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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. ,+,  i  "T'-- 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 i II 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',,,.=