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t'  'P 'what about, ' ldy and VOL. LXIII--NO. 25. Entered as second class matter at the post office SHELTON, WASHINGTON Timrsday, June 23, 1949 at Shelton. Wash., under Act of March 8, 1879. i Scurry [Fires Raged In County Forester "ti State Liquor thc sus- man, as , store can fairmind-American TO Safety In On Recent Windy Days t ls Hero Presumed to be is mge°f a doubt,Pr°ven'circum.and Sunday Winds lSi°ln'caU2eYYa:°V: :r h;h: :ldpavninedweii M{S:naCI:l ntyar [ad :Vo:he rc p aSnt / m eA .d e:tEllRO :€ f a cljy: e She.on li- reg..st Les,% Suilt appointment . . widespread forest fires. ON 'FDNIESDAY and Thurs-/ an culminatingthea SUmstore,sOf !lhleriiil,aYndblnn:n i::teP! ii2iitenStbi! i A.ttofrntnltiwjeiiiwil ii!iii! ! iii l Giii di!!taiii!iSat" quornVestigatedboard Riing to what aS?e.med gale pro: est fires razed over 35 acres of land swept them over ma,Y a:srles. ] cxam;ne "a Distin- rtnotWasthatbegUiltYof.he i!ib:tSm:rngiW!ioi' 3 Laws :ststill bin; iihad n rfe(!ee;idolibY Herb Grell, district fire warden, in saving a h)gger's a con- Cushman lake the strongest "wind lleartily commended residents for life last Fall. The a report that was found would complete going over. Central that their until such of law Could place voice was but the liquor store inquiry sought to board's for him- of the Shel- of the man You never pay Your neighbor ass or have dailg, away from again. The Spokane wa last editor going couple of the col- he was Mrs. Gren- had stop- corn a visit in Mc- lobby trip. tn- the Washington an oldtimcr in far and wide fox" many Olrnal as a fair or SOme of his s in Ward 5, ital, Ameri- writes that gained 20 June 2, a admitted. to have old friends rnal coming, n "I'll be he an old and t'S who arc modern could do in" the Work a im- 7) Shelton rton has at strikes of North Can- the to Webb, on, re- Shel- Said came shortly before noon. JUDGE CHARLES T. Wright and Mrs. Wright were among those boating on Hood Canal who took refuge on the beach when high, salty waves thrcatened to swamp their light craft. "The water from the bow of our boat swept rght over us," Mrs. Wright exclaimed. "I never saw such huge waves on the Can- al before." When the water had shorted the wiring ih the engine of Judge Wright's boat, they beached it on the east side of the Canal oppo- site Hoodsport. Mrs. Wright said that she counted 16 other boats that landed near them. THE PEOPLE started fire's and spent the day drinking coffee and l moving around to keep warm. The larger boat, Begonia, from Smith's Marine in Union, came and picked up the stranded persons about four o'clock Sunday afternoon. "Some of the groups pooled their provisions, and all came through in good shape," Mrs. Wright commented. "But we didn't catch any fish." Jim Shrum of Shelton was fish- ing at Cushman lake when the wind drove the boats to shore about noon. "Some of the boats got swamped as they raced for the shore, and many persons got wet," Jim said. Physicists say that the water is rough onlY on the surface. Chester Marshall Hurt When LOg Topples Off Truck A heavy log falling from a truck crushed the right leg of Chester Marshall, 31, shortly be- fore noon Tuesday. He was rush- ad' ]ts right leg was amputated above the knee. Employed bythe Carl Morgan Lumber Company, Marshall was starting to unload a truckload of logs when one of the logs rolled down upon him. Besides smashing his leg, the log broke the big toe on his other foot. The accident occurred at Little Skookum mill, three miles south of Shelton on the Cole road. Marshall has lived in Shelton about 20 years, making his home at 1514 Ridgeroad. He is married and has two children, four and eight years old. I Reed Mill 1 Closes Friday For Vacations Reed Mill One will close to- morrow evening for Its annual vacation period, Simpson Log- ging Company officials announc- ed yesterday. The mill crew Is to report back to work on Tues- day merulng, July 12. Several other Simpson plants are to start vacation periods early In July. Dates will be an- nounced next week. q HOUSEBOAT BURNS AT BAYSHORE DOCK A houseboat belonging to Gordon Beers of Bayshore, five miles northeast of Shelton, burned com- pletely last Sunday evening. The blaze began about 6:30 o'clock, and a pump-truck and crew from the State Forestry Hall. at Shelton airpor responded to the alarm. The fire already had gutted the building before it could be saved. Furnishings in the houseboat were also lost In the fire. GIRL BORN JUNE 17 June 17 a girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle IAnton, Hoodsport, at the Shelton General hospital. 00tat VacatiOn Trip We Suggest You Take Along a Pair of Bausch and Lomb STUDIO Approved City Leaders City Commissioners T u e s d a 3' night approved three ordinances and prepared a notice of a hearing on the final assessment roll of Lo- cal Improvement District Six. One ordinance provided for the issuance of annual permits to gro- ceries, butcher stores and other firms handling foods. Firms will be inspected by a health officer and two-dollar permits will be, is- sued when the standards are found satisfactory. ORDINANCE numbc' 506 re- lates to the preservation of pub- lic morality, peace, safety and good order in the city. It de- fines acts of disorderly conduct and prescribes penalties for viola- tions. Third ordinance passed Tuesday fixes rates for city water. These ordinances are all printed in full in an inside page of today's Jour- nal. . The final assessment rolls on (Continued on Page 8) being "fire conscious." As soon as smoke from fire was seen. it was reported immediately. "Because crews could be sent speedily to the scene of blazes, they could I stop them before it was too late," Grell said. ABOUT 35 ACRES were razed in a period extending rom 3:07 o'clock the afternoon of June 15 to noon of the next day, and fire crews worked frantically all night i in the battles. Firemen from Shel- ton, Hoodsport and Montesano were called to stop the blazes from sweeping into extended areas of timber. Two of the fires, one at Clo- quallum and the other near Sko. komish school,' were started from power line breaks, reported Grell. :Others started from differenl sources. While the firemen were patrol. tag the six fires of last Wednes- day and Thursday, a new fire broke out near Cranberry lake, ] north of Shelton, on Friday. It was! held to one-quarter acre by tired, i hard-working crews from the! State Forestry Hall at Shelton Airport. It started when a tree (Continued on Page 8) Campfire Permits Are Notl Needed In National Forest Campfire permits will not be ranger, pointed out today that the required in 1949 in the Olympic only improved camping ground in National Forest, according to an thc Shelton Ranger District is at announcement by H. J. Andrews, Bear Gulch at the upper end of regional forester, Pacific North- Lake Cushman. Stoves and tables west region of the U. S. forest make it an improved park in daughters are Leslie, 4, and Christi, 1. Mr. and Mr'. SullL- van recently returned from Washington, D. C., where the award w as presented by Secretary of Agricul- ture Brannan at a special award dinner. Sullivan is the only man in the U. S. For- 8C PER COPY; $3.50 PER YEAR est Service who re- ceived the Depart- ment of Agriculture's Distinguish- ] ned Oscar Stoll, a logger, to the' I.tricated the man's leg, smothered ed Service Award for :1948. I ground and sent a spray of burn- the fire and sped for aid. (cut Last fall a rolling log had pin- ing oil over him. Sullivan had ex- courtesy Simpson Lookout} Whoopee! Kreidler Hearing Resumes Here Saturday Morning room of spectators and witnesses, of whom about two,thirds were Mason county waterways arc going to be invaded soon hy a couple of young femmes pad- dling a canoe. They will be hunting Indians. The young women arc Flor- ence Howard and Amy Jean Wright, students at the Univers- ity of Washington. Object of their canoe trip will be to do research of Washington history and early Indian villages. aters into which the two A public hearing called last Thursday evening on petition of Burton Kreidler, dismissed princi- pal of Belfair school, is being con- tinued at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25. The hearings opened last Thurs- day evening before a packed court- have announced plans to ven- ture Include Ov, kland bay, Tot- teu inlet, Harstine ishmd, Pick- ering passage, Squax|n and IIope islands. The ghls plan to camp out nights. Their equip- ment includes gasoline stoves aml sleeping bags. Miss Howard is "t senior in anthrolmlogy, and Miss Wright is a graduate stndcnt in sociol- ogy. Each is 23 years ehl. service, Portland, Ore. Olympic National Forest. "THE LIFTING of the camp- Campers are cautioned by  Vorestr" Officials trial btmt;' ,Andr ated.' We ! ttrgms on gra¥l"'snnd ar: [ hope to be able to use the e,,per- No 00tres should be started against (00uenu rre-r00re ience gained this year in 'deter-' logs or snags where they may mining whether permits for build- [ spread into the roots. ing campfires are necessary as a[ "MAKE SURE all.fires are out fire prevention measure or whe-]before leaving the camping site,:' ther further easing of require-[Bryan said. "Feel around the ments can be made." i warm places with your hand." W. D. Bryan, district forest Information regarding safe  " camping sites may be secured at g'lI,, D,,..,, I,-,,,,o,A I the district ranger's headquarters U[Jqli"IIllit lill in the Shelton postoffice building, 1¢_ 4 .___ _I r  [at Hoodsport guard station, and is 00lrea 1vloneay let Satsop guard station on the up- per west fork of the Satsop riv- Problems involving open,range er. Season Conference Forty private and public for- estry officials attended the annual pre-fire season preparation meet- ing conducted Monday at the State Fire Hall at the Shelton Airport. I DISCUSSIONS on awtilable fire! fighting equipment in Kitsap, Ma- son, Grays Harbor and Thltrston counties included talks by mem- bers of the state gamc department, state fisheries department ann state patrol on types of assist- ance they can provide iu time of fire emergencies. This sixth annual invitational meeting of tim four county groups! was arranged by Bill Bryan, U. S. Forest Service district ranger; Herb Grell, district state fire war- den, and Osca.r Levis, managing forestcr of the South Olympic Tree Farm. BERNIE OREI,I,, n e w 1 y - ap- pointed state forester, commented on thc excellent organization In'i- vale and public agencies in this area have worked out to combat fires. He cited this type of meet- Reed Presents Six Scholarships At Meeting Thursday Scholarships awards of $650 each were presented by W. G. Reed, president Of the Simpson Logging Company, to six young students of Grays Harbor and Ma- son counties at a meeting of the Mark E. Reed Scholarship Foun- grazing provisions in the Decker- rills area near Matlock were par- tially aired Monday at a hearing before county commissioners. The hearing will continue until 2 p.m. on August :15. On hand to give opinions and facts were about 50 persons, some of whom offered points regarding the establishment of a herd dis- trict in three sections now cov- ered by open-range laws. A herd district would prohibit ranchers from turning their stock loose to graze at will on the range. Discussion continued for nearly an hour, and opportunity to talk was given all. Some of the points Regional Forester Andrews pointed out that there has been a marked decrease in the nmnber of forest fires caused by camp- fires escaping. During the past five years, the number dropped from 123 to 49. During the same period, the use of the five nation- al forests in this region by camp- ers increased from 597,380 to 739: 200. Heavy recreatlonel use has caused additional problems in giv- ing the public adequate service in the issuance of permits fro" campfires. This year on five na- tional forests, the forest guards who have been spending much of their time at their stations issu- ing as an example which might be followed by forestry groups thru- out Washington in finding solu- tions to common problems. dation in the Colonial House here last Thursday. BIED GAVE second year schol- arship to Allan Brumbaugh of Shelton, a student at Washington State College, and Clifford Johan- nes of Elma, a student at the Un- iversity of Washington, and first year scholarships to Miss Frances Johnson of Shelton, Herbert Loop, Jr., of Shelton, George tanning of McCleary, and Ernest Furnie of Montesano. The award students, members of the scholarship foundation board and local scholarship committee- men from Elma, McCleary, Shcl- ton and Montesano toured Simp- son operations at McCleary, Gris- dale and Shelton earlier in the day. TIlE SCtIOLARSHIP board an- nounced the appointment of Rob- ert Worland as McCleary mem- ber, succeeding J. M. "Kelly" Thornton, retiring chaiTnan. ?Ir. Thornton received a pen and pen- oil set from Mr. Reed in recogni- tion of his three years as a board memlPer. H. O. Puhn of Grisdale was blected to succeed Mr. Thorn- ton as chairman of the scholar- ship board. Other members are A. E. Hillier, Oliver Ashford and C. E. Runaqres, Jr., all of Shelton. Guests at the awards dinner included Mr. and Mrs. Arvid John- son and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Loop of Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. brought up related to definition of wire and electric fences. The commissioners approved a plat of J. H. Hill for Mason Lake subdivision one. NEW STREET SIGNS . ARRIVE IN SHELTON About 400 new street signs, se- lected to give .Shelton intersec- tions a classy appearance, have arrived. Members of the Junior Chamber 6f Commerce will assemble the signs on metal pipe standards, and the city will paint the posts and install the signs. The dates they will go up has not been deter- mined, C, A. Fisk, asslstatt city engineer, said. The Jaycees had donated $400 to the city for use in purchasing the new street markers. III FIRE CLOSURES" ON lng permits will be able to give. more on-the-grounl assistance anu I advice to campers on how to build and put out a campfire. Arthur Furnia of Montesano and Mr. and Mrs. Fred tanning of McCleary, parents of first year award students. John and June Eliason Recoun t Vivid IExperiences Of Long Trip To Europe [ ] Greetings to Governor Arthur travel only in a small raditis ' '- y 4, our Indcl)endence day. Langlie, many fine keepsakes, vie- ound the home of the owner," Mr. Their farms and estates retain Eliason said. ancestral names regardless of the names of the persons living there in present times. It shows senti- l x Eliason told mcntal tradit'on. M'. how strongly patriotic the Nor- wegians are and how devoted to 'their king they remain. FOR THE AMERICAN visitors the Norweigians displayed the U. (Continued on page 7) id experiences and fond memories were brought back from Europe by John Elison and his daughter, June, after a six-week trip to Nor- way and other places in the old country. MR. ELIASO FLEW from Seattle to Norway April 28 for visits with his brothers and sis- ters whom he'd not seen for 38 years. June Eliason had left Ju- ncau, Alaska, where she is em- ployed on April 6, visited in Shcl- ton, then went to New York where she sailed for England on the Queen Mary. Father and daughter met in Norway aftcr Jun had traveled in France and Sweden. While talcing trips in the nor- therly country, Mr. Eliason hap- pened to meet some of Governor Langiies relatives in the Sparbau district where he took colored pic- tures and received greetings from Aslang Inglie for transmission to the governor. "AS SOON AS I [lave the pic- tures developed," Mr. Eliason said, "I'm going to give them and the written message to the governor." In Norway the results of the last war could still be seen. Mr. Eliason observed that the people there wcrc hard at work'rebuild- ing the cities that had bccn de- stroyed, and that they highly ap- preciated the help America was giving them. Most consumer items wcre .;till rationed. "Gasoline restric.tions wore very sverc, as caw could TREE FARM LANDS TO START JULY 6 Fire season closures on Soutit Olympic Tree Farm lands in Grays Harbor, Mson and Thurston counties will become effective Wednesday, July 6, Managing Forester Oscar Levln announced today. ,'Under present weather con- ditions it Is possible to keep our forested areas open to fisher- men and berry pickers until July 8," Levin said. "Certain corridors will rend. in open to the public as access to fishing area during tie closure. These will he designated on signs which will be posted throughout boundaries of the South Olym- pic Tree Farm°', Closure regulations are to be publisl:ed .ill. newspaper of thl district nex Week. The closure will end on October 15. Despite the gasoline shortage, Mr. Eliason's brother was able to take him and June on several trips in his new car. ALTIIOUGII tile Germans had destroyed many eities and homes, the farm of Mr. Eliason's brother had not been harmed, At the home of one of his brothers Mr. lliason found many of his old trophies and family keepsakes whicl he had left behind when he came to Am- erica over three decades ago. He brought back with him some prizcs he won as a boy while shooting with a rifle club before the first world war. At his home at 525 North First street Mr. Eli- ason has been showing his friends silver spoons he won in shooting matches in 1909 and 1906. He was a crack shot on the 1,000-yard range. "I certainly was surprised to find them in good shape," Mr. Eliason said happily. "I had never expected to see them again." AMONG OTIIER thing s he brought back was an old fantily watch tlmt is wound by a key at- tached to a massive sliver chain. The watcl is over .100 years old. Other family imirlooms include an- tique silverware, coffee pots and decorative pins, all gold and silvcr. Mr. Eliason and June both re- lated that tim people in Norway are deeply scntinmental. Liking America very much, they celebrate in tlat country the holiday o£ KIDDIES SWIM CLASS CHANGES 'ARE MADE Revised regulations regarding the kiddies swimming classes were announced yesterday by Instruc- tor Red Smith. The age limit for youngsters accepted for the classes has been dropped to nine years, and boys and girls both can participate in the late afternoon classes each day Tuesday through Friday, he said, No change in the early after- noon classes, for the younger chil- drcn, was made. JOURNAL CARRIES TIPS FOR CANNERS ON PAGE SIX TODAY Home canners may get valuable tips and recipes by turning to page six of today's Journal. women. Because all evidence had not been presented by 11 p.m., Bill Goodpaster, county school super- intendent, presiding" officer, re- cessed the session until this com- ing Saturday. A SPLIT regarding the intent of the hearing was discerned soon after the session opened, One fac- tion insisted on probing strictly into the legality of the letter of dismissal sent Kreidler, while gen- eral feeling was to hear the com- ment of the citizenry involved. The issue was raised by Kreid- let who complained in a petition to the county, superintendent on May 2 that the Belfatr school board had given insufficient cause for dismissing him April 14. He asked that he be rehired as prin- cipal for 1949-50. During-the hearing Dudley N. Perrine, attorney from, Port O- chard who represented Kreier, inslsted"l .his ease rested on the legality of the dismissal letter sent Kreidler by the Belfair school board. "STATE STATUTE says that notice of dismissal must give rea- sons for the dismissal. The letter of April 14 to Kreidler did not give sufficient reason," Perrine sail, adding, "Unless the legality of the letter's content is determin- ed, I will ,keep a standing objce,- lion here to all testimony that doesn't pertain." At a recess of ten minutes at 9 o'clock, Perrine went home, and Kreidler prosecnted and defended (Continued on page 7) Social Security Data Show Costs Of Living Decline As a resRl ota survey conduct- ed by the Mason County Welfare department in conjunction with other countie in the state, sev- eral changes in the cost of living as it affects public assistance have been noted. SIRS. MARY McBRIDE, welfare administrator, als0 pointed out that her field workers and office contacts show that the unemploy- ment situation still looks bleak even with an increase in farm ac- tivity. "We just don't know what to make of it," she comntented. A summary of the cast of liv- ing and public assistance findings have been reported by B.oderic OI- zendam, director of the state de- partment of social security. He said, "For the first time since bc- fore World War II the net cost of items provided in the basic budget for recipients of public assistance declined slightly. The change oc- cured between September of 1948 and March of 1949." OTHER FINDINGS of the so- (Continued on page eeven) I III FUNERAL SERVICES SET SATURDAY FOR VICTOR PIONEER A resident of Mason county for the past 65 years, Mrs. Hanslne Paulinc Smith died at hm" home in Victor June 21, and the funeral service will be held at one o'clock Saturday after- neon. The service will be con- ducted at Wltslers Funeral Home, 8.nd Interment will be at Bayvlew Cemetery at Vaughn. Mrs. Smith was born August 15, 1855, in Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were married In Ta- corn& and moved to Victor 65 years ago. Mr. Smith was an early-day fisherman in that dis- trlet, lie died December 2. of 1941. Surviving arc a son, Chris- tlanson Smith ot Victor; seven daughters, Mrs. Ann ilarrison of Seattle, Mrs. Alia Sisson of Victor, Mrs. D,tgmar llaeger of Olympia, Mrs, Mary Fowler of 2nd Street Phone 152 A special page featuring lmme 'canning information has been sponsored by local grocery stores and merchants who have canning supplies available for those who wluh to preserve £ood at lomc. Mt. View City Move Slowed By Court Order. Movement to form a new city adjacent to Shelton • slowed down this week. For- mation of the fourth-class city of Independence, pro- posed for Mountain View area, has been delayed until the parties meet in court to determine the legality of the petition filed June 13. A WRIT ()l' prohibition was obtained Friday in Ma:-;on Colmty I Superior Court to prevent c(mnLy commissioners front taking [CtiOn to form tile city. Harold Lakeburg of lIountain View filed the apph- cation and affidavit, and Judge Charles T. Wrigtt signed the tng- ibition order. Those who favor the incorpora, ion of the new municipality and those who question its so{ndness wiil appear in Mason Cotmty Su- perior Court at :10 a.m. July 23 to show cause why Lhc writ oi! :prohibition should not bc m:tde permanent. In filing the application for the prohibition order, Lakeburg com- mented titat it was desirable to delay the action of forming the new city until people lmv had sufficient time to think over the consequences that may result. TIlE COU][{,T OItDEI was bas- ed on the alleged I'act that those who petitioned for Lhc, formation of Independence had not complied with the statutory p r o v i s i o n s which govern that type of pet.i- ties. The petit.ion asking for the fourth-ciass city was filed June 13 by Tom Kneeiand and signed by : about 100 reaidents in Mountain View. In presenting thc petition to the county conimissioners, Knceland noted that the basis for action rested on the need to im prove the water system in Moun- tain View. The alternate writ of prohibi. tion that was signed by Judge Wright said in part that county commissioners are "ordered to re- frain from any and all further proceedings upon or in connec- tion with the said petition until a hearing upon said petition i: heard by the Superior Court." JOE GRAIIAM IS the attorney representing tltose whn claim the petition to form the new city had not been drawn up in accordance with state law: Ralph G. Swan- son, Olympia attorney, pt'esents those seeking formation of the new municipality. Jaycee. Banquet Slated Saturday The annual balquet' of the Shel- ton Junior Chamber of (,ommerce Will be held aL :Masonic Temple Saturday evening. Dinner starts at 7 o'clock, followed by instalht- tion of Jaycee and Jay-Ette offi- cers and a dance. Master of ceremonies for the affair will be Marvin Powell, pres- ident of the Olympia Jaycees, and main speaker will be E. J. Be- hart of Yakima, national director of the organization. , Dean Balkema is irt charge of arrangements. 3 CARS 1NVOLVED IN WRECKS, TWO PERSONS INJURED Three automobiles were involved in smash-ups in Mason county over the past week and two persons re- ceived injuries. A two-car collision at the inter- section of Third and Alder streets in Shelton at 1:10 o'clock Satur- day afternoon resulted in injuqes to Mrs. Marion McCutcheon of Shelton. She was trea.ted for shock and bruises at Shelton General Hospital and released. Mrs. McCutcheon was driving a car carrying three children, none of whom was hurt. Driver of the second car, Damon Polk of Seat- tle, was uninjured, Danmges to the vehicles in- volved amounted to about $400 to each, said Paul Hinton, Sltclton police chief. Tile previous Wednesday a car driven by K. L. Mann of Hoods- port skidded on loose gravel and smashed into a bank. Mann was taken to Sheltmt General Hospital, He sustained a broken arm and nose and a dislocated knec cap. SHELL - TRAINED t00RlC0000lON EXPERTS Banner & Burnett Shell Statmn 1st & Cots - Phone 940 Independent Sl,ell Dealers Victor; , sister, Mrs, h erson of Tacoma; 19 grandchildren attd "The Sun Comee Up" l md nine great grandchildren. "1 Surrender, 00ar" ![I