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The Times
R o g u e R i v e r ,O r e g o n
P o s t o f f i c e B o x 368
G o ld H ill, O r e g o n
R o u te 1 B o x 349
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R ogue R iv e r and its tra d e a r e a .
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to o m a n y la w s .
L ik e t a x e s , th e y k in d a g ro w o n y o u a n d y o u
b e c o m e a c c u s t o m e d to th e m . A nd o ld la w s a n d
o ld t a x e s h a tc h o u t n e w o n e s .
If w e c o u ld j u s t p a s s a la w a n d f o r g e t i t . T h a t
w o u ld n 't b e s o b a d b u t w e d o n 't a n d w e c a n 't .
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to c o n t r o l th e p e o p le w ho w o u ld c o n t r o l th e w e
a th e r.
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e n s e th o s e w ho w o u ld c o n t r o l th e w e a t h e r , to
m a k e th e m p u t up s u r e t y b o n d s to p a y f o r a n y
d a m a g e s th e y m ig h t d o , a n d to t e l l in a d v a n c e
th e ir in te n tio n s .
W e th in k i t a l l w ro n g to e v e n c o n s i d e r s u c h a
la w f o r it w o u ld le a d to th is - e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f
a n o t h e r b u r e a u , a d d in g m o r e m e n a n d w o m e n to
th e p u b lic p a y r o l l a n d a b u r d e n to th e t a x p a y e r s .
W e w o u ld h a v e to p o lic e th e a i r a b o v e u s a n d
a s y e t n e i t h e r th e s t a t e n o r th e c o u n tie s h a v e
a i r p o lic e .
If t h e r e m u s t b e a la w , l e t u s do it th e e a s i e s t
w a y p o s s i b l e . L e t 's m a k e it i l l e g a l f o r a n y o n e
in a n y w a y - s h o r t of p r a y e r - to m o n k e y w ith
th e w e a t h e r .
L e t u s g iv e th e p o w e r of p o lic in g to o u r r e g u
l a r . e s t a b l i s h e d p o lic e w ho a r e a l r e a d y o n th e
p a y ro ll.
L e t 's m a k e it i l l e g a l to i n t e r f e r e o r a t t e m p t
to i n t e r f e r e w ith " a n a c t o f G o d " a n d c e r t a i n l y
w e a t h e r a s it u s e d to c o m e w a s s t r a i g h t f r o m
H eaven.
We s a t in th e S e n a te I n t e r i m C o m m i t t e e m e e t
in g l a s t S a tu r d a y a n d w e h e a r d th e w e a t h e r d i s
c u s s e d b u t w hat one m a n - a c a ttle m a n s a id
i m p r e s s e d u s th e m o s t .
T h e s e m a y n o t b e h is e x a c t w o r d s b u t in s u b
s t a n c e , t h i s is w h a t h e s a id :
"W e c a t t l e m e n w o u ld lik e to s e e i t r a i n in
l a t e A u g u s t o r e a r l y S e p t e m b e r . We c o u ld k ic k
in a few d o l l a r s a n d h i r e o u r s e l v e s s o m e p i l o t s
a n d m a y b e m a k e it r a i n th e n . B u t m y n e x t d o o r
n e ig h b o r r a i s e s s e e d . If w e m a n u f a c t u r e d r a i n
a n d it h u r t o u r n e i g h b o r s ,w e w o u ld n 't b e m u c h .
" I th in k w e o u g h t to ta k e th e w e a t h e r T h e
L o r d g iv e s u s ."
T h e te n o r o f th e c o m p l a i n t s d i r e c t e d a t th e
p e a r i n d u s t r y w e r e a lo n g th is lin e a n d ,f a c e d
w ith th e h a r d - w o r k i n g , h o n e s t m e n o f th e s o i l
a n d th e r a n g e , p e a r g r o w e r s b y c o m p a r i s o n
lo o k lik e a g r o u p of s e l f i s h v u l t u r e s .
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s e e m s to be no w a y a b o u t it b u t to h a v e a n o t h e r
la w .
B u t l e t ' s m a k e th e la w a s i m p l e o n e . L e t 's
s a y in w o r d s th a t a t e e a s y to u n d e r s t a n d th a t
it s h a l l b e i l l e g a l to t a m p e r w ith o r a t t e m p t to
t a m p e r w ith th e w e a t h e r . T h a t a n y o n e fo u n d
g u ilty s h a l l b e p e n a l i z e d in a f ittin g m a n n e r a n d
t h a t it s h a l l b e up to th e s h e r i f f o r th e s t a t e p o l
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ed.
L e t 's g e t d o w n to e a r t h lik e th e p e o p le w ho
w a n t t h i s la w . L e t 's m a k e it e a s y to u n d e r s t a n d
e a s y to e n f o r c e to o !
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