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Supplemen of SI-IELTON.M/ ON COIYNTY ,TOURNAE cc. A--5
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Hoping You'll
75 Years Have Been Great.
next 75 will be even better--
d yield to sustain us all.
CHRYSLER •
INTERNATIONAL
Jack Kimbel
r;ww*'Viqa" syslems and the hog~, tween St,npson and the Henry Me-
which chew up waste wood so theCleary Timber Company to oper-
power l)lan con handle it. The ate the two mills built by these
waste wood is burned in "dutch companies as the first production
oven" grates under the boilers, facilities on Shelton's waterfront.
THE PLANT RUNS a versatih~ DESIGNED and constructed un-
operation to meet the varying needs
of the plants, according to Ash-
f~rd, utitizin,~. need schedules fur-
nished by the plants plus auto-
rustic controls which take care of
minor requirement changes.
A 24-hour operation 365 days '~
year is necessary to maintain fire
pumps to protect the waterfront
area.
der the direction of C. J. Macke
who managed it until 1941, th(
power plant originally consisted
of only three boilers and two gen-
erators. In the early days, energy
from this plant was used to light
the homes of Shelton.
Rayonier Incorporated purchas-
ed the McCleary interest in the
plant in the late thirties, and since
A supply of fuel oil is kopt on 1964 Simpson has been sole owner
hand for use in case of lack of the Key supervisors are Don North-
rougher wood fuel, but the oil i:: ness, chief operation engineer,
seldom used. 19 year employee, and Ben Board-
The power plant came inl.t~ be- man, maintenance foreman,2~
o-TER ?.FOR° ing in 102 as j h,t ven,*,,'o ......
A. prime example of complete P--R-O-DU~'-HG BETTER TREES F~~R ~0~{L /
utilization of forest products is
furnished by the Simpson Power SIMPSgH S 240 AGRE T"E~* F!~'F~
Plant. which converts chips and OF ' O00
sawdust from plywood and saw- Less timber land means ,r, or~-In tile sved or:~har.1 elile tz'ec,~, k:
mill operations into steam and intensive forestry for the com-are being rai,;e'.l for the produe ...
electrical energy for the Shelton panies which want to stay in the ti~m of better ~,nd f;~ste"-growint;
plants.
The plant, managed by Oliver J.
Aslfford, burns approximately 24,-
0Q0 tons of waste woods monthly.
Power products are processed
s~eam, enough for all the plants
except Olympic Plywood, which
generates its own, and electrical
energy used in conjunction with
that purchased from the PUD to
supply Simpson's needs on the
waterfronts.
business, so down on the farm
they're const:~ntly at work find-
ing ways to produce better tree.~
faster.
The farm is Simpson's 240,000-
acre Simpson Olympic Tree Farm,
which has been in existence sine,
1943 to secure, foster and advan~:e
the reproduction of forest growth,
The seeding and planting of
new g.'ow~h a~:t thi:,::~ng ~t tcee~;
in order to uti'ize tlmsc which
THE PLANT'S INNARDS in- proeedm,es on the f,~]'m, and i~,
clude six low-pressure boiler~,otherwise wouhl die are st::,nd-u'd
with a total rated capacity of addition some faseinaNm~,' ide;~s
240,000 pounds per hour of 185-are being worked with lo'prcpar~,
pound pressure steam, and one the timber industry for the tit',~
high-pressure boiler, rated for 85,- when more trees per acre will
000 pounds an hour of 820-poundlmvo to be produced.
pressure steam. Four turbo-gen-THE SEED ORCHARD, fertil-
orators utilize steam to generate ization research and ways of stay-
up ~o 10,000 kilowatts of electrical ing off animal damage are sever-
energy, al projects being carried out
- the tree farm, according to W. °sn.
Thirty-rive men handle the ~l~eLooney, management forester. '
eration of the plant, including
fll H IH OUR HEARTS
\:Te are always grateful for the many
cor:tributiozm to our community made by
the Simpson Tiimber Company and the
individual people who make up its per,
sore:el and personality. " '
Paul and Irene Locke
BILL LOONEY
Managenmnt Forester
t:'ees, and expe~'iments ave in proc.
e~;'~ to rhwelop and uiili::e ferti]iz.
Those pictures of sweet-faee'J
little creatures nibbling at t.ret~:
may appeal to the tender-hearte¢:
but timber men know they create
great damage and must be con
trolled, and this is a major pur-
L.1 il;.
THE FIRST ATTACKERS are
the ,,~ec nmd..;e and birds, who
f.:~i~.e ttw fir ,..'.ted A chemical t~
p':~::e), ,~m the :~:~eJ to r.ml:e th~
I,~O!.t:;'2 si::]( :tl~t~. 3~i1~11p.I-IF1 flak:
o:Iillt is })lit o]1 It)
m,lte tin: ~.~e~
ttppear unappeti;:i:~,~; to the birth,
Next come the nibblers and ca(
ers of small trees. The meadov
mouse gl~aw~ around the base o;
a tree. Mountain beaver chew of~
the trees and eat them. Rabbit.:
gobble trees like lettuce.
To stave off these marauders
the trees are treaetd at the nur
sery with a repellant which make;
them taste awful.
Hunters provide a good defens~
against the doer and elk which fo
~everal years chew the leaders off
trees.
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE t:
wrought by bears, Looney ex-
plained. "In one area they dam-
aged 93 per cent of the trees, kill-
ing 13 per cent." They tear the
The ultimate solution to man.~
bark from the lower parts of the
trees.
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of these problems, Looney s~, , ,:
a systemic being worked on now
to change the taste of trees an(
protect them for the lirst four o]
five years of their growth.
If better trees can ultimately
be grown faster with greater pro-
tection from their enemies, while
research finds more and mow
ways of utilizing forest products
who knows where the trail oi
progress will lead ?
We Look Back With Pleasure On The Past
WE LOOK FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE
in the Knowledge That we have a tried-and.true
community builder in the leadership given us by
Simpson Stands Tall
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IN OUR ESTIM T
As A Forc t Products Industry Leader
• As A Forward-Moving Industrial Firm
As A Conservation-Minded Timber User
As A Builder For The Future
As A Compassionate Employer
As A Leader In Forest Products Research
As A Community Improver
As An All Around Good Neighbor
For Many Additional Reasons
THE SIMPSON TIMBER COMPANY
which for 75 years has strived at all times for
the growth and betterment of Mason County
We know from this history the future will
brirg more of the same.
WE ARE PRIVILEGED FOR THIS OPIPORTUNITY
TO EXTEND OUR WARMEST WISHES ON TI, [IS
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
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