February 12, 1959 Shelton Mason County Journal | ![]() |
©
Shelton Mason County Journal. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 1 (1 of 18 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
February 12, 1959 |
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader ![]() |
ounty Wins First Round In Battle For
BY ED DOHERTY
senate forestry committee headed by Senator Robert
of Pacific county refused to grant another hearing
Land Commissioner Bert Cole when Cole told the
Monday his department had not had the time
their case on the highly controversial senate
Committee Irked When State
Come Unprepared To Hearing
bill, now pending in the senate, would make it
for Mason county to get back 30,000 acres of land
were taken over by the state as the result of a law
in 1924.
SENATORS were very un:
With the head of the State
'Natural. Resources
Cole that his department
mUch time to prepare their
the county. "the commit-
Cole that his department
e to Send in a written
their side of the iamle
committee would not
for another hearing.
chairman of the
State Association of.
and Corn-
Mitchell of Maon
the county's
proposed bill. Watts
that the bill
ve the county an oppor,
prove to the State Tax
that tt would be m
the state from
have the
to local juriedictton.
the committee
present time there is
alch the county can
of the story on the
lands are under
the State Depart-
Resources at the
and there is no legal
up by which the
action.
vas also strongly in
- aw and said, "It
Lne beat interest of
and the counties if
PaSsed." Mitchell ex-
of the bill
Passed as a conserva-
In 1924 because most
question was
little value
so( want to see
wagte because of a
How-
has changed in
and much of this
now be harvested for a
profit.
Bt LL 00 provides
a
that
the state
back to the colin-
could order the
to idea I jurisdiction.
Would have to be
an area where forest
are located.
of the Cascades. The county also
wanted this bill passed because it
would mean about $15,000 in extra
revenue =dnce Mason county has
about 122,000 acJ of this land.
Those in opposition .to this bill
were the Simpson Logging Com-
pany, the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company and the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
OMAR COLEMAN, a represent-
ative of the SimpsOn company in
!Seattle, told the committee that
the long range thinking of the
company in terms of capital in-
vestment was based on the acquis-
Ition of classified lands and he
said that it would not be in the
best interest of the general econ-
omy to pa the bill beCause it
woful d ' discourage investment
which means.so much to the areas
where these lands are situated.
Charles Cowan, representing the
Washington Forest Protection As-
sociation, esid that the counties
were playing beth ends of the
game When they try to pass this
bill since a 12% yield tax is as-
sessed against the owner of the
lands when the timber is cut. He
felt that if the valuation is in-
creased the' yield tax should be
reduced.
DiCK WATTS felt that the val-
uation on this land had not been
increased since the bill was passed
in 1931 and that an, increase in
valuation was in order due to the
change in general economic con-
• tidns since that date. •
Both Simpson and Weyerhaeuser
admitted that the bill would not
mean a large expense to them if it
was passed although they favored
the present valuation. It is esti-
mated that if the bill was passed
it would mean an increase of
$40,000 throughout the state on
taxes paid. Simpson owns about
200,000 acres of classified lands'
County Hopes
To Buy Shelton
Navy Annex
The Mason County Board of
Commissioners made a motion
Monday afternoon to try to ac-
quire ownership of the Shelton
annex of the navy shipyard at
John's Prairie if the federal gov-
ernment declares it surplus prop-
erty.
THE LAND m question com-
prises about 470 acres and has a
railroad siding as well. Accord-
ing to law, the government can
place the land under the surplus
property act and make it available
to local governmental bodies. The
commission feels that this wonld
make an ideal industrial site be-
cause of the railroad sidin and
will attempt to secure it if it is
declared surplus. !
Nick Hein appeared before the
commission giving a report on the
heating system at the courthouse.
Hein told the commissioner that
the present heating system is not
properly distributing the heat be-
cause of leaky valves and stems
and also because there is not
enough steam presmre to move
the heat throughout the building,
Hein said that the heating sys-
tem was designed for 10 to 15
pounds of pre.ure but the county
has been using only about 2
pounds. He told the commission
that the control on the boiler was
not working right and that he had
notified the Minneapolis-Honey-
well company on this matter.
THE COMMISSION decided to
go ahead with plans to have the
heating system completely checked
and to make the neccqsary repairs
in order to provide the building
with proper heating. At the pres-
ent time it is extremely hot in cer-
tain parts oI the building while
cold in other parts.
COUNTY TREASURER John
Cole reported to the commission
that the county is $17,000 in the
Mack and will not have to issue
any interest bearing warrants in
order to meet expenses.
Forest Lands
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
b_.111JJ'l I-,I i I,',l I,',1 :! :lm
..... -- ............... "-= ......... "_-F" ........
73RD YEAR--NO. 7 Entered as secnnd clas matter at the post office at SheltonWashington, 18 Pages-- 3 Sections
under Act of March , 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th Street.
Thursday, February 12, I959 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A." 8 Cents per Copy
BATTLING FOR RETURN OF FOREST
BOARD LANDS---Commissioner James F. Bar-
ry of Cowlitz county, Dick Watts, chairman of
the Washington State Association of County
Commissioners, and Commissioner Roy Mitchell
of Mason county are shown hers In the hallway
of the senate in Olympia after a two hour senate
forestry committee hearing Monday afternoon in
the capitol. Mason county has 30,000 acres of
state forest board lands worth about one million
dollars. Several of the counties are trying to
pull these lands loose from the control of the
State Department of Natural Resources who now
have complete control of them as the result of a
law passed in 1924. (Journal photo.)
GROUNDEDThis seagull was
crueIly grounded when some-
one painted ilis feathers green
and red. The bird was found
by AI Butler walking on
his lawn, Tuesday afternoon.
Butler tried to encourage the
gull to cat without success. Dr.
Douglas Larson, Shelton voter-
and Weyerhaeuser about 165,000 The commission O.K.'d a supple-
acreR.
Till= ruu,.,..,.=Je _,=__,mental budget request of $4608
................. , .- t from county school superintendent
t¢u eny tares nourqn., me l m ....._ ...,.._.,._. ,
, .... i-=., -.. v:,-Z [being used to provide visual azds
.. -vte ,n ra,o ,eglsl=io]rl. lose ....
........ ' - -- - I to educatmn and part of it is un
zrm zvmson county at me near-, . ' " "
ing .were Commissioners Mitchell, [aerwMtten by the State Depart-
Streckenbah and Bartekman, I met of Education.
• • ne commission was informed
County Assessor Wflhs Burnett, _ ........ .
lr., x..o. ,,a o,,_ .., ,.., o me * i'. Gooar]cn company in
.,.ito Olympia that they have secured
........ a $1000 performance bond in con-
now, the coUn.prob- Farmers Urged
the to the
and have no •
does not--To File Report
The proposed
for ay
ease to a
action on the Chairman Martin Auseth of the
each tndivid- Mason County Agricultural Sta,
bilization and Conservation Com-
mittee today reminded farmers
that the marketing year under the
1958 wool program will end March
31:
The wool program is conducted
under the National Wool Act of
1954. PaYments under the 1958
program wlU he made this mum-
mer When the rmyment rates are
determined on fhe basis of nation-
al average prices received by pro-
ducers for shprn wool during the
1958 marketing year. Any mar-
ketings after March 31 will be
eligible under the 1959 program.
If any condition concerning the
mile is not sortied by March 31,
the sale will not be conslderedas
completed. Title must have passed
to the buyer, the wool must have
been delivered to the buyer either
physically or through document,
and the last of the factors, price
per pound, weight, yield, etc.,
needed to determine the total pur-
chase price must be available.
Applications for payment under
the: 1958 program must be filed
with the county ASC offlcc not
later than April 30, 1959.
is passed it would
a chance to
res of land
The value
run around one
of !
not have
it was
no intention
to the coun.
so. Mike
of forestry for
"If I hon-
it was in the
state to return
recommend that
I don't think
did not give
to support
qTTEE warn com.
Bailey, Henry,
and Nord.
wore on It
that the
committee were on
the fact
was not ready
tittee also heard a pre-
Sides on een-
WOuld raise the
lands from one
acre west of the
50 cents to
lands east
Taxes
Monday
nection with their contract with
the county to mzpply tires and
make tire repairs in 1959.
Sheriff Jug Potter reported to
the commission that a federal
prison inspector has given a fav-
orable report on the Mason county
jail. Potter presented the letter
from the inspector to the com.
mission.
THE COMMISSION also heard l
a report from the Thurston-Mason
county library board informing
them that they have moved to
grant increases in salaries to em-
ployees for 1959.
CHAMBER BILLS
LEGISLATORS
24th District legislators will oc-
cupy the stage for the Shelton
Chamber of Commerce February
meeting next week, a session post-
poned one week to avoid con-
flict with tonight's Republican
Lincoln Day dinner.
All four district laWmakers have
indicated their intention to attend
the February 19 program to re-
view legislation affecting this dis-
trict now in the mill at Olympia,
according to program chairman
Roy Dunn, Chamber first vice-
president.
The Shelton city hall and the
Mason county courthouse will
be closed all day today in ¢om-
memoeati0n of LInooln,s birth.
day.
City Sewer Repairs
b Start Immediately
The City of Shelton will begin work on major sewer
repairs as soon as the weather clears and hopes to finish one
major job and several minor jobs in 1959.
The commission passed ordinance 655 which provides
a $60,175 budget in '59 for sewer salaries and maintenance.
This move will make available $25,000 in the current expense
fund which has been used in the past for sewers.
property
ts Will be made
here on Bur-
machine with all
done by
statement
and the total
With the pay.
parts.
are dlle on Feb-
am e delinquent
Ira, half is not
of handling the
• machine will
money and reduce
e'or
unty is one of two of
counties Who are us-
for hand.
of the
yea sing
ROGERS SCHOOL TV--An exciting addition to
the facilities of Rogers school was received by
the ohi|dren Monday morning with the arrival of
a television set for the classroom. The set was
presented the school by the Shelt0n Jayettes
th.rough arrangements with Joe Borek, school
principal. The Jayettes allot money from the
• lub's gonorai hind uoh yur to buy something
Committees,
Appointed For
Building Code
TIlE FIRST MAJOR job will be
L.12e Park street sewer which has
,en s source of numerous com-
Plaints in the past. Thin job will
cost about $10,000 and bids will
be accepted for this work in the.
ne%r future. Many of the smaller
jobs can be done by the city and
present plans call for all those
jobs to be done with city equip-
ment and manpower. The city,
however, does not have the neces-
sary equipment for most of the
big jobs and has to have others
do the work. The city will operate
on a pay as you' go basis on sew-
el" work.
The City Commission Tuesday
announced the appointments of a
new recreation Ioard consisting of
Gus Hubbard, George Dos.k, Carl
Downing, Bernie Bailey and Mrs.
Allan LaBisaoniere. Hubbard was
appointed temporary chairman.
A SECOND reading of ordinance
654 was made which provides for
the increase in sewer rates from
$1.25 to $2.50 a month.
Chief T. D. Deer reported to the
commission on the meeting held
last Friday night in the PUD audi-
torium for the establishment of a
city building code. Mayor Moore
said, "I believe that the city I
should not take a stand on this '
matter one way or another until
we have a chsnce to study the
comprehensive plan."
The city agreed to rent a $L950
loader for a month in order to see
if they wanted to buy it at a later
date.
The commission gave permission
for the dirt-obbers club to do
landscape work at the log monu-
ment on the top of the hill over-
looking the city.
inarlan, reported that the poss'-
ibility of removing the paint
would remove the natural oils
from the feathers and could be
absorbed by the skin and could
be fatal to the bird. With hopes
that the bird will moult his
feathers (if he will eat) it was
taken to a sheltered beach,
where he could swim and fend
for himself, rather than killing
him. (Jonrnal photo.)
Ritner Offers
New House Bill
Representative Roy Ritncr has
introduced house bill 451 which
deals with the purchasing of li-
quor.
This proposed law would require
a card ,)f identification stating the
correct age of the person who
wishes h) make a liquor purchase
am well as his signature and pho-
t.gra ph.
The pmqose of this proposed
law is to regulate and prevent the
con:;uming of liquor by those who
are nnder the legal age. Several
other states have law, requiring
similar identification.
Rilner recently look over the
ma, nagement of the house of rep-
resentatives cafeteria in the capi-
tol building. He is taking on this
job without pay but, feels that it
will give him an opportmity to
meet many legislators wholn he
would not get the chance to know
in his normal COtlrsc fir duties.
"59 Heart Fund Drive To Cover
AH Of County On February 22
Vuluuteera in the 1959 Heart
ICund eompaign now represent ev-
ery community in Mason county,
Mrs. Maybell Daniels, Shelton
ciairman, and Mrs. Robert K.
Jolmscn North Mason clmirman,
announced today.
THE HEART Fund supp0rta
the, Washington State Heart As-
sociation three fold pro)gram in
tl fight against heaYt disease
which claimed 154 lives in Ma,',m
county list year. The county
Heart Fund provides n,,t only for
Ma.m counly's part in the state
and natinnally co(u'dinaled re-
search effort, hilt .mqport ¢t' suc,h
ervi2(s .as tile Rhelllllatic Fevof
Cf, lltro| Pl'0:Taln, IlOW serving 13
local l)atients; Artery Bank; Bhu)d
Dontu' Service for heart-:urgery
paticnt,H clinic fro' patients mmm-
ph)ye(l bec.auae €,f h,,rt disease;
gtlides for ca l:diac h(,lllClna ]<(H's
all(I diet informath-ul: s(!iolltit'h'.
se.sirqls for MaH()ll COllnly physic-
ians an'd iilll'Se.U, and edu('al,iolla}
SeIWiC('S |O school and tile publh!.
Mr. I)aniels alld I}le Sh"[TI
lllSill('Ht'I all(l Prr)fesional VV(mmn
will supervise th,, city c;unl)aign ,
inchlcling thP amlHal l'Ic.art Sun-
day solicitation when vtduntecrs
will distribute educational mess-
ages and receiv(, c.onI ribllti()ns.
licart Sunday this year is Feb. 22.
NORTH MASON county COln-
munities and their campaign cap-
tains are: Allyn, Mrs. Henry Aus-
t.: Victor, Lva Pt Mederos;
Tahuya, Mrs. Allcn Sande; Uniml,
Mrs. William Timm; Hoodsp()rt,
Mrs. Enacry Winters; Belfair area:
Mrs. Rex Cr(}ssen, North Shore;
Mrs. Kenneth Rose, Old Bclfair
Highway; Mrs. Lloyd Suhr, BeN
fair community; Mrs. Johnson,
South Shore.
Troop 100 of l.lw Girl Scouls,
will br ill thai'go of distributing
th,, plastic ]lCal't-shape(I coill COll-
i.aJnel's to btl.JI:a'ss estnl)lishments
il| Be;fair. Mrs. (;e, wge Kays(,r
is |l',)Op leader. Tlm plastic hearts
will b,' distributed in other Norlh
Masun areas I)y Mrs. v, rilliam
q'inun in tlnion, Mrs. Enmry Win-
ters in H(,(1;q)ort all(I Mr. Edmond
in Allyn.
Mothers March Orive
Donations Hit $958,96
q'h, SIrelton - M:,:'oll (?,rarity
,¢lntd clnb wish(,s l. e×1)l'eSs |[ltir
t|lanha I,) all of the w, am,n who
l'' rticipa ted ill lib: M(,f twrs Mar,'h
[h)l'ch 1,it'hl l)rie Ili;lI¢ill i[ Sllc.h
a N1 tCCC,S.
Tlw t,d;ll rtt'eil')ts alll(nlll[ed i.(')
$95S.D6. Last y(';ll' the ,'mtribu-
lions ran slight ,)vcr $1000.
A'r'r !!;NI)S M EICrlNI
Willis Burnctt attended a meet-
ing .f the Washington State As-
sociation of County Auditors 24an.
day night m Chehi
Committees were aplointed last
Friday night at a meeting held in
the P.U.D. auditorium to begin
drafting a proposed city building
code which will be presented to
the city commission at a later
date.
THE MEETING concerned with
the adoption of a city building
code. wa represented by members
of the sheetmetal workers, car-
penters, plumbers, electricians and
roofers unions as well as Fire
Chief T.D. Deer and Chamber of
Commerce president Dick Scullers.
Several proposals were offered
including the writing of a short
minimum code, a basic code, the
prent" Y'H' code and the Pacific
Coast Uniform Code.
Both Chief Deer and Scullers
expressed interest tn the building
code. Scullers said that the
Chamber has considered the build-
ing code matter in the pat and
that they would help in its adop-
tion if they could.
It was decided that each union
representative should discuss the
problems connected with a build-
ing code in their individual unions
in order to get more background
information and a wider range of
views on the subject.
It was generally felt that the
city engineer conld handle the su=
pervision of the code here
if
adopted.
..._.-
for the SChool. This year's exceptionally appre-
tiated gift was obtained through the cooperation
of Eells and Valley Appliance Center. Shown in
the above Picture are Mrs. Don Erickson of the
Jayettes, Merritt Eells, and Mrs. Jim
e:) the Jayettes, (Journal photo, Hartley,
-, print by
SPEAKS TONIGHTThose attending the Lincoln Day dinner
tonight in the Shetton armory will have the opportunity tO hear
an exceptionally interesting guest speaker, Nilkanth Chavre.
Chavre was born and educated in India and has traveled widely
in Asia and Europe. His unusual experiences includ building
the Gorki automobile plant while on loan from Ford Motor Com-
pany to the Russian government. He also met personally the late
Joseph Stalin, Mahatma Ghandi and Prime Minister Nehru of
India. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. dinner will be available at the
door and from Oliver Ashford, Herb Rotter, Les Shelver, Beth
Johnson, Velma Mclnelly, Chuck Murray, B. T. Winiecki, Law-
rence Gosser, Bob Kecnan and Nolan Mason.
Library Gets
Science Books
In Memorial
An important new set of books
has come to the library as a gift
in memory of Arthur T. Walton.
It is the °'Illustrated Library of
the Natural Sciences," sponsored
by lhe American Museum of Na-
tural .History, and publil.led ...in.
Novcmbcr, 1958.
Nearly 2,000 scientists, explor-
ers and naturalists have written
special articles on all phases of
nlaIl's knowledge of the universe
in which he lives, and the pe(ple,
animals and plants all aronnd him.
The spin(: narking's on the four
volumes, "Aardvark to Cyclops,"
"Cypress to Juniper, .... Kangaroo
to Poor-me-one" and "Porcupinc
to Zebra" suggests the range of
subjects. Ovor 3,000 pages of
text, with 3,000 selec.ted illustra-
tions, contain articles by such
authors as William Beebe, Edwin
Way Teals, Donald Culross Peat-
tie and Florence Page Jacques.
Two more me.nlorial books on
natm.al history are John Cromp-
t,m's "A hive of bees," and Jos-
eph Wood Krutch's "The great
chain of life."
Weather
High Low Precip.
Feb. -1 .... 52 deg. ,10 dog'.
l'eb. 5 .. 49deg. dl deg. .21 in,
Feb. 6 .... 44 deg. 32 deg. .17 in.
Feb. 7 :. 46 deg, 30 deg .....
Feb. 8 .... 41 dcg: 29 d('g. .0., m.
Feb. 9 ..... 36 deft. 33 deg. .77 in.
Feb. 10 39 d,g. 32 d'K. .65 in.
...... Rayonier Incorpora ted.
Legion to Honor Past
Commanders, Presidents
Past post conmanders and Dast
auxiliary prcsidents will have their
hnnr- hz the Hmetigl.- rtexb Tu-
day'at the regular American Le-
gion meeting in Memorm,l hail.
A 6:30 dinner will open the ev(-
ning's program with entertain.
ment to follow.
i II _ I
.TIRES
6000RiOH
AND
O, K. RE-OAP
For More Economic Driving
at
O. K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
i Ill I Ill I
ARMOUR'S CRESCENT
SLIOED BACON , . . , 3 Ibs. $1.00
LEAN MEATY
SHORT RIBS..... 4 lbs. $1.00
YOUNG TENDER .
RIB STEAKS, . , . . , . lb. 65c
JUMBO
FRANKFURTERS..... , Ib, 45c
CARSTEN'S
SAUSAGE ROLLS . . , . 3 for $1,00
FRESH PORK
NECK BONES.... , 8 Ibs, $1.00
STEER BEEF
POT ROAST . , , , , , . Ih, 45c
FRESH LEAN
SPARE RIBS, , . , , , , Ib, 45c
WHILE THEY LAST- Y()UN(,' I]
TOM TURKEYS 35
i
WESTERN MEAT CO.
411 RAILROAD * HA 6-6243
i Lll ill i [ ,ii IIIII Ll_l[ J_ IIl Ill I i )llll2 - -.
ounty Wins First Round In Battle For
BY ED DOHERTY
senate forestry committee headed by Senator Robert
of Pacific county refused to grant another hearing
Land Commissioner Bert Cole when Cole told the
Monday his department had not had the time
their case on the highly controversial senate
Committee Irked When State
Come Unprepared To Hearing
bill, now pending in the senate, would make it
for Mason county to get back 30,000 acres of land
were taken over by the state as the result of a law
in 1924.
SENATORS were very un:
With the head of the State
'Natural. Resources
Cole that his department
mUch time to prepare their
the county. "the commit-
Cole that his department
e to Send in a written
their side of the iamle
committee would not
for another hearing.
chairman of the
State Association of.
and Corn-
Mitchell of Maon
the county's
proposed bill. Watts
that the bill
ve the county an oppor,
prove to the State Tax
that tt would be m
the state from
have the
to local juriedictton.
the committee
present time there is
alch the county can
of the story on the
lands are under
the State Depart-
Resources at the
and there is no legal
up by which the
action.
vas also strongly in
- aw and said, "It
Lne beat interest of
and the counties if
PaSsed." Mitchell ex-
of the bill
Passed as a conserva-
In 1924 because most
question was
little value
so( want to see
wagte because of a
How-
has changed in
and much of this
now be harvested for a
profit.
Bt LL 00 provides
a
that
the state
back to the colin-
could order the
to idea I jurisdiction.
Would have to be
an area where forest
are located.
of the Cascades. The county also
wanted this bill passed because it
would mean about $15,000 in extra
revenue =dnce Mason county has
about 122,000 acJ of this land.
Those in opposition .to this bill
were the Simpson Logging Com-
pany, the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company and the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
OMAR COLEMAN, a represent-
ative of the SimpsOn company in
!Seattle, told the committee that
the long range thinking of the
company in terms of capital in-
vestment was based on the acquis-
Ition of classified lands and he
said that it would not be in the
best interest of the general econ-
omy to pa the bill beCause it
woful d ' discourage investment
which means.so much to the areas
where these lands are situated.
Charles Cowan, representing the
Washington Forest Protection As-
sociation, esid that the counties
were playing beth ends of the
game When they try to pass this
bill since a 12% yield tax is as-
sessed against the owner of the
lands when the timber is cut. He
felt that if the valuation is in-
creased the' yield tax should be
reduced.
DiCK WATTS felt that the val-
uation on this land had not been
increased since the bill was passed
in 1931 and that an, increase in
valuation was in order due to the
change in general economic con-
• tidns since that date. •
Both Simpson and Weyerhaeuser
admitted that the bill would not
mean a large expense to them if it
was passed although they favored
the present valuation. It is esti-
mated that if the bill was passed
it would mean an increase of
$40,000 throughout the state on
taxes paid. Simpson owns about
200,000 acres of classified lands'
County Hopes
To Buy Shelton
Navy Annex
The Mason County Board of
Commissioners made a motion
Monday afternoon to try to ac-
quire ownership of the Shelton
annex of the navy shipyard at
John's Prairie if the federal gov-
ernment declares it surplus prop-
erty.
THE LAND m question com-
prises about 470 acres and has a
railroad siding as well. Accord-
ing to law, the government can
place the land under the surplus
property act and make it available
to local governmental bodies. The
commission feels that this wonld
make an ideal industrial site be-
cause of the railroad sidin and
will attempt to secure it if it is
declared surplus. !
Nick Hein appeared before the
commission giving a report on the
heating system at the courthouse.
Hein told the commissioner that
the present heating system is not
properly distributing the heat be-
cause of leaky valves and stems
and also because there is not
enough steam presmre to move
the heat throughout the building,
Hein said that the heating sys-
tem was designed for 10 to 15
pounds of pre.ure but the county
has been using only about 2
pounds. He told the commission
that the control on the boiler was
not working right and that he had
notified the Minneapolis-Honey-
well company on this matter.
THE COMMISSION decided to
go ahead with plans to have the
heating system completely checked
and to make the neccqsary repairs
in order to provide the building
with proper heating. At the pres-
ent time it is extremely hot in cer-
tain parts oI the building while
cold in other parts.
COUNTY TREASURER John
Cole reported to the commission
that the county is $17,000 in the
Mack and will not have to issue
any interest bearing warrants in
order to meet expenses.
Forest Lands
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
b_.111JJ'l I-,I i I,',l I,',1 :! :lm
..... -- ............... "-= ......... "_-F" ........
73RD YEAR--NO. 7 Entered as secnnd clas matter at the post office at SheltonWashington, 18 Pages-- 3 Sections
under Act of March , 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th Street.
Thursday, February 12, I959 Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A." 8 Cents per Copy
BATTLING FOR RETURN OF FOREST
BOARD LANDS---Commissioner James F. Bar-
ry of Cowlitz county, Dick Watts, chairman of
the Washington State Association of County
Commissioners, and Commissioner Roy Mitchell
of Mason county are shown hers In the hallway
of the senate in Olympia after a two hour senate
forestry committee hearing Monday afternoon in
the capitol. Mason county has 30,000 acres of
state forest board lands worth about one million
dollars. Several of the counties are trying to
pull these lands loose from the control of the
State Department of Natural Resources who now
have complete control of them as the result of a
law passed in 1924. (Journal photo.)
GROUNDEDThis seagull was
crueIly grounded when some-
one painted ilis feathers green
and red. The bird was found
by AI Butler walking on
his lawn, Tuesday afternoon.
Butler tried to encourage the
gull to cat without success. Dr.
Douglas Larson, Shelton voter-
and Weyerhaeuser about 165,000 The commission O.K.'d a supple-
acreR.
Till= ruu,.,..,.=Je _,=__,mental budget request of $4608
................. , .- t from county school superintendent
t¢u eny tares nourqn., me l m ....._ ...,.._.,._. ,
, .... i-=., -.. v:,-Z [being used to provide visual azds
.. -vte ,n ra,o ,eglsl=io]rl. lose ....
........ ' - -- - I to educatmn and part of it is un
zrm zvmson county at me near-, . ' " "
ing .were Commissioners Mitchell, [aerwMtten by the State Depart-
Streckenbah and Bartekman, I met of Education.
• • ne commission was informed
County Assessor Wflhs Burnett, _ ........ .
lr., x..o. ,,a o,,_ .., ,.., o me * i'. Gooar]cn company in
.,.ito Olympia that they have secured
........ a $1000 performance bond in con-
now, the coUn.prob- Farmers Urged
the to the
and have no •
does not--To File Report
The proposed
for ay
ease to a
action on the Chairman Martin Auseth of the
each tndivid- Mason County Agricultural Sta,
bilization and Conservation Com-
mittee today reminded farmers
that the marketing year under the
1958 wool program will end March
31:
The wool program is conducted
under the National Wool Act of
1954. PaYments under the 1958
program wlU he made this mum-
mer When the rmyment rates are
determined on fhe basis of nation-
al average prices received by pro-
ducers for shprn wool during the
1958 marketing year. Any mar-
ketings after March 31 will be
eligible under the 1959 program.
If any condition concerning the
mile is not sortied by March 31,
the sale will not be conslderedas
completed. Title must have passed
to the buyer, the wool must have
been delivered to the buyer either
physically or through document,
and the last of the factors, price
per pound, weight, yield, etc.,
needed to determine the total pur-
chase price must be available.
Applications for payment under
the: 1958 program must be filed
with the county ASC offlcc not
later than April 30, 1959.
is passed it would
a chance to
res of land
The value
run around one
of !
not have
it was
no intention
to the coun.
so. Mike
of forestry for
"If I hon-
it was in the
state to return
recommend that
I don't think
did not give
to support
qTTEE warn com.
Bailey, Henry,
and Nord.
wore on It
that the
committee were on
the fact
was not ready
tittee also heard a pre-
Sides on een-
WOuld raise the
lands from one
acre west of the
50 cents to
lands east
Taxes
Monday
nection with their contract with
the county to mzpply tires and
make tire repairs in 1959.
Sheriff Jug Potter reported to
the commission that a federal
prison inspector has given a fav-
orable report on the Mason county
jail. Potter presented the letter
from the inspector to the com.
mission.
THE COMMISSION also heard l
a report from the Thurston-Mason
county library board informing
them that they have moved to
grant increases in salaries to em-
ployees for 1959.
CHAMBER BILLS
LEGISLATORS
24th District legislators will oc-
cupy the stage for the Shelton
Chamber of Commerce February
meeting next week, a session post-
poned one week to avoid con-
flict with tonight's Republican
Lincoln Day dinner.
All four district laWmakers have
indicated their intention to attend
the February 19 program to re-
view legislation affecting this dis-
trict now in the mill at Olympia,
according to program chairman
Roy Dunn, Chamber first vice-
president.
The Shelton city hall and the
Mason county courthouse will
be closed all day today in ¢om-
memoeati0n of LInooln,s birth.
day.
City Sewer Repairs
b Start Immediately
The City of Shelton will begin work on major sewer
repairs as soon as the weather clears and hopes to finish one
major job and several minor jobs in 1959.
The commission passed ordinance 655 which provides
a $60,175 budget in '59 for sewer salaries and maintenance.
This move will make available $25,000 in the current expense
fund which has been used in the past for sewers.
property
ts Will be made
here on Bur-
machine with all
done by
statement
and the total
With the pay.
parts.
are dlle on Feb-
am e delinquent
Ira, half is not
of handling the
• machine will
money and reduce
e'or
unty is one of two of
counties Who are us-
for hand.
of the
yea sing
ROGERS SCHOOL TV--An exciting addition to
the facilities of Rogers school was received by
the ohi|dren Monday morning with the arrival of
a television set for the classroom. The set was
presented the school by the Shelt0n Jayettes
th.rough arrangements with Joe Borek, school
principal. The Jayettes allot money from the
• lub's gonorai hind uoh yur to buy something
Committees,
Appointed For
Building Code
TIlE FIRST MAJOR job will be
L.12e Park street sewer which has
,en s source of numerous com-
Plaints in the past. Thin job will
cost about $10,000 and bids will
be accepted for this work in the.
ne%r future. Many of the smaller
jobs can be done by the city and
present plans call for all those
jobs to be done with city equip-
ment and manpower. The city,
however, does not have the neces-
sary equipment for most of the
big jobs and has to have others
do the work. The city will operate
on a pay as you' go basis on sew-
el" work.
The City Commission Tuesday
announced the appointments of a
new recreation Ioard consisting of
Gus Hubbard, George Dos.k, Carl
Downing, Bernie Bailey and Mrs.
Allan LaBisaoniere. Hubbard was
appointed temporary chairman.
A SECOND reading of ordinance
654 was made which provides for
the increase in sewer rates from
$1.25 to $2.50 a month.
Chief T. D. Deer reported to the
commission on the meeting held
last Friday night in the PUD audi-
torium for the establishment of a
city building code. Mayor Moore
said, "I believe that the city I
should not take a stand on this '
matter one way or another until
we have a chsnce to study the
comprehensive plan."
The city agreed to rent a $L950
loader for a month in order to see
if they wanted to buy it at a later
date.
The commission gave permission
for the dirt-obbers club to do
landscape work at the log monu-
ment on the top of the hill over-
looking the city.
inarlan, reported that the poss'-
ibility of removing the paint
would remove the natural oils
from the feathers and could be
absorbed by the skin and could
be fatal to the bird. With hopes
that the bird will moult his
feathers (if he will eat) it was
taken to a sheltered beach,
where he could swim and fend
for himself, rather than killing
him. (Jonrnal photo.)
Ritner Offers
New House Bill
Representative Roy Ritncr has
introduced house bill 451 which
deals with the purchasing of li-
quor.
This proposed law would require
a card ,)f identification stating the
correct age of the person who
wishes h) make a liquor purchase
am well as his signature and pho-
t.gra ph.
The pmqose of this proposed
law is to regulate and prevent the
con:;uming of liquor by those who
are nnder the legal age. Several
other states have law, requiring
similar identification.
Rilner recently look over the
ma, nagement of the house of rep-
resentatives cafeteria in the capi-
tol building. He is taking on this
job without pay but, feels that it
will give him an opportmity to
meet many legislators wholn he
would not get the chance to know
in his normal COtlrsc fir duties.
"59 Heart Fund Drive To Cover
AH Of County On February 22
Vuluuteera in the 1959 Heart
ICund eompaign now represent ev-
ery community in Mason county,
Mrs. Maybell Daniels, Shelton
ciairman, and Mrs. Robert K.
Jolmscn North Mason clmirman,
announced today.
THE HEART Fund supp0rta
the, Washington State Heart As-
sociation three fold pro)gram in
tl fight against heaYt disease
which claimed 154 lives in Ma,',m
county list year. The county
Heart Fund provides n,,t only for
Ma.m counly's part in the state
and natinnally co(u'dinaled re-
search effort, hilt .mqport ¢t' suc,h
ervi2(s .as tile Rhelllllatic Fevof
Cf, lltro| Pl'0:Taln, IlOW serving 13
local l)atients; Artery Bank; Bhu)d
Dontu' Service for heart-:urgery
paticnt,H clinic fro' patients mmm-
ph)ye(l bec.auae €,f h,,rt disease;
gtlides for ca l:diac h(,lllClna ]<(H's
all(I diet informath-ul: s(!iolltit'h'.
se.sirqls for MaH()ll COllnly physic-
ians an'd iilll'Se.U, and edu('al,iolla}
SeIWiC('S |O school and tile publh!.
Mr. I)aniels alld I}le Sh"[TI
lllSill('Ht'I all(l Prr)fesional VV(mmn
will supervise th,, city c;unl)aign ,
inchlcling thP amlHal l'Ic.art Sun-
day solicitation when vtduntecrs
will distribute educational mess-
ages and receiv(, c.onI ribllti()ns.
licart Sunday this year is Feb. 22.
NORTH MASON county COln-
munities and their campaign cap-
tains are: Allyn, Mrs. Henry Aus-
t.: Victor, Lva Pt Mederos;
Tahuya, Mrs. Allcn Sande; Uniml,
Mrs. William Timm; Hoodsp()rt,
Mrs. Enacry Winters; Belfair area:
Mrs. Rex Cr(}ssen, North Shore;
Mrs. Kenneth Rose, Old Bclfair
Highway; Mrs. Lloyd Suhr, BeN
fair community; Mrs. Johnson,
South Shore.
Troop 100 of l.lw Girl Scouls,
will br ill thai'go of distributing
th,, plastic ]lCal't-shape(I coill COll-
i.aJnel's to btl.JI:a'ss estnl)lishments
il| Be;fair. Mrs. (;e, wge Kays(,r
is |l',)Op leader. Tlm plastic hearts
will b,' distributed in other Norlh
Masun areas I)y Mrs. v, rilliam
q'inun in tlnion, Mrs. Enmry Win-
ters in H(,(1;q)ort all(I Mr. Edmond
in Allyn.
Mothers March Orive
Donations Hit $958,96
q'h, SIrelton - M:,:'oll (?,rarity
,¢lntd clnb wish(,s l. e×1)l'eSs |[ltir
t|lanha I,) all of the w, am,n who
l'' rticipa ted ill lib: M(,f twrs Mar,'h
[h)l'ch 1,it'hl l)rie Ili;lI¢ill i[ Sllc.h
a N1 tCCC,S.
Tlw t,d;ll rtt'eil')ts alll(nlll[ed i.(')
$95S.D6. Last y(';ll' the ,'mtribu-
lions ran slight ,)vcr $1000.
A'r'r !!;NI)S M EICrlNI
Willis Burnctt attended a meet-
ing .f the Washington State As-
sociation of County Auditors 24an.
day night m Chehi
Committees were aplointed last
Friday night at a meeting held in
the P.U.D. auditorium to begin
drafting a proposed city building
code which will be presented to
the city commission at a later
date.
THE MEETING concerned with
the adoption of a city building
code. wa represented by members
of the sheetmetal workers, car-
penters, plumbers, electricians and
roofers unions as well as Fire
Chief T.D. Deer and Chamber of
Commerce president Dick Scullers.
Several proposals were offered
including the writing of a short
minimum code, a basic code, the
prent" Y'H' code and the Pacific
Coast Uniform Code.
Both Chief Deer and Scullers
expressed interest tn the building
code. Scullers said that the
Chamber has considered the build-
ing code matter in the pat and
that they would help in its adop-
tion if they could.
It was decided that each union
representative should discuss the
problems connected with a build-
ing code in their individual unions
in order to get more background
information and a wider range of
views on the subject.
It was generally felt that the
city engineer conld handle the su=
pervision of the code here
if
adopted.
..._.-
for the SChool. This year's exceptionally appre-
tiated gift was obtained through the cooperation
of Eells and Valley Appliance Center. Shown in
the above Picture are Mrs. Don Erickson of the
Jayettes, Merritt Eells, and Mrs. Jim
e:) the Jayettes, (Journal photo, Hartley,
-, print by
SPEAKS TONIGHTThose attending the Lincoln Day dinner
tonight in the Shetton armory will have the opportunity tO hear
an exceptionally interesting guest speaker, Nilkanth Chavre.
Chavre was born and educated in India and has traveled widely
in Asia and Europe. His unusual experiences includ building
the Gorki automobile plant while on loan from Ford Motor Com-
pany to the Russian government. He also met personally the late
Joseph Stalin, Mahatma Ghandi and Prime Minister Nehru of
India. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. dinner will be available at the
door and from Oliver Ashford, Herb Rotter, Les Shelver, Beth
Johnson, Velma Mclnelly, Chuck Murray, B. T. Winiecki, Law-
rence Gosser, Bob Kecnan and Nolan Mason.
Library Gets
Science Books
In Memorial
An important new set of books
has come to the library as a gift
in memory of Arthur T. Walton.
It is the °'Illustrated Library of
the Natural Sciences," sponsored
by lhe American Museum of Na-
tural .History, and publil.led ...in.
Novcmbcr, 1958.
Nearly 2,000 scientists, explor-
ers and naturalists have written
special articles on all phases of
nlaIl's knowledge of the universe
in which he lives, and the pe(ple,
animals and plants all aronnd him.
The spin(: narking's on the four
volumes, "Aardvark to Cyclops,"
"Cypress to Juniper, .... Kangaroo
to Poor-me-one" and "Porcupinc
to Zebra" suggests the range of
subjects. Ovor 3,000 pages of
text, with 3,000 selec.ted illustra-
tions, contain articles by such
authors as William Beebe, Edwin
Way Teals, Donald Culross Peat-
tie and Florence Page Jacques.
Two more me.nlorial books on
natm.al history are John Cromp-
t,m's "A hive of bees," and Jos-
eph Wood Krutch's "The great
chain of life."
Weather
High Low Precip.
Feb. -1 .... 52 deg. ,10 dog'.
l'eb. 5 .. 49deg. dl deg. .21 in,
Feb. 6 .... 44 deg. 32 deg. .17 in.
Feb. 7 :. 46 deg, 30 deg .....
Feb. 8 .... 41 dcg: 29 d('g. .0., m.
Feb. 9 ..... 36 deft. 33 deg. .77 in.
Feb. 10 39 d,g. 32 d'K. .65 in.
...... Rayonier Incorpora ted.
Legion to Honor Past
Commanders, Presidents
Past post conmanders and Dast
auxiliary prcsidents will have their
hnnr- hz the Hmetigl.- rtexb Tu-
day'at the regular American Le-
gion meeting in Memorm,l hail.
A 6:30 dinner will open the ev(-
ning's program with entertain.
ment to follow.
i II _ I
.TIRES
6000RiOH
AND
O, K. RE-OAP
For More Economic Driving
at
O. K, RUBBER
WELDERS
MT. VIEW
i Ill I Ill I
ARMOUR'S CRESCENT
SLIOED BACON , . . , 3 Ibs. $1.00
LEAN MEATY
SHORT RIBS..... 4 lbs. $1.00
YOUNG TENDER .
RIB STEAKS, . , . . , . lb. 65c
JUMBO
FRANKFURTERS..... , Ib, 45c
CARSTEN'S
SAUSAGE ROLLS . . , . 3 for $1,00
FRESH PORK
NECK BONES.... , 8 Ibs, $1.00
STEER BEEF
POT ROAST . , , , , , . Ih, 45c
FRESH LEAN
SPARE RIBS, , . , , , , Ib, 45c
WHILE THEY LAST- Y()UN(,' I]
TOM TURKEYS 35
i
WESTERN MEAT CO.
411 RAILROAD * HA 6-6243
i Lll ill i [ ,ii IIIII Ll_l[ J_ IIl Ill I i )llll2 - -.