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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 - --'-- -- 16 Pages-- 2 Sections 8 Cents per Copy 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 $1500• The city plans to in (Conllnu,'d on page 5) ,TIRES O00DRIOH AN0 O. K, RE-OAP For Mor Economic Driving at O.K. RUBBER WELDERS MT. VIEW i i 4 Ibs :°€ SHORT RIBS , , , • 8 Ibs. Sl°€ - i i1 iii i i i[ STEER BEEF RIBSTEAKS.... BONELESS THICK CUT SWISS STEAKS. II II i i i i i i YOUNG TENDER ] TOM TURKEYS WI00$TI00II00I Mi00AT I:0. 411 RAILROAD • HA 5-5243 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 - --'-- -- 16 Pages-- 2 Sections 8 Cents per Copy 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 $1500• The city plans to in (Conllnu,'d on page 5) ,TIRES O00DRIOH AN0 O. K, RE-OAP For Mor Economic Driving at O.K. RUBBER WELDERS MT. VIEW i i 4 Ibs :°€ SHORT RIBS , , , • 8 Ibs. Sl°€ - i i1 iii i i i[ STEER BEEF RIBSTEAKS.... BONELESS THICK CUT SWISS STEAKS. II II i i i i i i YOUNG TENDER ] TOM TURKEYS WI00$TI00II00I Mi00AT I:0. 411 RAILROAD • HA 5-5243