THURSDAY, SE PT E M B E R 5, 1957
BROOKINGS—HARBOR P IL O T
T h e B r o o k in g s H a r bo r
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CLIFFORD ROWE
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Entere i a» *c«?nd-class matter at tbe pojtoffire ar Brooking«, Ore
March 7, UM6, undci an Act of March 3, 187tf
Ray Pisarck, Joe Murphy
Editor* and Pubiuher*
SUBSCRIPTION RATES;
(,'ne Year In Advance (in Curry County I
One Year in Advance touta.de Curry County)
I have read m a n y a m y ste ry
th r ille r w herein the p e rs o n a c c u
sed would have g i v e n all his
w orldly p o ss e ssio n s in o rd e r to
be able to e sta b lish an a lib i.
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In
fact, fo r those who have chosen
c rim e as a p ro fe ssio n , the p o s
se s s io n of an alibi is one of the
f i r s t item s c o n sid ered when e n
gaged in planning a coup.
OREGONIAN ARTICLE BRINGS UP A FEW POINTS
A re c e n t a rtic le in the O regonian r e ite r a te s som e of the v e ry
th in g s th at we have been talking about h e re fo r the p a s t m o n th s,
and b rin g s up a few m o re p o in ts w orth e d ito ria l co m m en t.
F ir s t the a r tic le , w ritten by John A rm stro n g , sa y s th at " T h e
new highw ay, which fo r the m ost p a r t will s k ir t the ed g es of the
s u r f, will open up for public en jo y m en t, m ile s of sp e c ta c u la r c o a st
lin e and s c o r e s of a ttra c tiv e b each es and in le ts , th at h ith e rto have
been se e n only by c re w s of o ffsh o re fishing b o ats and a few h ard y
s h e e p h e r d e r s ." M ore than th is, the a rtic le c o n tin u e s, " T h e c o m -
pletion of the new w aterb o ard route should in c re a s e by up to 100
p e rc e n t the n u m b er of to u r is ts continuing no rth into O regon from
C a lifo rn ia on U .S . 101" . COMMENT:
If m o re of o u r population
becom es aw are that a beautiful new highway will tak e them rig h t
through som e of m o st te r r if ic s c e n e ry anyw here, and along sa n d -
y, cool b e a c h e s, w e’ll g u a ra n te e an in c re a s e of m o re than a m e re
100 p e rc e n t.
W .C . W illiam s, sta te highway e n g in e e r told A rm stro n g t h a t
the e n tire p ro je c t is sla te d for co m p letio n by 1961, b u t g i v e n
fav o rab le w eath er conditions that d ead lin e m ay be b e a t. W illiam s
a lso sa id that the c o st of the highw ay h as gone up from the o r i g
inally e stim a te d $16,000,000 to $ 18,000,000. T his will be som e
of the h e av ie st highway c o n stru c tio n e v e r u n d ertak en in the U .S.
sa y s W illiam s, co stin g about $600,000 a m ile . COMMENT: I t
re m a in s o u r opinion that w h atev er the new highw ay c o s t s —th at
is m oney well sp en t. The s ta te will b en efit from in c re a s e to u r
ist b u s in e s s . The county will b en efit from being m o re c l o s e l y
linked to g e th e r, but the people will b en efit m o st of a ll, by having
a c c e s s to the P acific o cean with ail Its m any b e a u tie s.
The sta te a lre a d y owns s e v e ra l thousand a c r is fo r p a rk p u r
p o ses adjacen t to the o cean , and through which the new highway
will go. C .H . A rm stro n g , su p e rin te n d e n t of the s ta te p a rk s said
that he would be sending p a rk s d e p a rtm e n t p e rso n n e l to C u r r y
County sh o rtly to m ake a study on what can be done about d e v e l
oping new a re a s su itab le fo r public u se , with an eye to show ing
tr a v e le r s from o u t-o f-s ta te the re c re a tio n a l ad v an tag es th at the
C u rry county c o a st o ff e rs . "We hope to Induce them to soend e x
tr a day s in th< C u rry County a r e a , s p e c ific a lly , and with new p a rk
lev elo p tn en ts along the new h ig h w ay ," A rm stro n g sa id .
C om m ent: We think that the sta te p a rk d e p a rtm e n t should
plan high on the e stim a te d volum n of to u r is ts to p re p a r e fo r. We
plan high on the e stim a te d volum e of to u r is ts to p re p a r e fo r. We
see plen ty of evidence at H a rris B each State p a rk th at the n e e d
fo r such fa c ilitie s will be high indeed.
A rm stro n g (the w rite r) quoted B rad ley P ag e, s e c r e ta r y o f
the C re s c e n t C ity C h am b er of C o m m erce as saying that " th e re is
about a 50 p e rc e n t lo ss of to u r is t b u sin e ss to the O regon C o ast
b e c a u se of the bad rep u tatio n of the p re s e n t B rookings to Gold
B each h ig h w ay ." COMMENT: T his we know. And we have n ev
e r b een happy with th o se C re s c e n t C ity jo k e r s , o u r "n eig h b o rs"
fo r sending all those fre e spending to u r is ts inlan d . In doing ju st
that they have left a bad ta s te in the m ouths of a lot of B rookings
p eo p le.
and £ into n e a r c o n v u lsio n s------ "
te c h n ic a lly , "the p rin c e s s and I "
M r. and M rs . A rch ie McVay
is being used as the com pound ob
a
re
the p a re n ts of a baby boy
je c t of the v e rb " s e n t" , and so
b o rn Aug. 19, at the S easid e ho»
the o b ject should have re a d "the
p ita l. He w eighed 7 lb s . 13 o z s
p rin c e s s and m e " .
and w as nam ed M ichael Jo h n .
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1 cannot use ig n o ran ce as an
M
r.
and M rs. Don R o ss b ecam e
a lib i, fo r I knew b e tte r . If I have
explained th a t sam e ru le to s tu the p a re n ts of th e ir th ird c h i l d
on T h u rsd a y , A ugust 29, at S ea
d en ts o n c e , I have done so at
side h o sp ita l. D r. Tony L esch in
le a s t a thousand tim e s . So I can
a s s is te d .
only ad m it, th at the e r r o r was
I now knowhow the c u lp rit m u st
feel who, when se le c te d fo r a c c
u satio n , is unable to give an hon due to c a r e le s s n e s s on m y p a rt;
an in stan ce w h ere I should have
e s t alibi o r even to m an u factu re
one out of whole c lo th . F o r ju s t p ra c tis e d what I p re a c h sfrrn u ch
two weeks ago in w ritin g m y col in my c la s s e s that one should a l
umn p e rta in in g to the addition of w ays go o v e r the finished a rtic le
a c a t to o u r household, I c o m m it with a c r itic a l ey e.
ted the g ra v e s t c rim e p o ssib le
T h ere w ere so m e good r e s u lts ,
fo r one w riting fo r public co n su
how ever, from th is "goofing" on
m ption. I m ade a g ra m m a tic a l
m y p a r t . I re c e iv e d l e t t e r s ,
e rro r!
phone c a lls , and p e rso n n a l r e p r i
F o r one who c la im s to be a w r
m ands on th- s t r e e t. W h ereas in
ite r , the e r r o r was bad enough;
the
p a s t I have tr ie d d ozens of
but fo r a p ro f e s s o r of jo u rn a lism
g im m ick in an attem p t to get som e
who has also been teach in g E n
re a d e r re s p o n s e , I finally s u c c
g lish in both high school and u n i eeded w hile not even try in g .
v e rs ity fo r the p a s t 28 y e a r s , the
I am le ft with s till an o th er con
m istak e was u n fo rg iv ab le . Even
so la tio n . They sa y th at to e r r
though m any w r ite r s in the p r e s s
is hum an. So at la s t I can m ake
today a r e becom ing m o re and that c la im .
m o re sloppy in th e ir handling of
th e ir g ra m m a r , th e re w as s till
LEGION AUXILIARY
no valid ex cu se fo r my b a c k s lid
WILL
M EET MONDAY
ing.
The A m erican L egion A uxiliary
will hold a m eetin g in the b a se
Any w r ite r , though, will adm it
m ent of the L eo n ard B uilding on
th at if one is to m ake an e r r o r ,
one such as 1 m ade is the e a s M onday, S ept. 9th. All m em bers
a r e u rg ed to atten d .
ie s t. If you re m e m b e r, in my
a rtic le I w rote as follow s: "But
while h is an tics se n t the p rin c e s s
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PIPE DREAMS
JOE MURPHY
SKETCHBOOK
BUD FISAREK
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M r. and M rs . C h a rle s G ray ,
who re c e n tly m oved to L ake T a
hoe, a r e the p a re n ts of D eann
M elinda, 7 lb s . 2 o z s . b o rn on
A ugust 26 at the S easid e hospital
with D r. A lk sn is in atte n d a n c e .
The G ra y 's a re v isitin g at the
hom e of M rs. G ra y 's p a r e n ts , M r
and M rs. B urton T y le r of Sm ith
R iv e r.
The G ra y 's lived h e re fo r m any
y e a r s , and M rs. G ray w as a local
high school te a c h e r until th is y e a r
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INVESTIGATION O F
HARBOR POST O F F IC E SITE
TO BE MADE SHORTLY
W ord w as re c e iv e d h e re by
B rookings P o s tm a s te r G.A. L ind
se y , that the p o sta l in s p e c to rs
will be in the a r e a in the n e a r
fu tu re to conduct an in v estig atio i
re g a rd in g a new building, o r a
new lo catio n fo r the H arb o r P o st
o ffice.
L in d sey re p o rte d that the In
s p e c to rs would be in te re s te d in
finding out if anyone h as a n y
id eas on a b e tte r building, o r a
new location of the H a rb o r P o s t
O ffice.
The p re s e n t building has com e
u nder som e c r itic is m b e c a u s e o
w a te r leak a g e, and inadequate
q u a r te r s .
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D r. and M rs .
We s u re got a boot out of the Rodeo held la s t Sunday, although
we w ished that the crow d would have been a little b ig g e r. T h ere
is alw ays som ething in te re s tin g going on at a ro d eo . We t h i n k
W arren M cN eely, and F red B lunt, with the help of som e of the
C hetco W ra n g le rs did a fine jo b , and helping to keep alive Rodeo
Week in B rookings.
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I ask ed W arren M cN eely's little boy if he w as planning on d o
ing som e c a lf rid in g . He is only ankle high to a double jointed
g ra s s h o p p e r, but told me that " I’ve got a h ead ach e, o r I'd r i d e
e v e ry gosh d u rn ed c a lf in the p la c e " . Both W arren and F re d d id
n 't la s t too long atop th e ir s t e e r s b efo re landing with a m outhful
of d u st, but then th e re a re p lenty of guys in town that w ouldn't
have g otten on one of them c i i t t e r s fo r all the te a in C hina. My
only d isap p o in tm en t w as that May Blunt d id n 't get to rid e any of
th o se a n im a ls.
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OTHER COMMENTS: About the onlv u n p leasan t thing about
A rm s tro n g 's a rtic le w as h is zoom ing right by the w ork being done
now on the m outh o f the C h etco , w ith the F e d e ra l g o v ern m en t c u r
re n tly spending n e a rly a half m illio n d o lla rs to m ake the deep se a
fishing e a sy to get to. This he d id n 't see fit to m en tio n , although
he w ro te at length alxiut the "p ro p o se d " Gold B each h a rb o r. A sa
m a tte r of fact, we think A rm stro n g m isse d B rookings e n t i r e l y ,
ex cep t to point out that it is a "c le a n , m o d ern , p ro s p e ro u s lo o k
ing c ity " , which it is . H ow ever, th is is an o th er ex am p le of p u b
licity th at can do us no h a rm . We would like to extent! to o u r M r.
A rm s tro n g an in v itatio n to v is it B rookings when he can stay long
e r.
M r. and M rs . D ennis P h e tte -
p la c e a re the p a re n ts of a baby
g ir l, b o rn A ugust 23, at the S ea
sid e h o sp ita l. She w eighted 7 lb s .
8 o z. and h e r nam e is K elli
L ynne. D r. Brow n a s s is te d .
It co u ld n 't happen in B rookings, but re p o rte d ly did in a n eig h
b o rin g co m m u n ity . A re p re s e n ta tiv e of the local new spaper went
ca llin g on a m e rch an t to find <?ut if he w anted to run an ad in the
p a p e r. " N o p e ," resp o n ded the m e rc h a n t em p h a tic a lly , "I trie d
it two s u m m e rs ago, and the p la c e was so jam m ed with p e o p l e
that I n e v e r did find tim e to do any fish in g ".
L ab o r day h as alw ays left a bad conotation in my m ind. Why
co u ld n 't they c a ll it P icn ic Day, o r R est Day, but th is w ord L ab o r
som ehow m ak es m e think of w ork. I g u e ss I'll have to take it up
with som e of m y frie n d s in the h ig h e r g o v ern m en t c ir c le s .
Sam
D icken of
E ugene, v is ite d M rs. Paul De-
B lock re c e n tly .
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