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The Dili*. iaji. IVbiij utility Digtrlot
owns u 'JCfJ.ow vo <*cm* it leeVs likd just
what is-—a b!g clautky hunk of
■aehlvv? tfcswt- veele* f. ds^rest job and a
new tire | uo c'vherw- i n iock? surprisingly _
like a whit‘j,>elei&&jv;»
This grader wo? purchased by tht PUD
last fall from Lytle A Green when they
folded for the winter* It looked tik?d
manna from Heafen because the PUD haring
previously leased the Airstrip north of
town with the dream of realising continuous
revenue through rentals of parking areas
to users* had no way to maintain this
landing field until the grader was.put up
for sale* Natureliyi no one would pay*rent
for a runway ohoked with snow or mudS *
Odder than fiction,-it.now develops tivat
the PUD even with this GRAD731 has taken, in
little or nothing on its, collection fees
for rent* luhy? Because, there*.is no pro*-,
vision in the law (enabling PUD s to l^asa
suoh public landi for the enforcement, ol •'
payments. Some users are willing to pay
voluntarily«*-others feel they are unjustly -
treated--others just won't unless the law
makes it impossible to from it. Result?
The PUD owns a Grader that is as useful te
it as a pillow is to the Chain Gang..
Another point to npte ie that the ...
Grador came un-equipped with a meohaniegl
robot to overhaul, 'maintain, and operate
itl A meohanio ON PULL RAY, and an cpe«v.
•.tor ON PULI. PAY are ndoeuseiy tot-4ap?r->
this iron giant*. This costs money-r^th* . ty»i
bills for which have U8it. as yet bteqn^rpr..
ed into the Board*; Jt beglrs to> 3o0$r,.a# If..;
the PUD kitty eatf.fmo^o; than it is we-^^ *
Somewhere elong^the, flay ^^eo^iy^P^iv*
has it that it we.# a member, of thq,££^,fo'(
Boards suggested i#el ling this Grjfcdur. • !$.;...
a buyer.could hq. f q*jnd v A. newly organized t
Association, known as the ' DillingJ'vy; C£n* ,4.:1
tractors hee.r<| of, tills .sugf^gtl.on-and
gan a quiet probe into the &cts. bohiW-, V
the .rumble,. The. Gillingham, vpnty^ptors. h§d *
already bought t^e. y.ejnsuiniw^ .equir.’f^nt left
behind by Lyt led! Oree:r anc-^xprjjK^od c
willingness to buy the lirac*dr> - too->*-with <
absolutely no loss to the KJi>* 4
' Whirl# this was transpiring, a mysterious
wall ricocheted through town which crisa.
Wildly #f skullduggery* Viihy skullduggery? .
Because, between the time the Dillingham <
Bout restore began negotiating to buy ohe
Grader, a new PUD Foard was elected by
ywe*u~r Tote and HURLS of ^he members j
eleeted to serve on ihie* Joard //ere also 1
gtoekholders in the Dillingham Contraotors j
Association* 1
There you have it* Nc ocs was trying «
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You were close enough tp
•ee the ghy stagger under the weight ef
the BIG kiss he collected oh the Town
Square on Good Friday*.*
What to do with the fella whe after
living, alone all winter !#>.now oamplaliw
ing about the squirrels*looking in his
windows**^- •
The philosophsr who classified the
average Dillinghanlte's mind 4* the
orete. variety* nixed up and permanently
setl
Vjfho ran tip amd down in front of Pplanddr
hollering,' ^Grader" •••■• r • • ♦
' *• «■. •». •* •» • • *»'' <4- • f» "W- v
4 ;Y/ho, at he looked at the. elec trio Ian’s
top It on tyie* machine, said, wTs the Doctor
in?* When t-old that., he was not, quickly
tdd^d, "Funny, 1 tee hit tools are her®*"
V*the only things she ever made were
aiqtakeo ana cigarette’ashesV
, /•••At last theyigot water'? Is it good!
V*J*fc* you have to chew it!
< / Me You passiii.tha. eatam, Y/hen better
bests are iuado--they won’t be passed,
• ••Everyone is happy there are now
bwo caf&s -n town, Lfekos moke of a oheloei
Ur far as the chow is concerned—you ean
bake It or leave itl
♦ ••you know who had a fight on a vmfr
hrar the slit in a wdlf'e ear«*«
Oh, say• Before I go•••were you at the
tarty when soitieone suggested a toast to
she RayyFetrer Cinb? And eJl the guests
’aised ‘their g'Jasseue The enoee stood apart
‘rfemthfc oiowd and bald- ^Heie*e looking
it- oho ooooo jo i
Be seeing you.
Oosie