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Edntornalso Governor loses cool For the first time in his political life, Governor Dan Evans blew his stack at a press conference last week. Reporters questioning the chief executive about the results of a poll which showed his popularity is slipping apparently got to him last Thursday where they haven't been able to in the past. , ..... He had reason to be angry. Results of the poll, which was paid for by his own partT, were leaked to the press and given state-wide airing, i They showed that on the popularity track he was runnihg several lengths be- hind U. S. Senator Warren Magnusonj neck-and-neck with Attorney General John J. O'Connell, i nose ahead of State Senator Martin Durkan and well up'the track in front of ! i former Governor Albert Rosellini. Evans knew the reporters had access to the Doll results, but he decided to refute the published igures. This led the newsmen to ask more penetrating questions and the more insistent they became the madder he became. It's amazing that a man with.thegvernor's political experience would allow himself to be boxed-in in this man- ner. The usual officeholder's response in a situation like this would be as follows: Reporter: "Have you seen the poll ?" Governor: "Let me say this about that: I haven't had time to properly evaluate the figures; in fact, I just glanc- ed at the poll on my desk before leaving to dedicate a por- tion of the new freeway built by this administration to al- leviate the congestion caused by the booming economy o€ the state since my election." Reportetr: "Are the published figures accurate?" Governor: "That's a good question. Accuracy, as we all know is very important. I remember when I was a boy, growing up in a log cabin, my mother always stressed accuracy in addition to the other virtues, such as honesty and integrity, with which she imbued all her children." Reporter: "In view of the figures shown in the poll, what do you think will happen in 1968 ?" Governor: "I can answer that with an unqualified 'yes'." Reporter: "Do you think your popularity is slipping?" Governor: "Popularity is a relative thing. We must remember that in this great country m from the moun- tains, to the valleys, to the oceans white with foam  we believe that all men are created equal. It is also true that what goes up must come down, it's a long road that has no turning, and every cloud has a silver lining.' I GOVERNOR Things Look Grea+ For '681 % "We'll take another poll, Governor, and this time we'll ask them if you could beat Vic Meyers." Capitol dome: .-. ) A surprising from I,quor board \\; By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS • When the Liquor Control Board officially signed the rule change permitting Sunday liquor sales from midnight to 2 a.m., and from 2 to 10 p.m., it did what everybody expected follow- ing the original announcement, but there was one surprise. It came in the form of a state- ment from the newest member, Iroy Hittle, when he seconded the motion for adoption of the change in regulations The veiled threat to change the rule if eonsmners don't "handle their liquor in a moder- ate, adult manner," is, as far as is known without precedent• "Just as surely as the board has the power to permR sale of liquor on Sunday, it also can take away that privilege, and will not hesitate to do so if the licensees or the consumers vio- late our rules and regulations," Hittle said. Everybody knows the Liquor Board has the power to act against licensees but this is the first time it has threatened re- taliatory action if it becomes displeased with the behavior of the customers. CARRIED TO CONCLUSION As the Legislature had shrug- ged off all responsibility on the Sunday liquor issue to the Liquor Board, the board probably felt the statement was justified. Car- ried out to its logical conclusion, however, it would seem to carry the implication that if drinkers didn't behave in a manner satis- factory to the board, it could shut off liquor sales any day of the week. This would be assum- ing responsibilities far beyond those assumed ny any previous board. It is doubtful if many legal the theory power. That shewing J. Dan Evans Martin J. strong didn' made a lot and didn't cans too high rating Warren G. what has a a low session. reason to to be top He long waY The the most however, looks than did time before first 1963 beyond a heard of SENATE The people nuson as he was Christensen fright. He. but the lacking Senator already against agreed could Seattle, forts of Impulsive women tourists deplete bankrolls in Greek cameo factory ladies broke out in beads of zation, where the temple of Apol- of our group have experienced Windy. Now, I can see why a an perspiration, started grabbing lo nestles in the mountainside this, but, happily, I haven't lot of the travel is by water about 60 cameos right and left, and rolled some 2,000 feet above sea level, succumbed to buying a thing yet and boat, as the Aegean and hair and say that Editor's Note: Printed below Is the latest report from Shelton teacher, Dean Tarrach, who ! touring Europe this summel'.) out their bankrolls. g'lll'lg2,''Jd .AffJII Id .EB£ey '''' h W*qL .* ¢h •Everywhere we go in the wrapThe themSaleSuppe°plefast enough.C°uld hardlYMany i '!:, ', F,) riled by a tour guide• It is  [,L ladies, who had been on fight ' larger cities, we are accompa- :Of: the a]g ose o voted for them to "railroad" US into mofie'Y  Schedules to this point against the Harstine Island bridge •proposal during its three unsuccessful appearancesion the ballot concerned the few property owners wlth la]tge holdings on the island. ' If they want a bridge to raise the value of their prop erty, some voters reasoned, why don't they build it them-. This argument might have had some validity in the firs two elections, but it certatinly did not apply to last year's proposal nor does it to the issue that will be on the ballot in November, when Mason County voters will again be asked to provide a modern transportation link to this large portion of the county. For, prior to the last election, property owners on the island formed a Road Improvement District which levied a total assessment of $300,000 on all landowners, large and small, to be used toward construction of the bridge. This action, providing nearly one-third the cost of the span, proved that the islanders are willing to pay much more than the remainder of the county's taxpayers to ob- tain the bridge and the large property owners will pay their proportionate share of the $300,000. Five property owners, including the State of Wash- ington, will be assessed a total of $144,000 by the Road Im- provement District. The two largest -- Weyerhaeuser Company and Pope & Talbot--will have to pay approxi- mately $100,000 of this amount. The state will not pay taxes or other levies on its land but must pony up about $13,000 as its share of the RID assessment. In addition to the special assessment they bear alone, island property owners will also pay their 10-mill road levy and any voted millage. Since island property will un- doubtedly increase in value once the bridge is built, they also see an increase in taxes greater than those in the rest of the county. As Harstine Island develops, it will assume a larger and larger share of the tax load, thus benefitting all of us in Mason County. But it can only develop if a bridge is built to replace the antiquated ferry which is costing all county taxpayers thousands of dollars in subsidy each year. a factory or a handicraft shop so that we can buy items. In return for this the guide is slip- ped 20-25 per cent of the take under the counter. Near Pompeii, Italy, we fre- quented the Cameo Factory. It consisted of a three-minute dem- onstration of how cameos are made, and a 57-minute escapade in the salesroom. Many of the I have I was became the (7 The or two use ele( ly use sots, first on your Most Greek, could English, langua rived ing is of it is ers nizable I can go becOme can't all The ers of of our They hill there. And douS he is ings, , We be friendly Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle Mailing Add: Box 480, Shelt0t, Wuh. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Publhod at Shelton, MMon County, Wuhington, every Thursday. Entered as Second.Class Matter at the Postoffice, Shelton, Wash. Member of National Editorial Association Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTIQN RAT]gS: $5.00 per year in Mason County, in ad- vance  Outside Mason County $6.00 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER -- Henry G. Gay PLANT SUPERINTENDENT  Jim Shrum OFFIC MANAGER-- Lodema Johnson N]VS F.DITOR  Alan Ford OlrIOE ASSIBTANT  Mary Kent S.' EDITOR  MarJ Jacobson ,IV'./'IB2G MjLNAGER  Don Adolfmon where the ancient Greeks made on this trip. pilgrimages to the Oracles to find Bits and Pieces--Greece ex- out their future, ports tobacc% some wool and Delphi, today, has a gas sta-!: 65 varieties of, mar be'.,iGrbece tion, a couple of grocery stores irtp0rts tourists for th#ig, money. blew their bankrolls right here, and some 70 tourist shops. Many The Royal Palace is located and grabbed for their Diner's Club cards and started charging. It was a beautiful example of impulse buying ! Afterwards, on the bus, many of them began to wonder what happened ! Another example of the same thing occurred 'in Delphi, Greece, the city of ancient Greek civili- of the ladies hurried in and pur- chased some items. When they returned to the bus, they wonder- ed what happened--again ! ! l "What am I going to do with this 24x36 goat skin rug?" This was a common expression heard. The psychology of buying was running the gamut from impulse buying to buyers' remorse. Many in Athens, but the king is very busy at this time of year--King Constatine II, 26 years old, is extremely popular with the peo- ple. Queen Anna Maria (from Denmark) gave birth to the crown Prince (Paul H) about two months ago. Greece is very mountainous, and many of the roads are very Adriatic Seas are very smooth. The land of Greece is sparse- !y, populated: as the land is rocky and steep and ver3) little Vege- ttio eis$ 9n some of the hill- sides. Much of it is barely able to support the gohts: Greece has six million people. Two million live in Athens (Athenai, 'as the Greeks say.) and it seems that many of them pass our hotel room in their cars. All night, all day: ROAR ROAR, TOOT, OOGAH, SQUEAL it's very hard to sleep. A hair cut here in Athens is Answer needed to question: How clean should our air be? minute quantities of clmmical and-organic substances that in large concentrations wouhl adversely atfect our health. But this water has been cleansed and. treated; the undesirable elements have been brought down to levels that are consistent with healtl and well-being. Health must transcend economics In many ways the air polhuion l)rol)lem is anal- ogous to that of drinking water. Neither our water nor the atnmsphere above our cities should be dan- gerous to our health. These are not matters to be decided on an economic basis. But there are proper economic considerations in air pollution control; they arise at the point where scientists seek a COml)romise between today's unac- ceptable conditions and a Utopian goal. An examl)le of the search for (Oml)romise in the air polhttion tield is provided by re(ent develol)nmnts in New York City. Metlical authorities are agreed that under certain sustained weather conditions high con- centrations of sulfur oxides in the air, in combination with other pollutants, represent a hazard to heahh. Residual fuel oils, used to heat large buildings and to generate electric power, often have a high sulfur content (as contrasted with low.sulfur home heating oils). In order to diminislt the sulhn" oxide content of the air, city officials ltave called for a series of reduc- tions in the sulfur content level of residual oils burned there. The permissible level now stands at .o.o per- cent; by 97  it must be htrther reduced to  percent. "Ib achieve the  percent level, fuel SUl)l)liers are rearranging their worhbwide supply patterns to bring limited quantities of low-sulfur-content residual oil to the city. And the problem for the fuel companies has been complicated by a recommendation made at a recent air pollution conference that, for most uses of residual oil, the sulfur levels be further reduced to o. 3 percent by October, 969 . "I'he confttsion as to the desirable level of sulfur in rite fuel is a reflection of widespread confusion about the effect of air-borne wastes on heahlt. How far must these wastes be reduced to obtain a heahhful atmosphere? Will the money spent to lower residual oil from a 1 percent sulfur level to a o. 3 percent sulfur level provide meaninghd reductions in the city's air pollution? The answers to these questions have yet to be found. And there are other considerations. Sonte gov- ernment authorities, recognizing that there may be a sltortage of residual oil because of the sulfur restric- tions, have suggested that natural gas and ltonte heat- ing oil might be used to fill the gap. It is by no means AMI,3tlt:ANS ARE N()I' ACCLSIOMEI) tO thinking of /._ air in cot)heroic ternts except unde.r special ,& !, conditions. The hay fever sut[erer wire moves from Chicago o northern Wisconsin, the New Yorker who takes Iris sinuses Io Arizona-these pe,,ple put a lni(e tag on air. ,Most of us, however, have long taken IIe lluasc "as frec as air" l)rell) ' muth for granted. .\\;(tually ,)ur eton(nnit s)stem-with its eml)hasis (,u high l)r()du(ti()n, h)w-priced products, alld con- stuner (hoite in the market place-las always in- eluded an air (()st for the l)ul)lic, lnexl)cnsive prod- utts ltaxe l)cen at hicved, Io a degree, ;, Ihe expense ()[ the (itutli|y ,)l our envir(,mnent. Our civilization is I)uih upon the I.)tnning of lucls Io el)Lain energy to heat our hollies, I]IOVC. Otlr atllOlnObiles, power our industry. "l'his combination lno(h, es air-borne wastes, wlfich until ret'emly we h;\\;e been willing to bear in lieu of the extra (oss invohed in controlling these wasles. "ll)d,y, for g()()d and sutlicient reasons, public auitudes I()w;u'tls air 1)()lluti()n are ('hanging. ;\\;11 seg- ments €)[ society arc agreed that we c;i.n n(} longer alh)rd to hMist:rintinately fetal the alnlOsl)here. But tltere is less agrecntent on how this goal is to be aclfievctl. Just how cle:m should our air be? How large an cconolnic penahy are we willing to sustain? All of us ltave an immediate emotional reaction to such questions. We want the air to be al)solutely pure; as to the cost, we'll cross that bridge when we conte to it. But the businessman cannot proceed on such a basis-he nmst know what his costs are if he is to stay in business; Ire nmst know what the con- sumer is willing to pay for his prodttcts. And the consumer, too, has an obvious stake in these calculzttions. Tire Ha)"v, rd Business Review has estintated tltat .o 5 billion will be needed over the next three decades to al)atc and control air polhttion. These billions of dolhtrs will be the consumer's dol- htrs, wltether they are spent through higher prices or througlt increased taxes to finance go\\;'ernment pro- grams. He should h:tve a clear understanding of the situation. It is not a siml)le matter. For example, the ques- tion of how clean the ;tit" shouhl be can have a wide range of answers. Certainly the air above our major urban centers will never be as clean as it was two centuries ago; certainly it must be cleaner than it is today. Between these two extremes lies a multitude (.,f possible levels of cleanliness. The level that our society will eventually determine to be desirable will necessarily represent a compromise. The nature of this compromise is well illustrated by the operations of our municipal waterworks. The water we drink is in no sense "pure." It contains P, 4 "h;Ron-Muon County Journal- Thu,rsday, J'uiy '27, 1967 certain, however, that large athliional SUl)plies of natural gas couhl be nt;,le avaihlHe to he New York (:it)' area, )nuch less to other titles lhat ntight copy the New York regulations. Anti il wouhl I)c years before tire ne(essary refinery trails couhl I)e con- strutted to tneel the ad(liio)tal re(luirenmnts for honte healing oil. ,\\;lore,)x:cr, in today's market thc price of home heating oil is about twice that of re- si(lual oil. ,\\;s Se(retar\\; of the Interior Stewart U(lall has poinled out, "clt()rts It) i)tcrcase lhe use of one fuel in l)reference I) an,)ther must I)e c()nsidercd from ntore than an air l)ollttion standpoi)t." Another cxaml)le of the sc,tr(h for solutions to air l)olhnion is being I,rought home to he lmblic this year. Purchasers of 968 mo(lel automobiles will pay an extra c/targe of t)]) to S:3o for systems to Colll.rol (rank(asc lind cxhallSt emissions [ronl their CllS. A tyl)ical aulo with n,) conlrol e(/uipment of any kind produ(es ;q)])roximately .5 pounds of hy- drocarbon emissions a day. I)evi(es already on late model cars re(lute emissions I)y '-',1 percent to .t l)ounds. The new control (Icvices on all )!)68 models will lower this figure another .I'-' pcrcent to one-half pound per day. ,,\\;n(1 further redttctions are being developed: An oil contpany, for examl)le, has an- nounce(I a de\\;'ice that would bring the daily emission rate down to one-quarter pound daily. The goal, of course, is to viriually eliminate emissions fi'om the internal coml)ustion engine. But that goal has not yet been accontplislmd, and the quick and sintple solution wouhl seem to be to do away with the combustion-powered attto. Such a solu- tion has indeed been proposed; it relies upon the de- velopment of the much.discussed electric car. The outlook for the electric car Here again, practical consklerations intrude. Many millions of dollars are now being invested in research on electric propulsion systents, but automo- tive experts believe that it will be (:lose to ten years before a practical electric car can be mass-produced and marketed. By tltat tinte, scientists expect, emis- sions from internal contbustion engines will have long since 1)een controlled. In each and every area of the air pollution bat- tle tllere exist similar problems of cost and practical- ity. They center around the two questions: How clean sltould our air be? How much must we spend to achieve that end? They are uncomfortable ques- tions 1)ecause they do not admit of easy answers; but they must be recognized and answered if tire job is to be done. pertS "st The ts the lines. In the lng