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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