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wsdav. January 21, 1965
SHELTON---MASON COUNTY JOURNAL--Published in "Chr{stmastown, U.Z.A.', Shelton, Washington
LETTERS
To The Editor
CREWS CHASTIZED
LACK OF COURTESIES
had it. Clear up to here.
morning I stood in my drive-
and watched a county road
with a snow blade mounted
front knock down my mail
paper box. This was caused
(1) the blade kicking up a
spray of slush, snow and
(2) by a truck driven en-
fast and, (3) by a coun-
employee who evidently had
disregard for people's prop-
mail boxes or driveways as
charged along the county
Is.
fully z~alize present snow
weather conditions place a
burden on county road
However, this has happen-
when there was no need
hurry-up, slam-bang tactics.
this is not just an isolated
This is typical of the
: of concern and consideration
ithe general public and prop-
owners on county roads. By
count this is the fifth time
[leCrews have knocked down
u up my mail box. I never
one Word of apology, never
that the box was
nor had any offers to set
again. When it was neces-
to take it up for road work
Yanked it up and
on the ground, there-
by bending the box and breaking
the angle brace.
While they were working the
road I set up a temporary stand
for the mail box. This was knock-
ed doom. I moved it back temp-
orarily again to a fence post about
25 feet from the road. This time
a skillful bulldozer operator man-
aged to back into the post, lenock-
ing down the box, post and two
sections of fence. Surprisingly he
said they would set iL up first
thing in the morning. Not surpris-
ingly, I never had the offer re-
peated next day. The situation be-
gan to present interesting prob-
lems. There was 0nly one place
left that just might be safe---a
utilities pole by the driveway.
With the permission of the PUt)
linemen working there I nailed it
to the pole where it remained un-
til I put it permanently (I
thought) back across the road.
(By the way--you people who
have had contacts with the tele-
phone, PUD and Mason County
crews--have you noticed the cour-
tesy, consideration and willingness
to help in their contacts with the
public of PUD and phone crews
and the lack of it (in most cases)
in the county crews from the top
on down? T am not alone in this
opinion. I believe a stiff course
in public relations is indicated for
the county engineering depart-
ment.)
Incidents such aS the mail box
game) a needless ;l,v~Ul~lent of an
approach 1o a r'oad that had been
on lhe prop(:rty for 12 years, and
a. rebuill driveway that consisted
:of g5 l)ere(,nt l'~,c].: have conlpolul-
(l.ed the situation. Since iL llas
!lal¢(ul a period of some years to
reach this point of indignation and
frustration I might as well Lake
i a blast at the work done, nat
done and remaining to be done on
this Northcliff Road. ~Vhat work
has been completed so far has
not, contrary to nsual trends, en-
hanced the value of property along
this road. Why not? Well, just
stop and take a property owner's
view from the side. Along this
stretch the road was built so high
that iL looks like a dyke. I don't
claim to know road engineering
but I (and other property own-
ers) fail to see the necessity of
raising this road so far above its
original height. Along our front
yards the road fill is up to three
feet higher than formerly. Up the
road iL is six and seven feet high-
er than the old road. After liv-
ing here 15 years I feel qualified
to say this is not a low, swampy
area. There has never been a
drainage problem on this road.
By the calender it will take
nntil some time this summer (we
all hope) to finish this short
stretch of road. Actual work was
begun in 1963---with a little finger
counting you get three years Lo
straighten, grade and top a see-
:ion of road less than one mile
long--and this a heavily travelled
road.
And what horrible condition this
road is in right now! From the
Northcliff Addition road south to
the city limits there is by actual
count 1,392 chuck holes from four
to six inches deep and up to two
feet wide. This short stretch was
torn up, widened, graded and gra~-
veled e;u'ly in the fall and left
lhal way for the winter. With
all this snow and slush I suppose
it was almo:~t impossible to do
any necessary grading. But the
logical question comes to mind--
why tear up such a short, but
heavily traveled piece of road in
the fail. knowing it can't be com-
pleted until the next SUlmner ? One
wonders if this work had been let
to a private contractor how long
it would have taken to do the
whole stretch.
I assume plmming and schedul-
ing of road work is always a bit
of a problem. However, there is
definitely room for improvemeut
in many areas whine officials and
crews find it necessary to meet,
cooperate witl! and fulfill their ob-
ligations to the public.
Jay Abel
1850 Northcliff Road
Editor, The .lournal
Re Doctor Raymond H. Waid's
letter to the Editor about bus to
Olympia. Certainly I go along
with his thinking with this addi-
tion: "Why not some bus lines,
Shelton proper? Gave all this a
lot of thought, often wonder how
a youngster, growing up in Shelton
or any city, finds out anything at
all about the City he lives in? I
would compare the 12 year old
with myself when I was a 12 year
old.
For me this was in 1902, living
in easy walking distance of down-
town Denver. Often when I had a
whole dime in my pocket, would
board a down-town street car, ride
to the end of line: to one of out-
lying parks or simply out in the
cmmtry. Wander arm~nd some on
foot, L:tlce iu the sights, maybe
bark I)ack aL some farmer's dog'.
After an eye full would boars
street car again and iL was back
down-town and short walk home
At Union depot, there was ahvays
a number of "spring-wagons"
(fore runner of the pick-up truck)
parked, as railroad passengers de-
barked, these spring wagons would
deliver their baggage any place
in city limits for 10¢. I hung
around them a lot, making myself
useful, like holding the horse,
helping with the baggage, ete, got
a good look at the City I lived
in, from wagon-bed or seat with
driver. One experience that stays
with me: This man, well dressed
drove a nice carriage, various
homes spotted throughout the
City. Took lots of rides with him,
interesting, ahvays different di-
rections, localities etc. I'd help
out, like holding the horse 'til he
got out and tied him up, then
watch things 'til he came back.
Last trip I made with him ended
at the City Park, he gave me
enough change, expected me to
board street car and go home.
While I was waiUng for my street
car, a lady showed, beautiful, I
thought, he helped her in, got in
himself. Me? Soon as the car-
riage got goin', I climbed on the
rear axel. He drove to a tiny
stream, beautiful place, out-skirts
Denver. They both were sure sur-
prised individuals when they found
out they had me along! He frown-
ed, she laughed ,then he laughed
and I was accepted. Helped pick
wild flowers for the lady, shared
in the lunch. Party broke up, got
ride inside, this time, to nearest
street car line and saw them no
more. I like to think they got mar-
ried and lived happily ever after!
(Have mentioned the spring-
wagon as the fore-runner of mod-
ern pick-up-truck. Wmfld you like
to know the fore-framer of modern
dump truck? Ordinary, heavy d-
wheel wagon, floor of body was
all 2" x 4"s, side walls, all 2" x
4"s with two end gates, all wood.
How dump? Simply take wagon
bed apart, both end gates out first
and remove 2" x 4"s one at a time,
reassemble and drive off. In my
kid daz have rode lots of them,
helped empty, but never loaded
any. )
Bus service to Olympia? Indeed
yes! In town, too, and other out-
lying districts. Just meditate;
these modern freeways, too often
all four lanes loaded with cars
going one direction, bumper-to-
bumper and fender-to-fender,
each car with a capacity of some
seven passengers, yet the vast ma-
jority have no passenger at all.
Just one lone driver!
We have a Golden-Age-Club in
Shelton. They had one, too, when
and where I was a 12 year old in
Denver. How did them Golden-
Agers get down town ? They
boarded a street car, paid a nickle.
How does the Shelton-Golden.
Agers get down town or any place
more than across the street?
What about the teen-ager, Hill-
crest, when the girl he's compos-
ing firey verse to, lives at Moun-
tain View ? Good questions ? ?
Chas. E. McGonagle,
Snail-Watcher
You Can't Beat The
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PAGE 7
HAVE FUN, MR. EVANS!
Editor, The Journal:
The signs of things lo come on
the hill in Olympia in the coming
four years shapes 1]p as pro(if,
as demonstrated in the last elec-
tion, that any machine created and
nurture by elections must every
so often throw a bone to the elec-
torate in order to retain its insid-
ious machination in power.
The pious meuLhings published
before the last election that three
consecutive terms in office would
be a detriment to the state should
have warned the voter that com-
ing from potential third-termers
and nmlLiple-termers that these
mouthings were only deceptive
phrases contrived to turn the
spotlight on some whipping boy,
thereby diverting public attention
from the fact that since 1958 the
electorate of the State of Wash-
ington has had no control over
salaries and expenditures demand-
ed by its employees.
The legislators who are sup-:
posedly direct representatives of
the electorate have never had the
intestinal fortitude to as a body
to raise their salaries above the
level of a hitch-hiker to Olympia
every two years, yet they sit in
session dazzled by marble hall
splendor and machine oratory and
gravely give the nod that vetoes
the right of the employer to bar-
gain in any way with the employee
over wages or the right to hire
or fire.
You know, when a Tex cotton-
picker can double-talk his way
into 14 million bucks with the
right to quash any questions as
to how and a bunch of so-called
Democrats in the state of Waslt-
ington can control the electorate
even to dumping a sacrifice now
and then, it's time to revise Web-
s|cr'::~ meaning of den]ocraey.
lata Ve fun, ~I.r. Evans, ~'OI1
Ctl}lll~*e the ]lanle on the go\'er-
nor's sa, lary check.
Cliff Collins.
FOOl) F()I{ TIIOU/GIIT
To the bJditor:
Dear Bill :
]n regards to an article pub-
lished in the Journal of Thursday,
Jan. 7, 1965 eutitled, "Some
Thoughts About Saluting Our
Flag". I want to take this oppor-
tunity to peraonnally thank Bernie
for expressing his views the way
he but believes right.
I will have to agree with him
in all respects.
If more of our "so-called" Am-
erican citizens would install in
the minds and hearts of their
children the ideals that Bernie
has expressed, we would have a
better America in which to live.
I would like to go a step farther
and say it is very disappointing
when on special occasions, or hol-
idays, to see the very few flags
displayed by private families.
I want to say also that Our
Flag is the emblem of a nation
of free people who, above every-
thing else, are determined to con-
throe to live free.
This is Edward Priszner who
leaves you with this "food for
thought":
"I thank God that I live in a
country where when tbe people
celebrate, they throw cmffetti in-
stead of insults."
Thank you,
Edward Priszner
308Va 1st Ave.
Algona, Wash.
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