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Renewed Interest Seen in Brookings Port
Following Federal Grant for Development
Brookings 3enewed interest Attention should be focused iners.
in a Chetco Cove port at Brook- the upper Rogue valley and the .Grayshel pointed cut that dur-ings-Harbor
has eome more coastal areas of Curry and .Del ling the last year of operation of
intensified here -in recent years! Norte county. Calif., it stated. the former dock at Brookings, 76
and more recently with. a federal Probable Freight' " j vessels cleared with lumber car-
grant to start port. development I Presentation -of probable goes, for Sao Francisco. But.be-
and a commission to handle the freight from the lower Ro('u cause the dock was a private en
might be a determining factor
for realignment of Highway .101
and for improving transporta
tion facilities to eastern valleys,
the paper wrote.
The paper continued: "It is
more than probable that recent
sonic sounding; by the U.S. en-
about" a demonstration of the . gineers will show thr-fe has been
need for a port at Brookings- i little or no .'ilting of the Brook- (brief was presented to engineers
Harbor. ' " - j ings roadsted where the old dock IHowever, fishing, shipping, lum
About 10 vears ago; the Brook- nd anchorage area used to be.
ings C h am b e'r of Commerce jThis lack M silting into the area
started exploring possibilities of I should be born in mind- when
business. t .
In an article in the Brookinas
Harbor Pilot, which is publish
ing a series of stories- on the
background of development of
the harbor, the editor -notes that
"it is up to the people of the
Checo mouth area to 'bring
terprise, Army engineers de
clined to offer assistance for-de-velopment
of the port.
Hearing Held
In 1050, interested citizens be
gan attempting to jnterest Army
engineers in the project. A hear
ing was held then at which time
oral testimony and -a revised
reviving ocean commerce trom
the area. Letters were forwarded
to various prospects for an ex
pression of attitude in reference
to docks at Brookibgs and access
to the upper Rogue vallxy.
Upper Rogue Valley
comparing the Port of Brookings
with other ports along the coast
which require expensive main
tenance costs and frequent men
aces to dependable navigation."
Charles Grayshel a few years
ago listed several points which
Many of the Inters were ad- furred previous consideration
UUl VVIML1I QIC IIUW (.HOICU UfJ
dressed to the upper Rogue val
ley, inviting residents and busi
nessmen to discuss possibilities
of a, .port at Brookings. An in
terest was expressed .in the idea,
according to the Brookings-ilar-bor
Pilot. , , .
But the rmttter was dropped
because BrookinRs Chamber of
Commerce members Incused at
tention in Brookines. -which
started growing rapidly. They
believed at the time, that they
should concentrate their atten
tion on problems prising with
the development of Brookings.
Since the recpnf federal grant,
and forraation of a commission
for the port, possibilities firr de
veloping a port here have
changed for the better.
Facts and figures concerning
the potentialties of volume and
variety of freight, both .Jnbound
and outbound, should be accu
mulated, the Pilot pointed out.
considerably by establishment of
a port district with commission-
ber and mining people failed to
provide 'sufficient data to war
rant favorable recommendations
from the Portland office.
In July, 1952, Congressman
Harris Ellsworth and representa
tires from the "Portland .office
of Army engineers met with the
Brookings Chamber to acquaint
Army engineers with proposals
for improving the mouth of the
Chetco and the development of
a port. Engineers expressed an
opinion that a Brookings port
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ON THE FRONT Israeli radio operators keep in touch
with headquarters as armed forces move forward during
the. Israeli thrust into Egypt. With Egypt's refusal of an
, Anglo-French ultimatum for a cease-fire, a huge fleet Was
dispafehed eastward-in the Mediterranean toward possible
occupation of the Suez Canal area. .
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HEDRICK JUNIOR JilGH
By .MAHY MILNE
Bill Jacobs, instrumentalist,
appeared at an assemfily Friday,
Not. 2, at Hedrick Junior High
.school. Jacobs, a .former band
i teacher, was once a member of
' Paul Whitman's band. "
i He played the marimba and
snare drum. He also played sev
eral unconventional, instruments
including frying pans, bottles,
bells, and horns.
His puppets. Sharpy and Flash,
i played the marimba and his
j marionette, Tito, tap danced 'on
a percussion instrument.
Af.ter Jacob's performance,
the student body .had a pep
meeting in preparation for the"
varsity game with McLoughlin,
Friday afternoon. The freshman
class won the competition yell.
The Hedrick band. under the
direction 'of Ron Bartlett, play
ed several marches and novelty
numbers including the popular
"Don't -Be - Cruel."
Six Hedrick speech students
participated in the Medford
Community Day Service at the
LET BANNERS WAVE
Chicago (U.R) Richard Sten
gel, Democratic candidate for
U.S. senator from Illinois, vog-
j orously protested against the al
leged removal of "Stengel for
Senator" banners along the high
ways. "These.are acts of despera
tion and should be seased imme
dately," he said.
First Christian church Friday,
Nov. 2.' The students are John
Frohnmay.er, Mikell Thurston,
Paul' Moore, Ken Carpenter,
Douglas Kliever, and. Darlene
Hunt. They are 'from Jerry Mc
Dougall's speech class.
The students gave the same
Community Day program on the
radio and on television during
the week preceding the World
Community Day Service.
Two Kil!edrThree
Hurt in Accident '
Vancouver, Wash (U.R)
Two Clark county residents
were killed and three others
were seriously injured just
north of here Friday night when
.the car in which they were rid
ing careened "put" of control on
Ludlum road, struck a power
pole and .then crashed into a
ditch.
Thrown out of the car to their
deaths were Miss Nathal Leone
Holmes, 20, of Vancouver, and
Gordon Miller, 19, of Yacolt,
Wash.
The shertff'i office identified
the three injured as Fred
Schmidt, 20, and John Wright,
21, both of Yacolt, and Miss
Frances Frye, 19, of Vancouver.
Miss Frye was the most seri
ously injured of the three. Her
condition was described as critical
had economic value
. Later in 1952. Senator Guy
Cordon advised the local harbor
committee to prepare complete
arid- detailed information and
make personal presentation at
Washington, D.C.
' The plan included a road from
Brookings to connect .with .the
market area of Hie upper Rogue
alley. - - .
Results of Survey
.In January,' 1953, Grayshel
prepared the results of a survey
he had made f the port. He
noted then that a complete brief
should include:
1. The nature and extent of
improvements giving depths and
widths of channel; and harbor
area;
. 2. The" number and type of
vessels which are now and. would
be accommodated in the future.
including draft of ships;.
,3. The, annual commerce in
tons,, anticipated, with origin and
destination, and estimated sav
ings in transportation costs;
4. Location and nature of term
inal; facilities considered neces
sary;
5. And the amount of local
cooperation to be expected.
Grayshel also suggested that
there should be included in the
brief- the estimated amounU of
rough lumber, finished lumber,
plywood, veneer and other prod
ucts. The estimated amounts
should include industries in Jack-.
son and Josephine counties as
well as coastal counties which
would be served by the port.
Lumber Shipped
Grayshel found that at the end
of 1954. an estimated 11,250.000
board feet of lumber was being
shipped from the immediate area
per month. Most of it was. going,
to southern California. He esti
mated that shipping lumber from
Brookings for about $15.30 per
thousand board feet would be a
saving of about $9 per thousand
by water transportation to Los
Angeles. t
He also observed that a port
would attract other industries to
southern Oregon, and possibly
open up vast mineral deposits a
few miles from the port.
Grayshel also noted . that . a
Brookings port to provide low
cost transportation for lumber
industry waste products,, would
possibly attract commercial fish
ermen, and provide better trans
portation facilities for agricul
tural products from inland val
leys. Canned Peari
He said it was within reason,
to forsee "piggyback" transit of
canned pears from Medford to
dockside at Brookings, then by
water to the east coast, and a
"backhaul" from eastern cities
of supplies for this area.
To accomplish possibilities of
the port, Grayshel listed several
factors which should have con
sideration, and noted that resi
dents would have to pledge their
full support to the program.
He said people as far east as
Klamath county should be con
tacted. '
Grayshel advocated as a start
for consideration increasing the
Brookings chamber to 250 mem
bers: increased membership dues
to finance the promotion pro
gram.; promote and assist in
forming a tax league and proper
reassessment in Curry county;
sponsor a reforestation program;
and hire a secretary-manager for
the chamber to carry out the
promotion- program.
) Editors of the Pilot noted that
residents should accumulate ac
curate data on existing and po
tential ' needs for dependable
ocean transport from Brookings.
The next step, they noted, would
be to get an appropriation for
Army engineers to make a study
of the feasibility of a Brookings
port.
Dutch' Physician
Starts 3rd 'Life' .
Pittsburgh (U.R) A Dutch
physician is. beginning, a third
"life" in America, interning at
a Pittsburgh hospital. "
Dr. Douwee Lukas Radsma,
35, who left Medical school in
Amsterdam ' to fight the Nazi
during World War II and then
moved to his native Indonesia
to supervise a hospital, is now
completing a one-year internship
to practice medicine in Pennsyl
vania. Radsma was a 22-year-old med
ical student in 1943 when the
Nazi tried to ship him to Ger
many for. forced labor. Het bolt
ed from, his guards and joined an
underground resistance move
ment. But his free-Dutch activ
ities were short-lived.
"Tie Gestapo picked me up'
m a raid, he said. "They thTew
me in a prison for three-and-a-hajf
months and then nine more
months in a concentration camp.
I escaped from a prisoner "train,
bound for Germany." .
Radsma said he looted Ger
man, administration offices after
his escape and soon had the ma
terials for a forged set of identi
fication papers' .
Back To .Holland
After the war, Radsma com
pleted his education and then re
turned to, his family in Jakarta,
Indonesia. He became Supervis
or in a hospital and did malaria
control work for an oil company.
"I also did a lot of, minor sur
gery," he aaaea. -Alter an, i
was the only doctor there.".
But Indonesian s dislike for
their former "rulerj, the Dutch,
forced Radsma, his 'wife and four
year old daughter to leave, he
said.
Radsma took his family to
Holland where' they . are now
waiting for his call. He then
boarded a 'ship for a new life
and a new land, the United
States.
Dr. Radsma ia very enthusias
tic about internship in Pitts
burgh's Shadyside hospital, and
he has made adjustment to new
ways easily.
'Oiir system in Holland is dif
ferent from yours," he said
Everything is on a much larger
scale here. Your interns use
much more lab equipment, and
they work independently.
Sunday, November 4, 1958
' MEDFORD (OREOCN) MAS. TRIBNEnVEQ
FORTY WINKS Henry Cabot Lodge (left) U. S. represent
tative to the United Natkns is caught taking a nap while. .
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (right) appears sol:
emn during the UN General Assembly in New York. The
General Assembly approved overwhelmingly an American-sponsored
resolution demanding that Britain, Franca
and Isreal stop fighting against Egypt. ' '
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Interim Committee
To Makenal Draft
Salem- (U.R) The Legist
tive interim Committee on EleC?
tions will mee here Ncft 12 to
consider the dfinaP draft of its
recommendatiansoto the 1957
Legislature.
The committeeoC)Plans to
hold a public hearing later in
November on its draft report.
. Extensive revisions of Ore
gon's ,election0co$e are being
recommended ctoy ie committee.
Why?
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Why doet CrHarlei O. Por
ter's Republican opponent
take credit far aiding proj
ects such at Chetco River
appropriation when even
former Curry County GOP
chairman Ed Ac k ley states,
"Ellsworth Vd nothioghto
do with it"? D
Answer: Vote for a
Democratic Representative
w tu trait rad b proud of:
. CHARLES 0. PORTER
our nominee for Congress
Pd. Pol. Adv., PORTER FOR CON
GRESS, Robert W. Stnub, 858
Pearl St, Eugcno, Oregon
Medford Bidder Low .
For Post Office Work
Stanley G. Parrish of Med
ford, with a bid of $1,190, was
apparent low bidder for im
provements to the. federal post
office here, according to James
O. Rasband, chief of the con
struction and repair division,
Public Buildings service, Seat
tle. Lorentz Brunn, Portland; was
the only- other bidder. He sub
mitted a bid of $1,851.
VOTE"
FOR MAYOR - 2 YEARrERM
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128 x PAUL J.SELBY
Pd. Pol. Adv.
Sefby for Mayor Committee
Committee Slates
High School Visits
The High School-College He;
lations committee of the Ore
gon System of Higher Education
will visit Rogue River High
school at 9 a m" Nov. .5 and
Jacksonville . High school at 9
a.m. Nov. 7, it was announced
Saturday.
. The visitation team will con
sist of a representative from
the state institutions ' of higher
education and a representative
from Oregon Technical Institute.
Executive secretary of the com
mittee is- Francis Nickerson, who
is headquartered with the Board
of Higher Education at Eugene.
An assembly has been called
at each school to explain gen
eral college preparation and re
quirements. Later sessions are
held to discuss specific require
ments of the different institu
tion. Parents and interested
public are invited to attend the
meeting, school officials said.
This visitation is offered an
nually as a regular part of the
guidance program carried on in
the high schools to help stud
ents in the area of college and
other post high school training.
U. S. freight train speed aver
ages 18.6 miles per hour.
Uie Mall Tribune Went Adi
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(X) ROBERT B. DUNCAN
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State Representative
"GOOD GOVERNMENT IS YOUR BUSINESS"
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Facte on Nitrogen Fertilizing
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The Strength Factor
Nitrogen fertilizers vary in nitrogen
content. Trie richest source of nitrogen
available to plant roots is NH3 (anhy
droits ammonia). For example, this fer- '
tilizer contains 82 nitrogen morg than
four times as much nitrogen by weight
as water.solutions of ammonia nitrogen.
Shell NH3 is" guaranteed full
strength 82?; nitrogen: That's one"
reason, why Shell NH3 Service is
your SURE way to fertilize- with
nitrogen. ' "
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MEET MARY KELLY
AND MRS. WAYNE MORSE
AND HER FAMILY!
Monday, 6:25 p.m. to 6:40 p.m.
KBES-TV
Pd. Adv. Jacksoq County Democratic
oCentral Committee4 Larry Sheehan, Chrm.
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