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closed the river for many years to the Highway l01bridge, ot ecs)tn of the U.S. Supreme
salmon fishing at any time by The defendants pleaded n in the Puyallup Indian
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imposed on each of the argued that under the Treaty of Indians provided it is necessary to
Resolution
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H GOODWIN, librarian at Evergreen Elementary
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the library as she prepares for the opening day of school
Tuesday.
R. Cal Hopper as administrator of
Mason General Hospital and
Superintendent of Mason County
Hospital District !, was
introduced at the meeting of the
Hospital Board Wednesday night,
Aug. 20.
The board will act on final
adoption of the resolution at its
Sept. 17 meeting.
In the meantime, Hopper
remains on suspension from his
duties at the hospital.
The resolution was introduced
by Board member Robert Holt
after he (Holt) read the board's
statement concerning the incident
between Hopper and Mrs. Lois
Sollars Aug. 3 and the board's
subsequent suspension of Hopper.
The resolution came at a
meeting attended by a number of
hospital employees and interested
citizens.
The comments made by
members of the audience
indicated that most of those who
spoke were strongly in support of
Hopper.
The tenor of most of the
comments was that the board's
action, based on a single incident
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This decision and others, the
defense argued, means that state
feet, nine inches tall, weighing
about 175 pounds and wearing
horn rimmed glasses. At the time
night.
Herman Hallis, 63, 3607 N. 7th
St., Tacoma, told officers he was
walking along second street when
a man who asked him what time
it was, grabbed his watch from his
arm and ran down an alley.
Hallis told officers he followed
the man, and was attacked at the
rear of the Pantorium Cleaners
building in the alley between
Second and Third St. and Cota
and Grove.
He told officers his assailant
apparently removed $7 from his
front trouser pocket, but missed
$60 which was in his wallet. The
watch was found by officers in
the alley where the assault took
place.
Hallis suffered injuries to his
mouth, eye, nose and arm in the
assault, officers said. They
reported his top dental plate was
broken by the blow he received.
Officers believe Hallis was
unconscious in the alley for a
time before coming to the police
station to revert the incident.
He told officers he drove into
Shelton between 8:30 and 9:15
p.m. to buy some items from a
drug store and a newpaper. He
had been staying at his cabin on
Benson Lake.
He told officers he went to one
drug store, but found it was
closed and started walking down
the street. A man approached him
and told him there was a drug
store open on Second Street
south of where he was walking.
Hallis told officers that after
being given the directions, the
man asked him what time it was
and it was then his watch was
grabbed from his arm.
The victim told officers that
after he came around in the alley,
he walked to where his car was
parked, and was informed of the
way to the police station by two
men.
He arrived at the Police Station
of the incident, he was wearing a
sport shirt outside his trousers.
Anyone having seen a man
the description on
Second St. between 8:30 and
10:45 p.m. Saturday is asked to
contact the Police Department.
hospital and remained until
Monday afternoon.
Police asked that anyone who
Advisory Committee Backs
New Four-Year -ligh School
that while the effort toward
getting a new high school built
would be the largest immediate
project, the study of other
problems by the various
sub-committees could be going on
at the same time.
,ung session of
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tUthside start at
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,nes start at
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The Shelton School Advisory
Committee voted at its meeting
Monday night to recommend to
the school board that a bond issue
for the construction of a new
four-year high school, complete
with athletic facilities, on the
district's 40-acre site off Spring
Road be put on the ballot as soon
as possible.
The Nov. 4 general election
ballot this year is the earliest the
bond issue proposal could be On
the ballot for voters in the school
district.
The next meeting of the
advisory committee was set for
Sept. 10, the next night after the
school board meeting so that if
the committee's recommendation
received favorable consideration
from the school board and the
bond issue was put on the Nov. 4
ballot, efforts toward informing
the voters about the proposal
could get started immediately.
Before voting the
recommendation, the committee
heard several comments on
whether or not the time between
now and Nov. 4 would be too
short to properly inform the
public about the proposal.
The decision to recommend the
construction of a four-year high
school instead of the middle
school which had been proposed
in the three-year building plan
originally was based largely on the
changes in the bonding capacity
of the district under new
regulations passed by the last
session of the state legislature.
Charles Savage, a member of
the committee and also a State
Representative, told the group
Road Contract Is Awarded
A contract to Lige Dickson miles of Highway 106 on Hood
Co., Tacoma, for $97',800 for Canal was among the contracts
grading the roadway shoulders awarded Aug. 21 by the State
and paving the two-lane highway Highway Department.
with asphalt concrete on eight
that under the new regulations,
the Shelton District should have a
bonding capacity of more than $4
million, which is more than
sufficient to provide funds for the
construction of the proposed high
school.
Other committee members
commented that while the time
between now and Nov. 4 was
short to inform the voters about
the bond issue, it could be done if
the committee was unanimously
behind the project and 'worked
together with other interested
groups in the effort.
One point which was brought
out was that there would be other
election contests on the Nov. 4
ballot which would help to get
the needed voter turnout.
Mrs. Helen Ruddell, secretary
of the committee, reported on a
telephone poll which was made
on the question after the last
committee meeting.
She reported that a total of
302 calls to residents of the
district had been made and that
of these, 204 responded yes, they
would vote for a bond issue for a
new high school, 88 said no and
27 were undecided.
This was about 66 per cent of
those contacted in favor of the
proposal.
Th¢ committee also voted to
recommend that the school board
be requested to contact the High
School student body to ask that
eight students be appointed to the
advisory committee, two to be on
each of the four sub-committees.
The committee also assigned
the public relations
sub-committee to review the
problems in the district which
have been brought up and
recommend which sub-committee
they should be assigned to for
further study and
recommendation.
Ron Ring, chairman of the
advisory committee, commented
considering Hopper's record of six
years of competent hospital
management with Shelton
General Hospital and Mason
General Hospital and his work in
the development of the new
hospital.
The board stated the decision
to suspend and now to dismiss
ltopper had been a difficult one
and one which they did not like
to have to make.
Richard Angle, chairman of the
hospital board, said he had talked
to Hopper at the Hopper home
the night of the incident and that
the entire board had met with
Hopper the following morning in
his office in the hospital.
In answer to points raised by
Hopper in a statement he read at
the meeting, Angle and the other
commissioners disagreed on
whether or not the decision to
suspend Hopper had been made
by the district's attorney B.
Franklin Heuston.
Board members stated they
could not recall if they met with
Houston before meeting with
Hopper the morning of Aug. 4,
but did not think they did,
although one or more of the
members might have consulted
the attorney on the matter.
It is not unusual for the board
to consult its attorney before
making a decision, the board
members said.
The board stated that at the
time of ltopper's suspension,
most of the information they had
about the incident between he
and Mrs. Sollars was what they
had been told by Hopper.
The board stated Hopper had
told them on more than one
occasion he had struck the
woman.
The board, in answer to a
comment by Hopper that he had
been advised to consult his own
attorney about a statement he
had prepared on the incident,
stated the intention had been to
advise him for his own protection,
to talk to an attorney before
turning the statement over to
police.
The board stressed several
times, in answering questions
from the audience, that from
Hopper's own statement, lhe
board" believed he had used poor
judgement in the situation and
that they believed the blow they
understood Hopper had struck
Mrs. Sollars was struck at least
partially in anger and was not
entirely defensive in nature.
Dr. William Schumacher
seemed to express the feeling of
much of the crowd when he
FLOYD JACKSON will greet students in Shelton Junior High
School when they return to class Tuesday morning. He
succeeds Edward Fleenor as principal of the school. Jackson
completed his masters degree work at the University of
Washington the past year. He taught at Raymond and
Aberdeen and was principal at Hood Canal school. He was
also superintendent.principal of a dependent school in
Maracaibo, Venezuela, four years.
"had done a tremendous job in
organizing the hospital district
and getting the new hospital built
and in operation and that he
should be given every
consideration possible." The
comments drew applause from
the audience at the meeting.
The board commented in
response to a question from the
audience as to whether it might
not be that Hopper had walked
into a trap when he went to the
hospital the evening of Aug. 3
that it was entirely possible he
had been trapped into the
situation.
The following statement was
read by Hopper at the meeting:
"On Monday morning, Aug.
4th, prior to coming to the
hospital, the commissioners had
met with attorney Frank Heuston
in his office, and had been
apparently advised by him that !
be 'suspended'. When I arrived at
the hospital the commission had
been in conference regarding
some bookkeeping and records in
the store room. The office
manager, Mrs. Jean Lee and Sel
VanderWegen, the hospital
Auditor were also there.
"Upon my arrival, Mr.
VanderWegen stated that there
was no possibility that there was
anything wrong with the books
and records and that if there were
I wouldn't be responsible as this
was the function of the auditor
and the office manager.
"1 was informed of Frank
Houston's recommendation that 1
be suspended. Then 1 read a rough
draft of a statement I had
prepared on the incident that had
occured the night before. I was
seeking their advice and council in
the matter. Their position on the
matter astounded me...l was told
that I had better 'consult with my
attorney on any statement that i
made.' When 1 asked if Frank
Houston, as the hospital's
attorney, would be representing
me, 1 was told that he couldn't as
he would be representing the
hospital and therefore there
would be a conflict of interest.
The commission now refer to Mr.
Houston as 'their' attorney. When
I asked just what the 'suspension'
meant, I was told 'We don't
know.' I was told that 1 should
start my vacation immediately,
but that I shouldn't leave town, as
1 had a lot of 'leg work' to do,
and that ! should gather up any
personal belongings 1 might need
and that 1 should not be seen
around the hospital as this would
indicate that the commission had
not taken decisive action in the
matter. Later on that day Dick
Angle personally escorted me off
the premises with the remark that
they (the commission) didn't
intend to be a 'rubber stamp'. He
told me that 1 should make
appointments with any of the
hospital personnel ff I wanted to
see them at the hospital. He also
instructed me to turn in my keys.
"Tuesday, acting upon Frank
Heuston's recommendation, I
engaged an attorney regarding the
assault case. He informed me,
after a phone call to Frank
Houston, that there would
apparently be no assault charges
filed, and that the commission
would be asking for my
resignation. Later that day,
Tuesday, Aug. 5, while I was at
the Hospital, (1 had an
appointment) I was informed that
the commissioners were also at
the hospital, and I was asked if l
wanted to see them. i said I didn't
specially care to at that time. 1
was not told that they wanted to
see me at that time ..... On Sunday
evening, Aug. I0, 1 made
arrangements with commissioner
• 'Bob Holt to meet with the
commissioners and discuss the
whole thing with the three
commissioners. When notified the
next morning that the meeting
was to be in Frank Heuston's
office, and that 1 should bring my
attorney, I declined to meet
under those circumstances. I am
well aware that ! have no legal
rights as far as the joh as
administrator is concerned, that I
can be discharged at any time the
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regulations must recognize a
special status for Indians assuring
them a fair share of the salmon to
which their treaty rights entitle
them.
The prosecution, conducted by
Assistant Attorney General J. L.
Coniff, introduced testimony of
Fisheries Department biologists
who said the Duckahush closure is
necessary for conservation
because it is a prime spawning
ground for pink salmon.
They said, also, that because of
the river's physical characteristics
that net fishing could not only
eliminate the run but also destroy
its characteristics and thus make
it useless for future spawning.
In a lengthy oral opinion given
before the verdict was announced
Judge Ott indicated his belief that
the Duckabush regulation fell
within the conditions necessary
for exercise of the state's
regulatory power.
The judge described the
regulation as a proper,
non-discriminatory exercise of the
state's police power, without
which, as the evidence
established, the species of pink
salmon could conceivably be
completely destroyed in the
Duckabush River.
After citing the evidence that
in 35 minutes the three
defendants took 462 salmon
weighing 2,756 pounds, the judge
raised the question of what would
happen if the three defendants
were permitted to fish 12 hours a
day throughout the entire pink
salmon spawning season.
Beyond that he speculated on
what the result would be, if such
a privilege were extended to all of
the 5,000 treaty Indians in
Western Washington.
The judge indicated in his
remarks his opinion that the only
tribunal that can interpret the
meaning of the federal treaty s
the United States Supreme Court.
Whether the Skokomish case
will be appealed to the high court
is now under consideration by the
defendants.
Defense Counsel Olson said he
had discussed this possibility with
them immediately after Monday's
court action.
The decision, he said, is up to
them. Just before press time
Wednesday Twiddy told The
Journal that he and his
co-defendants had not yet
reached a decision.
As a preliminary to his oral
opinion, Judge Ott pointed out
that in his fifteen years on the
state supreme court bench he had
tried several Indian fishing cases
and his opinions in them had been
much more favorable to the cause
of the Indian than that of the
U.S. Supreme Court in the
Puyallup case.
Monday's court session was
held in Thurston County Superior
Court at Olympia, to which the
case was transferred from
Jefferson County Superior Court
at Port Townsend for the
convenience of the parties.
Judge Ott was appointed judge
pro-tempera of the Jefferson
County superior court for this
case.
Monday Is
Holiday
State, county city and federal
government offices in Mason
County will be closed Monday for
Labor Day.
Most businesses, except grocery
stores, will be closed for the
holiday also.
Mail service will be on the
holiday schedule, with mail
picked up and delivered to the
Post Office and put into Post
Office boxes.
There will be no rural or city
mail delivery.
There will be no garbage
pick-up in the city of Shelton
Monday, Pick-ups the rest of the
week will be one day later than
usual.
Larceny
Charge
Is Filed
Charges of grand larceny by
check were filed last week against
Joseph C. Cole, Shelton.
The charge, filed by
Prosecuting Attorney John C.
Ragan, involves a check whi¢h
was written to Miller's
Department Store here. Bail wa=
set at $5,000 by Judge Frank
Baker, who signed the warrant for
Col 0 arrest.
Cole is presently being held in
ShaRon City Jail where he is
" serving a sentence imposed for a
traffic violation.