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In Germany, wood is called “un- Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Kingery iversalrohstoff," the universal and Children and Mary and Eve_ raw material from which almost Hyn Kingfly Spent several days anything can be made—including, wast Week in Portland. 01.9. we hope, a coffin for Hitler. ). From where I sit 4;: Joe Marsh. Ella Sproule versus the "Horseless Carriage” 0 Take the question of Prohibi- tion versus Moderation. Even today, after Prohibition’s dis- mal failure, you can hear well- meaning people say: “There ought to be another law." From where I sit, there ought to be, instead, more facing of the . facts—more realization that no law can. ever take the place of tolerance and moderation. and decent law enforcement under proper regulation. new Copyright,- 1944,- Brewing Industry Foundation / Miss Ella Sproule is a town legend. Never could get used to automobiles. Said there ought to be a law to ban the pesky things. Finally, Miss Ella went to Ber- muda Where automobiles were outlawed. Then the Allies need bases there—and now Miss Ella watches jeeps whiz by. and mut- ters, “There ought to be a law!” Funny how certain folks, who don’t like something, think it ought to be prohibited. Or else they try to run away from it, and it catches up with them— like Progress will. No. 90 ofa Series .__.._ Lightning starts 10% of these fires—fires that also kill wild- life, cripple watersheds, and drain 1 million mun-days of lobar from footories and forms each year. Each year 210,000 forest fires destroy more lhnn3 billion. board feet of America’s timber—11 critical material during war, a vital one dur- ing peacetime reconstruction. A neglected campfire, a still- smoldering cigarette “flipped” away, a half- burned match—little acts of carelessness that even in normal times burn over 31 million acres of American forest every year. Of course, no person who starts a forest fire ever “means to". Just as no one ever means to shoot an “un- loaded” gun. He becomes temporarily forgetful, instead; temporarily “blin ” to reason. it is imprint! *3“ W” mm In!“ as}! 0111‘ You E9?" 3:“- cigul’euew You! ashes. [ch if 1‘ your ’3‘}, .I 2' ntwflen P'Wih fin 1” 1. DANGER rm and forests. 61959763, MN6ER 77M” £V5R.’ Shelton Cash Grocery Shelton Gas 00. Ivan Neuenschwander Munro’s Men’s Store South Olympic Tree Farm Mac’s Corner McConkey Pharmacy Werberger Winery . Shelton Electric Co. Olsen Furniture 00. City Market J. L. Catto Hardware Shelton Meat & Ice Forrest’s Flowers & Gifts Prepp’s Rexall Drug Matlock Grange Meets Saturday Matlock Grange will hold its regular meeting Saturday, Aug- ust 19th. Mrs. Augusta Portman spent several days last week with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Churchill and family in Dayton. Mrs. T. Ward of Tacoma and grandson, Ward Taylor of Seat- tle, returned home after spend- ing a couple weeks here with her daughter, Mrs. L. D. Portman. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bardberry of Shelton, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and -Mrs. Elvin Hearing. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dietz of Shelton, spent Saturday at the Sam Nye home. Mr. and Mrs. Don Nye and boys Gene and Dale, Mr. and ’Mrs. Sam Nye and son William, Mr. and Mrs. L. Rossmaier and chil- dren Eugene, Joan, Jim, Dolores, Paul and Margaret, spent Sunday at Rochester and attended the family picnic. A number of friends and rela- tives gave a complete“ suprise charivari to the newlyweds, T/ Sgt. and Mrs. Ernest Nordwell at the Warren Kingery home. Ci- gars and candy were given to the guests. JOHN KIERAN famous star of “Information Please" ANSWERS THE ‘ QUESTION heurzuswnuc’ Amwuummsiwuuuc? But undisputed champion of damage by fire to our timber is Home America- nus—people like you and me. For every your, honest, earnest, low-abiding Ameri- can citizens cause 90% of our 210,000 forest fires, And what's going to happen III-i! year? This year when there, are fewer men to police our forests and practically no one to fight fireL/ 727/5 IS All mam/c” Something's got to be done right now about brush and woods and forest fires in America. enormous losses—in wqtersheds, timber, water power and manpower—unless you who might start such fires are extra careful. So please read these rules. Please memorize them. Remember that this year, with so many men away, there may be GREATER We face EVER to America's woodlands F. E. Beckwith Jewelry Shelton Hardware 00. M & S Food Store Needham Food Store Daviscourt Bakery Washington Service Co. Pantorium Cleaners Pastime Tavern H. L. Olstead Agency M ,. .Sen-t by SHELTON-MASON l News Notes From Harstine by Mrs, Earl Harriman Harstine Island. Aug. 15~Quite a few from Harstine attended the funeral of Mr. Ralph Beckwith last Wednesday in Shelton. ,Mrs. Lee Carlson and Dorothy of Jarrell‘s Cove and Miss Elna Carlson and girl friend of Seat- tle Were callers Monday at the[ Hugo A. Glaser home. Miss Anna! Belle Cole of Bremerton also wasl at the Glaser home Monday visit- ing with Miss Helen GlaSer. Mr. John J. Johnson, Mr. Gun- nar Johnson and Mr. Hugo A. Glaser made a several-days trip 'down in Oregon in‘ the interest of the loganberry growers, trying to find out why the berries dry up before maturing and what to do for next year's crop. John L. Hitchcock took his wife l to Olympia to spend a week withl her daughter Pauline and while there he stopped to see how the Harstine ferry is coming along. I Mr. J. C. Simmons, of the is- land, and Mr. Roy Page of Pick— ering, have been busy this last week building the woodshed at the school house and it won‘t 'be long now until school starts. Well folks, this week ends the loganberry picking for this year and not too big a. crop. l l l Mr. George Howard of Olympia spent Sunday at the home of his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. G. Waite, on the west side. , Capt. Earl Harriman tried to economize on fuel, but not on purpose, on the Harstine Island ferry Sunday by putting some water in the fuel tank and it wouldn’t work, causing a. short delay in service Sunday after- noon. Water is all right in radia- tors but not in diesel fuel tanks —so he says. Miss Ruth West and relatives of Tacoma spent Sunday .at. the Hugo A. Glaser home. Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Hitchcock returned home from Tacoma on Wednesday.’ 1 Mrs. Nellie Hile went to Pacific Beach Wednesday to spend sev- eral weeks at the home of her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Otterstad. ' Mr. Henry Lorenzen returned home from several days spent in Tacoma with ’his sister and fam-. ily, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Havens. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Briggs of Shelton spent Sunday on the 13- land at the W. vA. and John L.| Hitchcock homes. l Mr. George White and daugh-. ter and family of Seattle called lSunday on Mr. and Mrs. August Carlson. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Winston J.‘ Johnson of Belfair, were over the week enders at their respective island homes. “W. i 'GrapeVIew News 1, Scribe , ! Mn. and Mrs. Mitchell enter- tained the upper grades of school and the high school pupils on Sat- urday evening. They were assist— ed by Miss Adeline B. Wyeth and Miss Lottie Stevens. Miss Wyeth, who has studied palmistry for a number of years “read hands” and. gave some interesting fortunes. Miss Marian Lombard, Julian Lombard, of Grapeview, and By- ron Ela, of Seattle, were also guests. Mr. Richard Coleman, who was taken very ill while fishing at Cushman last week, is much im- proved. We are hoping that he has learned to slacken his pace. Evelyn Barrett, who was quite ill after her tonsilectomy, is bet- ter. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richards, who have been spending their vacation at their summer cottage, returned to Seattle Tuesday. Mr. Richards is in charge of the lino- ty'oe room of the P.-I. Miss Lottie Stevens spent last week in Seattle visiting. Mrs. Bill Campbell, her daugh- ters Joan and Pamela, and son 'Jerry, returned to Tacoma last Thursday. They have been visit- ing Mr. Campbell‘s aunt, Mrs. Will Spooner. The Stretch Island Winery is closed and the crew is all having a Week’s vacation. Mr. and' Mrs. E. L. Merritt went to Seattle on Friday for a few day’s visit. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ellis spent two days at the L. Wren home. They have had a honeymoon of a month, the last few days of which will be cruising on a friends yacht around Lopez Island. filllll , Fll’Sl Churcth ChnslSuenh‘Sl SHELTON, WASHINGTON W E LC 0 M ES YO U SERVICES Sunday ........................ .. 11 a.m Wednesday ...... .. 8 p. m. Sunday School ........ .. 9:45 a. . Reading Room at the Church 302 Alder Street Open Monday thru Friday 12:00 to 4 p. in. Tuesday Evening 7:00 to 9:00 Wednesday Evening 6:45 to 7:45 Sunday, August 20 “MIN D" Christian Science Literature a~ vailable at all times at the Church or on request by mail. Branch of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston, Mass. CO UN’l‘ Y J OURNAL‘ Kiwanis (Continued from page one) are underground movements to sound out the Allies as to peace terms, which at this time are limited to “unconditional surren- der.” He touched briefly on the Iwatch this recent presidential trip but side- stepped the political implications of the trip at this time. Mr. Bishop touched briefly on the presence of Churchill and our Under-secretary Patterson in It- aly, England‘s best man to our second-best, as indicating that country‘s concern in the Italian, as well as Turkey, Egyptian andl Balkan settlements with after- war benefits. Explaining Argentina's “bad boy" actions it was pointed out that Britain had sent much cash las well as goods to gain the trade I of that country in the past, and cash talks for the future rather than the “Good Neighbor" pol- icy, and also German leaders are sending much cash to Argentine in the hope of a future safe har- bor when the crash comes. Finally, the speaker touched on the recent world monetary con- ference in which all the nations are plotting in this country and secret agreements are being made which are kept from our citizens who must later pay the bills and support the world’s monetary standing; and the English sterl- ing is already crawling up to the American dollar, in spite of the fact that both England and Am- erica are bearing a heavy bur- den of debt. In closing the speaker urged that our citizens will be wise to {PIN BOYS [ POLICE EXAM Shelton’s Civil Sevice Commis- sion will hold an examination, qualifying those who pass for po- sitions on the local police force next Tuesday evening at the city hall. ______________.____ international money scheme and demand the full pI‘O- I tection of this country in both financial and economic future. In 1 war, both Germany and Russia are totalitarian, not humane, and believe in squandering men, while the United States is a democracy which would rather squander money and save human lives. 1 Staff Sergeant Bruce Cole,‘ I home after some months of ser- Ger- vice and many missions over I B-17 many as at waist gunner on a was guest of the club. Immoqu THEATRE Shelton, Wash. _PA Thursday Saturday TWO FEATURES Charles Laughton MAN FROM DOWN UNDER —-and—— GODD NIGHT SWEETHEART Sunday-Wednesday Betty Hutton MIRACLE OF MORGANS CREEK THE Comedy‘ Hit by Preston Sturgis l I l ‘da , A s ThursdaL August 17, , y ugu— ampflfl. “A. Sixteen species of wood native Under modern forest 7 to this country will not float in ment methods, America's ;. water, making them ideal for produce more Wood produc the Japanese Navy, which seems those of Germany, Italy . A to have the same complaint. pan together. ,. Lu 016E?“ 7‘ "’7 c] Nita Baric eVeland's firs ter. Judy Ca‘ (l last week. Vlsited Mrs. 1', Mrs. Izetl me home S 235i 1' Ns 825 I Aul'aurn Golde IT’S A80 HEM WE OFF] Cole fianch (2 miles South of Shelton on Highway to Olympia) unday, Aug. 2 AT 1:30 P. M. Woo Coal Oil 1 Kitc —— FEATURING Nevada McGaa, Cheyenne, Wyo. top flight bronc rider and Walking Bull. —ALSO LOCAL TALENT-— i See the Widow Maker, Brown Bomber, Report Thursday I Thurm’hsaturday Dynamite and others at their best. Afternoon to l TWO FEATURES Jr, Steer Riding Rooster u 00 g V I Pam Lukas All the Thrilling Rodeo Events Paul Beret l ADDRESS Introducing a New Game—THE MUSICAL CHAIR Elec UNKNOWN , . Admission—Adults $1.00; Children 50¢ (tax included) A I i —and—_ CLARENCE WIVELL, TEX BREWER, u ( A Manager Arena Director *All of lleys WEST I formatil REOPENING l l . Shelton Recreation Par- lors have been purchased by Paul Beret and are» now, open again after having been redecorated ful exercise. BOWL ' Newly Redhecorated Tavern, Partitioned off from Bowling Alloys '5“ compliance with State Ll'qllm’ and remodeled. Join in the fun and gain healthf FOR HEALTH FRIDAY. AUGUST 18 Shelton Recreation ' Parlors UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Open Each Daiy at 12 Noon. The new owner invites members 0‘ men's and women’s bowling associations to visit the alleys on T'hu'rwa)?’ August 17 for a pro-opening inspection. A special attraction ment is the lunch counter, which will be shortly featuring hbme cooked meals and Short Orders. opened Drop for an, Enioyable Evening 'an LUNCH comm Board Regulations. §\\\\ \ l S \\“\\“\\\\\\\\\“\. .\ of the new establish-