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One person was arrested
Saturday morning as a result of an.
altercation between state fisheries
department agents and a group of
Skokomish Indians who were
attempting to retrieve two fishing
:° nets which had been confiscated
.... by the fisheries agents near the
...... : Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery.
Arrested was Calvin J.
Peterson, 25, Rt. 5, Box 446,
• Sheiton. Peterson was arrested on
a charge of second degree assault
by a Mason County sheriff's
' deputy and a fisheries agent at the
,: ........ : Union boat ramp where the
altercation took place.
Peterson was released Monday
ii
on orders from the Mason County
prosecutor's office pending
further investigation of the
incident.
Robert Cumbow from the
department of fisheries said the
problem had started last week
when fisheries patrols began to
find illegal Indian fishing in Hood
Canal near the Hoodsport
hatchery in an area which had
been closed to chum salmon
fishing by the department. The
closure had been agreed to by
Judge Boldt's Federal Court and
by the Indians.
The main concern, he said,
was around the Hoodsport
hatchery, which is the center of
the department's chum salmon
program and where the churns
were returning to spawn.
Fisheries patrolmen, he said,
CONCEALED WEAPONS, such as the handgun this gentleman wears
beneath a loose-fitting sweater, are seeing increasingly widespread use in
Mason County, say authorities.
fisheries agents if needed. They fishing, and violence in thehatchery so we can acquire chum these fishermen to trial.
did not take part in the vicinity of the Hoodsport salmon eggs. "In the meantime, 1 have
altercation at Union. hatchery may lead to a change in "The present closure of south asked the harvest managers to
The Shelton Police the chum salmon enhancement Puget Sound to chum salmon assess the value of planting chum
Department received a reportprogram, Moos said. fishing has the concurrence of the salmon elsewhere so we can insure
from a fisheries agent Saturday "These illegal fisheries and Boldt court and is generally the returning adults are not
evening about 10 p.m. that a senseless acts of violence are agreed to as necessary by theintercepted until eggs necessary
pickup had backed into a fisheries threatening the very, existence of Indian leadership, yet the illegal f6r spawning are taken by
department vehicle, apparently the chum salmon enhancement fisheries continue. The value of hatchery personnel for incubation
deliberately, and that several program," Moos said. "The chum salmon to the reservation in the hatchery system.
vehicles had suffered slashed tires Hoodsport hatchery is valuable to Indians makes these fisheries "I cannot emphasize strongly
and other vandalism, us - it is the heart of the chum especially difficult to understand, enough how much I abhor these
State Fisheries Director salmon program. If we are to be"I have asked the Bureau of illegal fisheries. All department
Donald Moos issued a statement able to continue planting the Indian Affairs to"cooperate with patrol personnel, in cooperation
Monday on the chum salmon streams in the vicinity of department personnel so that with local law enforcement
situation and the problems Hoodsport hatchery, we must be these illegal fisheries are stopped, officers, are patrolling to prevent
officers were having, able to be assured that we will Local prosecutors have pledged any additional incidents," Moos
Recent obstruction, illegal have adults returning to thetheir full assistance in bringing said.
Thursday, November 20, ! 975 Eighty-ninth Year- Number 47 4 Sections- 36 Pages
The final blood drawing for
the Regional Blood Bank has been
set for noon to 6 p.m. December
found that Indian tribal police 18 at the PUD 3 auditorium, it
were not halting the illegal fishing was announced this week by
and that Friday night a Arnold Livingston, chairman of
concentrated patrol was started the Mason County Blood Council.
by fisheries agents to attempt to Livingston also announced
halt the illegal fishing, that the blood drawing dates for
He said that early Saturday 1976 had been set for March 25,
morning the fisheries officers had June 24, September 23 and
round two 1,200-foot set nets, December 16. All of these dates
drawing is quite predictable,
which is a big help to the regional
operation.
She stated the area served by
the Regional Blood Bank did not
face a shortage of blood during
the Christmas season last year as
many areas did.
The Christmas season, she
said, is a time when there is a high
usage of blood and that blood
donations are off, which causes a
problem in some areas.
She also commented that in
the area served by the Regional
Blood Bank there are no paid
donors and that there is no need
for a credit system whereby the
family of someone who uses
blood is asked to replace the
blood or to pay for it.
The Regional Blood Bank
persons convicted of any crime of when a man went into a tavern
one below and one above theare Thursdays.
dat big o1' rifle violence; and persons under the and frightened someone by hatchery, and had confiscated the Mason County participates in I
thangs kill just as age of 21 (in the case of anyopening hiscoat to reveal a pistol, two nets and taken them into a t he Regional Blood Bank
Ymous. firearm except rifle or shotgun, in No assault charges were brought
boat. He said eight officers were program. The Regional Blood
and Mrs. Anytown, which case the age requirement is in the case, however.
can load yourselves 18). "We assume they have g°°d inv°lved in rein°ring the nets Bank Pr°vides bl°°d t° Mas°n ! i
I regular arsenal of So covered, you may now common sense and that they re- which were taket~ to the Union General Hospital on a rotating ~ t
these days with lawfully conceal not only anyrational people, ' explainedboat ramp where they were basil so the hospital has a fresh
to divulge it, firearm of barrel length shorter Serge'ant A! Johnson of the loaded into a truck, supply of blood on hand at all The Mason County Sheriff s Sheridan Road, Bremerton, was
same technology than 12 inches, but also knives Shelton Police Department, The fisheries agents were times. Office is investigating an incident struck in the right shoulder by a
out how to keep having blades longer than three referring to those citizens granted confronted by a number of Livingston commented that in which a Bremerton man wasbullet which came through the
Indians, Cumbow said, some ofMason County residents being struck by a bullet apparently fired wall of a van in which he was
ting with a device inches, vest-pocket cudgels, the right to carry concealedwhom were known to be treated at King County hospitals by a hunter, sleeping, officers said.
a matchbook and razor-studded mahogany weapons.
generations onto a sock-darning eggs aItd a whole Johnson did concede that Skokomishtribalmembers. had used ill units of blood so far Calvin C. Reed, 1717 Officers said Reed was taken
smaller than an slew of other lethal goodies (some persons known by word of mouth He said that while no weapons this year.
known to be quite of which may be illegal for other - but not by prior convictions - were used, the fisheries agents M a r g o H a r r i s o n, a
)en taken by girlsreasons- refer to RCWCodes). to be prone to fighting observed knives, tire irons and representative of the Regional .. I/,
n12 or 13 and littleHowever, authorities say most nevertheless have the same right one shotgun. There were rocks Blood Bank, spoke to the Mason #" O C[cly9orboge plck-op cut
age. permit holders in Mason County to a permit if they aren't thrown, he said. County Blood Council at its
You choose to arm speak only of carrying a firearm - disqualified by the standard Cumbow said during the meeting Tuesday noon at the There will be no garbage one day later than usual, they
:o the teeth, please though officers hasten to add requlrementslisted earlier, confrontation an Indian woman Timbers Restaurant. pick-up in the City of Shelton said.
at your local police they have no way of knowing for We may know from contacts who has been identified as She stated that the blood Thanksgiving Day, city officials The same procedure will be
gotten your permit sure because weaponry need not that a person has had numerous Henrietta Freeden was leading program in Mason County is well said this week. used for the Christmas and New
fights," said Johnson,~''but that's
just street knowledge, and you
can't restrict them without actual
convictions."
Record-keepers at the sheriff's
department recall only two cases
in the last two years where a
permit was withheld from an
applicant. One involved a woman
who had spent some time in
Western Washington State Mental
Hospital; the other involved a
man who authorities say was
suspected of mental retardation.
if an individual is refused a
permit by the city or county, he
may appeal to the State of
Washington Division of
Professional Licensing in
Olympia.
A concealed weapon is not
the usual choice of the average
assailant in Mason County, say
lawmen. Rather, it is more often
the family shotgun or deer rifle
that gets yanked off the rack in
the passion of a heated argument
(Please turn to page eleven.)
pumper from the Shelton Fire
Department and one tanker and
two men from District Five
involved in fighting the fire.
About 7,000 gallons of water
were pumped on the fire, fire
officials said.
Officials said the fire
apparently started in a clothes
dryer in a utility room on the
north side of the basement in the
home.
There is no estimate 'of the
the Indians in trying to get the
nets out of the truck.
He said when the fisheries
agents attempted to remove the
woman from the truck the
Indians became more aggressive
and got the nets away from the
officers.
One officer, Cumbow said,
suffered a broken thumb in the
altercation.
It was during this time that
Peterson was arrested and taken
to the Mason County jail.
The officers returned to the
Thunderbird Motel where there
was vandalism to fisheries patrol
cars, such as tires being slashed.
With the assistance of officers
from the sheriffs office and
Washington State Patrol and one
game agent, those causing trouble
were dispersed.
The concentrated patrols
continued Saturday night and
Sunday with more arrests made
and fishing gear seized.
Cumbow disputed a claim by
Indians that the department was
not enforcing the fishing ban
fairly and was ignoring non-Indian
illegal fishing while arresting
Indians.
He stated that of 10 arrests in
the Hood Canal area, two had
been Indians and six non-Indians.
Two of the six were arrested on
two different occasions.
Commenting on the incident
Saturday, Bruce Gruitt, assistant
to the director for field services of
the fisheries department, said,
"Our officers were subjected to
considerable abuse in the
performance of their duty, much
of it felonious in my ()pinion. But
fisheries enforcement personnel
used no firearms and kept the use
of force to an absolute minimunl
and as a result of which no serious
injuries were sustained."
amount of the loss, fire district The Mason County Sheriff's
officials said, but the home was Office had officers out Friday
burned to the ground, nighl and Saturday to assist the
organized and that the amount of Garbage pick-ups for the Year's holidays, they said.
blood which is obtained at each remainder of that week will be
f ........
Winds over the weekend
caused problems with trees across
roads and knocking down power
lines and icy roads Monday
morning resulted in a number of
vehicles .sliding off the mad.
Mastm County PUD 3 said the
problems with trees taking down
1 5 Cents Per Copy ,
weapons.
apply for yours
the 466th such
Mason County and
officers this year
the three offices so
issue the permits in
turned down
applicants.
breaks down as
he Shelton Police
has issued 47
them new and 15
10-month total
With the city's
the year before of
and 18 renewals.
two periods, the
Unty Sheriff's
has issiaed 187
140 renewals this
with 216 and
year, while the
'of the sheriff's
accounted for 62
renewals, 20 off
30 pace.
indication of the
1973 total
;inals and 131
of gun permits is
n the ' "
Increase,
dersheriff Ed
you'll probably
permit
a modicum of
that being so
make sure you're
the following
types (which
on the spot, as
of any crime;
Cted of crimes
of over one
addicts or drug
adjudicated as
lives ; veterans
persons
U.S.
Unlawful aliens;
be registered.
"More people are packing
them these days - can't deny
that," said Police Chief Frank
Rains, referring to the variety of
small handguns available to the
public. "You have to stand in line
for them," he added. "They're
bought up just as fast as they're
put out."
Rains said fear for life and
personal property is one reason
for the increased demand for
concealable weaponry, but not
necessarily the major one.
"! think protection is one of
the main reasons," he explained.
"because the public's general
paranoia has been on the increase
the last four or five years. But a
lot of people simply want to be
able to carry a pistol with them
when they go hunting or have one
along when they go camping."
Officers have record of few
abuses of this gun-toting privilege.
The sheriff's department recalls
one incident in the last four years,
Fire Wedneslday morning
burned the Ned Jacobsen home
on Mill Creek Road to the
ground, Fire District Four
officials reported.
The fire district received the
call at 7:30 a.m. and by the time
the fire trucks arrived at the scene
at 7:45 a.m., the home was
completely involved in flames.
Fire officials said in addition
to the home and contents, one car
in a carport was lost.
There were nine men, two
pumpers and a tanker from
District Four, four men and a
charges a fee for handling and
processing blood but does not
charge for the blood itself.
Livingston commented that
Mason County's goal for
donations for this year was 600
units and that with the first three
drawings the donations were
about where they should be.
There were 163 units donated at
the September drawing.
to the Hoodsport Ranger Station
by another hunter in ~[;e ~,ea and
was brought in for treatment of
the wound from there
Officers said Reed told them
he was lying on a bed in the van
when he heard four shots and that
one of the shots came through the
wall of the van and struck him.
Officers talked to some others
who were in the area at the time,
but so far have been unable to
determine who fired the shot
which struck Reed.
Officers received the call
about the incident at about 4:45
p.m. Sunday.
BLACK ICE in Purdy Canyon placed vehicles in precarious positions on
Monday morning. Similar situations prevailed throughout the area.
power lines started Friday evening
when an outage occurred in the
Kamilchc area when a tree went
through a line.
PUD crews were out from
abou! I0 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m.
Salurday repairing outages. The
rest of the weekend one or two
crews were out off and on
repairing various spot problems.
Small outages occurred in the
A~te, Matlock and Lost Lake
areas mostly from trees or limbs
going through the power lines.
The Mason County Road
Department had reports of four
instances of trees across roads, it
was reported.
Monday morning the Mason
County Sheriff's Office received a
number of reports of vehicles off
the road because of the icy road
conditions.
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