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cage .10 SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JoLrRNAL
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i " + I vT,r,,,,,v,, .... ,,,,-,,,,,,v,vT v well meetinff Mrs P.etcrson "v"vvvv'""*""V'"'vvv"'v"'' L"t'lfwrqr S'lt"tl"IkiT nm& AIkT ,d'L"5WTIT 'I[IX'O'T1Pt lit i |
• * ' " + f(,{+,,ed +m ;i,,h in :gas ana hr' - /'lL "
] Washed ]I Grapevlew I.nl..,g and nns(:Ifish weft, will Tahuya MIISLIU!00 I VIA00R }UU!00 11 JUUllfl ]
[ AllJ][31 If'IDATI][ ]I'* ...................... " be miused he wqs voted an ............ ,v ......... v.v t. UmlSflea cvcry wnursaay morning [
I k,/lkllY " I.I*lk V lh | M:rs. Tictard Coleman fell wlfile hmorai:y lifo ncmbe:"nf the' club tBy Effie I,. Knowltml) Memt)er of XVashington Newspal,,.r l'ublishors' Ass<.ci:Hion I
I _ II . t w)rk " at the Stretch Island .... " ........ , T , r( wet, forty-three vot(,s • an I Na onal Ed tot d ASs()(: tliou I
• . f • ....... (l.l]ltrzc, s olYloI'cl we/]]: i ) 1£oo.I- • " • , . " " " • S ' )
] |t W nery last Thursday and sut- ,,,m. n,if¢,l ;,, n ........ to,, ++s+ cast at the annual school electron _. Eniered m second-clas. m.£1tm" al lhe posl,,fttce at Stmlh,n. Vfa. I]mgt n J
I For Hire -- I fered a broken h p She was tak- "]r,:ah,,';"7,')'(at".,,':,'):a'Z;:',is "o;) last S.turday Arthur \\;Viley re- xxr,lr?,-,,) z 1, ...... Ip.a;4. ...... a" D,dHeh,.,- I
• • • , . .,,,,L ,,Lj + ' all I _xl .llk+l b' " ] " ' I " * + " ' ' ¥¥ &Ill ULI l/. J) I'?*DUI-, &JLIIUL [tlIU I ULIIIL,I
J On'nNl, |ten to th Stlton hosl),tal eation coxed l)rty-txo for the tin're .. ' I
&u laxs ' + ' , ' " • , - • " .. bneeessfr To
" Ir't I qlm I Jr, w ,o hts been , , , . , y ar t(rm and Razlka, Rcndsland .... . ,
[ CONeRE E' ][IX]]Rm Jl o] 190 ..... day furlough" ' has rejolnt.d' ' + ' h,qTtlt';+ ...... Grap( v]ew ....... C°lllnltlnlt3t .... 1,...-,fchlb thlrty-eght' ' " for' the two 3eal', term. . _. +-- ............ GRANt.. C+. _AN(ILl,,_. ..... .tad l .I']IlqR". ANGIAL. ................... : [
I by day or contract |/ the army and m on his way to urday evening at the scmol house. Dick fixing, of Dew,ttto te(,ewe¢ Subscription Rates: I
qIll't '' ' lOUt lOf tile two Veflr ( rnl I[n(l g ..... r.
| |f V1} ,.. . ......... it was voted to continue the sehool ;.. :. . • , " 2, $2.o0 per year m.adv!}? ; {3 months $1.,1: oulmde Mason County $2.7,,, t
i Qt Z/ ":Pne, (},'ILDCVIOVi/ VvotnoYl S t.jtlD +. +. +. ++ . . , , +, ....... ; ..+ +, ..... , ..... , Walt(,' argent one eaell lor Lne CAllfl¢I+I trill 101 I" Hbrll $i; .')t) t
• ' , --' ) £tl£leJl( i,Illt,,, I+,IIP.+: l+tL.l Ul l.r, lll. St++IUt;l ...... =--.--.--1+ ......................
I NORMAN |l, met wth Mrs. I(,ters,m last year The, meetin, dae w'lq two and three year terms. Eva. + 1
, & d rt T, 1+ S O N t|Tlmr+day Feb "Sth Mrs Peter .... • ' • - -- ;, ,X+h ..... + ++ C (?tr and Sylvia Godwin were BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK ]
! ln YInFvnI,£1 Phole 655 ]] son will mr v( to Seattle soon so , ..... s e +,+ ip- "-. +o h ..... 3t (*e. and EffJe l(nowlton clerk u IMP, xrmD rsaTm laAR ]
I _J ths was m the nature oi a. tale- m(>xi( filnl shown on that datt o the election board. Dad Hal'- ,m .... ......... .-, /
-' " • + -+ ' , ' ' . ' ' . '" r son v( hmtccred 1 is services as then sala Jesus unI:o l-llS QlSClpleS, lI: any lnan Will I
.... +'=r-r'-=.+:'------'..---':'.+ .. --- Ihe reg;ular meeting date of the ." • ' " ...... , , . . . • ¢ •
club was chano'ed to the first Fri Janitor. come after Me+, let hnll deny lnmself, and take up I
,tIL : + " (ity evcn[ng ;f eac/h mmth as Ir(mces, Scion md:tohjmy Iu- his cross, and follow Me..ST. 5IATTItEW 16:24 ]
]i + " lli(.re w<ire so inany counter at- son. 1vlr. ana?vti'S• v. J: inow(n? Sn!,gested bv the Roy. \\;V. M. Wangerin, pastor • l
all2 lsonlly watsolt retlZ, lle(l last
I." --Yours for the telephoning, tractions interfering with the Sat- ari,,, ,,:. ..... :;,,, +-:,,,: .i + Mt. Olive Lutheran Church I
%(4*" _ q,,,,mb , urday eveniag date After the '+ ............. a :+ ...... *p. ...... , .':" . ..... I
"%:'+W all and well 'irk u] " , . " vraneisco where tney w(nt to
":::' One c . P l bl.lSines.; meeting, a social hour was ..... • " ' " " " I
• I ..... ; ..... ,+ .... ',.,,,+ ...... . ..... a meet the S. S. Horace Greely up- LET S FORGET THE GIMME HAB T t
i ---: --- : your laundry, do ,t up hos- others visitinfi' ' Pefrehments on her return froln the Pllhl]- When we complain of bureaucracy in the national gov- i
. , " * ,.,' '" " •' pill(' lslanos and to weleonle cacti a " : " ' , , •
[lt:'l ....... ' ..... in our modern (,t'e serxcd. " .': ... . : .... ernment, we might well conmder a prnne cause--the will, b
,! P'7.,,,. i Ja. r. , x wm , t.' t'r E Nolan q'hev did a lot of lngness or state, munlclDal an(1 lOCal governments [o le
:t se entifie lant .and return the new school board member to c ./. . + ., • ............. .............
!,..s,r.-,,. I ......... +'o,' ;h ........ ='-r m,, a signtseeing a.na report a wonaer- washington, .+w., nnanee tnelr acnvmes ana tnerey gain
,:::;}°vli it to yOL packaged and ready lIill levv carried'by a large ma- ul. tr,p. Donald came t by tan} the right to have a voice in their management. It has
":'): 'otit" • " ' Sa[uraay and captain omn last J^ *- ::" ........ ' ..... : ...... cP commission or
I:+ ........ 1:'we new oil furnaces will be .... * school board wouldu't think of a Strrt widening project or
!/ a new gymnasium without taking into account how much
Mason County Steam Laundry
and Dry Cleaners Phone 88
I I I I
II
installed this week. one in the
hence of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hill-
man and one in the school house.
Speaking of the school house
the well driller was down 145 feet
last Saturday.
Money +to Loan
$50 .to $-500
Informal Personal Confidential
EDDY BUSINESS SERVICE
UNDER STATE REGULATION
Friends and" neighbors met last
Tuesday evening to charivari our
latest newlyweds. Mr. and 'Mrs. J.
Bars. N:rs. Burg' was fm'mcrly
1Vh:s. 'Jud: Hall. A joYOuSly hil-
arious time was enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Lillian Johnson was a din-
net guest of the John Sebring
family one evening last week.
A fire that was evidently
smothered ct by its own smoke
blistered the walls and woodwork
and burned the carpet in the Roy
:Mitchell home a couple of weeks
ago. Tile fire was caused by an
oil heating stove.
Word of Douglas Clare's illness
at the training camp in San Die-
go, Calif., came to his mother,.
Mrs. -H. L. Rendsland by a letter
from the youth. He has been'
suffering from scarlet fever.
A family reunion and turkey
dinner was enjoyed by tlae Huson
and Knowlton families last .Tues-
day evening in which they were
joined by the Orcutt family. All
of their boys have returned to the
fold fl'orn distant lands.
There will be a Bible study class
a£ the home of Alma Blair Tues-
day afternoon. March 12. begin-
ning at one o'clock• Refreshments
will be served.
Sprirg Thaw
Thawing of the soil in spring takes
place both from above and below.
In view of he fact that the soil just
below the fi+ozen layer is consider.
ably above the freezing point, thaw-
ing from i)elow may be relatively
rapid.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
and Subsidiaries
SoutherKCdffornio e|ephone Co.--Bell Tehphone ¢o. of Hevada
$400,000,000 Five-Ye.r l:xpansion Program
Excerpts from the 1945 Annual Report
ttALTHOUGH it expe-
rienced an exceptional
growth throughout the
war )'ears, our company
did not profit from the
war. The tabulation . . .
comparing the year 1945-
the end of the route to
'Ibkyo Bay--with 1939-
the year in which ominous
war clouds cast their im-
pending gloom--vividly
portrays, not only what
oor company's expansion
has been throughout the
years of its war effort, but
also the impact of this ex-
pansion on its major oper-
ations.
"The phenomenal de-
velopment of the Pacific
Coast with its tremendous
strkles in commerce, in-
dustry, military and naval
activities has placed, and
will continue to place, ex-
acting demands upon our
company.XVith the nation- '
wide interest in this far- t
flung section with/Is rap.
idly expanding markets
and its outstanding growth
potentialities, oct com-
pany will experience in
the immediate years ahead, as they are now
visualized, an unpreCedeated expansion.
"Our immediate task ahead is to render
service to all who want it and to restore
and ¢o take our service to new heights. As
it ammunced I)ecembcr last, in the imme-
diate five-year period our company will be
reqmred to make expen&tures or new con-
struction aggregatiag $400,000,000 and, as
a cousequence, extraordinary amounts of
new capital will be required. The execution
and speed of this entire program are de-
pendent upon the flow ot available nmn-
power, materials, money arid the level of
business conditions. The consummation of
the program for 1946, now well under way,
will ruire, it is estimated, an all-time
high expenditure upwards of $90,000,-
0oo for new constructkm. This comparcs
w/ti the $35,800,000 expended in 1945. In-
clusive of materials re.used, the gross plant
additions for 1946 are estimated at well
over $100,000,000. This expenditure will
he nmre than double the 1945 gross plant
additinus of $48,791,000.
'q[b do all the thiags we have ia mind
FROM PEACE TO WAR AND FROM WAR TO PEACE
Telephoncs Owoed 179 194
and Operated'.. 1,948,062 2,702,686
"_17o11 and Long Dis-
lance :
Total Calls .... 129,190,340 346,892,555
Longer haul calls
(originating in
and destined
beyond our ter-
ritory) ..... 650,570 11,766,999 1 I, 116,429
Plant Investment+ . $493,360,850 $678,550,991 $185,190,t41
Operating Revenues $122,168,305 $248,870i088 $126,701,783
Local Service
Revenues '.. , 85,703,890 131,179,676 45,47,786
Toil Service
Revenues . . . 33,156,914 109,735,931 76,579,017
Operatiag Expenses
(before taxes).. $ $2,163,244 $167,291,874 $ 85,128,630
Operating Taxes.. $ 17,579,987 $ 53,364,072 $ 35,784,085
Total Payroll: . . . $ 56,023,205 $124,689,994 $ 68,666,789
Employees' ..... 29,998 51,282 21,284
Men ....... 12,091 15,745 3,654
Women ..... 17,907 35,537 17,630
Income Available
for Interest and
Return ...... $ 22,560,834 $ 24,215,173 $ 1,654,339
Average Invested
Capital ...... $355,293,O69 $412,394,160 $ 57,051,091
Return on Invested
Capitol ...... 6.33% 5.87%
Per Common Share:
Earnings .... $7.87 $6.78
Dividends .... $7.25 $6.50
Taxes ....... $9.74 $21.68
'At December 31. |Includes construction payroll, *Decreose.
- Per Cent
[ncfease [ ricfease
754,624 39
217,702,195 169
.46%*
$1.09"
$.75*
$ t 1.94
policy--to furnish the best
possible service; to render
the service as economically
as possible; to charge for
the service only an aumunt
to keep our company finan-
..cially wgomus--it is of
viial importance that its
earnings be such that they
1709 will continue to attract the
38 necessary amounts of new
104 capital needed to accom-
plish these objectives.
53 Earnings that are adequate
are in the public interest,
231
because earnings that are
104 less than adequate neces-
204 sarily jeopardize the effi-
123 ciency and the scope of the
71 service. Thus, eur com-
30
pany and the public it
98 serves have a common ia-
terest. In full recognition
7 of that interest, the charges
for the service readered
16 should rcflect a fair treat-
7* mcnt policy expressed in
rates which, at all times,
.14" will be such that sound
10" economic considerations
123 will prevail in the interest
of all partiesthe patrons,
, the employees and the in-
vestors.
"A successful nation is a prosperous ha.
tlon. In order to increase and to sustain the
production which is vital to that prosper-
ity, business and industry mush of neces-
sity, prosper as must their personnel Who,
through the dedication of individual effnrh
contribute to the forward march of Amer-
ica. This fundamental concept, the recogni-
tion of the dignity and worth o tbe indi-
vidual and tha value of free enterprise,
with equal opportunity for all--the Amer-
ican way of life--has produced the highest
standard o living among all peoples.iProg-
tess has ben the measure of the welfare of
our great .Nation--it will be the earnest en-
deavor of ow: company, as it has been in
the past, to render a communication serv-
ice. which through its scope, efficiency and
dependability will continue to make its
full contribution to that progress."
will take men, materials and money. Our
program will offer employment opportuni-
ties to many men and women not only in
the manufacture, construction and iastalla-
tion of the added plant, but also in the
maintenance and operation o a continu-
ous|y improving and expanding service.
Our vast undertaking will require for its
accomplishment earnings that are sufficient
to attract the huge sun,s of new capital
needed. Expressing as it does a fundamental
significance to every city, town, village and
hamlet throughout the Pacific Coast, the
consummation of our unprecedented pro-
gram will result in increasing the plant in-
vestment of our company by almost 50 per
cent. bringing its total plant investment to
an amount aggregating upwards of a bib
litm dollars.
"The era of tremendous expansion that
our company has now entered places re-
spoasibilities of the first magnitude upoa
our management. We go forward with a
firm faith that a telephone service rendered
well wlil continue to be well received. In
our company's following out its established'
e
Preshlent,
Uncle Sam would put up for the job.
Federal taxpayers in Wichita, Kansas; Keokuk, Iowa;
and Sapulpa, Oklahoma, are helping to pay for public im-
provements in Shelton and Washington residents similarly
:are helping to finance improvements in Kansas, Iowa and
OMahoma. The gauge of today's statesmanship is how
much the local representative in Congress can wheedle out
of the national treasury for hs district. Believing this
l not a healthy condition, we find the following dispatch
from Jefferson City, Missouri, refreshingly different:
"A proposal that Missouri put its "Gimme hand" back
in its pocket and say "no thanks" to subsidies or grants
offered by the federal government was included in a
Missouri house of representatives today.
"In offering the resolution, Rep. Curtis J. Tindal, as-
rested Missouri should take the lead among the states in
helping solve the federal debt crisis and that it should
refrain from demanding further grants from the Congress."
It must come to that sooner or later, unless we want
national socialism to take over. Weaning purselves may be
a painful process, but the longer we puit off the more
painful it is apt to be.
UN-AMERICAN ?
In a recent speech Henry Ford Ibdeclared that an effort
must be made to correct the belief held by too many per-
sons that it is un-American for business to earn a profit.
He pointed out that only through a fair profit can
business set up reserves for expansion, research and future
contingencies.
It is not a healflfy situation when businessmen have to
re-sell the public--or any substantial part of ilion the
rightness of the profit motive. The distorted concepts on
this subject have arisen chiefly from the distorted publicity
about the profits made by large concerns. Very little is
said, however', about the huge losses sometimes sustained
by them.
And what of profits in small business ? Should the small
retailer be denied a profit? Should the nation's thousands
of small businessmen, for example, who are already work-
ing on a narrow profit margin be asked to forego it and
serve the public for nothing? In such a case what would
he use to pay taxes, to feed and clothe his own family, and
to further the general welfare of his community ? How can
any community prosper unless its businessmen prosper?
Even if all businesses--large and small could consis-
tently earn substantial profits, that would not justify ef-
forts to destroy the profit incentive in business•
If the American people permit themselves to be led into
the belief that business profits are morally wrong they are
going to cut their own economic throat from ear to ear.
Business cannot survive without profits any more than the
human body can function without oxygen.
Because some persons declare otherwise doesn't change
the facts.
PEACE OR A SWORD?
We are not among those who atribute a sinister mo-
tive to every move made by the Kremlin, nor do we deny
that Russia's suspicions of the Western powers have some
historical justification.
Nevertheless, we feel that there was no excuse for the
Hitlerian tone and technique used both by Stalin and other
Soviet leaders in their recent election speeches. Stalin's
charge that the capitalistic world economy was responsible
for starting the two great wars undoubtedly made good
political copy in Communist Russia but it rather overlooked
the fact that the out-and-out military ambitions of Gerrhany
in two wars and Japan in the last one also had omething
to do with the two world conflicts.
What is more, Premier Stalin can hardly/deny that it.
was his "go,ahead" signal to Germany expressed in the
"friendship" pact with Hitler in August 1.939 that opened
the way for the attack on Poland.
The cry that Russia is still "encircled" by capitalistic
powers and that she must become self-sufficient to "guar-'
antee (herself) against any eventualiW," is the same theme
that• the former Austrian house painter used to harp on
when he was building up Germany for aggressive conquest.
The election outburst of Soviet leaders undoubtedly
was linked to the clash between Russia and Britain at the
UNO meeting arising out of their conflicting interests in
the Ballans and Micidle East. This conflict of economic
interests need not be dangerous to the peace, however, if
the nations involved are willing to work it out by peaceful
means.
tt seems to us that a country which has suffered so
terribly from war as Russia would be a leader in seeking
peaceful solutions.
CAPITAL AND LABOR
The wave of strikes Which the nation has been exper-
iencing is often referred to as a conflict between labor and
capital. But the fact is that in America it's pretty hard to
draw a line between the two because in many respects they
are identical.
The man who spends less than he earns and puts his
savings in a bank or in government bonds or buys a share
of stock, creates capital. So while he may be a laborer he
is also. a capitalist.
American industry today is largely financed by the
savings of millions of our citizens, many of' whom have
comparatively small incomes but who save carefully and
invest wisely. Few, indeed, are the large enterprises that
do not have thousands, or even tens of thousands of stock-
holders.
The capital supplied by this army of stockholders has
not only put the comforts and conveniences of electricity
within the reach of the average household but t has zur-
thered the development of many indu'stries, increased their
efficiency and raised their produdtiviy. ' "
.Th9 American economic system is a capitalistic sys-
tem. It is.not aperfect system but it has produced highe
wages, lower prices, better products and better living con-
ditions than any other system ever devised.
Labor's part in this capitalistic system is just as vital
as that of'capita1 itself, andin the final analysis, the inter-
ests of cap!tal and labor are not divergcnt,.they are 'very
much the same. .
ThurMay, M; ', March 7, ]94:6.
• se the ournal Want Ads
'. "'su'lts: "'"-ey really et
" CLEANING E ' g • r,.sults
FI S SPRING TIM. ,+,
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aNt last year's sm:i,|:;F :l: ]nQ
• " 0 a ,i
IIIkN& / . robes w,ii g. ,
N what you have :f ]1¢ T j j s, ,
cleatl your +C1# m" --
;+r_ longo, wea, o¢|, , l'|m=
o so,,ice re+oo+00Im '""
E/ * E ,"fl leaves garmentSL+tm.]+r,'' --
ZI KADIO KIDS
Iv[ CLEANERS & TAI N RID-.;'.72
+,+ s s, "h°ne0000Ul+Rl.E CLUe"
, ,, KVL
.......... , , , ....... --S// d.vt._wok_c7
' ++a b'atrdays 2" "I 0" ",":. "M.
FIREPLACE.
and MILL WOOD
Up to 24-Inch Lengths
(Sold Strictly On a C.O.D.
O
We Have Also Arranged to I-Ia
S AC K C 0 A L w00sm0000TON
• WELCOMES
Available for your Pick-up Convenie you
SERVICES
Eacrett's Hillcrest Service Star1 m
edaes; ......................... 11 a.m.
mda.a,, ay ...................... 8 p.m.
" , - ehool .......... 9:45 a.m.
Carl Morgan Fuel Co, eadiag Room at the Church
i 302 Alder Street
OPer hiOnday thru Saturda
Phone 381-J ', Y
2.00 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday Evening
......... , t t 5 5to7145
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You can bet it's not by accident that
RPM Motor Oil keeps your motor
cleaner, gives it longer life. Tbls oil's
especially compounded to end carbon
trouble, prevent corrosion, stick to
hot spots that ordinary oils leave bare
and exposed to wear, to fight oxida-
tion, and to eliminate air-bubbles
that would impair circulation. Best
of al/, RPM Motor Oil doesn't cost
a cent morel
BENPlXf
C. C. Cole
KEE
AND
In spite
Order whicl
wheat allow
turkey feed
despair or b
curtailing h
• Member
farm organi:
appeal for r
striction ord
Secretary
delegation
and wires.
is
Here!
--O--
It is aln
whelming pr
vital agricul
duce. They
should keep
i n.gton <2o-O1
district are
is being rew:
yet been anl
OF course yon'll want to
see this marvelous new
BENDIX. Every woman
does. •And now you can see
it, today! There's a new
BENDIX hero in our tore
--in actual operation. Come
and see it do a fall washing.
Watch how it washes, rinses, • • • • •
"I
/
Washin
hungry and
dairy, livest
vital to food
this Associa
produce food
We cnI
damp-dries, cleans and emp-
ties itself and shuts off--all of foods.
at the mero setting of a dial i What yOU do-" put in* also urge t
--and without your even ! _ diai, a¢
wettingcome son,y°urif youhands'+wantButto " " BFNDi " flocks or h
help us serve you quickly, the programs ur
i-+++ 1
EXCLUS/VlE tumblo rinses, dries loth .
TUMBf. ACTION ]i or dryor, deando.. ! '
. ehuta off--a 11 utomatic011Y
o+°+"*' ++"*+o i_. o. +oo,, +,o foot WASI
€to, yet sO gently that perfectly in Idtehm, bst '
room or laundry.
BF.NDIX o oHomeLau00
eC " '
Shelt0n El tm
Phone 154-W : B, W. Soper 110 4tn:L..,el',,,.=