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GOI? S.E. 86th Ave Portland, Ore M||| Auction Se||s Bargains The first items to go under as the sale of the equipment in Rayonier&apos;s inoperative pulp mill here started Tuesday morning were pipe wren- ches. This group of employees of the Milton J, Wershow Co. were handling the auction. Recommends In Shooting Jury recommended Attorney Byron "appropriate lc- against Pric- Lake, as the accident Aug. life of Mrs. Ev- 42. six witnesses in session last six-man jury FPaichantie met result of a gun- that the act or in discharg- neither just/- de and was sp- in nature. that ap- be taken by authority. 18 this month, juvenile auth- inc jurisdic- the coroner's she had fired Fruichantie dog Fruichantie' s showed Smith fired was the bullet for the 4.H . 006ers 6omg THE SMITH and Fruichantie h, rues are across the road from each other along Lost Lake road about 10 miles from Shelton. vlrs. Fruichantie was picking oeas in the family garden when one of the bullets which Miss Smith fired at the dog traveled a distance of about 373 feet, strik- ing Mrs. Fruichantie in the chest. Death resulted from asphyxiation. lXiss Smith testified that she fired the shots from the porch of the Smith home, the first while tne dog was on the Smith prop- erty snd the second after he had crossed the road onto the Frui- chantie property. She said she thought the aimed to fire both shots low, intending only to scare the dog, not kill it. Testimony brought out that a tree at the end of the porch on the Smith home obscured the view ot the Fruichantic home so that very likely Miss Smith would not hoxe seer Mrs. Fruichantie out in thc garden. TESTIFYING at thc inquest were Joe Fruichantic. husband of the dead woman; her daughter, Mona, 15; Miss Smith; her mother, ra. Robert. Smith; Sheriff D. S. (Sam) Clark and Chief Deputy vr: F: Anderson. MeClanahan, acting in his ca- pacity as coroner, presidcd at the request. Members of the coroner's jury were John Ragan, Ken Fredson. L. A. Carlson. Jim Pauley, Richard Angle and Ken Latham. Withdrawn Signatures Kill LID The SheltOn City Commission Tuesday voted to reject an LID for a portion of Seattle Ave. and a portion of Sixth St. which had been approved the week before after being notified by three prop- erty ovcrs who wantcd their names withdram from the peti- tion requesting the LID. When the three were withdrawn the percentage of signers for the area requested was not sufficient to get approval. City Engineer Pat Byrne was authorized by the coml{{ission to call for bids on a storm sewer project on Pioneer Way from Eu- clid Ave. to University Ave. This is pa:rL of the work for which an application to the state for the use of '.5c gas tax money was ap- proved last week. Scott Transferred To Twisp Office })UA1NE  COl T Duanc Scott, Soil Conservation Service technician here for the past tln'ec years, will transfer to thc Twisp SCS office in Okanogan County the end of this month, it was announccd this wect¢. Succeeding Scott here will be Roy Hurlbert, who will come here from Mansfield. Scott will compiete his duties here Sept. 28 and Hurlbert will take over Sept. 30, Hurlbert is married and the fa- ther of two children. a large dale- the \\;Vestern Puyallup to they have work in also to demon- lemed in day. This teams made throughout Will troop in- fair: astuteness foods, cloth- and other that have raised by 4-H is from Mason competing in Garden, Jim Jan- Mar- Trotzer and Senior Live- Tom Trot- and Joe and- Jackson, • Junior Cloth- Bolendcr, Jackson; Shrum, Auseth and snn County Day. ] Mason' Coun- aa: they have Work in Ma- C/n- Col- roertscher Ceremony Fair Day. part of Y Bedell and a sleeve- on the spot; will enter show people a fine seam. Will be in Car- Robin vers, Sternquist, Dickinson, Vie- Doris and Susan Some of the boys are in 4-H Curtis Mac- some of techniques, ration dem- Blair and Schiller will and show Ineals es- their var- the 6} She/ton School Enro//ment /s 2,826 Students ECnrollment in the Shelton school system this year is 2.82t6, the Shel- ton School Board was informed by Supt. R. W. Oltman when they met Tuesday night. This is 72 more than last year, he said. The break-doxm by grades is: kindergarden, 196; first grade, 231; second grade, 176; thil<l gra¢ie 208; fom'th grade, 202; fifth grade, 207; sixth grade, 200, or a total in elementary grades of 1,224: The junior high school has 633 students, with 170 in the seventh grade; 236 in the eighth grade and 227 in the ninth grade. The sen- /or high enrollment is 738, with 271 in the 10th grade; 274 in the 11th grade and 193 in the 12th grade. The board wa, informed that the kitchen being installed in the Irene S. Reed building was pro- gressmg. The board discussed a means Of getting relief during hmch hour for teachers at Rogers School and also the difficulty in getting sub- st/Lute teachers for the Rogers school. State 6 0P Leaders Here Officers of the Mason County Central Committee met with three officers £rom the State Republican orgsnizaLion in Shelton Tuesday morning. Speaking to the group were V. Y. (Bill) Walter, state Republican chairman; Charles Henshaw, fin- ance director and Ed Garrison, public relations chairman. Attending from the Mason Com- ty Republican Central Committee were Selden VanderWegen, coun- ty chairman; Addle 2Norris, vice- chairman; C. Nolan Mason, state committeeman; Evelyn Stirting, state committeewoman and John K. Bennett, finance chairman. Simpson Tour Set For B-E Day Some 200 Mason County school teachers and Shelton-Mason cmm- ty Chamber of Commerce members are expected to participate Sept. 16 in the annual Business-Educa- tion Day. Simpson Timber Company *will host the group with a panef e- port and waterfront tour of the Company's new manufacturing fa- cilities. "Simpson las undergone major changes in the past three years and we are pleased to have this opportunity to report thcm and their significance to the commun- ity's educators." said H. O. Puhn, Simpson director of timberland development. B-E DAY WILL begin at 9:30 a.m. with a get-acquainted coffee hour in the Grant C. Angle cafe- teria. The program will get under- way at 10 a.m. si 15uhux- will be moderator of a • -man panel of Simpson execut- ives, each of whom will report on developments in his particular field.Tim speakers will be Max Sehmidt, Jr., timberland manager; Harold Ahlskog, manager, fir and hemlock sawmills division; Dave Carstairs, plywood production manager; John St.entz, personnel manager; Dick Brewer, comptro!- ler, and Hal McClary, vice presi- dent and general "manager of Simpson hltcrnationat. Following a no-lmst Imlch in the Evergreen cafeteria, the teachers and Chamber members will visit the pushbutton Sawmfl! Tllrce, dry kilns and dry lumber storage shed and new veneer plant on thc Shelton waterfront. R. W. Ortman. superintendent of Shelton school district 309 and Jim Hartl( v of the Simpson 'staff are coorS/hating plans for the day's program. AI(,I{ESTED Two llzen were booked at the Mason County Sheriff's office t'ge past weei on traffic violations. They are Weldon H, Matloek, and Robert D, Botts. day and Wednesday as the pre- cedent-setting Rayonier pulp mill auction headed into its final phase today. Yesterday morning the biggest bargain of all was consumated when the huge Fourdrinier pulp making machine, orginally instal- led at a cost of $780.000 and not replaceable today for less than one million dollars, was bid in for $97.500. The bidder was not iden- tified. Auctioneers immediately began offering the machine piece- meal in an effort to bring a high- er return. THE FOURDRINIER ms.chine was the largest in value single piece of equipment listed in the auction inventory. In contrast to this bid, the low- est figure accepted by the auc- tioneers was an eight-cent bid Tuesday morning for a package of bolts• Dm'ing the early phases of the auction, the first of its kind in the world, numerous Mason Colin- ty residents were present and bid- ding on small items, principally tools• Articles like pipe wrenches worth $20 and $25 new were go- ing for $5 to $7.50. While the actual auction phase of this epochal event ends today, its aftermath will take three to four months for termination. REMOVAL OF" THE MANY large articles sold to bidders, snell as the Fourdrinier machine, bridge cranes, huge stainless steel tanks and vats. barkers, giant motors, electrical panels and hundreds of other pieces of heavy equip- merit and permanent installations, will require many weeks by skil- led crews. Methods of removal will be sub- ject to approval and supervision by Rayonier officials. The auction is being conducted by the Milton J. Wershow Com- pany of Portland, Oakland and Los Angeles, with six auctioneers alternating at conducting the bid- ding. Lions Hear SpeakerOn Highways I Problems in materials for fill have been solved and the section of freeway under construction south of Shelton should be com- pleted this fall, Ralph Kerslake, State Highway Department En- gineer, told the Shelton Lion's Club last week. The section un- der construction will bring the freeway to Lynch road. .,The next section of the project, for which funds have been alloted in this biennium, will bring the freeway to Cole Road, he said. IT WILL TAKE time to work out details for the freeway from Cole Road on, he said, but, there are funds available in this bien- nium to complete studies on the location. Kerslake commented that the Highway Department was in the midst of a big mowing project, 2.000 in this district. He said rune mowers have been working in two shifts a day to keep the brush and trees down along the State I-Iighways. He also commented on the use to which the roadside litter bar- rels have been put. They no longer hold just litter from driving, he said, but all sorts 'of other trash, including in one instance, an old bed spring. On, one clean-up de- tail" in titis area. he said, nine truckloads of trash were hauled. HE ALSO COMMENTED on the freeway work planned etween Olympia and Seattle, which is in progress now or is being planned. He said there was one mile of the freeway in Tacoma which would cost $9 million, and, which would be the most complicated interchange in the state. He also commented that there are funds on hand for additional work on the highway from Olym- pia to the Ocean, ,llicl has'be- come quite a traffic problem. Kerslake was speaker at the first fall meeting of thc Lions Club held in the Shelton Hotel last week. Accident Claims 2nd Victim A second victim of a collision on Highway I01 near Eldon last week died in elton General Hospital Sept. 5 Charles Collins, 82, followcd his wife, tetra, 85, who died Sept. 3, tim day of the accident. Collfhs v as the driver of a car which collided with one driven by Simron Burchett, 19, Vancouver north of Eldon the morning of Sept. 3: Investigating officers said that Miss Burchett was passing another car when Collins pulled out to pass a car in front of him and that the bumpers of the two vehicles hook- ed. The Collins cat" rolled over an cmbankment. Jordan Student Is Speaker Ai Relaff A St, Martin's college student from Jordan was the speaker at the Shelton Rotary Club meeting in the Ming Tree Cafe last Thurs- day. Abed I(outtainay discussed thc current religious and political sit- uation in his homeland and gave some o its • • .... hstoncal background. noes of typical scenes of Asia Minor and religious themes were shown. 77th YEAR--NO. 37 Thursday, September 12. 1963 Entered as second class matter at tile p0SI office at Shelton. V%rashington. tlllder Acl of :March 8. 1879. Published weekly at 227 West Cola. Published in "Christmastown, U.S.A.", Shelton, Washington 10 Cents per Copy 16 Pages -- 2 Sections Nuclear Superiorty Must Not Be Lost Senator Jackson Tells Audience Here GREETING VISlTORSJudge and Mrs. Charles Wright, left, are greeted by Sen. Henry M. Jack- son, right, at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in the Shelton Armory last Wednesday night. From left to right in the background between Judge Wright and Jackson are.John Sell Mason Cou"ty Democrat Central Committee chairman; GoV. Al- bert Resell/n/ and Helen Jackson, wife of the senator. Test Ban Treaty Picket Jackson SUPPORT TREATY--Two of the six persons representing the Thurston County Ad Hoc Committee for the Test Ban Treaty who picketed Sen. Henry M. Jackson at the Jefferson-Jackson Day din- ner here last week stand with one of the signs they carried. The group star/end themselves at the entrance of the Shelton Armory and passed out leaflets to those entering. On the left is Mrs. Doro- thy Robinson, spokesman for the group. Hearing Set For The County Budget Six Olympia residents, repre- senting the "Thurston County Ad Hoc Committee For the Test Ban Treaty" stationed themselves near the main entrance to-the Shclton Arnmry with two signs urging the senator to support President Ken- nedy in the test ban treaty ratif- ication. They passed out leaflets to those attendiig the dinner. THE" ]LEAFLETS *quoted ' from an addre*Ss .by the President in support ofthe, treaty and tstated that the comnitbe a.gree With the presideilt  and welcomes.:'}ie t¢t,b, treaty+..a:im: ,!imta firfit fft'P towat'd,d x orld of piae6. "We expect the Junior Senator from Wshihgton to support tlie Fresiffent hen the Treaty comes before the Senate for ratification", the leaflet concluded. Siikesman for the group was Mrs. Dorothy Robinson. Other members were* Jim Robinson, Fred Gabonry, Bill Shiverley, Dick Ri- chie and Bob Mackay. Richie and Mackey are state employees, the spokesman said• All of the group were from Olympia. The Mason County Commission will hold a hearing at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 on a preliminary budget in which proposed expenditures of $397,- 333.52 will have to be trimmed to come within $348,095.37 esti- mated income. The preliminary budget is ms.de up of proposed budgets of the various departments of county go- vermuent. These figawes do not include the County Higtway Dept. which has a budget of $621,760 for both re- ceipts and expenditm'cs. The department which has the largest budget, and is asking for the biggest increase in funds over the 1963 appropriation is the sher- iff's department, which has re- quested $75,470, compared to an appropriation for ]963 of $59,-. 239.50. A large portion of the re- quested increase m its funds for salaries for two additional dep- uties. Smll increases are asked for several, items in the operation and maintenance of the sheriff's office. Capital outlay includes $4,000 for the replacement of two cars. TIlE BUIXIET for the asses- sor's offiec, the second largest de- partment in the county, asks for $45,750 for the coming year com- pared to $38.920 in 1963. A large part of this increase is m funds for the salary of a forester the assessor's office had to hire when it was given tim responsibility for classified forest land in the county by the ,.tate legislature. The capital outlay budget includes funds for one vehicle. The auditor's office asks for a budget for the coming year of $35.650 uompared to $30.730 for this year. A large part of the ia- crease i for additional microfilm- Arnold Koutoncn, prominent Olympic business and civic figure, will be main speaker tonight when Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce officers are installed for their 1963-64 tcnns. The installation session will be held in the Colonial House as President Oscar Lee/n, first vice president M. M. "Bud" Lyon, sec- ond vice president Leo Flower, and new directors Eldon Kahny, Max Schmidt, and R. W. Oltman begin the/r new duties. A social hour at 6:30 p.m. will precede the 7 p.m. dinner. The program starts about 8 P.m. $250,000 ing supplies for thc job of micro- Filed I in progress. The budget requested for the A $250,000 damage suit has been comity extension officc for 1964 filed in Mason Connty Superior is $10,718 compared to $9.355 for Court against the estate of a con- this year. The county pays only a part of the cost of the extension office with the federal government providing funds for the rest. The budget for the Superior Court Clerk is slightly above the 1963 appropriation with a. request of $11,899.70 compared to an ap- ] propriation this year of $11,337.50. The budget for the county com- mission, with a request of $20,825 for 1964 compareo to $19,225 for 1963, includes funds for new chairs and benches ['or the commissioners plc killed in a traffic accident on Highway 14A Feb. 17. The action has been filed by Wendell Loop, 22. Bremerton, against the estate of Peter and Mary Timmerman and L. A. Carl- son as admhistrator for the es- tate. Loop and Timmerman were driv- ers of cars invohred in a head-on collision on Highway 14A Feb. 17. At the time of the accident, in- vestigating officers said T/miner- man had crossed the center line room. administration in the highway into tle path of TIIE GENERAL the Loop car after making a left- budget, which includes mainten- hand turn. ance of the courlhouse, is $28,790 I In his suit, Loop claims he re- in tlie preliminary 1964 budget I calved permanent injury to one compared to an appropriation of leg', brain damsgc and permanent disfiguration of tfis face as the $26.1.02.80 for this year. The budget for the (q}cration of the jail, $8.720 in the 1964 budget, is up slightly from the 1963 fig- Idre. The budget for the Juvenile Pro- bation office of $11,655 for 1964 compared to $10A15 for 1963. 'rite budget includes funds for a full- time clerk and a part-time mat- ron. The 1963 budget provided for result of injuries sustained in the accident. In another damage suit filed in Superior Court recently, $27.500 in damages were sought for Scott Miltcnberger, 7. for injmes he re- ceived when he wss stmmk by a csr driven by Mrs. Constance Tra- vis Oct. 10. 1960. The action was brought against Mrs. Travis and her husband a part-time clerk. Frank Tra,vis Jr., by Josepl M/l- The budget for the prosecuting" tenberger as girard/an of the boy. attorney's office, uLn a quest of $17,132 for 1964, compares with an appropriation of $15,817.50. The increase is largely in several it- ems for the maintenannae an oper- ation of the office. The budget for the county sup- erintendent of schools at $11,805 (Colltiaucd ozt page 6) In the suit, it is claimed the boy suffered permanent injuries as the rcsult of being struck by a enr driven by ]V[rs, Travis on Fifth There is no harm in signing the nuclear tesL ban treaty if we can preserve the means by which we have preserved the peace, Sen, Henry M. Jackson told an audience of about 300 at a Jefferson-Jack- son Day dinner here last Wednes- day night. "Our freedom has been preserv- ed under a canopy of military strength and this military strength must be maintained," Jackson said. "VVe have had nuclear super- iority, but. if we lose this nuclear superiority, we will lose the peace, Wc will invite thermonuclear war", the senator said. "We must remember who we are up against and what their aims are". Jackson said he would be in fa- vor of the nuclear test ban treaty if four conditions he has pro- posed to the Senate are met. The four points arc: 1. A vigorous underground nu- clear testing program. 2. Perfection of our weapons l- boratories. 3. Be prepared to resume test- ing if the Russians do. 4. Maintain a vigorous monitor- ing program to detect any cheat- ing on the part of the Russians. Jackson predicted that a tax reduction bill will be passed by Congress either this year or early next year in an effort to speed up the nation's economy. The idea is, he said. that more money in the pockets of conm]m- ors would increase demand, cre- ating more production and more jobs. The idea may not work, 5ackson said, but it must bc tried in the difficult problem of keeping the nstion's economy healthy. IT IS MOIRE-difficult to keep the nation's economy working ef- fectively than it is to put a man in orbit, Jackson eommented, "We must keep our economy strong", he said, "because millions of persons throughout the world are watching Lo see if our system iS: iwh t,:they:'t .,fr thetnsetve% .... and, ff thay see that  is not work- ing effectively her,CLIIey xill turn t somethlng, else." Jackson came out strougly in favor of medical care to the aged under social security, stating that wc now have free "cradle to the gTavc" medical servlces available, but, in ordcr to receive aid, the person must be a pauper. It is not fair to penalize those who have saved omcthing for their old age by making them pau- perize themselves to pay medical bills before they can get assistance. Gee. Albert Resell/n/ told the group he plans to take his lecrea- t/on proposal, which was defeated by the last session of the legisls- twe. to the people in the 1964 el action. HE SAID that the state now ranls high ill its program in ed- ucation, institutional care and wel- fare because of progress made during recent years of Democrat administration. Jackson was introduced by State Senator Gordon Sand/son and Resell/n/ by former statc sen- ator Frances Pearson, now head of the state transportation and utilities department. Jackson was accompanied by his wife. Helen. who was ms'king her first visit to Shelton. Sen. ttenry M. Jackson's views on the nuclear test ban treaty brought out pickets supporting the treater whcn he appeared here at a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner Wednesday. Among out-of-tom gn]csts at the dinner were Louis Bruno, state superintendent of public instruc- tion; Lec Kueeklehan, state in. surancc commissioner: Otto John- on, commissioner of the state em- plo3nnent security department; Mr. and 1Irs. Frances Pearson, chair- man of the state transportation snd utilities commission: Victor'A. Meyers, secretary of state: Edith Crousdale. representing the state treasurer's office; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dunker, Olympia: Ernest Cowan, chairman of the state high- way commission; Rose Kneeland secretary of the state Democrati , chalrmanl Roy BroxmL Grays Harbor Comt- ty Democrat central committee chairman; Gordon Johnson. Thurs- ton county Democrat Central Com- mittee chairman, and Maj. Gen. George M. Haskett, state adju- /ant general. Iason County Democrats who were introducedwere Charles Sav- age, state representative; John Sells, county Dcnlocratic Central Committee chairman; Dr. Harry Deegan, long-time active connty Democrat; E. A. Rutledge, 97, life- long Dcmocrat. Festival Officer Election Sept, 20 Election ot' officers to plan and eamw out the 20th annual Mason County Forest Festival next May will be main bushess detail" on next Tuesday night's meeting of the Forest Festivsl Association. President Cive Troy has ea.lled Lhe first fall meeting of the as- Street The boy got out of a re- sociation for 8 p,m. in the PUD hicle driven by his father after 3 confeence 'oom. it parked and had started across 1 Besides elections general plans LTe street when he wan hit, the for the 1964 festival qll be d[-