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Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
$0.75 per board foot.
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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Power of the Petition
You don’t actually have to wait until the term is up to vote against the incumbent- this is something especially relevant for our area, as most of our officials are elected by acclamation. Nor, is the public at the mercy of whomever the county commissioners choose to appoint. Don’t like your appointed representative on a… Read more
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Don’t Run, Rest In Peace
I noticed that Jesse Jackson joined the majority this week, passing at 84. I remember 1988, when he finished the Democratic primary as the next candidate behind Dukakis – and ahead of Al Gore and Joe Biden. I was surveying down in Noxon, and pointed out that the folks down there didn’t seem to be… Read more
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The Consumer Price Index
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The Gods of the Copybook Headings
This Poem of Kipling’s was published in 1923 – putting it in the public domain. The title is frequently referenced – so frequently that we decided it should go into the Ear. 1 As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.Peering… Read more
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Milei’s Chainsaw
Javier Milei is known for improving Argentina’s economy by taking a chainsaw to the budget. The numbers coming out on defrauding government suggest that the US needs to take several dozen chainsaws to its budget. We have a lot of spots in the US budget where money comes in by running the printing presses or… Read more
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Throwing The Bums Out
The US Senate is a place where there is a bit of job security is enhanced by our (the voters) desire to throw the bums out. At the county level, here in Lincoln County we elect County Commissioners for six years – a long enough term for them to realize which county employees are blowing… Read more
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