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‘nd 0f the world.
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aterfalls, canyons,
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ecause of lack
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anal? the rapidly
3’0 business. I
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re. Which will be
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Wm Come out even
of the company
grounds in front
ing will be land-
for
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,Show windows.
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r0m interfering
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n theeauty
and ar-
front display
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efflCient showing
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a Pd with green,
‘pmg planned, a
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part Of the city.
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insignificant by comparison with
Yellowstone river gorge is
Its streams are noted for their
bountifulness of trout. The park
is one and one—half times the
area of the state of Delaware.
Yellowstone covers one of the
most scenic areas in the Rockies.
Its most popular attractions in-
clude Mammoth Hot Springs,
Whose great rainbow-lined ter-
races have been sculptured by
the water which cascades down
their brilliantly colored sides.
Thirty miles of geysers, the most
famous of which is Old Faithful,
bewitch the park.
Lake Yellowstone, the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone, the
Cody road—all are major attrac-
tions to tourists, who come in
great numbers and from great.
distances.
WORLD FACES TWO
COURSES AS w AR
RESULT,SAYS£AENA
Imperialism 0r World—Wide Coop-
eration To Come Out Of Con-
flict, Thinks Mayor
Expressing his opinion that the,
United Statcs'is facing one of'
two courses as a. result of the
present war. imperialism on the
one hand or World-Wide. coopera-
tion on the other, Mayor Harry
P. Cain of Tacoma spoke before
an interested gathering at the
Shelton Kiwanis club today.
“The world and our own coun-
try are changing every day,” May-
or Cain, said, “and no one can
foretell just what will come after
the war is over, but of the courses
which seem to lie before us, I
feel that the field of cooperation
and unity among all the nations
of the world seems to hold out
the most hope for Security and
peace.”
Mayor Cain, who spent some
time. in Germany during the
middle 1930's, spoke of the tre-
mendous enthusiasm for Hitler in
that country. Hitler is not re-
garded as an ordinary mortal,
Cain said. but as a god, as the
Leader Who will return Germany
to her rightful place in the sun.
It is this enthusiasm which makes
Germany so powerful and danger-
ous at the present time.
The mayor also spoke of a re-
cent trip to Washington, D. C..
has experienced during the period
view, Weatherman Walt Eckert
O.
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JULY WEAll-lfii
Em Alli Bill
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Shelton, Grapcview, Luke Cush-
man All Register Tempor-
ature Readings of Over
l 100 Degrees In July
Only one other .July was over
drier than that which ended last
Thursday. and none was ever hot-
records kept by Weather Closer:-
er Bernhard VViniccki.
With its three temperatures of
104, 1021/15, and 101, this past July
shattered all existing heat rec-
ords for all months, and its 0.19
inch rainfall total was second only
to the July of 1937, when only
0.02 inches of rain was recorded
on Rayonier weather instruments,
VViniecki reports.
The net result of the rain Sit~
‘uation is that 1941 is now well
behind the record dry year of
1938, for according to Winiccki‘s
records, only 22.36 inches of pre-
cipitation has fallen so far this
year While the first seven months
of 1938 had a total of 26.22 in-
ches. It is going to take con-
siderable raining during the last
two or three months of the year.
when by far the greater portion
of our rain falls, to keep 1941
from being the driest this area
of weather recording here.
Other weather statistics for
this past July, as reported by Wi-
niecki, show a minimum tempexx
ature reading of 43 degrees on
the 28th and 3lst, the record-
breaking maximum of 104 degrees
on the 15th. 20 days of clear skies,
six days of partly cloudy skies,
and five of cloudy skies.
, The month was marked by nu-
merous and extensive electrical
and thunder storms, some of
which did considerable damage to.
power lines, hindered radio re-l
ception and communication lines,
and started scores of forest fires
throughout the state, over 30 in
Mason County alone.
GRAPEVIEW FINDS JULY
HOT AND DRY, ALSO
V >_ Two temperature readings of "
101 and 102 degrees taken on the
15th and 16th days of last month
broke all heat records at Grape-
rcported to the Journal yesterday.
It was likewise a dry month,
with only 0.13 inches of rain be-
ing recorded, 0.11 of that on the
18th. Heavy hail fell for about
a minute at 7:30 p. m. on the
16th during a violent electrical
storm during which several trees
REflllRllS SET;
tcr, say Rayonicr Weather bureau'
were struck by lightning, one
falling on a main powerline and
putting out the lights for several
hours, Weatherman Eckert re-
ported, while at the end of the
month a thick smoke pall ob-
scured the sky.
Eckert listed 19 days of
month as clear, 11 as
cloudy, and one as cloudy.
the
partly
LAKE CUSHMAN HAD
THREE 100 READINGS
Three temperature readings of
100 degrees or more were reg—
istered at the weather station at
the Lake Cushman power plant
during July, Frank Morrison re—
ported to The Journal yesterday.
The highest was 104-degree
reading on the 16th, flanked the
prevxous day by one of 102 de-
grees and the following day by
one of an even 100 degrees.
Lake Cushman evidently was
thadriest spot in Mason County
during the month, too, for only
and the tremendous confusion he
found there. He pictured the cap-
itol as a beehive of activity, which
has not yet really found out hOW
to work the long hours needed
to bring the nation into full pro-
duction.
Plate X-3200 TO
Belfair Autoist
To G. D. Herrick of Belfair
goes the “honor” of possessing 11'
cense plates X—3200, marking an-
other milestone in the record be-
ing set this year in the sale of
automobile licenses in Mason
County. I
Mr. Herrick obtained the first
set of plates bearing the 3200
numerals ever issued in the coun-
ty yesterday when he transferred
histitle from Wyoming to .Wash-
ington.
Mason County has had t0 1‘6‘
order twice already this year to
keep up with the demand for
car licenses, now has on hand
, plates numbering upvto an includ-
’ ing 3300. ‘
.Legion Delegates _
Get Instructlons
Final instructions Will be given
delegates to represent Fred 3- W1“
vell American Legion post .at
the annual department conventlon
at Yakima later this month at to-
night’s post meeting, Commander
John Eliason reminded members
today.
The auxiliary likewise W111 1,1“
struct its delegates. Bourumts
meet in Memorial Hall startlug at
eight o‘clock. Post and auxfllary
I control of tuber-
offieers will be installed at the
1 September sessions.
0.12 inches of rain were recorded,
Mr. Morrison added, lower than
OSlliglton’s 0.19 and Grapeview’s
Skokomish Girl
Wins 4 Years At
State College
With a four-year scholarship at
Washington State College as the
result, Lorraine Simmons, daugh-
‘ Bingham,
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sim-
mons of skokomish Valley, won
the Potlatch Scholarship Commit-
tee award, it was announced this
week.
The scholarship, which is a
state-wide contest for Indian stu-
dents, was won by Miss Simmons
as the result of a competitive ex-
ammation.
MISS Simmons, who graduated
from Irene S. Reed high school
last» Spring, will major in phar—
macy at the State College. She
has had all her schooling in Ma-
s‘on county, attending the Lower
Skokomish school before going to
the local high school.
V.F.W. Picnici‘o
Be Next Sunday
Plans for the annual Mason
County V.F.W. picnic were com-
pleted at last Friday’s post meet-
mg by Chairman Art Mackey,
who announced the picnic will be
held next Sunday at Spencer Lake
at the resort on the north shore
0f the lake formerly known at
Kneip’s,
Red arrows will point the way
to the picnic grounds, Chairman
Mackey said. All V.F.VV. members
and their families are invited.
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SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, August 5, 1941.
“I’d like 125,000 pounds of potatoes, 20,000 pounds of onions, 34,000
heads of lettuce, 25.000 cantaloupeS,
24,000 cars of corn, and about 50.000 apples, oranges, and bananas. Wrap
them up and I’ll take them
With me—for a light lunch." That, plus a few hundred other items. is
a sample of the shopping list
the Army’s Chicago quartermaster corps fills every day to feed Army
cantonments in the Chicago
The Chicago marketing center receives more than $3,000,000 3 month for
food. Photos show
Army officers on a buying tour of the Chicago produce market.
SABO'IACE,‘ Bi? COSIII NEWS
EDITOR PRAISES CANADIAN
ROCKIES ABOVE OLYMPICS
area.
THREE SCHOOIS“
OF COUNTY GET
FINANCIAL HELP
Belfair, Lower Skokomish,.Har-
stine Benefitted by Spemal
Federal, State Funds
S p e c i a 1 financial assistance
from state and federal funds was
obtained last week for three Ma-
son County school districts thru
applications made by County
School Supt. J. E. Martin, and
one of the three may get even
further help. ,
Belfair gained th 0 biggest
chunk of coin when its applica—
tion for $3600 to pay the minimum
salary'wage of three extra teach—
ers the district was forced to hire
last year due to the huge increase
in enrollment resulting from
Bremerton defense work, and. $2,-
'and Banff and Castle Mountain
One Lunch Coming Up——by the
Carload
By BILL DICKIE
Journal News Editor
With beautiful mountains}
around us right here like the
Olympics it seems strange that
a couple of Sheltonians like. us
(the missus and myself) would
go traipsing off on a 2000-mile
trip to see more mountains on
our vacation, but we’d heard
about the beauty of the Canadian
Rockies With their Lake Louise
and Kickirig Horse Canyon and
others. so we decided we’d go see
if the “grass” actually is green-
er on the other side of the fence.
It may seem like sabotage com-
ing from a couple of Olympic
Peninsula fans, but that “grass”
did look a shade or so greener at
that; I’ll have to confess.
,mrybe. it’s , become that .lieauty-
is” of a different t'y'pe' of mountain.
000 for transportation expendi-
tures was approved by the state
Education Department, the money
to come from the State Grant-lla—
Aid fund created by the last» leg-
islature. ,j' ‘
Belfair may also be able to get
help from the federal fund cre-
ated by Congress to assist school
districts in defense areas, Supt.
Martin said, and for that reason
the state funds approved last
week are being temporarily held
up for possible use as matching
money for the federal funds, if
granted. However, even if the
latter are not forthcoming, Bel-
fair will receive the $5,600 in
state money, Supt. Martin said.
Lower Skokomish and Harstine
Island were the other two districts
to benefit from the special fin-
ancial assistance. Lower Skokom-
,ish was granted a total of $3,010
from the federal Indian School
Fund, of which $2200 is for special
aid for Indian students of the
school and $810 for hot lunch
programs.
Harstine Island was granted a
total of $551 from the state
grant-in-aid fund, of which $301
is to be applied on teacher salary
to make up the minimum salary
required by law, and $250 for
transportation needs.
Funeral For Mrs.
Bingham Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ted
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Watson, who died in
Seattle last week, will be held
from Witsiers Chapel next Friday
afternoon at two o’clock, the fam-
ily announced yesterday.
The last rites were delayed un—
til the arrival of Mrs. Bingham’s
husband from Kodiak, Alaska.
4-H .PHEASANTS
378 BIRDS BRING $283.50
4-H PHEASANTS RELEASED
Three hundred seventy-eight
Chinese pheasants raised by 4-H
Club members were released yes-
terday by Game Protector Paul
Hughey, reports County Agent
Clinton Okerstrom. This will
bring to 18 club members a gross
income of $283.50. paid by the
State Game Department on a
basis of 75 cents for each bird
released, ,. ,
The percentage of birds reared
this year is 12% below that of
last year‘s 50%, or 38% for this
year. A much poorer hatch of
the eggs as well as wet weather
shortly after the chicks did hatch
accounts for this decrease. Most
of the members did a good job in
rearing most of the chicks that
hatched. In general, however, the
birds were probably not as large
as in previous years.
It appears that the $5.00 prize
offered by Herbert G. Angle to
the club having thehighest per
cent of birds goes to the Skoko-
mish Pheasant club, with a record
of 39.4%. The Deckerville club,
however, gave them a. close run
with 36.7%.
scenery than We find in the
Olympics, but those Canadian
Rockies on the whole took our
breath away with their rugged-
ness and massiveness.‘ Great pro~
jections of solid rock thrust. sheer
sides ten thousand feet toward
the sky, looking absolutely inac-
cessible from the highway we
drove along. Perhaps they could‘
be climbed, but they didn’t look
it and I’d hate to face the dizzy
ascent one would find trying to
make the climb.
Rockies Accessible
Another thing that makes the
Canadian Rockies impressive to
an Olympic Peninsula resident is
the way they‘ve been opened up
to public access. Here we merely
skirt the edge of the Olympics.
hardly getting into even the foot-
hills along the highway, but in
the Rockies the highways take
you through the very heart of
the range and you get a first
hand View of the peaks and can-
yons and lakes and rivers and
waterfalls. That’s why We should
push through the proposed trans-
Olympic highway as quickly as
possible.
.Those are good roads, too,l
through the Canadian Rockies,
although I can’t honestly include
all Canadian roads in that cate-
gory. We traveled some 300 miles
of gravel and dust roads from
National Park that I don’t care
if I never see again—in their pres-
ent condition—but once we hit
the parks the highways were as
fine as any of our American park
roads. ,
And another thing I can com‘
pliment the Canadians highly upon
is their attention to safety
through signs. Every slight mean-
der in the road is marked by a
sign. the arrOW indicating to the
driver the sharpness of the curve
(Continued on Page Six)
RELEASED; I
The high members were Freddy.
Leroy, and Georgia Woolsey with
71.4% of the eggs returned as
birds. All eggs were furnished
free to the 4-H members by the
State Game Department.
The following is a list of mem-
bers and the percentage of re-
turns:
Skokomish Pheasant Club:
Bud and Jerry Buffington. 50
eggs, no birds released, 07.; Nors-
ene and Ron Ferris, 85 eggs, 45
birds released, 53%; Gayle and
Billy Hunter, 104 eggs, 26 birds
released, 25%; Freddy, LeRoy and
Georgia Woolsey, 98 eggs, 70 birds,
71.4%; Doris and Carol Hunter,
Kelowna to the entrance to Yoho
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TONIGHT “American L e gion
post and auxiliary August meet-
ings, 8 p. in, Memorial Hall.
WEDNESDAY "A c t iv e C l u b
weekly dinner meeting, 6230 p.
m., Moose Hall.
THIIRSDAY~~City council meet-
ing, 8 p. m., city hall.
THURSDAY~~City league soft-
ball, p. m., Loop Field, two
games.
SWIM ELASS OVER;-
FUND lille SHORT
Rain: Attendance Lower
Than Past Years
Amidst pelting raindrops which
forced shortening of the carnival
program, the 12th annual swim-
ming and life saving classes came
to their conclusion Sunday at
Maple Beach.
The rain washed out the sched-
uled presentation of certificates
earned by the students in the var-
ious classes, but they may be ob-
tained at the men’s departmentf
at the L. M. store.
The list of award winners has
not yet been compiled by John
Replinger, Red Cross Water safety ‘
chairman, but will be available
for publication in Thursday's Jour-
nal.
The. list is somewhat smaller
than in previous years because of:
stiffer requirements in some of
the courses under new Red Cross
regulations, and also due to small-
er attendance at the classes this
year due to poor weather, in-
terruption of the class schedule
on one occasion, and to a change
made in the schedule on another
occasion, Red Cross Chairman
Myron Lund, one of the class in-
structors, said last night.
In the meantime, the transpor-
tation fund for the classes is
short of its goal. To date only
$22 has been donated to the fund,
while at least $40 is needed to
cover all transportation costs at-
tendant with operation of the
classes.
Donors who have not been ac-
knowledged so far include E. E.
Brewer, E. 'G. Rauschert, and H.
E. Lakeburg, each $1; Harold El-
lis, 50 cents: and Robert Rimmer
and Charles Wright, each 25 cents.
Previously acknowledged was a
total of $18.
Donations may be left at «The
Journal office or the men‘s de-
partment at the L. M.
SCCOnd Attempt
Due PM U. S. O.
1 Another attempt to reach the
$600 quota set for Mason County
in the USO. fund drive will be
made late this Week, Chairman
Vin Connolly announced yester-
day. I
A crew of saleswomen Will cov-
er the business district of Shel-
ton soliciting funds for the USO.
In the two-day button sale
conducted here in mid-July only
$250 was raised toward the total
quota, hence the added effort
scheduled for this week.
115 eggs, 37 birds, 32%.
Deckervllle Pheasant Club:
Anna Marie and Clarence Wil-
lardson, 48 eggs, 21 birds, 43%;
Abram Workman, 50 eggs, 19
birds, 38%; Leland Lonsberry, 60
eggs, 13 birds, 21.6%; Irvin Val—
ley, 90 eggs, 34 birds, 37.7%;
Rachel Nye, 39 eggs, 16 birds,
41%; Lucille Hansen, 60 eggs, 10
birds, 16.6%; Lillian and Gerald—
ine Ford, 157 eggs, 87 birds,
55.4%; Marjoris Ellison, 40 eggs,
no birds, 0%.
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Reunion 0? Class Of
’31 Slated Saturday
The Class of 1931 of Irene S.
Reed high school will hold a re-
union at Rau's Chicken Dinner
on Hood Canal August 9 start»
ing at eight o’clock, it was an-
nounced today.
Any member of the class desir-
ing transportation to the scene is
asked to contact Alice Edgely
Cooper. phone 305.
,AlllAllD.l.lST..SllY, .FORMANEWERS
[ tillery,
,today passing to the
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
DEFENSE UNIT GATHERS
MOMENTUM, STILL NEED
MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT
Cherry Tree In .
Bloom 2nd Time
At Phillips Home
Comes now R. R. Phillips,
Peninsular Railway Shop work—
man, with two contributions to
the horticultural oddity depart-
ment.
0f foremost oddity is the sec-
ond blossoming of the season for
a Montmorancy pie'cherry tree
in his yard on South Seventh
street. The ten-year-old tree has
already produced a crop of
cherries which Mr. Phillips es-
timated at 200 pounds this
spring. If the summer weather
lasts long enough he’s hoping
to get a second crop. It is the
first time the tree has produc—
ed a second crop of blossoms
and County Agent Clinton Ok-
erstrom reports such an occur-
rence is a rarity in the horti-
cultural world, particularly in
cherries.
Then the second Phillips con-
tribution is an extra large and
extra toothsome looking Pacific
Gold peach which Mr. Phillips
brought in from one of his
.peach trees. This peach happen-
ed to pick itself as its weight
caused it to loosen itself from
its grip on the branch. It
measures 13 inches around and
weighs eleven ounces.
“But I have others bigger
than that still on the tree and
I’ll bring one in when they are
ready to pick,” Mr. Phillips
promised.
ARMY T0 BOLSTER ‘
COUNUTY BRIDGES
Permission Granted by Commis-
sioners To Strengthen Spans
In Area Maneuvers Held
Certain bridges on Mason Coun-
ty roads lying Within the area
in which the big Army maneuvers
will be held this month will be.
strengthened by Army engineers
at no cost to the county as the
result of permission granted by
the board of county commission-
ers yesterday to the Army to go
ahead with such work.
A letter received by
from Major Taylor, president
of the Rents oard, 9th Field Ar-
requesting such permis-
sion was given immediate approv-a
al by the board. The Army man-
euvers are scheduled to get under
way August 15 With Southwest-
ern Mason County lying Within
the zone of action.
Approval of 'the State High-
way Department of the county's
proposed oiling of three miles of
the North Shore Road at a cost
of $3000 and of 1.5 miles of the
Allyn Road at a cost of $1500 was
received by the board yesterday.
A resolution from MasonCoun-
ty Pomona Grange objecting to
construction of a log ferry for
the Harstine Island run and rec-
ommending a scow type ferry was
received and filed by the board.
The board approved vacation of
a portion of Cushman Avenue in
Hoodsport when no objections
were raised at the public hear—
ing yesterday on a petition sub-
mitted some weeks ago by H. E.
Lockwood et a1 requesting the
vacation.
The board also approved the
proposed plat of Clifton Beach
Tracts Division No. 3 (a replat
of Clifton Beach Tracts No. 1)
when no objectors appeared at the
public hearing.
the board
State Purchases
Hatchery Ground
Deeds were placed on record
State of
Washington some 24 acres of
lands in the Upper Skokomish
valley. closing the deal for site
for the new state trout fish hat-
chery. A tract of 13.4 acres was
purchased from DeJa Eells for
around $1100; a tract of ten acres
from Howard Woolsey, and anoth'
er of one acre, including water
ri hts on Hunter Creek from
oyd Savage. With the lands se-
cured it is expected that the fish-
eries department Will soon get in-
to action on the hatchery building
program.
McConkey Pharmacy
Has Bargain Carnival
Offering many interesting items
to customers, McConkey Phar-
macy will conduct a. summertime
Bargain Carnival this week. A
‘ Two Appointments Made By Com-
missioner Brodie But Main
Organizational Details
Again Postponed
Again postponing its main or-
ganizational details because of
insufficient p u b l i c attendance,
some progress was made last
night toward molding the Mason
County unit of the National De-
fense Council into being at a
meeting at the courthouse when
Defense Commissioner Doane Bro-
die appointed Dean Carmen as
head of the auxiliary fire fighting
unit and Mrs. Virginia Lund as
head of the motor corps unit.
Another meeting was set for
next Monday night at the court-
,house at eight o'clock and Com-
missioner Brodie issued a fervent
appeal for far greater interest
from the public than has been
shown so far in an organization
which could be the agent for sav-
ing the homes and lives of hun-
dreds of persons in this area in
case war should come to America.
Must Be Prepared
Commissioner Brodie pointed
out to the gathering last night
the functioning of a home de-
fense organization such as this
one aims to be must be perfected
before the emergency arrives, as
it cannot be effective afterward
without previous practice.
“We must learn how to fight
fire created by bombs, how to
evacuate people from an area un-
der bombardment, how to help
the injured and wounded, how to
make use of our communications
and hoW to create substitutes for
damaged and destroyed communi-
cations now, not after the emer-
gency has arisen,” he pointed out.
“We need 40 or 50 men in the
auxiliary fire fighting unit alone,
not the eight we have signed up
so far. We need greater num-
bers all along the line and I’m
appealing to you folks here to-
night. to bring five more persons
along with you to next Monday’s
meeting."
Immediate Action Urged
Mayor William Stevenson, Coun-
ty Commissioner Robert Trenck-
mann. and Bernhard Winieckl,
called upon by Commissioner Bro-
die to express their thoughts on
the subject, concurred in the idea
that action must come now.
Fire Chief Dean Carmen. told
the group that a Tacoma fireman
is being sent to Maryland to
study effective ways of putting
out incendiary bombs and that
when he returned he would go
around speaking to the various
Defense Units explaining his find-
ings.
Prosecutor Frank Houston re-
minded the gathering that one
line of activity in which the De-
fense.Unit members can be of
great assistance is in keeping their
eyes and ears open for subversive
actions. which should be reported
to the F.B.I., police or sheriff im-
mediately.
Psychological Benefit
Representative Charles Savage
pointed out that one of the bene-
fits Of such an organization would
be to create the psychological
feeling of being prepared among
the people and would teach the
people how to work together.
Commissioner Trenckmann
commented that the American
people are too complacent about
emergencies, that they have be-
come used to letting the regular
fire department, the regular police
agencies, and so forth to take care
of events requiring trained ac-
tion because that is What the pub-
lic pays for. “But if war comes
we may find that these agencies
cannot handle the tremendous ex-
tra burden and then is when such
an organization as this needs to
be prepared to function efficiently
and effectively.”
Chairman Myron Lund of the
Mason County Red Cross pointed
out that the Red Cross through-
out the nation has been orgahized
and acting on a war-time pro-
gram since the first of the year
and assured the gathering that
all facilities of the Red Cross in
Mason County are available to the
Defense Unit.
“We might take the Red Cross
as an example of how it pays to
be prepared in advance for an
emergency.” Mayor Stevenson
POinted out. “if the Red Cross was
not organized and prepared for
an emergency it could not possibly
be so highly effective in floods,
fires. tornadoes, and other emer-
gencies."
Oyst r Bay Tide
Land Sold Today
At the sale of state tide lands
by the County Auditor today, part
of an offering of such lands in
front of Lots 2 and 3. Section 1,
Township 19, Range 3 west, on
Oyster Bay was purchased by the
applicants in small tracts. The
buyers were: James Hailies, 16.5
acres. $331; A. M. Adams, 3.03
acres, $60.60; J. P. Mills, 1.52
acres, $30.40; A. P. McMunn, 3.03
large advertisement on page six
of today’s Journal carries further
details of the event.
acres, $60.60; V. R. Canaday, 1.52
acres, $30.40; Puget Mill Co., 4.34
acres. $86.80.