by the U. S. Department of the Interior's
has confirmed that the portion of the
along the border of the Skokomish Indian
a part of the reservation, Dale Baldwin,
Director of the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
non-Indians fishing on this portion of the
to have tribal fishing permits, according
from Baldwin's office.
issued in response to a request from the
lal Council following the arrest by a tribal
23 of State Game Protector Allen W.
on a charge of fishing without a tribal
east
side of the river which he contended is not
issued last week the regional solicitor's
Under rules which the U. S. Supreme Court
applied to construction of Indian treaties the
Order of President U. S. Grant creating the
be construed as including the lower
the opinion with, George Dysart,
Assistant Regional Solicitor who did the research and signed
it, the Skokomish Tribal Council at a meeting Monday night
decided not to request the U. S. District Attorney in Seattle
to prosecute Rasmussen.
"The council considered that Rasmussen's action was a
demonstration rather than a serious fishing effort," said
Council Chairman Theodore Pulsifer. "Should the action be
repeated, however, the tribe will take the case to court."
Also present at the tribal council meeting were John
Weddel of the BIA's Portland office and Paul Clements and
William Franke of the Everett office.
A copy of the opinion, a 15-page document, was
delivered to the office of Governor Dan Evans Tuesday by
Dysart. Copies will also be sent the State Game and Fisheries
Departments and are available to other interested parties on
request, Dysart said.
Governor Evans was out of his office all day Wednesday
and not available for a statement.
The opinion sets forth in detail the Point No Point Treaty
negotiations by which the lower Puget Sound tribes,
including the Skokomish, peaceably ceded their lands to the
United States in return for their reservations, fishing and
hunting rights, and other considerations.
The opinion is also based on records relating to the
original surveys of the reservation boundaries and court
decisions on relevant cases involving Indian treaty rights.
Some of this material came from the Northwest historical
files of the Washington State Library in Olympia which were
researched by the regional solicitor's staff.
The opinion noted that at the treaty negotiations with
Governor Isaac Stevens in 1855 "'the Skokomish Indians were
concerned about their source of food and were assured that
the treaty gave them a home and secured their fish. They
were dependent upon the river for their livelihood and their
methods of fishing required that they be able to exercise
control over the river."
In his release summarizing the high points of the opinion
Baldwin stated:
"The Supreme Court has repeatedly said that 'treaties
with the Indians must be interpreted as they (the Indians)
would have understood them.' The reservation was
established for the 'use and occupancy' of the Indians and
was located at the mouth of the Skokomish River because
the Indians used that river as their principal source of fish.
"When the executive order described the reservation as
'beginning at the mouth of the Skokomish River; thence up
said river' to a described point, the Indians undoubtedly
understood that this included the entire width of the river,
and Governor Stevens' statements were undoubtedly
intended to assure them that they would keep the lower
river."
The Interior Department opinion said the Skokomish
situation was almost identical to one involving waters around
the Annette Islands in Alaska which the Supreme Court held
were part of that reservation.
The Supreme Court said: "'The Indians couldn't sustain
themselves from the use of the upland alone. Their use of the
adjacent fishing grounds was equally essential... The Indians
naturally looked on the fishing grounds as part of the island
and proceeded on that theory in soliciting the reservation."
The regional solicitor's opinion says that Governor
Stevens' assurances could not be "nullified by a design to
allow non-Indians to come on to the principal fishing area at
that home to remove fish free from the control of the
Indians."
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THESE BUSY BEAVERS in Azalee Snyder's first grade class at Evergreen
School wasted no time in putting their new crayons to work when Shelton
schools opened Wednesday morning.
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center Whitcomb, Justice Court office,
Byron McClanahan, county
nded by prosecutor, Mark Mitrovich, high
and law school teacher, Inn Quest Director
Varied Mike Gibson, and other local
and residents.
the two Law enforcement problems
discussed included drug use,
Quest is juvenile runaways, unwed
major mothers, vagrancy, and high
in law school dropouts.
That's Sheriff Robinson described
Youth the drag problem here in Shelton
ounty as typical of that in other
the communities.
Y.Shelton He was sharply contradicted
and by Wendy Erhart,. a recent
juvenile graduate of Shelton High School
and vohmteer worker at the Inn
ost of the Quest. "'l don't think ,the drug
been problem here is typical, 1 think it
reate theiris much worse than other
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found drugs, and like them."
She conceded education could
work in fighting the drug
problem, but only if it's done
through the youth's own peer
group.
Gibson explained that the
founders of the Inn Quest had
first talked of establishing the
center as a drug clinic, before it
evolved into the present youth
center. "We're basically looking
for the large mass of youth in the
middle; the group which is really
on the fringe and could go either
way in the drug scene," Gibson
said.
Woods, of the juvenile office,
told the assorted group the
county faced massive problems
with runaway youths and unwed
mothers, but felt there was little
the Inn Quest could do in
stopping the immediate problem.
"Runaways, particularly
among unhappy juv~enile girls, are
probably our biggest problem
here in Mason County," Woods
said. He said liis office has
handled over 100 eases so far this
year. i
In most cases, lunder the law,
his office has no '.choice but to
return the dissatisfied juvenile
back to the home he originally
tried to flee from, he said.
Foster homes are very poor in
Mason County, headded.
Robinson said there was a
direct relationship between
youths entering the area and the requests by juveniles since the
number of burglaries here. The new law went into effect, and
idea of a youth hostel was about ten marriage waivers
generally approved. However, because of pregnancy this year.
Wood added, "I don't see The dropout rate at Shelton is
anything wrong with the idea, but about 30 per cent, which is higher
people usually don't want to than the national average, hesaid.
provide such a service for persons The Inn Quest opened less
of a transient nature." than two months ago as a drop-in
Wood explained unwed center for Shelton youth.
mothers were yet another Operated as a non-profit
problem. He said the office had corporation, it's open 6 p.m. to 2
handled 1 2 to 15 abortion a.m. Friday and Saturday.
The Mason County Sheriff's
Office, juvenile Probation Office
and Shelton Police Department
will have all men on call this
weekend in anticipation of
problems, which might develop
from this weekend's Satsop River
Fair and Tin Cup Races.
The Labor Day event, first
legal rock festival held in
Washington State under terms of
music festival legislation passed
by the 1 97 1 Legislature, is
expected by its promoters to
attract3_0:000 participants.
The site of the rock festival is
across the county line into Grays
Harbor County a short distance
from the southwest corner of
Mason County. The site is about
five miles beyond Schafer State
Park.
Two Mason County roads
run to the vicinity of the site, the
Lost Lake Road and the Matlock
Road. The site is about 28 miles
from Shelton on the Lost Lake
Road.
Sheriff John Robinson said he
would have all members of his
force on duty this weekend with
all days off and vacations
cancelled from Wednesday
through Monday.
He stated he would
concentrate as much of his force
as practical in the southwest part
of the county, and, that if
additional help is needed, he can
call on outside assistance.
His force, Robinson said, will
concentrate primarily on traffic
control, but, will handle other
problems as they come up.
Juvenile Probation Officer
Gary Wood said temporary
juvenile detention facilities will be
set up in Grays Harbor county.
A straw ballot taken at the
Mason County Fair last weekend
shows that among the 259 voters
who cast ballots, Sen. Henry M.
Jackson was far and above all
other contenders as their current
presidential preference.
In the preference for
governor, Sen. Martin Durkan was
well ahead of all other
contenders.
Of those who voted, 37 were
between 18-20; 27 between 21
and 29;43 between 30 and 39; 38
between 40 and 49; 67 between
50 im.I 65 and 31 65 and older.
Of the group, 196 were
registered voters and 40 were not.
Of these, 154 said they were
Democrats, 35 were Republicans,
37 independents and 15 had no
party preference.
The results of the Democrat
presidential preference showed
Jackson with 127 votes; Sen.
Edward Kennedy with 22; Sen.
Edmund Muskie with 21; Sen.
Hubert Humphrey with 16; Sen.
George McGovern with 11 and
Sen. Birch Bayh with 2.
On the Republican side,
Richard Nixon had 23 votes, with
Gov. Ronald Regan 5 and Pete
McCloskey 1.
Durkan led the Democrat
field with 98 votes followed by
former Gov. Albert Rosellini with
44, Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman
with 40 and State Sen. Fred Dore
with 2.
On the Republican side, Gov.
Dan Evans led with 28 votes,
followed by Attorney General
Slade Gorton with 3, Secretary of
State Lud Kramer with 4 and King
County Executive John Spellman
with 3.
Jackson was the most popular
presidential candidate with all age
groups although his support was
weakest among tlvose under 30
and those over 65.
Kennedy was the second most
popular with the younger voters,
The Shelton City Commission
at its meeting Tuesday night
voted to take a three-block
section of E St. out of a proposed
street improvement LID.
City Engineer ttoward Godat
recommended to the commission
that the LID as proposed be
approved so bids could be called
and the work started as soon as
possible.
He stated that on the overall
project, protests were received
from 6.9 per cent of the property
affected and that on the E St.
section, the protests amounted to
37.7 per cent of the property.
Godat stated that according
to law, protests must amount to
more than 60 per cent of the
property affected before a
portion of the LID is cancelled.
Commissioners Glen Watson
Wood and Jerry Seipp, special
caseload supervisor in the juvenile
office here will be on duty over
the weekend. Wood said if
additional assistance is needed,
probation officers from other
counties can be called in to assist.
Shelton Police Chief Frank
SHELTON CRAFTSMEN are building this huge open-air stage at the site of
next weekend's Satsop River Fair and Tin Cup Race, just across the Mason
County line in Grays Harbor County. Mickey Westlund and Jeff Haskins,
coming in second behind Jackson
in the 18-20, 21-29 and 30-39
year old groups. Muskie was in
second place in the 40-49 year old
group and those over 65 while
Humphrey was second choice
among the 50-59 year-old group.
Durkan likewise was weakest
among the young and older voters
with those 18-20 preferring
Uhlman 10 to 4 with Rosellini
polling 5 votes.
Among those over 65, Durkan
polled 11 votes to ! 0 for Rosellini
while Uhlman got 2.
Among those 30 to 65,
Durkan showed his most strength,
polling 20 votes among the 30-39
age group to 7 for Uhlman and 5
for Rosellini; 16 among the 40-49
group with 5 for Rosellini and 2
for Uhlman and 34 among the
50-65 group with Rosellini getting
12 and Uhlman 6.
and David Kneeland stated they
believed the E St. section should
be taken out since there was a
higher percentage of protest in
that area and the people on that
section of the LID were not
contacted with a petition before
it was included. The petition was
signed by the city Park and
Recreation Commission. The
street on one side borders
Callanan Park.
Mayor Frank Travis stated he
believed the section of street
should be left in since the protests
did not amount to nearly enough
under the law to force
cancellation of it.
The commission discussed the
proposed property trade with the
Shelton School District for the
old Lincoln Gym site for a site for
a new city library building.
The commission told Library
Board Chairman Frank Maranville
investigation showed the
triangular piece of watershed
property adjoining the site of the
new Shelton High School in
which the school district is
interested was purchased by the
Water Department.
If this property was involved
in the trade, the commission said,
the general fund would have to
compensate the Water
Department for it.
The commission stated it
appeared the property could be
used in the trade if internal
problems could be worked out
and it appeared they could be.
The commission commented
that the property was purchased
in 1928 and that the city paid
$1,000 for about 11 acres.
Rains said his department will
have all members on stand-by in
case they are needed.
He stated his department
would be available to assist other
local departments if necessary and
to handle any problems which
might develop in the city.
plus a crew of fifteen Shelton men, have donated the labor to build the giant
platform, which is 60 feet wide by 50 feet deep. The 40-foot towers in the
foreground will hold speakers, some of which will measure 16 feet across.
