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SWEET MILK OR BUTTERMILK  8-OZ, SUNNEE FROZEN . 5 PER 15-OZ, PKG, t ................................ 150Z. ............................. 15 OZ. TO Bill Introduced/n Senate To Equalize Shipping Costs ONGRESSMEN LISTEN  Dave James, representing the Simp- llTimber Company of Washington, is pictured above on a recent ,, ¢o the Nation&apos;s capital in an effort to solve the serious prob- =i s confronting the Northwest Lumber industry. He is pictured :u=sing With Congressmen Jack Westland (left) and Thor C. "son the loss by the Northwest industry of over 505 of the i ,astern lumber market i0 Caned an lumber interests because meir lower operational and,transportation costs. ;iI ° berth  wogu ',ital shipplTngroduc =legialatlon i ! . iliiators lea by Sen ,!." Magnuson" m,d " I, both democral depressed United States lumberin and inter- would be helped uced by. West- tors War- gnuson acid Henry M. a, Wash. ,n)ia'l]' egislation (S. 2737) would ,,l" ? shipping rates for Am- '';,' )vb" lumber with those of Can- :!ll.l,granting a subsidy to the :"('"  intercoastal carriers. industries, Magnuson ex- . bare lost ground because )etition. With Ca- capturing more of market, the inter- shipping industl:y has lost slnultaneously because the Awards e Jobs 1,050.85 contract has been b the Washington State iommiatoto the Berg- and Early Con- o. of Tacoma for the bridges across near Kamilche. will. be 240 feet Wide on the main Olympia and SheN ans call for 3,297 linear restressed concrete gird- yards of concrete, of steel reinforc- 6,700 linear feet of con- and various other it- rk is Scheduled to begin in ;i;W aree weeks and will be l.eted Within 130 s. working MIFFLIN CREDIT. PREXY competing Canadian product has been carried in foreign ships. Ser- iousness of the situation m shown by the fact that Canadian lum- ber now holds almost 60 percent of the Eastern Market, compared to only seven percent "only a few years ago," Magnuson declared. MAGNUSON SAID the subsidy to intercoastal carriers, provided in the Magnuson-Jackson mea- sure, would be payable when the Secretary of Commerce deter- mines after hearings, that an Am- erican industry is losing a sub- stantial part of its business to a foreign competitor because of the Jones Act requirements. The Jones Act specifies that trade be- tween U.S. ports must be carried on American-flag vessels. This causes domestic lumber producers to pay higher American rates. Joining-Magnuson and Jackson in sponsorship of the measure were Senators Wayne Morse, D., Oregon; Maurine Neuberger, D., Oregon; and Frmak Church, D., Idaho. Three Injured When Oars Collide In Fog Two Irene S. Reed high school studerits and a 65-year-old Shel- ton woman were injured about 8 a.m. Wednesday in an auto acci- dent about one mite north of Ka- milche. Injured were Mrs. F. M. Weld- on, 65, 1230 Olympic street, David Wood, 16, Rt. 1. Box 206, and Louis Jolliff, 17, also of Shelton. Mrs. Weldon was taken to the Shelton General hospital with pos- sible internal injuries. The youths were treated for facial cuts at the ?ercy  Pie 6Of? S.E. 86th Ave portland, Ore 76TH YEAR--NO. 5 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.,'" Shelton, Washington 16 Pages  2 Sections Thursday, February 1, 1962 Entered as second class matter at the best office .it Shelton, Waslflngton. under Act of March 8, 1879. Published weekly at 2'..)7 West Cots. 10 Cents per copy Harstine Island Bridge Price Tag Estimated At $668,000 County Engineer Frank Porter old an audience in the PUb aud- torium last week the tenative :ost of a bridge with a 31 foot pan, linking Harstine Island with ?ickering, is estimated at $668,= )00. According to Porter's estimates, construction costs would run to $580,000, approaches and right of ,rays, $57,000 and engineering and ;oil survey fees, $31,000. This zould mean the county would have to issue about $700,000 worth of general obligation bonds to finance the project. SEVERAL ISLANDERS were on hand for the meeting and the majority favored the construction of such a bridge. Those in favor of the bridge feel it is desperately needed to meet Harstine's trans- portation reqmrements. One islander, however, was against the building of such a bridge. He is Lawrence Jerrells. Ierrells said the cost of a bridge would be prohibitive, particularly when interest charges are figured in. Jerrells said the ultimate cost of the bridge would run to $1,300,. 000 over a 20 year period. "Some people say the island will develop if a bridge is built but a large part of the land on Harstine is owned by big timber compames who would actually be forced to give up logging opera- tions if taxes were increased", Jerrells said. Other Harstians thought dif- ferently about the matter. Among them was Sid Baunsgard. He said islanders favored the bridge idea by at least a 10 to one majority. Baunsgard said the present fer- ry will have to be replaced with- in a few years and this alone will cost about $100,000. He thought most islanders would be willing to pay higher taxes if a bridge was built. Baunsgard felt the sav- ing on ferry tickets alone would justify a tax increase as far as most Islanders were concerned. ANOTItER ISLANDER who was strongly in favor of the pro- posed bridge was Dr. Raymond Waid. Dr. Wald, who read from the prepared statement, atd, "Since the beginning of time there have been two types of people in the world. The progressives and reactionaries. The progressives have the interest of humanity at heart while the reactionaries only think of their selfish interests. Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 13 Clinic iospital. The auto, driven by Wood, col- Walter Williams, well known lided with Mrs. Weldon's car in Seattle civic leader, will be the the early-morning fog. Both re- guest speaker at a Republican hieles were badly damaged. Lincoln Day dinner scheduled Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the armory. WILLIAMS served as U. S. As- was elected presi- Employees Union at the an- meeting Jan. 26. named were Archie president; and EI- secretmT-treasurer. re-elected in- cani, Nelson, J. M. Irvin Shefler. were won at the Rice, A1 La- and we should like to have all 4-H Longan, Sally leaders who have horse project Gruver, Betty members in their club to at'tend if Schmidt, Mary possible. Bruce Mc- The complete five year program Elizabeth will be presented and the meeting Moore and is to coordinate the proposed pro- Moore, Chas. gram, subject to approval of the i. Mason County 4-H leaders' council. sistant Secretary of Commerce during the Eisenhower administra- tion. He has been active in Wash- ington Republican circles, par(ficu- larly in King County, for many years. Tickets for the dinner will be priced at $2.50. Les Shelver is in charge of the ticket committee. The dinner Will be served hy the ladies of the Southside Grange. Dinner publicity chairman Ralph Horton said this year's event wilt not be a fund raising effort and the cost of the tickets will only cover the actual cost of the meal. Musical entertainment is planned for the evening. 4-H Leaders Slate Meeting February 7 There will be a meeting for all Mason County 4-H leaders who have members interested in the 4-H horse project on Wednesday, FebrUary 7 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the commissioners' room of the P.U.D. in Shelton. This will be a special meeting NO STEPHENStephen Rose, age 8, is shown with anlan s is a ear oio ano is ex " , Peaches. Peache Y ,Stephen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rose, is a second grade student at the Mt. View two brothers and one sister, New License Tabs Available Saturdays Motor vehicle lie0nse tabs for 1962 can be obtained Saturdays at the Hood Canal Realty Co. at Hoodsport or ax Bill Pearson's in- surance agency in Shelton. Those driving without new license tabs are subject to arrest by law enforcement authorities as of today. County Auditor C. Nolan Mason said Tuesday about two- thirds of the county's motorists have secured new hcense tabs, License tabs can be obtained at the auditor's office in the court- house Monday through Friday dur- ing the daytime hours. NEW NIGHT GLASS PROGRAM, SLATED due rhc second sernester of a d! education night classes is sche- uled to start soon so anyone in- ta, • . , . e.eesl,ed in mproving his or her uucation contact p . . is invited to GrmciPal Frank Willard at the rant C. Angle school for infor- mation. Willard, who is again in charge of the night class programming, .says classes in mrtually any sub- .]oct for which a minimum of 10 Persons enrolls and a qualified lnstrnctoi = will be " • ' can be secured ' arranged. • o example, classes in natural- tzation for non-citizens, in cor- ).eetional reading (not speed read- mg but fox. persons having diffi- l!ty With ordinary reading), tbe oSaop method of sewing, and b triers, along with the old stand- kYS .of typing, shorthand, book- eepmg, driving, craftwork, etc,, Will be arranged for groups of 10 or more adult students, Willaru Pointed out. If the yachting people want a tion to the numbm of people it high bridge span they should take would serve. up a collection among themselves Commissioner Martin Auseth, to finance the difference m cost. in whose road district the pro- It would be easier for them to posed bridge would be built, said, donate money for this purpose "I think there is some confusion than it is for most islanders to over the taxation issue here. If pay the ferry fare. The present we issue bonds they will be re- ferry service between the island tired from state gas tax funds. and the mainland has resulted Ln We could retire the bridge bonds much hardship and suffering for at about double the amount we the Harstians." are now losing on the operation Dr. Waid added that people of the ferry." should try to settle their differ- ENGINEER PORTER said the ence in a Christian, humane man- operating loss of the Harstine her by seeking peaceful solutions Ferry amounted to $24,378.27 in to their problems. The doctor feels 1961, and Porter thinks the loss the yachtsmen are more concern- will increase in future years to ed with their boating pleasures about $34,000. than with the pains of suffering Commissioner Harry Elmhmd humanity, said the commission is still study- Hugo Glaser, Mrs. Robt. Barnett ing the bridge idea and have not and Alvin Pridham also voiced as yet come to any definate con- favor for the construction of a clusion as to its feasibility. bridge. They think the bridge "We still do not know the corn- would s tim ul a t e development position of the soil at the bottom which in turn would produce the of Pickering Pass. Our cost esti- necessary revenues to retire the mates are speculative until we bonds. Jack Saeger of Shelton know this. This meeting might thinks the outlay of funds to build be a little premature since such a bridge is out of proper- we do not have all the necessary facts to base a final decision," Recreation The cost of the bridge would in- crease substantially ira soil sur- vey reveals hard pan at the bot- I'i gnianne" tom since it is very costly to sink Area surface, concrete pilings into this type of If present cost estimates are accurate it would require an ex- By Union Club penditure of abou $50,000 a year to retii'e the bonds. The cotinty currently receives about $2000 a boad of county commm year in taxes from Harstine Is- stoners Monday authorized the.us- land for the road department. cation of McReavey's third ad- , Chamber of Comnmrce vicc- dition at Union to expedite plans lresident John Bennett suggested of the Hood Canal Improvement the county might get some fed- Club to establish a recreation area oral help under the area develop- at the site. ment program of the federal gee- Harry Coles, a member of the ernmenL elub, acted as spokesman for the ue,n Cortes asked if the court- group at Monday's meeting, ty could secure federal match- County Engineer Frank Porter ing funds for the bridge. Auseth recommended the commission ap- told Correa there was little chance prove the request after making an of this because Ma:on County al-' investigation of the site. Porter ready has several roads which felt the proposed recreation area qualify for federal matching funds at Union would be in the public and the state is not inclined to interest, qualify any more projects. DR, RAYMOND WAID of Hars- THE QUESTION of a bridge tine Island, who strongly favors to Harstine is still very much up the building of a bridge to the is- in the air. It appears that the land, suggested in a letter to the U.S. Army Engineers will demand commission, yachtsmen take up a a 31 foot span for the bridge as collection among themselves to the result of the strong protests help finance the bridge. Dr. Waid of the yachtsmen. The commis- felt it would be easy for the boat- stoners have said they would not ers to raise $50,000 to help defray issue any bonds without the ap- the cost of building a 31 foot span. proval of the public. Representatives of various Puget Sound yacht clubs protested the PUD Installs construction of a bridge between Pickering and Harstine recently before the Army Engineers in Seattle. The yachtsmen think the Insulated Lines span should be at least 31 feet high. The county had hoped to get permmsion from the Army to build such a bridge with a span of from PLrD No. 3 crews are now relo- 15 to 25 feet. cating a mile and a half of power- In his letter to the commission, lines in the Kamilche area to con- Dr. Waid said he had thought of form to state engineering plans writing letters to various news- for the Shelton-Olympia freeway. papers about the matter but feels THE WIRES will be covered newspapers are too spineless and with a special insulation material gutless to print his writings, to reduce power outages and oth- The commissioners passed a res- er maintenance problems, accord- olution authorizing the transfer ing to Commissioner Ed Taylor. of $4,066.67 from the general fund PUD No. 3 is one of the first pew- into the civil defense fund. er utilities to use this type of wir- The commission approved three ing in the state. road projects submitted by engin- Taylor said the insulated wires eer Frank Porter. The projects in- can be knocked down by falling elude work on the Mason Lake trees and other debris without road, $25,000; the Shelton valley eliminating power service. The in- road, $5,000 and the Highland sulated wires also greatly reduce road, $4,000. Porter, who is lear- the chances of death or injury ing his present position as of in the event someone accidently Feb. 1, said these projects .will comes in contact with them. keep county road crews busy while "This new installation will ira- the new engineer is busy getting prove power service for the entire acquainted With local road prob- South end of the county. Although eros. The commission has inter- it is much more expensive to use Hewed several prospective candi- insulated lines, we feel it will re- lates for Porter's lob but had not sult in a saving to us in the long s yet made a final selection, run because of lower maintenance Porter informed the commission costs and it will also improve the that all road department bills for quality of our service", said Tay- [961 have been paid. He suggested lor. the county sell some of its surplus The PUD plans to use as much equipment at future state auctions insulated wire in the future as in Olympia. Porter feels the county funds will allow. Taylor said in- may receive higher bids on its Sulated wires are particularly de- equipment if this practice is fol- sireable in the more remote areas lowed. The county plans to sell Which are usually the last to be i three trucks and possibly a rock Placed back in service after snows crusher, and wind torms. R. W King, newly appointed Jo Simpson Impro De Watto Port Commissioner. paid e ves a visit to the commission. King talked over the du,,es of his new St dily In S tile position with +<he commissioners, ea ea Leonard Olson, operator of the Continued imurovemnt in the Allyn tavern, asked the commis- Condition of Joe V. Simpson, sion for a dance permit to allow former Shclton city finance corn- dancing at his tavern. The corn- missioner who was critically in- mission told Olson it had no objec- 3tu'ed by a propeller blade in tions to issuing a pe)'mit. County Alaska in December, is reported approval of the request is subject by his mother, Mrs. Florence to confirmation by the state board Lawton. of liquor control. Simpson is off the critical list A county building permit was and able to have visitors at the issued to James E. Rossmaier, Rt. University of Washington hospital, 3, Box 488 AA, $7,000. Where he is being treated by specialists for the head injurie --=,.i°';"n To Initiate received when ,,o walked into a Whirling airplane propeller while Workin for a marine supply firm New Members Tuesday g ' at Port Fairfiehl, Alaska. One of the largest groups of ........................ new men,i>e,.s in the recent histo,'y Mayor Proclaims of Fred B. Wivell American Legion Post is Scheduled to be initiated Sheilon Jaycee Week at public ceremonies next Tuesday evening. Mayor Earl Moore Tuesday zu h Post tCtonlmander Glenn Correa "g t proclaimed the week of Feb. invites lc public to witness the 4 to 10 as Jaycee Week in Shel- initiation of 37 new post members ton. by a 4th District initiation team, "I feel the Jaycees are one of The cereraonies will be held in our most outstanding civic or- Memorial Hall starting at 8:00 gmtizations in Shelton", said p,m. Moore. MOTHERS MARCH YIELDS $8g7.40--Mason County Mothers marched Tuesday night collect- ing funds for the National Foundation's battle against birth defects, arthritis and polio. Terri Spllseth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Los Spilseth, Rt. 1, Box 330, is shown above with Mason County National Foundation Drive Director Jerry Samples. Terri was born with birth de- fects and later contracted polio at the age of three years. Terri's mother said the National Foundation has been extremely helpful in assist- ing tbe. Spilseth family meet the many medical bills caused by her infirmities. Samples urged the public to give its all out support to the National Foundation's drive for funds. The Zonta Club conducted Tuesday night's march. Mrs. Merle McNeil was drive director. The Zonta Club wishes to express its thanks to the many mothers who marched in the cold fog in an effort; to help in this worthy cause. Samples said the total collections should exceed $900 by the time the final count is made. Last year the march total came to $786.13. lic will take advantage of the of- fer to improve outward appear- ances of the city for the host of tourists expected to attend the Seattle World's Fair. RESIDENTS are asked to pile the debris in front of their homes so crews can get to it without undue difficulty. City crews will also be busy in the next few weeks cutting brush and removing debris from land adjacent, to roads lead- ing into town. The street depart- merit is now utilizing the smwiees of eight men on public assistance in conjunction with the Federal Work Relief program. City Officials Urge Beautification Effort For Century 21 Fair The City Commission approved a motion by Mayor Earl Moore Tueday night to spruce up Shelton for Century 21. City crews will be available during the months of February, March and April to haul yard refuse to the city dump without charge to residents. Those wanting this service can call city hall and their names will be placed on the cleanup list. Moore said several other cities are now in the process of civic beautification for Century 21 andhe feels Shclton should follow Suit ..... ,,, co=,.,,o, ,o000, <,o 0,,,. IC cf [ For s The commission gave a tenative ) 011 Jaycees Slate Award Banquet DICK LEWIS Jaycee Week, proclaimed re- cently by Mayor Earl Moore, will be observed Feb. 4-10 by the Shel- ton Jaycees. Highlight of the week will be the group's annual Bosses Night and Distinguished Service Award Banquet, schedtfled for next Tuesday night. PRINCIPAL speaker at the banquet, to be held at the Jaycee Clubhouse at the airport, will be Dick Lewis, president of the Olympic Area Chamber of Com- merce. "That Wholesome Positive Attitude" will be tim subject of Lewis's talk. "Bosses night gives us an op- portunity to tell our bosses md community leaders about Jaycees and our activities", said Jim Hartley, president. "Through the DSA wc honor a young ntan of Jaycee age, 21-35 (but not nec- essarily a ,laycee), for his con- tribution to the community." Three civic leaders not eligible for the award will nmke tlhe selection from among candidates nominat- eel by several local organizations. The Shelton Jaycees, who cur- rently ha.ve 35 members, were in- corporated in Dec, 1947. Through the years they have worked to develop leadership in young men throtigh community development. Nationally, the Jaycees are cel- cbi'atbg their 42rid anniversary. They Count a quaiter of a million members in some 4,000 chapters in the United States. Joe Borek will be toastmaster for the banquet, Doug Richards is banquet chairman, Vern Dron- en is DSA chairman and the Jay- ettes will prepare and serve the dinner. approval to a request made: by Glenn Watson for the acceptance o, ,,,,,< ,o,.,o. <,..\