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Thursday, January 11, 1: C Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave portland, Ore il Civilian Defense il Warning Sounds  Steady blast of 3 to 5 minutes i1=!; means probable attack : 8herr blasts for 3 minutes 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,