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VOLUME XXXV.
NEAR DEATH FROM
AX BLOW; BROTHER
LODGED IN JAIL
'CHARLES BURFMAN, BLFAIR
LOGGER, BROUGHT HERE BY
SHERIFF, CLAIMS HE
ST{UCK IN SELF DE-
FENCE
As the result of an affray at Bel-
fair Monday morning between two
brothers, Emmett Burfman lies in
the hospital at Bremerton in serious
ondition and Charles Burfman is in
the county jail, brought here by
Sheriff R. W. Points Wednesday.
The injured man was struck twice
on the head with an axe and his
brain exposed through the loven
skull, but at last acCount was likely
to recover. In a few conscious mo-
ments he is said to have admitted
being at fault, and the brother here
laims the blows were given in self-
(lefence. Mr. and Mrs. Frank May-
hew and John Murray were witnesses
o the affray and their statements
oineide.
The brothers were oggurs and
have been employed in nearby camps
hut ,the victim, the older of the two,
had not been working for some time.
Both have been living in a cabin at
Belfair, and have been under sus-
picion for "moonshining," and their
cabin has been the scene of several
drunken frays of late. According to
Belfair people the younger brother
has taken little part in these affairs
and made some effort to keep the
lder straight.
Pursned with Long Knife
On the morning o£ the fray
Charles remonstrated with Emmett
or not rising, to his feet on the ar-
rival of the visitors and the latter
e'cmne angry and picking up a long
butcher knife began chasing his bro-
ther around and through the house.
After several rounds Charles picked
up an axe and struck Emmett twice,
one blow striking his shoulder and!
he next cutting his head open. The i
visitors were getting away from the
scene as fast as lossible but were in
view of the climsx Help was se-
cured and in an hour Emmett was
in the hospital at Bremerton on the
operating table .
Although the fray occurred in Ma-!
son County Bremerton is the nearest
point, and little was known of it
here until Wednesday. Being in an-
other county officials there had taken
ao action. Charles Burfman was
-waiting at Be]falr for the arrival of
'Sheriff Ports and gave himself
expressing regret at his part in le
affair but asserting that his using
the axe was the only way to stop
lis crazed brother.
Claimed Both Were Sober
While the house had been the scene
)f several Sunday drinking bouts, it
'was denied that either of the bro-
thers was drunk or that any liquor
was in evidence in the fray between
the brothers, but that other troubles
were responsible for the older bro-
ther's rage.
The Burfmans 'came from Port
Orchard. where their mother lives,
and their father is in Alaska, where
le is known as "Skagit Jim." No
complaint has _vet been filed against
Charles Burfman. He will be held
in custody in the jail here awaiting
he result of his brother,s injuries.
The prisoner bears a wound on his
arm from a shot fired atkhim by
]is brother two weeks before whi'ch
seems to bear out his story that he
was in fear of his life.
It is encouraging to farmers to
note that eggs and butter are
going up in advance of feed in-
creases.. Eggs now retail at 85 cents
and bring the producer 82 cents.
LEVI OSTRANDER
DIES IN SEATTLE
UCCUMBS TO STROKE SUFFER-
FERED EARLY IN JU, LY
News comes from Seattle of .the
death of Levi Wells Ostrander Tues-
(lay as the result of a paralytic
troke suffered several weeks ago,
on his return home from a visit to
Yriends in Shelton. He was 80 years
ld, having been born at Aztelan,
"Wis., April 0, 1841. Fnvera! ser-
,ce, were held in Seatt!e and the
remains brought to Olympia for in-
"torment Thursday, a number of old
.helton friends being in attendance.
Soon after the outbreak of the Civ-
il War the deceased voluteered as a
private and served with the 29th
Viisconsin Infantry, rising to the
rank of a filet lieutenant. After
the war he settled at Lake Mills,
Wis, engaging in merchandising, and
was there married to Hettle S. Far-
go, who died at Olympia, August 5,
1894. They moved to Olympia in
1883, and Mr. Ostrander became as-
sociated with the old First National
Bank. His later years were spent
in bankinm logging and other enter-
prises, an for several years he servr
SHELTON, MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921 NO. 34
BLOODED HO,LSTEINS COUNTY PROPERTY OFFICIALS SEEK PLAN sPRUCE ROAD TO BE
BRING GOOD PRICES co.,Mo00 GIRL DROWNS IN
SHOWS DECREASE IN TO CONTINUE PAVING Washington, 00u,y VIEW OF MOTHER
VALUE ON TAX ROLLS ON OLYMPIA HIGHWAY ted States Spruce Production Corpor-
ation sells he goverumen railway
At the dispersal sale of Holsteins
at the Brady farm near Satsop on
July 22nd, about sixty head of high
grade and registered animals, young
and old, were sold bringing the own-
ers, the Hamilton brotlmrs, $16,000.
The best price was brought by a two-
year-old heifer, Chimacum Lutske
Marie, $735 paid by William Bishop
the Chimacum breeder from whom
some of the original stock came. It
it not noted that any Mason County
farmers took advantage of the op-
portunity to improve their stock.
J.ames Carstairs of Upper Satsop,
made the following purchases: Daisy
Palmyra, Shady Grove female, born
August 16, 1917, $180; Ida de Kol
Cornu R0eelia, female, born April 1,
1917, $210; an unnamed heifer, born
June 23, 1921, $110.
TAXPAYERS MUST MAKE UP
TAXES FORMER.LY FROM TA-
COMA LANDS
The County Board of Equalization
was in session Monday to pass on
the tax rolls for 1921 completed by
Assessor Shelton, and were open to
hear complaints but the taxpayers
seemed to be unconcerned, at least
none appeared to criticise assess-
monte. An0ther session will b9 held
next Monday.
The total valuation figures show a
decrease under 1920 of $242,401, of
which $213,000 is accounted for in
the decreased value of timbered lands
and a considerable sum cut from the
rolls by going into the possession of
the city of Tacoma on its power pro-
Ject.
The value of improvements on real
COMMISSION CUTS
HUN00NG rolliNG
SEASON,
FOR
property increased $16,000, ond of
I,VUlll I
persona] property $60,000, a good
part of the latter due to the timber
ISSUES ORDER FOR CLOSE SEA- on Tacoma lands being retained by
SON THIS YEAR ON GROUSE the Phoenix Logging company and
being now assessed as personal prop-
erty.
TOTA - 0' :RO-S :O:R 1921
Real Property Acres ValuaHon
Imnroved ........ 7.367.67... 159,145
Unimproved ..... 250,354.65,.. 935,355
Timberland ..... :[43,242.49...3,229,410
Oysterland ...... 3.358,07... :109,900
404,322:88...4,433.1
Improvements (l]ulldlngs) .... 132,1 5
4,566,105
Platted Property:
Land ....................... 97,025
Improvements (Buildings) .... 121,860
218,85
Personal Property ......... 756,095
WOULD COMI*LETE CONNECTION asin the spruce belt Ofhas been authorizedChdlam CountY,by the war WHILE BATHING
WHILE CONTRACTORS ON JOB department, the contract for sale will
CAN DO WORK AT DE. contain a proviso that the road must
"--" CIDED SAVING .... be operated as a common carrier for ELDERS MAKE _ FRANTIC EF-
freight and passenger service, which FORTS BUT DAUGHTER
will protect the public in the matter SINKE BEFORE BOAT
M. E. Reed, with Commissioners of fares and rates and running sched-
Daniels, Hunter and Blanton visited ules. REACHES HER
McCleary Monday evening to meet Senator Wesley L. Jones and Rep-
with Gov. Hart and the State high- resentative Lindley H. Hadley have Lucinda, the 15-year-old daughte
way officials in an endeavor to work introduced joint reolutions incmpor - of Mr. and Mrs: Walter S. Allen, was
out some 01an of continuing the pay- ating such a proYiso. It was dis- drowned in Little Skookum bay in
in.g work between Shelton and Olym- covered that the spa"dee corporation, front of her home on the old Hud-
pro. which was organized during the war
Good progress is being made on to expedite airplane construction, did son place Tuesday afternoon in the
both projects and the contractors not possess legal authority to write sight of her mother, aunt and grand-
having their machinery and neces- such a clause in a contract of sale mother, whose efforts to reach her
asry equipment at hand, are anxious and that a special' act of congress were fruitless.
to have their contracts extended on
the section between the tvo jobs and would be necessary.
are offering figures which wouht The young girl had recently learn-
ed to swim and was in bathing witk
mean much saving if the stot0 could LEGION TO GATHER others of the family, when she was
continue the work. caught in an eddy and whirled te-
A considerable sum remains of the FOR FUNERAL LAST ward the middle of the bay. It is
orilinal appropriation for this under- thought that she became frightened
taking, but not enough to complete
the connection, and the state board OVERSEAS VETERAN and fainted, as she remained floating
on the surface for several minutes
has been hoping for federM aid but failed to respond to calls.
which could be applied. This is daily LOCA,L POST TO DO FINAL HeN- When the elders realized that she
more doubtful for this year and
funds must come from other sources ORS AT OLYMPIA SUNDAY was helpless and drowning a frantic
rush was made for a boat but much
if further contract is let. FOR LAST COUNTY SON time was lost and just before the
It is hoped that surplus can be WHO DIED IN FRANCE girl was reached she wen down for
taken from other projects to aid in the last time and the mother fainted.
making up the shortage, in order that
the paving may be completed this The remains of Allen Forest Mal The aunt who was als0 in the boat
season. In Shelton as well as all pass. the fifth and last of Mason could not row and whatever chance
along the highway travel and busi- County's sons who died in the ser- there may have been to locate the
-- hess has been greatly shortened on vice of their country in Frame dur- drowning girl was lost.
Help was soon at hand but the tide
account' of the long detour required ng the late war, have reached Olym-
and the public is hopeful that another fia and will receive fitting burial was high and dragging failed to
season will not be spoiled for them. with military honors at that city bring the body to the surface. At
on Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. The low tide Wednesday morning it was
WINS HONOR funeral will be held from the Jesse found a few yards from the spot
Mills undertaking parlors under aus- whore the girl was last seen.
FOR ATTENDANCE pices of the local post American Le- The funeral was held from the
glen, assisted by the Olympia Le- Catholic church Thursday morning,
glen. Roy. Harry S. Templeton, of
Bellingham will conduct the service, interment in the cemetery, here. The
SCHOOL SHOWS HIGHEST AVER-
AGE FOR MASON COUNTY
5,541,075
WASHINGTON CROP IS LARGE
Olympia, July 27.--The Monthly
Crop Repoxer for July, issued by the
federal department of agriculture
shows that the apple crop of the
whole United States, prommes to be
considerably less than half that of
last year and hardly half the average
crop for a term of ten years. In
contrast with that the figures for
County Superinter}dent M r s.
Knight has completed her annual re-
port from data furnished by the
County School Districts, and on the
following showing of per centage for
the highest average attendance dur-
the state of Washington show a ng the hast school year Tahuya
large inclease. ]
This year Washington will have[ tgain, leads and is entitled to hold
:he' handsome oennant awarded to
an apple 'crop nearly twice as large[ hat district last year.
as that of New York, the leading"
competitor of Washington in apple
production. The apple crop of the
AND OTHER UPLAND
BIRDS
The Mason County Game Commis-
sion has issued an order shortening
i the season for hunting in this county
and closing it altogether against the
slaughter of grouse and upland
birds. This is intended to allow the
birds to get another start and to
give less excuse for hunters and
poachers to enter the woods with their
guns duringany but the short season
open for the killing of deer. The
following is the game schedule now
'in force in Mason County, which will
be of interest to sportsmen:
The season is open for trout had
game fish, including bass 'and Cat:
fish, between April 15th and No-
vember 30th, with a bag limit of 25
fish, or ten pounds and one fish in
one day, and 20 pounds and one fish
in a single week.
The season of grouse and upland
birds will not be open at all this
year, and it may not be open for
several years to follow, although the
local game commission has power to
make such regulations as it may see
fit at the opening of each season.
Deer may be killed in Mason
County between October 10 and 31st,
both dates inclusive, with the bag
limit of two of either sex only to a
single hunter in one season. Bear
may be killed from September 1st to
May 1st.
All persons are notified that any
person violating any, of the rules and
regulations of the cbunty game com-
mission, as approved by the Director
of Game and Fisheries, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
MARINE STRIKE
BY UNION VOTE
IS CALLED OFF
state of Washington this year will
be thirty per cent of the entire crop
for the United States. In short Wash-
ington will have to sell this year
nearly one-third of all of the apples
which will reach thq markets of the"
country and there will be consid-
ably less than half of the usual num-
ber of apples on the market.
District Per cent School
20 98.7 Tahuya
47 98.3 Potlatch
42 98.71 Southside
2 97.7 Hnad of the Bay
307 97.7 Isabella Valley
45 97.5 Belfair
,204 97.1 Clouallum
.205 97.1 Camp 1 and Rediska
• 09 97.0 Shelton
]8 96.9 Allyn
WITH SEATTLE UNIONS, EXCEPT
ONE, OPPOSED, PORTLAND
AND SAN FRANCISCO
CARRY VOTES
Seattle, August 1.While the Se-
attle branches of the different ma-
rine unions on strike since May 1
were not unanimous either for or
against returning to work under the
new scale and working conditions, the
action of the Portland and San Fran-
cisco branches in voting over-
whelmingly to accept the new scale
and 'conditions, the marine strike can
be said to be at an end both as con-
coming the United States shipping
board and the private companies.
Among the Seattle unions the Ma-
rine Cooks and Stewards by a vote of
150 to 114 on Friday, favored return-
ing to work, and many of the mere,
bers at once applied for their old
ositions, and in spite of the rejec'
on of the scale by the local branch
of the Sailors Union of the Pacific
it was understood last night that
they had been ordered by Andrew
Furnseth to reconsider their action
following the result of the vote on the
uestion at San Francisco and Port-
and.
The !local bran'ch of the Marine
Firemen and Oilers on the question
was a tie, which indicates a likeli-
hood of favorable ction now that
the branches of Portland and San
Francisco have so, emphatically de-
clared against a continuation of the
strike.
CIVI, L SERVICE TESTS FOR P. M.'s
Washington, D. C., July 27.--Ta-
coma is one of the Washington titles
at which civil service examinations
are to be given August 27 for 30
post-offices of the third class in that
state. The offices to be filled as a re-
sult of the examinations and the sal-
aries they pay follows:, Buckley, $1,-
700; Carson, $1,200; Coulee City, $1,-
700; Endicott, $1,400; Edmonds, $1,-
700; Everson, $1,500; Fairfield, $1,-
400; Friday Harbor, $1,800; Gig Har'
bor, $1,200; Granger, $1,600; Lacrosse
ed as assistant cashier of the State $1,800; Longbeach, $1,300; Marcus
Bank of Shelton. $1,500; Marysville, $1,700; Napavine,
He leaves a son Harry, a promin- -€1 o0O. eo,o]o Rnn. ot- w..
ent shi in man of Seattle, and is ,bor" ' "n'n''t''1"on'n'u-'O°'r "
PP g , ........... , v ..... , ...... ,
also tonnected ith the .MeMiekl " 1 $1,600i 'Quincy, $1,400; Rockford, $1,-
xamilies. A man of recogn.me a "[600; Roy, $1a,200; Soap Lake, $1,400;
itl and integrity, he was .higmy 1 [ Sultan, $1,800, Tekoa, $2,100; Tenino,
yarded by all who knew_ him. -]$1,700! Tonasket, $1,800; Washtuena,
turning from the Grand Army re- [ $1,B00, ,Wilbur, $2,000; Zllah, $1,600.
uon in July Mr.0stVanaer .was[ , . . ... .
meng his old friends in Shexzon, ]. mproyemen. wmcn nave een n-
nd 'in apparent good health, vieLg[ aer way or me past two months
with his old friend Archie LeRoy, lat the Mathewson home have been
who is a year older, as to who was[completed and after
carrying iS, age beak .................. J e.on# 0f I
THE WILL TO WORK
All wealth, all prosperity, goes back to human
effort. There is mighty little luck or chance about it.
Take England, perhaps the richest country per
capita in the world. It is a small land, of no great
resources. Its wealth has been gained largely
abroad. It has made money in foreign trade and in
foreign enterprise. It has imported raw materials
and food and it has exported its products. All this
has meant work.
" ' Take New England, the richest sechon of t e
United States. It has had small natural resources--
poor soil and practically no minerals. It has had
lmrdly anything but men and women., willing to
work. New England became a hive of industry and
an abode of wealth. The natural poverty of the sec-
tion, far from discouraging its inhabitants, was an
incentive to work.
Many a fat land, and many a fat section of the
United States is less prosperous than New England
and other sections lacking this natural heritage, sim-
ply because it has never buckled down to work in
earnest. There is, indeed, always the danger that
ease of production will make men easily, contented,
resulting in sloth and self-indulgence that bring pov-
erty where there ought to be riches.
The American people as a whole became rich and
powerful notso much because of the natural re-
sources of the country, g%atas these were, as be-
cause of their will to ge as.
Lately that will seems to have weakened some-
what. It was too easy, perhaps, to "make money"
during the war and immediate|y afterward• People
forgot that what really matters is "making goods."
The nation became slack. The national will grew a
bitweak ad soft. Other nations, facing harder situ-
ations, kept everlastingly at it. As a result, other
nations have forged ahead of us lately in reconstruc-
tmn, and in spite of their far greater handicaps, they
may get on their feet industrially and commercially
before we do.
The present business slump is due to this same
softnes as much as to any natural conditions, and
possibly moe so. o
Effort--that is what America needs today. Ef-
fort, along with confidence. That is what created
America, and that, rather than blind economic forces,
or a gracious Providence, is what will pull it out of
the present Slough of Despond.--Tacoma News Trib-
une.
And the Northwest, most favored of all, needs
only the will to work to cure its ills.
with services by Father John, and
Plans are being made for the local deceased was the eldest child and
Legion to attend in a body. leaves four hrothcrs and sisters to
llen Forest Malpass was born at mourn with the distracted parents.
Arcadia, Washington, July 27, 1890 She was a student of the Shelton
and spent his early boyhood days schools in the seventh grade, and a
and grew to manhood, where he on- favorite with her schoolmates. The
deared himself to all who knew him Allens have been resident of the
by his quiet, gentle kindly manner, county for the past two years and
He was sent to Camp Lewis on have the sympathy of all their neigh-
October 3, 1917, and remained there bors in their bereavement.
until October 29, when he was sent
Camp Mills, N. Y. and placed in Co.
B., 161st Infantry. He remained at SUPT. LOOP SUBMITS
Camp Mills until December 10th and
then was sent to France. When he COMPARATIVE REPORT
arrived in France he was taken from
ship ,rod tra.s00e,00e,, by mistake SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
to a l, reneh hospital instead of an
American, where he was confined for SHOWS BASIS UPON WHICtt
72 days, suffering with scarlet fever.
When he was able to join his STATE MONEY IS APPORTION-
Company he was put in Co. K 18th ED TO LOCAL SCHOOLS
Infautry, in the automatic rifle squad.
He was sent to the front about June Superintendent Loop hasueompleted
1st, and from then until he lost his his annugl report ()f the Shelton
life on the night of October 2nd in school to the county superintendent
he Meuse-Arffonne Forest defense and has suhmitted the following tab-
he was at the front constantly, ex- ulation of past years' reports for
cept for short intervals of rest. His compm'ison.
Victory Medal bears four stripes. He calls attention to the last col-
He leaves his father and mother umn, "Basic of Apportionment,"whicb2
of Arcadia, three brothers, Earl, is the basis by which all state and
Will, Frank and two sisters, Mrs. county moneys are apportioned to
Francis H. Thompson of Los An- the district. This column differs frmvL
geles, Cal., and Mrs. Claud Wolf of the "Actual Attendance" because of
Olympia. consolidations and other bonuses.
The per cent of attendance this
year was 97. There were 32 pupils
TAX ADJUSTERS neither absent nor tardy. 00arents
should understand that regular at-
BELITTLE LOSS teodance increases tho col.mn."B.00is
of Apportionment" which ,ives us.
IN DOWN TREES our money to maintain our schols:
Actual Basis of
Enroll- Attend- Appor-
DAMAGE FROM JANUARY STORM Year Census ment ance tionment
PUT AT 18 PER CENq AS 1.915-16 391 346 49754 65346
CLALLAM BOARD 1916-17 387 358 47599 66551
MEETS 1917-18 350 325 44388 56303'
1918-19 346 313 38862 63578
1919-20 431 369 47294 69044
Port Angeles, Aug. 2.--That the 1920-21 468 374 50076 69451
total blowndown average of Clallam
County timber in a big storm of last
ry will not reach eighteen per PRESIDENT SPEAKS
cent and that it will take less than
$500,000 in valuation, or $20,000 in AT PLYMOUTH R0CK
taxes, fro m the county rolls, were
statements made today by members
of the Clallam County board of equ- SEES ,LIFTING OF WAR CLOUD
aiization, meet!ng with represents- ON HUMANITY
tines of timber nwners.
A Lacey timber plat filed with the Plymouth, Mass., August l.Pres-
board shows an average blowdown ident Harding passing here enroute
approximately eighteen per cent. to €he 'country home of Secretary
Milwaukee Land Company plat Weeks for ten days vacation, landed
shows average down timber of eight- on historic Plymouth Rock, and re-,
een per cent. County cruisers con- viewed an extensive pageant portray-
firmed these plats. In township ing the arrival of the Pilgrims and
twenty-eight, north range fourteen, the history of New England begin-
or in the Vicinity of Quillayute nin with the landing of old NorSe
Prairie the timber loss was almost Vilungs, President Harding delivered
complete, being ninety-four per cent a short address discussing develop-
down in places. Light loss in other ment of the American. people since
parts is expected to balance this. that early day.
The Conewaga Uumber Company rep- America stands today with 'new
resentative filed a plat of down tim- hope" at the door of a new era which
ber. promises to bring the nation and the
According to best authority there world "to the state which God must
were fourteen billion feet of private- have meant for the created in his
ly owned timber in the county before own image," President Harding de-
the blowdown. It is believed that aclared in his address at the Pilgrim
careful check will show that approx- tercentenary celebration today.
imately two billion feet Of this was "Our faith is firmer that war
lost. causes may be minimized and over-
Taxpayers of the county, especial- burdening armament may be largely
ly Eastela Clallam, have expressed diminished, without the surrender of
fear that the timber companies would good conscience which has defended,
claim much heavier losses. Forma- nationality which has inspired, or
he declared.
tion of a County Taxpayers' League
was attempted with no results, al- "International prospect is more
though East Enders in the farm area "International prospect is more
are functioning as a league.. The promising and distress and deprs-
taxpayers were of the epitaph taat a sion at home ae symtomatic of early
large deficiency in timber taxes recovery of solvent and finaciaUy
would result in higher general taxes, sound economics---these the Untied
but as a member of the board said States will carry on."
today that there would be no in- "A community of free peoples of
crease in taxes and that .when the our race has won recognition,' ha
spruce railroad and holdings went asserted. "None' question either its
upon the tax roll Clallarn County's]place or right of leadership."
tax moneys would be more than[ The president called upon the ha-
enough .to take £are of any deficit [ tion to follow the example of courag
and independence ,set by Pilgrim
causal by timber.P.-I. . /Fathers. ....... .... '
What appears to be the essence|| Time heals, every 'l'ief arid :early
of wisdom to one person may seem love affairs:--R.' 1,0ms Globe Demo,
th rankest of folly to another, eraK ............. z,. ,..... • .........