A] s
Tells Aetivians Of;
“Pk; Sabotage No. .‘
Now; Finger—
Fllc Amazing
\
‘_° interesting to hisi
,they kept him an-,1
t10118 longer than he,
main talk, Emcryl
agent for the Fed-
-he°f Investigation at‘
.of fi‘dqllal‘ters, reviewed
-., 15:51. duties for the,
,, night, pointing
e. No. 1 job of the
1,, ls Combating sabot-
luzal defense industries. ,
,, e2; despite the sccm- ,
«bmchous losses from:
.4. of 8th: press reports,
. gums a otage today mi
,. ,
trial plants is fari
prior to the
This reduction,
, , due to the F,B.I.'s:
: ,_ .oflrogram carried out
5,. a. survey made of
‘, Industrial plants
,I, In certain recom~
,‘l regaming precaution-i
bemg made to the’
0f the plants and
en carried out fully
ces.
"ling Record
{Lug up sabotage in-
td prevention as its
.118 F.B.I. had been
tusl‘ftly in kidnapings
‘l hlS country in the
1'. Bundy pointed
,. 9311. he added, made
bg record with solu-
UI two of over 200
‘has been called to
he
l
|
l
I
e FBI strongly ad-‘l
s“’If-‘(lppointed vigil- ‘
°rganizing and tak-
ga'tlons of subver-
gs It has been found
y ocent persons have
sachan irreparably in-
it Investigations due
y Which is unavoid-
With them.
ls aided much
ans y 1f the informa-
iE‘Ictetl individual or
1,,cal turned over to the
M laW enforcement
:5 Bundy said.
‘, Batu!) Explained
that the 17.3.1. is‘
f191d headquarters
“he 2400 active agents
: atFlam to each 100,-,
Ion in the U. S.l'
“ from applicants
iices of and 35:
ecollegcI degrees in
,edmg or. who have
y ge of foreign lan—
hmare all trained vig-
I“Oughly before be-
]:éitéve service and
888- nce a year for
of course, the bur-
‘ S of clerks, sten-
‘ de 8: etc, to handle
e_ ils.
" hlS'hly important
, e bureau is its
°rifingerprint, file,
£°lntcd out. The
fWords of 23 mil-
, ‘ 1nS'erprints in its
ignq an additional
bei Its civilian file,
, crflg‘ prints of per-
‘énulmlnal record who
& their prints in to
.3 g v§luable procedure
etcyictims of amnes-
HE
D-
‘fingerprints is a
iim‘leas in which cer-
usgélaractéristlcs of
g A fls guides, Mr.
any fingerprint may
as 150 different
but the courts
35 positive proof
any fraction of r
12 identical char-
~. I nown print.
1" aid that there nev-
., 0
ei
.‘5‘
.A
.vf
. 0n
,FRIDAYeroose Lodge weekly
. MONDAY—Civilian
‘ FRIDAY—Thi rd annual
l
lvided for the qualifying round,
MOODY ,
603.7 5. E.
.,F PORTLANL, passer
“ ‘. I. Anticipating
. .oteurs, Reducing
e In This War;
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TONIGHT~~City council‘s semi-
monthly meeting, 8 p. m., city
hall.
meeting, 8 p. m., Moose Hall.
SATURDAY-#Superior court, 10
a. m., courthouse.
SATURDAY7~Kiddics’ story tcll-
ing hour, 2:30 to 3:30 p m.,
Shelton Public library.
MONDAYvCounty commission-
ers weekly meeting, 10 a. m.,
courthouse.
MONDAYhEaglcs aeric weekly
meeting. p. m., MOOSE Hall.
D c f e n s 0.
Council weekly meeting, 8 p. m.,
courthouse. I
MONDAY-»—-Clvilian Defense aux-
iliary fire unit, p. m., city fire
hall, first study meeting.
TUESDAY—sKiwanis club lunch-
eon meeting, noon, Shelton Ho-.
tel.
Mason
County 4-H Fair, 10 a. m., to
D. O.
86TH
VOL. LV—NO. 67
This Disguise Wouldn't
Be EIIeCtivc During War
Army officials perhaps should crew. They
thank Lyle “Red” Bassett for a
valuable lesson.
That is, don't disguise spies as
meter readers.
Bassett, meter reader for Pub-
lic Utility District 3. proved un-
deniably Monday that a meter
reader “get-up” won't work, even
for a genuine metcr reader like
he_is.
Making his monthly rounds on
his motorcycle in the Kamilchc
district Monday, reading P.U.D. 3
meters for August bills, Bassett
was “captured” three times by
sentries of the “defense force”
now engaged in the Army man-
euvers currently being held in this
area.
Bassett was able to talk his
11 p. m., Lincoln gym.
SATURDAY——Sr-cond and l a s t
clay of Mason County 4-H Fair,
10 a. m., to 11 p. m., Lincoln '
gym.
TWOEESEPIIIEES
PUT UP FOR BEST
QUALIFYING FISH
Heaviest Silver Salmon Caught In
Qualifying Round by Women,
Men To Be Worth $5
Two $5.00 cash prizes for the
biggest silver salmon caught in;
the qualifying round of the second
annual Shelton silver salmon der—
which gets under way next
Sunday, were approved by the
sponsoring committee yesterday,
Chairman Claire Tozier announc-
ed.
Last year no prizes were pro—
but in anticipation of a consid—
erably larger entry list in the 1942:
derbv, the committee yesterday!
voted to award $5 in cash for the
largest silver salmon caught by a
male entrant and $5 in cash for
the largest silver salmon caught
by a feminine entrant during the
qualifying, which closes October
way out of his first “capture” but
the second time it\. wasn't so sim-
ple. His captors were a skeptical
l
l
l
our!
Consolidated with
SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Thursday, August 21, 1941.
were firmly convinc-
ed their “prisoner” was an “in—
vader” spy in disguise, and they
dragged him off to field head-
quarters in a secluded wooded
area to be questioned by the of-
ficers in charge.
Bassctt showed his meter book.
“Faked,” said his captors.
Bassett had an inspiration, and
produced his draft deferment card
in triumph.
“Counterfeit,” was the reply.
Other articles of identification
on his person were as futile in
convincing his captors, and it
wasn’t until residents of the dis-
trict positively identified him that
Bassett secured his release.
Then came the third “capture.”
It was simple. Bassett merely re-
lated what had already befallen
him and the sympathizing sol-
diers hurried him on his way..
l
UNLIMITED EEC
ENLISTMENT lS
NOWMAVAILABLE
Applicants Taken Any Time In
Any Numbers; Defense
Skills Taught
Unlimited enrollment in the
CCC is now available to Mason
County youths between the ages
of 17 and 24 inclusive, Glen Rat-
cliff, new Mason County welfare
administrator, reported yesterday,
with enlistments taken at any
time applicants appear.
Formerly specified enrollment
periods were named and-quotas
set, but now any number will be
taken at any time they apply at
the Mason County welfare office
in the Social Security building at
Sixth and Railroad.
Enlistments are for a period of
six months, although honorable
discharges may be obtained at any
time a boy proves he has private'
employment awaiting him. There
are no restrictions such as finan-
26.
The finals will be held Novem-
ber 2 with anglers catching the
sixty heaviest silver salmon dur-
ing the two months of the qual-
ifying period earning places in
the finals.
Prizes which will be awarded
to the finalists won't be determin—
ed until after the qualifying per—
iod closes and will depend entirely
on the number of entries in the
derby. The committee anticipates
a considerable increase over the
135 entrants in last years derby
and predict at least 200 entries in
the 1942 event.
And now for the confessions
department. In our Tuesday story
we mis-worded Rule 8 to say that
two or more “cannot fish from
the same boat,” when actually the
rule allows as many to fish from
the same boat as wish, both in
the qualifying and in the finals.
Pardon us, we hope all entrants
take note of the correction.
Nash Brothers To
Give Away 1,000
1,
cial dependency or need any long-
er, CCC enlistment being open to
any young'man within the age
bracket, Administrator Ratcliff
pointed out.
CCC boys are paid $30 a month,
of which $15 is deposited to the
enrollees credit and the other
$15 sent to dependent relatives if
desired, otherwiSe also deposited
to .the boy’s credit and saved for
him until his discharge.
Boys who apply here will be
provided transportation to the
nearest CCC camp, at present at
Quilcene.
The CCC is now offering train-
ing in national defense skills, Ad-
ministrator Ratcliff explained, al-
though not neglecting its primary
purpose of forest patrol, but at
the same time is attempting to
prepare its enrollees to step into
good jobs when their enlistments
are up.
Nalley Barn Fire
Loss Estimated
Around $20,000
Gallons Of Oil
Offering 1000 gallons of free oil
to his customers, Walt Nash 0f
Nash Brothers is opening his fall
Oil appliance campaign with a
large advertisement on page five
fingerprints ex-
burn the 23 million
yinealls file, pretty
, auchg l(he saying that
v thing as identi-
“ ‘Of the fingerprint
grown in the fact
ant 0f the finger-
t0 the bureau by
II'CEment agencies
, 0'3 prove to be
criminals, and
ance the capture
.Ves.
. All Agencies
to F‘.B.I. fingerprinti
‘ {111 local law en-
gwcles in the U. s.
itelg‘n countries also
I Mr. Bundy said.
. maisofurnishes free
Brief Information on
k. Add 3 and make files
.4,
n
. ac-
., times detrimen-
tions. Mr. Bundy
"18 publicity with
tention on law
led to greater
the public. This
g Said, is greatly
‘ , 638. critical days
\ ' ‘ *be active coopera—
eau of all per-
cial positions.
lving splendid co-
0931 law enforce-
d from men in
but the man-in-
‘rcan be of great
ePorting any un-
nay happen to no-
, agent said.
“Weather, Shelton
e“ wives and girl
With 25 to 30
GI‘apeview Sun-
sl'ltilton Hotel at
of today's Journal.
Mr. Nash announced that he
would give from 55 to 100 gallons
of free oil to purchasers of any
oil heater, furnace or oil range
as long as the supply of fuel lasts.
Nash Brothers are featuring
Spark oil heaters, H. C. Little
floor furnaces and Quick-Meal oil
ranges at their store. A large
stock of Spark heaters and H. C.
Little floor furnaces just arrived
this week, in addition to the stock
of oil ranges already on the floor.
LOGGER HURTS SHOULDER
Earl Hall, Simpson Logging CO-
employe, was treated at Shelton
Hospital yesterday for a minor
shoulder injury. 3""
Young men in Mason County
who are interested in enrollmcnt
in the National Defense training
courses should contact the reP'
resentative of the Washington
State Employment Service at the
Court HouSe in Shelton on TUeS'
days between 8:00 AM. and 4100
PM. each week, or call at We
main office at 522 Capitol Way 1“
Olympia. This course is open to
men between the ages of 18 31151.
40 who can furnish birth certifl-
cates, and are in a position to
provide their own board and IOdg‘
ing while taking the trainlng-
At the present time the follow-
ing job openings are available at
the Olympia office, and persons
'interested in them are requeSted
to register there at once for wol‘
——a draftsman — steamfitters - 8-
tabulating‘ machine operator '— a
k workers,
structural steel layout man r’. a
{luck Rowe an-
,wood pattern maker —‘ an engme
Firc believed to have started
from spontaneous combustion in
green hay completely destroyed
the large, valuable barn on the
Nalley property on the Skokomish
flats yesterday.
No accurate figures were avail-
able today on the loss involved in
the conflagaration. but a large
quantity of hay and some equip
ment of an undetermined nature
and valuation were' reported to
have been lost with the building,
which included penthouse quarters
as well as stock quarters.
Some Sheltonians familiar with
the structure estimated a value
of around $15,000 on the building,
$4000 on the hay, plus whatever
machinery was lost. No stock
was reported to have been killed
in the blaze.
A crew from the state forestry
fire hall here was sent out to at-
tempt to control the fire but was
unable to stem the progress, it
had gained such headway.
DEFENSE TRAINING COURSE
REGISTRATION.
DAY TUESDAY
lath? operator -— and floor mould-
ers in an iron foundry.
Bean. pickeres are urgently
needed in Thurston County start-
mg 1mmediately. There is a good
bean Crop this year, and the sea-
son lasts about 30 days. Men.
women and children are eligible
for this employment, and can
mfike gOOd wages at the current
prices for picking,
There are other jobs listed also,
8.8 Oqcupational interviewers ——
hOP Pickers production clerks
farm hands —— and salesmen.
Domestic employees, as house-
keepers. day workers, maids and
cooks can be placed any time-
The Employment Office is regu-
larly receiving calls for office
sales people and many
others
Interested persons should regis-
ter 38 soon as possible‘, for these
who won’t last.
MILK UP CENT PER
QUART EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER FIRST
Price To Be 12c; Sunday Deliver-
ies To Be Discontinued By
Some Distributors
The retail price of milk in
Shelton and vicinity will advance
to 12 cents per quart on Sept-
ember 1st, according to announce-
ment of the nine distributors of
the district made today.
The increased cost of operation,
supplies and materials makes the
adjustment in the price of milk
and cream necessary according to
the distributors. Shelton is one
of the last communities to in-
crease the price of milk, most
other towns and cities of West—
ern Washington having already
been paying higher prices for their
milk.
Consumers using sixty quarts
or more may benefit by a gallon
price of 44 cents. The present
retail price of milk locally has
been 11 cents a quart.
The local Creamery and some
other distributors will discontinue
Sunday deliveries beginning Sept-
ember 7, as announced in the
Journal last April.
Further information on changes.
in both price and delivery will be
made in announcements next
week.
Third Annual 4—H
Fair In Lincoln
Gym Next 2 Days
With everyone trying “tooth and
toenail” for first prize, exhibits
at the Mason County 4-H Fair
which will be held in Lincoln gym
Friday and Saturday shape up as
the finest as a group the annual
event has yet boasted, reports
County Agent Clinton Okerstrom.
Several exhibitors have put in
a full extra day than they have
in previous fairs, he mentioned.
In addition to the home eco~
nomic clubs, granges, floral and
4-H exhibits, the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration and the
Bonneville Power Administration
have both taken large exhibit
spaces, Okerstrom reported.
Concession booths featuring
eats and refreshments, as well as
numerous games, will also have
prominent places in the scheme
of “fair things."
The fair opens daily at 10
o’clock and continues until late
in the evening, around 10:30 or
11 o’clock, or Whenever the crowd
begins to thin out.
Judging of the exhibits will be
done by A. M. Richardson, Pierce
County agent»
Board Rescinds
Reward Offered
For Information
Upon the advice of Prosecutor
Frank Heuston, the board of coun-
ty commissioners Tuesday with-
drew the reward Offer it had made
some months ago for information
leading to the arrest and convic-
tion of persons destroying road
signs and dumping garbage on
road sides.
The action followed Houston’s
receipt of a letter from the state
attorney general’s office pointing
out that the board had no power
to offer such a reward inasmuch
as 'the offenses for which the re-
wards were offered are not classi-
fied as misdemeanors.
The decision was sought fol-
lowmg a case where information‘
was supplied to the board result-
ing in the arrest of a person sus-
pected of dumping garbage on a.
county roadside, but no conviction
was obtained and the party sup-
p1ymg the information sought to
make the county pay the reward.
The board also passed a reso-
lution at the suggestion of King
county officials urging the fed-
eral govornment to allot sufficient
funds to maintain and continue
numerous necessa N.Y.A. 1'0-
jects in this state.ry p
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RANKING Ali-ET
OFFICIALS DUE
THIS WEEKEIIE
oral Marshall Expected Here
To Witness Maneuvers; Dc-
fense Gains Ground
Talk on the streets and from
Army officers who should know
today was that Secretary of W'ar'
Stimson and General George Mar-
shall, commanding officer of the1
U. S. Army, Were due to fly from
Washington, D. C., this weekend
to view progress of the Army
maneuvers and would visit head-
quarters of the “Blues” or de—
fendlng troops, which is situated
close to Shelton in the Lake Isa-
bella. district.
The “Blues,” battling to hold
their positions until reinforce-
ments arrive from California and
which are now preparing to go
into action, yesterday gained tw’o
miles in this sector with a sur—
prise attack which pushed the
“Reds” or invaders west toward
Matlock and farther from the
western ’city limits of Shelton,
This followed another gain re—
ported by Blue headquarters Tucs—
day night.
Get Aecustomed
The Blues' success was said by‘
some soldiers to be due to the
fact that they are getting used,
to the multiple man—power rep—
resented by the Red soldiers, each
of whom supposedly represents
ten men, a fact the Blues re-
portedly found confusing at first.
The “mosquito” fleet stationed.
at Henderson Inlet, opposite Har-‘
stine Island, proved of consider-
able value to the defense troops
Tuesday when they were called
upon to transport infantry across
Puget Sound to Allyn, where an
invader thrust toward Bremerton.
was reported being made and
which was repulsed. '
Army officials of the 9th Corps,
said the “mosquito” fleet was
given its baptism as Army in~
fantry carriers in this action.
Twelve of the small but swift
and powerful motorboats carried
400 infantrymen across the sound
to intercept a tank batallion,
which was laboring over rough
terrain.
Landed At Allyn
The boats landed the 7th In-
fantry detachment at Allyn,
where a narrow neck of land
less than two miles wide betWeen
the Sound and Hood Canal made
an *ideal place to halt the enemy
advance. As long as the infan-
trymen held their ground no one—
my contingent could get through
by land to Bremerton.
Soldiers of the maneuvering_
troops were finding Sheltoniansi
eager to assist in making their
stay here pleasant, and local
residents have had nothing but,
praise for the character and ac—'
tions of the soldiers. Their cour-
tesy and clean-cut appearance on
the whole have drawn much fa-,
vorable comment from the civil-'
ians.
The reading and recreational
room established in the old post-
office building by the W.C.T.U.
has been a favorite spot for so]-
diers with a. few minutes to
spare, although so far the boys
in khaki have been kept mighty
busy .and have had little time to
relax.
The showers at Lincoln gym
have been in constant use since
being turned over to the Army
and now the junior high showers
have also been put into service
to give soldiers baths.
Residents near spots where sol-
diers are bivouaced have been
sending highly appreciated snacks
——sandwiches, cake, pastries, etc.
——down to the boys and in some
instances have “rescued” some
who appeared to have been.for-
gotten by their outfits and left
without meals by having them in
for dinner.
A group of Shelton men enjoyed
a ride in a blitz—buggy Tuesday
night and were amazed at its
performance. Attorney D o a n e
Brodie, one of the group of five
in this case, reported that State
Patrolman Cliff Aden piloted the
little vehicle with five passen-
gers in it and it climbed a grade
_ , young
-Secretary Of War Stimson, Gen-l
'ity more pleasant?
steeper than any ordinary car
would ever be able to go up, then
did the same thing in reverse.
Yakima Visitor
Passes At Agate
Funeral services will be held in
Yakima for Mrs. Helen Hoptowitt,
70, of Yakima, who passed away
at the Agate home of‘ her daugh—
ter, Mrs. Helen Dunn, yesterday.
Mrs. Hoptowitt was here on a
visit. She is survived by six
other daughters, Mrs. Kate Wall—
aurtsa, Mrs. Eledwina Fayette,
Mrs. Florence Olney, Mrs. Theresa
Nash, and Edith and Martha Hop-
towitt, all living in Yakima; by
her husband, Lewis, and a son,
Lester, also both of Yakima; by
14 grandchildren and one great
grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Lyla
Adams of Skokomish, Mrs. Mar-
tha Bruen of Yakima; and five
brothers, Lewis LeGlair, Marys—
ville, Wash, Edward LeClair, Se-
attle, and Jack, Ernest and Dewey
LeClair, all of Yakima. .
Shelton Mothers Asked
To Bake For Soldiers
To the Mothers of Shelton
and Mason County:
We are being honored by the'
presence of many of our finest
men from all over our
country. What can we do to
make their stay in our commun-
How about
getting out “yo old cooky recipe”
and baking up a couple of batch-
es and sending them down to
the W.C.T.U. Hostess House to be
used Saturday night and Sunday.
Apples, plums and pears or fresh
fruit of any kind would also be
very welcome. ,
h
Shelton Independent
I our bit.
. —.ra-.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Today is our opportunity to doi
Yesterday is gone for-
ever. Tomorrow never comes. Let
us make the most of this oppor-
tunity to show our appreciation
to these boys away from home
and do it TODAY.
We still need easy ,chairs,
lamps, magazines and books. A
radio would be most welcome. If
you will serve as a hostess, stop
and register at the Hostess House.
The committee in charge is Mrs.
W. F. Roberts, Mrs. W. H. Snel-
grove and. Mrs. Ed Miller.
ENE). POWER TO
HIT ARCADIA TIP
BY THIS WEEKEND
work On Deckervillc Loop Exten-
sion Progressing Well, Ald-
ed By Clearing Of
Residents
Electric power will be available
to all Arcadia district residents
right down to the tip of Arcadia
Point by this weekend as Public
Utility District 3 crews are now
completing the last details of the
final three-mile extension of P.
U.D. lines to reach that area, P.
U.D. Manager E. W. Johnson re-
ported yesterday.
The district’s W.P.A. workmen
are making good progress in pre-
paring the right—of—way for the
eight or nine miles of lines which
will constitute the Deckerville
loop out of Matlock, next project
on the district‘s expansion calen-
dar.
That work is being enhanced
through the voluntary clearing
done by residents of the area re-
cently which will permit an earlier
arrival of power to their homes.
Manager Johnson said the
Deckervillc loop work has not
been slowed up in the least by
the Army maneuvers covering the
only praise for the way the sol-
diers have handled themselves in
Brod1e Clerk Of
New C1v11 Board
Former Mayor L. D. Hack was
son at the new board's first of-
ficial meeting Tuesday night.
Baumgartner, barber, is the third
definite date for holding an ex-
man Hack said the examination
would be held as quickly as the
same general territory and had
regard to the public.
D
Hack Chalrman,
named chairman of the new
civil service board appointed last
week by Mayor William Steven-
At the same time, Attorney
Doane Brodie was selected as
clerk of the board and also as
its examining officer. William
member of the new board.
The new board did not Set a
amination to create a list of eli-
gible candidates from which the
present vacancy in the city police
staff will be filled, but Chair-
board can get full particulars on
the proper procedure.
The board has not taken any
formal applications for the ex-
amination yet, although several
candidates have already signified
their desire to do so. .
Dancing Classes To
Be Held Wednesdays
Opening of the Hollywood Dan-
C‘ing Studios in Olympia, with
SFlecial classes to be conducted in
Shelton, was announced this
week.
The Shelton classes will be held
at the Memorial hall on Wednes-
days.
Teachers at the new dancing
school will be Raymond Petty and
Delores Griffin, who have just re-
turned from study in Chicago and
New York. Further details will
be found in an advertisement in
tonight’s Journal.
DEFENSE COUNCIL
TO CONCENTRATE
ONASUPPLY UNIT
Auxiliary Fire Unit Already On
Its Own, Will Start Study
Monday At ‘Fire Hall
I
Having placed one of its units
~~the auxiliary fire unite—on its
feet and sent it off on its own
path, the Civilian Defense Coun-
cil will turn its attention to or-
ganization of a supply unit at
next Monday's weekly meeting,
scheduled in the courthouse at
eight o’clock, Commissioner Doane
Brodie reminded the public today.
Some attention no doubt will
also be devoted to pushing ahead
with the transportation unit,
which has a start already through
the Red Cross Women’s Motor
Corps and the National Service
League Motor Corps with Mrs.
Myron Lund as chairman.
Commissioner Brodie pointed
out at this week’s meeting that
the Civilian Defense Council is
being relied upon to handle any
emergency which arises in case
of war coming to these shores,
that it must organize entirely up-
on its own initiative, funds and
equipment, and with the hope that
its services will never be necessary
but with the fear that they might.
“To undertake this responsi—
bility calls for generous and
wholehearted response from. the
public," Commissioner Brodie
pointed out, “a much greater re-
sponse from the public than has
been evident so far.”
FIRE UNIT MEETING
AT CITY HALL MONDAY
The 21 volunteers of the aux—
iliary fire unit of the Civilian
Defense Council, and all others
interested in becoming members,
will hold their first study ses-
sion under Chairman Dean Car-
men, Shelton fire chief, next
Monday evening at eight o’clock
at the city fire hall.
General fire fighting technique,
valuable for use in private as
well as public situations, will
comprise the study program in
the early stages, Carmen said,
with later specialized instruction
in such things as fighting in-
cendiary bombs, etc.
Kids’ Story Hdur
At 2:30 Saturday
Kiddies between the ages of
six and twelve years are invited
by Mrs. Laura K. Plumb, Shelton
public librarian, to make a date
at the library this Saturday af-
ternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 o’clock.
That is when the first of a ser-
ies of weekly story telling hours
will be held by Mrs. Harold Christ-
ian, member of the Wichita Falls,
Texas, Story Tellers League, a
chapter of the National Story
League.
Cub Pack Picnic At
Maple Beach Sunday-
Members of the Bordeaux grade
school Cub Pack and their par-
ents will enjoy a picnic at Maple
Beach on Lake Isabella next
Sunday starting at ten o‘clock and
lasting throughout the day.
Swimming, sports, and cats
will be enjoyed by the group. A
potluck picnic will be served.
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BURNING LAND TO INCREASE '
PASTURE IS GREAT FALLACY
Olympia, Aug. 20.———Dog days
are here again, the time of year
when old traditions, as well as
the State Division of Forestry,
say human beings often act with-,
out reason or responsibility. “One
of the most harmful and irra-
tional acts of human beings these
August days," said T. S. Good-
year, State forester, “is the burn-
ing of cut—over lands with the
idea that burning makes good
pasturage.
"No greater fallacy could be
imagined,” Goodyear continued,
“than that periodic burning in-
creases the amount of grass and
other forage plants. Experiments
at the State Forestry nursery
show beyond any doubt that burn-
ing at first seems to increase
forage material, but that a sec-
ond burning causes noxious weeds
weed patch of no value and of
considerable danger.
“Thousands of acres of useless
lands are visible in this State,
made so by some rancher’s desire
to get cattle fodder quickly. Burn-
ing destroys ground minerals es-
sential to growth of both grass-
es and trees. Continued burning
will make a dust bowl.
“In the past years we have
seen as many as 40,000 acres thus
burned over in one season, but
it seems likely that farmers and
ranchers are at last finding out
the terrible cost, for during 1940
over in the mistaken idea of get-
ting pasturage. Let us hope, for
the good of the State, that this
year the figure will be even low-
er. We don’t want Washington,
even in part, forced into the Dust
Bowl list of states just because
and shrubs, which are more hardy
than grasses, to take possession
of the ground and turn it into a
some misguided farmers want to
make “quick pasture’ for a few
goats and sheep."
we had but 5,966 acres burnedl
PLYIIOOD MILL
ADDS SECIlNIl
SHIFT OF MEN
Plant's Personnel And Production
. Approximately Doubled With
Yesterday’s Addition; Third
Shift Planned
Olympic Plywood, Shelton‘s new-
est major industry, added a sec-
ond shift consisting of approx-
imately 50 men yesterday, Presi-
dent C. J. Macke announced to-
day, practically doubling the
plant’s daily output.
Plans for a third shift are also
in the making, he said, but it
will not be added until the pres-
ent crew becomes accustomed to
the routine.
Insofar as possible, local resi-
dents are being hired, Mr. Macke
said, which necessitates allowance
for training in jobs to which few
have had any previous exper-
ience.
Training Period
Not until these new men he-
come reasonably efficient at their
new work will the third shift be
added to the plywood plant’s per-
sonnel so that men can be taken
from the other two shifts to fill
the key positions in the third
shift, even as was done in put-
ting on yesterday’s additional
staff, the company president ex-
plained.
The present two shifts, each
of about 50 men, are working
daily S-ho stretches, 40 hours
a. week, wi h Saturday and Sun-
day off.
Plant Work Continues
The new plywood plant is grad-
ually being completed along with
the intricacies of ironing out pro—
duction Wrinkles which are bound
to» come up in theistarting of a
new plant, Mr. Macke comment-
ed, and the company offices, too,
are slowly being improved and
some of the plant’s own product
is being used to finish up the
interior.
Another improvement recently
finished and for which the plant's
staff is greatly appreciative is
completion of the new Eagle Point
road extension leading to the
plant.
Distraint Action
Instituted Against
Tax Delinquents
Distraint notices were served
on six Mason County residents
having delinquent personal prop-
erty taxes dating back to 1931
yesterday by the county treas-
urer’s office while numerous other
notices have been prepared and
will be served as quickly as the
parties can be located, Treasurer
Omer L. Dion announced today.
Since the threat of distraining
action was first voiced a. month
ago by the treasurer’s office many
persons owing delinquent person-
al property taxes have paid up,
Dion said, and numerous others
have made arrangements to do so.
In a number of cases involving
the distraining action the original
tax bill has been doubled by in-
terest, which piles up at t h e rate
of 10 per cent a year, with the
added sum of the costs of the
distraint action also being tacked
on to more further raise the total
owed the county, Dion pointed
out. The smallest cost of action
is $2.75, but the average is prob-
ably close to $5, he said.
Now that the personal prop-
erty tax distraint action is under
way and rolling, the treasurer’s
office is preparing to take drastic
action in September to collect de-
linquent current taxes, Dion
warned.
J. Ejones, Long
Resident, Dies At
Pickering Home
Mason Cohnty lost another of
its pioneer residents today in the
death of Jacob E. Jones, 76, at
his Pickering home after an ill-
ness of the past year.
He had lived in Mason County
since 1888.
Funeral arrangements had not
reen announced this afternoon at
press time.
Survivors include his widow, Jes-
sie, three sons, Alfred W., and
Keith E., both of Shelton. and
Harold E.. stationed in China
with the American Asiatic fleet;
four daughters, Mrs. Ellinor Gos-
ser, Mrs. Edna. Whitaker, Miss
Laurice and Miss Shirley, all of
Shelton; three grandchildren; two
brothers, Alfred W., of Kansas,
and Will A., of Arkansas; and
two sisters, Mrs. George Buford
and Mrs. John Arnold, both of
Kansas.
SCHOOL OPENING DELAYED
In order to give parents, stu—
dents and teachers a chance [to
enjoy the Labor Day holiday
and to give teachers a dishes
to get prepared for school
opening, the 1941-42 school
term in both Shelton and rural
Mason County schools has been
'set back a day to September 3,
a, joint announcement by City
Supt. H. E. Loop and County
Supt; J. E. Martin said late
this'atternoon.