Page Four
Nations! Fire
Mrs. Harold Adolph
Visits With Uncle I
Mrs. Harold Adolph, nee Kattie
Carstairs, of Normal, Illinois,
neice of Joseph Carstairs, made a1
brief visit here on Sunday at her.
uncle’s home. She also visited the’
home of Mr. and Mrs. MelpDob~l
son. Mrs. Adolph is west on busi-I
ness. She was accompanied here!
by J. E. Frail, her cousin, who is,
a teacher at Lincoln High in Ta-
coma.
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Fire Strikes in Midst of Flood
At height of the flood in Salinas, Kans., when the Smoky Hill river ,
flowed three feet deep through parts of the city, fire broke out in i
Claflin Hall, city park recreation building, burning it
p of the water.
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with fire by dry clean-
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log your clothes
Be
avoid danger of explo-
sions and painful burns
by sending all your
cleaning to our mod-
ern plant. Our prices
home. safe
CLEAN YOUR \
are reasonable;
transportation
service is f a s t;
the workers leave the
your clothes are clean- States.
ed erfectl .
p y tions at the local office
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Yard at Honolulu.
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Mason County Steam
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Laundry and Dry
Cleaners
Phone 88
Olympia.
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additional
any of these positions.
tional industry classes.
Guard Your Home Against Fire With
SAFE WIRING
Don’t expose your Home, your Dear Ones and your
Valuables to fire by careless or unexpert. wiring
in your home H '
HAVE YOUR WIRING CHECKED
MAKE YOUR HOME, SAFE
Have wall plugs installed at convenient places and
eliminate dangerous, unsightly extensions.
INFORMATION and ESTIMATES Gl'adly Supplied
SHELTON ELECTRIC co.
Govey Building
B. W. Soper, ‘Prop. Phone 154-VW
4-of-d-kz'na’ FREAK FIRES.
Actual happening: with a moral for
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Sun focused through
goldfish bowl sets
fire to curtains
Sun glasses fire
shavings packed around
tennis tourney prize
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Sun reflected by
auto mirror sets
cushion on the.
Sheet music fired
by sun focusing
through window pane
"17m never can tell”—- so why not
insure adequately N OW?
M. C. (Neil) ZINTHEO
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
Phones: Office 157 — Residence 183-W
Title Insurance Building
ers are needed on this job.
expenses will
paid and salaries start as soon as
United
Further information can
be obtained regarding these posi-
of the
Employment
Service at 522 Capitol Way
The Employment Ser-
vice representative can be con-
tacted at the Court House
Shelton every Tuesday between
the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p.
He will gladly furnish any
information regarding
Alice Helenius, manager of the.
local office states that they are
still recruiting trainees for na-
This in-
struction is for jobs in the air-
craft and ship building industries.
IWANNA SEE HAWAII? EXPENSES ‘
l PAID, JOB GUARANTEEDgflEADl‘:
The United States Navy De-
partment is recruiting workers for
in the Pearl Harbor Navy
Laborers and
helpers, as well as skilled work-
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cants for this training must be in;
good physical condition and have:
their birth certificates. ‘
Here Are More, Too
Mrs. Helenius also states that
the following list of jobs are avail-.
able at the present time to work—l
ers who can qualify . . . A col-i
lege teacher of economics . . . a
tabulating machine operator . .
a general all-round accountant
. floor moulders . . . a planer'
operator and milling machine op-
erators . . . a nurse maid to care
for 2 young children . . . a steno-
grapher . . . a lumber yard man- i
ager . . . a mechanical draftsmani
. a circular head saw operator
. . a credit clerk in a department
store . . . a male cook . . .
dish washer.
“These are only samples of the:
jobs that are coming into the Em-
ployment Service every day, says
Mrs. Helenius, “and persons in-
terested in employment at this
time would do well to contact the
Employment Office."
United States Civilian volun-
teers for the British Civilian Tech-
nical Corps will be sought in thisl
district, Manager Alice Helenius'
of the "Olympia office of ~the'Wash-
ington State Employment Service
told the Shelton-Mason County
Journal today.
Agent For B.C.T.C. :,
The Washington State Employ~‘
ment Service has been designated}
as the place Where persons inter-
and a;
raise 25,000,000 seedlings. I I .
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have , hearts
‘controlled fires
ljunior forests
. Washington are
SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
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STATE LUMBEEMEEANNoENCE
STEADEAST DESIRE TO K E E P
WASHINGTON ROADSIDES GREEN
I study reveals some startling facts:
By Roderic Olzendam, Public
Relations Counsel West Coast
Lumbermen’s Association. l
(Tacoma News—Tribune digest
of an address given at the
Wenatchee convention of the
Washington State Good Roads
Association).
The lunlbermen of Washingtoni
desire to cooperate with all in—
terested people in an honest ef—l
fort to restore and preserve road-i
side beautye —.a very definite part
of Keeping Washington Green. W'e ,
are acting in the following speci-
fic ways:
(1) At a very considerable ex-
pense we have started a 42-acre
Forest Industry Tree Nursery be-I
tween Tacoma and Olympia, where
in the next five years We will
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forest areas where fires
. side beauty
eek
1. 569'; of all the :orest fires
in the area studied, started with-
in 100 feet of a highway.
2. 88% of all man-caused for.-
est fires in this area started with—
in 1,320 feet of a highway.
3. Only 12% of the fires started
more than 1,320 feet from a high—
way.
These facts established beyond
question that the people who trav-
el the highways and the byways of
Washington are the great destroy—
ers of roadside beauty, for roac-
is transformed into
roadside ugliness
enemy of Washington state
FIRE.
This study shows that our citi-
zens, while they claim to glory in
These, our big treesrr— and I honestly be-
their
they really do want to
burned and reburned, destroying 5 Keep Washington Greenw have al-
thc natural seed source.
will be set out on other tracts
where the lumbermen did not
leave enough natural seed sourc-
es when they harvested the ma-
ture timberfi
spired tops to the sun to cover
up areas blackened by fires set
by the tosses cigarcts of passing
motorists, or by campfires left
by unthinking people. Some of
the trees from this nursery will
be planted by those private land
lowners along the roadsides~firs
hemlock, spruce, cedar, and a few
other species will be available for
restoring roadside green-ness.
(2) There are 3,700,000 acres in
the state of Washington of second
growth forests of varying ages
and species growing on land froml
.which the timber crop has been
harvested, or where years ago un-
burned. These
have grown
seed scattered by trees left after
harvesting, or they were plantedl
by hand. The lumbermcn
initiating the
formation of what might be call-
ed “The Pacific Northwest Tree
Farm System.” It is contem-
plated that the state will be dl—l
Member-l
ship in “The Pacific Northwest‘
vided into forest areas.
Tree Farm System” will be .open
to all private land owners willing
to sign a simple agreement to
the effect that they will do every-l
thing they can to. keep their for-
est acres growing trees —A- that
they will practice tree farming.
Criticisms
Has anybody said that
Washington are
They have. In western Washing-
ton private land owners have been
lambasted by a lot of people be,-
cause of the appearance of some
of the landscape bordering the
highways. They have been criti—
cized because of the manner in
which timber has been cut along
ested in the British Civilian Tech-
nical Corps can come and securel
complete information, Mrs. Helen-
ius said. .
The advisor for the British Civ-i
ilian Technical Corps in this state
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an outstanding figure in the civic
affairs of the Pacific Northwest.
In a letter which he sent Mrs.l
Helenius, Mr. Ehrlichman pointed!
out that‘the British Civilian Tech-
nical Corps has received the ap-
proval of the United States Gov-
ernment through the personal en—
dorsement of President Roosevelt.
Already hundreds of volunteers
have been accepted from the
eastern part of the United States.l
Many are already in England do-
ing duty. .
Many Positions Available 1
The British-Civilian Technical
Corps which is recruiting- Ameri-
can ,volunteers, is open to quali-
fied male, citizens, between the
ages of: 18 a“d 50. Positions avail—
able are. tlaose,;ol'. .l'adio mechanic,
electrician, machineutool setter orl
anic, ,mctail worker, instrumentl
repairerhengine. room artificer,
ordnance artificer, electrical arti-
ficer, watch makers, meter mech-
anics and sound engineers.
Mr. Ehrlichman stated that if
States Governmentl
should require the services of any-
mem'bcz' of the British Civilian
Technical Corps, the British Gov-l
ernment has agreed to release him.
immed‘ately. He stated further
that local draft boards have been.
authorized by National Headquar-'
ters of the United States Selec~
tive Sirvicc System to defer mcm-l
bers of tllc Civilian Technical
Corps by placing them in Class«
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and becomes lnore susceptible
to Fire than Painted Surfaces.
Paint keeps wood in good con—
dition and less likely to catch
fire as well as beautifying your
Home and Property.
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PAINT SHOP
Featuring Famous
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evaluation of this problem is that'
some of the highways. Private
land owners are in the dog house.
They are even blamed for» the
for the tin cans, blamed for the
unsightly joints.
pletelv guilty,
what?
These critics seldom mention
the fact that many of the areas
which look badly along our high—
ways look that way because of
Are they com-
and, if so, for
,the fires which have burned and
reburned these areas, fires start—
ed by the carelessness of the peo-
ple who travel the highways and
.byways of Washington. They al—
so overlook the fact that thel
young seedlings which are com-
ing up through the ferns and the
underbrush take approximately 10
years to put in an appearance
that is clearly visible to the mo-
torist traveling at high or low
speeds through our scenic spots.
It ought not to be overlooked that
it was, in many cases. the tax
revenue and payroll money de-
rived from the harvesting of these
trees that went into the building
of many of the state’s original
highways.
‘ Tax Question
In arriving at a well rounded,
fair to everybody solution of this
problem we should bear in mind
that in many instances the private
land owner has been paying taxes
on the timber along some of the
highways for 50 years, taxes on
top of his original investment. We
should not lose sight of the fact
that roadside timber is often need-
ed to round out a program of a
perpetual operation to keep a
nearby mill, paying out wages
and salaries and dividends and
taxes, and furnishing forest prod-
ucts continuously. Again, the
economic pressure on the private
land owner to cut his roadside
timber is very great because this
timber is very often the most val-
uable the private land owner has
—valuable because it is easy to
|,cut and easy to transport.
Those who say that the indivi-
dual private land owner should
leave long and wide strips of
valuable timber along the high-
ways are entirely overlooking the
fact that, in essence, they are
asking this individual to make
a very generous contribution to
roadside. beauty—a contribution
which may very easily amount to
$100,000. No matter how much
state pride :1 private land owner
may have (and many of them
have a great deal), this is expect—
ing more than most of us have.
Another factor that we should
bear in mind when we give an all
well -rounded, fair minded
many believe there should be 110
big trees close by the highways
becaUSe of the very dangerous fac-
tor of falling timber which is
involved.
Fire Problem
The Pacific Northwest Exper-
iment station made a very signi‘
ficant study of fire control in
They will raise their‘
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the
highways and byways of westerni
unattractive ? l
graveyards of old jalopies, blamed]
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Theyl most no appreciation of the fact
that the future of Washington
Statemher payrolls, her taxes, (li- '
vidends, tourist business, output
of forest products, and roadside
b‘eauty-flrcsts squarely in her jun—
ior forests.
The lumbermcnrof this State
frankly shoulder their full sharp
of the bland: for the appearance 01'
certain roadside areas in this
State. 'Thc correction of past er-
rors and the prevention of future
scars should, we feel, be dealt
with on a cooperative State-wide
basis of ownership.
ownership '?
And now comes the climax: the
general highway traveling public
started 2.795 roadside fires be-
Washington state. These fires
ravaged the beauty of Washington
highways.
Huge Tree Farm
Washington state is a huge tree
arm of approximately 24,000,000
I acres of forest growing land. 46%
lot these forest growing acres are
owned by the federal government:
l45’/( by private individuals with
{small and large holdings; 6% by
the state government: and 39;
by local, county and municipal
governments. In other words.
55% of this tree farm is owned by
government, in one form or an»
other. And so, if we are going to
'deal with this matter on a fair
and equitable basis. it would seem
that state, federal and private
land owners should each assume
its proper share of responsibility
for restoring beauty as quickly as
it is economically and physically
possible, and for preventing future
damage on all the areas.
l With these facts in mind, the
lWest Coast Lumbermen’s associa-
tion invites the Washington State
Good Roads association, the Wash-
l ington State Highway department,
Ithe United States Forest service.
the Federated Women's clubs and
the Keep Washington Green com-
mittee to each send 8. represent—
ative to meet with 3. represent-
ative of the lumber industry.
The purpose of these meetings
I will be to explore with the great—
est care all the points that I have
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loutline a policy and a 10 year
, program to restore and to preserve
the roadside beauty of Washing~
ton——-beauty which has been de-
troyed because fires have burned
and reburned the lands bordering
I our highways, or because of past
shortsighted cutting practices.
F.D.R. Froclaiims
Oct. 5-11 As Fire
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Prevepflon Week'
President Roosevelt has pro-.
claimed October 5 to 11 as Fire
Prevention Week, according to
regional forester Lyle F. Watts,
of the department or agriculture.
“The week is dedicated to pro-
tectlon from all fires that threat-
en homes and industries, but the
forest protection agencies are,
fast fires.” Watts stated. “Here
in the Pacific Northwest the rec-
ord is good so far, but the sea-
son is not necessarily over.
fires have occurred
and November."
About the middle of July the
prospects for a good season Were
not hopeful, according to Watts.
Lightning set 1.015 fires in 10
days, most of them in one 48-
hour period.
chiefly at‘this time, which burned
21,281 acres protected by the for-
est service. That is eight one,
hundredths of one percent of the
total acreage, which is a little less
than the permissable loss. The
weather has helped, but fast
work by the protection agencies
during these critical days un-
questionably kept the area burn-
ed to this small proportion.
.“Only 184 of the Forest Ser-
vice s fires were man-caused. That
Is a rec0rd," Watts said. “Last
year, which was not a bad sea-
son, 457 were man-caused. Again
‘weather must get some of the
credit, but the campaigns to keep
Oregon and Washington green and
the cooperation of the public
doubtless aided in keeping the
score low.”
Bad
in October
Bordeaux P.-T.A. Viz"
Meet on Thursday Afternoon
The. Bordeaux Parent-Teacher
Assoc1atlon will meet this Thurs—
day afternoon at the Bordeaux
school. The program will be pre-
sented by the second grade pupils.
Mrs. Lawrence Burrell will talk
3n Mental Hygiene. The hostesses
Wlll be the mothers of the second
graders. The Girl Scouts will pre-
sent their cake at this meeting.
Arrangements have also been
made for the Girl Scouts to care
for the younger children at the
western Snohomishhcounty. ~LThis . $911091 house during the meeting.
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What is that “
tween 1936 and 1940 inclusive in'
Fires were started|
civic good resulting,
this week in fitting fashion.
equipment.
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comparatively small.
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lfigures computed by Fire (Thief
ll)ean Carmen from his records rc-
veal.
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So far during 1941 the
from flames here has been $5,500,
with three months yet to go. Al-
ready, despite the fact that one
fourth of the year still remains,
1941 has set a new record for the
number of fires ansvvered by the
city’s volunteer fire department.
Forty-two times already this year
the department has been summon-
ed to douse fires of one kind or
another.
A table computed by Fire Chief
Carmen showing loss from fires
.and number of fires in the past
ten years follows:
es of fire in the home were listed
1. Cigarette. Careless smoking
is a chief cause of home fires;
lNever smoke in bed. On dry
leaves and brush, discarded smok~
of all forest fires.
lighted butts from your car.
2. Home Dry Cleaning.
home use of flammable liquids is
dangerous. Gasoline vapor is
treacherous and ignites readily.
l Use non-flammable cleaning fluids
or call the dry cleaner.
3. Kerosene Lamp. If ever-
'turned or placed too close to
{combustible materials suéh lamps
loften start serious fires. Never
,fill them or store kerosene for
lthem in the house. Quickening
.fires in stoves with kerosene is
isheer folly.
4. Firecrackers.
Homes are de—
l stroyed and children are killed and 1
electric l
maimed in shocking numbers each
year by the unregulated use ‘of
fireworks. Only experts should
be allowed to discharge them.
ISparklers are also dangerous.
5. Electric Iron. The
liron is a frequent cause of home
fires. Turn it off whenever you
go out of the room. Otherwise it
may be forgotten and set fire to
. your house.
6. Excelsior. Flammable rub-
bish is the number one hazard
of homes. -The least spark will
ignite it and it is an efficient fire
spreader. Never leaVe it in
lclosets, hallways, under stairs or
anywhere where it may block
exit during a fire. It should be
stored in covered metal barrels,
removed as frequently as pos-
3 sible.
i 7. Bridged Fuse. The fuse box
iis the safety valve of your elec~
Ptric circuit. If abused in this
lway it no longer functions and
'a simple short circuit may de-
lstroy your home. Dangerous ov—
icrloading of your wiring is per—
imitted by this coin. Respect
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DON'T TRIFLE WITH LUCK,
I N S U R E
Against
F I R E
You may think you were Born
Lucky, but maybe tomorrow
your home will be destroyed
by fire . . .
What Then?
Check up on your Fire Protec-
tion. Let’s get together and see
how much you need and how
much it will cost.
W. A. MAGOON
325 Railroad
Phone 115
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PROCLAMATION
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Because of the interest shown in previous years, and the l
and also because of in ,
national defense. I, as mayor of the City of Shelton, do proclaim , should
never be plac
the week of October 6 to 12 as FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, ' bustible
container.
and earnestly urge th e people of the'City of Shelton to observe
Real fire prevention means not only the elimination of
fire causes and accumulations of rubbish,
construction and the installation of approved fire extinguishing
Each year the life and property loss from fire in this
country has shown an increase over the previous year.
need for real fire prevention work is becoming more and more
apparent, not only to fire department officials, but to the gen-
eral public. The majority of people are willing to correct un-
l FIRES COST $522 PER MONTH
IN SHELTON; 1941 SETS NEW .
RECORD FOR NUMBER OF FIRES
residents your fuse protection and save your ‘
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that period occurred in 1939 when l dren.
the fire loss in Shelton totalled, alone in the house.
$17,245, while the lowest lose forlcs are often ignited accidentally,
a full year was in 1933 when butl even by adults.
$740 was charged against ‘ the much safer.
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loss posed lath is easily ignited. Holes
, basement fire
Fire No. Alarms
; Year Losses Answered
, 1931 ............ _.$ 3930.00 19
' 1932 7927.00 30
1933 740.00 26
1934 ............ .. 1417.00 34
' 1935 1633.00 36
1936 6704.00 31 ,
3 1937 2095.00 36
I1938 13932.00 38
.1939 17245.00 32
1940 ............ .. 6986.00 37
The twelve most common caus—l
by Fire Chief Carmen as followsr
ing materials cause one quarter:
Never throw‘
Any 1
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nia leads all the Sta
with 6,576 farmers
that size or less.
is 2,051 less than S
1930 Census.
its importance
to take an uneven
ifire. Thousands of
'i burned annually by ,th,‘
I 12. Spark-Burn on'IW
but good building . gled roof. The thfl'fi
lcause of home fires 15.
lOf the great conflagm:
‘1900, wooden roofs ,
fire over half. The' ml
The gles blow off and S9“,
of feet, dropping t0~
fires on other roofs.
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Shelton's losses from fire have been
Let us keep up this fine record.
I d a F
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Mayor sui‘
8. Matches. These are the
strike—anywhere kind. Children
burn themselves to death by the
hundreds playing with them. Keep
them out of reach of small chil—
level‘ have small children
Such match-
Safety matches
9. Neglect of Easement. Exi-
in cellar flames
from bu rning
ceilings allow
rubbish or other
to get into the
walls. Wall spaces act as flues
and spread fires through the
house. Most home fires start in
basements. Plug all vertical op-
enings with non—combustible ma-
terials.
10. Chimney. Defective chim-
neys and heating apparatus to—
gether cause the greatest num-
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Are the result of 11?
Cleaning. It ha? ,
Do It the Safe Way "
Your Cleaning,
SHELTQ
ber of home fires. Inspect your cat the
chimney each year. If dirty. have '- , l‘_ Ur Cal
it cleaned by a professional. Check Ilaundry ,
your heating apparatus before
starting it each fall. Rusted met-
al smoke pipes should be re-
placed.
11. Ashes in W’oodcn Container.
Ashes, even apparently cold ones,
CLEAN.
117 No. ist. I.
Delivery Sel’V‘
fires, but there is only one way to.
teet yourself against fires . . . andt
is with insurance. I '
Investigate your insurance complied
. . . be fully covered:
.LOUIS WEINEL, Agent 'A
123 Railroad Avenue Phone 30
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material that will combine beauty and econ”
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Also Cement Block Homes havé
Insurance Costs. Inquire today
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