l Finances;
$122,581
Noted
gall l_ .
91d a?“ decreasing at-
e"filled for the
elm. compared
‘, year, in the
TSChool District
upt‘ H. E. Loop.
2323;.attendance for
high-08 as compared
at: Previous term,
)5.‘ 1 .'-| 13fjmiance falling
of {12. while total
316619 district for
th5169.60 against
9 1939-40 term,
‘ncrease in the
"‘8 0f repair of
Rounds and repair
01’ equipment,
the figures be-
;13 l5116 term just
£86.84 for the
Mull Increase
Emmy to construc-
._;tag¢ and band
hanged high school
In the new
-t‘ L001) pointed
further that “It
tool! that charg-
hmo the several
3 Fl matter of
,iexflmple, insur~
.bs not charged
an“: under trans-
Mic Supplies are‘
'd “11er health
i} it.“ er Supplies for
' »i- Sometimes dif-
ne Whether to
'runder janitor's
gaff equipment,
, .93“ 10“ of funds
‘ mate for the
ta: mIlounts spent
.flVe divisions
vi ‘ncreases were
9‘15. TWO show-
, ex-
3 Office, from
for elections
sup:rlntend-
,an . equip-
£73 to $4,331.28;
,, , $1,047.93
. ns ortation
mugged
w 8 Listed
‘. "8 in princi-
‘03esxpenses from
7 '18; teachers'
er856."l7 to $63,-
'- . (all supplies
chiding text-
n.) from $4,638.-
' We«8’es of jan-
' to $8,500.90;
.0 to $2,313-
ies from $1,-
;C‘cport Of ‘
re“Btu-led today by‘
.tmg costs came *
Stall
The Recruiting Service Hits the Road
‘ tions.
public address system.
sinks and clothes closets.
Thou mobile recruiting sta-
tions on now in operation in
all_ the nine corps of the United
Statos, two in oacb corps ma.
Much public interest is being
manifested in their activities.
This traveling entourage
will be seen by Shelton resi—
dents from July 11 to 14 as
the recruiting party visits
here for the purpose of en-
listing young Mason County
men for the Army Air Corps.
Young men interested in
trainingvas air corps tech-
nicians, aircraft mechanics,
aerial photographers, and
radio operators, are invited
to inquire about the Air
Corps and enlist if they do—
sire while the recruiting
party is here. It will be
parked in front of the post-
office building in Shelton.
HATCRRRT Nst
EXPECTED FROM
McCAULCY TALK
State Game Director To Speak At
Chamber Of Commerce Ses-
sion Thursday
Definite news concerning the
proposed game fish hatchery lo-
of equip-
. to.$45,948.-
mph nothing to
ma“ in item
is
_ ‘19 salary of
t 1940-414ist.
A .0 $2,104.33.
‘ Lg: attendance
1 8,1? attributes
miaway to de-
nag, a“Cl to an
,- 0‘13 diseases
V go 18 the basis of
3' al’lwrtionment
l
T l
, 31ft Will affect
é-me state," he
3 ay lose some
year as a re-
time Wed-
meeting of
it: '«the service i
> i VWeekly ses-
.h'his 90mmittee
e his general
h term in
' 11‘? a board of
, ed last night
‘3 entire pro—
“illness.
s: at1011 session
.. District Gov-
Wting as in-
Pfiflt Presi-
andling the
v on Of a half
‘ 0f the club.
a: ..
“\In‘Tumble
. son of Mr.
l“gillvl'ner of 408
, fractures of
‘ ay when he
‘1' his home.
.. Shelton Hos-
“, seattle was
‘ °spital from
of: (1‘11); morning
sundagvken leg.
cal sportsmen and the Chamber
of Commerce have been working
for in Mason County for the past
couple of years is expected to be
divulged officially this Thursday
evening by Bernard T. McCauley,
director of the state game de-
partment, when he appears as
guest speaker for the Shelton
Chamber of Commerce’s July
meeting.
The session starts with the
usual 6:30 dinner in the Shelton
Hotel banquet room, with the busi-
ness program due to start about
an hour later. ,
Chamber President Ed Faubert
has extended a special invitation
to all sportsmen of the county to
sit in on Thursday's program to
hear Director McCauley.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Ernest Wynn of Hoodsport
was admitted to Shelton Hospi-
tal for treatment Thursday.
Marine Oddity
Too 0 d d For
Journal Staff
Somebody is always‘bringing
some oddity into the Journal
office to tax the staff’s brains,
and last Saturday was no ex-
ception as Martin Stevens of
Route 2, popped into the office
with one of the oddest looking
marine specimens to show up
in a long time.
The “thing” (we don’t know
whether it Was a fish, animal
or just a figment of the imag-
ination) or “things” as there
were two of, them,g_vworez dis-
covered by‘ the Stevens family
on the beach in front of their
home on Oakland Bay. They
were alive when brought into
the office, 'being comfortably
housed in a'large tin can.
The “things” were roughly
ovaldn shape and about three
inches long. The top and bot-
tom were flat, with the sides
of the body being vertical and
the body about an inch thick.
The eyes sat on top of the flat
upper surface, while the round,
sucker-like mouth protruded
from the front.
Amateur zoologists may ap-
ply to the Stevens home for
further details. If you know
what it is please tell us! We’re
curious too.
Now the modern Army will
come to you. Tho trim, silver
1 truck and trailer shown above is
one of the Recruiting Service's
now oflices on wheels, designed
to roach localities whore thero
are no established recruiting sh.
They provide sleeping
quarters for five men, as well
as full office facilities. At right
is an interior shot of one of
tho Amy’s swanky, new recruit-
ing trailers with a recruiting
sergeant preparing a recorded
address for broadcast over its
Corn-
plotoly equipped as a streamlined
oflico, the trailer also provides
living quarters, cooking stoves,
LIGHT; ENGINEER
MOODY. o, o,
6017 s. E. 86TH
PORTLAND r .;
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, July 8, 1941.
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COUNClL AGENNN
NOT YET CHOSEN
City Signs Agreement With Pur-
ccll Firm For Cast—Iron Pipe
.. Delivery Via ,Vl’ater '
City council affairs for its;
pre-holiday session Thursday eve—
ning were of the routine and min-
or variation, chief ifem being the
resignation of City Engineer Bu‘r-
well Bantz, Chehalian who was
appointed a week prior as state
highway director. .
Mayor William Stevenson has
not as yet appointed a successor
to the post.
The council agreed, after hear—
ing a water committee report
that the cast—iron pipe deliveries
for the water system improve—
ment project would be late in the
summer, that Purcell 00., make
deliveries at their earliest pos-
sible moment via boat, the may-
or and city clerk signing an agree-
ment with the firm to that cf:-
feet.
The park committee reported an
N.Y.A. crew is now engaged in
cleaning up the city park, a po-
lice committee recommendation
for the purchase of certain po-
lice department supplies was ap-
proved and the purchase author-
ized, and the council agreed to
have thel city install curbing
along Birch street from Seventh
to Eighth after written permis—
sion from the property owners
along the street that they will ac-
cept the charges for the work.
Mayor Stevenson pointed out
to the council that the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph company
has been deducting service char-
ges to the city from their utility
ax.
U.S.EBrive To
Be Julyglth, 19th
With the final arrival of the
buttons, Mason County’s U.S.O.
drive has been reclated for July
18 and 19, Drive Chairman Vin
Connolly announced today.
Several members of the Rain-
bow Girls, American Legion, and
V.F.W. have been recruited to
help with the button sales, but
more volunteers are needed and
are asked to get in touch with
VIOLAT‘NRS GET
FINES AND JAIL
llughey, 3 Grays Harbor Game
Protectors Make Arrests After
Observing Men’s Camp
Marking the first game law vio-
lations brought into Mason Coun~
ty courts for some time, four
young Mason County men today
were given jail sentences and
fines when tried before Justice
W._ A. Magoon after admitting
killing deer and possessing deer
meat out of season, Prosecutor
Frank Houston announced.
Delbert Wolfe of Johns Prairie,
after admitting killing three deer
out of season, was sentenced on
two counts, receiving an eight
month sentence in the county jail
on one and a seven month term
on the other, the sentences to run
consecutively.
Ruben Bindaz'a, of Kamilche
Point was given a nine-month jail
sentence and fined $100 after ad-
mitting illing one deer out of sea-
son.
David Green of Kamilchc was
fined $250 and given a suspended
six—month jail sentence andMar-
ion Sharpe of Cloquallum was
fined $250 of which $150 was sus-
pended when both pleaded guilty
of possessing venison out of sea-
son. Court costs were assessed
in each case as well, Prosecutor
Houston said.
The arrests were made by Game
Protectors Paul Hughey of Ma-
son County, Al Lundgren, Char-
les Haley and S. J. Handron of
Grays Harbor County after Hugh-
ey had kept the bark peeling
camp established by the four
men on the Tornow branch of the
Satsop River under observation
for over a month.
FORMER IOlVANS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jonés of
San Francicso paid a. holiday
weekend visit to the Shelton home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hack, the
men reminiscing over old days in
Livermore, Iowa, when Mr. Jones
used to call upon Mr. Hack ini
his capacity as a drug salesman
in that territory, Mr. Hack op-
erating a drug store in Livermore.
UCLTRRRNLN ,
llLLRs NARC
FINE. TOURTR
Record Travel Over (lanai, ()lym—i
pic Peninsula Roads; One ,
Killed In Accident Herc,
,But Otherwise Okoh
With excellent cooperation from
the weatherman, an ideal Fourth
of July weekend has come and
gone, allowing a large part of
Mason County‘s populace to en-
joy a three-day vacation for pur-,
suing such activities as hiking in
the mountains, traipsing off to
the ocean beaches, making com-
paratively extended Weekend trips,
fishing, swimming and boating.
Traffic on the highways was
heavy but outside of the one
fatal accident (reported in 21, Sep-
arate story) this area escaped
serious consequences. Tourists
who failed to wire or phone
ahead for reservations found
themselves S.O.L. when it came
to finding accommodations for
Staying overnight on Hood Canal
and around the Olympic Loop.
A3," Aeoommodationc l‘akon
Gino motorist who stopped at
a Shelton service station report,-
ed he had tried every single rc-
sorof between Port Angeles and
Shelton without success Satur-
day: and reports of scores of
similar experiences have drifted
back from the metropolitan areas.
Perfect weather —~ sunny, llll~
clouded skies, warm to hot tem-
peratures, and nary a' drop of
rain—elured a. record number of
pleasure seekers to Hood Canal
and the Olympic Peninsula. Fer—
ry services across the canal, Pug-
et Sound and the Straits of Juan
de Fuca to Victoria were taxed
badly.
Temperature readings taken at
the Rayonier weather bureau in-
dicate the type of weather en~
joyed over the holiday. Maximum
readings of 78, 80, 76, 77, 82, and
85 were taken from July 1 thru
July 6, with minimum readings
of 55, 56, 48, 48, 60 and 64 over
the same period showing that
nights were just right for camp-
ing out.
. ,Northern “Lights Brilliant
Still another detail in which
the weather cooperated came on
the night of the Fourth when a
brilliant display of northern lights,
Mother Nature’s own fireworks
exhibition, outdid any man-made
skyrocket, roman candle or show-
er bomb shot into the sky. The
auroa borealis on the night of
the Fourth was unusually bright
and was accentuated by scatter-
ed clouds.
Observers sald the unusually
brilliant display seemed to cen-
ter high in the northern sky andl
that rippling lights radiated off
into all horizons. Bluish tongues
of light, turning at times in-
to green, predominated in a col-
estial display which included ev-
ery color in the rainbow.
Brother, Sistei:
Reunite At Agate
After 38 Years
Thirty-eight years had passed
since Mrs. 0. J. Burns of Rock-
ford, 111., and her brother, L. C.
Smith of Agate, had last seen
each other before they enjoyed a
reunion at Mr. Smith’s Agate
home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns and an-
other sister of Mr. Smith’s, Mrs.
M. V. Shively, and her husband,
of Houston, Texas, are also guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Smith at the
present time. Mr, Shively is a
brother of Mrs. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Shively visited
here three years ago. They are
now on a sight-seeing trip, hav-
ing left their Houston home May
27 and making a leisurely trip
through Arizona, New Mexico,
California and Oregon up the
Coast highway, stopping at all
points of interest as long as they
desired. Yellowstone Park and
other interesting spots will be
taken in by them on their re-
turn to Texas.
Sheriff Gene Martin, who is in
charge of arranging the sales
crew.
At the same time, General
Chairman Walter M. Elliott has
appointed Mrs. T. B. Smith to
handle the drive at Hoodsport, he
announced yesterday.
Oldest State Jurist
Visits At Grapeview
Judge J. T. Ronald, of Seattle,
is ending the week visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Ed.,Wright at Grape-
lVleW, the latter being his daugh-
ter. _The Judge is 85 years old,
a reSIdent of Washington for 59
years, and has the distinction of
having served on the bench long-
er than any other judge in the
state and only one other judge
in the nation has record of longer
continuous service. In spite of
his years and an accident several
.years ago which forced resort to
\a crutch for sure support Judge
Ronald enjoys good health and
has lost none of his judicial abil-
i
Few greater thrills fall the lot
of fishermen than that Haroldl
Ellis, proprietor of the Quality
Cleaners, experienced in the early
dusk of last Wednesday evening
when he caught, fought, and fi-
nally landed a giant summer-run
steelhead trout w e i g h i n g 61/;
pounds and measuring 27 inches
long after a 40-minute struggle
on four-pound-test leader with a
til/pounce flyrod.
The big battle between fish and
fisherman took place on Lake
Isabella about 85 feet off the
northwest shore over a deep hole
which has been the favorite spot
of several local fresh water ang-
lers.
The catch won for Ellis 2. race
with Dave Johns, Shelton Auto
Body proprietor, to get the big
fellow. Johns had hooked him at
least three times, Ellis had a cou-
ple of times, Phil Bayley had him
once, and maybe others had tan-
ity.
glad with the finny giant, but
GIANT STEELHEAD PROVIDES
ANGLING THRILL FOR ELLIS
never successfully. Ellis found
three other books, one his own,
and 18 inches of leader in the
steelhead's jaw, scars of other
rounds with anglers.
Ellis had gone out Wednesday
for the specific purpose of land-
ing this particular piscatorial
prize. He’d tried before with
regular trout gear but the pole
was too stiff and helped the giant
steelhead break loose. Hence the
light, extremely flexible flyrod.
He’d gone out, too, with seven—
strand wire leader as an addition-
al safeguard but found that he
couldn't get any strikes with it,
apparently it was visible, so had
touchange to the light four-pound-
test leader.
Ellis said he worked his catch
up to the boat five or six times
but each time he reached for his
net the big fellow took off for
(Eistant places until the final
ime, when he was completely ex-
hausted—and Ellis wasn’t much
better off. he admitted.
, county would have to supply the
AT THE JOURNAL
" \Aw T
,( DRINTING
PHONE I00
Old
Fred Doherty
Instructor In
US. War School
An unusual honor has come
to Fred B. Doherty, former
chemist at the Rayonicr plant
here. A Lieutenant, junior
grade, in the. Naval Reserve, he
has been called to active duty
for instruction in the War ()ol-
loge, Newport, R. I.
Dnlwrty showed early apti—
tude for the Navy when, as an
N.It.0.’l‘.C. student at the Uni-
versity of \Vashington, he re-
ceived the Zcigcmeicr award
for ordnance and gunnery. His
peace—time assignment in the
Reserve was with the Fifth
Division, Aberdeen, Washing-
ton, and he completed a. num-
ber of summer cruises as well
as correspondence courses which
would further fit him for duty
as an officer.
Since 1933 he has been a
chemist and night superintend—
ent at the Shelton plant of
Rayonier Inc.
CRORONUSR FLOOD
CONTROL PETlTlON
lS TURNED DOWN
Duplication In Some Of Acreage
Listed Reason For Dismis-
sal By U. S. Dept.
Because of duplications in the
acreage included, the petition for
formation of the Skokomish Val-
ley Flood Control District has
been turned down by the De-
partment of Conservation and De-
velopment, the board of Mason
County commissioners was noti-
fied yesterday at its weekly
meeting.
The original petition requesting
formation of the flood control
district listed over 11,000 acres of
land, with only 10,000 acres need-
ed, but when duplications were
subtracted by the federal depart-
ment only about 8,000 acres were
left, the board was informed as
the reason the department dis-
missed the petition. However, the
petition can be re-submitted af-
ter being re-drawn and revised,
the board was told.
Another deferment of awarding
contract for the annual summer
county road oiling contract was
made by the board, action being
delayed until tomorrow so the
board can study a bid of $13,-
455.25 made by the J. F. Forbes
company of Olynlpia and a bid
of $13,460.50 by the Diesel Oil
Sales Company of Seattle. The
oil in each case, making very
little difference from the total
cost under the bids submitted two
weeks ago by the same compan—
ies if they themselves supplied
the oil, the board found.
The board set August 4 at two
o’clock as time for public hear-
ing on a petition to vacate a por-
tion of Cushman Avenue in
Hoodsport, accepted and filed the
plat of the proposed Pleasant
Beach Cove tracts when no ob—
jections were raised at yester-
day’s public hearing, received ap-
proval of the State Highway De-
partment on its proposed Clo-
quallum Bridge improvement pro-
ject, pledged full cooperation to
a request made by Mrs. Charles
R. Lewis on behalf of the Shelton
Garden Club that destruction of
fox gloves and other wild flowers
along county roads be strongly
discouraged, and heartily endors-
ed the Hood Canal Sportsmens
Ass‘n move to close Finch Creek
to fishing except to youngsters
under 16 years of age.
Seattle Realty
Man Passes Here
Yielding to a month’s illness,
Frank G. Russell, 77., pioneer Se-I
attle real estate dealer, died
Sunday at the home of his son,
Frank, on West Franklin street,
Shelton.
Graveside services were held
in Acacia Park, Seattle, this
afternoon. Mr. Russell had been
a resident of Seattle for 31 years,
coming to Shelton only a month
ago when his illness became ap-
parent.
He is survived by two other
sons, Lowell of Seattle and Guil-
ford of Arlington; two sisters,
Mrs. Anna Minnard and Mrs. Rose
Haines, both of Detroit, Mich.;‘
two brothers, Omer and Charles,
both of Michigan; seven grand—
children, and one great grandchild.
,He was born at Casanova,
Mich, November 11, 1863.
Abbié’fucker Taken
On By State Patrol
Another Shelton young man——
Abbie Tucker, son of a. former
Mason County sheriff—entered the
ranks of the Washington State
Patrol this week and has been
assigned to duty during the driv-
ers license rush at the Bremer-
ton office.
Tucker joins Pat Smith among
the recent additions to the Patrol
from Shelton,
Time Fourths Kept
Sheltonians At Home
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Shelton was a quiet town this!
Fourth, in contrast to the early
day celebrations which forced‘
everybody to stay at home. be—
cause of the limited means of get-
ting vcry far from town with
the family and making the most
of the limited ways of enjoymentl
for the community. In the days
when the Grand Army of the Re—
public was still a. militant force
for patriotism, as far distant from
the Civil War as the veterans of
today are from the World War,
the spirit of Americanism was
strong and expressed generally in
every community by exercises ill
which all joined as well as sports
programs, and all through the
noise of exploding firecrackers by
Young Americans.
Nowadays, with everybody hav~
ing far more money earnings than
of yore, and the luxury of the
automobile and highways making
appeal, it is only the few who
stay at home and keep away from
travel who find the Fourth quiet
and peaceful, as well as safer
from accident, and perhaps they
have time for contemplation of
what the holiday means in the
life of America. Certain it is
that the lessons of the old—time
Fourth are forgotten, and youth
can hardly be blamed for the idea
that the blessings of the. land
came easily and in due time will
be theirs to share without effort.
First lelebration In 1888
Fourth celebrations came to
Shelton early in its history, the
first being in 1888, the. year
before statehood, although the
small comm'unity gathered in a
simple exercise and a few sports
in which young and old joined
back in 1887. A speech by some
local notable, reading the Declara-
tion of Independence, music by
the local band and national war
songs by the gathering. a “pot-
luck” dinner or barbecued ox, in
which the Indians shared, consti-
tuted the patriotic part of the old-
time program, while footraceseand
similar contests for small prizes
kept the crowd around the dusty
streets, and in front of various
places of business, mainly saloons,
which contributed the prizes and
expected a boost in trade.
For many of the early years
the Fourth in Shelton was ushered
in with a “surprise salute," which
came mighty early for elders but
brought the youngsters up with
a bounce and started the fusilade
with crackers, with. perhaps a
fire or two before the day was
over. This salute is now a. lost
art, born of neceSsity for making
a big noise with only black pow-
der, merely two blacksmith an-
vils butted together which black-ii
smith Charles Norton dragged out
of the shop. '
Full Day Of Sports
Usually the morning was de-
voted to horse racing on the
prairie, where the public walked
or were taken out in Davy Bar-
(Continued on Page Six)
License Plate A "
Sales 100 Ahead
Of Entire 1940
'LRNT TRUCK.
CAR COLLlDF,
N ANlllLLED
Terrific Impact Dcmolishes Both
Vehicles, Instantly Kills Jack
Andrews 0f Seattle Sat- '
urday Morning
Both vehicles were completely
demolished in a. terrific collision
which instantly killed Jack B.
Andrews, 29, Seattle, the fourth
traffic fatality of 1941 in Mason
County, early Saturday morning
as Andrews‘ car struck an Army
truck on the straight stretch of
the Olympic Highway in front of
the James Frazier ranch three
miles south of Shelton.
The terrific force of the crash
'was so great that even the pow-
erfully—built Army vehicle was so
badly damaged that Army offi-
cials have listed it as a complete
loss. Andrews‘ car was equally
as badly damaged.
Mrs. Andrews, riding with her
husband, was severely injured and
taken to Shelton Hospital for
treatment. Her condition was re-
ported this afternoon as satisfac—
tory and no longer serious.
Narrow Eswpe
Five. soldiers riding in the rear
of the Army truck escaped any-
thing worse than shaking up be-
cause a number of rifles had been
securely lashed to the truck's
walls. The stocks of 58 of the
rifles were broken, some in two
or three places, by the force of
the collision. Corp. R. E. Otis,
driver, and another unidentified
soldier in the front seat with him,
also escaped with minor injuries.
State Patrolman Cliff Aden and
Prosecutor Frank Heuston ques-
tioned the truck driver, and the
drivers of several other Army
trucks in the same caravan last
night at Fort Lewis in an effort
to place responsibility for the
accident and said they were told
by the drivers of the two trucks
just ahead of Corp. Otis’ that
they had seen Andrews coming
at a high rate of speed and too
far in the center of the road. Aden
said he found marks substantiat—
ing this contention and also said
he had found evidence of drinking
in the Andrews car.
Instant Death
Andrews was badly crushed and
died instantly. His body was tak-
en to Seattle Saturday for funeral
arrangements. He had been em—
ployed by a Seattle bakery and
would have been 29 years old this
Thursday.
The Army caravan was com-
posed of trucks of the 103rd Tank
.Corps and was proceeding toward
sap County. Andrews and his
wife were heading for Hood Can-‘
al for a weekend outing when the
accident occurred.
The only other accidents re-
ported in Mason County over the
holiday weekend were of a minor
nature, but two Shelton residents,
Aubrey Thomas and Miss Thelma
Seljestad, suffered painful but
not serious injuries when Thomas’
car was badly damaged on the
Neah Bay road when it was struck
by another car.
Mason County had already sold
almost 80 more automobile li—
censes up to July 1, 1941 than it
had for the entire year of 1940,
the auditor’s records reveal.
,As of the close’of business on
June 30 this year 3136 sets of
1941 car plates had been taken
out by car owners here while a1-
together only 3061 sets of 1940
Plates were issued all last year.
And up to noon today the sale
of 1941 plates had moved into the
3160 figures, or 100 more than
all last year.
Comparing the same periods of
this year and last year, by June
30 last year only 2943 sets of
plates had been claimed or over
200 less than today’s total for
1941 plates. «no
So far this year the auditor‘s
office here has issued 591 truck
licenses and 161 trailer licenses.
Phoney Tokens
Tax Showman’s
Faith In M an
Gus Graf, manager of the
Paramount Theatre, received a.
severe shock to his faith in the
honesty of his fellowman last
week, and the cause of it all
only involved one-third of a
cent.
When Gus counted his re-
ceipts from his popcorn ma-
chine Sunday evcnlng, he found
himself the proud possessor of
(believe it or not) a. COUNT-
ERFEIT tax token.
Some person with a “penny
larceny” mind had painstake—
ingly punched out a blank to-
ken, using the familiar muddy
colored fibre material which
makes up the state's new to-
kens. The counterfeit contain-
ed no printing, a. fact not no-
ticeable because of its dingy
coloring.
Whether this appearance. is
the lone example of some prank-
ster’s efforts, or the result of
mass production is something
to conjecture on. At least the
counterfeitcr must be credited
with the most picayunish piece
of crime in some time.
Home fiestroyed
By 4th Of July
Conflagration
.LPLA—
Two house fires kept the city
volunteer fire department hot’ on‘ -
a. hot Fourth of July this’year.
but one blaze was so hot it com—
pletely destroyed the home of'
John Goodwin at Dea‘rborn and
Ridge Road on Hillcrest.
Starting in the garage, t h e fire
spread to the home and only
some of the furnishings were
saved, the rest of the structure
being destroyed completely.
A hole was burned in the reef
of the Charles Farrell residence
on Capitol Hill the same day but
the blaze was extinguished before
serious damage to the home was
inflicted.
Sunday another alarm called the
department to a hilltop when a
brush fire, supposedly started by
fire crackers, broke out on Belle-
view street. No damage was
clone. ‘
Equalization Board
I Meets Again Friday,
Few protests were made to the.
Mason County board of equaliza-
tion as it opened its annual de-
liberations yesterday over in-
creases in assessments for 1941
tax rolls, Assessor Warren Lin-
coln, who serves as clerk of the
board, reported today.
The board will sit again next.
Friday at ten o'clock, at which
time anyone wishing to protest
assessments made. against his
property is invited to do so.
Street Macadamizing
Project Under Way
Working with swift efficiency,
crews hired by J. F. Forbes, Olym-
pia road contractor, yesterda be-
gan maeadamizing over 20 b ocks
of Shelton streets under the street
improvement plan adopted by the
city this year in which the prop-
erty owners pay part and the
city the balance of the cost.
The work probably will be
completed tomorrow, Street Supt.
[E. E. Brewer said. .
Fort Lewis from a point in Kit- "
