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Use the CLASSIFIEDS to BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE t. LXI NO. 1. PERCY , P IO 6017 S T_ 86T}{ AVE PORTLAN 0 R EGD,I AV . ; SHELTON, WASHINGTON. Thursday, January 2, 1947• 6c PER COPY; $2.50 '00IINGS t AS THEY 'EEM eed to words, "what • axe thinldng about, ::hat some study and ANt bring out." AS' asure to announce the CO,of a partnership inter- /ednesday, ill the own- .he Journal by William has long been of this newspa- Dickie, "Bill" as he is and well knowl by most and Mason county rcsi- will continue his work as the advertising depart- addition to his sports sec- taking over more of policy mak- er Mason newspaper as as- alisher, The new part- ership of The Journal, shortly after his the journalism de- of the University of and served the naval service during the war as specialist, He re- Shelton a little more than resuming his many and associations here valuable assistance in the Joth'nal bigger and writer has had ample of estimating his energy and his con- newspaper ability and in announcing the as a partner in of The Journal. have little realization ppreciation of the work the American Red Cross, up the small amount that provides for indi- and participa- world wide. organization and relief of man- people of the valley the Green and White riv- and not too far Mason county, have found occasion.to bless the of that organization and thousands of miles r e-i n the area recently flood-] npaging waters, for men- ['ave, some of which went I 'tding comfort and relief] disaster stricken people.] can ever visualize in ad-I the coming of disaster and I but when it is realized led Cross, SUitafned" by tary contributions from peo-I f all sections of the nation s ready to be of assistance in event of disaster, 'then there] be a lessening of resistance I min an mmual part of Red] fund raising. The People and denton, thrown out during the recent holiday know what the Red Cross ] do, because it was that agency took over the entil:e task of county can teas- expect to escape troubles of but then again there is assurance that some disaster not strike. The Red Cross lton will soon ask for help, response should be because the money will be to relieve suffering whet- disaster might strike. Journal has little of any- Lg new to provide the corn- , in the way of New Year tions, other than a determin- of" contimdng a policy of sup- of institutions and people of county and the entire corn- In this favored section, a continued all iof its people a full mess for its veter- instiutions county shall prosperous going ever that This the pu,'- Forest recently in- all , for mutual ideal agency public that ex- all of the to make of Festival an grow each as a de- of the }ear des- in the something to blunt an Walt store fell- when he the swinu THE NEW YEAR BRINGS GREAT PROMISE HERE is nothing this nation can't do, once a goal is set and all the people are united toward that goal's achievement. Americans have proved their capacities since 1776 every time they've been called to war. Now it's up to us in a year of peace to outdo ourselves and keep employment UP... Keep production UP . . . Keep purchasing power UP . . . Keep UP our spirit of community, national, and international cooperation. We need do no more, to erase shortages and write in the kind Of figures throughout 1947 which will be the index to lasting peace through plenty [ FOREST CONTRACT TOP 1946 STORY Forest Festival Takes Second In Headline Review Laciing a war to create news and headlines, 1946 was not .the sensational era its foul. or five predecessors were, yet it had its moments of high interest and stim- ulation, The Journal's annual re- view of the past year's events re- veals. Without a war to bring its head- lines of tragedy, 1946 was a far happier twelve months than any of its precaling four or five broth- ers, yet withm increasing number of traffic fatalities and a slightly oer average mortall.ty- rat. ,r such other auSes a drownings, fires, and woods mishaps, sorrow and suffering were far from a minor element in the news of the year. . But more pasant and beneficial events over-shadowed tragedy by a wide margin in /946, and tops among such news stories must un- questionably be, so far as resi- dents of Mason County are con- corned, the signing of the Simp- son Logging Company sustained yield forest unit contract with the U. S. Government, an event which oocurred as the old year was tot- tering off the stage in December. That action, which assures this community of its future payrolls .and existence for the next 100 years, holds the No. 1 position among 1946 headlines, of that there can be little dis.auto. • I,t was a year also marked by substantial increases in wages for workmen in the two principal sources of income in this commun- ity, the lumber and the pulp in- dustries, provid.ing more of the beneficial and pleasant stories of the period, The second annual Mason Coun- ty Forest Festival, attracting an estimated 10,000 persons to Shel- ton for a day and gaining pub- licity for this community through- out thc nation in pictures, news- papers, magazines and radio, rates a top place among the events of 1946, with the incorporation of the Forest Festival Association and the retention of Rudy Werberger as chairman making secondary but important contributions to the year's .news. • Earthquakes twice rated leading positions on Journal front pages FIRST 1947 BABY BORN NEW YEAR DAY TO MR. & MRS. DEL BORDEN The first baby of 1947 and un- 0ficial winner of the Lumber- men's Mercantile "Diaper Derby" is the baby daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Delmar Borden, Star Route 2, Box 37, who was born at 8 o'clock New Year's morning at the Shelton hospital. Baby Borden will be the reCipi- ent of $12,50 in L.M. gift certi- ficates as the first baby born in Mason county in the new year. Dr. George LeComptc delivered the baby. At this date of publication no other entries in the Stork Sweep- stakes have been reported. How- . ever. families of possible contend- ors are asked to include the fol- lowing information in a letter ad- dressed to the L. IV[. Baby. Con- test, in care of the store: the date, hour and minute of birth, the full name of parents; name and sex of the baby; and the name of at- tending physician. Second and third prizes in the contest consist of $7.50 and $5.00 respectively in gift Certificates• Just ahead of the arrival of the New Year was a baby boy born Tuesday, December 31, to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland BootmL The Boo- ten baby was the last baby to be born in Mason county in 1946. Other arrivals since the Jour- nal's last date of publication in- clude a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Toney, December 25; a girl to Mr. and Mrs• Clay 1Vf. Kelly of Tahuya, December 27; a boy to Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Taylor, Dec, ember 29; a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wyatt, December 30; a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mathtas of Dewatto. December 39; a girl to Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffrey, December 31, and a boy to Mr, and Mrs. Herb Johnson, December 30, New Abstract and Title Firm Formed Offering a new abstract and title service for Mason county property overs, to which title insurance is also available, the Slelton-Bell Abstract & Title Company cme into being as a new local business enterprise rc- ccntly with Charles R. Lewis as president and Nolan Mason as sccretary-treasurer. CHAMBER'S FIRST 1947 MEETING SLATED THURSDAY New offleers assume their du- ties for 1947 next Thursday  eve- ning when the Shelton Chamber of Commerce holds its first ses- sion of the new yeax with Presl- Ident Roy Rltner wielding the gavel for the first time in his new capacity, although the act will not be new to him as he presided at some 1946 meetings in his role as vice-president dur- ing the absence of Pzesldeat S, B. Anderson.   ...... The ne; year's activities will get under way with a dinner in the Hotel Shelton Coffee Shop at 7 p.m. with the business meeting starting at 8 p.m. Shelton Man's 1000 Christmas Trees Go Up In Smoke The fate of a thousand Shelton Christmas trees was shamefully revealed in a trash fire at a Seat- tle garbage dump shortly after Christmas. A City of Seattle ordinance re- quiring all unsold trees to be re- moved immediately from the lots necessitated the burning or other disposal of trees belonging to Fred Peste of Shelton, who had an ac- tive open-air market in Seattle for two weeks. His trees were trucked to a dump near the Seattle Naval Station. The trees brained had an aver- age value of $2 in the week before Christmas, but prices which ran $rom 25 cents to 50 cents a foot of tree at the height of the season sagged sharply on Christmas Eve. Some of the tree agents handed the trees to customers free of charge late Tuesday night in an offer tie see that they were at least put to some use, Two In Jail On Bad Check Charge Derald Raze, 20, nd Russell during the year, f6r on last VaN Records of the late A. L. Bell, Frank Smith, 18, being held in u entinc's Day the worst trembler in pioneer abstract and title man of the county jail, according to Pros-  ....... ,.vnit,, will be us a b,, ecutor Frank Heuston for fur- the history of the Northwest was []'new"}irm rder arrangement thor questioning concerning the traced to an origination, a few ........... r - Roll th .,m. cashing of a $143 forged check miles west of Lflliuau) iu the last Thins a • . t . and in reality will be a resump- . 'd y at a Shclton stoye. Olympm Mountams, the! a.gam in tion and continuation of the old Smith has been charged wth June a strong quake snaking up .n "htret & Title ornnanv grand larceny, according to Heus- the Northwest from an originating wi t"h-'t[le insurance]i'n-as ton, andBs:ze is out on parole from dine oenevea EO De near van  r MOll P' . ( ".¢ ..... L', an added sem lcc offered by the __roe ttetormatoryin connecting. couver lmanu. In nelmer snocN l nw onmuanv " With  car tacit nero several • l a ......... A- " did this commumty suffer a y P-[ .... _ ....... months ago. prcciable damage, being spared in the first one despite its position lNo Fires Result From IT...,,....a a,-+ wrtually on top of the quake it-I r_ nn_-r_.___- .... ! I w • .,=u xru vuuruons .... se f hile commumties a little far- .. ....... , .... [ Soliciting I.W.A. Ads ther away wcre severely hit• ] .,re net zeer  s%ee cOnr[ Georg•e Clifton, business agent menu t ct o n on • " " /of the International Woodwork- 1946 was also an election year, , ,, their apparent care with Christ- ors' Association, Local 38, this and although it was an 'off-yea" mas decorations, as with the corn- because no presidential voting was bination of cold weather and week issued a warning that un- involved, it was nevertheless an Christmas there usually occurs qualified agents have been in this unusually significant election year because it brought about the end of the Democratic t'eign over the "nation's politics. The year was clmracterized pohtmally, by stro g Republican gains in national, state and local balloting and locally in particular by tile defeat of Con- gressman Charles R. Savage by Fred Norman. of County Treasurer Omer L. Dion by Capt S. E. Smith by a slim 16-vote margin, and by the elimination of Dr, U. S. Ford from the 24th district legislative" rnks tlrougl the victory of Re- pflblican Merle Hufford, who led the entire ficld. Some of the year's football was played on the gridiron, where the Shelton Highelimbers, under a new coach, Norm Hillyard, swept to a highly successful season of seven victories in eight games and to thd Cntral League title, but the poll- (Continued oa page evea) several fires, Chief Deer stated there was not a single call dur- ing the holidays, and the depart- ment is appreciative of that fact. i i I li , SUPPLIES DROPPED t FROM PLANE TO CAMPING SCOUTS Supplies to mae their win- ter camping trip at Flapja,k Lake more pleasant and com- fortable were dropped in a small lmraclnxte bag to Explorer I .st 99 Senior Scouis last Friday from tim Shelton Aviation Club's Acronea plane piloted by Tom Wlkinson with A. H. Stoehr as passenger and spotter. Wilkinson and Stoehr report- ed the lake frozeu over and the Scouts all in good fettle, jttdg- ins from their signals, area soliciting advertising and funds for the woodworkers' pa- per and for other purposes. Unless the agents produce the proper credentials signed by Mr. Clifton as the union represehtg- tive, the agents are soliciting under false pretenses, according to Mr. Clifton. He also said that 'ere- dentials are glvcn by him far ad- vertising solicitors only and sug- gested that requests or other con- tributions be checked first with him. NEEDIIAM BABY BORN Mr, and Mrs, Mauriee Need- ham Jr., of Seattle, became par- ents last Monday 'of a baby son born in Seattle and named Brad: ley Grant for his great grand, fathers, Bradley Shaw of Seattle and Grant C. An :Mr. and Mrs. of Shelton are the New Mothers Get Sugar Books On Leaving Hospital A baby gift to warm the hearts of prospective mothers in Western states is the sugar ration book that will be presented to each new mother as she leaves the hospital. The plan to speed the issuance of'sugar for an anticipated 46,000 births in 1947 in the state of Washington alone, originated in the Seattle sugar rationing branch of the Office of Temporary Controls. It was worked out with the coop- eration of the Washington State Hospital Association. The plan has beer adopted by the entire • i'&¢Ifi¢ region mid probably will become nationwide• The Washington State Hospital Association is supplying the names of its member hospitals, about 90 per cent of such institutions in the state, and the estimated num- ber of forms will be sent to each. Immediately upon the birth of an infant, the hospital will have a sugar book application ready for parental signature, " Incidentally, a new stamp good for five pounds of sugar--spare stamp 53--became valid January 1, 1947. Expiring December 31 were spare stamps nine and ten good for five pounds each of can- ning sugar, and spare stamp 51, also good for five pounds. Collapsing Flume Injures Workman Injuries suffered when a flume on which he was working con lapsed at the Mason Materials gravel pit Monday lave hospital- ized Harland Parker with a brok- en left wrist and head and scalp abrasions. He is being treated at Shelton hospital. The wooden flume on which he was working clogged and collapsed upon Parker Monday morning, according to Bill Judah, manager of i.he plmt. New Masonic Master Installed by Brother With a large crowd in attend- ance, installation of new officers of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge last ,Friday evening were featured by the seating of Worthy Master Wilbert Catto by his brother. Jack Catto, who acted as installing of- ficer through special permission granted by retiring master; Clar- ence Grunert. T h e acting-installing officer himself was retiring as lodge sec- retary for thepast 14 years. Oth- er new officerinstalled Friday included Harland Jordan, senior warden; Leo Martin, junior war- den; E.. B, Sutton, treasurer; and W. A. Batehclor, secretary. AMATEUR TALENT SHOULD TURNOUT NEXT WEDNESDAY Any latent amateur theatrical talent, looking for a mcdimn of expression In Shelton (,an be satisfied if they will but appear at the Memorial llall the eve- ning of January 8, in response to a (all for candidates o appear In the Fred B. Wivell Legion post mid Auxiliary's big home talent minstrel show to be stag- ed here on' Marclt 1 and 13. Jack lIoffett, who will tuior and direct the production will be on hand to interview all aspirants into tile public is in- vited to participate In the phty. Vern Eaton is chairman of the Legion's committee, being as- sisted by r and Flem- ing Byes. The mlttee Festival Assn Meets Jan. 8 TopPoenWork 1947 Mason County Forest Fes- tival will be initiated next Wed- nesday evening when the annual meeting of the Forest Festival Association. Inc,, is held at 7:30 o'clock in the court house, Presi- dent Rudy Werberger announced this week, Election of a new member to fill a vacancy in the board of trus- tees will be one of the principal business details to be cleared up by the meeting. President Werberger asks all Shclton and Mason county organ- izations such as P.-T.A.s, lodges, unmns, service and civic clubs etc., to send delegates to the meet- ins as each should be represent- ed on the board. "The success of the 1947 for- est festival depends largely on the active interest and action tak- en by board members and organ- izations supporting-it," President Werberger pointed out. adding "this is the fit,t incorporaked fire prevention .organization in the country and its success and lead- ership will bc followed by a large number of other counties and states to educate the people to keep their forests green." 3New Years Eve Accidents Bring No Serious Hurts Three accidents New Year's Eve were of a minor nature, al- though some of thos# involved suffered cuts. and bruises and broken bones. A head-on collision between two cars near Brockschink's sex'- vice station sent Arthur D. Hill of Bayshore to the hospital with a fractured right leg and minor cuts on his hand. His son suf- fered scratches. Emil Carlson of Port Angeles in the other car" suffered minor injurms. Two other accidents involved a oar near Springwater Camp, and another near the Golden Pheas- ant, when two cars were involved. One driven by Cliff Kelly was re- ported to have skidded and side- swiped another car and went into the ditch. At press tlme, no other infornmtion was available as to the drivers and occupants of the,, cars involved. Another accident late Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Cascade and Ridgeroad streets involved Edward J. LeBresh of Michingan and Eddy E. Anderson of Tacoma. The cars collided,, but no damage was done. 01sen Furniture Completes Move Transfer of sufficient merchan-. disc to completely furnish 100 Shelton homes was carried out so efficiently and swiftly by employ- ees of the Olsen Furniture com- pany during the past few days from the premises at 321 Railroad Avenue which the store is vacat- ing to its temporary locations at 325 Railroad Avenue and in the Huerby Building at Fifth and Raih'oad Avenue that no interrup- tion whatever was made in the store's service to customers. Until the company's new home is completed at Fourth and Cota Streets, constxmtion on which is expected to start within a short time, the Olsen Furniture Com- pany will continue to operate its business in the temporary loca- tions, shoviing complete lines of home furnishings in both places, according to Ole Olsen, owner. 13 Freezing Figures 'Topped' by I9-Degree. Temperatures Twice It got pretty cold in December, according to weather statistics compiled at the Rayonier weather bureau. A low temperature of 19 degrees and freezing weather on 13 days of the month marked last month as frigidly touched by "Old Man Winter." Despite tle low marks hit on the thermometer December, 1946, was nearly one degree warmer than the 15 year average minimum temperature rccorded at tie Ray- onicr station, The average mini- mum for last month was 35 de- grees while the average low for the fifteen year period was only 34.1 degrees: A record'high temperature was reached on December 1,2 when the thermometer soared to 62 legrees, later dropping to 19 degrees on December 30. The first 14 days of December saw the majority of the 8,83 inclms of rainfall that fell during the whole nmnth, The cold weather set in on this area on about the middle of the month continuing o1 up to the present• Along with the freezing weather were 19 days of rainfall, nine clear days, five partially cloudy days and 17 cloudy days. Tle total rain- fall for 1946 came to 61.36 hches while the 15 yea/" average is 62.53. It's nice to know that it didn't rain so hard last year as we thought it did.. Blow Torch Used On Pipes Causes Blaze Monday aften0on, the fire do- was called 0000SINESS LEADERS EDICT , BIG YEAR CURIOSITY KILLS CATS, AND THIS SQUIRREL, TOO Curiosiiy killed the cat, i,lte old saying goes, but Mason county squirrels seem to have that stone fatal chte¢lstie. At least one paid the supreme penalty Smiday morning when a P.U.D. S lmwer transformer intrigued hbn to the point where he fritl himself to a crisp and wotuid up a very detul ltttlo squirrel, at the ame time pat- ting several homes In the Mat- lock district out of lights and electric energy for several hours. Trouble.Shooter Lyle Bassett, answering the call front the ]lghtless neighbors, fonnd tho roasted squirrel at the base of t power pole and sunized It had stood on the gromded transformer base and curiosly taken a stool] of lilt primary wire. It was the sqnirrel's la.t living act, the resulting short- cirenit sending 7200 volts of electricity coursing through its 'body and blowing the safety fuse. Several homes in the vicinity of the Don Nye residenc6, and a food locker owned by the Nyes, were left without electric energy for a few hours as a re- sult of one tiny squirrel's fatal curiosity. I I I -- Hughey Remaining Another 2 Weeks; Meterman Named Service of Police Clflef Paul Hughey will be continued for an additional two week period be- yond his resignation date of Jan- uary 1, to allow for hls relief as temporary chief to become ac- quainted with the details and du- ties of the position. E. W, "Pat" White, expected to assume the post at a later date, will serve as a patrolman pending a proba- tion period, Russell Gunter, former deputy sheriff, has been appointed by th0 city commission to g'lve sexvico arid to make collection from park- sag -m,tr When ,tl#,,r::, ttmtall- ed in Shelton. Gunter will be com- missioned  police officer and wlll se,e under that department. 1946 News Review Ends Kiwanis Year The Shelton Kiwanis Club closed 1946 with a fine meeting Tuesday noon at Memorial Hall, at which was reviewed for them the out- standing news happenings of the community and Mason county by Bill Dickie, news editor of the Journal. The meeting, the last of the year  f o r President Clarence Grunert, who will give way for the new president, Fred Beckwith, early in Janbary. Mr. Diekie in his news sum- mary listed the signing of the Sustained Yield contract between the Simpson Logging Company and the U. S. government the outstanding story, of 1946• His report on the community's sports during the year showed that Shel- ton athletes had made fine marks in ell branches of athletics. W. L. Jessup served as pro- gram chairman of the day and ln- tr.oduced the speaker. Bad Drivers Get Fined In Court During the past month, several arrests were made for-reckless and negligent driving charges, accord- ing to Police Chief Paul HugheY. Richard A, Robevton of Shelton was fned $50 and costs• lalf o£ wbich'was suspended for good be- havior and his operators, license suspended ,for 30' days by Justice W, A. Magoon on reckless driving charges. Elmer %V, Jmms forfeited $10 bail for negligent driving charges; Thomas C. Gibon, Sllelton, was fined $I00 and his operator's li- cense suspended for one year by Justicc Magoon on drunken driv- ing charges. Of thc fine. $25 was suspended. Floyd C. Hovey of Quilccne for- feited $25 bail on negligent driving charges: Robert Ells of Shelt0n plead guilty to negligent driving charges before Justice Magoon and was fined $15 and costs. [ I I JAN. 30 TENTATIVE DATE OF ACTIVIAN ' AMATEUR CONTEST Announcement' of the Active Club Amateur Contest to be held tiffs month at the Jmior High sehool auditorium wa nmde this week, The tln|tative dal,e has been set fl, r Janmtry 30. Three main prizes of $15, $10 mid $5 gift certificates will be awarded to the winning contest- ants, The remaining finalists will receive $ gift (rtifictes,' All amateur tlent la eligible, at any age and may type of ape- Expressions of hopeful tion and far-sighted planning voiced by local businessmen week in their personal pr,',,d|e of commercial trends for 194 general improvement in the ability of merchandise and levels was indicated by merchants and a continuance of civic projects on the part of the municipal government was signi.i fled by city officials. 0 Behind the feelings of which pre all is the fact tha t the signing of the sustained yield contract by the Simpson Loggin Company and the government, the future of Shelton was permanently assured. This act, which not only secured the prosperity of the city for the next hundred years, also is acting as  stimulus to local business activity, Many Civic Projects Due Mayor Frank Travis indicated that despite the fact ttm.t many civic projects have been completed | during the past year, throngh the, use of State Development Board funds, there are still many more jobs to be done and there still re- mains more funds with which to ' do the work. 'With the numerous housing projects under construc, tion in the city, he said, need for a new source of water and install- ation of sewers has become urgent and these projects will have to be carried out in 1947. President of the Kiwanis Club, F. E. Beckwith, issued a call for cooperation on the part of local businessmen to keep Shelton busi- : ness alive and thriving. "The best that any of us can do, of course, is only to guess, but I feel that merchants, especially merchants in smaller communi- ties, will have to cooperate in order to hold the local trade away from the larger trading centers. People can shop easily at home and we must make it even easier in order to forestall the tendency to shop in larger cities. We must be on our toes in order to hold, satisfy and give service to our • local people," he said. More Merchandise Ex Predicting the future of chants here and throughout  nation luring: 1947, S. son, manager of J. C, store, declared, "The and normality. I lo0k to the, New Year with the certainty that! we will be getting plenty ofJnr: : chandtse and that the buying mar ket will be reveed flm one of a limited to fre buying." . C• Henry BacOn, man Lumbermen's Mercantile, sled'.that production woul up with retail sales this year and the rots!let will once more be'able to offe th  critical items that have been on the missing liar for so 10ng. "As for the L. M, ," he ontinue,, "we will dO everything to keep\\; prices down: to the point where laeople will be able to buy. we expect to have a complete and di. versified stock and a line of na- tionally advertised goods. People: will be able to buy in Shelton any item available any place and in some instance, at a lower price." With Some Reservations A bright future for this viclnit '' but with reservations is seen by', : C. H. Krcienbaum, president of Simpson Logging Company, w!m predicted, "1947 ea be )-he busiest and most satisfying year Qf effort and accomplishment on the part of every person in Mason and castern Gays Harbor county if wc do not have work stoppages, fires and major accidents." R, F, Eddy, btlslness account. ant, was more #lusive in his state, ', ment concern{rig 1947 business potentialities for this vicinity. H,, said, "My hindsight is better than my foresight. I.ncver predict," At, least, Mr. Eddy won't be proved mistalten, Roy Ritner, 194,7 president of the Chamber of CV)mmerce,'fore- " sees nothing to hold tht commun* ity back from enjoying bad of the finest years in its lusiucss and commm'cial hlstory and e;tends that prediction, long into ,the fu- ture for Shelton and Mason COLUI" ty, 'Ve ho live in this com. munity should consider urselves among the most fortunate in the Northwest," he said, "for we'have an assured future for the next century which few if any com. munities in this entire nation can point to, Tlere iS nothingwithin  the bounds of common sse and good reason to hold us back from a active, prosperous, continuous- ly improving future." Mild Earthquake Felt Last Friday A mild earthquale was felt in the Shelton area last Friday at ap- proximately 8:40 p.m. as a result of the reported. Residents of felt, the qnakc lor was accompanied by '" sound. The shock Wa to be most sevcro In South of Olympia, The Univerty seismograph ,, probably and had a