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$25 Reward For
Debris Dumpers
Observing individuals can
earn some handy pocket change
by keeping their eyes peeled for
persons who dump garbage and
refuse beside Mason County
roads or who tamper with or
destroy road signs.
The Mason County commis-
sioners today announce a $25
reward for information \v ll i c h
leads to the arrest and convic- i
tion of any person who commits
either of the above mentioned
acts of vandalism.
So unveil those glimmers,
boys and girls. People who do I
such things should be punish-
ed, and you might: as well earn I
a bit of change while helping '
stop the despicable practices.
PROGRAM O'KEHED
BY HIGHWAY DEPT:
Commissioners Get Go Signal On
Surfacing Work For
Summer Months I
Authorization to proceed with
the 1941 county-wide road oiling
program, calling for the expendi-g
surfacing work, was received.
from Acting State Highway Di—
by the board of Mason County1
commissioners.
The project proposes to oil sur-‘
face approximately 35 miles of
secondary highways in Mason)
County this summer.
At the same time, the board
passed a resolution setting aside
$2,500 from the county road fund
to place a light bituminous oil
surface on four miles of county
road between Matlock and Deck-.‘
erville. The boards resolution re-‘
cognized the road as one of the1
principal roads of Mason County;
and one that should be maintain-
ed in good condition.
The board was notified by the;
district engineer that Masonl
County's share of April gas tax}
funds amounts to $9,310.96.
A recommendation from the,
Mason County Planning Council‘
was received and filed by the
board in which the board was
urged to do all within its power
to promote the building of a pub—
ty and Forest Service roads lead-;
ing to the south fork of the Sko-
komish River and Lake Cushman.
Tour Sunday Is
Open To Public
Anyone wishing to join the an-
schedul-
ed for next Sunday under the
auspices of the Shelton Garden
Club is invited cordially to be
present in front of Memorial Hall
at ten o’clock next Sunday morn-
ing—rain or shine—from where a
caravan of Shelton cars will make
the trip to the beautiful fields in
the Quilcene area.
Mrs. L. D. Hack has been ap-
pointed chairman of transporta-
tion arrangements for the tour,
so anyone with a car who will
have space or anyone desiring to
have transportation provided for
them is asked to contact Mrs.
Hack so that suitable arrange-
ments can be made.
The tour will stop at Rainbow
Park on Walker Mountain for a
picnic lunch, which should be part
of the equipment of each person
on the tour.
“Please emphasize,” requested
Mrs. George Cropper, president of
the Garden Club, “that the tour
is open to anyone desiring to see
the rhododendron fields, whether
they are members of the Garden
Club or not. We want everyone
who wishes to see the fields to
feel perfectly free to join the
caravan."
Albert Johnson Ill I
At Hoquiam Hospital
Hoquiam, May 12.——(Special).——
Former Congressman Albert
Johnson is ill at Hoquiam Gen-
eral hospital, attendants said to-
day. He was admitted to the
hospital Sunday. For the past
several months, Mr. Johnson has
spent his time between Hoquiam
and his cottage at Hood Canal.
His condition is not described as
serious.
Tennis Players To
Gather Thursday
A11 tennis players interested in
Seeing some definite planning 0f
activities in their favorite sport
this summer are invited to at-
tend a meeting to be held in the
county courthouse this Thursday'
evening at eight o'clock.
Plans for the season and the
tennis situation in general Will
be discussed with a view to map-
ping some definite program of
competition for the year.
GRAPEVIEW MAN ILL
today for medical attention.
Lricts were approved last Friday
,3 view board.
state’s $700,000 fund for
1school district will be sought, al-
COONTYRO—AOOII. i
g be obtained under regulations gov-
Eenrollment (as Belfair has), if a
‘ed a special 15-mill levy for the
‘veterans in the government hos-
'poppy means to unfortunate chil-
Consolidated with Th Shelton Independent
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 13, 1941.
FOUR BUDGETS ,
FAIL TO PASS 1
REVlBW BOARD
Preliminary School Budgets Scan—
ned; Lilliwaup, Harstiue, Bel-
fair, lloquallum Held [1p
Preliminary budgets of all but
four Mason County school dist—
cvening by the county budget re-
The four preliminary budgets
which were tabled without ap—
proval at this time were those of
Harstine Island, Cloquallum, Lil-
liwaup and Belfair districts.
Estimated income and necess-
ary expenditures in these four
cases were too divergent to pass
upon at this time, so aid from the 1
needy
though in the case of Lilliwaup it
is doubtful if such assistance can
erning the fund, County School
Supt. J. E. Martin said yesterday.
Aid from that fund can be ob-
tained where a school district has
had a sudden, heavy increase in
district has high transportation
costs (as Cloquallum) and if a
district is so remote that obtain-
ing education facilities by sending
pupils to another district is not
feasible (as in the case of Hars-
tine Island), Supt. Martin point—r
ed out. I
Harstine Island recently pass-
1941-42 operations but still lacks!
sufficient funds to carry on. Clo-
quallum voters defeated a special
20-mill levy proposal last Satur~
day after paying special ten-mill
levies for several years.
The budget review board will
meet again sometime during the
summer months to consider final
budgets after a more definite
picture of the incomes-the districts
can be assured of is obtained.
Needy Children
Helped By Sale
Of Legion Poppy
How the little red poppies, worn
in honor of the World War dead
on Poppy Day, help care for
needy children of war veterans
throughout the year, was explain-
ed today by Mrs. John Eliason,
child welfare chairman of Fred
B. Wivell Unit of the American
Legion Auxiliary, as the Unit
continued preparations for the
observance of Poppy Days, May
23 and 24. .
“Every poppy that is worn]
means more help for the chil—
dren who have been left without
a father’s support because of the
last war,” she said. “First, there
are the cllildrcn of the men who
make the poppies, the disabled
pitals and those employed in the
Auxiliary’s poppy work rooms.
These children benefit from the
earnings of their fathers, the pop-
py money helping keep their
homes together until the father
can once more take regular em-
ployment. ‘
“Then, there are the children
whose fathers have died or are
not in position to work in the
poppy program. The money con—
tributed for the poppies goes to
work for them and keeps work-
ing all year through the Auxil-
iary’s vast child welfare pro—
gram. It is the determination of
the Legion and Auxiliary that no
child of a veteran shall be left
In need, and the funds collected
on Poppy Day are the principal
source of finances for carrying
out this determination.
“Food, clothing, shelter, school
expenses ,and medical care. are
some of the things which the
dren of veterans. We think it
highly fitting that the flower
which honors those who have died
for America should help those
who will build the America of the
future. We hope that everyone
will remember these children when
they secure their poppies on
Poppy Day and contribute as
generously as possible to the Aux—
iliary's welfare fund."
New Electrical
Contractor Here
Steven I. Beers, of Matlock
Route, has announced his going
into business locally as an elec-
trical contractor.
Mr. Beers, who has been a resi—
dent in Shelton for many years,
will be glad to discuss electrical
problems with those interested. He
is a graduate of the Coyne Elec-
trical School.
Home Grocery Under
New Management
. of traffic and housing which have
begun as the West Park addition
,and water needs, etc.
Bremerton Mayor Says ‘ I
Boom ls [Li
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People Feel Like Pinching Selves‘
To See If It’s True; Prob-
lems Of Rapid Growth
Told At Chamber
“It‘s like a dream. Every once
in a while we feel like pinching
ourselves to see if it’s true.”
Thus did Mayor Homer Jones
describe his feelings (and other
Bremertonians, too) about thev
fairy-story growth of the City of
.Bremerton in the past year and
a half at the Shelton Chamber of
Commerce’s May meeting last
Thursday evening.
“Bremerton is enjoying a busi-
ness beyond the wildest hopes of
any of its merchants," he said.[
“Bremerton is one city where you
never hear that ‘business isn’t so
good’ plaint so common. Our:
merchants can’t keep up with the
business they have." '
Those were some of the com-
ments of the Bremerton mayor
as he described to the Chamber
gathering some of the problems
which have confronted, the mu-
nicipal officials as the City of
Bremerton doubled its population
inside a year and a half. The
city’s police force, for instance,
has been increased from nine to
nineteen men, the fire department
has had a corresponding increase
in personnel, the number of em-
ployes at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard has leaped from 3,000 to
13,000, school enrollment has dou-
bled, he said.
Hard Problems Arise
Tllis tremendous mushrooming
has resulted in serious problems
fallen largely upon the shoulders
of the city administration, May-
or Jones pointed out.
Part of the housing problem‘
was met through a federal hous-
ing project to prdvide 1000 new
homes, of which 840 which were
last December will be completed
next month, while Other living
quarters were provided in the
form of new apartment houses
and the construction of barracks
for workers in the Navy Yard.
The difficulty from the city‘s
side of the affair, Mayor Jones
related, came in the fact that
these projects, being of a federal
nature, were tax—exempt and thus
added little‘to the city's treasury,
which nevertheless had to bear
the burden of the added police
force and fire protection,‘ sewer
Some increases in liquor and
gas tax apportionments, plus a
rise in the income from police
department fines, helped some. A
service charge on sewer and wa—
ter system extensions was levied
and the federal agencies concern-
ed in the national defense boom
in Bremerton were asked for and
battled until they contributed fi-
nancial aid.
No Boom In City Finances
“All business fares well in
boom times except city govern-
ment," Mayor Jones commented,
“but we are plugging along and
getting by reasonably well, we
feel. Our big problem now is the
traffic load, and we hope to beat
that with a new, wide highway
to the head of the bay and other
improvements with state and fed-
eral assistance.”
The beauty of the whole pic-
ture, as Mayor Jones sees it, is
that the thing is pretty much
permanent.
“Navy men don't believe em-'
ployment at the navy yard will
ever drop below 8,000 men, even
in the calmest of peace times,"
he said in answer to a question,
"and if that figure is maintained
then all these new homes built
by federal money will continue to
be occupied because there have
always been about 1,000 navy
yard employes commuting to Se-
attle even at the low point of
employment because of the exces-
sive rents in Bremerton. These'
federal homes will rent at rea-
sonable rates and will induce those.
men to come to Bremerton to live
instead of being commuters."
Ask Blimp Field Here
Prior to Mayor Jones’ talk
Chamber Secretary Harold Lake-
burg was instructed to dispatch
a telegram to Congressman Mar-
tin ‘F. Smith requesting him to
submit the name of the Shelton
airport. as a possible site for a
blimp base which the Navy is
considering in this area.
Secretary Lakeburg also read
a letter from the U. S. Navy
notifying the Chamber, in re-
sponse to its recent request that
the Shelton airport continue tol
after the Navy took over juris-
diction of the field, that the
Navy makes a practice of retain-
ing local names whenever possi-
ble in such cases.
County Commissioner Bob
Trenckmann enlightened the
history of the Home Guard or-
ganization which is now being re-
organized here under a more def-
inite program than it has had so
Management of the Home Gro-
cery, formerly located at 12th
and Railroad, has been transfer-
red to Mrs. Ralph Pigg by the
former manager, Mrs. Jud Quar-
tier, and the stock moved to the
Pigg residence at 12th and Frank-
lin streets.
Mrs. Pigg said she will keep the
Oliver McGraw of Grapeview store open evenings and Sundays.
was admitted to Shelton hospital a service not heretofore rendered
j by the store.
far.
The next regular monthly
‘ above,
be named Sanderson Field evenl
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ANNUAL 0. OF C. PROGRAM '
AT ALDERBROOK MAY 22
Next on the Shelton Chamber
of Commerce program is its
annual session at Alderbrook
‘Inn, semi-officially opening the
.tourist season on Hood Canal.
, This year the big sooial ga-
kthering is scheduled on May
22, with Walter M. Elliott once
again chairman of the program,
President Ed Faubert announc—
ed at last Thursday’s Chamber
meeting.
A chicken dinner will be
served at 6:30 o’clock for 75c.
Reservations should be made
with President Faubert at the
Shelton Hotel or Secretary Har-
old Lakeburg at the \Vestern
Union office.
INSPECTOR HER
CHECKING ON HOME
WIRING IN COUNTY,
Regulations Prevent P.U.D. From
Hooking Up If Wiring Fails
To Meet Standards
Manager E. W. Johnson of Pub—
lic Utility District No. today
warned Mason County residents
intending to apply for electrical
power service through P. U. D. 3
to be sure their house wirings
meet regulations set up by the
Department of Labor and Indust-
ries, else the P. U. D. is forbidden
by law to hook up.
Manager Johnson pointed out
that, whether home owners have
their homes wired by licensed
electricians or do it themselves,
P. U. D. connections cannot be
made
.1. If there are water pipe fit-
tings or water pipe in the ser-r
viCe run,
2. If the service wires are not
coded,
3. If the service is too low,
4. If neutral grounding con-
ductor is attached to the neutral
service conductor in the meter
base,
”' 5,. Ifrservice switch is not a type i
approved for the purpose (it must
thaver-a neutral bar, for one thing),
6. If service switch is exposed‘
to weather. and not enclosed in‘
rain-tight factory-made cabinet.
This final point is one of the
most commonly overlooked by the
person who wires his own home,
Manager Johnson pointed out.
An inspector from the Depart-‘
ment of Labor and Industries is
in this neighborhood now, spend-
ing several days checking home
wiring. One of the points he will
check closely upon, in addition
to the sixth point mentioned
is the regulation which
states that range wiring must ter-
minate in an outlet box or approv-
ed plugin device, that connections
to ranges must be cable or safely
cabled wires, that loose wires or
coiled wires cannot be allowed,
and that plug-in receptacles Shall
be elevated above the floor.
A copy of the Department of
Labor and Industries home wiring
regulations may be perused at the
P. U. D. No. 3 office at any time
by persons contemplating wiring
their homes, whether they plan to
do the work themselves or to have
it done by licensed electricians,
which is strongly urged.
E. D. Payne, Xmas
Tree Man, Yields
To Death Today
Edward D. Payne, 70, well
known Mason County Christmas
tree dealer, died at 12:15 this af-
ternoon while sitting in a chair
at his home on the Olympic
highway near Purdy Canyon.
No funeral arrangements had
been made at press time today and
little “ information was available
on Mr. Paynes life at that time.
He was born in Missouri and
is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
l
.Railroad Avenue strip from First
.ton Hospital in observanCe of Na-
.were served tea and ice cream in
Valeze Webber, with whom he liv-
ed.
PUGET SOUND POINTS GIVEN
NAMES 100 YEARS AGO IN MAY
One hundred years ago this
month (May) Charles Wilkes, U.
S. N., dropped ancher in Port Dis—
covery Bay near Port Townsend
to begin the first real government-
sponsored survey of the ,waters of
Puget Sound. x
Overlooked by nearly all but
historians, the Wilkes expedition
Chamber gathering with a- brief is credited neverthelessby many
as playing a large part in this
country’s negotiations with Great
Britian in the historic “54-40 or
fight” episode of Presidents Polk’s
administration.
Although authorized by con-
Chamber meeting, President Ed gress in 1836, during the admin-
Faubert announced, will be held
istration of Andrew Jackson,
June 12, with three programs now political difficulties kept the sur-
being contemplated.
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TREATED AT HOSPITAL
Lee Morgan, Simpson Logging
company employe, was admitted to
Shelton hospital Monday for med-
ical care.
vey from getting under Way for
several years and it was not un-
til May 1, 1841 that Wilkes and
his fleet of six ships entered the
Straits of Juan de Fuca.
May 16 he commenced a sur-
vey of the bay on which Tacoma
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PRESENTATION OF 1
BEAUTY PROJECT
TO CITY PLANNER
Garden Club Arranging Gala Cele-
bration Of Completion Of
R. R. Avenue May 23
Plans are now being hatched‘
by the Shelton Garden Club for‘
a big public celebration and pre—
sentation of the Railroad Avenue
beautification project to the City
of Shelton on the afternoon of
May 23, Mrs. Frank Bishop and
Mrs. Emery W. Burley, members
of the project committee, an—
nounced yesterday.
A committee of service club
presidents and Shelton business-
men has been chosen and will
hold a meeting next Friday eve-
ning at eight o’clock at the Shel—
ton Hotel to draft detailed plans
for the big official presentation
program.
The committee consists of S. B.
Anderson, Bruce Wilcox, Mark
Pickens, Homer Taylor, Mayor
Stevenson, George Dunning, Paul
Marshall and Bill Dickie.
At that time the beautified
to Fifth streets will have been
completed and Will be officially
turned over to Mayor Bill Steven-
son for the City of Shelton by the
Garden Club.
The final block, between Fourth
and Fifth streets, is now being
prepared for the planting of the
shrubs and plants, with the plant-
ing due for completion in plenty
of time for the presentation pro—
gram on May 23.
One of the details of the pro-
gram will include awarding of
prizes to school students who are
now engaged in an essay contest
conducted by the Garden Club on
how best to keep up the beauti-
fied strip.
Further details will be available
after Friday night’s committee
meeting.
Many Register
At Hospital Day
Program Monday
Registrations reached the 102
mark yesterday at the annual
open house program held by Shel- I
tional Hospital Day, with many
of those registrations represent-
ing couples. Babies were not in-
cluded in the figures.
The visitors were taken on
tours of inspection through the
hospital from top to bottom by
members of the nursing staff and
the hospital dining room during
the afternoon Visiting hours be-
tween 2 and 4:30 p. m.
Additional visitors took advan-
tage of the evening opening from
7 to 8:30 o'clock to go through '
the hospital.
During the afternoon a group
picture of approximately 80 babies
born at the hospital during the
past year and their mothers was
taken.
Two panels of pictures with ac-
companying explanatory captions
on the founders of modern nurs-
ing were hung in the lobby ’of the
hospital and attracted much at-
tention. Many beautiful bouquets
of flowers from Shelton business
firms helped decorate the hospital
for the occasion.
Aberdeen Masons
Pay Return Visit
With 30 members of the Ma-
sonic Lodge of Aberdeen paying
a return visit, a large crowd was
on hand for Mt. Moriah Masonic
Lodge‘s regular communication
last Saturday evening.
A paper on “Free Masonry vs.
Totalitarianism” was read by
Mayor William Stevenson for the
assembled Masons, then the meet-
ing was turned into an open house
for the ladies and other visitors
with a luncheon closing the eve-
ning.
H. W. Durboraw, one of the
oldest members of Mt. Moriah
Lodge and still a member in good‘
standing, came up from Hoquiam
with the Aberdeen Masons to
attend the program.
now faces and named it Com-
mencement Bay.
Two features of the landscape
which Seattle citiZens look upon
almost daily were named by Wil-
kes 100 years ago this month—-
Elliott Bay in honor of Chaplain
J. L. Elliott of one of his ships,
the Vicennes, and Bainbridge Is-
land in honor of the famous Amer-
ican commodore, William Bain-
bridge.
Other Puget Sound features
still bearing names given them by
Wilkes include Agate Pass, Blake<
ly Rock, Colvos Passage, Hales
Passage, Carrs Inlet, Drayton
Passage, Harstine Island, Picker-
Danas Passage, Maury Island,
Fox Island and McNeil Island.
Wilkes expedition came just 49
ing Passage, Hammerslay’s Inlet, ‘
m u “z'l . , .mnmuwaiv to».
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
COMMUNITY.
CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY—Active Club din-
ner meeting, 6:30 p. m., Shel-
ton Hotel.
THURSDAY—City council meet—
ing, 8 p. m., city hall.
THURSDAY—Commercial lea—
gue bowling, 8 p. m., bowling
alleys, final scheduled matches.
\VEDNESDAY—Final day of an-
nual pre-school children’s health
roundup conducted by P.-T. As,
9 a. m. to noon, 1:30 to 4:30
p. m., Lincoln gym.
THURSDAY——Meeting of all ten-
nis players, 8 p. m., county
courthouse, to discuss season
plans.
AIEX JOHNSON:
PIONEER MASON
LOGGER, PASSES
Funeral To Be Conducted Wed
nesday From Masonic Tem-
ple Here At 2 O’clock
Alex Johnson, 76, pioneer Mas
son County logger, was removed
from the slimming ranks of this
county's territorial settlers by
death Sunday at Shelton hospital.
He had been a resident of this
locality since before statehood,
operating his own logging busi—
ness for many years. He had been
retired for several years.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at two o’clock Wednesday
afternoon from the Masonic Tem-
pie in Shelton with burial to fol-
low in the Masonic Cemetery at
Olympia.
. Mr. Johnson was a member of
the Masonic Lodge of Montesano,
the Shrine of Tacoma, the Scot-
tish Rite of Olympia, and the
Odd Fellows of Oakville. He was
born in Norway on Christmas Day
of 1864, came to the United States
as a lad of 12 years,‘ living in
Michigan for 12 years before com-
ing west~ to Mason County.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Mae Munro, two grandchil-
d‘ren, Bruce and Richard Munro,
all of Shelton; and a sister, Mrs.
Nick Morbeck of Ellensburg. He
was married to Miss Mae McDon-
ald in 1912. Mrs. Johnson died
in 1917.
Big Gathering
At Mothers Day
Eagles Program
Surpassing last year’s attend-
ance by a wide margin, a large
crowd responded Sunday morning
for the annual Eagles Aerie Mo-
ther's Day pregram" in the Para-
mount Theatre; Aerie President
Russ Lamb reported today.
The big crowd enjoyed an in-
spirational talk from Aaron Reese,
former state president of the
Eagles, and a short motion pic-
ture, along with appropriate mu-
sical numbers.
Program Chairman George N.
Adams, presented potted plants
to 91-year-old Mrs. Robinson as
the oldest mother in attendance,
to Mrs. Fae Miller, 19, as the
youngest mother present, and to
Mrs. Fred Miller (no relation) as
the mother with the largest fam-
ily, all twelve of her children an-
swering roll in proof.
Following the program at the
theatre, ‘the committee, consisting
of Chairman Adams, Paul Fred-
rickson and President-Elect Art
Griggs, personally'prescnted an-
other potted plant to Mrs. Paul
Dittman, Sr., Eagles Auxiliary
‘mother,’ who is laid up in bed
with a. broken hip.
Last night another annual Ea-
gles event tied in with Mother's
Day was held ‘when- a. large elass
of new members was initiated at
the regular weekly aerie meet-
ing in the new Moose Hall quar-
ters. .A fine Dutch lunch was
enjoyed by a big crowd.
Wednesday Last
Day For Health
Clinic For Kids
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the
final day upon which children who
will be entering the Shelton school
system for the first time next
fall may take advantage of the
annual pre-school health roundup
conducted by the Lincoln and Bor-
deaux P.-T. A.’s, reminds Mrs.
Clyde Wells, publicity chairman
for the event. I
Parents who have not been
contacted by the canvassing com-
mittee are urged to bring their
children to the clinic anytime be-
tween the hours of nine to‘noon
in the morning or from 1:30 to
4:30 in the afternoon. The clinic
is being held in Lincoln gymnas-
ium.
During Monday’s opening day of
the roundup 97 children were reg-
istered and given health examina-
tions under the supervision of Dr.
W. M. Beach, city health officer,
and Miss Alma Peterson, Shelton
school nurse.
CORA BARBER RETURNS
Miss Cora Barber, Mason Coun-
ty welfare administrator, return—
years after the discovery of Pu-
get Sound by Captain George Van-
couver and the discovery of the
bert Gray.
ed to her home and work here
last weekend after a two-week
trip to Chicago and Detroit to
Columbia River by Captain Ro- visit relatives and take delivery of
. as he is at present on a trip east.
8. new car.
STRIKE STOPS
FOUR LOGGlNG
0PERATl0NS
I.W'.A. “’alkout Closes Simpson,
McKay, Stevens Camps And
Reed Mill; Four Main
Demands Asked
Negotiations were continuing
today between logging firm op-
erators and negotiators for In-
ternational Woodworkers of
America in efforts to settle the
strike called by the I.W.A. last
Friday and which has placed an
estimated 22,000 men in Western
Washington logging camps and
sawmills affiliated with the C.I.0.
block of the I.W.A. on strike.
Approximately 700 members of
Local 38, I.W.A. covering men in
four Mason County logging oper-
ations. have joined with their
fellow union members in the gen-
eral walkout (action. Employes of
the Simpson Logging Company,
Reed Sawmill, McKay Logging
Company, and Stevens Logging
Company are affected in this
area.
The negotiations are based up-
on four principal points asked by
the I.W.A., (1) union shop and
hiring. ( 2) elimination of bushel-
ing or piece work, (3) a week’s
vacation with pay each year, and
(4) a 71/2-cent hourly increase in
wages.
It has been rumored that some
of these points 'have already been
agreed upon, although no definite
information on just how the ne-
gotiations are proceeding was
available this afternoon.
C. H. Kreienbaum, executive
vice-president of the Simpson
Logging company, is a member of
the operators’ negotiating com-
mittee.
Local 38 does not have a rep-
resentative on the I.W.A. ne-
gotiating committee.
Sudden Gale Does
Damage Sunday in
Some Local Areas
Bursting with blitzkreig swift-
ness and fury, a gale which whip~
ped the surfaces tof Hood Canal,
Shelton Bay, Lake Cushman and
other bodies of Mason County
water into white-caps in a mat-
ter of seconds caused some little
damage Sunday afternoon in this
area.
Trees and branches falling
across power lines disrupted for
short periods electrical service
over lines of both the Public Util-
ity Districts in Mason County,
awnings and signs Were torn loose,
boats, boathouses and floats were
set adrift, and at least one sail-
boat on Hood Canal was over-
turned by the sudden fury of the
gale. The occupants, unidentified.
were picked up by another sail-
boat which managed to get its
sail down soon enough to escape
a ducking.
Manager E. W. Johnson said
the only damage to P.U.D. No. 3
lines occurred near Island Lake,
where burned snags from recent
logging operations were blown
across the lines and downed four
poles, and in the Arcadia area,
where one big tree caused some
disruption of service.
Except in the more remote ru-
ral areas where blown-down trees
struck lines, telephone service was
not bothered in this vicinity.
Carpenters Now
Charge 351.37% Hr.
Acting on the recommendation
of the Washington State Council
of Carpenters, the Shelton lo-
cal has changed its wage scale to
31.37%(3 per hour. This scale con-
forms with the prevailing rates of
the other western Washington 10-
cals, and will become effective
June 16, when it will apply to all
work except that contracted for
prior to that date.
New Moose Hall
Is Opened Here
With about 150 in attendance,
the new Moose Hall, situated at
1st and Railroad, was formally
opened, last Saturday evening.
Delegations Were present from
Olympia, Bremerton, Aberdeen,
Ellensburg and Hoquiam.
The gathering enjoyed a keeno
game, supper and dancing before
the formal ceremonies took place.
Catto Attends Water ,
Conclave In Seattle
Councilman J. L. Catto repre-
sented the City of Shelton last
weekend in an unofficial capacity
at the national convention of the
American Waterworks Associa-
tion in Seattle. .
Councilman Catto attended the
Friday session, which closed the
convention. He reported his talks
with other delegates at the con-
clave proved of considerable val—
ue and convinced him the City} of
Shelton had made a wise choice
in sticking to cast iron pipe for
its big improvement project, due
to get under way shortly.
Water Supt. E. E. Brewer was
unable to attend the convention
