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L Thin fireman making his way between flames and decked cedar logs is one of nearly 50 who battled five hours saving material in the path of
i000 last Friday's roaring mill fire at Versapanel, lnc. on John's Prairie which destroyed propertyvaluedat$90,O00. And tog
Fire Destroys Versapanel Saw Mi!lr s
!!:L,00N ,Yed they held it to the mill and the and heat from the burning mill This was stacked two or three including 300 slings f esaw son said. "Just as fast as we
adequate help
---'l feet and find
material piled in its immediate soon ignited the dry logs. pallet-loads deep in an area about material, was set by Johnson can get
raaterial vicinity. The fire sent up a dense 500 feet long and 50 feet wide. at $20,000 not insured, the equipment we need, we will
Plant of The fire could have started, column of smoke which was
loss esti- Johnson said, when a change in spotted and reported to the Shel- desperate speed the Versapanel
the
east wind,
o[ control
minutes
by a night
er entPloy.
is of about
hours to
into
away
office
the wind sent a gust from the
north carrying a shower of sparks
through the mill from the saw-
dust burn pile. Another theory,
he said, is that one of the con-
veyors carried hot material un-
der the mill where it smouldered
and finally ignited. He empha-
sized that these are guesses.
Pete Hawkins, night watchman,
and two men working on pallet
fabrication, Bob Shaw and Bill
Gregory, noticed the smoke. By
the time they had reached the
mill from a distance of about
200 feet, Johnson said, the place
was blazing. One of them called
the telephone operator and asked
Were a her to give the alarm.
-few and
iL- '1]1 These three then battled alone
:.t e State for half an hour, according to
( 1.akerseSourCeSand Johnson, trying to contain the
111. L With o- fire in the mill and keep it out
. ne of the log decks. But they didn't
.City Vh'e
it..'[,._ el' and h have enough water from one hose
'_ •
. ot Versa.
. .aen and
"lled, But
ton District Ranger office by
Carl Dugger, U. S. Forest Ser-
vice lookout at Dusk Peak, 20
miles northwest.
When the main body of fire
fighting troops arrived, they con-
centrated on salvaging unburned
logs and finished products. They
used heavy equipment to break
lines between the log decks. Then
Don Knudsen and two of his
men with the Pettibones moved
logs away from the flames. They
were credited by Johnson with
saving between 80 and 100,000
board feet of logs.
Johnson had been notified of
the fire by Shelton Police while
he was watching a ball game.
Province was muted out of the
shower at his home at Treasure
Island. They rounded up their
men and directed them in mov-
ing finished material out of the
path of the fire.
Working with two fork lifts at
crew moved all of this to safety
in two hours.
District Administrator Francis
Wright directed the state sup-
pression crew. While the tankers
were dumping water on the
flames, the bulldozer widened a
fire trail on the westerly side.
Other crewmen checked several
spot fires in nearby brush and
grass.
The Shelton fire truck pumped
its 500-gallon tank load of water
on the blazing mill and then had
to quit for lack of an adequate
water supply at the scene.
Johnson said the mill structure
and equipment are a total loss,
including the head saw, edger,
trimmer, gang ripper, and mis-
cellaneous conveyors. He esti-
mated its value as between $65
and $70,000. The mill, he said,
was insured for $15,000.
Value of material destroyed,
NOTES
,,, ,,o= NElL
DISCOUNT...
The word designed to deceive all those who can read ...
The word employed to "Bait" the unlearned and the unthinking...
The word misused to distort the Truth...
This word which does have a legitimate meaning is employed to recent immigrants
into our community for exl)loitation purposes...
It is used to con[use us into believing that a "Discount" store sells everything cheap
and opened up in our community for the sheer joy of losing money • •.
That, of course, is not True.
The Game of the Discounter is to get us into his store by slashing the prices of
well-advertised products. On some items the slash may be deep--even below cost.
BUT there is an OVERPRICED substit',ttc item in the store for most nationally
advertised articles. And it's the SUBSTITUTE this Newcomer hopes to sell us and
make his Long profits on...
Your Neighborhood Pharmacist cannot compete in this kind of a Game because it
is deceptive.
He cannot afford to mislead us because he is here to stay and must build his business
upon confidence and honest dealings.
He is here to sell us exactly what we want--an honest product at a Fair price with
a living profit--PROFIT he must make or go out of business.
Or would you like to see him out of business? Perhaps you wouldn't miss him until
you or your child needed medication or first aid in a Hurry, often late at Night!
Your Pharmacist just cannot be a high pressure discounter. He cannot discount his
Professional Standing, his College Education, his Prestige built on Truth and Confidence!
Did you ever hear of a discounting Plumber or Eicctriclan or a Doctor?
Or would you discard your Family Physician if a Quack came to town and adver-
tised a house call for $2.98?
Your Pharmacist will always stand behind every product you buy in his store. He
KNOWS what the product is composed of :and he'll NEVER sell you a SUBSTITUTE
merely for the sake of making a Quick BUCK.
He is a Citizen of our Community.
Let's keep him in business!
Neil's Pharmacy
Fifth & Franklin Sts. 426-3327, Emergency Phone 426-2165
Open Daily 9:30 to 7:30, Saturdays 9:30 to 6:00
Operations will be continued
in the pallet fabrication depart-
ment which was not harmed by
the fire, Johnson said. This will
keep about half of the concern's
30 employees on the job, he
said.
;"We'll rebuild the mill," John-
have the operation glued back
together."
Versapanel produces pre-cut
cedar fencing for the Southwest
market in Texas, Oklahoma, and
Arizona and some dimension lum-
ber. About 40 percent of its pro-
duction is fabrication of pallets.
Lilliw,a, up:
Canal Divers, Bathers
Warned of Red Jellyfish
By FRANCES CATTO commented Marjorie Furlong of
• L]ZJJ"WAUP--Red jelly fish,
potentially dangerous to skin-
divers and bathers, who may
be allergic to their sting, have
been noted recently by skindivers
and others. These jelly fish, per-
haps one to one and a-half feet
across, may have tentacles rang-
ing up to 14 feet, and even a
broken-off tentacle on the beach
could sting.
It will behoove swimmers as
well as skindivers to watch out
for the jelly fish with its trans-
luscent mantle of red.
This warning came from Dick
Fuller, skin diver and employee
of Rayonier's Hoodsport Environ-
mental Control laboratory. He
and his diving companion, Ed
IAzakowski, have been wearing
a special full mask of neoprene
to protect their mouths from a
chance jelly fish sting. Fuller
doesn't recall seeing this par-
ticular type as prevalent in the
Canal as at this time.
Another local diver, Bill Mc-
Kasson, and a friend had jelly-
fish stings the other day, one
on the forehead and the other
on his lip but with no serious
effects. A fisherman reported
stinging resulting from reeling
in a line and contacting "sticky
stuff" while wiping off seaweed
with his hand.
If dry sand is available, Fuller
suggested wiping the tentacle off
the skin with it; later washing
with a detergent and treating as
one would a burn.
It is interesting to know that
water constitutes about 96 per
cent of the wight of a jelly
fish, so that if left to dry in the
sun they virtually disappear.
The chief order of jelly fish is
Discomedusae, which contains the
large red species common off
the north Atlantic coast.
While we are reporting err ma-
rine life, we must tell yo, u that
skin divers have fun competing
for the monthly prize offered
by the Driftwo:)d Shop for the
most unusual live specimen
brought in for their Neptune's
Garden aquarium.
With an unusual blue chiton,
Dick Fuller was ahead in the
competition for June until Bob
Click of Camas came along with
his stringer of octopus eggs.
There will be a grand prize for
the three-month competition
awarded on Labor Day.
"I've never seen the octopus
eggs strung out like that before,"
the Driftwood Shop, looking at
the tiny rice-like eggs clinging
to a black stem. She is hoping
that they will hatch.
The female octopus stays with
the eggs for a period of 50 days,
she explained, and blows on
them to keep them clean. She
never leaves them, even to eat,
and sometimes dies.
"Better blow on them!" Mar-
jorie Furlong urges her hus-
band, Ed, in the interest of their
survival.
Silvers are coming in and
anong the fishermen making the
most of it are Jack Johnston
and Allie Robinson, who have
been fishing out from Indian
Beach. Fishing with a plug, John-
ston boated eight fish, the largest
a 16-pounder, this last week.
Allie had four at the last count
and his son-ln-law, Bob Burman,
here with his family for the holi-
day, caught two silvers ]VIonday
morning.
IYh.s, John Rider of Kent was
one of the fishermen out from
Rest While Park boathouse, to
catch a nice silver. Nell Vance
boated one last Friday.
An unidentified boatsman was
seen to land a ling cod, esti-
muted t:o weigh about 40 pounds.
Visitors at the Arthur Pauly
home this week were lVtrs. Pauly's
granddaughter, Cynthia Cook of
Pale Alto, Calif., and her fath-
er, Dr. Earl Cook of College
Station, Texas, also lVlrs. Pauly's
brother, Joseph Royer, of Santa
1VIonica, Calif. Dr. Cook is dean
at Texas A & M.
He stopped on his trip to see
Hurricane Ridge and was much
impressed by the beauty of our
area.
Honoring her mother's 82nd
birthday anniversary, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Johnston were hosts
last Tuesday at a birthday din-
ner for Mrs. Nell Vance. They
had the dinner at the Vance
home.
Guests of the Bill McKasson
family last weekend were Sue
and Ed Koester of Vancouver,
Wash. and their children, Christy,
Janelle and Ken. The McKassons
were to be 4th of July visitors
in Beaver with the Roger Addle-
inans.
The Jack Sceva family of Sa-
lem, Ore. were up to stay at
their Indian Beach cottage over
the 4th of July, returniLg home
Wednesday. Mrs. Sceva had had
an ankle injury recently and had
it in a cast.
"'Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!'"
Announcing Miller's
WAREHOUSE RUMMAGE SALE
Friday, July 7 - Saturday July 8
You can help us clean out our attic of many
items and save money by doin 9 so.
Items like . . .
-k Discontinued Items Odds & Ends
-k Recovered Stolen Merchandise
Soiled Clothing, in excellent condition
= ,,, ppeo"eca--ers for you home brew
enth usiasts
If you could find them now '3 O0
the probable retail NOW
would be $8.00 ................ •
Second Floor Warehouse at
3rd & Railroad
Open
Every
Friday
'til
8:30 p.m.
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