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Cole Named to
Underwriter's
Director's Board
SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
THE OLDTIMER RECALLS New Members on , Minnesota Visitors
xx%t6ta JA.u , The parents of Ed Bahr arrived
Named State ,. ,., _ • -__,_ ,from Minneapolis Sunday w00th
on ulymplc rarK members of the family includlng
Washington July 23 ..... {Snec- [ ]VIr and Mrs. Frank Bahr Ar. and
Recollections from 50 Years Ago Census Board 'ink 'B rre 'iI V"o ". I Mrs Henry Bahr and ;on Mr
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chairman of the house subcom: and Mrs. Harold Birdmltz and
page 7
MARG IE'S
TAXI
Chaz'leu C. Cole, president of
the Shelton Gas Co., has been
elected to the board of directors
.of the American Underwriters
corporation it' was announced last
week.
Col is a former member of the
Shelton school board, the city
cohncil, and former mayor of
Shelton, and is a graduate of the
University of Washington.
He will serve on the boards oi
directors of the Sunset Life In-
surance and Sunset Casualty
Companies of America, which are
owned and controlled by the
American Underwriters corpora-
tion.
The undezvriting company is
owned by 7,000 Washington state
stockholders.
Stoehr Reports Big
Kansas Grain Yield
A. H. Stoehr returned this week
froth his wheat r:anch near Cheney,
Kansas, where he reported crops of
grain ranging from 10 to 60 bush-
els an acre were gathered in the
hareest just completed.
; 32Re yield from Stoehr's ranch
was considered exceptional be-
ca4se of the large amount of hail
damage which knocked down much
of the grain in the midwestern
wheat belt.
DANCE
EVERY
SATURDAY
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MASONIC
TEMPLE
ONION
Music by
The Esquires .
r
Dancing 9:30 to 1:30
THE
CLEANING
DREAM
By Lafe
I wuz down to the Keewanis
meeting Tuesday and I heard a
very interesting talk by a young
feller from around town here, name
of Grant Angle.
This young Angle wuz telling the
boys about the old days when the
gold rnsh up in the Klondyke, and
he threw in some talk about the
Mbrmon trek to Utah and the ear-
ly California gold rush days.
This here Angle feller is such
a interesting feller to hear talk, I
reequested him to write a leetle
story about it fer you folks who
read The Journal. The following
is what he give me yesterday.
Shelton Pioneers Of Fifty
Years Ago
• In more recent history well with-
in the memory of Mason County
pioneers came the gold discovery
in the Klondyke of Alaska of 50
years ago, the present week being
the Golden Anniversary, when the
Steamship Portland brought down
the first miners with their "Tou
Of Gold" from Nome.
The thrilling story of those days
is being revived in the papers this
week, which reminds of the part
yhich men of Shelton and Mason
County played a large part. It re-
calls the feverish activity of all
Puget Sound as thousands of East-
erners came in droves to Seattle to
outfit and hike to the new gold
discoveries, on anything that could
float and steam.
Not New Here
The story even then was nothing
new to Shelton for several of our
French-Canadian loggers from
Bordeaux's camps had gone to Al-
aska several years before and The
Journal had published several of
their stories of hardships and in-
different successes, but enough to
encourage others t 9 go North,
either over the Chilcoot Trail from
DyeR and Skagway, or to Nome
at the mouth of the Yukon River,
with Dawson as their goal.
Several miners made t heir
"stakes" by this time, whose names
are forgotten, but the story of
"Nigger Jim" Daugherty was a
sample, in the report that he sold
his discovery claim for $300,000,
and came out, sending a goodly
sum to his mother in Canada, and
blowing in the rest; at least he was
back in camp in a year or two.
Other names are now forgotten,
but old time loggers will recall
them.
Proof on "Portland"
The S. S. Portland came in with
the proof on July 17, 1897, and
this really "steamed up" the boys
of Shelton who organized a small
group of a dozen or so, who had
already begun their plans for go-
ing to Alaska, although men were
dropping out of sight and sneak-
ing North before that.
Tom O'Neill, local merOmnt, had
built a small plant on North First
Street, with crude dryers, to "des-
sieate" raw potatoes, the fore-run-
ner of our "Potato Ch,ps" of to-i
day. This a]d other lightweight l
food stuffs were being gathered
together for these men who had
J gained some idea from letters of
the hardships of the Chilcoot
Trail and the fact that everything
had to be packed uphill on the
backs of the prospectors.
All Stuck
Of the Shelton party all endured
,the hardships of the trail, although
some turned back after taking one
look. After building their barges
fat Lake Bennett, and floating the
i several hundred miles down the
Yukon River through the danger-
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SERVICE
Reach for your phone---call
Shelton 66give us instruc.
tions and you'll enjoy excel-
lent local or long distance
moving service, reasonably
priced and efficiently hand.
led.
SHEL0N
TRANSFER"
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Be sure your home is equipped with the
proper heating unit. Consul t. DICKISON
FUEL CO. about our heating problems.
They're always glad to give you friendly
advice.
LET US PUT YOU ON OUR REGULAR
DELIVERY LIST
Redafe
ous rapids, they spent the winter
at Dawson or in prospecting up
the creeks.
None had found a stake but all
managed to get down the river and
back home by way of Nome, and
their stories of "mushing" over]
the deep snow, thawing ten feet or
more of tundra to get down to
pay gravel, the rigors of 20 degrees
below zero, were thrilling to those
who stayed at home.
Made Stakes
tIowever, some of the early birds
did make their stakes and came
down with fair "pokes,' while oth-
Appointees to the State Census
Board for the coming biennium
w.hose population estimates will
be used as the basis for the allo-
cation of 20 million dollars worth
of state funds during the next
two years to Washington cities
and towns ,were announced today
by the Census Board.
Members include Charles C,
Ralls, chairman Seattle attorney;
George A. Lundberg, execut(ve of-
ricer, Sociology Department, Uni-
versity of Washington; and Ray-
burn D. Tousley, associate profes-
sor of marketing, Washington
]State College. Calvin F.. Schmid,
professor of sociology, University
of Washington, will serve as exe-
cutive secretary.
i Work will begin immediately
era blew in their gains at Dawson,
or along the way. George Dra-
ham was one of those who went on the task of deriving popula-
from Shelton and now living, al- tion figures for the 232 cities and
though there are others. , towns of the state. One compu-
Those who have gone over the tation will be determined as of
range to Lake Bennett over the April 1, 1947, and the other as of
narrow gauge raih'oad in recent[April 1, 1948.
yearv could realize something of I Any funds allotted municipall-
the hardships when they looked, ties must be done so on the basis
down the gulches and canyons to of the r.eport submitted by this
tracts of the old trail which could board according to the statute
be seen in many spots. 'enacted by the 1947 Legislature,
It will be noted that attention The first Census Board was ere-
had been turned to Alaska before
the S. S. Portland came down, and
several steampship lines were op-,
erating to Nome during the sum-']
mer seasons.
Frisco Capitalist I
C. D. Lane, a Frisco capitalist
who had made his stake in Nevada
gold mining, was operating one of
these lines; and was joined by his
ated in 1943 and re-created in
1945 and 1947 respectively.
Washington is the only state m
the country where population es-
timates are taken currently for
the purpose of .allocating state
funds to cities and towns, accord-
mg to Schmid.
Ralls is commander of the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars of Wash-
brotler-in-law, SoL G. Simpson, ington State and former Chief.
who had married his sister in Car- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for
son City, Nevada, days.
This brought Mark E. Reed King county,
(who married Miss Irene Simpson Author of the current best sell-
in 1902 later), and'Shelton into let "Can Science Save Us?" and
the picture. Mark had spent two I:her L::lL-eknOs #2:ioflorgim cal
seasons, 1900 and 1901, at Nome[ , g
handling the steamer, banking and president of the American Sociol-
trading interests of the company, [ogical Society and held the same
and the honeymoon of the Reeds office in the Eastern Sociological
was also spent there. Society.
The steamship companies bought
up all the old steamers around the
coast and were carrying capacity
loads North, with only two or
three bad wrecks. Gold finds con-
tinued in the vicinity at a lively
clip for many years and even today
Nome is a thriving community
with extensive dredging operations,
and in spite of some bad fires and
ocean storms which several times
have destrayed its buildings on the
waterfront.
Hard Times
It is recalled that the later nine-
ties were very hard times, in the
campaign of McKinley for the gold
standard republicans, and William
Jennings Bryan for the combined
democrat, populist and silver re-
publicans, for "'free silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one." This
swelled the gold-seeking popula-
tion looking for the way out af
their troubles.
Another phase of the 50 year ago
period was the Spanish-American
wars, when many of our residents
volunteered for services and spent
a year or two or 1898-89 in the
Philippines and China. Of this
group a dozen or more are still liv-
ing in Mason County, and among
them are recalled Arthur Ward,
Col. Blake, tan. Weston, :Henry
Hanson.
There are more, and it is hoped
that veterans of both the Klon-
dyke rush and the Philippine ser-
vice will get together at the Shel-
ton Pioneer Picnic next Sunday,
July 27th, and make up their ros-
ter of those still living as well as
to renew the story of their exper-
iences.
Pickering
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Mr. and Mrs. Gee. Carlson and
two children returned Saturday
from a two weeks' trip, on which
they traveled about 2200 miles.
Enroute to Reed Point, Mont.,
they visited friends at Douglas,
Wash., went to see Grand Coulee
Dam, and visited friends at Wal-
lace, Idaho. At Reed Point they
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Swift who took them for a trip
through Yellowstone Park. Mrs.
Swift was a college chum of Mrs.
Carson's. They came home the
northern route, visiting friends at
St. Ignatius, Mont., and relatives
at Trout Creek, Montana. At
Troy, Idaho, they visited the Leo'
Mundell family and came home bY
way of Lewiston, Walla Walla,
and Kenewick where they visited
friends. At Randle, Wash., they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Ja-
cobsen, Mr. Jacobsen being a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jacobsen of
Harstine Island.
You can generally see at least
one visitor's car parked in the
Erik Christensen yard but last
Sunday there were quit a num-
ber, the occasion being sort of a
housewarming in reverse. They
treated to a bountiful picnic din-
ner all the families whose men
had a part in building their new
home, and those' who know them
will not doubt that "bountiful" is
the right word. Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. Gleff Harriman
adn son, Loren, of Vaughn, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Simmons, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon• Simmons and son,
Jim, Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin and
two children, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Archer and baby and Mr, and
Mrs, M. L. Fessler and son, Jon,
all of Harstine Island. Th Fess-
lers were accompanied by Mr.
Fessler's sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tyler of Port-
land. Guests from Pickering were
Mr. and Mrs, George Carlson and
two children and Amos and Emily
Babcock.
Mrs. Stanley Funk and sen,
Dale, and wife from Akron, Ohio,
spent the week of the Fourth with
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ax. Mrs.
Funk is Mr. Ax's sister. Other
guests were the Ax's son, Albert,
and wife from Cambridge, Mass.,
who are here for the summer,
All spent a pleasant week boat-
ing, etc. Incidentally, the Messrs.
Ax are installing a new engine in
the Ax boat and expect to get iu
some.fishing next month.
In 1850 one eighth of the people
of the United States dwelt in cities
of 8,000 or over. By 1900 this num=
ber had increased to nearly one-
third.
Tousley is assistant editor of
the "Journal of Marketing" and
the author of many papers in the
field of marketing. He served
with the Census Board during the
last biennium.
Richard C. Berg
Goes to Baltimore
Richard C. Berg, former in-
structor of music at Irene S. Reed
high school, last week resigned as
music supervisor of Bremerton
schools in order to accept a posi-
tion as supervisor of instrumental
music in the schools of Baltimore,
Maryland.
Since the end o the last school
year, Berg has been attending the
University of Washington, work-
ing. towards completion of study
for a Master's degree.
His new job will be a step up
for the former Shelton mar and
r. Baltimore he will supervise
'oz'k in. 160 grade and 25 high
• schools.
Jersey Cattle
Club Picnic Set
Starting at 10 a.m. August 1st,
the Thurston-Mason County Jer-
sey Cattle Club will be hosts to
the Jersey breeders of Western
Washington when they hold their
first annual Judging School and
picnic at the Chas. H. Wivell
Dairies six miles southwest of
Shelton on the Lost Lake Road.
Two of the best Jersey judges
in the country, Dr. J. C. Knott,
director of the Institute of Agri-
cultural Science at the State Col-
lege of Washington, and M. B.
Nichols, State Extension Dairy-
man, will be present. They will
be assisted by the following agri-
culture extension service county
agents, Floyd Svinth, Grays Har-
bor; Andrew Kruiswyk, Mason;
and Allen Johnson, Thurston coun-
ty.
Also expected as guests are Iy-
ying Slater, field man of the
American Jersey Cattle Club, and
I Professor Harry M. Ing, head
of the animal husbandry depart-
rnent at the University of British
Columbia.
There will be prizes for both the
adult and 4-H classes.
Potluck picnic dinner will be
served at noon with ice cream
and drihks furnished.
Club President A. R. Jacobsen
has invited all who are interested
in breeding, showing, or just like
to look at good Jerseys, to attend
this meeting.
mittee on public lands, has ten-
tatively set September 19 and 20
as the dates his committee will
conduct public hearings on Con-
gressman Russell V. MaclCs two
Olympic park timber bills.
,This tentative schedule is sub-
ject to minor changes during the
next two weeks, Barrett said, but
will not vary much from those
dates.
Barrct predicted about 15
members of the 28 on the com-
mittee will make the Grays Her-
bor trip, devoting the first day
to seeing the park and the second
to taking testimony on ack's
two bills.
Congressman Thor Tollefson
Tacoma, is working with the com-
mittee endeavoring to include a
hearing at Tacoma on a Mount
Rainier park bill which he has
introduced m congress.
Morton Loggers
Jubilee Plans
Now Being Laid
"The Annual Loggers Jubilee"
is rapidly shaping up into one cf
the best shows of its kind to be
presented m many years. Tle
big logs are beginning to roll t-
ward the arena for the bucking
and failing contests.
The climbing trees are being
spotted for the climbing contest.
Truck drivers are doing their
practicing early for the trailer
backing contest, and the tie men
are devising means of loading a
truck of ties the way Paul Bun-
yan might have done it, had ties
been in use in his day.
The mill workers are planning
to make themselves heard, seen,
and felt in the tug of war with
the loggers, lining up teams of ]0
men each. they lmpe to show the
loggers where the real strength of
the lumbering industry lies.
Splicers are grouping together
in two-man teams in preparation
for the eye splicing contest with
7/8 inch cable.
With the Jubilee still a month
away, all prospects are that com-
petition will be keen in all con-
tests as these professional woods-
men-but amateur showmen--
prepare to find who is the king
of the various jobs in this great
lumbering and logging business.
The Logger's Jubilee, set for
August 14 to 17 will feature con-
tests for ladies and children on
the first two days. The men will
compete in'the logging contests ou
the 16 and 17 of August only,
with an afternoon program on
Saturday, the 16th, and an after-
noon and evening program on
Sunday, the 17th.
The carnival that will be pre-
sented in connection with the Ju-
bilee will be as "large as any that
visited Sduthwest Washington this
year---which promises plenty of
action for tle yomgsters.
A dance Saturday evening will
round out the program on that
date.
French Boy Visits
Shelton for Six Weeks
Shelton has had a distinguished
young visitor for the past six
weeks. He is a Fren('h lad named
Jean Pierre Suraud, age 10. who
formerly resided in Paris and Sap
Paula, Brazil. He is now living
in White Plains, New York, where
his father is employed by Rayon-
ier.
Although this is his first sum-
mer in America he speaks perfect
English. This is partly due to
the fact that he had an Eng)ish
governess in Brazil.
Jean has been staying with Dr.
and Mrs. Eugene Browning and
fanaily, but left yesterday for
White Plains.
Use the Journal W'ant Ads
they really get results.
i[ Shelton
Lodge No. 62
I.O.O.F.
Meets Eve,.y Wednesday
8 p.m.
I.O.O.F, HALL
Visiting Members will be
Cordially Welcomed
W. S. RAWDING, N. G.
GUY CALL, Secretary
Ruby Ieb'ekah -dg-e-le
Second and Fourth Fridays
Mary Dobson, N.G.
Elizabeth Butler, Secretary
SUPPLIES
Molthoid Roofing Paper
Double Craft Sheeting Paper
daughter, Otto and Ernest Bahr
and Mrs. Reuben Stander and son.
The party drove here in two
cars, and will visit in Shelton for
about two weeks. They report
good crops in Minnesota.
NO EXTRA FEE FOR
EXTRA PASSENGER
Phone 392
Shelton Lumber
Company
FLOOR SANDERS FOR RENT
In Our Location on
Mountain View
ON THE OLYMPIC HIGHWAY
MAILING ADDRESS -- P.O. Box 598, Shelton
Charles Weirauch PHONE 657
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NOTICE TO THE
PUBLIC
In keeping with our policy of serving the Automo-
tive Public to the best of our ability with the Best
of Quality in Parts and Accessories we have in
stock the following brands of supplles--
ALSO A COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP FOR A
COMPLETE MOTOR REBUILD TO THE SMALL-
EST REAM JOB. WORK ALL DONE BY A FIRST
CLASS UNION MECHANIC. ALL WORK AND
PARTS GUARANTEED.
AUTO PARTS-- ACCESSORIES
FRAM OIL FILTERS
Weatherhead Gas Lines and Fittings
Federal Mogul Bearings
Pedrick Piston Rings
Auto Lite Storage Batteries
TOLEDO AUTO PARTS
Pistons
Piston Pins
Valves
Valve Guides
Valve Springs
Water Pumps
Spring Shackles
King Bolt Sets
BRAKE LINING FOR ALL CARS
LINED BRAKE SHOES -- EXCHANGE
Skill Drills Lawn Mowers
Power and Hand Grinders
Amepco Garden, Hose Lawn Soakers
Sprinklers Garden Tools
Lawn Seed and Fertilizers
Weedicides
Power Hedge Trimmers
OLYNPIA FEED CO.
O Neill Building, First & Railroad
MACHINE SHOP
COMPLETE ENGINE REBUILD
MOTORS REBORED
VALVE FACING
VALVE SEATS GROUND
VALVE SEATS REPLACED
PISTONS GROUND
LATHE WORK
REAMING AND HONING
WESTERN SUPPLY C0.
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
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