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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
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high tim e th a t
som eone in a
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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
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D etroit
sla u g h te r.
T he governor
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E D IT O R IA L
m ain tain s,
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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.
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TEEN-AGE NEWS
A I een-A ge C lub d an ce w as
held last F rid ay evening, at th e 1
\ I-W hall
Cold pop w as served.
I , I here w as a very good tu rn o u t
1 We hope to have one like it n ex t
i time.
T he chaperones w ere Mrs. La
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H ew itt. W illiam A rz n e r and
Mrs. Bud Lowe. Mr. A rz n e r is
visiting from Lakeview.
R ep o rters, N C.. J S . J.A .
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M rs. J E S au eressig of Salem
is visiting here at the hom e of
h e r d a u g h te r and son-in-law , Mr.
and Mrs. G len Rogers.
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