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Editorials:
Time for a plan
Some like it and some don't, but there is no doubt
that the pressing growth of the Puget Sound area has
brought problems to Mason County that must be solved in
the new year now making its icy debut.
The luxury of postponing decisions in every phase of
locally-controlled government is no longer ours. The out-
side world has discovered our beautiful country, and free-
ways, automobiles and land developers have conspired to
end our isolation.
It is ironic that the very charms which we treasure
are causing the problems, but the problems are there and
will not go away if we bury our heads in the oyster beds.
If we wish to retain as many of those charms as possible,
we must meet the problems head-on, and planning is the key
to the solutions.
The toughest decision -r- and the most important --
will be to determine the use to which our land will be put.
Unregulated land-use on land which is sparsely developed
creates only small messes that detract very little from the
:i overall picture. This has been the case in Mason County,
the 620,000 acres of which are largely undeveloped.
Unrestricted land devolpment on a large scale, how-
: ever, can--and usually does--create big messes. The soar-
ing price of acreage in Mason County guarantees that this
! problem faces us now. We have only to look at other areas
which have experienced rapid growth to know that a year
or two of unregulated development will produce a jumble
of mixed land-use that can never be straightened out. A
peek at some portions of South Tacoma will do for a starter.
Only one thing will prevent the creation of big messes
in Mason County. We must have a comprehensive land-
ue plan, backed up by regulations that will hold up in a
court of law.
After years of discussion, such a plan is being formu-
lated by a consulting firm hired by the county commis-
sioners. The reaction from landowners who believe a per-
son should be able to create any mess he wishes on his land
has been highly unfavorable.
This is understandable in a sparsely-inhabited area
which was settled by independent pioneers who prized
their independence. It was that independence which built
the community.
But such is not the case when an area is crawling with
humanity. Without regulation, sawmills pop up next to
rust homes, aluminum plants spew their smoke and dust
cnto neighboring summer homes and two-by-four ham-
bu:'ger stands and trailer houses suddenly appear in resi-
dential districts.
There will undoubtedly be opposition to the county's
land-use plan when it is ready for adoption by the com-
missioners. It is then that these officials will need the
vocal support of everyone who is interested in the orderly
development of our county.
Proper planning now will produce the harmonious
blend of commercial, industrial, residential and recreation-
al land-use which will preserve the beauty of the area in
which all of us have chosen to live.
The Flapdoodler:
Ninety-dollar wonder
spurned by fat knees
By STEVE ERICKSON
This series of labor pains began last week when The
Associated Press, my former employer, went on strike for
higher wages. The AP offices are located in the building
also accupied by The Oregonian, my present employer.
On the first day of the strike I leaped out of my car in
front of the building, late to work again, and Io! There
stood my old AP buddy, John, sandwich-boarded to the
Adam's apple with "Unfair!" and "On Strike!" signs.
"What's happening?" I asked.
"We're gonna strike until we bring management to its
fat knees," John explained.
"Oh," I said, remembering days gons by, when John
thought my own knees were a little plump.
That was back in 1963 when the AP generously award-
ed me $90.50 a week to support a wife and two voracious
kiddies.
"Join the Guild," John had said at the time.
"No," I said, "because of the Guild, I can't afford to
join the Guild."
John became immediately livid in the face of this
management-like rink-talk. But he held his tongue. In fact,
he didn't have much to say to me for some time after that.
The next time we exchanged more than a cursory
"G'mornin'." "Hrumph!" was about a year later, when a
new contract was being thrashed out between Guild and
management.
For a few tense days, a strike seemed imminent.
"S'ponin' we strike." John asked me one day around
a glazed doughnut. "What'll you do?"
"Work, probably," I said, baiting John. "Wife and I
want to get rich and retire when we're 30."
Recalling this lack of Guild patriotism, John mentioned
last week that the Portland AP would probably be re-
cruiting people to fill in for the strikers, until the strike
ended.
"S'posin' they ask you," he said, peering out from be-
tween the boards like a ham-on-rye, "What'll you do?"
I thought it over carefully, recalling dynamited deliv-
ery trucks a few years back when the Oregonian had its
big strike, remembering news photos l'd seen of bloody
characters foiled crashing picket lines, and harking back
to the $90.50 the AP used to laughingly pay me.
"I'll tell them thanks, but rio thanks," I said, and the
more I thought about it, the more I began relishing the
opportunity. I could hardly wait.
I'm still waiting. The AP never asked for my strike-
breaking services. Management spurned me.
May they get callouses on their fat kneel,
!
Pag 4 - Shelton.Maaon County Journal - Thursday, January
....... --+,: The world wobbles on
.... +::+++y ............. ....... in traditional manner! 1
i iiii!ii;::ii;!;i:ii:! ..... ,: By PETER USTINOV
! i!iiiiii!iiii:ii::: i !ii ":-: : .......................... Tradition is a wonderful invention in many wa
I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!ii: i::i::i!::i " '-"L and yet, once a procedure deserves this appellation, it
often a sign that it has depreciated in value and that
.... :: ::!i!ii!i!?ii!::i iii!iii: i origin is on the point of being forgotten, making way
::iiiiii::!iii:iiii':ii:i ::i:::i:i:i !iiii i empty ritual and often absurdity.
There is, or was, a regiment in the British Army,
example, which wears, or wore, its cap back to front,
t extraordinary incident that led to this tradition is
, to reconstruct today. Even if the fact are recollectedl
:::; HBM terms of military history, the acute emotion of the momd
i .:i:i:i:!:: J that has led thousands and thousands of subsequent
diers to seem to be advancing backwards is at best di
cult to feel anew today. The modern inheritors of this pl=
ticular tradition are best advised to place their caps on
' s ......... ...*..;-i -/ '--y'L-jl heads back to front, as though it were the most nor
thing in the world, and to get on with it. : V
........ ' :: .... ::ii:iiiiiiiiil :i:!::ii!:: i: To give another example, the Russians, ever extrerni s
.... :: ,. pushed the business of tradition to its illogical concluJ re
!ili:ii:i € , in the case of the Pavlovsky Polk, a regiment of hc
:: :i i iiii:i!:il ,' " dedicated to the memory of quite the worst of R L!
r
' monarchs, the worst in a field in which he had dogged Ul
i:;: melodramatic competition from at least twenty other rottl
emperors. Paul I spent his days on the parade grou
.... knocking down soldiers whose deportment displeased 1
He also reintroduced corporal chastisement and mutilatt
as punishment for ordinary citizens. These facts alone mid
it clear that he deserved a regiment of his own.
"Goodnight, Spire!" It so happened that he had a very short and dege
ate nose, and so tradition took root that the yardstick
- r-- -'a "|*01 dome: acceptance in Paul's elite Pavlovsky Polk was not cour i
• or height, but the shortness of a recruit's nose. This (/ 1
dition, more than any other single fact, explains the Rd wi
credit for tax bills sian revolution. Others may ascribe the coming of Lee inl
Demos glad to give governor to economic or political causes butthesuspicion remJ
that a country that graded soldiers by their Roses, or IJ fe
OD
of noses, could not have withstood a local street demd pr
By ROBERT C. CUMMMGB 56-43 majority in the House, buS Democrats. They controlled I)th prime sponsor being the Senate stration without collapsing.
there is some question whether houses during his first session as majority leader. An executive re-
Gee. Dan Evans trimmed the the Governor could get even a Governor, and had the Senate quest bill on redistricting had There are those who lay too great a store by tradi
number of his executive request simple majority for an income last time, the same as now. been introduced, but it died un-
bills for the 41st Legislature to tax, without help from the Dome- Also, except for the 1963 sea- sung in committee. Ironically, the and history--who search the events of yesterdays for
less than 50, but some of his ad- crats. At least five House Re- sion when the Republicans join- measure which finally passed cations of what tomorrow will bring. Human nature, tt
visors in the Legislature wish he publicans say at this time they ed with eight dissident Democrats was more faw)rable to the Repub- believe, does not change. In maturity, there are s
would cut the figure even more. won't vote for any kind of an to take control of the House, he licans in many respects than the
Originally, he had about 75 ex- income tax, and there are at was in the ,minority during the Governor's bill. melancholy similarities between people of all ages.
ecutive request measures, but leasttwo more who are inclined 10 years he served in the Legis- The Governor was hard-nosed not so much the matter that distinguishes the battle
trimmed them down to 60 and to go the same way. Any time lature. This experience stood him about it, vetoing enough Dome- from the atomic bomb as the manner--and perhaps aiso f
finally, below 50. The reason is seven of their members break in good stead during his first cratic redistricting bills to earn
purely political. So is the reason ranks, the Republicans don't have session of Governor, when the the nickname of "Danny Veto," uses to which these implements can be put.
that some of his legislative lead- a majority in the House. Democrats held both houses, but he still managed to keep
ors wish he would reduce the In the Senate, where the Demo- The big issue that session was friendly terms with enough Dome- It is possible, with tremendous application and cont
number further, crats hold a 27-22 advantage, at redistricting, and it was vital to crats to finally get a bill to his to sharpen a pencil with a battle-axe; an atomic bo
The words "by executive re- least four Republicans and pos- the future of the Republican Par- liking, value in this respect is limited. Nevertheless, it does
quest" are like sterling on silver sibly five are against an income ty, as far as the Legislature was The situation on tax reform to-
when the governor's political par- tax, which means the Governor concerned. After 47 days, the day is quite similar to that on that there has been a revolution in our sense of time, wl
ty controls both houses. If the needs at least seven Democratic Governor got a redistricting bill redistricting four years ago. At in itself has the effect of changing the surface of hu
.pposite party holds a majority in votes for a simple majority in out of a Democratic Legislature the moment, the Governor's pro-
just one house of the Legislature, the PPer chamber, and at least which gave enough advantage to gram looks as hopeless as it did nature to such an extent that it can scarcely help affec
however, those same words can 15 for two-thirds, the Republicans to give them con- two year= ago, when it failed to it very eore,
be tantamount to a death sen- The more the Governor can trol of the House ever since and get the necessary two-thirds ma-
tence; unless it's a bill raising cater to the Democrats without enabled them to increase their jority in either House. Within the last seventy years, man's capacity f0r
taxes, being too obvious, and without membership in the Senate from This time, however, he wants placing himself through space has increased to a far
antagizing those in his own 17 to 22. it badly. And despite present up-
GOVERNOR WEIAX)ME Party, the better chance for his The redistricting bill which pas- tmarances, those who watched er extent than it ever did from pro-history to 1900,
TO (IREDIT own program, sod, however, didn't carry an the Governor operate in the 1965 that has not improved perceptibly are man's actions
The Democrats are perfectly Governor Evans has had lots "executive request" label. It was Session won't bet a nickel that he arrives at the end of his journey. Confronted
willing to let the Governor have of experience working with the sponsored jointly, with the he won't get what he wants, baffling galaxy of new inventions, he has done little
full credit for any tax big. In them as yet but diffuse outmoded ideas by
the past two sessions, they even
increases"gave" him enough votes to paSSin the sales tax, when ______L'=t's talk books: meanS,needed, and tu*rn up where he was neither expected
there weren't enough Republicans
t' put it through. These revenue The telephone at the permanent beck and can of
measures remained the Gover- We(Ik knee00 @lid the foo tb@H w(Ir$ powerful executive, eitherhanginginhislimousine
her's bills, and the Democrats
made the most of them in the ing by his pool, has neither increased its
recent campaign, powers nor sharpened his vision. As often as not it
The same could be said of the
governor's tax reform package. By LLOYD A. COOK was a tough coach and a win- surgery; the New York Jets' of- out to be merely a more costly chewing gum, somethin#!
ning one, he was loved and re- fensive team had 8 cases of this do while thinking of something else, or while not
The Imocrats don't like his sin- I A little boy's knees d not ' spected by his players. sort.
gle rate income tax, but if enough :look fragile. Put them in long He would shout at men, swear "We are extremely concern- at all.
of them go along with the gover- ,pants and they will go through at them, bawl them out, insult ed about injuries," said Pete
nor to pass it, it will have to the fabric in short order. But, them, all to egg them on. To Rozelle, the pro boss, "and we If this is true of men, it is also true of nations.
carry the label, "by executive by the time these same knees all except the rookies, and to are conducting research in this
request." get to college, or even to high them he would explain. He would area." menace of this day and age is not the stockpile of
school, they have become less tell a player to forget his error, On the same ddy a few months weapons but the fact that the men in charge of them
DEMOCRAT8 WANT SHARE than strong. In the tug of war, to remember what he should have ago, 42 players, including Bart mediocre as those who invented them are brilliant,
It could be a different story, the week-end mayhem, called done, how the action ought to Start, were laid up and conva-
however, on much other legisla- football pro and am, the knee have gone. He was dead set lescing, occasional news that a scientist has defected should
tton which the Democrats might appears to be the most vulner- against four things: men who Quicker calls and better on- prise no one. It matters little whether he defects
consider good. able part of the human body. leafed along or .goofed off, or forcement of rules and new rules
If it is good legislation, the Jerry Kramer, 225 lb. all-pro couldn't learn, or treated Negro to cover critical situations, in- East to West, or from West to East. It is enough to
Democrats want a share of the guard, has not written a treatise team members less than fair, or cluding punt returns, have been that, as he hands over the fruits of his sleepless nights I
credit. A rndasure introduced on the knee: of ,course not. And proved to he quitters in the advocated, and so, also, has some
with joint sponsorship and free yet in his "Instant Replay: The pinch, kind of laid-on turf. Better equip- the uncertain hands of politicians or the military, he
of any "executive request" label Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kra- "You serve colored people?" a rnent is in prospect. In fact, a
will have a much better chance mer" as edited by Dick Schaap teammate asked Max McGee, the new crash helmet (air and liquid the moment quite unbearable.
of passage, This doesn't mean (NAL/World, 1968) he tells about great Packer end, who had just cells) promises to reduce by The worst charge one can bring gainst such a
that Democrats will stand on the his 22 times under the knife, most opened a restaurant. "Sure," half the type of brain concussion
floor and oppose every piece of injuries coming from football. He McGee replied. "How do you that comes from being kicked, i8 that of naivete. It is certainly naive rather than (
legislation requested by the Gee. is the "Zipper" to his team- like them cooked?" If ever there "I would put my head down to imagine that one side posseses more honest
ernor regardless of whether they mates, due to scares from head was a team - and there are see- to spear," says Larry Csonka, or a more clairvoyant military than the other. Were
consider it good or bad. They to ankles, eral - where the only question Dolphin rookie fullback, "and feel
don't have to fight in the open. That he lasted out the 1967 sea- is can a man play football, that the shock all the way into my a thing possible, it would indeed be a secret weapon
son, threw the block that won team was the Packers. I know legs. Now, with the new helmet, would upset the status quo in the world. And the
STRENGTII BACK STAGE the title game for Green Bay, of no evidence that this has I feel no shock whatever, not
Holding a 27-22 majority in the is a tribute to his stamina. Now changed one whit under the new quo has never been safer, never more petrified,
even in my head."
that the Packers have come up- head coach, congealed, inanimate.
Senate, along with majority mere- an hard times, it is well to recall It is the knee that is most re-
bership on every standing corn- the win over the Dallas Cowboys Football is a collison sport. I sistant to protective strengthen-
mittee, all they have to do with brought the team its third nat- can think of none other, includ- ing, since knee pads or braces Huge military alliances face each other like
any legislation they don't want lonal championship in as many ' ing pro hockey, where there are are not feasible. At a recent rned- of incalculable strength and yet without a construoive
is quietly bury it in committee, years, so many injuries: broken hands, ical symposium on special sur- in their tiny brainpans.
They can even make it look good Krarner kept a diary during arms, collar bones, ankles, legs; gory, doctors predicted that 1 out
by giving a bill a public hearing his years as a pro and his book sprains, torn ligaments, disloca- of every 8 football players in
before they bury it. is built on these day-by-day on- t.tons, concussions. In all, to re. the U.S., pros down to high
This is done with lots of bills tries. I have never read a book peat, knee trouihe predominates school, will suffer a more or
every session. The public hear- that gives so many details, or as the most common disabling less serious knee injury in the
ing gives proponents their chance probes so thorotghly, into what hurt. 1969 season. With a million play-
to blow off steam, and many it is like to be a player under The blitz or red dog strikes e in the nation, the doctors'
go away convinced they have had a gerat coach in so hotly com- 'hardest against the quarterback forecast is for about i25,000 knee Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle
their day in court, little knowing petitive a sport, and in the season now closing injuries, at least 40,000 of which
that the bill was doomed before "Instant Replay" is bound to this, and other moves, cost 17 will require corrective surgery. Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone
the hearing ever was convened, be compared with PlimptmYs of the 26 pro clubs their regular "The knee is never the same
It is as if they were saying, "Paper Lion." PUmp played at signal caller for a game or more after an operation," states Dr. Published at Shelton, Mason County, Washington, every
"before we hang this man we being a paper "Lion" in some or the year. "Rack 'em up," Robert Kerlan, a well-known or- Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Shelton,
must give him a fair trial." practice sessions and for a few said one player, "and maybe they thopedist. "There will he a little
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT NEED moments in a game, whereas drop the ball or go home ear- more play in the knee, a slight Member of National Editorial Association '?
Krarner was the real thing and ly." feeling of instabillW. Your thigh Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers'
There is still another reason the differences favor the pro. Jer. In M alone, 5 San Diego will tend to keep going after your SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $5.00 per year in Mason County,
for keeping the number of ex- ry does not have the writing Chargers had corrective knee feet stop. It is a weird sensation." vance Outside Mason County $6.00
ecutive request bills to a mini. style and humor that Pllrnpton At best doctors can restore on-
mum this session. The governor displays but he takes one more IBIIlfllfllMUmMIMMIMUlUlIIIIlUi ly about 60 per cent of a player's EDITOR AND PUBI.TSHER Henry G. Gay
needs bipartisan support for his deeply into the nature of the Editor's ote: Dr. Lloyd A. former prowess; the remainder PLANT SUPERINTENDENT- Jim Shrum
program more than even before, players, the coach, and the game. Cook, ttred, :was gratitude clean is Up to him. Six weeks in a OFFIC MANAGER Lodema Johnson 'i
which in turn require a two- As to be expected, Vine Lom. and vice prmldent of Wayne 8ta cast is standard, followed by NEWS EDITOR Alan Ford
thirds majority in each house of bardi is central in the book. While University. The Journal will pub- months of tedious exercise.
the Legislature. all the Packers loved Vinc, now 'lid his book views eeh week. To an extent, the injury is OFFZC ASSISTANT r-- Mary Kent
The governor doesn't have a retired, he was no easy man to Letters from readers are Invited. permanent. The best rebuilt knee SOCIETY EDITOR -- Marj Jacobsen
two-thirds majority in either please. Or maybe that sentence will loosen in time and, with ADVERTISING MANAGER- Don Adolfson
hotlse, The Republicans hold shoed g'ea: beqat Iomba qMMIINIII ae arthritis is like.
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