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2 B iw kings-l larbor Pilot, Thursday, November 12, 1953 O D E (A N D O A T H ) T O AN E D IT O R For What It's Worth Bv C L IF F O R D P. R O W E G overnor L anglie of th e s ta te of W ashington c e rtain ly m ade the AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R headlines re cen tly w hen he d e E n te re d an Rec<»nd-cla»s m a tte r , a t th e p o a tn fflre a t BrfKiklnga, O regon, M arch 7. 1946, u n d e r th e A ct o f M arch 3, 1879 clared w a r on reck less d rivers. M inna A kers , O z c z / e r and Publisher It w as c e rta in ly W ILLIA M G. P IIE L P S , E ditor high tim e th a t som eone in a S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S : One Y ear In a d v a n c e On C u rry C ounty» »3.00 position of a u O ne Y ear, In a d v a n c e (o u tald e C u rry C ounty» . »3.50 th o rity a t N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E te m p te d to h alt W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . t h e highw ay N ew Y ork C hicago P h ila d e lp h ia D etroit sla u g h te r. T he governor NK W S F A F IR N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L m ain tain s, as ! a s T o c £ a t . © N ibis colum n has FU B L ISH K R S I J J o ften done, th a t ASSOCIATION ME3ZÌ I V t MEMBER t h e reck less d riv e r is a p o ten tial m u rd e re r and j should b e tre a te d as such. H ow ever, I still have m y d o u b ts as to w h e th e r the governor has found T he action of C ounty J u d g e Guy F o rsy th e in going before th e real rem edy. th e S ta te H ighw ay C om m ission in P o rtlan d to p ro test the I have alw ays felt th a t o u r t r a f location of H ighw ay 101 th ro u g h C u rry C ounty is one of th e fic officers w ere doing an excellent m ost re g re tta b le of a long line of re g re tta b le occurrences con job on o u r highw ays in sp ite of cern in g th e highw ay. th e handicaps u n d er w hich th ey It w as re g re tta b le because th e Judge ev id en tly (according labored. In fact, I h av e alw ays to the new s sto ries) t<x>k it upon him self to p ro test for C u rry been of th e opinion th a t th e en C ounty. In so doing he acted com pletely w ith o u t au th o riz a tio n forcem ent of o u r law s w as on a from th e citizen s of this county, and w ithout even a tte m p tin g m uch higher level th an th e ju d i to learn w h e th e r th e m a jo rity of th e citizens of th is co u n ty have cial in te rp re ta tio n of those sam< an y com plaint w ith H ighw ay Com m ission plans. laws. E veryone is w ell a w a re th a t No one denies th e right of Ju d g e F o rsy th e to p ro test h ig h w hile th e re has been little lax ity w ay p lan s as th ey affect him. If he felt th a t he w as harm ed in th e m a tte r of a rre s ts , legal m a by th e proposed location, he had every rig h t to com plain. n eu v erin g has enabled m any of B ut, it seem s, th e Ju d g e com plained, not for him self, but for those a rre ste d to go free. th e county. And in so doing, he took on a m ission th a t w as C onditions such as th ese are n e ith e r a u th o riz ed nor w ished by the* people he is supposed to definitely discouraging to th e con serve. scientious traffic officer. S im ilarly, W e know th a t th e re a re people who a re d issatisfied w ith th e they are no d e te rre n t to th e h a highw ay plans. . . they a re m ak in g them selves heard. T h a t is b itual highw ay crim inal. In fact, for them to se ttle w ith th e Com m ission. his ab ility to laugh at th e law But w e know, too, th a t th e g re a t bulk of th e people in this only increases his arro g an ce. a re a have every confidence in th e .plans th e C om m ission has T h u s it is very possible, and d ra w n , and we know, too, th a t th e sam e applies for th e people highly probable, th a t even though of N o rth e rn C u rry C ounty. W hen Judge F o rsy th e d isreg ard ed G overnor L an g lie’s forces do co r them in his m ission to P o rtlan d , he did his office no honor. ral all th e traffic v iolato rs, m uch of th e ir activ ity will go for n au g h i unless those responsible fo r p a ss ing judgm ent a re eq u ally zealous. I he firm stan d ta k e n by Lily G row ers of th is a re a last T he g o v ern o r’s actio n m ight S a tu rd a y ag a in st a tte m p te d price c u ts by b ro k e rs m ay m a rk the even boom erang. W ith all the beginning of a period of co operation am ong th e grow ers. em phasis on a rre s ts an d very If so, it m ay m ark a tu rn in g point in the recen t fo rtu n e s of little on seeing th a t all a re p u n bulb grow ers. ished equally and sufficiently re F o r m any years, b ro k ers of bulbs have ta k e n a d v a n ta g e of g ard less o f w ealth, position, o r in th e lack of u nity am ong th e grow ers, and have p itte d them , fluence, the result m ay be to fu r one ag ain st th e o th er, to force down the price of bulbs. th e r increase th e d isresp ect for The inform al business m ethods used by bulb g ro w ers has law w hich is alread y only too evi helped th em to do so. F o r instance, this y ear, one b roker, a f te r dent. having received his bulbs, decided he would red u ce th e ag reed - T he governor has c e rta in ly upon price. He could a tte m p t to do so because of th e lack of tak en a needed ste p in th e right a firm ly estab lish ed price at the tim e of shipm ent. d irectio n He can do an even b e t At any ra te , the prom pt action tak en by th e g ro w ers to te r job if he follows up his c ru insist upon fifteen ce n ts for 7-8" bulbs has show n th e ir unity, sad e w ith a carefu l an a ly sis of an d most b ro k ers have w illingly paid th at price. W hat few cu t- ra te bulbs did go to m a rk e t w ill not he enough to upset the w h a t happens to those b rought in. His n \ t move will then be m ade m a rk e t, and cannot fulfill th e needs of the b ro k e rs who a tte m p t ed to cut prices. ap p a ren t. It should be m entioned th a t m ost of the b ro k e rs w illingly paid th e price. They did p ro te st, of course, w h n th ey heard th a t one b ro k e r m ight get bulbs a t low er prices th an they had paid, and th e prom pt action of th e grow ers to solidify prices should quiet those protests. If. now, th e grow ers can m ain tain th e ir new -found u n ity A re p re se n ta tiv e of th e Social th en peace and p ro sp erity m a\ re tu rn to the bulb business. S e c u rity B ureau will he in B rookings next W ednesday. Nov. ■ S. to assist local people w ith any problem s they h av e co n cern in g Social S ecurity. M EANS C laude Dawson, m a n a g e r of the M edford b ureau, will be at th e C ourt Room in the C ity H all from 9 a m. to 11:^0 a m th a t day. He And the w ay to get invites anyone w ith problem s in longer w e ar is to have y o u r c a r properly Social S ecurity to confer w ith him a t th a t tim e. lu b rica te d at By B E R N IC E SW A N SO N BRO OK JN G S-H A RBO R P IL O T “A little N onesense Now and then Is relished by th e W isest M en.” But i t ’s b?en known to s ta rt a W ar F ro m c a rry in g c e rta in things too far. M ore th an one g al’s face tu rn e d a C rim son Violet W hen they read th a t C orny Rhym e in the Pilot, And they could have torn from ste rn to stem T he guy who tu rn ed in th a t little Gem. F o r him, the going will soon be rough F o r publishing all of th at exclusive stuff. W hich w as n ev er m eant, you w on’t deny To ever reach th e “ P ublic Eye. ’’ W hile we know, som etim es, th e re ’s not m uch News, E d ito rs should he careful w hat they choose And not just try to fill th e ir Pages. • T hey ought to have to tcorA* /o r W ages.) If they did, th e y ’d learn to be m ore W ary Of every Tom and Dick and H a rry (and B erger) W ho brings in stu ff w ithout C onsent J u s t to get his nam e in P rin t. Judge Forsythe's Complaint B e tte r change th e tone of this fearfu l thing. I m ight have to ask for a job in th e S p rin g And th e re isn’t a b e tte r place, by Gum. 'Phan w orking fo r th a t S w ede-D ahlstrom ! So w e’ll sit by th e fire and w atch it rain l No w onder people go insane.) B ereft of all o u r rhym e and reason W aitin g for a n o th e r Lily Season. NORTHW ESTERN NOW PAYING 20 PER CENT dividends to policyholders on rire insurance on their homes The Growers Get Together and household effects! 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