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M ,, Use the CLASSIFIEDS to BUY, SELL, [HE EXCHANGE I TH suns; Allow FAMILY; I; IIII I'IIIIEI . ,a; washer Grisdale Yields Wed-l by t0 Long Illness; O.E.S., a“gllters Of Nile Lose Active Member dfl. t "I D . Sn 5““! lhvaded for the fourthl a: Edwlthln two years the fam-l 9 11 Comm Callow family of Ma- rx t e eleunty pioneers, and reduced rity gen Children to reach ma- ’- of now eight, with the pass— “ thMrs. Esther C. Grisdale, Wed; Shelton General Hospi- , her esday. She had overtax- ' Powers in recent years in« I... f"eternal work and was 6 38' retired life at Simpson ' e » Where her husband is ac- "o hipel‘intendent, until a month’ ' art Condition required treat- lied the hospital where she to rally Fu ’ I e filial services will be held at lo I rasomc Temple in Shelton, and gilt 2 p. m., under Mason— | m -E.S. auspices and ritual, I. aluany high officers of this .ent w§d orders present. Intel'— in 11611 tollow in the family I mOlf'ial Park beside the: f her son Joe who was ' n 1931. ' i game Native Daughter can: 0- Callow was born at ‘ Junew farm in Kamilche Val- e and 15, 1881, and her early ire, fin, first schooling spent! ' ympia lshlng in high school at' llliam', 8the was married to J. 1902 Gnsdale at Seattle July at and her life since has been I ,eItOn Mason County either in ere 01‘ In the logging camps ‘ ged us; husband has been en- Beaid Ough the years. , ed hes her husband she is sur- de Py 0he daughter, Mrs. Ger- .r Onlamey, and grandson Billy. \y 153' Son, Joseph, died here ' ,- 2: and $.1931. Her living broth- of Ellsters are Artur and Har- .,: use“ ma. Robert of Camp 3, ' y of grew coach at the Univer- e of ennsylvania; Mrs. Anna : ield Portland, Mrs. Hattie Hm 01' Union and Mrs. Car- »..,,A8y ‘Of Kamilche- She “thleved High Honors h "‘Qrdeas a lifelong member of ‘ thou" of Eastern Star, pass- : aqws 8h its chairs and serving Vancinm’y capacity, as well as I 11 mag through allied orders to n of tfie; being Associate Ma- hq A e Daughters of Nile and S. at Ssoclate Matron of the 0. Activ er death. M1? glean bearers for the ser- °ciat88 Old family friends and WIS ' Chas. Runacres, Chas. P1533811 Bayley, Hal Granni ‘ '1 391 ll, nson and Al Kl 11- 0 ase . _. Vey'xigrary pall bearers, A. B. 3. L_ 'DA. Hillier, James Fris- ' i Jame Hack, Louis Weinel _ The 5 3- Hall of Seattle. . callowdeceased members of the .neers Ian" of Mason County] . era-Ba {breach of whom made edlt Ont themselves to reflect birth he County of their hum- at‘e. Albert Callow, Dr. Callow, William W. Cal- stly Esther Grisdale. Of son Pin l‘aWing Interest ., ooh I h‘ rat‘seulilayers began whetting ttlle fir 18 week in preparation ,5 bi 111 unit Public pinoghle con- : “tints. memory of local in- M11 x; 'hlngtgk, held the evening of r 11:? Birthday in Mem- , ubthe a“ ahtmg at 8 o’clock un- a th- , Entrgplces of the Kiwanis L; t a . “ligand 11 , a . ,. garden I{haddltional $15 to Deetat re best players. e nutmeg: will be admitted to .. gem 01‘ a dime. Luncheon SI ed during the evening. us Pl ky Frosh To . pity In Shelton P ‘ ld31y Evening I 'W I We I = twang: 0f future University nemayerg 0“ Varsity basket- “ln smcaane obtained in e riday evening ‘ ,. . .Tguskl' Freshman team 2, burst lgutedly the finest in 5'. will years at the Uni- o‘vlll’lay the Pantorlum figseam ill a game fee will be 50 cents, 9&8h prize for first “18 other prizes to~ be the first game of a n which the Shelton fiu‘lulntet will m e e t reserves in the _ the game an eye peeled on rpsil blond forward, h 00tulg ability bor- ghenomenul, and Ev l wide-shouldered were“ star who like- ara a: Point getter. 0f the Husky s the peak ill c v. v gym have played 1‘ he is asonic division of Shel- ' fight torenominate Pres- DION WINS 'cRowN AS MOST SHELTON, WASHINGTON, i\l -. in f. COVERS 7.9/5 ,2. SEcflo/v 0F .-.,,\~ COUNTRY PRO‘LIFIC VALENTINE SENDER Mason County‘s most prolific valentine sender was easy to find yesterday. He was County Treas- urer Omer L. Dion and he won the contest (if any) hands down. The treasurer was up to his annual stunt of mailing ‘valentines’ to all Mason County property own- ers, only the Dion type of valen- ready tine was cold-bloodedly statistical about the whole thing. Lacking entirely was the sentiment, friend— liness, comedy or even the sly digs of the kind of valentines the rest of us sent out. But not Dion’s. His were differ- ent — and plenty numerous. In fact there were something like 9000 of them altogether. Oh, pshaw! Let’s get it over with. They are annual tax statements on real and personal property in Mason County. There were about 8000 real property tax statements, something over 700 personal prop— erty tax statements. The taxes become payable upon Ireceipt of the statement and some conscientious taxpayers had al- remitted this afternoon, Treasurer Dion said. Taxpayers have until March 15 in which to pay their real and personal taxes and receive the three percent re— bate allowed under law, Dion point- ed out. GIRL 0N VALENTINE DAY Mr, and Mrs. Harry DeShields of Shelton became parents of a baby daughter born on Valentine’s Day at Shelton hospital. 'r y’———-—_ _¢_._n_ I N, ., .. , _. NEWS ANALYSIS JOSEPH W. LaBINE German ‘Pcace Drive9 Eclipsed By War Threats in Near East; Politicians Hold U. S. Interest (EDITOR’S N 0TE—_When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. Spotlighted on the POLITICS : In the background since congress reconvened, presidential politics stole, the show again when the Dem- ocratic national committee selected Chicago as its convention site. Re- publicans, who scheduled their meeting later in the hope that Dem- ocratswould set a convention date, were outfoxed. This resulted in minor dissension among G. O. P. leaders, who debated whether to set a date immediately or keep stalling. Since third-termites dominated the Democratic meeting, observers guessed there would be. a strong ident Roosevelt in the city where he was first chosen in 1932. As Chicago became a political focal point, so did Illinois. There were signs that both President Roosevelt andVice Pres- ident Garner would be entered in the April 9 preference primary, while in New York the G.O.P.backers ofyoung Tom Dewey challenged Ohib’s Sen. Bob Taft and other Republican hopefuls to a contest in the same primary. UN-AMERICANISM : Ended was the episode in which Michigan’s Rep. Frank Hook charged that Martin (“Lin-American- ism") Dies was working in cahoots with William Pelley. leader of the anti-Semitic “Silver Shirts.” When Pelley surrendered and admitted that letters used as evidence were forged, Hook apologized on the house floor. If this had been a campaign to smear irrepressible ACCUSER HOOK He apologized. . . - . Washington Scene: Martin Dies, it had only served to strengthen him and the cause of his “ism” committee. Next day FBI rounded up 12 persons charged with recruiting Americans for service with the Communist forces in Spain. CONGRESS : The house continued lopping mil- lions from President Roosevelt’s budget. and the senate continued re- storing them. The senate voted down a $1,000,000 cut in Civil Aero- nautics authority funds. bringing the independent offices bill back to $1,- 139,693,528. But it was still 55 mil- lions under budget estimate, provid- ing a good start on the 460 millions congress hopes to save by way of avoiding new defense taxes. Meanwhile the house slashed away at the state-justice-com- merce department ap- propriations bill. LABOR: John Lewis’ C. I. 0., which has been striking at the New Deal lately, turned a partial about- face by defending the national labor relations act against A. F. of L.-inspired changes. Before the house NLRB committee,C.I.O.'s Philip Murray read a statement in which Lewis charged “reactionary and anti-labor” corporations are dic- tating A. F. of L.'s proposed amend- ments. At Miami, A. F. of L.’s exec- utive board was also getting hostile toward the New Deal. urging en- couragement of private enterprise and charging the administration with trying to place labor “under its thumb." The entire labor-govern- ment picture was pretty complicated. Continued on Page Four TORY FINALS ._._...__...______ ON AMERICANISIVI » SLATEO MONDAY Five Prep students Competing For American Legion Prizes In Annual Contest I Americanism is the subject to be discussed by five senior high school students Monday evening in the finals of the Americanism ora- tory contest sponsored by the Am- erican Legion and American Le- gion Auxiliary. The Irene S. Reed high school the oratory program, which opens at o’clock with City Attorney Charles R. Lewis as chairman. Musical numbers will be inter- spersed with the speeches. Mrs. auditorium will be the setting for" Twice a Week TUESDAY and THURSDAYI I DICKINSON IS CHAIRMAN OF PLAN COUNCIL County ‘Idea’ Body Organizes on Tuesday; Driskel Chosen Vice-Chairman, Oker- strom Secretary Holding its first official meet- ing with only two of its 12 mem- bers absent, the new Mason coun- ty Planning Council became an actuality Tuesday evening by e1— ecting its officers. Herb L. Dickinson of Hoodsport was elected permanent chairman, D. Z. Driskel, Shelton business- ‘man, vice chairman, and Clinton Okerstrom, county agent, as sec- retary. ‘ Percy Hetherton and two other ,members of the state planning fcouncil attended the organization lmeeting, Hetherton talking on the duties of such bodies and giving the advice that the council should not attempt to have too many ir- ons in the fire at the same time. Dickinson’s first action as chair- man of the body was to appoint H. E. Loop, J. E. Martin and Ok- erstrom as a committee to draft ,by-laws for the council and to re- port back at the next meeting, which is scheduled for February 27 at the court house at 7:30 pm. The planning council is compos- cd of, in addition to the men al- ready named here, Miss Eloise Flagg, Pete Eitriem‘, Frank Binns, EHarry Hurst, Harry Young, War- }ren Lincoln and F. H. Diehl. Only .Young and Martin were absent on lTuesday, both having other pre- Ivious engagements. lMilk Sanitation Shown Activians In Motion Films With one of the largest turn- ‘outs in the recent history of the :club responding for the opening of Jan attendance contest, Activians witnessed with interest last night approximately 1000 feet of colored motion film on milk sanitation IShOVVl'l to them by Roy M. Wiley, ;state milk sanitarian. I John Olsen, district milk sani- Itarian, arranged for his superior’s _appearance here. The pictures jshowed the routine operation of producing grade A milk in Wash- iington’s outstanding dairies. The iActivians found the picture of Iabsorbing interest. ; Next week clubmen have two gtrips to .choose between, or to fmake both if they desire. Wednes— ;day most of the club will go to IOlympia for a trip through the IOlympia brewery, then on Thurs- Iday at least a couple of cal-loads Thursday, February 15, 1940. bid Club Offers Aid To OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER . Teach Controlled Skiing Tonight the Mt. Lincoln Ridge Runners hold another of their weekly sessions in the court- house beginning at eight o’clock. All members are urged to at- tend as important discussidu is scheduled. ' It was about mid-afternoon of last Sunday when a prominent member of the Mt. Lincoln Ridge lRunners came gliding down the lski packed slope of the practice hill on Mt. Rainier’s Alta Vista. Skiing with perfect control and executing consecutive turns with Iapparent ease, the skier came to la halt at the bottom of he course with a sliding parallel Christianal turn, the first ‘Christy’ he had been lable to make during the entire ; day. I “Say, Mister,” called a young voice, “would 'you show me how Ito turn these things so I won’t be running into every tree on the mountain.” Willing To Learn Surprised and equally pleased that his exhibition had impressed someone, the Sheltonian looked up to see of boy of about twelve.‘ struggling up the hill. Dressed ill wool mackinaw, stocking cap, fad- I ed blue denim overalls, and oil- skin mittens, the lad was a'sharp contrast to the hordes of peeple on the hill dressed in conventional ski togs. “Sure, son,” the skiier replied, “I’ll be glad to show you as best I can. Can you snow plow?” “Well, a little bit,” said the boy. Starting from the most elemen- tary exercise in controlled skiing, the lad followed the directions and demonstrations of his amateur in- structor. After- a few trials at snow plowing, the boy found that turning was merely a matter of weighting one ski more than the other and his delight knew no bounds as he came down the hill- side, executing both right and left snow plow turns. In 15 minutes the young enthusiast had progres- sed enough to be shown the next exercise, the stem turn. “What’s your name, mister?” asked the grateful pupil, “I’m cer- tainly obliged to you for teach- ing me all this.” Pupil and teacher exchanged in- troductions and went their respec- tive ways, but the Ridge Runner was getting an idea. Birth of An Idea If this boy can learn so rapidly and easily, why couldn’t some of the young fellows in Shelton do as well if given the opportunity to take a lesson from a real in- structor? Perhaps the older mem- bers of the ski club would help make these lessons possible by bringing some of the boys up oc- casionally. When the suggestion was made at the club meeting, the response was very gratifying. Members who usually provide transportation at a set fee voted to provide room for one young member for one trip if he would avail himself of the opportunity to enter a class in the ski school. To help the youngsters move, the ski club vot- ed to waive the usual initiation fee for boys who will take a les- son. Several boys have shown inter- est in the rapidly growing winter sport and the Ridge Runners hope to be of service in making their sport safer and more enjoyable by helping others learn “controlled skiing," the only ' skiing which should be encouraged. A. l. BENNETT IS I DEATH VICTIM IN SEATTLE TUESDAY Prominent Engineer Supervised Construction of Pulp Mill Here; Son Lives Here I Alfred James (Jim) Bennett, 60, 'construction'engineer who super- vised the building of the Rayonier pulp mill here and others of the Rayonier group at Port Angeles, Hoquiam and Fernandina, Florida, died of a heart attack in his Se- attle apartment Tuesday morning. He was the father of John W. Bennett of Shelton, who is con- nected with the research labor- atory for Rayonier enterprises. Inett, and a daughter, Mrs. Alex- ander Laing of Hanover, New IHamphshire, also survive. Funeral services are to be con- H- 13- Drewv Mrs- Lawrence Bur‘ '3 of Shelton Activians plan to go to ducted Friday at four o'clock from 1'9“ and wake" Eekert Will serveiHoquiam for an inter-club gath- St. Marks Cathedral .with cremation following. Among as judges of the orations. Contestants and their topics are: . Shirley Jones, “Americanism and the Indians” ‘ I Phil Palmer, “Rights and Priv1- leges of Americans” Robert Pearson, “Democracy, the Modern Americanism” Carol Wilkie, “Preservation of Americanism” Jeanne Saeger, Its Christianity” The musical diversion will be supplied by Bobby Wenz, who will sing “I’ll Take You Home Again. Kathleen” and “Beautiful Dream- er"; by Arthur Biehl, who will play “Shower of Gold" on his saxophone; and Miss Ida Olson. who will sing “When I Have Sung My Songs” and “Serenade.” “America and The audience will open the pro-.l gram, by singing “America” while extemporaneous talks of a brief nature by the contestants Will close the program. Mrs. Florence Weeks arranged| the' program in her capacity as Americanism chairman for the American Legion Auxiliary. V.F.W. AMERICANISM ESSAY DEADLINE NEAR Deadline for another American- ism contest, the essay competition Sponsored by the V.F.W. Auxiliary, arrives next week for all essays to be entered must be in by Washingtons birthday, Mrs. Mary Pigg, local chairman, reminded students of the junior and senior high schools today. Mrs. Pigg is in the throes' of selecting judges at the present time. Junior and senior high sphool entrants will compete in leop- arate divisions in each of which a $2 cash award for first place and a. $1 cash award for second place is offered by the V.F.W. Auxiliary. Indian Girl Dies In Tacoma Today Donna Mae Twiddy, 4-year-old Indian girl from the Skokomish Reservation, died this morning at the Cushman hospital in Tacoma. The remains were brought to Witsiers Funeral Home for serv- ices, which will be announced 1a- ter. The child was born May 2, 1936, on the Skokomish Reserva- tion and is survived by the par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Twiddy. ' a brother, Ronald Duane, and a grandfather. gering and annual program staged iby the Hoquiam Active Club. I _ lPublic Meeting I Sunday To Bare l. Strike Issues Promising to divulge facts on the situation which brought about -the suspension of Simpson Logging COmpany operations, Local 38, In— ternational Woodworkers of Am- erica is sponsoring a public meet- ing in the Labor Temple next Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock with Harold Pritchett, internation .al president of the I.W.A., sched- luled as one of the speakers. Local 38 extends a special invi- tation to Shelton business men and women and to the public at large to attend the meeting. Free coffee will be served. Meanwhile, the strike situation Iwhich has closed all Simpson Log- ging Company operations except that in the joint power house re- mains in the status quo, pending action at another arbitration meet- ling this evening between represen- tatives of the company and the union. [Father Hurt Today In 1 Yakima, Shelton Learns Carl Shelton received word this .afternoon of a serious injury suf- Ifered by his father in an accident at Yakima today. He left im- mediately for Yakima, not know— ing the exact particulars of the accident. Journal Knocks Off Thursday To Enjoy Holiday Joining the rest of Shelton’s business houses ill closing up on Washington’s B i r t h d a y , the Journal will also take next Thursday off and so will pub- lish on Monday and Wednesday next week, a day ill advance of its usual publication dates. Thus a request is in order for cooperation from correspond— ents, advertisers and others with material to be published in next week’s issues to get ill their copy early—a day ahead of their usual habits. in Seattle the honorary pallbearers for the last rights are D. B, Davies, Dr. Russell M. Pickens, and K. o. Fosse, all of the Shelton Rayon- ier plant, and W. R. Gibson and Norman B. Gibbs, formerly con-‘ nected with the Shelton Rayonierl plant. Mr. Bennett was widely known in Shelton through his close con- Ipection with the construction and subsequent expansions of the Ray- onier plant. He was a former British government engineer in West Africa and has been one of the most prominent pulp and pa. per mill construction engineers in the Northwest for many years, First Aid Course Due To Be At Courthouse The special Red Cross first aid course for advanced students which is to be held here beginning March 4 will be onducted in the court- house, Myron Lund. Red Cross first aid chairman, announced yes- terday. The course will be instructed by Ben Carpenter, Red Cross national first aid and life saving instructor. The class is now complete with representatives from every typel His widow, Emilie Francis Ben of work and activity in the county in which knowledge of first aid is important, Lund said, TONIGHT—City council; 8 p, in. city hall. TONIGHT——Commercial l e a g u e bowling, 8 p. m., bowling al- , leys. FRIDAY—'V.F.W. post and aux- iliary, 8 p. m., Memorial Hall. FRIDAY—Professional wrestling, 8:30 p. m., Labor Temple. FRIDAY—City league bowling, 7 and p. m., bowling alleys. FRIDAY—Basketball, U. of W. Frosh v's. Shelton Town Team, 7:30 p. m., Shelton Highclimb- ers vs. Town Team reserves, 8:30 p. m., Lincoln gym. SATURDAY—Superior court, 10 a. m., courthouse. SATURDAY—Junior high bas- ketball, Centralia vs. Shelton, 2 p. m., Lincoln gym, first and second team games. SATURDAY—City league bas- ketball, 3 games, Lincoln gym, 7, 8 and 9 p. m. MONDAY—County commission- ers, 10 a, m., courthouse. MONDAY—City league basket- ball, 10 p. m., Lincoln gym, Mc- Cleary Timber vs. Rayonier. lmorrow is the final day for regis- TIIREE FILE FOR SCHOOL OFFICES; TWO POSTS OPEN Weinel Seeks Re-Election, Opposed By Mrs, Deegan; Carlon Alone So Far In 5th District Three candidates had, tossed their chapeaus into the ring up to press time this afternoon for the two directorships on the school board of District 309 (Shelton) which expire this year, Clerk Louis Weinel announced. Weinel himself has filed for re-election in the first district and will be opposed by Mrs. Betty Decgan, active P.-T. A. member and past president of the Lincoln P.-T. A. Mrs. Deegan was first to file her notice of candidacy. In the fifth district Harry Car- Ion, Rayonier Credit Union offic- er, is unopposed to date for the post being vacated by Mrs, H. H. Crary, who is ineligible to seek re-election because she has changed her residence and no longer resides in the fifth dis- trict. Deadline for filing candidacies for the school board posts is next Tuesday. Filings must be made with the clerk of the board. To- tration of voters not now on the rolls or who have been dropped for failing to vote at least once in the past two years. Notices of the time and place of the annual school district elec- tions are being posted now, March being the date and the Lincoln grade school building the place for the Shelton ..consolidated Dis- trict 309. No information is available at this time on candidates for rural school board posts. County School Supt. J. E. Martin said yester- day. Three or four districts will have special levies up for decision of voters March 2, he said. VALENTINE BABY BOY Mr. and Mrs. Gene Swanson of Hoodsport became the parents of a. Valentine Day baby son born at Shelton hospital. UNDERGOES OPERATION Charles H. Hillman, Reed Mill employe, underwent an operation at Shelton hospital yesterday. COMMUNITY CALENDAR I MONDAY—J o u r n a1 publishes (day early because of Washing- ton’s birthday). MONDAY—Americanism oratory finals, 8 p m., Irene S. Reed high school auditorium. MON DAY—Women’s l e a g u e bowling, 8 p. m., bowling alleys. TUESDAY—Kiwanis club lunch- eon, noon, Hotel Shelton. TUESDAY—P r e p basketball, Shelton vs. Montesano, 7 p. m., Lincoln gym, first and second team games. TUESDAY—American L e g i o n post and auxiliary, 8 p, m., Memorial Hall. TUESDAY—Deadline for filing for school board director posts. FRIDAY—Registration b o o k 5 close for school election, SATURDAY—3rd annual Shelton commercial class bowling tour- ney continues, 2 p. m., to 1:30 a. m., bowling alleys. SUNDAY—3rd annual Shelton commercial class bowling tour- ney closes, 2 p. m., to midnight, bowling alleys. HERRING TRAP HOT SUBJECT TO SPORTSMEN Operation Of Trap At Seal Rock Causes Warm Conversations Tuesday; Meetings Are Last Thursdays Whisper ‘fish trap’ in a. room- ful of sportsmen and then you’d best duck. That touchy topic. was raised Tuesday evening at the February session of the Hood Canal Sports— mens Ass'n and before President Harry Young could herd the boys downstairs to a hotcake and pig sausage feed quite a few opinions, some of a pretty strong nature. had been expressed and a few characters attacked, notable among these being that of Director Brennan of the State Fisheries Department and all fish trap op- erators in general. Fortunately, President Pro Tem Harold Ellis, holding the chair until Young was able to arrive on [the scene after a sudden call to lShelton, had brought up the mat— ter of voting for a permanent meeting date before the fish trap issue was mentioned, else that matter probably would have been neglected. As it was, however, the membership voted by an over- whelming majority to hold future monthly meetings of the associa- tion on the last Thursday of each month. The next sportsmens ga— thering, therefore, will occur on March 28. State Gives Permit The fish trap topic was brought up when sportsmen learned last week of a herring trap being op- erated at Seal Rock under per- mission of the fisheries department, Ken Rathbun and Leo Johnson. representing the Hood Canal Sportsmens Ass’n, investigated the trap and talked with the operator. Careful to point out his report was what the operator told him, Rathbun said the herring trap ob- tained 100% hatch and saving of the herring spawn against only ten percent in the natural state. Against this argument, Poggie Joe Orvis, long-time president of the Thurston Poggie Club, pointed lout that while that particular fact I might be true, the herring trap still destroyed the herring it caught and so would, in time, exterminate the herring run in Hood Canal if allowed to continue to operate. Orvis went into considerable de- tail on conversations he has had with Brennan and Lloyd Royal, fisheries department biologist, from which Orvis said he has come to the conclusion that Brennan is “a fish trap man” and that no ef- fective program in regard to food fish conservation will ever be con— ducted by the state department until a change in its personnel is affected. Canal Run Last Orvis said it is now a definite fact that the herring run in Hood Canal is the last of any conse- quence in inland waters of the Northwest and that if it is allow— ed to be exterminated salmon fishing in Hood Canal will be ruined, too, inasmuch as herring ,form the chief food supply for H o o (1 Canal Sportsmen to continue fight- ing to keep Hood Canal closed for all time to commercial fishing, an achievement of that association, as he said he believes sport fish— ing far more valuable an asset to this area than any amount of commercial fishing which would be feasible in the canal. “You’ll never' damage the fish supply of Hood Canal with hook and line while the amount of mon- ey spent by tourists and sports fishermen seeking the canal’s sal~ mom will far surpass what com- mercial fishing could return,” Or- vis asserted. Resolution Raps Traps To conclude the fish trap dis- cussion, the gathering passed with- out a dissenting vote a resolution drafted by George Hixon of Lake Cushman opposing herring traps in Hood Canal and all types of fish traps. Carl Neal,,new district super- visor for the Olympic National Forest, was introduced at the ses- sion and pledged the continued support of his department to ac- tivities of thersportsmen as well as expressing his thanks for past cooperation from the sportsmen. Orvis, returning to the floor, reported on .the first meeting of the Washington State Sports Council's salmon committee last Friday in Tacoma (Harry Young as a member of it) and said the committee strongly recommended IInitiative 77 be left untouched and that the duties of the game and fisheries departments be Combined. The hotcakes and pig sausage feed which closed the February gathering was prepared by Mr, and Mrs. Joe McKiel and Leo Johnson, with the able help of several members of the Hoods- .port Boy Scout troop. salmon. Poggie Joe urged the STYLE SHOW MARCH 16 Serving notice early to avoid conflict with other events which may be scheduled later, the Order of Amaranth has chosen March 14 as the date for its annual spring style show and, musical which it stages with the Lumbermen’s Mer- 'cantile each spring.