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• •0 • Ed, tor,als. We Will Survi re, We hope that somewhere on God's green earth a clois- tered man of science is working on a miracle pill which will return the sense of proportion and sense of humor which Americans are fast losing. The current action of the Seattle city council in ban- ning the appearance of Dr. Timothy Leary in the Seattle Opera House is the latest example of what happens when these virtues are misplaced. Dr. Leary had rented the au-  • • • ditorium to present what he termed a psychedehc rehglous celebration," and was hustling tickets for the affair, when the council, prodded by excited keepers of the public's mor- als, withdrew its permission to use the premises. The hassle is truly a battle of the flyweights--a herd of elected sheep and a gaggle of agitated do-gooders vs. a former Ivy League practitioner of the way-out who is try- ins to raise a few bucks from the curious with flashing lights and four-bit words. Americans, who have survived P. T. Barnum,, Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan and Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson, are now having fits about a curly-haired spell- binder who successfully sells tickets for speeches about "sensory meditation, symbol-overload and media-mix." Our nation has Fersevered despite the snake-oil medi- cine show and the golden-tongued hucksters of tonics con- taining 38 percent alcohol for our cherished little old ladies and electric belts guaranteed to restore the potency of our cherished little old men. We outlasted Huey Long arid Fulton Lewis, Jr. and will probably escape with our sanity from Ezra Taft Ben- son, Gus Hall, Mary Poppins and James Bond. Have we gone through all this to be cowed by an academic showman who can inveigle the curious and the bored into paying to hear him talk about "molecular and cellular phrasing"? The do-gooders claim they are saving our children from a horrible fate by depriving the doctor of his right to speak. The time they spend howling at council meetings could be better spent teaching their children the sound values, the perspective, and the sense of humor that are the only defense against spellbinders, medicine men, and psychdelic ministers. Letter Box: Unfair To Motorcyclists Editor, The Journal' In reference to your editorial in last week's l)aper concerning motorcyclist deaths and injuries, I believe you were most unfair to motorcyclists in the way you wrote your editorial If you will look into this fur- ther you will discover that the deaths are caused by accidents involving rrtotorcycles and cars with the driver of the car being at fault. And the majority of tile in- juries reported l)y the dt)ctors and hoslfitals in Mason County are motorcycle Scrambles, En- dure Race riders with the in- iuries caused on the track either racing or practicing. Not saying thai racing motorcycles is any more dangerous l h a n racing cars, boats or horses. And upon observing the road riding cyclists here in our town I believe they tin the majority) are alert and courteous in their riding. Thank you for the time. Mrs. Dean Smith An Almost Editorial Editor, The Journal: Congratulations on lhe fin(, editorial you almost wrote. "-HOW, TO DIE YOUN(L" Although the article is mis- leading it is t)ased somewhal on fact. In said article, il was slaled that motorcyclists had the fast- est growing casually rate on the highway, It is also true lhal trolorcycles are the fastest grow- mg form of transporlation on the higilway. As stated." "The number of motorcycles and their fatality toll doubled during the, period from 1962 to 1965." It is" anaazmg the death toll wasn't higher, considering the number of in- experienced operators ridin these machines on the highway. As stated, "One million new rnotorcjt.h,s on the highway is forecast for the near fuldrc, A filure ot over 5,000 deaths per year is forecast." UNLESS action is taken to reduce the death loll. not the number of motorcycles. Whnt action is being taken? Motorcycling groups throughout the State and Nation are press- ins for Motorcycle Safety Legis- lalion: specifically, the require- ment of approved crash helmets (64 percent of motorcycle deaths in Wshingt.on are attributed to head injuriesl and licensing of motorcycle el)orators. The reason for this contrary to popular belief, is tha! the safe operation of a motorcycle requires more skill than the operation of a car. V•B. Honstain God Says To Wait Editor. The Journal: One little match with a head start can burn down a whole city. A little gossip can develop inla a scandal that will cause the ruination of a character. But a few words spoken for God can stir the hearts of men and bring about a great revival. Big things have been formed by small beginnings. A word or two in love and ur "erstanding can encourage the n¢  Babe in Christ to rise to great heights. (A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.--- Ga- latians 5.9), God says to wait. We grow impatient sometimes wanting big things to happen in a hurry, but God has a plan for every- thing and everybody, which, small as it may seem at the time, will mushroom into some- thing wonderful and glorious if carried out according to his plans, tie has plans worked out that we couldn't even begin to think of. We are puzzled sorrmtimes why things are done in a certain way, but there is a reason for it all if God is behind it. So it matters not if the happening is large or small if God is our guide. Psalm 2%14: "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait I say, on the Lord." Evelene Farrell Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $4.59 per year In Mason County, In ad- vance -- Outside Mason County $5.00 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER -- Henry G. Gay IPANT SUPERINTENDENT -- Jim Shnnn OFFICE MANAGER -- Lodema Johnson ,14WS BIDITOR -- Alan Ford OFFICE SSISTANT -- Mary Kent IOCIETEDITOR -- MarJ Jacobson - $DVERTISING MANAGER- Don Adolfson ,| Page 4 - lhelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February Capitol Dome: , C ties Have oun 1 State Loot :':°:'2: wt)ich has been. overlooked, in all:: to the grocer procesS lns trek aoom nnanclm am far er it also wouldi] from the state, has hit upon a pricme wars the shtte plunging into ,. The=u, ,0,^..l.,.h;, head-on fight with the cities The l...auo u pe .ce.t, • • , . " ' m;tlg protmceo m tnls (.()unties have fell like forgotten _. ...^.. i_ ._.,.._., _^^ 00,e,,,'hiidren ever :.? Evans' first message to the Leg- . _.x..* ^ ate",2" • . The rrveatuv ,. t.c ]slature, whlch was tal]ored ,to urban problems and $25 million dustry's major! piece tion this session and slab' aid to the cities without "Frankly, Reagan is turning out better than I exi)eeted." Letter Box: Farmer Tells Of Damage Inflicted By Elk Herds In the spring of 1964 I tflanted 11 acres of field corn which would have, if harvested and put up as silage, fed from 20 to 25 cows through the winter. By September some of the corn was as high as 7 to 8 feet tall and looked quit(* good. Bul during that month the elk took over and For this and the usual winter fence damage I put in a claim of $400.00. Fred Rowdy,. a game dept. official told me he didn't think the board would approve the claim because he wouldn't recommend a payment since he had heard I had killed some elk. I received a letter refusing the claim. Stud.00nts Denied Information as to the facts of the American (and world) situation, and the Comm unist purposes and methods. My invitation to attend the class was not cleared first by the student with the authorities. It was later refused. Why must: the inquisitive student be denied the above, information? In the past eight years, the John Birch Society anlaysis of world events have been accurate often enough to justify studying its material. Penelope Robbins when the game dept. h)oked at lhe troll they agreed that the field was 75 percent destroyed. There wasn't a single ear of corn left in the whole field and Iew stocks left: standing over 4 foot high. For this I put in a very nominal claim of $459.00 I)ased on value ,if silage standing. The game dept. apl)roved only $40(I.00 of this, which they paid. I had an 18 acre field of hay in sight of the house, the first crop was harvested and the second crop was doing well in July. About 3 weeks later the growth al]peared l.o slow down, another week went I)y and it seemed to When a man has worked on a farm clearing the land and developing c.rops, it is heart- breaking seeing it wantonly des- troyed by a herd of anim'als. I am sure you understand how you would feel to see the areas you have worked on ruined by your neighbors cows or horses. The third area of concern is that of disease. One day I found a dead elk lying in the field which definitely appeared to black leg. This disease, which kills an animal within a few hours after the first symptoms al)pear, had never been present on this side of tbe river. Once the germ,s are established in an area they will live for years in the ground and are acces- sihle to cattle. I notified the game department of rry finding. They came out, took samples, hurled the re- mains and spread lime over the ground where the elk was buried. Several days later I received a report that it was not black leg, but they suggested I not let any cattle in that field for at ]east three weeks. At a later date I lost my first cattle from black leg on the farm. They died in the same field as the elk had died. There is no cure for black leg; we can only try to control it by vaccination, which is recom- mended every six months at a cost of about $1.00 per head per year. Since that time I have lost five head of cattle on that place, even though vaccinated, with a value of $700. I am sorry the game depart- ment has been unable to find an answer to controlling their elk. I have been willing to try any reasonable suggestions the game department has made. But this damage has been go- ing on for a long period and I can't just continue to stand by and see n W property destroyed. As a last resort some elk have been killed to help lessen the damage. In each case the game delmrtment has iramediatly been notified so the meat might be saved. I would join the sports- man in being thankful if a betler solution to the difficull problem cou.ld be found. Tud Riehert Editor, The Journal: It has been asked "What pos- sible harm could elk be doing to Mr. Richert's farm." I would like to answer this question pub- 4icly. I have a 680 acre cattle farm in Skokomish Valley. The land must be fenced to separate cattle grazing area and crop land for winter feed. This entails five or six miles of fence. The elk have consistently dam- aged these fences. They come down from the hills in herds as large as fifty head at a time. They will go straight thru a four strand wire fence. An esample is one day's loss of 150 foot of 4 strand fence with 13 fence posts broken to the ground. This happens often is smaller areas. At times every fence on tbe place is damaged in some way by these elk. with broken wires, broken posts or stretched wires• My mare cross fence is a 5 strand heavy-duty barb wire. It has been broken a number of times. In an attempt to find some solution with the Game De- partment they agreed to furnish pickets to place in this fence if I would do the work of attaching them to the fence with the hope that the elk would not go thru this type of fence. This agree- ment came with the stipulation I pick up the pickets and sign a 10 year agreement to keep the fence in good repair. The good repair is sometimes difficult since the elk, when jumping the fence, take portions of the fence with them. Up to this time I have been -nable to find any answer to keeping the elk from ruining the fences and the consequential problem of these breaks remains. One day I came upon a well worn path where the elk were coming into mY hay field. I came up with the idea that if I could catch one alive and put a cow bell on it that it might discourage them from coming in, so I set up two snares. I caught one but the game warden found it before I did, He said the elk was injured by the snare so he shot it left the carcus to rot and took both my snares. Another even more costly as. peet of the elk has been their damage to crop land. In the spring of 1965 I planted 16 acres of grass and clover at a cost of over 24.00 dollars per acre or more than $385.00. In April the crop was up and looking good, then we began having visits from the elk. We had as high as 42 head,at one time running, playing and even rolling in the new seed bed. Due to the soft wet ground each elk track went about 6 inches deep• The field was heavily damaged. Yea can Imagine wat 42 head of elk would do to your newly seeded lawn. 2, 1967 Editor, The Journal: Academic Freedom, so jeal- ously guarded by the schools, :tnpears to apply only in some instances. As a member of the John Birch Society, I was asked, by a senior at Irene S. Reed High School, to explain the Society "Name, beginning, aim, methods and membcrship policy." The stated goals of the Society are "Less government, more in- dividual responsibility, and a better world." The method is the education of self and neighbor Peon Wage Rate Gimmick Then we have the new Gover- nor bobbing in and out of legis- lative halls advocating and re- ceiving support from both sides of the aisle to do away with the tax needle altogether and let the . governor and legislators tell the people how much they are go- ing to spend and how much they are going to pony up to pay the bill. In their version, this peon wage raise gimmick, 40-mill tax limit and these penny-ante school and other bond issues are im- pediments to their flair for spend- ing other people's money and having the people being able to have any check and balance powers. A very apt statement: heard in a recent bull session of one pick-up-the-tab committee was: "Any more tax gimmicks the Republicans don't think up, the Democrats will?' Cliff Collins Editor, The Journal: From the stories eminating from the hill in Olympia by news media, radio and television the current legislative session is showing wonderful improvement. over past sessions in the ap- plication of more tax needle to Washingtonians. For instance, thc pay raise just agreed to whoeeby some hundreds of instituti,ml workers in the two to four hundred dollar' a month pay scale will receive from 10 to 20 a month raise, yet it costs some 12 to 17 million dollars. I wonder how come the big Executive Voice of the State Fed- eration of Employees ain't bel-. lering about some of his people getting more rinse in a month than his peons get in a whole year. Yet, the peon wage scale, according to the Voice, was the reason for the raise. Oh tax needle were is thy sting? Ri, kards Not Richards rea dismissed my Case. I did not forfeit any money on this charge. I would appreciate a pub- lic apology in this week's Jour- nal. Ron Rickards NATIONAL NEWSPAPER I±III II I±IIIIIl;| Editor, TIw Journal: I draw your attention to the court action listed in the Jan- uary 19 issue of the Mason Coun- ty Journal. You listed a Ron Richards of P.O. Box 634 as forfeiting $12 on a defective equip- ment charge. The address is correct but the name is Ron Rickards with a "k" and not an "h" if your please. What is worse than the way you spelled my name is the fact that Judge Cor- any menlion of the counties. It was only with some diffir ,:ully Ihal ct)ler heads in . the counl) con-dylissioners ! ass6cia-. lion kept some of their more otllspoken nwmbers l'ronl I)lung- in mh) a battle which could have I'(,stllled in tx)lh the cities odd Ihc tounlies going heine eml)ly-handed. There is still lalk of trying I0 gel a portion of. the $25 million which Governor l,Jvans wltnls Io earlnark for the cities, unlil someb(xty found a- Iioth('r revenue source. , SLICE O1" TAX 311LI.A(;F SO['(;HT Tim phtn. whi(.h has been ac- rel)h'd b the county commis- ,lt)llel'S, IRJVv €rails for allocating hall o[ the i)rOl,rly tax collected I)y lilt' shth' h) lilt' counties. It t)uhl anl)unl Io 2 mills. In Iheory. Ihe slale collecls only 2 n'dlis oI the 40-mill levy, but it toiler'Is on ;in assessnlent bast' el 50 percenl of true value, wlfi]e the rest of the millage is rollecled on local assessment bases, which average less than 25 per cenl stalewide. As a result, the state millage Is the equivalent of 4 mills. The counly plan would allocate half el lhal millage to the counties for the next two years. Assum- ing lhat the constitulional amend- men( reducing the assessment I)ase to 25 per cenl is al)proved, lhe state's millage would drop Io the same level as others. At that time, under the county l)hm the entire 2 mills would go to the counties. The two year interval when the millage was divided would serve as a transition per- ted. OUT OF THE FRYING PAN The counties have already built up some legislative sup- port for their program, 'but a new obstacle has bobbed up. Another group has come up with the same phm, only this group wants the money for the schools. The counties may find them- selves up against a foe more fornidable than the cities. Legislation authorizizing thc Director of Agriculture to es  tablish uniform minimum prices for milk and frozen dairy pro- ducts could stir up considerable controversy, but it has strong support. It would authorize the director to establish production and marketing areas, give him powers, authorize him to issue emergency regulations and pro- hibit any processor, distributor or dealer from purchasing milk or frozen dairy products at less than established minimum prices. Teeth for enforcement also are provided. Billed as assurance for the / tisan support. Sponsors include . Jerry •Hanna, Wens' Dewey Donohue, Don Talley, Kelso; crats; and Harry B, • Olympia; and Ernest Everson; both WOULD LICENSE TRAILER DRIVERS There is a bill in Transportation is certain to create ql if it ever starts mo: measure, NB363, woul an examination and  eense to tow any type 0! m .the highways. The would be cheap per year, and would regular driver's stamping across it, Tow." ' At the moment, only'fl trailer industry, which haulage trailers, has cern. However, it all other trailers as we Irailers, boat trailers, e  The prime sponsor of: sm, Representative Cormick, Spokane D said it was prompted number of drivers he on the highways who qualified to tow a trs sponsors are Mary Ell€ free, Seattle Republic Gary Grant, Seattle t3 BRIDGE STILL OUT . The chances' of a Cr,i Bridge bill passing thl grew dima'ner by the ho3 pears it will bc anotll weeks before the bility report will be principally because makers  gave their another assignment. On top of that is a to substitute a from Vashon Island to! mainland for a high bridge as originally allow ship passage, a trestle approach would from Vashon Island to ing bridge across the nel. It would have three 500 feet wide, one mun vertical feet, one 135 feet, and! feet• All southern Puget munities have been the proposal, which Va less costly than the'high sion bridge across the We: nel. They want a pagS least 1,000 feet wide, ant clearance of 580 feet. with apparant lack of the squabble probably i is needed to keep the t sue in mothballs for a o years. FI pd dlef The a o0 .LI , By CHESTER GUEST • ITEM: Seattle City Council forbids Dr. Timothy Leary, self- styled "Messiah" of the LSD cult, to appear at the Seattle Center Opera House• FLAPDOODLER: That's real tough. It's getting so a guy can't even go out and recruit junkies any more. Have Dr. Leary's civil rights been violated? Is the Seattle City Council uhconstitutional, inde- fensible and un-American? All this Up-beat swinger want- ed to do was describe the thrill of a 'trip" taken on the LSD line. Wlhars wrong with that? Thc former Harvard psycholo- gist, a proponent of mind-expand- ing drugs such as LSD, billed his scheduled appearance as a "psychedelic religious celebra- tion," and the "re-enactment of the world's great religious myths using psychedelic methods: sensory mediation, sym- b01-overload, media-mix, molec- ular and cellular phrasing, pan- tomime, dance, sound-light and lecture-serrrmn-gospel." Horsefeathers and banana off. This guy's "religion" is escape into stupification, his "mind-ex- pansion" more of a shrinking of the entire cerebrum:. I'm fully aware of the olviou public defense of Dr. /_]eary's right to appear. So-called broad- minded citizens will come forth in droves saying, "Sure, taking LSD is dangerous and we don't want everybody running around using the stuff. But this man has the right to speak if he pays rent for use of the Opera House. Our forefathers fought long, hard and bloody for the freedom of speech, and we can't deny it to any man," Eyewash and balderd i course this is a eount, speech, press and thO free, but freedom, must pered with judgement good sense• LetUng this boob young people into his ct we stand and merely  the most flagrant me( the constitution. It's .0 than making new la, old murderers. And that on now, too. , L' The right of the indt. express his views is ot! in this case by the rise  eiety to protect and ' itself, ; This is a day when e smallest communities, with reports that scl0° I ren are using dope. It ls to tuJrn irresponsible pI4 to encourage those whO. tried .the stuff yet but a sidering it. l:: It may appear to thi observer that the Seat Council took the easy  by prohibiting Dr.' Lea appearing at the But quite the opposite This is the day of  Freedom.• Freedom of thing, for everybody,  means anybody. Let it Suppress nothing, thing. Cry out. In going against such eeived mores of the Seattle City Council was letting itself in for portion of abuse and The. councilmen they still barred Dr. be there's hope left squares like me. n0t,