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InVt Fudd's Farm has put its show on the road and the small tempest in downtown Shelton's teapot has subsided. Three weeks ago a young man visited the Journal office and asked if we would rent the Darigoid building - which the Journal leases for storage space - to his rock music band for three weeks. The musicians had been unable to find a place to practice where they would not be interrupted, he said, and it was important that they have some solid hours of practice before accepting engagements. Since it was obvious this budding Beatle had more energy than money, we offered him the building at no charge with the stipulation that it be used for practice, not concerts, and that visitors be kept to a minimum. He accepted with alacrity - Paul Alacrity; he was the drummer. Then the storm began to brew in the teapot. Before the long-haired musicians had their electrified noisemakers out of their car, the Shelton police department received a complaint that a bunch of hippies was moving into the Darigold building. The Fudd's Farm five, meanwhile, swept out the building, paid. twenty bucks to the PUD to turn on the juice, plugged in its stringed instruments and started practicing. The police received complaints about the noise and, understandably, told the band to turn down the volume and cut off all playing after ten o'clock at night. They complied with this request, although to a Lawrence Welk-trained ear, the volume was still too loud. That first sight of hair and beards, however, had done its work. For three weeks there was a steady barrage of curious complaints and rumors. When the band bought an old bus in which to tour, a hippie invasion of Shelton was predicted. When a woman with a child showed up, there was a complaint that "those hippies" were feeding drugs to a two-year-old. ,I \ "I'm all for that 'love thy neighbor' thing.., so long as they don't have long hair or beards." ,I dome: The building was described variously as a flee-love nest, a drug den, the headquarters of a Charles Manson-type commune, and the site of the upcoming Sky River rock festival. Darigold executives, after receiving complaints, dispatched a painter to obliterate their signs on the building, and the moo juice company's top legal eagle called from Seattle to inquire about the hippie invasion of downtown Shelton. When we assured him that the inhabitants of the building were a group of incipient free-enterprisers practicing so they could separate customers from their money by assaulting their eardrums, he heaved a sigh of relief and returned to more mundane corporate business. Monday morning, the leader of the band came into our office and announced that Fudd's Farm was ready to roll. He said they had paid the PUD bill, cleaned up the building and were ready to head their bus toward Seattle, then points east. , He thanked us for use .and he had " written five new songs duri 't'li t i'ee s. '! We took the keys and wished him luck. He and his fellow guitar-pluckers are going to need it. • re A Democratic knee-slapper during the 1964 presidential campaign featured an interview with Barry Goidwater in which the Republican candidate answered a question thusly: Reporter: "What would you do in case of an atomic attack?" Goldwater: "'Well, first, I'd put the wagons in a circle... " This merry tidbit was one of hundreds of jokes which hinted that Barry Goldwater's thought processes were stalled somewhere in the last century. He was most often linked to the social and political thinking of President William McKinley Republicans that year were stuck with stale jokes about Texans. Now, however, the GOP humorists have been handed a gulden opportunity for some real laugh-provokers. A group of King County Democrats has formed (this is no joke, honest, fellas) a Harry Truman Democratic Club. This sad attempt to escape the effort of solving today's problems by nestling under a 20-year-old security blanket is on a par with Goldwater's days-of-yore dreams and George Wallace's ante-bellum yearnings. Harry Truman rose to the occasion during several crises, but by training and experience his reaction to the problems afflicting the nation today would probably coincide with those of Mayor Richard Daley, the Chicago dinosaur. He would he about as effective at solving today's problems as is Richard Nixon, who is giving 1946 answers to 1970 questions. We envision a meeting of the Harry Truman Democratic Club commencing with the Missouri Waltz, followed by a discussion of the foot-slogging infantrymen of World War 1 and a demonstration of legging-winding. From that sparkling beginning, the program would be all downhill, except for a sprinkling of Dewey jokes and filmed highlights of the 1932 Democratic National Convention. If there is anything more hilarious than a conservative cashing his farm subsidy check, it has to be a liberal, huddled in his split-level, trying to maintain the status quo. Matlinll Ad¢lrqm: Box 430, Shogton, Wash. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Momber of National Editorial Association Member of Washington Nowspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $5.00 pet year in Mason County, in advance -- Outside Mason County $6.00 ~'lrOR AJ~IO PUBLISHER ...................... I-~n~ G. Gay* SUPIERINTENDENT ........................Jim Shrum NEWS EDITOR ................................... Alan Ford By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS Though the Washington Environmental Council has indicated plans to sponsor an initiative to the Legislature on seacoast management, some legislators have hopes the plan will be dropped. They think they detect some dissension within the council itself; even a possible split on the issue. The Environmental Council bill is much broader than anything the legislators will go for, and a subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Cooperation has prepared its own bill as an alternative. If the initiative plan is dropped, seacoast management will occupy a high priority on Gov. Dan Evans' legislative list. Competition in Death Recent traffic deaths on ocean beaches have created fear that these may soon be taking more lives than the dreaded ocean undertow. As a result, regardless of what happens to seacoast management, there will "be a concerted effort to close all ocean beaches motor of vehicle traffic. This would involve removing the vehicle from the state highway system. They can't be closed permanently to motor vehicle traffic without legislation repealing the law which classifies the beaches as state highways. If adequate accesses and adjacent parking can be provided, the legislation will have the Governor's full support. Even if these can't be provided immediately, it is unlikely that the chief executive will oppose the closure. Highway and Ecology Legislation is being prepared by the staff of the newly-established Department of Ecology which probably will provide new ulcers for the highway builders. It would give the Department of Ecology a voice in the rout~g of new state highway construction. The department wouldn't be granted veto powers over the Highway Commission, but the highway builders usually oppose any legislation which might even hint of restrictions. The new department's director, John Biggs, believes such legislation could avoid controversies such as have developed over Interstate 90. The proposed legislation also would give the department a voice in the location of future power transmission lines. Long Time Coming The state's criminal code, which has been on the books since 1909, may be in for its first complete revision in the 1971 Legislature. A citizens' advisory committee is nearing completion of its draft of a proposed new code and will hold its final meeting on September 12 and 13. Tile revised code will then be submitted for the Judiciary Committee of the Legislative Council for approval. Some drastic revision are expected. Because many could be highly controversial, it is unlikely that the proposed new code will be unveiled for public perusal until after the November 3 general election. Three Washington congressmen face opposition in the primaries this year, but a glance at the records would indica'te their opponents are trying to get there the hard way. No incumbent congressman has been defeated in this state's primaries since 1932. Ironically, the only district where it occurred that year was the First Congressional District. That is where State Sen. Joel Pritchard is challenging Congressman Tom Pelly for the Republican nomination. It is considered the most serious challenge of the three. Congressman Brock Adams is opposed by John McKee in the Seventh District. McKee made a surprisingly strong showing in an unsuccessful bid for the nomination for Secretary of State two years, but if he should win it would be an upset. Congresswoman Catherine ~l~~~~~ll~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~ll~l~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~ll~~~~~~~~l~~l~~l~ll~~l~~l~l~l~~~~~~~l~~~~ll~~l~ll~~l~~~~~~~ 'O • lewpolnf: "The ills of our campuses and our society are too numerous, too serious, and too fateful to cause anyone to believe that serenity is the proper mark of an effective university or an effective intellectual community. Even in calmer times any public college or university worthy of the name has housed relatively vocal individuals and groups of widely diverging political persuasions .... The society which tries to get its children taught by fettered and fearful minds is trying not only to destroy its institutions of higher learning, but also to destroy itself .... "[But] ... violation of the rights or property of other citizens, on or off the campus, is plainly wrong, And it is plainly wrong no matter how high-minded the alleged motivation for such activity. Beyond that, those who claim the right to interfere with the speech, or movement, or instruction, or property or others on a campus - and claim that right because their hearts are pure or their grievance great - destroy the climate of civility and freedom without which the university simply cannot function as an educating institution." Malcolm Moos, President University of Minnesota ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~l~l~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~l~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~l~l~l~~~ll~~l~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~ll~~~~l~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~l~~~~ Pagl 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 27, 1970 May has two opponents for the Republican nomination in the Fourth District. The best known, Floyd Paxton, ran against Mrs. May on a Conservative Party ticket in 1966. He got 9,585 votes against 77,929 for Mrs. May. R. O. Pyle, Pullman wheat farmer, also seeks the Republican nomination but the more candidates there are in a primary, the easier it usually is for the incumbent. U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson also faces opposition in the primaries this year, his most serious challenger among three Democrates being Carl Maxey, who has the endorsement of the liberal Washington Democratic Council. On the record, Jackson is in the strongest position of all. No U.S. Senator ever has been defeated in a Washington state primary. U.S. Senators, however, have been elected by popular vote only since 1914. Prior to that they were elected by the Legislatures of the various states. Editor, The Journal: Cheers to the young student who spoke his mind about the need for mutual respect. Respect for the young adults and their ideas, which are so different from the ideas of the older generation, my generation, of which I am heartily ashamed when I read such letters as was printed from Mrs. Dinning. For shame, Mrs. Dinning, you didn't mention one word about the fact that this same group performed at a benefit dance for the Multi-Service Center, I think, at the pool Nuotare last Saturday night. Not one work of gratitude, although I don't think they wanted gratitude only, the need to be a welcome part of the community. Just what do you think this does to the morale of our children? So what if they play loud music? There are so many respec ~. . mmrelthings they couldgbe doing that are much more harmful. At least they are doing something constructive. And believe me, I think that the music they play is every bit as sweet to them as the music we had in our time. I had an opportunity to go to the pool last Saturday to hear them, and it was pure enjoyment to watch the youngsters just sit on the floor and enjoy the music. I watched the faces of the youngsters and they were just as wrapped up in the music as any of the great artists of our time. Cheers, also, to the young girl who recognized the need of the young people to get together and talk things over, and opened her door to them. If you would only stop and rationalize, Mrs. Dinning, I am sure that you would agree that music is much better than riots or other evils. Mary Wagner Editor, The Journal: What happened to the uniformed police officer we have had in past years at the Fair? Could it be there are enough men on the force to have sent one up each of the three days? The two days the Sheriff's Posse had their exhibit of marijuana and the drug equipment in their building it was a most popular spot: especially for the teenagers. It was too bad they were not there on Sunday when many asked when they were going to open up. Many more might have profited from the talk that was given had the booth had more publicity. Our hats should be off to the fine fire protection we had during the Fair. They proved their worth in putting out two grass fires in the parking lot before they could cause any harm. The educational exhibit of flowers furnished by: Mr. and Mrs. Bargemeyer from the garden of the Corrections Center were of great value to persons wanting to know the names of some of our common flowers. The Corrections Center grounds are indeed beautiful this time of year. The city of Shelton sent up two large bouquets of outstanding roses by Mr. Williams the city gardener. It seems the roses have never been lovier than they are this year and there may be a chance of cuttings for rose lovers this fall. How many knew that we had so many artists in Mason County? The big new Arts and Crafts building with its many exhibits proved the need for such a place. The few dedicated people who saw its completion surely deserve our sincere thanks. The public is surely getting litter conscious. All the visitors to the Fair should be congratulated on the excellent use of the Keep Washington Green litter bags and th~ white barrels. Here is to a bigger and better Fair in 1971. Jean Eliot Editor, The Journal: The Shelton Nimrod Club reminds campers and hunters that as the start of hunting season is just around the corner, it would be a good idea for you to bring out not only your own litter, but a little more. A few people cannot win the battle against litter by themselves: it takes all of us pulling as a team to complete this important job. The club's litter patrol will be out in full force to help the situation. The patrol has the authority to arrest persons who insist on littering our beautiful county. James Bariekman Secretary, Shelton Nimrod Club Editor, The Journal: While realizing that human nature, at best, is not conducive to open-mindedness or free thinking, it is still disturbing to discover the large number of hypocritical people claiming to be "understanding," "willing to listen to others' positions," and "democratic." We are referring to those persons, principally of the older generation (although not excluding those under 30), who deplore student unrest and ask loudly why these "young punks" don't "work within the system." However, to our sad experience, these same people condemning students are the first ones to resist change in the system. It appears that although they would like to woo the radicals, they would also like to stifle free expression by forcing students to conform to the establishment's way of thinking. In other words, they want the kids to get involved: THEIR way. We are not saying that everyone over thirty is wrong, nor that the younger generation is right. We are merely voicing the opinion that everyone, regardless of age, status, or political viewpoint, has a right to be heard - without being called a "crazy kid" or a "stupid old fogey." To illustrate our point: Friday night at the Mason County Fair. we, as supporters of Carl Maxey, were scheduled to work in the Democratic booth, only to find, upon our arrival, that Mr. Harry Elmlund and Mrs. Arnold Livingston refused to let us into the booth, their reason being that "priority" people chosen by the Democratic Central Committee were the only ones allowed to represent the Democrats. " We left, of literature, minutes later to picture of Cad several signs balloons, ha vanished from Jackson propl place. Mr. assured us that of the that he request, with But when stopped at for Maxey informed that left, while were stacked This being into polil d isappointed party policy any one primary electiOn carried out. Due we had primary, all equal time obviously, The one of the trying to seduce into its ranks. would work of all politic groups seeking reform for people opinions, but legal machinery carry out their refi And until express their own the tools of that the best hurl a rock at the majority. Art Editor, The Journal: Having just read the two articles on your editorial page, "The bewhiskered ilk" and "Need mutual respect," 1 am greatly dismayed. Why do the people over thirty fear us, their progeny? Yes, I said "fear." I do not really believe that they hate us, for if they had, then surely they would not have clothed us, housed us and what choice have we our own culture? So, then, divided into entities: an ol, would effect a q uo, lethargic and the youn[ number with strength to see you, our we think, a: provided us with the finest earSBut be fle~ education. They taught us how to think, person by the i Now they fear what we are beard ...it thinking. What kind of rationale is this? Is the world turning so rapidly around them that they cannot take the time to see its faults, but accept these faults as being "just the way things are?" The time has long since passed that the world situation should be changed, and youth is impatient. But if those who begat us, reared us to be responsible citizens, will not listen to our ideas and ideals, have taught book by yourselves are we of Get to kn individuals. opinions instead of every time you with which is COIT SIDES[ Editor, The Journal: high On August 22 I attended a The meeting of the Hood Canal a take-o Environmental Council at North Fickle-Fil Mason High School. The featqred called the speaker was Mr. Biggs Director of Taking the State Department of Ecology. with a Mr. Biggs explained the speaker immediate problems facing hisaward to department, the lack of authority spoiler for land management and the them difficulty of extablishing a NoW functional base of action. Still, and he wash Washington is one of only twoI don't re~~ states which have established A project Department of Ecology and theto guidelines they lay down willas the serve for others to follow. Mr. Council Biggs had to leave before the next hearing number on the program which crowd was the was the presentation of an "Award." ever haPPq The award was the result of aSlide WITCH HUNT. From a four-page were shoWl script a long harangue was read non giving in detail a description of all for the the proposed developments on east Hood Canal which the H.C.E.C. were felt might disturb the ecology and time I pollute the water. These included in th_e Boise-Cascade Properties, a little 4000-acre upland development Canal and a Marina at Anderson Cove wouldn't and even little old Alderbrook's gave me a Anita '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lease sign The Journal welcomes letters to the of the most popular features of the received many well-written letters thus depriving our readers of opinion. interest, since we do not publish We invite all our readers to use the column and - please - sign that bottom. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII