The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1963-01-10
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ly quite a problem and generally
IL is not until around July that
We get used 10 writing the new
year This year. however. will
call for a little more cOncentra-
ton in that we must remember
to put a five-cent stamp on out.
Of-town letters and a fOur-cent-
er on locals.
This to our way of thinking,
IS not exactly in accordance with
improved economy. efficiency and
service II has been estimated
by a taxpayers efficiency expert
that the postal department could
do with about One-fOurth less
employees than it now carries
on the payroll,
When confronted with these
figures. the bureaucrats invari-
ably pick up a well planned
schedule. which includes the bus
Iest days of the year in their
department. and claim that they
are actually working shorthand
ed instead Of carrying feather
bedders. They have the figures
10 prove II as far as the
schedule goes,
The recent discovery and
count OF something like 400 emp
" whiskey bottles per day in
the Washington. D. c. pOstoffice
garbage cans causes one to won
der If there shouldn't be a satur-
alton test included in the re
quirei civil service examination,
This would appear TO be another
way of balancing the budget and
keeping the wheels oiled.
We don't mean 10 imply that
any such situation exists in our
local postOfFice Quite the con
;rary We have a fine and accom-
modating staff. and who probably
chalk up three times as many
miles on the pedOmeter as the
average post office employees.
The weather is always interest
ing. il not a face saving topic for
conservation. and a ripe field
for predictions For the past two
months. when. according to the
record. we should have been
blowing through snow up to our
hips if we have short legsN. we
have been casually strolling
around in light jackets, and a
few have even been known to
sleep outside. Tuesday night
changed all Of this when $3.50
mile-an-hCur arctic wind whipped
out OF the north. bringing with
il plenty Of snow.
From 4 nice 10 o'clock 20 above
zero the thermometer dropped TO
a frigid 10 below shortly after
midnight. and stayed there all
through Wednesday. then drop
ped TO 30 below Wednesday night
The familiar sidewalk-sitters, and
buildi7g-bracers were completely
absent. but il the weatherman's
predictions are right, they will
be able 10 take their places again
within a couple of days,
Now that Congress and the
State Legislature have opened
their sessions we can expect, and
will be subjected to. the usual
overdose of the dos and dOn'ts.
goods ard bads. and ills and wills
OF political poligaging. II makes
interesting. and disgusting. read
ing TO say the least Yet, II
We were not kept informed of
what gees on in the dOmes of
Democracy. we would shout to
the high heavens and rightly
so. But that is not 10 say that
we are always kept informed Of
what goes on behind the green
doors. as we all TO late find out,
aid then the powers TINT be de-
eide the time is ripe TO let US
know that we are paying for and
shipping pineaprlPs to Hawaii
or pe1guins to A tlrctica.
Well. those my not be he
exact commodities they decided
to spend our tax dollars for. but
brother we Amt far wrong!
And right along these lines
comes a statement from Demo
Gratis in the State Legislature
that Governor Tim Babcock's
State or The State Message was
a mighty fine one and it met
with their approval but only
because he had stolen the planks
right out Of their platform. That,
Of course. brings up the ques'
ton OF whether Don Nutter and
Tim Babcock are or were better
slight4of-hsrd artists than the
Demo Chiefs were guards or Gus
todi7nsl
We will also be herring a LOT
on the state level as to who de-
serves the credit for pulling the
state out Of the red for the first
time in many years, and starting
Ios3 with a reserve Of a little