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Ohe Mixed Bag
" _The Tacoma Sportamen’s club has taken determined and
posilive action to put & halt te faverftism shown a few aute
drivers In the hanting lands adjacent te Orting.
Gales srectd at the entrances of OCC-built romds were
opened to & handtul of privileged hunters, while scores of ether
oars carrying hunters were denied permission to pass through
the gates with their machines.
Guards at some of the gates were there to keep the many
Back and permit only the very few to enter. o
That is a 8 un-American as anything one can name.
If the lands in question are state-owned then the favoritism
& maay times more flagrant,
No political string-pullers or buddies or political parasites
:J.flm“m'lthwtmmuklum
and powerful action
There is a chance, 1 hear, of the case being taken to court
¥ there is any road open to such procedure.
The Tacoma Sportamen’s club has started an intelligent
movement to straighten out such a deplorable situation
Other clube and fair-minded organizations no doudt will
Join bands, not only in Tacoma but over the state.
12 gates are to be put under lock and key . . . then let that
apply to svery hunter or fisher, state employes included.
I the lands are owned by corporstions the same rule
should apply.
If those areas were private ranches or grazing grounds or
such, that would be different. But they are vast desolate coun
tries with the “cream” long removed.
But they are not. They are skeletons of land that originally
Delonged to all the people but upon which private enterprise
fiourished, wasted and grew fat and powerful.
The game upon those properties belong to the state, all
The people that make up the state. BSo, too, do the fish in the
waters within similar areas which also have been closed and
I which enly a few can fish.
The average hunter and fisher is a decent American, fair
and considerate.
Thare is ne good reason why he should be denled privileges
:-".h*m”m.-&-
It fs the average man's license money that keeps the game
oad the stale game department golng.
And hunting and fishing is a major industry in our state.
Complaints of the sportamen might bring wry grins or
words of contempt from those who enjoy these special privi
leges, but I can tell them here and now that the sportamen are
q&&u—.mmwmmu
begin with . . . they have a powerful number of legis-
Jators marching with them in thought and action.
There must be and will be a change in the picture.
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Another Man’s View . . .
Dear Met:
Sl e ey = the pr
last in the Neff
nmm‘mu
hard feelings, several hot
* arguments, which in some cases
bordered on actual combat.
It ecame about through the
" clesing of that area to entry by
sutemebile after 4:00 p. m. oa
Saturday, Oct. 3.
Prier to that time It was re
portad that some 50 cars had
anteored-—ia any eveat some did
% .It s not necessary to go
inte dotall as to how the deer
Bunters, whe did mot get
threugh, feit.
Charges and allegations were
r“mhw
the good of those who were
there as well as anyone else
interested.
_ At the gate it could not be
_ authentically learned just who
closed the district, and why it
. was closed on the spur of the
momeat, By the gatekeeper's
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‘Chatlie Goe Finds Pointer . .
Being an ardent fan of your
*“Mized Bag” I am calling upon
Jou for a favor. Sunday after
moon I found a lost black and
white pointer dog. male, at Eibe.
It stoms te be gquite Intelli
gt and fully grewn. lam
asking you to help me find the
Pelesky Party Gets Marvelous Bag . . .
Six Thcoma hunters bagged
six husky mule deer, the legal
+2mit, from 7:30 a. m. until 3:30
* PM. the epening day, Sunday.
And it §s doubtful if any Ta
- @SS party ever returned with
& mary cutstanding bag of deer,
aise and all of the deer oon
sidered.
‘The bhusters were John Pei
“aally, grocery store manager in
Manhing's market; Red Ander
« son, Dave and Fred Naslund
- beothers; George Naslund
nephew of Dave and Fred, and
Roas Fariey.
The largest buck, a four- |
m-bhmnfll‘
of Poloaky. The animal, which |
M-u..—-l.mnm;
*“mmmt
pounds. i
-~ The smallest of the six deer |
' was a three-pointer. But all-in- |
all the animals appeared almost
" uniform. The six animals had a
weight total of baif a ton.
© Asd they were skillfully |
dresned and properly sacked and |
~ oarted to a cold storage plant |
* 8 Dayton, 28 miles away, at |
. daytreak of Monday. An early |
Start was needed, flies, heat,
iot e
'~ the Biue Meuntains of Columbia
. ebunty and the hunters occupied
I?mt&m;
-ot trall was good and bad,
88 Dagton, much of it, of course, |
- bunted at an cleva
e 2“-‘.“-
ety foals oysipmnt. '|
Fouwr haniired feet of colored, |
Q“'fimhfi-dg
the aalmaly and party. ,'
Trods I Youw Used Goit Satts for |
Wer Sevings Stemps—ot
Wadßs Geonan
91530 Pecilic Ava. MAis 6883
€he Cacoma CTimes
own statement he had been re
moved some weeks before.
If the state is responsible they
are very derelict in the handling
of the matter, since all should
be allowed to go through or none
shouid be allowed in.
Furthermore it would be
pretty hard for them to tell on
Saturday p. m. what the humidi
ty would be Sunday a. m.
It the lumber company closed
it, they have that right, it s
their property. It should not be
overicoked, however, that to do
so with the thought of making
it a private preserve for friends
and relations is something else
agaln. They do not owm the
deer.
It such was the case and there
is no intention of opening it to
the public, then the game de
partment should be requested to
close it completely.
Can you shed any light on
this, Met?
R. N. OLSON.
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dog’'s owner, or rather, help the
dog’s owner find the dog.
Thanking you sincerely . . .
Charies Goe, Box 185, Mineral,
Wash.
Anything to help a reader,
Charlie. And that is mighty de
oent of you to try to find the
dog’s owner.
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“The heat and dust was ter
rific during the day,” said Pel
esky. “The nights, however, were
very cold. ¢ And my slesping bag
was Jost off the pack eoming in
and I slept in canvas and old
clothes that first night. Nearly
frozse. But I recovered my bag
miles down the trial and that
was that”
Rodeo Billed ‘
Another rodeo will be bheld Sun
day afterncon at 2 o'clock at
Woody's Ranch, just southwest of
the Willows corner above South
Hill, Puyallup.
Some of the best riders of the
country, now soidiers at Fort
Lewis, will perform on some of the
finest rodeoc horses in the North
west.
| A few of the riders have
~ performed in the big time at
~ Madisen Square Gardea.
Results of last Sunday's events
were:
Saddie brone riding: Lou Nosby,
Jim Like, Geo. Schuey: bareback
riding, Jim Like, Bob Chambers;
steer riding, Bob Hopkins, Jim
Like, Chuck Tripp; calf roping,
May Schnan, Ken Chichester and
Al Pool; wild cow milking, Dee
Peterson, Sid Lawson and Ken
Chichester.
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5 Canadian Ships
Aided Occupation
lOI'IA'A.M—NmM
Angus MacDonald revesled here
that five Canadian warships co
operated with United States forces
which occupied the Andreanof
islands in the Aleutian chain
southwest of Alaska.
Sarboe Brings His Gridmen to Meet Luthers
Exciting Scene in Loggers vs. Whitman Grid Contest
Here you see one particularly mifiv?h:loy in Thursday’s Loggers vs. Whitman North
west conference contest in the stadium. Whitman men have opened a bir hole for
their ball carrier ond he wos heoded for parts unknown when the Logger tackler swished
in from behind and pinned him. He is just about to give him the fond embrace when young
Reinhart Wilhelm, photographer, snapped the trigger. The Loggers won, 12 to 6, scoring the
needed touchdown at the start of the fourth quarter. '
Six-Man Football Game Aids “Scrap”
A six-man football game to aid
the Tacoma war “scrap” drive is
scheduled for McKinley Hill Play
field, 43rd and McKiniey avenue,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Twe rival teams, coached
by W. L. Evans, will furnish
the sport. This will be the
first complete six-man game
ever played in Tacoma. That
is, where rules will be rigidly
followed.
~ Patrons will be admitted for a
plece of scrap metal or rubber.
The game is Nl;:dd definitely
&8 A& WAr scrap
The game was planned for the
stadium but Carl Caddey, secre
tary of the school board, rejected
the deal, Coach Evans said. Sald
he couldn’t leave piles of scrap in
the bowl, Evans pointed out.
However, Al Hodges turned
McKinley Playfield over to
the teams and will stripe the
fleld. The Teamsters’ union,
Tacoma, has made arrange
ments to send & truck te pick
S Tacomans
Join Army
Three Tacoma residents enlisted
in the army air forces Thursday
at the Tacoma recruiting station,
and two others in the transporta
tion department, according to
Capt. Cecil M. Rhea.
A total of 50 men were enlisted
through the station during the
day, bringing the total for the
month so far to 344. Fifty-two
Tacoma men have enlisted at the
station since Oct. 1.
Tacoma men enlisting Thursday
included Robert A. Teibel, 20, son
of Charles L. Teibel of the New
Washington hotel, who entered the
air forces; David C. Lewis, 18, son
of Russell I. Lewis of 3746 28th,
the air corps; Roy A. Collins, 29,
son of Mrs, Dorothy E. Cooney of
915 So. 16th, the air forces; John
Branck, 32, brother of Mrs. Anna
Dayton of 6420 So. Oakes, the
transportation corps, and Charles
M. Johnson, jr., 24, husband of
Mrs. Florence E. Johnson of 3002
So. Proctor, the transportation
corps.
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Downtown Association
Plans to Swell Ballots
Members of the Tacoma Down
town association have a new idea
for stimulating interest in this
fall's election, and have found
other service clubs of the city con
sidering the same stimulant
. The club will check each mem
‘ber after election day to learn
whether both he and his wife
voted. llf they did, all right.
If they didn't, the members will
find themaselves liable to $1 fines
$1 each for member and wife,
Money collected from non-voting
members will go to charity.
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up the scrap, just as he in
tended to do If the game had !
been held in the stadium. i
Twelve minute quarters will be |
played Sunday. The game of six- |
men football is growing ta’opu-l
Mail Fraud Trial of Dr. Meyers
Is Nearing Close of First Week
Retrial of the government’'s mail
fraud case against “Dr.” H. Harry
Meyers, self-styled millionaire and
keynoting promoter of the Peoples
Gas & Oil Co., neared the end of
its first week in federal court
here with a continuing stream of
witnesses offering foundational
testimony Friday.
Occupying the stand for a
good portion of the day was
Malcolm P. Christenson, for
mer manager of the P. G. &
0. sales offices in Tacoma and
now a shipyard worker.
Christenson, whose testimony
during the initial trials of P. G. &
O. executives three years ago was
frequently highlighted by some
what sensational disclosures, con
fined his current testimony to the
more restricting issues involving
Meyers alone and in Jess spec
tacular form.
Providing testimony in a sim
ilar vein regarding sales opera
tions and personnel, other wit
nesses complemented Christenson’s
evidence Friday. They included
M. B. Fisher, former general sales
director for the oil company, and
his wife, Mrs. Mae Fisher; C. N.
Cedariand, L. J. Tusing and Mrs.
Marvin M. Scott, all of whom
were actively engaged in sales
promotion.
“Early pretenses, reprsents
tions and activities™ of P. G.
& O. executives, and particu
larly these of Meyers, were
developed Thursday by gov
ernment withesses, who indi
cated their confidence in the
Freachmaa Hills oil project
~ was considerably enhanced
“Toot Toot” Reminds |
Guard It IsTime to |
Leave His Station
By FRANK THOMAS !
Head Coach of Alabams
Last week one of our dumb |
guards kept pulling out the wrong |
way, conking ‘heads with the other
So from then on whenever the !
signal was given for him to pull |
out, the center would call:
“Depot, toot! toot! Depot, toot!
toot! {
larity each year. The MeKinldy
teamg are composed of Lincoln
high school athletes, especially
basketbaliers, There will be the
Veterans’ fife and drum corps
present Sunday.
through Meyers' apparently
responsible participation In
the scheme.
Heard at that time was Rufus
Woods, publisher of the Wenat
chee World; George A. BSellar,
prominent Wenatchee realtor;
Milton 8. Hurwitz, former secre
tary of the Northwest Gas & Oil
association and publisher of that
organization's professional period
ical; Tyler A. Rogers, executive
of well-drilling enterprises.
With more than a hundred wit
nesses to appear in behalf of both
the government and the defense,
the trial is expected to require
several more weeks.
SR
People—
l In the News l
The new Chinese ambassador,
Dr. Wel Tao-Ming, told a press
conference in Washington that
China is imbued with the offen
sive spirit and is ready to bomb
Japan.
In Washington, Civilian Defense
Director James M. Landis an
ouncedn the formation of the elvil
alr patrol cadets, a junior organ
ization of the civil air patrol, to
train high school students for
civilian flying duties.
Rudy Vallee’s radio program to
day became the second casualty
of the ban placed on recorded
music by James E. Petrillo of the
musicians union . . . the usual de
layed transcription for the west
coast was not made.
| This meant that it was time for
I him to pull out, like a train.
| From then on he went the right
| way, and no more heads rolled.
Commercial Bowlers Break
Three Season Records Here
Alex Ryder Shatters High Single
With 223; Also Sets High Game Mark
Commercial league bowlers shat
tered three season's records in
their matches on the Coliseum
alleys Thursday night.
First to go was the high in
dividual single which Alex Ryder
erased by a 223 count in his third
game. Ryder takes over not only
the high single game honor of the
league, but the season’s high game
for all leagues on the Coliseum
alleys.
Fred Hill knocked off the other
individual scoring record with a
542 series, the result of 164, 176
and 202 games.
HUl's Tavern team hung up
s new team three game record
for the year with a 2654 count.
Following Hill's 542, came
Lien with 435, F. Wells with
490, Bud Leyda with 421 and
A. Wells with 466. The score
included the handicap.
Results of the matches were:
Tavern 4, Poplars 0; Evergreen 3,
Kennels 1; Palo's 4, Shipfitters 0;
Tipperary 3, Drugs 1.
Herman Miller rolied three good
games for a 503 series. C. Tip
pery closed with 192, bringing his
score to 527. Walter Lutschlinger
wound up with 817. Roy Pieten
berg rolled 174, 184 and 179, for
a nice 537 total.
BROADWAY B LOOP
Frank Kerth, one of the best
bowlers to enter Tacomas pin
ranks from McChord field, reacned
& new high in the Broadway B
league Thursday night on the
Broadway alleys when he blasted
out at 251 single in his third game.
Harris Miller, also & new
comer in local bowling circles,
posted 578 for the high series,
shooting 158, 225 and 190.
Kerth's 587 was rumner-up
scorg for the eveaing.
~ Results: Booteries 3, Towe! Sup
ply 1; Bombers 8, Druggists 1;
Millmen Loca] 1689 4, Johnson's
Buddies 0; Pacifics 4, Contractors
0.
ERMA MUSSELMAN LEADS
Erma Musselman, with an aver
age of 161, leads the bowlers of
the Women's City league as the
eircuit swings into its second
month of play en the Coliseum
alleys Friday night.
Top place in the team standings
is held by the McKenzie ladies who
have won 10 points and lost two.
Members of the team are Babe
Penowich, Ruth Seideiman, Mae
Knight, Chariotte Zatkovic and
Dorothy Troy.
Individual league records
are held by Erma Musseiman,
who has 213 for high single
and by Jo Porter, whose 532
is the high series. Rau's aas
high team single with 833 and
high team total with 2318
Leading bowlers of the league
are as follows: Erma Musselman
181, Babe Penowich 158, Dorothy
Troy 151, Prudence Strom 151,
Mae Knight 151, Fern Coles 150
and Jo Porter 150.
TRAVELING LEAGUE ROLLS
The Women's Travelling league,
Tacoma's only scratch circuit
shoots its second series Sunday
on the Coliseum alleys at 7 o'clock.
The league plays once & month,
traveling to all of Tacoma's bowl
ing establishments throughout the
season. First matches were re
cently held on the Broadway
alleys. The league includes most
of Tacoma's best women bowlers.
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FALK IN AIR CORPS
AUSTIN Bib Falk, baseball
‘coach, has left Texas for service
in the Army Air Corps. He for
merly played in the outfield for
the Chicago White Sox.
Lutherans vs. Ellenshurg
Following are the tentative starting lineups for the Pacific Luth
eran-Central Washington football game Saturday at 2:30 p. m. at
the Tacoma stadium:
PACIFIC LUTHERAN CENTRAL W.ASHINGTON
No. Name Pos. Name No.
B B .coivisnivsins il ssorsisvarnc DD
DR B siv b ssoo4 0 sctsssecsssie DR T
B B vss bvs seivins DD B
N TR i D s
B T . diisinssis il ssinssseves Y B
B R .. BRI B
B R ..o T B
33 8 Harshman ....c... Q ......... Lagenbacker 48
- i R e D
B R iiiviiinesoilllißscessssbice: T
8 TS ...:.....+ 7 s v DN B
SQUAD ROSTERS
PACIFIC LUTHERAN—PoIiIIo (59), Kyllo (63), lufer (54), H.
Schmidt (45), Lunde (68), Anderson (56), Hughes (69), Snelson (70),
Erickson (38), Holand (53), Bagvason (40), Hoiby (17), Thorpe (47),
iJoound (70)*, Bodvig (61), D'Andrea (73), Brooten (832), Neal (51),
Harshman (33), Dußois (65), Bratlie (64), Connell (67), Hoskins (44),
Larson (52), Lider (62), L. Anderson (50), Whitehead (48), Greger
son (46)*, Hauge (42), Lumsden (41), Rupert (43), Erickson (87).
* Indicates 1941 jersey.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON—Carmody (29), Kuchera (39), Har
ney (31), Spithall (36), Maynard (42), Kern (45), Berndt (44),
Wilson (48), Merk (53), Mansfield (33), Martin (13), Osgood (34),
Grassi (35), Kanyer (67), Nichols (38), Buck (40), Speno (41),
Langenbacker (43), Smith (46), Carlson (47), Howard (50), Hill (51),
Oeschner (54), Gate (56), Kern (55), Boettcher (26), Victor (58),
Hagen (589), Wiseman (60), Arps (84), Smith (65), Johnson (68),
Starr (58), Keyes (32), Hamby (49), Casey, Erickson, Lampley, Mal
lon, Sartz, Bemis, Craig, Ronnthg.
OFFICIALS—John Heinrick, referee; Bert Kepka, umpire; A.
Wylie, head linesman.
Cavalry Club Selects Name
FORT LEWIS - Cavalrymen
competing in the Fort Lewis Foot
ball league have chosen the fight
ing title of “Powder River” as the
nickname their team will carry
this season.
Coach Cliff Hindman, for
mer Central college and Mid
die Western pro player, s
bullding an aggressive outfit
which averages 190 along the
line and 170 in the backfield.
Comprised mainly of former
high school and college players
from Wyoming, the Powder River
outfit will receive its first test
against the North Fort Lewis
“Beavers” in the league jamboree
here Sunday afternoon.
Hindman's squad of 26 men
is evenly divided between line
and backfield candidates. Out
for line jobs are J. Brush, 185,
K. Ruocker, 185, M. Weod, 180,
Livestock Exposition
Is Drawing to Close
PORTLAND —The Pacific Inter
national Livestock exposition en
| tered its final day Friday with the
| sale of biooded stock. including 150
‘ bulls and breeding heifers,
Stadium Is
Siadium
Field of Pla
ield of Play
i
. Contest to Start
’
1 At 2:30 o'Clock
Phil Sarboe, Lincoln high and
Washington State college master
gridman, comes home Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to send
his Central Washington gridmea
into action against Charley Bar
ofsky's Pacific Lutheran machine,
Play will be in the stadium,
where Sarboe, head coach at
Central Washington college, thrili
ed thousands of fans while wear
ing the Lincoin uniform.
Also coming with Phil will
be other former Tacoma prep
men such as Hal Berndt, the
100-yard dash wonder; Steve
Grassl, Bob Arps, Harry
Manfield, Bill Buck, Dick
Carison, Ray Hagen and Bob
Johnson.
Berndt is the player P. G,
Strombo, Lutheran athletic direc
tor and assistant coach, scouted
in action at Walla Walla last
Saturday and came home warning
the Lutherans to never let Berndt
get free.
The Lutheran starting lineup
will go like this:
Saturday’s starters will be
D’'Andrea at center; Erling
Holand and Bert Thorpe at
guards; Capt. George Ander
son and Eldon Kyllo at tack
les; Paul Polillo and Ted lufer
at ends; Stern Harshman at
| quarter; Tommy Hoskins and
| Jack Bratlie at halfbacks, and
Tom Lumsden at fullback.
| Sarboe is making his first ap
| pearance in Tacoma as & coach.
| He has done well since he went
into the field.
Sumner Junior
Gridmen Score
Sumner Junior high school foot
ball team defeated Highline
Juniors in Puget Sound Junior
Footbal] league play yesterday at
Sumner, 27 to 6. Exceptionally
fine blocking left wide paths open
for Dwight Swarthout, backfield
man, who ran two 65 yarders and
one 55 yarder for touchdowns. On
only one scoring play did two
rivals manage to touch him, so
perfect was the blocking all the
way down the field. Dwight is the
biggest backfield man on the club
and second largest player on the
‘team, only the center “out-big
ging” him,
and J. Davies, 190, eonters,
W. Brandon, 160, guard, N.
Baxter, 200, M. Ravel, 310,
and L. Kriegel, 208, D. Ben
skin, 185, J. Lottel, 208, and
D. King, 247, tackles; L.
Hodak, 190, A. Hass, 192, and
D. Starr, 185, ends.
The backfield turnout lists L.
Dean, 175, A. Prince, 180, and M.
Merritt, 170, quarterbacks; C.
Davies, 180, J. Hunley, 180, W.
Melmok, 180, L. Rourke, 170, and
F. McEnaney, 180, halfbacks; W.
Emmett, 200, M. Crowe, 185, W.
Potts, 185, and J. McCormick, 186,
fullbacks.
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