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+ Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave portlana, Ore Ent+.red as second clea matter at the post office at 8heltonLWuhlngton, 10 Cents per Copy unaer Act of Marrh &amp;. 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th 8tree(. 9, 1959 Published in -Christmastow% U.S.A." 18 Pages -- 3 Sections 0 K's + Kitchen tetMonday n County Board -lrti°.ners passed an :Y budget of $1,204 L t° pay for equipment glu.. the new jail ibi:il kitchen has :" j ct of some con- :d the past and it :l'_ tea that t h e r e T a0me opposition to budget. !:.e was littl emer e oppo- :. elll gency budget at !i.llt R T, Shelton hotel ::A alt +=' to know how the Id a f *rd to serve meals :i; tx 20.7 cents. He he et this figure in- '':' 0ay and did not take : o any other costs. +f  'aul Hinton said r  1 e city was con- dtchen setup at ; thl I s a good idea. -" .t t lot of the food .'i r to feed prison- i Pol +' es was thrown : ice chief said, "You 'i ov gy who is in jail! ;ir a plate of cold, e and expect him to ty per cent of the 'prisoners in the  tl rown away." The ,i bu g p i:i07 TTER admitted ;R fei't eluded only food Ill;t  that it was'a big |rJ taxpayers " JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST BICYCLE WINNERS Tommy Adams Tommy Lows Norman Hulsingh Linda Kadoun Island Lake Shelton Cranberry Road Dayton Road Steven Sheller Shelton SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE SEEN any of the 10 happy young- sters pictured above, all of whom earned shiny new bicycles, will know how sincerely they mean 'thank you" to all those who paid for a new or renewal subscription during the Shelton-Mason County Journal campaign. Most of the boys and girls, who earned commissions, stopped long enough, early this weak, in spending the money earned to ask u= to express their appreciation to their since the ad also require the ern ,rk t pristm three on other lab,,,, t mrs jobs Rocky Hembrofl r aid that" most # Service Award Bail + !: men, Dale Roessel m e 14-year-old l"minal assault. " Sawn county il; a • incident took : Y night in the De- 00A00722f00r Sheriff t c C' =toessel had t4 barg e after be- "+''+ ut that Byerly : In the affair. ,(r me girl into tuthey had been [ " COunty superior hh-On are on o p the look- ?eraley, Rj lrL,?ves tha near Mlll Rosemary Wetter Arcadia Road Commerce's Distinguished Service Award. THE AWARD is given annually to the young man, who, in the opinion of the judges, is serving the community most. He must be between the ages of 21 through 35. The judges were No/an Mason, Floyd Godwin and Wendell Young. The four nominees for the award were Hembroff, Joe Borek, Bob Kimbel and Marden Stroud. Bernie Dorey, master of cer monies at the Jaycee DSA ban- quet Tuesday cited Hembroff for ;the following activities he has been ;in during the past year: PRESIDENT OF the Shelton Kiwanis Club, served on the steer- ing committee of the Mason Coun- ty Forest Festival Assn., assist- ant troop leader, Boy Scouts of America; vice president of Shelton Bayshore Golf Club; director on the board of the Mason County Tuberculosis Assn.; chairman of the local Civil Servibe Commiss- ion, member of Shelton Chamber of Commerce, member of Odd Fel- lows, Elks, American Legion and the Shelton Jaycece__ OsOsTo Hear Planners Plans Harlan Nelson & Associ- ates are cooking up for Shelton and Mason County will be the princ!pal topic of interest for Shel- ton Chamber of Commerce mem- bers at their April meeting to- night. Ted Morse Eddie Aldrich Virginia Crumb Maxlne Tozler Union Shelton Hoodsport Skokomish friends and subscribers. The Journal urges all motorists in the area to please exercise a little more than usual care because 10 new bicycle owners with heads in the clouds-and who can blame them ?--ars abroad. A complete listing of all candidates with their final standings will be found on another page of this week's Journal, The contest, which started March 14, attracted boy and girl contestants from all over Mason county, BEAMING WITH PRIDE--Mrs. Rocky Hembroff beamed with pride at her husband, and understandably so. Rocky had just been named winner of the Shelton Junior Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Service Award. Chief Accountant New Bill Eliminates Check On State Money Ralph Bowen, chief accountant of the State Auditor's office, told a Monday noon audience of the Political Forum Club that the re- !cently passed HB 373 will place the control of state funds direct- ly under the governor's office and take away some of the main du- ties Of the state auditor. BOWEN, WHO was very much against the passage of this biil, said that this was not in tar best Cross Drive Short of Goal receive $1,000 of the money if the quota is met. Recent flood= in the east have caused a need for more money for the national organization, Volunteer workers are contacting individuals in the county for donations and everyone is urged to give so that the summer swim program can be continued. Sixty per cent of the funds eel. letted here stay in Ms=on county. CROSS FUNDS--Phil urning the money col- Red Cross Treasurer extreme left. Standing right are Mrs. Dave and Miss Emily ss drive in Mason county half of its quota of program ia slated tO interest of the people of Wash- ington because it would eliminate the check and balance syate-m which is fundamental to the rep- resentative form of government. In the past, the state auditor's office has run a pre-audit on all vouchers for payment by the state. Under the new bill the auditor's office will only make post auditS. According to Bowen, the auditor's office will become more of a fig- urehead organization while the real control of the state funds will be in the hands of the budget committee of the governor. THOSE WHO favored the new law in the last legislature said that it was an economy move which would eliminate the duplica- tion of work tn the two offices. However, Bowen feels that it is a good idea to have a double check on the expenditure of state money rather than having it under the control of one organization. Bower gave a history of the auditor's office since territorial t days and said that the state con- stitution provided for sn elected stale audih)r who has the re- sponsibility of keeping (:hock on state money. He told the lunch- son group of a r'ee, ent voucher made by speaker of the house O'Brien for expenses on a trip he recently n|acle to Brussels. The state auditor's office withheld pay- ment on the VOtlchcr but hc said thtt tinder the now system it prob- ably would hay,, gone thr<mgh. OaK, After Hifling Power Pole Edwin Beck, 21, of Shelton was releas(,d from the Sheltou General hliial 'ruc:+day where he hHa bet, It confined SJtl('e last Saturday flight ;it td)(nll 2:30 p.lll, when his ear collided with a power pole ou lX{uunta in View. According to his physiciml, Dr. B. B. Forman, he sustained only minor cuts about the head as a result of the accident which to- Queen Andrea To Be Honored .Friday Night : ddrea Knceland will receive her secon'4 t'oyai title ,thin a mtth Friday n|ght When I 'ta c¢aWned' Miss Keep Washington Green. NAMED QUEEN of the Mason County Forest Festival a month ago, the tall blond will be crowned by Will Roger. Jr., at the annual Keep Washington Green banquet in Tacoma. Rogers will be the principal speaker at the banquet and Gee. Albert D: Rose/lint also will be in attendance. Also attending the banquet from Shelton will be Dave James. who will be mster of ceremonies, his wifc; the Festival princesses, Lyd- ia Filyaw, Sharon Sund. Judy Frisken and Karen Westlund; Mrs. Rndy Oltman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kneeland, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Le- vin, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Werberg- er and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hartley. THE KWG banquet each year .signals the beginning of an all-out campaign in Washington against man made, forest fires and the Forest Festival does the same thing for Mason county, home of the keep green movement in the United States. Herb Cromer Now Retired Herb Cromer, a city fireman since 1938, retired from his job due to disability effective April I. HE JOINED the department a a volunteer in 1938 while working in Shelton at a dry cleaning es- tablishment. Cromer was made a full time fireman in 1950. The veteran fircfighter recently mlffered an injury while on duty requiring an opeztion and was forced to z'etire on doctor's orders. lqo had lived in the firehouse most of the time since 1938 and did many jobs around city hall al- though his Job did not specifically require him to do. Since he is retiring on disability he will receive six months full pay and the|| go on pent-;loll. THE CITY on)ployces plan to heron, him for his years of devoted service ;it a party i)t city hall on Friday afteruoon, April 17. Cromer also has a home ill Se- attle and has commuted for years brtwcen Shelton and Seattle. Pensioners Allowed Extra $1,25 a Month Mayor itarl Moore alnlount:c(l Ttlesday at tile city commission's Weekly meeting that persons who til'e on oht age assisLancc cite rc- t'oivo fin extra $t.25 a nlonih fronl I.he l)Ppal'! IlPII[ O[" Public Assis- l;tn(,(, to cover the resent i1Kl'easc ill city SOV,'CI' rates. The mayor said tltat persons on old age assislance should contact il'ml office in the county court- house annex. He said that the city realizes thaL an increase of a $1.25 could mean quite a bit to some of the older people and the city did not want to create a haz'dahip for Local Group Concerned Over Gate Closure A group of seventeen property owners appeared before the city commission Tuesday on the matter !of access to their homes located in the Second and Pine area. THESE property owners were concerned over the closure of a :gate on private property by the present land owners which in the past ires been left open for their use. The present property owners of the land on which the gate is Ioeaed do not want it to be used as a public access. The city commission decided to have city engineer Karl Sells look into the problem to see what could be done about it. Commissioner' W. F. McCann re- ported to the commission on the Beverley Heights water situation. McCann said that leaky water mains there are causing the loss of about half of the water pumped through the lines. He reported that in the last two months 57,730 cubic feet of water has been pump- ed into the lines for the use of 36 customel. This is about twice as much water as would be required for normal use. THE CITY commission agreed to pay $500 down on the purchass of a gravel spreader from the county and to pay another $1,000 to complete the purchase in 1960, Cancer Drive Starts Monday A concentrated drive to raise funds for the 1959 Cancer CtaJsade will be conducted Monday and Tuesday, April 13 and 14. The wflunteer that calls at your door will not only be {collecting your contribution but will be distribut- ing informational material stress- ing regular health checkups as the best protection against needless death from the disease. IN CONJUNCTION with the ucational portion of the crusade Channel 4 in Seattle is televiSing a series of programs preparedby the American Cancer Society en- title "Tactic." Te first 9f. the series Was afred ali Mh 22 arid the remaining five at 3 p,m. on each of the Sundays. Mrs. George Cropper, crime commander, reported that supplies have been delivered to her home for distribution and volunteers may call at her home to receive them. Mrs. Cropper also wishes to express her applciation to Mrs. George Shackelford for organiz- ing the crusade in the Belfair area, as well as to the numerous oFner volunteers throughout tle county for their efforts, A Night Of Frustration/ A group of buriflar, obviously in need of practice, entered Bev- eral business establishments in Belfalr sometime last Sunday night but failed to get much for theft trouble. THE BURGLAI broke Into the Belfair tavern, McKnight's' TV Smwice, The Clothesline and the State Liquor Store but were only able to realize about three dol- lars tn change and a bottle of gin for their night's work. Sheriff's deputies found burglar tools in the establishments left by the group. They tried to open the safe at the liquor store but were unable to do so. The search for money in the other business concerns also was unsuccessful. Tools for opening a afe were found in the Belfair tavern but tmfortunately for the burglars the safe was out for repairs. The safe at the tavern had been broken into on March 28. The burglars were not short of equipment or" energy but seemed to lack know how. Weather High Low Preoip, April 1 .., 59 deg. 42 deg, .40 in. April 2 .... '58 deg, 35 dog ......... April 3 61 des. 30deg. .01 in. April 4 .... 58 deg. 41 deg ......... April 5 .... 51deg. 38deg. .23 in, April 6 .... 56 deg. 33 deg ......... April 7 .... 65 deg. 28 deg ......... .... Rayouier Incorporated, The annual free Preschool clinic will be held Friday, April 10, in the Armory for the regis- try of 1959-60 kindergarten and first grade students in the coun- ty's schools. The clinic will be- gin at S:30 and continue until 11 a.m. Free medical, dental and eye examination= of the children will be given by local physic- ians and optometrists, Immu- nization and booster shots will be given and small pox vaccin- ations will be available by the Mason county health depart- ment, without charge. All children taking advantage of the clinic will automatically be registered for the fall school term. The clinic Is annually sponsored bF the Prsxohool Par- cnt Teachers Association. thln. County Plans b Ik ve Boat Identification Law By ED DOHERTY The Mason County Board of Commissioners have in- structed County Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan to draw up an ordinance requiring the identification of Power driven boats in Mason county, The commissioners have been seriously concerned with this problem for sometime and hoped that the state legisla- ture would pass some kind of bill during the last session dealing with this problem. I ,., .v.,.-omm.ss-oner sit ,, bills dealing with the boating problem in the last sesshm but none of them passed. The com- mission feels that a state isWJH e r l would be better than a county or- dinance but that a county,+,,,-I a nsurance ftcation program would be better than none at all. BdP The commission Is planning to adopt a method of identification I retest suggested by Sheriff Jug Potter which would require boats to the numbered in a manner similar to Shelton Immrance Agents Assoc- automobiles. The proposed ord- inance would require boats to have painted on their side the auto license number of the boat owner. In the event the boat owner did not have a car, the county would give him a special number. . At the present time, the county does not plan to charge a fee for boat identification. COAST GUARD regulations re- quire boats over 16 feet to be numbed but there is no require- ment for boats under 16 feet. Coast Guard officials have noti- fied the county that they do not have the manpower to enforce boating laws here nnd Sed to the commission that they should pass me type of ordinance in order to cope with the issue. The Bonner Act, passed in the federal congress, requires the states to adopt laws concendng the regulation of beating by 191. Sheriff Potter has told the com- missioners that it is very difficult to enforce boating regulations un- der the present ordinance because of the lack of identification of boats, i THE COMMISSION feels that! the identifies(lob of boats by num- lr will tend to curb reckless boat- ing practices. Dick Angle, president of the iation+ protested the awarding of the county's 1959 inland marine isurance bid which was given to Bill Pearson. ANGLE SAID that his group had submitted a bid which was over 200 lower than the bid sub* mitted by Pearson and his organl- zation felt that the county had been very unfair in rejecting their offer. Commissioner 3ohn Bariekman told Angle that the commission had consulted State Insurance Commissioner Yerkes on the mat- ter and that he recommended that the county buy their insurance in a package form rather than to deal with more than one company. Bariekman said that since Pear- SOft' "  1 a vvrs l bid was the lowest they gave the business, to him. "The purpose of the insurance commimdoner's office is not to recommend one company over an- other. I don't see how there could be any doubt as to whether or not a claim wa covered by inland marine or general liability,' Angle answered. "WE ARE not insurance peo- ple. The policy of the commiion has been to aeck the advice of the insurance co]nmisJoner'. officP on these matters." Comnlissioner Streekenbach added. The explanation of the corn- --- - Shelton nmneer, w+ r I ozT as far as Angle was concerned and he suggested that the insnr- ance men and the cornlisaioners Dies In Seattle termeet with Yerkes to talk the mat,over. Ira W. Llbby, a pioneer resident of Mason county and Well known in civic and business circles, passed away at his home in Seat- tie Tuesday afternoon. He had been in poor health for the past three years suffering from heart trouble. r/esnta ' oh Janttai 2, " 188'4, " at'la moved to Olympia with his par- ents when a small boy. He came to Masm county in 1900 and married Effle Wisa of Shelton in June of 1907. Mr. Libby was a charter mem- ber of the Agate Grange and once served on the Shelton city council in the 1920's. He operated a mill at Big Skookum for 24 yem be- sides several other businesses nd was also active in shipbuilding here and in Seattle. He is snrvivd by his wife in Seattle; a daughter, lVtr. Eugene Brown, Skokomlsh: a son, Law- rence Libby, Seattle, and one grandson, Charles Brown, of Se- attle. FUNERAL SERVICES wilI be held in Witier's FUneral Home on Friday at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in the. Shelton Memorial Park. Ritnor $00lle Breilor To ,00attk Nm Roy RILner has sold his broiler and lounge to Paul Odsen of Seattle. Odsen, a native of Seattle, ha been in the water transportation business in that city for several years and before that was a first officer in the Military Sea Trans- portation scrvice. He said the broiler Will con- tinue with the same type of oper- ation as in the past. Odsen has hired Bob Thomason, a well known chef in Bremerton, to handle the kitchen. Odsen recently purchased a home in 8helton. He ta married and the father Of "th/'ee boys• Supreme Goud Says Indian Law Legal The state supreme court has ruled that the 1957 law g, ivtng the Mate Jurisdiction over Indian lands on criminal matters Is con- atltutional. There has been some doubt In the past concerning the validity of thls law whicll has caused problems for the Mason county sheriff's office on the investigation of eases at the Skokomish reser- vation. The ruling of the state suprenlc court has cleared up thls question for the local authorities, India Binner Menu For April 18 Announced Th0e who attend thc April 18 dinner at the Mt. View sellooI will enjoy such exotic Indian dishes as Clla,wal, Bhaji Dao. Mas Pax. Rot i. Amba Chutni, Papad, Chat, Kawa, Duha sad Dhai. Menus will be supplied (o gtlcs(.s at the dinner with English t ran- lations of the Indian dishc. Mil- kanth Chavrc is the guest speaker and the event is being sponsored by the Republican Central com- mittee of Mason county. The price The commissioners agreed to this idea al'l said that they would arrange a meeting with Yerkes, The Shelton Insurance Agents Association has sent a formal h,t- ter of protest to the Mason County Board of Commissioners concern- ing the awarding of the county's 1959 inland marine insurance bid. Followig iv a copy ef this letter. ' laxrt 12buntyCouHouse ......... She]ton, Washington , .: s# Re: Ins(trance Bids Attention: J o h n Baricknlan, Chairman I)ear Mr. Bariekman, On behalf of the Shelton In- surance Agents Association. I arn protesting the manner ,n which the County insurance progrant was aardet this "ear. OUR ASCIATION submitted three bids, as called for by your office, for the County's insurance program. Our bids for the blanket liability and collision insurance were higher than those proposed by Bill Pearson, imwever, our pro- posed rate on the Inland Marine portion was much lower. Your De- partment called for a separate pol- icy on an Inland Marine schedule with $100 deductible, for which we submitted a rate of $.474 that deeloped a prentium of $371.61. Mr, Pearson proposed a rate of $,74 which wonld develop a pre- mium of $580.16, This bid was accepted by ymn and it cost the tax payers of Mason County an unnecessary $208,55 for this in- surance program. We, ms an association and indi- vidually, have endeavored to offer to the County and to our customers the best possible protection and service at reasonable and competi- tive rates. We proposed inmzrance on the Inland Marine portion of the bids that was very competitive and would save the County over $200---and it we. rejected. IF TIllS unfair attitude among the County Commissioners pre- vails in the future it would seem unnecessary to call for oompetitive bids on insurance as we, individu- ally and as a group, would not be in a position to extend our services or endeavor to ave 131uch needed dol/ars for the Cotmty and it's tax payers. Respect fully Submitted. SHELTON INSURANCE AGENTS Dick Angle, Prestdeut .-2 ..... Fire Chlet T. D. Deer wihe to remind thepublir that the phmle nnrllllr HA {t-iR01 Is for flre only. Tile number to call for fire permits or for any other Inlrp(me Is |IA 6-8128. Nevvral ells for fire permlt ha,re r,,- cently Ix'cn llladP on the fir. line ('auMng firemen and vohm- tcers to be alerted needlessly. NTIRES GOODRIGH AND O, K. RE-GAP For More Economic Driving at O, K, RUBBER WELDERS MT: VIEW ...... "" illil [ [ + Percy M Pio 6017 S.E. 86th Ave portlana, Ore Ent+.red as second clea matter at the post office at 8heltonLWuhlngton, 10 Cents per Copy unaer Act of Marrh &. 1879. Publishes weekly at 107 South 4th 8tree(. 9, 1959 Published in -Christmastow% U.S.A." 18 Pages -- 3 Sections 0 K's + Kitchen tetMonday n County Board -lrti°.ners passed an :Y budget of $1,204 L t° pay for equipment glu.. the new jail ibi:il kitchen has :" j ct of some con- :d the past and it :l'_ tea that t h e r e T a0me opposition to budget. !:.e was littl emer e oppo- :. elll gency budget at !i.llt R T, Shelton hotel ::A alt +=' to know how the Ida f *rd to serve meals :i; tx 20.7 cents. He he et this figure in- '':' 0ay and did not take : o any other costs. +f  'aul Hinton said r  1 e city was con- dtchen setup at ; thl I s a good idea. -" .t t lot of the food .'i r to feed prison- i Pol +' es was thrown : ice chief said, "You 'i ov gy who is in jail! ;ir a plate of cold, e and expect him to ty per cent of the 'prisoners in the  tl rown away." The ,i bu g p i:i07 TTER admitted ;R fei't eluded only food Ill;t  that it was'a big |rJ taxpayers " JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST BICYCLE WINNERS Tommy Adams Tommy Lows Norman Hulsingh Linda Kadoun Island Lake Shelton Cranberry Road Dayton Road Steven Sheller Shelton SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAVE SEEN any of the 10 happy young- sters pictured above, all of whom earned shiny new bicycles, will know how sincerely they mean 'thank you" to all those who paid for a new or renewal subscription during the Shelton-Mason County Journal campaign. Most of the boys and girls, who earned commissions, stopped long enough, early this weak, in spending the money earned to ask u= to express their appreciation to their since the ad also require the ern ,rk t pristm three on other lab,,,, t mrs jobs Rocky Hembrofl r aid that" most # Service Award Bail + !: men, Dale Roessel m e 14-year-old l"minal assault. " Sawn county il; a • incident took : Y night in the De- 00A00722f00r Sheriff t c C' =toessel had t4 barg e after be- "+''+ ut that Byerly : In the affair. ,(r me girl into tuthey had been [ " COunty superior hh-On are on o p the look- ?eraley, Rj lrL,?ves tha near Mlll Rosemary Wetter Arcadia Road Commerce's Distinguished Service Award. THE AWARD is given annually to the young man, who, in the opinion of the judges, is serving the community most. He must be between the ages of 21 through 35. The judges were No/an Mason, Floyd Godwin and Wendell Young. The four nominees for the award were Hembroff, Joe Borek, Bob Kimbel and Marden Stroud. Bernie Dorey, master of cer monies at the Jaycee DSA ban- quet Tuesday cited Hembroff for ;the following activities he has been ;in during the past year: PRESIDENT OF the Shelton Kiwanis Club, served on the steer- ing committee of the Mason Coun- ty Forest Festival Assn., assist- ant troop leader, Boy Scouts of America; vice president of Shelton Bayshore Golf Club; director on the board of the Mason County Tuberculosis Assn.; chairman of the local Civil Servibe Commiss- ion, member of Shelton Chamber of Commerce, member of Odd Fel- lows, Elks, American Legion and the Shelton Jaycece__ OsOsTo Hear Planners Plans Harlan Nelson & Associ- ates are cooking up for Shelton and Mason County will be the princ!pal topic of interest for Shel- ton Chamber of Commerce mem- bers at their April meeting to- night. Ted Morse Eddie Aldrich Virginia Crumb Maxlne Tozler Union Shelton Hoodsport Skokomish friends and subscribers. The Journal urges all motorists in the area to please exercise a little more than usual care because 10 new bicycle owners with heads in the clouds-and who can blame them ?--ars abroad. A complete listing of all candidates with their final standings will be found on another page of this week's Journal, The contest, which started March 14, attracted boy and girl contestants from all over Mason county, BEAMING WITH PRIDE--Mrs. Rocky Hembroff beamed with pride at her husband, and understandably so. Rocky had just been named winner of the Shelton Junior Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Service Award. Chief Accountant New Bill Eliminates Check On State Money Ralph Bowen, chief accountant of the State Auditor's office, told a Monday noon audience of the Political Forum Club that the re- !cently passed HB 373 will place the control of state funds direct- ly under the governor's office and take away some of the main du- ties Of the state auditor. BOWEN, WHO was very much against the passage of this biil, said that this was not in tar best Cross Drive Short of Goal receive $1,000 of the money if the quota is met. Recent flood= in the east have caused a need for more money for the national organization, Volunteer workers are contacting individuals in the county for donations and everyone is urged to give so that the summer swim program can be continued. Sixty per cent of the funds eel. letted here stay in Ms=on county. CROSS FUNDS--Phil urning the money col- Red Cross Treasurer extreme left. Standing right are Mrs. Dave and Miss Emily ss drive in Mason county half of its quota of program ia slated tO interest of the people of Wash- ington because it would eliminate the check and balance syate-m which is fundamental to the rep- resentative form of government. In the past, the state auditor's office has run a pre-audit on all vouchers for payment by the state. Under the new bill the auditor's office will only make post auditS. According to Bowen, the auditor's office will become more of a fig- urehead organization while the real control of the state funds will be in the hands of the budget committee of the governor. THOSE WHO favored the new law in the last legislature said that it was an economy move which would eliminate the duplica- tion of work tn the two offices. However, Bowen feels that it is a good idea to have a double check on the expenditure of state money rather than having it under the control of one organization. Bower gave a history of the auditor's office since territorial t days and said that the state con- stitution provided for sn elected stale audih)r who has the re- sponsibility of keeping (:hock on state money. He told the lunch- son group of a r'ee, ent voucher made by speaker of the house O'Brien for expenses on a trip he recently n|acle to Brussels. The state auditor's office withheld pay- ment on the VOtlchcr but hc said thtt tinder the now system it prob- ably would hay,, gone thr<mgh. OaK, After Hifling Power Pole Edwin Beck, 21, of Shelton was releas(,d from the Sheltou General hliial 'ruc:+day where he hHa bet, It confined SJtl('e last Saturday flight ;it td)(nll 2:30 p.lll, when his ear collided with a power pole ou lX{uunta in View. According to his physiciml, Dr. B. B. Forman, he sustained only minor cuts about the head as a result of the accident which to- Queen Andrea To Be Honored .Friday Night : ddrea Knceland will receive her secon'4 t'oyai title ,thin a mtth Friday n|ght When I 'ta c¢aWned' Miss Keep Washington Green. NAMED QUEEN of the Mason County Forest Festival a month ago, the tall blond will be crowned by Will Roger. Jr., at the annual Keep Washington Green banquet in Tacoma. Rogers will be the principal speaker at the banquet and Gee. Albert D: Rose/lint also will be in attendance. Also attending the banquet from Shelton will be Dave James. who will be mster of ceremonies, his wifc; the Festival princesses, Lyd- ia Filyaw, Sharon Sund. Judy Frisken and Karen Westlund; Mrs. Rndy Oltman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kneeland, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Le- vin, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Werberg- er and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hartley. THE KWG banquet each year .signals the beginning of an all-out campaign in Washington against man made, forest fires and the Forest Festival does the same thing for Mason county, home of the keep green movement in the United States. Herb Cromer Now Retired Herb Cromer, a city fireman since 1938, retired from his job due to disability effective April I. HE JOINED the department a a volunteer in 1938 while working in Shelton at a dry cleaning es- tablishment. Cromer was made a full time fireman in 1950. The veteran fircfighter recently mlffered an injury while on duty requiring an opeztion and was forced to z'etire on doctor's orders. lqo had lived in the firehouse most of the time since 1938 and did many jobs around city hall al- though his Job did not specifically require him to do. Since he is retiring on disability he will receive six months full pay and the|| go on pent-;loll. THE CITY on)ployces plan to heron, him for his years of devoted service ;it a party i)t city hall on Friday afteruoon, April 17. Cromer also has a home ill Se- attle and has commuted for years brtwcen Shelton and Seattle. Pensioners Allowed Extra $1,25 a Month Mayor itarl Moore alnlount:c(l Ttlesday at tile city commission's Weekly meeting that persons who til'e on oht age assisLancc cite rc- t'oivo fin extra $t.25 a nlonih fronl I.he l)Ppal'! IlPII[ O[" Public Assis- l;tn(,(, to cover the resent i1Kl'easc ill city SOV,'CI' rates. The mayor said tltat persons on old age assislance should contact il'ml office in the county court- house annex. He said that the city realizes thaL an increase of a $1.25 could mean quite a bit to some of the older people and the city did not want to create a haz'dahip for Local Group Concerned Over Gate Closure A group of seventeen property owners appeared before the city commission Tuesday on the matter !of access to their homes located in the Second and Pine area. THESE property owners were concerned over the closure of a :gate on private property by the present land owners which in the past ires been left open for their use. The present property owners of the land on which the gate is Ioeaed do not want it to be used as a public access. The city commission decided to have city engineer Karl Sells look into the problem to see what could be done about it. Commissioner' W. F. McCann re- ported to the commission on the Beverley Heights water situation. McCann said that leaky water mains there are causing the loss of about half of the water pumped through the lines. He reported that in the last two months 57,730 cubic feet of water has been pump- ed into the lines for the use of 36 customel. This is about twice as much water as would be required for normal use. THE CITY commission agreed to pay $500 down on the purchass of a gravel spreader from the county and to pay another $1,000 to complete the purchase in 1960, Cancer Drive Starts Monday A concentrated drive to raise funds for the 1959 Cancer CtaJsade will be conducted Monday and Tuesday, April 13 and 14. The wflunteer that calls at your door will not only be {collecting your contribution but will be distribut- ing informational material stress- ing regular health checkups as the best protection against needless death from the disease. IN CONJUNCTION with the ucational portion of the crusade Channel 4 in Seattle is televiSing a series of programs preparedby the American Cancer Society en- title "Tactic." Te first 9f. the series Was afred ali Mh 22 arid the remaining five at 3 p,m. on each of the Sundays. Mrs. George Cropper, crime commander, reported that supplies have been delivered to her home for distribution and volunteers may call at her home to receive them. Mrs. Cropper also wishes to express her applciation to Mrs. George Shackelford for organiz- ing the crusade in the Belfair area, as well as to the numerous oFner volunteers throughout tle county for their efforts, A Night Of Frustration/ A group of buriflar, obviously in need of practice, entered Bev- eral business establishments in Belfalr sometime last Sunday night but failed to get much for theft trouble. THE BURGLAI broke Into the Belfair tavern, McKnight's' TV Smwice, The Clothesline and the State Liquor Store but were only able to realize about three dol- lars tn change and a bottle of gin for their night's work. Sheriff's deputies found burglar tools in the establishments left by the group. They tried to open the safe at the liquor store but were unable to do so. The search for money in the other business concerns also was unsuccessful. Tools for opening a afe were found in the Belfair tavern but tmfortunately for the burglars the safe was out for repairs. The safe at the tavern had been broken into on March 28. The burglars were not short of equipment or" energy but seemed to lack know how. Weather High Low Preoip, April 1 .., 59 deg. 42 deg, .40 in. April 2 .... '58 deg, 35 dog ......... April 3 61 des. 30deg. .01 in. April 4 .... 58 deg. 41 deg ......... April 5 .... 51deg. 38deg. .23 in, April 6 .... 56 deg. 33 deg ......... April 7 .... 65 deg. 28 deg ......... .... Rayouier Incorporated, The annual free Preschool clinic will be held Friday, April 10, in the Armory for the regis- try of 1959-60 kindergarten and first grade students in the coun- ty's schools. The clinic will be- gin at S:30 and continue until 11 a.m. Free medical, dental and eye examination= of the children will be given by local physic- ians and optometrists, Immu- nization and booster shots will be given and small pox vaccin- ations will be available by the Mason county health depart- ment, without charge. All children taking advantage of the clinic will automatically be registered for the fall school term. The clinic Is annually sponsored bF the Prsxohool Par- cnt Teachers Association. thln. County Plans b Ik ve Boat Identification Law By ED DOHERTY The Mason County Board of Commissioners have in- structed County Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan to draw up an ordinance requiring the identification of Power driven boats in Mason county, The commissioners have been seriously concerned with this problem for sometime and hoped that the state legisla- ture would pass some kind of bill during the last session dealing with this problem. I ,., .v.,.-omm.ss-oner sit ,, bills dealing with the boating problem in the last sesshm but none of them passed. The com- mission feels that a state isWJH e r l would be better than a county or- dinance but that a county,+,,,-I a nsurance ftcation program would be better than none at all. BdP The commission Is planning to adopt a method of identification I retest suggested by Sheriff Jug Potter which would require boats to the numbered in a manner similar to Shelton Immrance Agents Assoc- automobiles. The proposed ord- inance would require boats to have painted on their side the auto license number of the boat owner. In the event the boat owner did not have a car, the county would give him a special number. . At the present time, the county does not plan to charge a fee for boat identification. COAST GUARD regulations re- quire boats over 16 feet to be numbed but there is no require- ment for boats under 16 feet. Coast Guard officials have noti- fied the county that they do not have the manpower to enforce boating laws here nnd Sed to the commission that they should pass me type of ordinance in order to cope with the issue. The Bonner Act, passed in the federal congress, requires the states to adopt laws concendng the regulation of beating by 191. Sheriff Potter has told the com- missioners that it is very difficult to enforce boating regulations un- der the present ordinance because of the lack of identification of boats, i THE COMMISSION feels that! the identifies(lob of boats by num- lr will tend to curb reckless boat- ing practices. Dick Angle, president of the iation+ protested the awarding of the county's 1959 inland marine isurance bid which was given to Bill Pearson. ANGLE SAID that his group had submitted a bid which was over 200 lower than the bid sub* mitted by Pearson and his organl- zation felt that the county had been very unfair in rejecting their offer. Commissioner 3ohn Bariekman told Angle that the commission had consulted State Insurance Commissioner Yerkes on the mat- ter and that he recommended that the county buy their insurance in a package form rather than to deal with more than one company. Bariekman said that since Pear- SOft' "  1 a vvrs l bid was the lowest they gave the business, to him. "The purpose of the insurance commimdoner's office is not to recommend one company over an- other. I don't see how there could be any doubt as to whether or not a claim wa covered by inland marine or general liability,' Angle answered. "WE ARE not insurance peo- ple. The policy of the commiion has been to aeck the advice of the insurance co]nmisJoner'. officP on these matters." Comnlissioner Streekenbach added. The explanation of the corn- --- - Shelton nmneer, w+ r I ozT as far as Angle was concerned and he suggested that the insnr- ance men and the cornlisaioners Dies In Seattle termeet with Yerkes to talk the mat,over. Ira W. Llbby, a pioneer resident of Mason county and Well known in civic and business circles, passed away at his home in Seat- tie Tuesday afternoon. He had been in poor health for the past three years suffering from heart trouble. r/esnta ' oh Janttai 2, " 188'4, " at'la moved to Olympia with his par- ents when a small boy. He came to Masm county in 1900 and married Effle Wisa of Shelton in June of 1907. Mr. Libby was a charter mem- ber of the Agate Grange and once served on the Shelton city council in the 1920's. He operated a mill at Big Skookum for 24 yem be- sides several other businesses nd was also active in shipbuilding here and in Seattle. He is snrvivd by his wife in Seattle; a daughter, lVtr. Eugene Brown, Skokomlsh: a son, Law- rence Libby, Seattle, and one grandson, Charles Brown, of Se- attle. FUNERAL SERVICES wilI be held in Witier's FUneral Home on Friday at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in the. Shelton Memorial Park. Ritnor $00lle Breilor To ,00attk Nm Roy RILner has sold his broiler and lounge to Paul Odsen of Seattle. Odsen, a native of Seattle, ha been in the water transportation business in that city for several years and before that was a first officer in the Military Sea Trans- portation scrvice. He said the broiler Will con- tinue with the same type of oper- ation as in the past. Odsen has hired Bob Thomason, a well known chef in Bremerton, to handle the kitchen. Odsen recently purchased a home in 8helton. He ta married and the father Of "th/'ee boys• Supreme Goud Says Indian Law Legal The state supreme court has ruled that the 1957 law g, ivtng the Mate Jurisdiction over Indian lands on criminal matters Is con- atltutional. There has been some doubt In the past concerning the validity of thls law whicll has caused problems for the Mason county sheriff's office on the investigation of eases at the Skokomish reser- vation. The ruling of the state suprenlc court has cleared up thls question for the local authorities, India Binner Menu For April 18 Announced Th0e who attend thc April 18 dinner at the Mt. View sellooI will enjoy such exotic Indian dishes as Clla,wal, Bhaji Dao. Mas Pax. Rot i. Amba Chutni, Papad, Chat, Kawa, Duha sad Dhai. Menus will be supplied (o gtlcs(.s at the dinner with English t ran- lations of the Indian dishc. Mil- kanth Chavrc is the guest speaker and the event is being sponsored by the Republican Central com- mittee of Mason county. The price The commissioners agreed to this idea al'l said that they would arrange a meeting with Yerkes, The Shelton Insurance Agents Association has sent a formal h,t- ter of protest to the Mason County Board of Commissioners concern- ing the awarding of the county's 1959 inland marine insurance bid. Followig iv a copy ef this letter. ' laxrt 12buntyCouHouse ......... She]ton, Washington , .: s# Re: Ins(trance Bids Attention: J o h n Baricknlan, Chairman I)ear Mr. Bariekman, On behalf of the Shelton In- surance Agents Association. I arn protesting the manner ,n which the County insurance progrant was aardet this "ear. OUR ASCIATION submitted three bids, as called for by your office, for the County's insurance program. Our bids for the blanket liability and collision insurance were higher than those proposed by Bill Pearson, imwever, our pro- posed rate on the Inland Marine portion was much lower. Your De- partment called for a separate pol- icy on an Inland Marine schedule with $100 deductible, for which we submitted a rate of $.474 that deeloped a prentium of $371.61. Mr, Pearson proposed a rate of $,74 which wonld develop a pre- mium of $580.16, This bid was accepted by ymn and it cost the tax payers of Mason County an unnecessary $208,55 for this in- surance program. We, ms an association and indi- vidually, have endeavored to offer to the County and to our customers the best possible protection and service at reasonable and competi- tive rates. We proposed inmzrance on the Inland Marine portion of the bids that was very competitive and would save the County over $200---and it we. rejected. IF TIllS unfair attitude among the County Commissioners pre- vails in the future it would seem unnecessary to call for oompetitive bids on insurance as we, individu- ally and as a group, would not be in a position to extend our services or endeavor to ave 131uch needed dol/ars for the Cotmty and it's tax payers. Respect fully Submitted. SHELTON INSURANCE AGENTS Dick Angle, Prestdeut .-2 ..... Fire Chlet T. D. Deer wihe to remind thepublir that the phmle nnrllllr HA {t-iR01 Is for flre only. Tile number to call for fire permits or for any other Inlrp(me Is |IA 6-8128. Nevvral ells for fire permlt ha,re r,,- cently Ix'cn llladP on the fir. line ('auMng firemen and vohm- tcers to be alerted needlessly. NTIRES GOODRIGH AND O, K. RE-GAP For More Economic Driving at O, K, RUBBER WELDERS MT: VIEW ...... "" illil [ [