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t his is the "hottest job in the
state", Ls the word from the state
highway engineers who indicated
¿ . o o « i M a « - HARBOR
that it was thought probable that
the first piece of highway 101
construction would be let by late
October.
The engineers have sent in the
survey work on the first stretch
of the relocated highway, which
will cost between $16 anti $18 m ill
ion to complete between here and
VOLUME XII NUMBER 32 TH=
SEPTEMBER 19. 1957
Gold Beach.
The first section sent in will
BROOKINGS, OREGON
have to be worked up in a bidforn
by the state* engineers.
The engineers said that they
were going to bend every e f f ort
to build from Brookings to Pistol
River.
.
The first section sent in by the
local engineering crew will be the
ing season, or take some other 3 l/2 mile stretch from the city
for some other form of amusement
action, such as closing high hazard of Brookings north, and will cost
this fall unless the fire hazard
in the neighborhood of $1,500, Oil
w the forests can be checked, areas to all entry.
The forest service will cooridin to complete.
especially in Eastern Oregon.
This is one oi the easiest se c
That was the gist of a telephone ate its action »with other Forest
from Hershel O bit, *ho Protection agencies in order to tions . They will get into s o m e
areas where it will take a million
is the D istrict Forest Supervisor preserve our forests.
The forest supervisor reports dollars a mile to linlsh it.
and has an office in Grants Pass.
Two new field survey c r e ws
Oble said that a report Wednes a d rier than average summer,
day from all National Forests east and said that the Deschutes area have just gone to work, which
brings the total men working out
of the Cascades reveal that the For has had only .04 hundreds of an
of the Brookings office to around
inch
of
rain
since
the
middle
of
est fire danger is considerably
35. This has been done in order
higher than it was last year at this May.
to speed up the survey work.
Other
east
side
forests
report
THF FIRST ONE IN—The salmon are In the Chetco. It lsn t
tim e.
There is a drill rig working,
■ceesarytt, sav how many o r how U rge. Bu, herew e h a v e
Unless general rain relieves this below normal rainfall for the past
as
well ;is a seismograph crew.
condition within the next w e e k three months.
sual proof that they have arrived. This nice lo° “ ng
h
In addition an early spring rain
as caught by Delmer Blair Monday, and weighed 22 lbs., H
Regional F orester J. Herbert Stow
w iU H th e rT k V L . Holmes to p o s t a s caused greater than average
V U a on frozen herring in the Chetco near the mouth. An
School Bus
as hooked on frozen n irru i# m
n nT PHoTO
inflammable grasses and weeds.
ihor couple ot H.h were also reported Monday. PILOT PHOTO
This condition is already r e s
In Accident
ponsible for several large f i r e t
Brookings-Harbor
school
A
in Eastern Oregon this summer
driven by Dave Paul, was
bus,
The U.S. Weather Bureau has
Involved in an accident as itcami
forecast a return to the drying
off
the Harbor hill with a lo a d
condition with probable east wind
A Brookings logger, Wilbur
of school youngsters Monday mor
and
low
humidity
for
the
next
few
J . Stafford was killed Wednesday
ning.
days.
in a logging accident.
A c a r, driven by Mrs. Jespe
Thirty eight people, just sh y
n,»o
would
mean
that
there
is
Details of the accident weren t
This
Hoagland was backing out of tht
of the 40 needed, gave b lo o d available a tp re ss tim e, although
a potentially greatly Increased
parking lot at Hanscam's when
at the Bloodmobile visit in Smith it was understood that Stafford
fire danger in all areas.
"The Forest Service dislikes the bus couldn't quite stop in time
River Tuesday afternoon.
got pinned between a cat and a
smashing into the rear end of the
The Brookings people had to go
the thought of having to re stric t
log.
-
vehicle.
3 LITTLE GIRLS
to Smith River, because the Blood-
hunting
or
other
public
use
of
the
Stafford has resided in Brookingi
The Hoagland car was badly
I REPORTED "LOST"
mobile can’t come into O re g o n . for the past three years. He op fo re st," said Stone.
smashed
in the re a r end, although
wo little g irls, 9 and 10 years
The Community did Itself proud erated as an Independent logger.
The season was due to open
were the object of a search with the 38 pints, however, and
Mrs, Huigland wasn't hurt s e r-
The accident happened J u s t on the next weekend.
lrday night. They were re - the Bloodmobile will be back in North of Brookings at a b o u t
iously. She did suffer a twisted
ted as "lost", but as it turned a month, on Tuesday, October 9:40 a.m . Wednesday.
neck in the accident.
later, they had just ran away 15, for its second trip.
He was brought into the office
tnhomc to go on a little camp-
of Dr. Leschin, but was p ro -
A ll five of the local grocery
trip.
nnounced dead on arrival.
<
stores contributed coffee and
’his is the story: T h e tw o
He was born on Jan. 8, 1906,
orange Juice to the project, while
ng ladies were sent down to
Min. Fret.
Max.
Date
W.E. Ragland, d istrict F o r
and is survived by his w ife ,
some grocery shopping with a the VFW auxiliary took care of
56
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64
est
Ranger
reported
that
several
Sept. 11
Victoria.
the clerical work there, as well
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57
67
i check.
boys
from
Scout
Troop
32
are
Sept.
12
No
funeral
arrangem
ents
h
a
d
as furnishing the bakery goods.
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[hey decided that they would go
52
61
Sept. 13
been made by Wednesday n ig h t, leaving Friday for Vulcan L a k e
The Emblem Club Womenser
np<ng instead, so they loaded
55
64
ved as baby sitte rs for the after but are pending at Wiers Mortuary where they will stay for the week Sept. 14
———
with such necessities as dozens
58
62
Sept.
15
end.
noon to those that needed them.
Chapel in Crescent City.
57
cans of dog food, for their dog
67
The
boys
will
be
engaged
in
Sept.
16
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Frenchie A rrell, and Robert
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57
a project to improve the trail to Sept. 17
63
tom they took along, and p ro - Rettke, Exalted Ruler of the Elks
Work has been completed t h i s
eded to buy other goodies.
the
lake.
They
will
return
here
spearheaded the drive to try to
week on the Memorial being built
They loaded their "foodstuffs
on Sundav.
bring the Brookings blood situat up the Chetco river.
sacks, and piled some of it
/abike, and took off up the river. ion back to normal.
Those who visited the B lo o d -
They had left for the store i n
mobile were the following
e morning, and along about
Laurence Hagen, Jean Hagen,
jppertime the parents b e g a n Jeane Stoller, Dorothy Kilpatrick,
i worry as parents do.
Merc Jaklewicz, George Wiitala.
Chief of Police Bud Cross was Myrtle Hover, Nellie DeBlock,
otliied at about7 p .m . as it was Mabie Thompson, Irene Killen,
1 ready dark.
„ Charlotte Steers, Jam es Violette,
He began organizing a *posse Velma Violette, Francis A rrell,
o hunt for the g irls, and had about Dr. Anthony Leschin, Kathryn
5 out searching.
F o s t e r , Earl Vining, Joseph
.» -
A carload of searchers spotted Hefferle, Jam es W aller, Albert
. rHric
the North
he
girls romlng
coming down
u
,
Duncan.
Bank road just above Snug Harbor
Harold Johns, John C u r t i s ,
re
heir way ________
home. They
w e r e Don Manson, Wm. P rieslnger,
overed at about 8 p .m . none Lloyd Weeks, Howard Ray, Bruce
worse for wear.
Stewart, Paul Fauerso, Mervyn
towever, the worried parents P a l m e r , Dr. Richard S m ith ,
ame angry parents short v Harold Moore, A .L. Anderson,
re after.
B y r o n Hill, William T e m p le
Melvin Brooks, Ruth C u c k s e e
«
.
«talwart is Ron McCabe, fullback
ST LOAD OF LELY BULBS
Homer Brown, Paul De Block, Jr. |
TOUCHDOWN—Somewhere under that pile o ° , '
Brookings touchdown of the year.
rS SHIPPED OUT THE WF.F.K E d g a r Williams, A1 Stonedahl,
t o r i e Bruin. Ron i . to «he
• ' « “" f
, ' r ’ ‘ " 3 , , , » ol Eureka. 1« w«U
he first load of lily bulbs this Dan Baird, Dathryn Baird, Vernons
However, 1« » aan't quite e n o u g h ® ™ ‘X ™ x , n’ll. a leak«. MCOUhttr. PILOT PHOTO
r was loaded on a Consolidated Rag and. Doyle Harroun, and Mil
be
nitaola Valley at Brookings this Saturday
ightways truck for shipment
dred Swanson.
Inesdav at the O liver- W ood-
place.
MAY CLOSE FORESTS
FOR DEER SEASON
LOCAL
BOY SCOUTS
WORK AT LAKE
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