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SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL, INC., Publishers
Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle
Miiiing Address, Box 446, Shelton Phone 426-4412
Published at Shelton, Mason County, Washington, every Thursday.
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Shelton, Washington
Member of National Editorial Assoaiation
Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association
SUBSCRIPTION RATES--p4.50 per year in Mason County, in advance
Outside Masou County $5.00
COPY DEADLINES
RURAL CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTICES -- Monday 10 a.m.
DISPLAY ADVERTISING -- Tuesday noon
SOCIETY NEWS -- TUESDAY noon
PICTURES AND NEWS --. Tuesday 5 p.m.
WANT ADS -- Wednesday 10 a.m.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER -- William M. Dickie
PLANT SUPERINTENDENT -- Jim Shrum
OFFICE MANAGER --- Lodema Johnson
NEWS EDITOR --- Alan Ford
SOCIETY EDITOR -- Marj Waters
OFFICE ASSISTANT -- Mary Kent
Advertising Manager -- Don Adolfson
PRINTERS---Dave Thacher, Jerry Stiller, Charles Schwarz,
Pat Dugger
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wAY TO
Pacific Northwest Bell deserves wholehearted support
of this community's populace---and the entire state, for that
matter---in its campaign to stimulate out-of-state tourism.
The campaign's simplicity may be the key to
its effectiveness.
Residents of Mason County are invited to request a free
'convincer kit" which includes a record of the sounds of the
Pacific Northwest--ferryboat whistles, bucking broncos,
seagulls, chain saws, motorboats, waves and wind on the
seashore, and other sounds native to Washington state; four
colorful booklets that extol Washington's many attractions;
and a litter bag. Even a special envelope for remailing to
out-of-state friends or relatives is included in the kit.
Why should you be interested in tourism ? PNB points
out, quite logically, that tourism is this state's fourth larg-
est industry, the average tourist family spends $28 a day
and totals $365 million annually, and they support some
35,000 jobs annually in Washington.
These facts also help attract new industry and stimu-
late continued growth and prosperity in our state. That's
why you should be interested in tourism!
We are mighty glad Pacific Northwest Bell is/
Once more the figures prove how fortunate this com-
munity is that it has a sustained yield forest unit to stabil.
ize and guarantee its economy.
Record payrolls: near-record employment to-
tals, dn assured future raw materials supply, and
certain expansion are the by-products clearly re-
vealed in the report released this week by the Simp-
son Timber Company after 18 years of participa-
tion in its sustained yield pact wi h the U. S. Forest
Service.
The children born this week should still be benefitting
from this unique and sensible contract more than 70 years
hence. We count this as one of our many blessings in Mason
County.
A
Motorists could make the nation's highways safer if
they drove with thesame care and courtesy that truck driv-
ers do.
The truckers' outstanding driving record is the result
of training, courtesy, alertness and sound judgment--fac-
tors that many automobile drivers frequently ignore.
Veteran truck drivers offer these tips for safe driving:
1---Keep your car in peak condition and check
it regularly,
P--Never exceed posted speed limits and ad-
just your driving to road, weather and traffic con-
ditions.
3--Avoid tailgating and yield the right-of-way
whenever necessary.
BOYS' STATERS--- Boys' State representatives from Shelton
High School are juniors Jeff Fitzthum, Mike Johnson, Duane Fa-
gergren and Bill Archer.
Sales Tax Boost Could Be Answer to Need
For More State Revenue, Think Legislators
GIRLS' STATERS -- Selected as Shelton High School Girls' Star-
ers this year are juniors Linda LaBissoniere, Judy Antonsen, Pat-
sy Wolfe and Mary Connolly.
By Robert C. Cummings
OLYMPIA -- The story behind
a move for a boost in the sales tax
stems from the folks back home.
Judicious inquiries by numerous
legislators brought out the fact
that despite oratory to the con-
trary, most people seemed to pre-
fer a sales tax boost to a hike
in property taxes.
~Iost people had become re-
signed to the fact that some tax
increases were inevitable. Many
would rather pay it a penny or
two at a time instead of in two
big lumps in their first and second
half property tax payments.
There is also a little politics in-
volved from the legislators' view-
point.
The first impact of the property
tax increase would come next
year, an election year. The second
half payments would be due in
October, just one month before
election.
CIGARETTES
/'he push for a 5-cent hike in
the cigarette tax started after
the death of a bill recluiring each
package of cigarettes sold in this
~tate. to be labeled as a health
hazard.
This bill had enough votes to
pass in the House, but when it
failed to muster the two-thirds
majority to advance to third read-
ing and final passage, it went into
Rules Committee.
It never was able to get out
again.
CURTAILMENT
Before this happened, law-mak-
ers were talking about an increase
of only about eric cent per pack-
age.
Then the law-makers started
making a few inquiries.
They learned from the Tax
Commission that, based on exper-
ience from previous cigarette tax
boosts, a 5-cent increase would re-
sult in a 12~ per cent reduction
in cigarette sales in this state.
This 12½ percent would be a
permanent falloff; not the usual
drop which invariably follows a
tax hike.
It was agreed that even a warn-
ing label couldn't cut smoking
back that much.
Despite all this. the Tax Corn-
mission statisticians estimated
that a 5-cent increase would bring
in $20 to $25 million additional
revenue per biennium.
PACKAGE
When thinking turned toward
sales taxes, money-raising became
less of a problem.
An increase of 1/3 cent in the
sales tax would bring in an addi-
tional $40 million, A Vz-cent in-
crease wot~ld net $60 million.
With $20 million available from
The Rules Committees as usual,
however, witnessed more death~
than any other committees.
There was one difference from
other sessions. Neither Rules Com-
mittee )lad. a "bucket" where bills
were indefinitely postponed. All
of them were permitted to die nat-
ural deaths.
There are 20 lawyers in the
Senate, and another 16 in the
House.
Despite common belief, however,
they don't stick together on leg-
islatiol~;j cven.o~that ~hich af-
fecgs [h~i~ ()~ 10rofession.
When the Uniform Commercial
Code passed the Senate, the at-
torneys were split almost evenly,
11 to nine.
One of those wbo spoke against
the measure voted for it, princi-
pally because he was one of the
original sponsors. Otherwise the
split would have been right down
the middle.
As it was, until several mem-
bers switched to the winning side,
the bill barely made it, 25 to 24.
, The 233-page Uniform Com-
mercial Code was one of three
bills of catalog proportions which
were enacted into law this sessiop_
The UnifolTn Corporation Code
contained 369 pages and the Pro-
bate Code, 133.
Few laymen knew what the bills
contained when they voted. The
same could be said for quite a few
lawyers.
OPEN HOUSING
The reason Gov. Evans' open
bgusing bill died in Senate Rules
Committee was that few wanfed
to vote against it, but many were
afraid to vote for it in view of
referenda by which similar meas-
ures were overwhelmingly defeat-
ed in Tacoma and Seattle last
year.
If the measure had passed, real
estate men would have almost
certainly tied it up by referendum.
Few legislators wanted to run
for reelection with the issue on
the same ballot.
RECORD
Rep. Ray Olsen, Seattle Demo-
crat and veteran of nine consecu-
tive sessions, probably has the
record for number of bills passed.
Twenty-one measures which he
Probation Office
During March
The Mason County Juvenile
ProbatiOn office handled 14 de-
linquency referrals, 11 dependency
referrals and eight traffic viola-
ton referrals, a total of 33 dur-
ing March.
Of the 14 referred as delin-
quents, four were charged with
burglary, one with robbery, five
with use of liquor, two for game
violations and one for other rea-
sons.
In the disposition of the cases,
three were referred to adult court
for prosecution, one was referred
to the Department of Institutions,
four were placed on official proba-
t/on, two were put under informal
supervision, four were sent to
other courts for action and six
were handled through informal ad-
justment.
OF THE EIGHT traffic refer-
rals, two were charged with speed-
ing,. three with having no opera-
tor's license, one with having no
vehicle license and one with being
a minor in possession of and con-
suming liquor.
Three were deferred to adult
traffic court, two had their licens-
es withheld, one had issuance of
a license delayed, one was released
to the parents with a reprimand
and one case was dismissed.
Douglas Fir Sawmill
Produc|ian Is Up
PORTLAND (SpeckA) ..... Week-
ly production at Douglas fit' saw-
mills in the Western Wood Pro-
ducts Association producing reg-
ion during March totaled 188 mil-
lion feet conlpared with 180 in
the previous month. Orders in-
creased from previous month.
Through the month, orders to-
taled 174 million feet, and ship-
ments, 170 million feet. Unfilled
order files were estimatd at 675
milton feet, a gain from 656 mil-
lion the previous month. Total in-
dustry inventory was estimated to
be 1.2 billion feet at the end of
March.
The weekly average of Douglas
Fir Region lumber production in
March was 188,446,000 b.f.; or
119.1 percent of the 1960-64 av-
erage. Orders averaged 174,318,000
b.f.; shipments i70,011,000 b.f.;
weekly averages for February
were production 180,242,000 b.f.;
113.9 percent of the 1960-64 aver-
~ge; orders 137,477,000 b.f. ship-
merits 160,874,000 b.f.
Three months of the 1965 cum-
ulative production 2,250,785,000
b.f.; three months of 19~, 2,-
Orders for three months of 1965
break down as follows: Rail and
Truck 1,710,461,000 b.f.; domestic
cargo 330,626,000 b.f.; export 109,-
365.000 b.f.; local 59,768,000 b.f.
The industry's unfilled order file
stood at 675,940.000 b.f. at the
end of March, lumber inventory at
1.200.283,000 b.f.
296,84],000 b.f.
more cigarette taxes, it left the
law-makers plenty to play with.
They could keep the sales tax
increase at 1/3 cent and raise the
balance Of $75 or $80 million
sought by Gov. Dan Evans by ex-
tending the sales tax to certain
personal services.
PERSONAL SERVICES
i '
]/---Be equipped for emergencies--carry emer- It d tint take the ]egmlators
gency equipment and a first aid kit. long to Shy completely aw~iy from
any thought extending the sales
Truck drivers obey these rules and have compiled an tax to hea,th care'and dental ser-
outstanding driving record by doing so. The nation's traffic vices......
The thought of their opponents'
accidents could be sharply reduced if all drivers foilowed shouting tax on misery" gave
exampl
e them nightmares.
their, islature, however, were willing to
, Many of the lawyers in the Leg-
accept a tax, 9n legal fees from
the start. As time went on, others
I came over to their way of think-
ing.
,GRAVEYARDS
TV 8 I A total o.f 265 bills,died in the
Rules Committees of tiie two hous-
es.
This included 135 in the House
Rules Committee, including 99
[ ] pill[ [ House ahd 36 Senate bills, and 130
in Sen'ate Rules, where 108 Sen-
ate
bills and 22 House bills died.
All were kept alive by joint res-
olution after the regular session
adjourned sine die.
,11 [i II Part of them died when the last
day passed when neither house
could consider its own bills. The
rest of them succumbe~l when the
deadline passed for considering
general, legislation.
Scores of bills died in their or-
iginal committees as usual, never
seeing the light of day again after
being introduced.
1 }i9 King St, (Mt. View) Ph. i20--I~!2 Others managed to get through
one house :but failed to get as far
as Rules Committee in the other
NEW YORK (Special) What consumes about $8,200 worth and
is the price tag on the average 18- that a boy will outeat her by at
year-old youngster in Mason Coun-
ty? How much have his parcnts
spent over the years in the pro=
cess of transforming him from a
gurgling infant to a young adult.
Very few parents have any idea
of what the cost has been. They
have never thought of their child-
ren in terms, of dollars and cents.
Had they paused along the line,
however, to tally up the bill, they
would have been staggered. The
cost of raising a child to age 18
runs well into five figures. For-
tunately, it is spread out over the
18 years and is on a pay-as-you-
go basis.
Economic studies into the finan-
cial costsof parenthood have been
made by the Department of Agri-
culture, the New York Community
Council and others.
TItEY SHOW that there is a
least $500 over the period.
This is a cost that is distributed
over the 18 years. Some costs, on
tile other hand, must be handled
as they arise.
TIIE INITIAL expenditures, for
example, in connection with the
birth of the child. Medical fees,
hospital bills and baby equipment
call for an outlay of $650, on av-
erage.
Afterward, in the course of his
18 years, a boy will use $2,400
worth of clouting and a girl, $2:
900 worth. Dental and medical ex-
penditures for the normal child
are figured at about $1,000.
Other items listed are the por-
tion of housing and transportation
costs attributable to the child as
well as the many incidental ex-
penses, ranging from dolls to base-
ball bats and from lipsticks to
great divergence, from family to bicycles.
sponsored have been signed into family, in how much is spent. For What has been the overall am-
law. He is budget director for the most part, income is the de- punt spent on the 365 boys and
King County Commissioner Ed- termining factor, girls in Mason County who are
Munro, and many of his measures Where net income per family is reaching 18 this year.
affected county government, between $6,000 and $8,000, as is Based on the average expendi-
the average in Mason County, the ture per child loca!ly, a grand to-
Some h[a.v~e statewide signifi- outlay per child is approximately tal of $8,176,000. And that is be-
canc~, however. One is a bill auth- $22,400 to age 18. fore any consideration of college
prizing cities and counties to Join The biggest part of it is for costs, ior those who are going
together in financing a multi-pur- food. The figures show that a girl there.
pose sports stadium wit~r-a bond
issue. It is designed to bring big "
time professional sports to the
Seattle area.
Another permits Washington
state to participate ifi President
Johnson's "anti-poverty. program,
A freshm'an, Hal Wolf, Yelm Re
publican, sponsored the first bill
to pass the Legislature after the
redistricting logjam broke.
It also was the first bill after
redistricting to be signed into law
Cct cil
Thc Ma.~o]l County Labor Coun-
cil Ibis week is::uled a statement
supp.riing the "Truih In Lend-
ing"' bill n()w" before Conf~r,,,~,. The
statement u'a:~ .,~iy, ued 1)3, ]3;~rell
Sp:)rks,president of lhe 1,abor
Commil.
IJsed c;Ir ;ll|¢l'Cf~t ]'ate,~t qS hizh
as 40, 60 and 100 perc(,nt, :1 3,17
percent ]'tile of ill[A:rcflt ou l| flll'-
nitme Imrchase, ~t telcvisio]~ ,~:ct
)re'chase in which the inter:,:~l was
not. lUelHioned orally m' in wi'it-
inK but was charged :~I. :;:}3 per
cent were diseh~:~d in ltearinKs on
the Truth-in-Lending bill, S(.na-
tots Paul DouKlas (D-Ill. I, sponsor
of the measure, and Clifford P.
Case (R-.N.J.), co-sponsor, clmrged
in interviews on Washington H,e-
ports to the People, AFL-CIO pu-
blic service program he'~rd on
more than 700 radio stations.
As Douglas described the pro,
posed legislation, "it would require
that those who lend money for
personal purposes, such as cons]l-
met- loans, and those who sell on
the instalhnent plan, tell the bor-
rowers and buyers the truth abont
the finance charges--the total
amount of money which the bor-
rower or buyer pays for the use
of the credit, and what this comes
to as a true annual ]:'ate on tile
amounts which he actually owes."
CASE POINTED out that the
bill would not regulate interest
rates, but that a knowledge of the
interest rate by the consumer
might have the effect of reducing
it, o1" leading the buyer or borrow-
er to reconsider the whole trans-
action.
"State laws regulating interest
rates don't apply to installment
purchases, but only to direct loans
of money," he said. "Also, state
laws on usury can be gotten
\Vali(,r Scobie,
,,f the School of
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li('.e:-; li"(~r('.~,t0r for.
(d' .KI;II ilr~ll
it was alnlotlnced
S(;(fi)ie has
,Ira imp" the
lit; and his
h(,ir h()lYle on
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grmhmte.
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TenlperatureS
period ending
ON
Richard A.
among', the
~ llal*ter honor
Washington state
burg.
around by calling
a service charge,
charge, or that
Douglas
incidents
tee showed
of the legis
of the
strated, he
"we have
consumer credit
day,"
"The true
gnised, sonic
rate, sometimes
it, sore etimeS
interest in
AWARD PRESENTED -- Mrs. Wanda Nilscn, UI
presents a certificate of award and a [apel emble
Wojahn, a clerk at the Post O~fice, for her
fice. The award was made by the Postal Departr~
a $100 check along with the certificate and pin.
MULT SERV [:
,The most advanced oil in the RPM
by Gov. Evaas.
It provides for ,collection of the true mixed lleet oil, outstanding Ioz
~ax on Wine iron/.t~e distributor {1ire, stop and go driving or hot,
instead of the retailer, savlhg the |re in either gasoline or diesel
admin~stratlve C0pts for the Tax
Commission and bookkeeping costs disperses contaminants so
for the distributor, through the finest commercial filters
.... ,, . minute they can't harm engines
O tn il t:heOITo Zhis will at least double your oil
stock this-'n-e-w--RPM DELO Multi"
etlefal Fund ,long ith other Oil,
The Canal School district aIl( deliver them promptly.
has been given an entitlement of ' ..
$16,771 in federal funds under
Public Law 874, and Pioneer school
district $1,535, Rep. Julia Butler
Hansen and Sen. Warren Magnus-
on announced this week.
The Hood Canal Distict will re-
ceive $12,758 immediately and the
Pioneer District $1,151. Both will
receive the remainder of the funds
to which they are entitled at the
end of the school year. RARE -- William T. Stiner, 2437 Laurel street, sits between Lou! ,,~
o uarson, Mast Donalo
• . er of Mr. Moriah Masonic Lodge, and ....
worKmart of C Dlstrtc¢
A~T hehalis, Deputy to the Grand Master from
17, as he looks over the certificate he has just received signifying
County Vice Chairman Velma
his more than MasOmc
:M:c~nell.y returned to her Shelton . . 50 years of continuous membership in the .
Loage W B Saturday
home from Spokane Sunday after .... Workman made the presentat on last
attending the April 9.10 state Re-evening Just before paying his official visit to Mt. Moriah Lodge. ~.~.~i5-,.,~'-
nar Stlner was s Lodge
publican meeting. Gov. Dan.~]vans . : originally inducted into Masonry in St. John ""a
was main speaker Rt the Frtday In ~eattle in 1908 and received his Fellowcraft and Master ,v, - ¢ Cm CO~E ~.~~
dinner held in the Davenport Ho- son degrees in Great Fal s, Mont., lodge ater the same yea.r. H~ ,
tel. ' aemltted to Yakima Lodge in 1916 and to Destiny Lodge No. u • .
m tacoma in ever ,
1921, where he has ma ntained his membership
sheltO~
~IP.W ~J)'~[S~iO~: . slnce, although he has lived in Skokomlsh Valley and 5helton 118 S. Third St.
• ce 1941 Th r was i W Gro
Pamela Boardnian,~ Shelt0i% is .: • • 50-year de tlflcate s gned by Daniel . _ff 426.4411
on the firs,~ list.of ne~ admissions gan, ~rand Master, and Harold B. Mat ock, Grand Secretary. A bU-
year....Ma.lo o n n ed th St her
for the 1965 f~tll quarter releasect r~I lapel pi aceompa " e certificate. Mr. DISTRIBUTOR, STANDARD oIL P
by, the re~istra~'s.office &t W..~s.l~" ce,e~rated his 90th birthday March 22. He was born in orange-
li{~;t~6ii ~£a£ii UiiI~r~['~l£~ tlil§ week. ville, Pa., in 1875.