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6017 S.E. 86%h Ave
o-tland, Ore
YEAR--NO. 8
February 19, 1959
Light
on, em Aired
Meeting
Shelton City Commission
request from Police Chief
at Calla-
Tuesday af-
at their regular weekly
R McCANN
Ule point that the city
for the lights on high-
sing through town
the state high-
should be paying
"I
, f we could get the
m. pay for those lights we
have money left over to
_,proper lighting in some
cys outlying areas," said
'commission agreed to plaoe
i75 w tit lights as requested
POice chief on Callanan
nk Porter county engineer,
ihe Commissioners that they
_ be Welcome anytime to
out to the central shop and
,t a roller and spreader box
tltyha8 for sale. The city
•uo this. The coat of the
r is $15oo.
• resigner McCann maid that
has recently installed 1200
'are:terpipe in the Callanan
Passer
Here
liE,' HUckabay, 36, was mr-
week near Tacoma by
I CoUnty authorities on
- of f: "s't degree forgery.
aher I's office has been look-
r t-iuc tabay since October of
ection with his pass-
check while working
for Mall Char-
to the sheriff's office,
wrote the check to a
Person and then signed
and cashed it. Since
has been living
and Texas returning
in the Mason count,
bail ..........
John Schur
Sund
Clinton Wlllour
, ,Jo. QOUer
Entered as second clays matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington.
under Act of March , 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 Soath 4th Street.
Published in "Chrstmastown, U.S.A."
Both Sides Of State
Forest Lands Presented
• d, $ *
By JIM HUGHES
Publicity Director, State
Department of Natural Eeourees
The proposed transfer of Mason
County forest hoard lands back
to county ownership would actu-
ally mean a loss of county revenue
and result in higher property taxes,
State Land Commissioner Bert
Cole warned this week.
DECLARING his opposition to
Senate Bill 200, Cole said enact-
ment of the bill would be a blow
to sound management of state
forest lands, and would result in a
lower monetary return to county
vernment. This in turn would
ng higher taxes, he, predicted.
Cole is the administrator of the
State Department of Natural Re-
sources, which manages 28,316
acres of tax title forest land in Ma-
son County. Eighty per cent of the
revenue from products harvested
on the land is remitted to the
cmmty, to help support schools and
local government.
Emphasizing that $150,247 has
already been returned to the coun-
ty, Cole said the cooperative pro-
gram "is a good thing for the
people of Mason County, and it's
Just beginning to pay off.'
The commissioner pointed out
!that the money received by the
county so far is $100,275 more
than the estimated amount the
county would have collected m
i property taxes, had the land been
;under private ownership during
the same period.
HE SAID THE revenue actually
remitted to the county amounts
to $5.31 per acre, in comparison
with an estimated $1.88 per acre
which would have been raised in
taxes.
"As meamlred in dollars and
cents returned to county govern-
ment, the receipts from forest
board lands have in the past, and
will in the future, return more
money than these lands could re-
turn from taxes under private
ownership," Cole declared.
THE LAND commissioner ex-
plained that the 28,316 acres in
Mason county is part of 623,496
acres of forest board lands located
in 19 Washington counties. Under
state management, the lands hge
returned a t6tal of more than five
bnd dne-lmlf million dollars to the
reunites, Cole reported.
Within a few years, under con-
:inued state management, the same
ands will he earning an estimated
two million dollars annually for
(Continued on page 5)
Top Scholars
At High School
Announced
The ten students with the high-
est grade averages of the Irene S.
Reed high school of the class of
1959 were announced Monday.
The range of averages for the
scholars was 3.95 to 3.37, highest
average poible is 4.0.
THE STUDENTS named to the
top ten are Richard Beck, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Beck; Scott
Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. T.
Briggs; Jon Goer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Gosser; Helen
Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mr&
Ivan G. Myers; John Schur, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer W. Schur;
Gary Strankman, son of Mrs.
Myrtle Strankman; Sharon Sund,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
E. Sund: Leanne Whitney, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Whit-
ney; Clinton Willour, on of Mr.
and Mrs. Cltnt Willour, and Nick
7.opolis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Zopolt s. (Dean photos.)
Feb. 13, 1959
Honorable Robert C. Bailey,
Chairman
Committee on State Resources,
Forestry and Lands
State Senate
Legislative Building
Olympia, Washington
Dear Senator Bailey:
My attention has been directed
to the brief submitted to your
committee by the Department of
Natural Resources in regard to
Senate Bill 200, presently before
you. I am taking this opportunity
of replying to the contents of that
brief.
IT IS nothing short of astound-
ing to me that the Department
should make the statement con-
tained in the third paragraph of
page 2 of the brief, which asks
that Senate Bill 200 be defeated in
order that "we work with the As-
sociation of County Commissioners
to develop a bill for the next leg-
islature . . . " Astounding, for
the director of the Department
was first asked by our Associa-
tion almost two years ago and on
numerous occasions since to join
with us in working this problem
out, and in preparing just such
legislation as he now agrees should
be developed.
Not only was this matter dis-
cussed with the Department in at
least three of our district meetings,
it was discussed individually with
the director by several of our
members and by mfself; it was
made the subject of a formal hear-
ing before the Natural Resources
Board; and finally, was turned
over to a select committee of our
Association in August 1958. The
director was present at at: least
one of that committee's meetings,
by the committee chairman's re-
quest.
Further, when a draft of the
propos,d legislation was submitted
to the Department in December
1958, we received a seven-page
letter' of comment, but with no
suggestions for changes which
would strengthen the bill, under
date of December 17, 1958.
It wotlld seem apparent to us
that the Department has no wish
to see any type of legislation de-
Gary 8trankman
Richard Beck
Nick Zopolis
Leanne Whitney
Iktt Brlgp
Helen Myers
ROYALTYChosen to reign over the 1959 Forest Festival are
front, Andrea Kneeland, Sharon Sund, Steve Rockefeller, back,
Karen Westlund and Judy Frleken. The 15th annual Festival
Queen will be chosen next week, when the four girls (three chosen
by the Shelton high school student body and the fourth by the
faculty) will present their theme on *'What the Forest Festival
Means to Me," to the Forest Festival Judges. Steve Rockefeller
will play the part of Paul Bunyan in the annual event, May 21,
22 and take part in the Festival climax, the Pare ISunyan parade,
May 23. Coronation ceremonies for the court will be during the
pageant.
Forest Land Bill Gets
Solid AR-CIO Backing
The combined labor lobby of the AFL-CIO in Olympia
has given their support to the passing of senate bill 200
which would make it possible for Mason county to get back
about 30,000 acres of land now under the jurisdiction of
the State Department of Natural Resources.
Mayor Earl Moore, Commissioner W. F. McCann and
Commissioner Joe Simpson stated Tuesday that they favor
local jurisdiction of governmental authority whenever poss-
ible but would not be quoted one way or another as to their
stand on the bill. Both Moore and McCann said that they
wanted more time to stud the bill before making a final
. sons yr"l decisi°n"
mp w''
]business Agent of the Tea.maters
HB 149 W Id
OU ,oil labor's support for tile bill
which he has been instrumental in
[ developing.
Hurt Industry
',pared stat.ement of the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources on
Correction of a paragTaph ap- their side of the bill, said, "the
pearing in the Shelton.Mason 'total a nount of money the county
(has received from the" sale of tim-
County Jomal issue of Feb. 121bar on these lands has amounted
relating to a Senate committee to $150,247.75 as the report says,
hearing on House Bill 149 was re- but it does not mention that the
quested hy H. O. Puhn, land and 'county received $57,801.68 in 1953
timber manager of Simpson Log- and $29,412.67 in 1954 under the
ging Company.
"IT WAS S£ATED in the Jour-[previous state administration as
hal's report of this hearing, held Lthe result of a departmental bill
which was pas,ed by the 1953 state
in Olympia on Feb. 10, that 'Simp- legislature. It was largely through
son admitted the bill would mean
a large expense to them if it was
assed'," said Puhn.
"I plainly told the committee
that we are concerned with the
additional expense we would have
to bear if the present valuation on
our lands within the Reforestation
Act of 1931 is changed•
"The Journal stated the bill
would raise valuation on the so-
called classified lands from one
dollar to two dollars per acre. The
bill actually calls for raising this:
valuation to three dollars per acre.
"It is Simpson's position that
it entered into the provisions of
the Reforestation Act honorably
27 years ago; that it has lived up
to its terms in every respect; that
it is paying a fair tax on its lands
and that tampering with the Act
now can eventually lead to des-
troying its whole purpose."
PUHN SAID the purpose of the
original act was to return cutover
lands to tree production, with own-
ers agreeing to pay a yield taxi
of 12!,.', pet" cent on forest products i
sold from the land. Simpson ]s
now paying approximately $12 000i
annually in yield taxes in addi-I
tion to property taxes and the
figure is rising year by year, Puhn
said.
the eforts of the counties that tim
1953 legislature passed the bill
which allowed for the sale of
Christmas tree lands. This amounts
to $87,214.35 of the total revenue
and this was received in a two
year period while the lands have
been under state jurisdiction since
1924. These large payments to the
county were made before Bert
Cole was in office and the pres-
ent head of the State Department
of Natural Resomces has no right
to take credit for this."
THE COMMISSIONERS were
also irked by the statements in
the report of the Department of
Natura3 Resources which implied
that the counties wanted to take
over saw log lands. "This bill is
only for the utilization of the
revenue which would come from
minor forest products," said Mit-
chell and Streckenbach.
The commissioners said that
they realize that many areas of
the state in which saw log timber
grows in large quantities have done
well under the present state ar-
rangenent but that the counties
such as Mason have received very
little revenue from the lands ex-
cept in 1953 and 1954 largely
their own efforts.
Worthy Of Everyone's Consideration
COMMUNITY COHCERT DRIVE
Three days remain to take advantage of the opportun-
ity to obtain membership in the Community Concert Assoc-
iation.
Memorable hours of enjoyment await members of the
association, who look forward to another season of superb
musical entertainment presented by outstanding artists of
world renown.
In no other way than, the Co,mnlu, nity Con, tort sys-
tent, would it bc possible for smaU communities such as
Shclton to procure cntcrtainmelt of the caliber pre-
sented in thc association covccrts.
However, it is often forgotten that the membership
hohters of the community are the association and without
their support Shelton would be without this fine entertain-
merit.
May we urge everyone, in the final three days of the
membership drivc, to add their support to the association
and thereby avail themselvcs of the pleasures of the com-
ing concert scason.
L liI :L 11 11 I [ [ I - --'-- --
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Major Changes
Pending For
'59 Festival
Wheels which have turned slow-
ly so far shifted to a higher gear
Tuesday night when the executive
committee and all major commit-
tee chairmen met to go over plans
for the 1959 Mason County For-
est Festival.
i SOME MAJOR departures from
previous festival procedures were
indicated in reports from com-
mittee chairmen, with economy in
operation as the basic objectives
in each instance. The festival has
run in the red for the past few
years, financial reports have
shown.
The pageant will find the big-
gest change occurring. Chairman
Rudy Oltman disclosed plans for
holding this feature of the festival
in the gymnasium this year, one
night only instead of the two
which have nmrked preceding fest-
ivals.
The pageant script for 1959 calls
for a new Lype of entertainment
of a more varied nature than here-
tofore, featuring the coronation
of the Forest Festival queen.
A basic theme for the festival
in general this year will be keyed
to the 15th anniversary of the
ewmt and will be historical in
nature, with the Mason County
Historical Society assisting the
Forest Festival Association in
working out details.
ALONG THIS LINE, the use
of Abraham Lincoln type lats as
official garb for the 1959 fstival,
to replace the traditional red hats
of previous festivals, was discussed
by the group with further action
deferred until details of price and
availability can be reported back
by Start Parker•
Cooperation with the sports car
race sponsors who plan a major
racing event for the Sunday fol-
lowing the Festival, May 24, was
discussed with action deferred un-
til a pending meeting of sports
car representatives with the Cham-
ber of Commerce is held later this
month.
THE ZONTA CI, UB again has
pledged to supervise the Festival
window displays, President Audrey
Preppernau told the group, and the
Chamber of Commerce will take
re of the Queen's banquet and
"s{reta decorations, President Dick
S0uliere reported.
Parade Chairman Lea Shelver
and Loggers Sports Show Roy
Kimbel eacl reported activity is
already under way in their two
major features of the festival.
Downtown >Ihelton stores a(I
offices wUl I (do,(I Monday,
February 23, in ol)•ervance or'
the Wahington's birthday holi-
day. lneludee! in tie closings
will Is the bnk, post offh,e,
court hotl% city hall, anti tile
major grocery stores.
Ctt,es Push,no
For Home Rule
Mayor Earl Moore and Commis-
sioners W. F. McCann and Joe
Simpson were among a large del-
egation Of city officials who at-
tended a city officials day meet-
ing Wednesday at the state capitol.
THE CITY officials were guests
of the house and senate in the
morning and attended legislative
committee hearings in the after-
noon. A large crowd was on hand
Wednesday night for a house hear-i
ing on bill 296 which would pro-
vide about $25,000,000 in revenue
for the various cities in the state
based on population.
The cities hope to get this money
fl'om a. refund of state taxes col-
lected and based their program on
the home rule philosophy of gov-
ernment. The cities pointed out
to the legislators that the state
has been moving on the sources of
revenue at mmh a fast rate as to
make it e×tremely difficult for
cities tro meet their ftnanclalneeds.
The cities believe that more auth-
ority and tax funds should remain
in local hands rather than ill a
highly centralized state authority.
Sheriff's Office Has
Monkey Business?
The Mason County Sheriff's of-
ftce captured a monkey htst Still-
(lay morning on Arcadia road after
receiving a call ¢arlier that day.
The monkey was rnnning aronnd
the area when found by the of-
ficers. They brought it back to
the jail and then left him tit Dr.
],arso,Vs animal hospital. The re-
:tort from the sheriff's office did
not say whether or not the monkey
was fingerprinted or had a pre-
vious police record. The monkey
did not have any conllnent con-
eerning his apprehension,
Oily, County Students
Receiving Shots
City and county sell(.fl ehihh'cn
are rv,,.iving inumlnlzalh)ll shots
ft)r diIfllthol'h , pt'rtllsSUS, tetHDllS
and smallpox in Mason county
thi,n week.
l)r. J. V. DcShaye, director of
the Thurston-Mason county health
district, is administering the shots.
The city children received their
shots Monday and the. county atuo'
dent will get thcir'. tod,%y.
i
Oyster Cannery Closure
Hurts Mason (ounO00 :
The closure of the two major oyster canning companie
in western Washington, the Hilton Canning company of
Seattle and the Coast Oyster company of South Bend, has
caused a serious problem for oystermen in Mason county.
The two canneries closed down last Saturday over a
dispute in the method used in canning oysters with federal
authorities of the pure food and drug division of the U ;
government.
County 0 K's
ton Canning company, told this
reporter hy phone from Seattle
Tuesday afterneon that the situa- • s
"°° '" u" '" "" "'r "t "" l Budget For
time. "I have no comnlent right ....
now," said Oruble. ....
T.E c..o,o00 c,m,. r::, ,( "err" e
00y.00out o. ,.,v,,
termen in Mason and Thurston
counties and the oystermen who
deal with the canneries are ones
who are affected by the dispute.
The J. J. Brenner Oyster com-
pany, Ellison Bros., Kamilche
Point Oyster company,. Dahman
Oyster company and numerous
small independent operators have
been hit here by the closure.
THE BRENNER company has
laid off 17 of its 38 regular oys-
ter openers and others who deal
with the canneries have also cut
the number of their employees.
John Brenner said, "We hope to be
able to shift Out our production
in order to reduce the effect of
the cannery closures. This thing
caught us completely hy surprke
and we have no idea why the pure
food and drug people and the can-
neries are in dispute."
The problem seems to be one of
method of stewing the oysters, hut
more exact reasons for the clom
ure has not been officially re-
leased.
Iw.al oyatermen have adopted
a wait and see attitude on the mat-
ter. It is estimated that more
than 100 persons are affected by
the closure in Mason county•
New Highway
Bill Now In
Capitol Hopperl
Representatives Roy Ritner,
Paul Conner and Dr. J. L. McFad-
den have introduced house bill 544
which will provide three million
dollars for the construction of the
Shelton-Olympia highway to the
doorstep of Shelton.
THE BILL has not gone into a
committee hearing since it was
intxduced last Saturday. At the
present time the State Highway
Commission has allotted $427,000
for t)e 1957'-51Y period which'
would bring the new highwaf""
inside the county line. Since this
in a bill to pr0vide money it will
have to go before the appropria,
tions committee.
The representatives feel that
heavy traffic between Shelton and
Olympia justifies this expenditure.
The new htghway into Grays Har-
bor county has been allotted
$3,500,000 for 1957-59, yet has a
smaller traffic count than the one
here.
REPRESENTATIVE RITNER'S
house bill 451 has the approvl-rff"
the house committee whx) recom-
mended its passage. The bill also
has the backing of the WCTU and
the State Board of Liquor Control.
This bill would require an identifi-
cation card with a picture of the
person who wishes to purchase
liquor as well as the individual's
signatBre. The purpose of this
bill is to prevent the purchaBe of
liquor by those who are under the
legs) age.
WEATHER
Hlgh Low Precip,
Feb. 11 .... 45deg. 31deg. .01 in.
Feb. 12 .... 43 des. 29deg .........
Feb. 13 .... 44 des. 36des. .26 in.
Feb. 14 .... 39deg, 33 deg. .40in.
Feb. 15 .... 44 deg. 33 deg ..........
Feb. 16 .... 45deg. 42 deg. .32 in.
Feb. 17 .... 52 deg. 37 deg. ,09 ill.
..... Rayonicr Incorporated.
The Mason County Board o|
Cbmmissioners gave their O.K.
Monday for setting up a budlike:
of $475 for a new civil service
commission. This commission we8
made necessary by the recent
initiative passed making sheriff's
deputies come under civil service.
AI LaBissoniere informed the
commission that the insuraJce
rates on the Harstine ferry have
been incread to $500 a year. Be*
sides the increase in rates the in
auranee company will not make
payments on cargo losses and in
creased the county's liability te
$500 before the company hecome#
liable. , The |nsurance " rate last
year was $440.
THE COMMISSIONERS were
unhappy to heal" about thi and
Commissioner Strcckenbach said,
"This is just another one of th0
many increased costs wc have to
face." The commission plans to
give this matter further consider.
atlon before, making a decision ol
the issue.
Harsttnc Isiatd school district
302 requested $2300 for a new
school bus. The school board in,
formed the commission that the
bus was necessary because of
transportation reasons and ainee
the, district is too far away to con-
solidate with any other.
THE THURSTON.Mason cour-
ty health department asked for an
emergency budget of $1000 for
garbage disposal supervision, This
request was granted. Funds for
this purpose have already been in-
cluded in the county budget for
1959 and will only require a trans-
fer of money from one account
to another.
The problem of heat in the
courthouse became somewhat con
troverstal when Nick Hein re
rotted that for $231 he could im-
prove the system considerably,
The courthouse custodian did not
believe this and said that a piece;
meal approach to fixing up the
heating system was not the an
swat. , The ctuclian also said that
the h biler could not tand 10
pounds of pressure as reconl.
mended by Hein. Hein was undel
the oponion that an increase in
boiler pressure wmzld help drive
the steam through(nt the building,
The commission agreed to pay
Hedn the $231 for the Job.
Mayor Moore appeared before
the commission concerning the cs,
tablishment of a civil defens
budget. The cnmmission agreed
to this.
Commissioner W. F. McCanu 1,
so appeared before the eommissi0n
adam lnrrarrra"a rbller and
spreader --box 'tre coma ty has a
their central shops The county
said they would sell the equipment
for $1500• The city plans to in
(Conllnu,'d on page 5)
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6017 S.E. 86%h Ave
o-tland, Ore
YEAR--NO. 8
February 19, 1959
Light
on, em Aired
Meeting
Shelton City Commission
request from Police Chief
at Calla-
Tuesday af-
at their regular weekly
R McCANN
Ule point that the city
for the lights on high-
sing through town
the state high-
should be paying
"I
, f we could get the
m. pay for those lights we
have money left over to
_,proper lighting in some
cys outlying areas," said
'commission agreed to plaoe
i75 w tit lights as requested
POice chief on Callanan
nk Porter county engineer,
ihe Commissioners that they
_ be Welcome anytime to
out to the central shop and
,t a roller and spreader box
tltyha8 for sale. The city
•uo this. The coat of the
r is $15oo.
• resigner McCann maid that
has recently installed 1200
'are:terpipe in the Callanan
Passer
Here
liE,' HUckabay, 36, was mr-
week near Tacoma by
I CoUnty authorities on
- of f: "s't degree forgery.
aher I's office has been look-
r t-iuc tabay since October of
ection with his pass-
check while working
for Mall Char-
to the sheriff's office,
wrote the check to a
Person and then signed
and cashed it. Since
has been living
and Texas returning
in the Mason count,
bail ..........
John Schur
Sund
Clinton Wlllour
, ,Jo. QOUer
Entered as second clays matter at the post office at Shelton, Washington.
under Act of March , 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 Soath 4th Street.
Published in "Chrstmastown, U.S.A."
Both Sides Of State
Forest Lands Presented
• d, $ *
By JIM HUGHES
Publicity Director, State
Department of Natural Eeourees
The proposed transfer of Mason
County forest hoard lands back
to county ownership would actu-
ally mean a loss of county revenue
and result in higher property taxes,
State Land Commissioner Bert
Cole warned this week.
DECLARING his opposition to
Senate Bill 200, Cole said enact-
ment of the bill would be a blow
to sound management of state
forest lands, and would result in a
lower monetary return to county
vernment. This in turn would
ng higher taxes, he, predicted.
Cole is the administrator of the
State Department of Natural Re-
sources, which manages 28,316
acres of tax title forest land in Ma-
son County. Eighty per cent of the
revenue from products harvested
on the land is remitted to the
cmmty, to help support schools and
local government.
Emphasizing that $150,247 has
already been returned to the coun-
ty, Cole said the cooperative pro-
gram "is a good thing for the
people of Mason County, and it's
Just beginning to pay off.'
The commissioner pointed out
!that the money received by the
county so far is $100,275 more
than the estimated amount the
county would have collected m
i property taxes, had the land been
;under private ownership during
the same period.
HE SAID THE revenue actually
remitted to the county amounts
to $5.31 per acre, in comparison
with an estimated $1.88 per acre
which would have been raised in
taxes.
"As meamlred in dollars and
cents returned to county govern-
ment, the receipts from forest
board lands have in the past, and
will in the future, return more
money than these lands could re-
turn from taxes under private
ownership," Cole declared.
THE LAND commissioner ex-
plained that the 28,316 acres in
Mason county is part of 623,496
acres of forest board lands located
in 19 Washington counties. Under
state management, the lands hge
returned a t6tal of more than five
bnd dne-lmlf million dollars to the
reunites, Cole reported.
Within a few years, under con-
:inued state management, the same
ands will he earning an estimated
two million dollars annually for
(Continued on page 5)
Top Scholars
At High School
Announced
The ten students with the high-
est grade averages of the Irene S.
Reed high school of the class of
1959 were announced Monday.
The range of averages for the
scholars was 3.95 to 3.37, highest
average poible is 4.0.
THE STUDENTS named to the
top ten are Richard Beck, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Beck; Scott
Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. T.
Briggs; Jon Goer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Gosser; Helen
Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mr&
Ivan G. Myers; John Schur, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer W. Schur;
Gary Strankman, son of Mrs.
Myrtle Strankman; Sharon Sund,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
E. Sund: Leanne Whitney, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Whit-
ney; Clinton Willour, on of Mr.
and Mrs. Cltnt Willour, and Nick
7.opolis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Zopolt s. (Dean photos.)
Feb. 13, 1959
Honorable Robert C. Bailey,
Chairman
Committee on State Resources,
Forestry and Lands
State Senate
Legislative Building
Olympia, Washington
Dear Senator Bailey:
My attention has been directed
to the brief submitted to your
committee by the Department of
Natural Resources in regard to
Senate Bill 200, presently before
you. I am taking this opportunity
of replying to the contents of that
brief.
IT IS nothing short of astound-
ing to me that the Department
should make the statement con-
tained in the third paragraph of
page 2 of the brief, which asks
that Senate Bill 200 be defeated in
order that "we work with the As-
sociation of County Commissioners
to develop a bill for the next leg-
islature . . . " Astounding, for
the director of the Department
was first asked by our Associa-
tion almost two years ago and on
numerous occasions since to join
with us in working this problem
out, and in preparing just such
legislation as he now agrees should
be developed.
Not only was this matter dis-
cussed with the Department in at
least three of our district meetings,
it was discussed individually with
the director by several of our
members and by mfself; it was
made the subject of a formal hear-
ing before the Natural Resources
Board; and finally, was turned
over to a select committee of our
Association in August 1958. The
director was present at at: least
one of that committee's meetings,
by the committee chairman's re-
quest.
Further, when a draft of the
propos,d legislation was submitted
to the Department in December
1958, we received a seven-page
letter' of comment, but with no
suggestions for changes which
would strengthen the bill, under
date of December 17, 1958.
It wotlld seem apparent to us
that the Department has no wish
to see any type of legislation de-
Gary 8trankman
Richard Beck
Nick Zopolis
Leanne Whitney
Iktt Brlgp
Helen Myers
ROYALTYChosen to reign over the 1959 Forest Festival are
front, Andrea Kneeland, Sharon Sund, Steve Rockefeller, back,
Karen Westlund and Judy Frleken. The 15th annual Festival
Queen will be chosen next week, when the four girls (three chosen
by the Shelton high school student body and the fourth by the
faculty) will present their theme on *'What the Forest Festival
Means to Me," to the Forest Festival Judges. Steve Rockefeller
will play the part of Paul Bunyan in the annual event, May 21,
22 and take part in the Festival climax, the Pare ISunyan parade,
May 23. Coronation ceremonies for the court will be during the
pageant.
Forest Land Bill Gets
Solid AR-CIO Backing
The combined labor lobby of the AFL-CIO in Olympia
has given their support to the passing of senate bill 200
which would make it possible for Mason county to get back
about 30,000 acres of land now under the jurisdiction of
the State Department of Natural Resources.
Mayor Earl Moore, Commissioner W. F. McCann and
Commissioner Joe Simpson stated Tuesday that they favor
local jurisdiction of governmental authority whenever poss-
ible but would not be quoted one way or another as to their
stand on the bill. Both Moore and McCann said that they
wanted more time to stud the bill before making a final
. sons yr"l decisi°n"
mp w''
]business Agent of the Tea.maters
HB 149 W Id
OU ,oil labor's support for tile bill
which he has been instrumental in
[ developing.
Hurt Industry
',pared stat.ement of the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources on
Correction of a paragTaph ap- their side of the bill, said, "the
pearing in the Shelton.Mason 'total a nount of money the county
(has received from the" sale of tim-
County Jomal issue of Feb. 121bar on these lands has amounted
relating to a Senate committee to $150,247.75 as the report says,
hearing on House Bill 149 was re- but it does not mention that the
quested hy H. O. Puhn, land and 'county received $57,801.68 in 1953
timber manager of Simpson Log- and $29,412.67 in 1954 under the
ging Company.
"IT WAS S£ATED in the Jour-[previous state administration as
hal's report of this hearing, held Lthe result of a departmental bill
which was pas,ed by the 1953 state
in Olympia on Feb. 10, that 'Simp- legislature. It was largely through
son admitted the bill would mean
a large expense to them if it was
assed'," said Puhn.
"I plainly told the committee
that we are concerned with the
additional expense we would have
to bear if the present valuation on
our lands within the Reforestation
Act of 1931 is changed•
"The Journal stated the bill
would raise valuation on the so-
called classified lands from one
dollar to two dollars per acre. The
bill actually calls for raising this:
valuation to three dollars per acre.
"It is Simpson's position that
it entered into the provisions of
the Reforestation Act honorably
27 years ago; that it has lived up
to its terms in every respect; that
it is paying a fair tax on its lands
and that tampering with the Act
now can eventually lead to des-
troying its whole purpose."
PUHN SAID the purpose of the
original act was to return cutover
lands to tree production, with own-
ers agreeing to pay a yield taxi
of 12!,.', pet" cent on forest products i
sold from the land. Simpson ]s
now paying approximately $12 000i
annually in yield taxes in addi-I
tion to property taxes and the
figure is rising year by year, Puhn
said.
the eforts of the counties that tim
1953 legislature passed the bill
which allowed for the sale of
Christmas tree lands. This amounts
to $87,214.35 of the total revenue
and this was received in a two
year period while the lands have
been under state jurisdiction since
1924. These large payments to the
county were made before Bert
Cole was in office and the pres-
ent head of the State Department
of Natural Resomces has no right
to take credit for this."
THE COMMISSIONERS were
also irked by the statements in
the report of the Department of
Natura3 Resources which implied
that the counties wanted to take
over saw log lands. "This bill is
only for the utilization of the
revenue which would come from
minor forest products," said Mit-
chell and Streckenbach.
The commissioners said that
they realize that many areas of
the state in which saw log timber
grows in large quantities have done
well under the present state ar-
rangenent but that the counties
such as Mason have received very
little revenue from the lands ex-
cept in 1953 and 1954 largely
their own efforts.
Worthy Of Everyone's Consideration
COMMUNITY COHCERT DRIVE
Three days remain to take advantage of the opportun-
ity to obtain membership in the Community Concert Assoc-
iation.
Memorable hours of enjoyment await members of the
association, who look forward to another season of superb
musical entertainment presented by outstanding artists of
world renown.
In no other way than, the Co,mnlu, nity Con, tort sys-
tent, would it bc possible for smaU communities such as
Shclton to procure cntcrtainmelt of the caliber pre-
sented in thc association covccrts.
However, it is often forgotten that the membership
hohters of the community are the association and without
their support Shelton would be without this fine entertain-
merit.
May we urge everyone, in the final three days of the
membership drivc, to add their support to the association
and thereby avail themselvcs of the pleasures of the com-
ing concert scason.
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Major Changes
Pending For
'59 Festival
Wheels which have turned slow-
ly so far shifted to a higher gear
Tuesday night when the executive
committee and all major commit-
tee chairmen met to go over plans
for the 1959 Mason County For-
est Festival.
i SOME MAJOR departures from
previous festival procedures were
indicated in reports from com-
mittee chairmen, with economy in
operation as the basic objectives
in each instance. The festival has
run in the red for the past few
years, financial reports have
shown.
The pageant will find the big-
gest change occurring. Chairman
Rudy Oltman disclosed plans for
holding this feature of the festival
in the gymnasium this year, one
night only instead of the two
which have nmrked preceding fest-
ivals.
The pageant script for 1959 calls
for a new Lype of entertainment
of a more varied nature than here-
tofore, featuring the coronation
of the Forest Festival queen.
A basic theme for the festival
in general this year will be keyed
to the 15th anniversary of the
ewmt and will be historical in
nature, with the Mason County
Historical Society assisting the
Forest Festival Association in
working out details.
ALONG THIS LINE, the use
of Abraham Lincoln type lats as
official garb for the 1959 fstival,
to replace the traditional red hats
of previous festivals, was discussed
by the group with further action
deferred until details of price and
availability can be reported back
by Start Parker•
Cooperation with the sports car
race sponsors who plan a major
racing event for the Sunday fol-
lowing the Festival, May 24, was
discussed with action deferred un-
til a pending meeting of sports
car representatives with the Cham-
ber of Commerce is held later this
month.
THE ZONTA CI, UB again has
pledged to supervise the Festival
window displays, President Audrey
Preppernau told the group, and the
Chamber of Commerce will take
re of the Queen's banquet and
"s{reta decorations, President Dick
S0uliere reported.
Parade Chairman Lea Shelver
and Loggers Sports Show Roy
Kimbel eacl reported activity is
already under way in their two
major features of the festival.
Downtown >Ihelton stores a(I
offices wUl I (do,(I Monday,
February 23, in ol)•ervance or'
the Wahington's birthday holi-
day. lneludee! in tie closings
will Is the bnk, post offh,e,
court hotl% city hall, anti tile
major grocery stores.
Ctt,es Push,no
For Home Rule
Mayor Earl Moore and Commis-
sioners W. F. McCann and Joe
Simpson were among a large del-
egation Of city officials who at-
tended a city officials day meet-
ing Wednesday at the state capitol.
THE CITY officials were guests
of the house and senate in the
morning and attended legislative
committee hearings in the after-
noon. A large crowd was on hand
Wednesday night for a house hear-i
ing on bill 296 which would pro-
vide about $25,000,000 in revenue
for the various cities in the state
based on population.
The cities hope to get this money
fl'om a. refund of state taxes col-
lected and based their program on
the home rule philosophy of gov-
ernment. The cities pointed out
to the legislators that the state
has been moving on the sources of
revenue at mmh a fast rate as to
make it e×tremely difficult for
cities tro meet their ftnanclalneeds.
The cities believe that more auth-
ority and tax funds should remain
in local hands rather than ill a
highly centralized state authority.
Sheriff's Office Has
Monkey Business?
The Mason County Sheriff's of-
ftce captured a monkey htst Still-
(lay morning on Arcadia road after
receiving a call ¢arlier that day.
The monkey was rnnning aronnd
the area when found by the of-
ficers. They brought it back to
the jail and then left him tit Dr.
],arso,Vs animal hospital. The re-
:tort from the sheriff's office did
not say whether or not the monkey
was fingerprinted or had a pre-
vious police record. The monkey
did not have any conllnent con-
eerning his apprehension,
Oily, County Students
Receiving Shots
City and county sell(.fl ehihh'cn
are rv,,.iving inumlnlzalh)ll shots
ft)r diIfllthol'h , pt'rtllsSUS, tetHDllS
and smallpox in Mason county
thi,n week.
l)r. J. V. DcShaye, director of
the Thurston-Mason county health
district, is administering the shots.
The city children received their
shots Monday and the. county atuo'
dent will get thcir'. tod,%y.
i
Oyster Cannery Closure
Hurts Mason (ounO00 :
The closure of the two major oyster canning companie
in western Washington, the Hilton Canning company of
Seattle and the Coast Oyster company of South Bend, has
caused a serious problem for oystermen in Mason county.
The two canneries closed down last Saturday over a
dispute in the method used in canning oysters with federal
authorities of the pure food and drug division of the U ;
government.
County 0 K's
ton Canning company, told this
reporter hy phone from Seattle
Tuesday afterneon that the situa- • s
"°° '" u" '" "" "'r "t "" l Budget For
time. "I have no comnlent right ....
now," said Oruble. ....
T.E c..o,o00 c,m,. r::, ,( "err" e
00y.00out o. ,.,v,,
termen in Mason and Thurston
counties and the oystermen who
deal with the canneries are ones
who are affected by the dispute.
The J. J. Brenner Oyster com-
pany, Ellison Bros., Kamilche
Point Oyster company,. Dahman
Oyster company and numerous
small independent operators have
been hit here by the closure.
THE BRENNER company has
laid off 17 of its 38 regular oys-
ter openers and others who deal
with the canneries have also cut
the number of their employees.
John Brenner said, "We hope to be
able to shift Out our production
in order to reduce the effect of
the cannery closures. This thing
caught us completely hy surprke
and we have no idea why the pure
food and drug people and the can-
neries are in dispute."
The problem seems to be one of
method of stewing the oysters, hut
more exact reasons for the clom
ure has not been officially re-
leased.
Iw.al oyatermen have adopted
a wait and see attitude on the mat-
ter. It is estimated that more
than 100 persons are affected by
the closure in Mason county•
New Highway
Bill Now In
Capitol Hopperl
Representatives Roy Ritner,
Paul Conner and Dr. J. L. McFad-
den have introduced house bill 544
which will provide three million
dollars for the construction of the
Shelton-Olympia highway to the
doorstep of Shelton.
THE BILL has not gone into a
committee hearing since it was
intxduced last Saturday. At the
present time the State Highway
Commission has allotted $427,000
for t)e 1957'-51Y period which'
would bring the new highwaf""
inside the county line. Since this
in a bill to pr0vide money it will
have to go before the appropria,
tions committee.
The representatives feel that
heavy traffic between Shelton and
Olympia justifies this expenditure.
The new htghway into Grays Har-
bor county has been allotted
$3,500,000 for 1957-59, yet has a
smaller traffic count than the one
here.
REPRESENTATIVE RITNER'S
house bill 451 has the approvl-rff"
the house committee whx) recom-
mended its passage. The bill also
has the backing of the WCTU and
the State Board of Liquor Control.
This bill would require an identifi-
cation card with a picture of the
person who wishes to purchase
liquor as well as the individual's
signatBre. The purpose of this
bill is to prevent the purchaBe of
liquor by those who are under the
legs) age.
WEATHER
Hlgh Low Precip,
Feb. 11 .... 45deg. 31deg. .01 in.
Feb. 12 .... 43 des. 29deg .........
Feb. 13 .... 44 des. 36des. .26 in.
Feb. 14 .... 39deg, 33 deg. .40in.
Feb. 15 .... 44 deg. 33 deg ..........
Feb. 16 .... 45deg. 42 deg. .32 in.
Feb. 17 .... 52 deg. 37 deg. ,09 ill.
..... Rayonicr Incorporated.
The Mason County Board o|
Cbmmissioners gave their O.K.
Monday for setting up a budlike:
of $475 for a new civil service
commission. This commission we8
made necessary by the recent
initiative passed making sheriff's
deputies come under civil service.
AI LaBissoniere informed the
commission that the insuraJce
rates on the Harstine ferry have
been incread to $500 a year. Be*
sides the increase in rates the in
auranee company will not make
payments on cargo losses and in
creased the county's liability te
$500 before the company hecome#
liable. , The |nsurance " rate last
year was $440.
THE COMMISSIONERS were
unhappy to heal" about thi and
Commissioner Strcckenbach said,
"This is just another one of th0
many increased costs wc have to
face." The commission plans to
give this matter further consider.
atlon before, making a decision ol
the issue.
Harsttnc Isiatd school district
302 requested $2300 for a new
school bus. The school board in,
formed the commission that the
bus was necessary because of
transportation reasons and ainee
the, district is too far away to con-
solidate with any other.
THE THURSTON.Mason cour-
ty health department asked for an
emergency budget of $1000 for
garbage disposal supervision, This
request was granted. Funds for
this purpose have already been in-
cluded in the county budget for
1959 and will only require a trans-
fer of money from one account
to another.
The problem of heat in the
courthouse became somewhat con
troverstal when Nick Hein re
rotted that for $231 he could im-
prove the system considerably,
The courthouse custodian did not
believe this and said that a piece;
meal approach to fixing up the
heating system was not the an
swat. , The ctuclian also said that
the h biler could not tand 10
pounds of pressure as reconl.
mended by Hein. Hein was undel
the oponion that an increase in
boiler pressure wmzld help drive
the steam through(nt the building,
The commission agreed to pay
Hedn the $231 for the Job.
Mayor Moore appeared before
the commission concerning the cs,
tablishment of a civil defens
budget. The cnmmission agreed
to this.
Commissioner W. F. McCanu 1,
so appeared before the eommissi0n
adam lnrrarrra"a rbller and
spreader --box 'tre coma ty has a
their central shops The county
said they would sell the equipment
for $1500• The city plans to in
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