Letters to the Editor
Walt Taylor, Loe Irwin, Co-Publishers
Rodger Ed<ly, finara! Manager
Published Every Thursday by Outlook Publishing C i-.
Entered at the Post Office at Sandy. Clackamas County, Oregon, as second class matter under
the Act of Congress of March 1879.
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Sandy Post, Sandy, Oregon
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The Plot Thickens on Rail Merger
The argument, however, is not so simple
’ .The Gresham Chamber of Commerce,
hlong with a number of other Oregon as between monopoly vs. competition. SP
says “numerous economies and consolida
Chamber*, voted recently to support the tions in the Western railroad system”
Southern Pacific In Its efforts to gain con would result should it gain control of West
trol of the Western Pacific line.
ern Pacific.
That action now seems to have been rath
Santa Fe, obviously, disagrees. Their re
er hasty.
presentatives at the Monday meeting of the
Six Western states — Including Oregon Gresham Chamber argued that only by
and Washington—have agreed to oppose maintaining the two separate lines will
not only Southern Pacific but also Santa Fe healthy competit ion be assured. The battle
, In their efforts to gain control of Western lines are drawn for ICC hearings which
Pacific. But if the Interstate Commerce begin next week, in San Francisco.
Commission is disposed to grant control to
The hearings- later will be resumed in
ope line or the other, all will vote for Santa Portland and Seattle. Our area is involv
Fe.
ed not only because of shipments to and
Which means that the Gresham Chamber from California, but also because the pro
didn’t exactly pick the popular side.
posed acquisition of Portland Traction prop
The whole issue has boiled down to just erties by SP and UP could put the former
this: how many railroad» should serve directly into Grestham.
Western Pacific, incidentally, has come
the area between Central California and
Oregon, and between Central California and out strongly In favor of Santa Fe. We, too,
iUtah? If the SP prevails, they will have see no persuasive reasons to eliminate the
> complete monopoly. If the Santa Fe wins, competitive factor between here and Cali
^competition between the two lines will be fornia. and doubt that the hearings will
prove otherwise.
continued.
•Berlin Crisis May Strike Home
Indications are growing that the Com- unity on the Berlin situation is the only
anunist-contrived Berlin crisis soon may thing they wjll understand.
The Londori Times last week reported
>ttike home In backyards all across the
Pres. Kennedy was unwilling to go to war
¡nation, including Gresham.
Pres. Kennedy is said to be weighing wis over either a Soviet-East German treaty
dom of at least a partial mobilization to or elimination of Western rights in Berlin.
This we doubt.
•underscore our determination to maintain
With his keen sense of history. Pres.
rights in Berlin. This would mean calling
up some Reservists and National Guards Kennedy surely understands that to retreat
men. Our community certainly would be on Berlin would be to undermine the West
ern position everywhere. If we don't hold
affected.
Most Gresham Guardsmen and Reservists firm In Berlin, the long line of retreat
recently concluded summer training pro will never stop.
The Moscow-motivated crisis is likely to
grams and other units currently are on
maneuvers. Their recall to active duty come to a head In late October. Perilous
times certainly are coming between now
would affect many homes in our area.
There are those who maintain that any and then. Everyone, regardless of his po
mobilization would hardly impress the litical persuasion, must unite solidly behind
Russians, that real Western diplomatic the leadership of the President.
How Will They Learn?
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Our national government says it Is con
cerned with the growing number of unem
ployed in our late-teen age group.
As almost any employer knows, the main
and almost sole — reason these young
folks can’t get Jobs is they lack working
•experience.
-Now, as we said, our federal government
tStls us this unemployment problem among
young folks is becoming critical.
That’s on one hand.
Then on the other hand, along comes a
federal agency and closes a door for many
young folks.
For example: The Wage-Hour division of
the Department of Labor has recently en
tered a ruling which prohibits persons un
der 18 cleaning or even sweeping around
presses, even when the presses aren’t in
operation. Persons under 18 are also pro
hibited from even cleaning up the presses
wh<jg th«^ are not 'jn use! This is in the
printing business; our guess is similar rules
obtain in other industries.
We presume these orders are for the
"safety” of the youngsters concerned. It
might provide some "safety” in an indirect
fashion. If the kids can’t work, they can’t
afford a hot-rod or a cut-down car.
Actually, no one has any argument with
child-labor legislation aimed at protecting
youngsters learning "dangerous’ occupa
tions. But It appears to us. this latest order
approaches the level of being plain ridicu
lous.
Hooray for This Judge!
A W a s h in g to n Rtf^e
Jwdg<* G eorge i or $5.Q0O car lor a fivo-cent parking meter
H. Freese of Ritzville, h-fts issued a mo violation would be unconstitutional.”
In other words, policemen don’t have the
mentous ruling for long-harassed motorists.
,
right
to haul a car away every time some
He has ruled that t^e- City of Spokane Is
penny-aiftw-parking regulation is ignored.
liable for the cost of a car towed away for No one defends the chronic ticket-gatherer,
a flve-cent parking violation. He observed but the judge has struck a blow for free
that "a law permitting seizure of a $4,000 dom!
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Dangers Involved
In Oven Canning
Editor’s note: The letter
from the U.S. Civil Service
Commission referred to above
is the one described on the
front page of this Issue of the
Post. The clippings mentioned
are those concerning the ap
pointment of Hal Dudley as
postmaster at Rhododendron in
the June 15 and 22 Posts.
The portions encircled dealt
with (11 the unannounced re
sults of the competitive exami
nation this examination has
apparently never taken place);
(2) Dudley's understanding
that the resident requirement
was waived because of his vet
eran standing: (S) Residents'
speculation that Dudley wan
the only Democrat available
for the'bost.
To The Editor:
The editorial th Jjude 29th is
sue pf San<ty;Post attempting to
saddle the Standard Time ad
vocates with responsibility for
our present confused time easily
tops all the fuzzy thinkng. un
substantiated arguments on the
subject that I've read or heard
to date.
Facts are the Standard Tme
advocates were for state wide
uniform time in the election last
fall when they voted for state
wide standard time. It was the
All roads on the Mt Hood N a
Daylight time advocates, deter
tional Forest are now open, ac
cording to the last Forest office mined to have fast time in spite
of the election — by hook or
weekly report for 1961.
crook — and their lobbying re
Roads listed in poor condition presentatives who high pressured
are Skyline Road from Olallie the state legislature with the
1-akc to Breitenbush Lake, Bad ; double cross that permitted the
ger Lake via Hgh Prairie Road five rebel counties to disregard
and Razler Forks from High established Standard time and
Rock Passage is described as switch to Daylight time that sad
difficult. The road to Badger dled Oregonians with a mixture
Lake has a small snow block. of both fast and slow time and
Most of the trails are also this resultant confusion.
passable. However portions of
In the editorial, the implica»
Timberline Trail are still closed tion that the Standard time ad
by snow.
vocates are responsible for this
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Van Buren
Motor & Supply
prizes, and in the past has
fared satisfactorily against his
more experienced competition.
The complete list of rules and
prizes may be obtained by w rit
ing to Oregon State Fair, P.O.
Box 1507, Salem.
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ment Repairs A Small Mot
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Woman Reports
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hair and dark eyes. He wore a
red and blue V-necked shirt and
sun tan pants.
The
second
suspect
was
described as being about 5'9",
weighing 155 pounds, and miss
ing one tooth. He has grey hair
and dark eyes. He wore a blue-
grey sport coat and jeans. He
carried a cigarette lighter with
a nude woman portrayed. He
had the habit ot crushing out his
cigarettes in the cuff of his trous
ers.
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A five-piece carving set and a
time confusion because they did dozen steak knives will be await
An Open Letter to the
n't *H immediately forget the ing the exhibitor of the finest
To The Sandy Post
election, disregards already es malting barley in the Oregon
Last week. I received a „
from Friends on the Mountain, tablished Standard time and State F a ir’s grain show, Sept.
enclosed were these clippings switch to Daylight time along 1-9
with the rebels is just too p re
from the Sandy Post.
Great Western Malting Com
I was a little disappointed, a l posterous for comment.
pany of Vancouver, Wash., has
As correctly stated in the edi made the award for many years,
so disgusted after r e a d i n g
through their clippings as I also torial it la "all much ado about and competition for it has be
had sent ip my application for nothing.’’ Which of the two oppos come the highlight of the land
the Postmasters Examination, ing times we finally end up with products division.
,
la not of too much importance.
for Rhododendron.
Warren Burnett, Jr, of Salem
I have n o t h i n g personal Since the majority voted for is serving as superintendent of
against Hal Dudley, as we have Standard time that should have
been neighbors for years, and in settled the queaton for the next first time, and he has added
an probability would not be w rit two years. So Standard time many new classes and instituted
ing this letter to you now if I should rightfully be in effect at additional special awards for
had not received the enclosed present. What really matters is the finest specimens of varous
letter from the UJS. Civil Serv how we go about settling on one products from the family gard
or the other. If trickery and en and the large farm
ice Commission.
The exhibitors of the tallest
Now, before 1 write more, here legislative action are to decide
are a few personal notes, about the issue in Oregon, why have cornstalk and the largest sun
myself. I would like you to elections. Why bother to vote flower will both receive $25
know I am a Veteran, with an Just what has become of Gov awards of merchandise from
honorable discharge, from World ernment by, of and for the peo Meier and Frank's of Salem.
Smaller cash awards are given
War U, I was discharged with ple in the state of Oregon?
The recent legislative skull for the largest mangel or sugar
the rank of first sergeant. I am
42 years old, have been a regis duggery made a farce of Ore beet, heaviest pumpkin, heaviest
tered democrat for 21 years and gon elections and donkeys of squash and tallest sunflower.
Potato growers will be compet
I am also a disabled Veteran, Oregon voters.
Ja m e s L. M iner ing for a handsome silver tray
drawing a disability pension.
to be awarded by the Oregon
Rt. 1, Box 984
I also want you to know, that
Boring. Oregon Potato Commission for the best
I knew, at the time, I filled out
single exhibit of ten white-flesh
the application, and mailed it in,
potatoes.
that I was not in the proper dis To the Editor:
One of the la rg e s t divisions
trict, as I receive my mail at
The people don’t recognize the
the Brightwood Post office.
speed lim it on Hi-way 26 I was , of the land products show is
But I also knew that two or traveling 35 M PH in a 35 mile they honey and bees d e p a rt
more from below me toward San zone, when people tried to blow m ent, T he d isp lay a re a fo r
dy had filed.
me off the road with their horns. these tw o products has been
second
On the clippings, enclosed. I I blowed back at them to let expanded fo r t h e
have circled several paragraphs. them know you’re supposed to s tra ig h t y e a r, and 17 d iffe re n t
I want you to notice and read recognize the speed lim it. They classificatio ns plus a sweep,
again, then read my letter receiv aren’t supposed to do 50 in a 35 stakes a w a rd a re expected to
a t t r a i t a reco rd n u m b e r of
ed from the Civil Service Com mile zone.
en tries.
mission.
Where I learned, the law was ’ There will be 12 classes for
Unless I have read it wrong, to recognize the law if not the
it seems to me, that no examin car. In a month’s traveling time arrangements which utilize pro
ations will even be held, as it this is the worst I ever saw. You duce. with "Pride of Autumn”
states that new qualifications, must recognize the cars on the the selected theme for the div-
have now been mailed in and I j Hl-ways and you’ll save many- sion Four classes will be on ex
hibit the full nine days of the
already have been ruled out.
lives.
Fair, with the remainder to "be
I have been told quite often
Signed
exhibited either four or five days.
and just recently heard that ,
Henry Nolan
Burnett points out that a per
politics are often involved in
son need not be a farm er to en
matters, such as this, but I
ter the competition. The back
don't like to believe that's the
yard gardener is eligible for 11
case. Because although as I
stated before, 1 am a democrat,
K n ifin g Suspect Sought
that is discriminating and in
Each year questions come to A fter Attacking Man
any government position, a per
the county extension offices as-
An unidentified Negro is the
son should be hired, because of
ing for time tables for oven can object of a search by state po
their capabilities, not their poli
ning of foods. Oven canning is lice and sheriff's deputies after
tics. religion and etc.
not safe and should never be he slashed the left hand of a
I would also like to state, and
considered. The temperature in Boring man Saturday night in
you can quote me, although I
voted for Maurine Neuberger the interior of the ja r is not front of the Boring General
high enough to destroy all the store.
last election, if this is her policy
organisms that cause food spoil
Lewis Cecil Freeland. 21, Box
of fair play, my vote in the fu
age or poisioning. says Mrs H el 11, Boring, told state police of
ture will be cast differently.
en McDowall, Clackamas Coun ficer Donald R. Bergin and
Not only for myself, am I up
ty
Home Extension Agent.
sheriff's deputies he was knifed
arms over this, but for any
In addition, steam may- build when he approached the man
one else, outside that mailing
district that filed an application. up in the Jars and cause a ser who was involved in a fight in
He
had
Should have had a fair chance, ious explosion. Many cases of front of the store.
at the position as long, as they near misses are reported where earlier seen him buying wine
were going to go outside the home makers have escaped the there, he said.
flying glass. Others have been
district to fill the position.
Mrs. W. I.. VolbrCcht of Wem-
severely cut.
Sincerely,
trip to Europe.
Oven canning just isn't worth me is taking
Ralph M. Muldoon
the chances involved, according She is a former teacher of Wel
Box 119
ches.
to Mrs. McDowall.
Brightwood, Ore.
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