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316 By EDWARD w. PICARD 1
“'leflllt Western Mammal Union
r sold MA‘AMA nA‘\LWAA‘
Imus EAT BRITAIN:
:iorah 8“ Trouble
‘plfo [If 8- public opinion once favored
will .l sh‘BrltlSh against Germany, it
Cour t Amed. by late January until
,6 fun, mericans looked with equal
50 'r fig.“ both sides. Reason:
5k .,mterference with American
nightf‘ng. seizure of mail and re-
:rA P recognize the 300-mile neu-
‘ty zOne thrown around the West-
PS'On' emlsphere. To make it worse,
W35 D1"Nests by Secretar of State
yCSt dell H
‘ Nam 11 had been reJected per-
“ 3,» until finally Mr. Hull
3t I ~. back with an aide memoire.
1 m ( ' That U. S. vessels were
)mml , 3 had up by the contraband
_, Eree times as long as Italian
’ erefore the U. S. could
{discrimination There was
: ‘~ was“ that this protest, like oth-
Bulfi‘ be rejected. In Wash-
“ 8 x'ltlsh Ambassador Lord Lo-
, “7 unhappy times ahead.
i, Trouble
HANDAs K. GANDHI’S inde-
. elice demands for India
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{Into print when Britain be-
an ariding war assistance from
“1356. Lord Linlithgow, vice-
6 light after the war would be
“enough to talk about Indian
H mNance. This provoked a
Ir 01~"Drotest, but Gandhi cau-
,‘ th’ urBed a non-violence cam-
M111El-aord Linlithgow, relieved,
w“ 93 to discuss terms. But
I p 31111 playing with dynamite.
v i
u 89 Trouble
ha’EADY irked because Britain
he," been friendly with China’s
, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek,
fish: “‘3 was heightened when a
gel, yarship stopped a Jap pas-
,ES 21C:essel in the Pacific, remov-
returzl‘Inan merchant sailors be-
t da ed to the Reich via Russia.
)0 3’ Tokyo gave British Am-
at” Sir Robert L. Craigie a
53“ Tue Inanding amends, calling the
b
lueS omit an “unfriendly act” and
_ r vat: that repetition would a‘g-
ar D, it, Japart’s anti-British senti-
3.]! ext day, when a British
Ila “ted Japan’s Tatum Maru,
igapderCraigie found thousand
, milling around his em-
.I -' while the ress bleated
st his country. p
, ' land Trouble
fl”, SEN Winston Churchill made
, “beech demanding that Neth-
ugnd Belgium join the allies
hung Germany, the press and
‘med ent of these countries
I . fiégrily. To placate them
hr 3mg Britain's point, Prime
é. _‘fieville Chamberlain next
:» B , n8 Britain was ready to
‘ t tzlglulnt but would reserve the
1,. ECldc when help Was need-
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At ,uzi: from placating the neu-
e. Inspeech only irritated them
domed The Netherlands all par-
. 6t, In B111 telling Britain to keep
a th elglum it was loudly pro-
Ier {Or i at the government can de—
I D. tSelf when and if it needs
'l 'ian Trouble
.lhajSAROL of Romania has re-
ed cautiously neutral de-
g . ,
naryr‘hSh Wooing. But in mid-
rted’ when German troops were
0e tot R°c§upying the southern
ck aguftslan Poland the‘British
‘EE: m “1:111, confident Carol would
H got 1“ aid gratefully. Instead
:ked Bed bhe shock of their lives:
5_ “r Trams 3’ Germany to fulfill oil
lily an’d Rumania clung to neu-
M) . arms haI'ked at British-French
the ’ tSlivthegmrating there. She in-
cast “hum Provide their share of
ke , it . can“ to help Rumania fulfill
MOnd dingacfs with Germany, thus
3, DEW?“ to run Nazi planes to
ish-French territory!
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I' will be e
RE — Mortgage-
ents of 75,000 farmers
bank commissioner
ased by a reamor-
attending payments
f Ap‘él‘lods. Cause: Sec-
8 haw griculture Henry Wal-
ditfuu control over the
Unladmlnistration.
,catPA'rIONs .._ Federal
ing lonS commissmn is
. ‘a tentative re-alloca-
er c‘oradlo broadcast wave
lean “form with the North
ksfeglonal agreement.
and ' 25-, Canada, Cuba,
. 1a EEDé’IP-xmo.
, “:30 I)!“ ~National Labor
. el°hauy°ard ruled that con-
, ell is no guaranteed free
‘5; ems? an absolute right.
rmmg Ford Motor com-
~ iophlets 13.3%”! to distribute
» “3 crltIcizing NLRB and
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egfficel‘ School Is
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{fishy this week at
Ooh alley Grange hall
evéni Sessions starting at
an “8' classes at 7:30.
a e ge Master Ervin E.
Statzange Lecturer Ira
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6017 S. E. 86TH
PORTLAND, OREGON
VOL. LIV—NO. 9
New Chamber Presitiént
To Emphasize Tourist
Tradeln
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Eddy Seated at Booster Meeting
Thursday; Torrance Speaks
On Sports, Advertis—
ing Washington
Promising particular emphasis
on the campaign to attract more
tourist travel to the Olympic pen-
insula district, R. F. (Dick) Eddy,
McCleary Timber company exe-
cutive, took up the gavel of the
Shelton Chamber of Commerce
Thursday night at the annual
“booster night" program and in—
stallation of 1940 officers in the
Hotel Shelton.
The new president promised he
will do his best to carry on old
and new projects for the better—
ment of the city and county and
improvement of business in gener-
al with the continued support of
those interested in advancing the
community.
Claude Danielson, West Coast
Power Company manager, relin—
quished the gavel to the new chief
executive after expressing his ap-
preciation for the support _given
him during the past year.
Sports Figure Speaker
Walter M. Elliott, general man-
ager of the Lumbermen’s Mercan-
tile Company, program chairman
for the evening, introduced the
main speaker, Roscoe Torrance,
better known to all as Torchy,
vice-president of the Seattle Rain-
ier baseball team, northwest vice-
president for the A.A.U. (amateur
athletic union), and prominent
Seattle man tied the
main part of his talk to athletics,
reviewing his experiences both as
an executive and a player back
to his college days at the Uni-
versity of Washington with his
subsequent interest in building
young men into good players
from their school days. He men—
tioned many leading athletes of
the day in professional baseball
as having been college-educated
men. ‘
Clean Living Vital
He stressed the idea that only
clean young men who take care
of themselves physically and men-
tally ever get very far in baseball
or any other sport, and that clean
living is as much a part of their
training in the professional field
as practice. He referred to the
troubles of the Seattle baseball
club in the past in contrast with
the assurance of today that fans
can coun on a good team and a
comfortable park in which to
watch their favorites perform.
“We cannot have a pennant win-
ner every year like .we did last
summer, of course,” Mr. Torrance
said, “but you can be certain Se-
attle will have a hustling, capable
team anytime the present man-
agement is in control.”
Inside View of Baseball
He touched at some length on
the recent actions of Commission-
er Kenesaw Mountain Landis, su-
preme executive of organized base-
ball, in his battle to curb chain-
system operations in professional
baseball. He explained in general
the rules governing the transfer
of players between clubs and oth-
(Continued on page Two)
Two Bldg. Permits
Issued This Year
Two building permits, first of
1940, were issued by Miss Inez
Shorter, deputy city clerk, in the
past few days.
Today B. W. Soper was issued
a permit to remodel a residence
he owns at 312 Pine streets at a
cost of $2000.
Last Week a permit was issued
to A. W. Jacobson, 619 Dearborn,
for construction of a new home
on Mt. View at a cost of $3000.
Another Retired Man To
Make Mome on Pickering
Pickering Pass has been chosen
as the ideal spot for another re—
tired man to spend his declining
years, it was learned this week
from W. A. Watters of Grapeview
who has been given the contract
to improve the 30-acre tract pur-
chased from the estate of the late
Dr. C. N. Hunter by Captain
Charles A. A. Modeer of the U. S.
Lightship Service ' ,
Capt Modeer will become eligible
for retirement pension in another
year and a. half so is preparing
for his days of freedom from
work by purchasing and improv-
ing his newly obtained property
on Pickering Pass, reports Mr.
Watters.
Wild Life Pictures To
Be Shown Wednesday
Wild life lovers are invited by
T. V. Dunning, president of the
Outdoor Club of the Baptist
Church to attend a program of
motion pictures which will be
staged by the state game depart-
week in the Baptist Church;
The program will open at 7:30
and will be followed by refresh-
ments. The pictures will show
game and fish life of this state
and activities of the game depart—
ment. The program was arranged
by W. S. Heckman,
ment Wednesday evening of this
1940 Actions
Journal Want-Ad
I Sells Tractor in
. Quick Order
At least one Journal'customer
is well sold on the value of
Journal Want-Ads following his
experience with these potent llt-
tlc salesmen in last Thursday’s
issue. L. W. Packard, Arcadia
Road, ran the following little ad
in last Thursday’s paper:—
FOR SALE: One Kinkad gar-
den tractor, $30. L. W. Pack-
ard, Arcadia Road.
The next morning the tractor
was sold and Mr. Packard was
besieged for the rest of the day
by calls on the same ad. Back
to the Journal office came Mr.
Packard yesterday to put in an-
other classified ad.
Mr. Packard’s tractor ad cost
him 30c and brought in $30. If
you have anything to sell, rent,
exchange or any lost or found
articles, use Journal \Vant-Ads,
the biggest little salesmen in
town.
GRAYS HARBOR
UNION OFFICERS
ADDRESS GROUP
Union Intimidation in Grays Har-
bor Charge Made at Local
Meeting by Dokter
Branding the Law murder, which
has aroused nation-wide interest,
as “Just another link in the chain
of anti—union activity,” Ted Dokter,
Grays — Willapa Harbor District
council president for the Interna-
tional Woodworkers of America,
addressed a. large gathering Sun—
day in the Labor Temple,
Dokter, whose talk highlighted
an afternoon of speeches includ-
ing those by Charles Savage, state
representative and Dick Law, hus-
band of the murder victim, stated
that the murder of Laura Law was
only the climax to a. long series
of threats, property damage and
beatings, which he claimed proved
the breaking down of civil liber-
ties in Grays Harbor and the need
for the calling of a federal grand
jury to examine evidence and
bring the true culprits to light.
Dokter said in his talk that
forces which desire America’s par-
ticipation in the present European
war were conducting a drive of
threat and intimidation against or-
'ganizer labor officials, hoping to
_break down labor’s opposition to
‘becoming involved in the war.
1 Calling for strong and organized
union cooperation with the newly
formed‘Civil Rights Committee, Of
which he is chairman, Dokter
stated that anti-union forces in
Grays Harbor were attempting to
“frame Law” in an effort to in-
timidate union officials, and claim-
ed to have proofs that Aberdeen
land Grays Harbor law officials
had refused to follow clues offered
them by the union heads.
Clarence Latham, president, Ma-
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sided at the meeting, and intro-
duced as the first speaker Rep—
resentative Charles Savage who
spoke briefly on the struggle of
the unions to gain a foothold in
'the northwest.
Following Savage's talk, Dick
Law spoke of the background of
the labor movement in Grays Har-
bor and his own experiences with
the violence which has character-
ized labor difficulties in that sec-
tion.
County Accepts
Bids Of '2 Local
Auto Companies
Bids of two local automobile
agencies were accepted yesterday
by the board of county commis-
sioners as purchase of trucks for
road district was authorized.
The bid of Huerby Motors of
I$1261 for a 1940 Ford truck with
134 inch wheelbase and 1% to
2-yard dump body was accepted
on one public bid job while the
bid of the Mell Chevrolet company
of $756.50 for a. 1940 Chevrolet
3-4 ton truck was accepted for the
other. An Olympia firm also sub-
mitted bids.
William Fultz, district sanitar-
ian, was granted a three-month
leave of absence to allow him to
attend a National Guard officers
training school and 'Earl Nuru
was appointed to fill his post dur-
ing his absence upon recommenda-
tion of Dr_ S. P. Lehman, district
health officer.
Without objection from any
source, an emergency fund of $250
was voted by the board yesterday
to pay Doane Brodie, special pro-
secutor for the Leuch appeal case
last year, for services rendered the
county.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Hans Lund of Shelton was ad-
mitted to Shelton hospital for
treatment Monday.
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SHELTON, WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Januar
EIIIRS. WILLEY IS
PRESIDENT OF .
LEAGUE AGAIN
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Annual Meeting of Tuberculosis
I League Held Monday; Mrs.
' Buchanan Again Speaks;
Seals Net $761.14
Except for a new secretary and ,
a new treasurer, officers of the
_Mason County Tuberculosis Lea—
]gue were re-elected yesterday at
the annual meeting of the board’
of directors in Masonic Temple.
Mrs, Dell Willey, therefore, was
returned to the presidency; Mrs.
IR. H. Williams to the vice-presi-
tdency; and Mrs. Vernon Davidson
Ias executive secretary.
! Mrs. Mark Pickens becomes the
,new secretary for 1940 and Mrs.
IGene Browning treasurer. Mrs. Hal
Briggs and Mrs, Ken Blanchard
were elected as new members of
the executive board to serve with
Mrs. H. W. Deegan, holdover
member.
Directors Nominated
Directors named yesterday by
the nominating committee include
Mrs. M. H, Needham, Mrs. Laura
K. Plumb, Mrs. W. A. McKenzie,
ers. Ken Blanchard, Mrs. C. .1.“
IMacke, Mrs. Florence Smith, Mrs.
W. A. Witsiers, Mrs. Leigh Duf-
field, Mrs. Fred Short, Mrs, H. W.
Deegan, Mrs. Vernon Davidson,
Mrs. G. A. LeCompte, Mrs. Dell
Willey, Mrs. R. H. \Villiams, Mrs,
M. C. Zintheo, Mrs. Hal Briggs,
Mrs. Mark Pickens, Mrs. Gene
Browning, C. E, Runacres, A. C.
Bayley, W. A. Witsiers, Guy Mc-
Kinney, Dr. B. N. Collier, Dr. A._
C. Linkletter, Dr, G. A. LeCompte,
Dr. H. L. Kennedy, all of Shel-
ton; Mrs. Walter O. Eckert of
Grapeview, Mrs. Sam Theler of
Belfair, Mrs. Ira. Ford of Matlock,
Mrs. Frank Robinson of Lilliwaup,
Mrs, E. C. Reibow of Hoodsport,
Mrs. Lud Anderson of Union, Mrs.
Dozier of Camp 3, Jack Leigel of
Dayton, Mrs. Harold Lannings of
Potlatch.
Mrs. Davidson, seal sale chain,
man, reported that to date $761.14l
ihas been remitted in the 1940
Christmas seal sale, of which $105
was in special bonds of $5 and
more in value. At this time no re~
turns have been heard from over
500 people to whom seals were
mailed, Mrs. Davidson reported.
Active Year
Mrs. Florence Smith, county
public health nurse, reported on
activities of the league in the care
Iof patients. She reported that 108
home calls had been made, 94 pa-
tients admitted to care, ten office
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to have been treated by private
physicians, four chest clinics at
which 59 patients were examined
were held, 17 mantoux tests given,
over 1,000 tuberculin skin tests
given, four patients admitted to
sanitorium treatment at county
expense during 1939.
Mrs. Briggs gave the financial
report, showing slightly less than
$300 in the treasury at» this date.
Mrs. Bethseda Beals Buchanan,
field representative for the Wash-
ington Tuberculosis Association,
gave a few figures on the work of
the association and its various
county leagues in the past 28
years.
‘I‘In 1910, when tuberculosis work
was actively begun, there were
'1243 deaths due to this disease in
this state, or at a rate of 104 per
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said. “The peak was hit in 1919
during the flu epidemic, but by
1938 the loss had been reduced to
638 or 41.3 per hundred thousand
persons."
« Facts on Deaths
Mrs. Buchanan pointed out that
the age period from 30 to 49
years is the most dangerous for-
tuberculosis deaths and that menI
are more susceptible than women]
in all but the age period of ten:
to 29 years.
“Education is our big weapon in
our battle to curb and wipe out
tuberculosis," Mrs. Buchanan said.
“It is necessary that we educate
in order to correct the several
erroneous ideas about tuberculos-
is which were revealed in the Gal-
lup poll, such facts that tubercu-
losis is not inherited, is curable,
and is caused by a germ, not con-
ditions, must be impressed upon
the minds of the public before
our struggle against tuberculosis
can be successfully fought.”
Called upon for an impromptu
comment, Grant C. Angle, Shel-
ton newspaper publisher, remarked
that the tuberculosis leagues,
with a. very few other organiza-
tions such as the cancer control
army, Red Cross and W.C.T.U.,,
are the only public service groups;
of a national and world-Wide scope
which are not depending upon pub-
lic federal funds for assistance, ra-
ther are moving ahead with their
work strictly on voluntary contri—
butions.
Joanne Faubert and Alice Klink,
first and second place winners in
the junior high speech contest
sponsored by the tuberculosis lea-
gue, gave the talks that won them
their prizes.
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TREATED AT HOSPITAL
Ray Chubb, Simpson Logging
company employe, was admitted to
Shelton hospital Friday for treat-
ment.
POTLATCH MAN ILL
; Nore Aronson of Potlatch was
admitted to Shelton hospital Sat-
urday for treatment.
calls made, 13 patients are known .
I Bride To Drive
On Honeymoon;
Groom Too Fast
He was in a hurry to get mar-
ried, was Raymond Millesou,
. Tacoma, and that’s just why his
bride is at the wheel today as
t'qey go on their honeymoon,
wherever they are' going, if they
‘ are.
Milleson, hurrying to get to
Shelton to obtain the permit
which would allow him and fi-
ance to become man and wife,
was clocked at 55 miles an hour
going through Olympia Thurs-
day afternoon by Deputy Sher-
it‘f Ed Stears of Thurston coun-
ty.
Friday Justice Van R. Hinkle
fined Millcson $50 and costs, and
suspended his driver’s license
,for 60 days on a reckless driving
charge.
CLUB CONVENTION
SATURDAY DRAWS
ACTIVIANS HERE
Nine of Ten District No, 1 Clubs
Represented At Mid—Winter
Sessions In Shelton
Falling somewhat short of ex-
pectations, 125 Activians and their
wives. made Shelton their gather-
ing place Saturday for the mid-
winter convention of District No. 1
with the Shelton club as hosts.
Official delegates of the nine
clubs represented (only Port An—
geles among the ten clubs in the
district. being absent) held a. busi-
ness session in the Hotel Shel-
ton in the afternoon with District
Governor Roy Graham of Aber-
deen in the chair.
The Willapa Harbor club was
again awarded the spring conven-
tion at Long Beach on the promise
of that club it would stage an even
better convention than it did last
spring.
Inter-Club Meetings
Another of inter-club meetings!
involving all clubs within the dis-
trict was authorized by the dele-
gates with Art Fairchild of Will.
apa. Harbor, an International trus-
tee, appointed to map out the
schedule. <
Ted Little of Olympia explained
to the delegates the new constitu-
tional amendment adopted at. the
last International convention
which made the International
Board of Trustees automatically
composed of the several district
governors, the amendment becom-
ing effective at the 1940 conven-
tional at Glacier National Park
June 28 and 29.
(Continued on page Two)
Harstine Cat’s Return
y 30, 1940.
CITY REPORT
TO CITY HALL
Traffic Study Being Made by Star-
wich to Facilitate Placing
Lights, Signs Causes
Changed System
Reports of traffic accidents oc-
curring within the city limits of
Shelton should be made at. the city
hall beginning with February 1,
Police Chief Ray Starwich an-
nounced today as the first step in
a study he is to make of danger
spots inside the city.
A new traffic accident report
form has been received by the po-
lice chief which, while it seems
much more voluminous than its
predecessors, actually requires less
time to fill out because it requires
less written description and more
checking in anwer to questions,
Chief Starwich explained.
Studying Accident Spots
Starwich plans to make a study
of traffic accidents in Shelton, ob-
serving where the greatest num-
ber occur with a view to placing
traffic lights and stop signs where
they will be of greatest benefit.
Two new traffic signal lights
have been ordered by the city
council, one of which will be plac-
ed at the intersection of First and
Pine streets. Just where the other
will be hung is yet to be determin-
ed, Starwich said Several addi-
tional stop signs are to be erected
shortly, too, he added.
Wants All Reports
But to make the proper study
of traffic hazards in Shelton all
[accidents occurring inside the city
limits should be reported at the
city hall instead of to the sheriff‘s
office.
“We want ALL accidents re-
ported, regardless of the amount
'of damage,” the police chief em-
phasized. “At the sheriff’s office
you report only accidents in which
damage is above $25, but we want
every single accident, regardless
of how trivial it seems to you.”
Starwich pointed out that his
plea. is for accidents within the
city limits only. Those occurring
outside the city,.,limits still should
be reported to Sheriff Gene Mar-
tin.
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EX-RESIDENTS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Johnson
of Seattle, former Sheltonians, ac-
companied by Mrs. Joe Ashley and
Mrs. J. C. Hanscom of Seattle,
were Sunday visitors here with
relatives and friends. They stopped
off to pay their respects to Mrs.
Margaret McDonald, Mason coun-
ty pioneer who recently celebrat-
led her 91st birthday.
Makes Dream Come True
By Della Goetsch
Not infrequently a well authen-
ticated story reaches the news-
papers of some domestic animal,
usually a. dog or cat, finding its
way back over many miles to the
home from which it has been re-
moved in a car or a. sack. There
are also many cases on record in
which dreams, ceming to persons
son county IWA Local 38, pre-,hundred thousand persons," she during
sleep are materialized soon
after.
This is a. true story which com-
bines the two rather unusual oc-
currences: When Amos Babcock,
who lives at Grant on Pickering
Passage, was recently called to
Bellingham on business which was
Ito keep him for several weeks
away from the home which he
shares with a beautiful big black
cat named Elmer, he took the cat
in his car and transported it to
Shelton, where it was to be cared
for at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
LeRoy Fessler.
This arrangement seemed to
suit Elmer all right as long as
IMrs. Fessler, who is Mr. Babcock’s
sister, was at home; but about
four days after the cat's arrival,
Mrs. Fessler went to the hospital
to keep an appointment with Dr.
Stork. After that the place was
too lonely, for Mr. Fe'sisler’s ice
cream business kept him down
town all day, so Emer left with-
out leaving his forwarding ad-
dress.
When Amos had been in Bell-
ingham about two Weeks, he made
a weekend visit to his home, stap.
ping for lunch at the Fessler place
before finishing the trip to Grant.
While there he laughineg told of
a dream that had come to him
the previous night, in which Elmer
had come to him and said, “I
don’t like it at the Fessler place.
I am going out home.” Later that
day, after Amos had reached his
own home and had made the house
cozy and warm, the wilful feline
casually walked in and took his
accustomed place by a stove. He
had evidently made the more than
eleven miles on foot, and had like-
ly arrived a couple of days in ad-
vance of his master.
Since Mr. Babcock was obliged
to return to Bellingham the fol~
lowing day, Elmer was again tak—
en to the Fessler home. This time
things are being run more to his
liking, for Mrs. Fessler is at home
again and the house is always nice
and warm; and while the lady’s
time is pretty well taken up with
the care of baby Jon LeRoy, who
came home with her from the
hospital, Elmer finds lher good
company and seems to have de-
cided to remain there until Amos
finishes his work in the northern
city and comes home to stay, when
he and Elmer expect to again' be
at home to their friends at Grant.
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PURPOISE SCHOOL SOUNDS
LIKE STORM T0 ISLANDERS
, By Della. Goetsch
Harstine Island, Jan. 29. —
Spouting and blowing, like political
candidates . before election; rolling,
heaving and diving with such a.
swishing and roaring that the
noise could be heard plainly after
they were more than a mile away,
a. huge school of porpoises made
a spectacular voyage through
Pickering Passage, passing the
ferry landing at approximately
4:30 Sunday afternoon. Headed
south, and keeping to the middle
of the channel, this host of gre-
garious cetacea left with onlook-
ers the impression that they had
a definite destination, and were
determined to arrive on time.
The ferry crossed from Harstine
Island to its west landing just
before the big “aquatic animals
passed, and when the porpoises
found themselves in water that
had been recently stirred by the
bodt’s propeller, they must have
sensed danger, for all spouting and
rolling stopped, and the next quar-
ter of a. mile was made with all
thatches closed ‘ and not even at
There were
some of extra large size among
this flock of fish, several of the
tall, black fin-s seeming to title
five to six feet out of water, and
those who witnessed the sight es-
timated that there must have been
bteween forty and fifty of the huge
periscop'e showing.
animals.
Just after dark, the caravan re-
turned over the same course, with
fully as much noise and bluster-
ing as was expended on the trip
south.
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Twice a Week
TUESDAY and
THURSDAY I
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
ACCIDENTS IN CITY SCHOOLS CLOSED
YESTERDAY FOR REST
OF WEEK BY SICKNESS
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TONIGHT—Annual Mason Coun-
ty REd Cross Chapter meeting,
6:30 dinner, Hotel Shelton. Elec-
tion of 1940 officers, 1939 ac-
tivities reports.
TONIGHT—Mixed doubles bowl-
ing league, 8 p. m., bowling al-
leys.
WEDNESDAY~Active club
weekly dinner meeting, 6:30 p.
m., Hotel Shelton.
WEDNESDAY—City league bas-
ketball, 7:30 p. m., Lincoln gym.
4-E Dairy vs, Rayonier.
THURSDAYHCity council meet
ing, 8 p. m., city hall.
THURS AY—City league basket-
ball, 7: 0 p.m,, Lincoln gym, Wil-
son’s Cafe vs. McConkey Pharm-
acy.
THURSDAY—Commercial league
bowling, 8 p. m., bowling alleys.
THURSDAY—C. A. Heffron, in-
come tax expert, to be estab-
lished at Hotel Shelton, all day,
to assist local federal taxpay-
ers in problems they may have
filling out 1939 income tax re-
turn forms.
PREP HOOP SLATE
SENDS SHELTON TO
OLYMPIA FRIDAY
Closing of Shelton, Elma Schools
Forces Alterations in Con-
ference Competition
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Some fancy date juggling was
indulged in yesterday by Shelton,
Olympia and Elma athletic offi-
cials in efforts to keep the South-
west conference high school bas-
ketball schedule from becoming
too badly riddled, by postpone—
ments due to the current sickness
epidemic which now has closed ev—
ery school in the conference ex~
'cept Raymond.
After it, was all over, tonight’s
scheduled Shelton-Olympia game
in Lincoln gym was transferred
to Olympia and to Friday night
of this week while the scheduled
Shelton-Elma. game at Elma Fri-
day night was postponed to an
unannounced future date because
of the closure of the Elma. schools
with the consequent inability of
the Eagles to play at home this
week.
That's the same reason the Oly-
mpia-Shelton game was transfer-
red to Olympia. The Montesano-
Olympia game originally sched-
uled for ,Friday has also been in-
definitely postponed. The transfer
to Olympia means that the March
game between the Bears and the
Highclimbers will be played in
Shelton instead of Olympia.
No date has been set yet for
the Hoquiam-Shelton game which
was scheduled last Friday but
postponed because of the closure
of the Hoquiam schools, nor for
next Friday's postponed Elma-
Shelton tussle. All of last Friday’s
conference games were postponed
because of the illness woes.
Ray Robertson, husky spoho-
more guard-center on the High:
climber second team, was clipped
from the squad for the rest of the
season Sunday night when he sur—
rendered his appendix in Shelton
hospital.
The second team is also shy the
services for the time being of
Dave SWenson, sophomore guard,
and George Valley, junior forward,
who are out with the flu, leaving
the reserve squad badly short~
handed at present.
City Beautifying
Park With Shrubs
Beautification of Kneeland Park
is being accomplished by city
street workmen these days as they
plant trees and shrubs about the
park.
Further beauty of it all is that
it isn’t, costing the city anything
for the material, usually an ex.
tremely large part of the cost of
such a project.
Some two dozen holly trees
which are being used in the plant-
ing program were donated by C.
E. Runacres, former city mayor,
while some 25 or 30 young rhodo-
dendron bushes and a half dozen
small hemlock trees _were taken
from the Woods of Mason County.
Business, Industry
Census Due In Town-
Before this week is out- Gordon
Hendry, Mason County census tak-
er, will begin his tabulations of
business and industry inside the
city limits of Shelton, he said to-
t
day after completing his work in .
the two rural divisions of the
county outside of Shelton.
He expects to complete the bus-
iness and industrial census by the
end of February. The general pop-
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ulation and farm census starts in
April.
Absences Caused by Flu Remove
Almost One-Fifth of En-
rollment; Resume
Next Monday
Opening of second _semester stu-
dies in Shelton schools was delay-
ed one week when the city sys-
tem was closed yesterday for the
balance of this week by order of
Dr. S. P. Lehman, district health
officer, following a. conference
with City School Supt. H. E, Loop
and County Supt. J. E. Martin.
Absence of over 250 students out
of the 1500 enrollment total yes-
terday as the second semester op-
ened was too severe a financial
loss for the district to endure as
well as the danger of further
spread of the epidemic, so the stu-
dents were sent home shortly af-
ter their afternoon classes took
up with orders to return again
next Monday morning, the an-
nouncement from Dr. Lehman’s 0f-
fice stated.
No Penalty This Way
The action taken by Dr, Leh-
man allows the school district to
claim its regular state apportion—
ment during the time of the clos-
ure and also erases the necessity
of making up the lost time at the
end of the school year, Supt, Loop
pointed out.
Dr. Lehman’s statement said: “It
is hoped that by closing the schools
it will eliminate the further spread-
ing the school rooms of colds and
other respiratory conditions and
will aid in bringing the well child
to the school next Monday morn-
ing." '
Dr. Lehman urges strongly that
any symptoms suspicious of the
flu or conditions resembling in-
fluenza be checked carefully, es-
pecially in the presence of colds,
coughing, rising temperature and
eruptions.
Watch Self Closely
“Anyone ailing should isolate
himself promptly, go to bed, and
a physicianshould be summoned
as early as possible in order to
halt the progress of the disease,"
he explained. “Those with any
symptoms of colds and influenza
should remain from public gath-
ering places and refrain from vis-
iting other families. And don't. go
off to other communities, as that
might spread the epidemic far-
ther.”
Grapeview grade school also was
added yesterday to the inactive dis-
tricts of Mason county when over
half the pupils failed to report for
classes yesterday, The Grapeview
school will be closed for at least
a week, County Supt. Martin said.
Mary M. Knight resumed class-
work yesterday after a week's
closure while the Oakland Bay
school expects to reopen tomorrow
after being closed for a week.
SOUTHSIDE VOTES SPECIAL
LEVY BY 71 T0 1 MARGIN
A special ten-mill levy for gen-
eral building purposes was voted
by Southside school district resi-
dents Saturday by a 71 to 1 mar-
gin. The one dissenting vote, as
near asthe election board can de-
termine, was intended to favor the
levy but the ballot caster made a
mistake, it is reported.
The special levy is to raise a
fund for construction of a recrea-
tion hall, assisted by W.P.A. and
N.Y.A., County School Supt. J. E.
Martin said yesterday.
FRESH FRUITS AVAILABLE
FREE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS
By the simple expedient of fill-
ing out a requisition blank, obtain-
able from County School Supt. J.
any Mason County
school district may obtain free or-
anges and apples now, Supt. Mar-
tin announced yesterday.
Schools conducting W.P.A. hot
lunch programs are receiving these
fresh fruits automatically but the
same supplies are available to all
districts whether they conduct hot
lunch programs or not, if requisi-
tion blanks are signed by a board
member or principal,
The fruits are being distributed
under the surplus commodity pro-
gram intended to assist American
farmers. '
$40 Profit Realized
From Birthday Dances
Slightly over $40 was realized
from the President's Birthday balls
given at Union and Agate Satur-
day evening, Sheriff Gene Martin,
County chairman, announced yes-
terday.
Profit from the Uion ball was
$37 while $3.75 was realized at
Agate. Half the fund goes to the
Warm Springs Foundation, half
remains here for local infantile
paralysis cases.
L. M. Men 011' Trip To
California, 2 Weeks
Walter M. Elliott, general man-
ager, and Vern Miller, men’s de-
partment clerk, of the Lumber-
men’s Mercantile left here Friday
on a two week's trip to San Fran-
cisco and Los Angeles.
Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. G. A. Le-
Compte completed the trip group.
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