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Thursday, January 11, 1:
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Percy M Pio
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d 18, 1962 Entered as second class matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington.
under Act of March 8. 1879. Published vecl(ly at 227 West Cots. 0 Cents per copy
To Moot Friday
Discuss Lumber Problems
l'h' e governors of Washington, 6.9 percent in 1951 to 56.5 percent
gon and Idaho will aeet to- last year. The heart of the prob-
:rrow in Vancouver, Wash. They lem is the Jones Act, which forces
discuss the Canadian lumber us to ship inter-coastally in Amer-
:rt problems and its disastrous ican charter vessels at a disad-
eet on the West Coast lumber vantage of $6.50 to $11.50 per
UStry. thousand bd. ft. compared with
.att is one of the recent, ira- costs to British Columbia mills
nt developments in the cam- which are scot-free to use any
'llgll to achieve equality for the vessel afloat."
Coast lumber industry with A brief on the problem sent last
tish Columbia mills in corn- week by Simpson Chairman W. G.
rkg for the vital eastern U. S. Reed to Undersecretary of Com-
C !, merce for Transportation Clarence
t. D. Martin, Jr. in Washington, D.C.
VANCOUVER
conference
outgrowth of a meeting held received widespread publicity in
)t Friday in the Salem office o newspapers from Vancouver, B. C.
'rgon Gov. Mark Hat.field. There to San Francisco.
F0regon lumbermen outlined tbe The Seattle TIMES sent a re-
quiems facing them during a 45 porter-photographer team to Shel-
lUte session.
': share your concern and I ton last Saturday and the follow-
1 do more than share your con- ing day told how Canadian im-
ports have affected'Shelton. In the
," Hatffeld said. "I shall ex- same issue the TIMES carried an
ae every bit of ability and editorial cartoon and editorial
Laerity I have to help in this pointing out how vital it is to the
atlon.' t ke
e then proposed that he a State's economy to find a quick i
. matter up with Governors solution to the problem.
.!ie and Rosellini when the A huge turnout of members is
meet Friday to discuss sal- expected Jan. 25 in Portland for
:. problems. . a general membership meeting of
.,.ere in Shelton, where tne uan- the West Coast Lumbrmen's
.all compeUtion has forced Assn. to discuss the problef.
C 'lson Timber Co. to close its H.W. McClary, Shelton, Simp-
'.W'mill One with alas of .e son vice president-plywood and
i and 100 more Jobs in door division, will represent the
.dS, there also was actiitYshel Company Jan. 24 at a WCLA
'A crowded meeting of t e _ board meeting.
?bIason County Chamber of FINALLY, a Canadian lumber-
araerce last lhursday hea d man, L. L. G. Bentley, vice presi-
i[ "0. Puhn, Simpson timberland dent of Canadian Forest Products
...ager, outline the problem. The and president of Seaboard Lum-
nber is making plans to work her, one of two large export
Chambers in neighboring groups, agreed last week that
ilUnities to get Administration American mills are being hurt by
':l)Congressional action, the Jones Act.
rltish Columbia's share of the "The trouble," said Bentley, "is
:fern U. S, lumber market,'
from
ing to do with Canada."
:eted an American baby and has noth-
. .
$choo/ Ozstncts To
O, 782 Of Timb or M on
. , .... e_ y
.jBI- apll up o4u,x5z.z oz ea- oz'n 2¢lason, 'i,zu ana ooa
;,orest money between seven Canal, $8,927.,
!-mty schobl districts Monday af- The county s share of federal
on. forest funds this year came to
v. DIVISION of funds was $II0,000. The county road depart-
i_ on recommendations made ment received about $70,000 of
ttnty School Superintendent these monies. Under law, federal
tOodpaster. The money was forest funds are to be distributed
.,Rted as follows: Tahuya, $400; to school districts and the road
/,. Side, $1200; Grapeview, $300; department at the discretion of the
'!i% $13,510; Mary M. Knight, commission.
' - - Goodpaster told the commission
., he felt Mary M. Knight and Hood
' _1__ _ • _l_ s _ __ A_ Canal should be allocated a fair
:rJ ' am Am,on un shfe zof the funds since the fed-
;)Jr' ._ • • • e a t'mberlands, from where the
mr revenue comes, are located in
| let Imports Issue
'| _,._ • . . - . those two districts. Goodpaster al-
s n maPisPs°Ve°r so felt North Mason and Shelton
! ?n mace y ommlssloner sho,qc; ,et finan- h,, ,,=
i bIcCann Tuesday to notify both districts ar ...... - ,: ....
• sic al delegation in ......... r-"
" '¢ '':=,, o ess of expanding their educational
............... facilities.
Canadian lumber imports
e local economy.
have one mill down
of $1,000,000 a
I think the city
its position on this
known officially to out#
delegation," said
Earl Moore also expre-
concern over the situa-
motion was ap-
Unanimously. Several other
nCluding Aberdeen, Hoqul.
rt 2]ownse nd and Port An-
ave taken similar action.'
Merger
To Meet
formed to study
lily of merging Shel-
fltals has scheduled
meeting for next week,
chairman of the com-
tid Wednesday. No new
in this regard have
realized.
Committee has consulted
architectural firms who
a study of present
The committee
type of an arrange-
)
00OLGER S
00OFFE made so Hill-Burton
E j -- ....
be
available
locally.
Oelegates
1 :ea00.oo County Democratic
:e c! 1 :meet tonigkt at 8 p.m.
.e' Ubhouse near the airporL
-);el delegates to the Nine
L ;(IES ,,ague neeting scheduled
S e l...at Chehalis will be elected.
:e,m)lie is invited to attend the
To S;,
Bonds
scimol board will
29 at I p.m. to open
worth of the gcn-
bonds.
ads will be sold to pay
share of North Mason's
ding program.
::: ;:.:
School Plans
"JUMP, BOY"Says Kip Parr, six-year-old a ing with his dog, "Spotty", after school hours.
of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Parr of,apltol Hill. Kip The Parrs also have a cat named, "Rusty", who
is a student at Evergreen school and enjoys play- also likes to get in the act.
Bad Effects Of U.S. Shipping Laws
Bud Puhn, Simpson Timber Co. mill, a veneer plant as well a¢ t::,') ieid pomised the lambermen he
official told a Chamber of Com- ,addition to the present insulzlL[ng| would do £verything in his pow-
meree audience last week that the board plant. Shelton is the second| er to be of help. A meeting be-
importation of Canadian lumber largest exporter of lumber in the| tween Governor Hatfield, Cover,
into this country is of vital con- Pacific Northwest. Coos Bay, Or-| nor Albert D. Rosellini and Gov-
cern to Shelton. Simpson is, now egon is the only area exporting| ernor Robert Smylie of Idaho has
working at about 50 percent of more lunber than Shelton. been scheduled at Vancouver to
capacity here and the situation PUHN STRESSED the import- take ac.tion on the lumber indust-
could get worse in the future, ance of informing the general ry's problems. •
ACCORDING TO Puhn, the public in regard t-o the p-'oblem
crux of the problem is a federal ()f Canadian-lumber imports. He ,m mm m 0| |
maritime law, the Jones Act, feels the public will have to exer- = I[A Jass|
which rcquires American menu- cite its influence on our elected LGIL /11,$ MUIIU
factured lumber to be shipped in officials in Washington, D. C. in
American vessels at a cost of order to protect the West Coast &| .|
from between $6.50 to $11.50 more lumber industry: Idaho and ?on- t]J F|ff
per thousand board feet that it tans lumber manufacturers t.ave I- |# ||ht
costs Canadian mills. Canadian also felt the impact of Canadian
lumber manufacturers can ship lumber zmports and they are in
lumber in any vessel and there- the same position as Northwest
fore are able to take advantage forest products firms.
Nearly Ready which needs to be brought before
the public", said Puhn.
Architects are now working on The Simpson executive said his
final plans for the expansion of firm could have produced from
Irene S. Reed's high school ftcili- 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 board feet
of timber than it did in 1961 if
ties, according to Superintendent market conditions would have per-
Rudy Oltman.
THE PLANS must be approved mitted. Puhn said Canadian man-
by the School District Board and ufacturers had captured 68 per-
the State Board of Education be-I cent of the Eastern seaboard car-
fore the green light can be given go lumber market during the lat-
for construction. Houses on prop-I ter part of 1961.
erty purchased by the school dis-I "We think we can compete suc-
trict have xalready been sold and lceSsfully with Canadian mills and
approval of plans is the last hur- I do not want any special help from
dle in the way of the expansion.' the government but we want re-
The estimated cost is $487,000. lief from laws that prevent us
Oltman said he felt work might from doing so", said Puhn.
get underway by March 1. NeW Puhn said Simpson has plans
structures planned will give the to increase lumber production is-
school much needed additional fa- cilities in Shelton but that poor
eilities for science labs and lan- market conditions had delayed the
guage rooms, anticipated expansion. The Simp-
The architect is William A. son official said his firm has ten-
Johnson of Everett. alive plans to build another saw-
of the cheaper foreign sMpping
rates.
"This is a critical situation
DOWN GO THE PILINGSMembers of the
Shelton Yacht Club and Roy Kimbel,s Construc-
tion Go, were buW Saturday morning on the
Puhn said he realized the ques-
tion of competition from Can-
adian mills was directly related
to American foreign trade policies
and that the answer to the Jones
Act might not be a simple one.
The main concern of the Simpson
executive was to inform the
Chamber and the general public
of the issue and to get public sup-
port for governmental action aim-
ed at reducing the effects of the
Jones Act on the lumber industry.
He suggested Chmnber members
write letters to their Senators and
Congressmen informing them of
.their feelings on the matter.
THE CHAMBER of Commerce
held a special meeting Friday
morning when a committee was
formed to assist in informing our
elected officials and the public as
"to the gravity of the problem.
MEANWHILE in Oregon, 20
Oregon lumber company officials
met last week with Governor
Mark Hatfield at Salem to discuss
the same question. Governor Hat-
The State Highway Department
will open bids Jan. 23 for the
construction of two pre-stressed
concrete girder bridges across
Skookum Creek and the Northern
Pacific Railroad installation on
state highway nine,
EACH BRIDGE will be 239/
feet long with a 30 foot roadway.
The bridges will be built side by
side with one for use by Olympia
bound traffic and the other for
Shelton Dound traffic.
Plans call for 3,297 linear feet of
prestressed concrete girders, 1,065
cubic yards of concrete, 158,000
pounds of reinforcing bars and
other items. The cost is estimated
at $200,0OO.
HOUSE FIRES
A fire Saturday afternoon at
the home of John Fecteau, 602
Bellewm street, caused about $I,-
700 damage. Fecteau is a Ft. Lew-
is soldier.
A house tl'ailer belonging to
Paul Stole, Goldsborough court,
caught on fire Monday afternoon.
The damage was estimated at
$3.000 by the fire department.
Shelton waterfront driving piling for a new club-
house.
SHELTON WATERFRONT GETS FACELI;T-
INGShelton yachtsmen plan to build an earth
fill from the far corner out over the water
where a new clubhouse will be constructed. The
area will have room for ar parking plue other
4/001
Bid Opening
February 5
Will open bids Feb. 5 at
w grader to be used
mrtment. The esti-
the grader is $20,
city street graer is
needs to be re-
to City Supervi-
County OfficMs To Present Case
For is/and Bridge Construction
The Mason County board of
commissioners and engineer Frank
Porter will meet with the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers Friday
at 10 a.m. in Seattle to present
the county's case for the building
of a bridge linking Pickering Pass
with Harstine Island,
THE CORPS of Engineers has
received objections from the Ta-
coma Yacht Club, the Olympia
Yacht Club and the Interclub
Yacht Club over the proposed span
of the bridge. Present county plans
call for a span of 15 feet at high
tide. The yachting clubsmen want
a span of 40 feet at high tide.
Mason County officials feel the
objections raised by the yachting
clubs are completely out of line
and would make the cost of the
project prohibitive.
The estimated cost of a bridge
with a 15 foot span is $525,000; a
25 foot span, $575,000; a 30 foot
span, $650,000 and a 40 foot span,
$1,000,000. These figures are only
preliminary estimates.
County engineer Porter said the
cost of the bridge increases rap-
idly after the 25 foot figure and
the cost would definitely be out
of reach for the county if the
Army demands a 40 foot span.
"The area between Pickcring
Pass and Harstine is not used for
commercial purposes tO any ex-
tent. The objections of the Olym-
pia and Tacoma yacht clubs are a
little hard to understand since
A ptdBy
fee e
Olympic Loop
The Olympic Leagu' " :e-
cepted an application from
S. I%eed higl," school for me
ship, effective in Septemb
i962, according to school .'
intendent Rudy Oltman.
OLTMAN SAID Shelton
cepted an application from Irene
S. feed high school for member-
in September of
1962, according to school super-
will
play Port Angeles. North Kitsap,
Central Kitsap, South Kitsap and
neither group would have any oc-
casion to use these waters. It
would make more sense to us if
people in the area directly affect-
ed would have protested the con-
struction of the bridge," said Por-
ter.
"The Fox Island bridge in Pierce
County only has a 30 foot clear-
ance and that area has much more
marine traffic than Harstine-Pick-
ering," added Porter.
The county has hired Harold V.
Sargent, a consulting bridge en-
gincer from Olympia, to help draw
up plans• Sargent will also serve in
an advisory capacity in the event
the bridge is eventually built.
THE COMMISSIONERS are
County Heads
Accept Porter's
Resignation
The Board of County Commis-
sioners accepted the resignation of
County Engineer Frank Porter
Monday afternoon. The resignation
is effective Feb. 1. Commission-
ers Harry Elmhmd and John Bar-
iekman voted to accept the resig-
nation while commissioner Martin
Auseth voted against it.
PORTER SENT a letter to the
commission Monday requesting a
clarification of his future status
with the county by Feb. i. The en-
gineer had previously submitted a
letter to the commission suggcst-
ing an informal meeting between
himself and the commissioners in
an effort to settle any problems
affecting his relationship to the
board and the county.
Porter. sent a letter of resigna-
tion to the commission Nov. 13.
The resignation was accepted
unanimously by the commission.
At that time Porter agreed to stay
on until a new man could be found
to replace him.
Commissioner Maz'tin Auseth
aid. "I have checked into this
East :Bremerton in football and r.mtter and I feel things could be
worked out. AS far as I am con-
ba,ketball. They are all class AA corned, I want Porte'r to stay."
schools. Sitelton will also compete "It still fee! the same way I did
with Seqtim, Bainbridge Islatd
in November,' said Commissioner
and Port ownsend in track, base- Harry Elmlund. Commissioner
ball and othe," inter-school aetivt- John Bariekman also said he had
ties.
Oltman said Si]elton withdrew not changed his mind since No-
from the Seamount League be- comber
cause membership in that loop re- Neither Porter nor the com-
quired many long trips. Oltman missioners chose to elaborate on
the reasons for the engineer's dis-
added that the Seamount League charge. Thc commission has re-
has recently accepted several new ceived several letters in recent
members making it a nine team weeks asking them to keep Porter
league. Tiffs wouhl make it ira- in his present position.
possible for Shelton to.play nest- Although no oficial explanation
league games with such schools has been given over the Porter
as Elms and Chehalis which have matter, it has been learned that
long inter-school athletic astor- highway budget problems in 1961
iations with Shelton. and 1962 are at the root of thc
"Except for Port Angeles, the issue. Commissioner Elmlund has
rest of the teams are located with- also voiced criticism over opera-
in a reasonable distance. Under tions of the road department dur-
the new setup, we will still be ing the past year.
able to schedule non-league teams Oliver Ashford sent a letter to
who have a strong following in tbe commission Monday in which
this area", said Oltman. he raised the question of Porter's
RU 0W political views as a possible rea-
son for his dismissal. Porter is a
Republican while all three com-
missioners are Democrats. Elm-
lund and Bariekman have denied
Honored
A new outdoor chapel was ded-
icated last Sunday at the First
Presbyterian church in Seattle in
honor of the late Russell S.
(Rusty) Callow.
THE CHAPEL, in an enclosed
garden, was unveiled by Kcith
Callow, Mr. Callow's son who is
a Seattle attorney. The chapel
scene atures a 12-foot, Celtic
cross made of stone depicting the
ancient cross of St. Martin. The
original is located at Iona, Scot-
land.
The late Rusty Callow, a native
of Kamilche, is considered one of
the outstanding athletes in the
history of Mason County. He serv-
ed for many years as a rowing
crew coach at the University of
Washington. He was also guest of
honor at he Forest Festival a
few years ago. Mr. Callow passed
away in 1961.
The dedication was made fol-
lowing tim Sunday mormng ser-
vice before a large crowd,
that politics had anything to do
with their acceptance of Porter's
resignation.
Slate Negotiating
On New Prison Job
The State Department of En-
gineering and two Seattle con-
struction firms are still negotiat-
ing over a contract to build the
new Washington Correction Cen-
ter near Shelton.
Clyde Fenn, the State's Chief
Engineer, has been in Seattle for
the past few days in an effort
to work out a mutually acceptable
agreement.
The bid submitted by the Seat-
tle firms was about a million dol-
lars in excess of state estimates.
The state hopes to he able to
shave off this sum from the orig-
inal bid,
B.P.W. MEETING
The Business and Professional
Women's Club will hold a dinner
meeting Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. in the
Colonial House.
]
installation needed for a clubhouse. Much, of
the work is being done by volunteer labor. The
Yacht Club feels the new facility should help
attract othsr boaters to the city.
strongly in favor of the proposed
bridge since the Harstine ferry
has been running in the red to the
extent of about $17,000 a year and
this figure will probably increase
in the future. Coast Guard author-
ities have told the county it will
have to purchase a new ferry
within a few years in order to
meet requirement.q of the U.S.C.G.
Preliminary studies indicate the
bridge bonds could be retired for
a few thousand,dollars a year
more than the ferry is currently
running in the red.
Although the commission favors
the new bridge, the commission-
ers have said they will put the
matter to a popular vote before
issuing any bonds, The commis-
sion has the legal authority to
iSsue bonds without public approv-
al. The county does not have any
bonded indebtedness at present.
• The cmmissioners feel a bridge
would stimulate development of
the island and thus help raise
property tax revenues, Only about
10 percent of the land at Har-
stine consists of improved prop-
erty as of now.
Porter said the reason bridge
construction increases greatly in
proportion to the height of the
span is because it is necessary to
build a much stronger foundation
to support the additional weight. A
higher bridge span also would
mean an increase in the length of
the structures and the subsequent
purchase of more right of ways.
The county's preliminary bridge
plan calls for a 1,4$0 foot struc-
ture in length with a sidewalk on
one side.
CD Booklets
Now Available
Free copies of the new civil de-
fense booklet "Fallout Protection,
What to Know and Do about Nu-
clear Attack" are now available
on request at the Mason County
Civil Defense Office in the Court-
house and service windows of the
Postofflce in Shelton.
Distribution of 25,000,000 copies
of the Department of Defense pub-
lication was made to civil defense
offices and postoffices throughout
the nation during the week of
January 2.
THE 40-PAGE booklet is illus-
trated in yellow and black. It con-
tains a: foreword by Secretary of
Defense Robert S. McNamara stat-
ing that the purpose is "to give
the American people the facts they
need to know about the dangers
of thermonuclear attack and what
they can do to protect them-
s(lve."
The booklet also describes the
National Shelter Survey now in
progress, a chapter "Organizing
for Civil Defense" stresses the
necessity for advance planning at
every levcl of government --- lo-
cal, state.,, and national, and the
participation of every citizen. The
local CD office is open during the
noon hour.
0
Hash Over Opinions
Chamber of Commerce members
hashed out differences of opinions
on how the Chamber should be run
at a meeting held recently in the
Sheltnn hotel.
SOME FELT the Chamber was
not doing a good job on keeping
|is mentbership informed of its ac-
tivities. It was decided that the
regular monthly night meeting be
an opening affair to give members
a chance, to ask questions about
various C of C programs,
A Chamber meeting held Dec,
15 in the Shelton hotel only drew
a crowd of about 15 members, As
a result of this, action was stim-
ulated to find out why Chamber
interest had declined.
The Chamber decided at its
most recent meeting to invite one
or two speakers a year instead of
one every month as in the past.
The C of C feels more open meet-
ings will help maintain member in-
terest.
Lioense Tabs Oan Be
Obtained Saturdays
The County Auditor anounced
Monday that 1962 motor vehicle
license tabs will be available on
Saturdays at 125 North 5th street
in Shelton. Bill Pearson's Insur-
ance office, for the convenience
of those who are unable to apply
at the Auditor's office during the
week.
Tabs will be sold between the
hours of 8 a.nt. and 5 p.m., and the
regflar agents' fee of 50c will
be added on each application.
Tle agencies at Hoodsport and
Belfair are open on a Momlay
through Saturday basis
Herb Legg Scheduled
Here January 25
Herb Legg, State Democ)'atic
Chainan. will be the guest speak-
er at a Central Committee ntect-
ing slated Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in tile
courthouse.
Legg will discuss various topics
of political importance.
WEATHER
High Low Precip.
January 10 ............ 48 28 ...........
January 11 ............ 39 26 ............
January 12 ........... 38 2g .08 in.
January 13 ........... 40 :]0 .........
January 14 ............ 46 31 .26 in.
January 15 ............ 38 30 .........
January 16 ........... ;3 34 ,12 in.
---Rayonier Incorporated
FILM SLATED
The Pickering Community Club
will present the film, "Communist
Encirclement", Jan. 26 at 8 p m
at the community hall. Refresh-
ments will be served • after the
I mting,