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MORTON LOGGERS
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On the second weekend of August, the logging town of Morton, Washington honors its heritage with a Main Street parade, lawnmower races and their world- famous logging show. It’s been going for 74 years and counting!
Located in Lewis County, Washington, Morton has a popula - tion of 1,126 people. The town was founded in 1871 and was named after US President Benjamin Harrison’s VP Levi Mor - ton . The town was incorporated in 1913 and its commerce MORTON came from logging and mining. Tacoma Eastern Railroad gave a huge boost to the town laying track nearby. Morton’s Chamber of Commerce gathered funds and made the Ju - WASHINGTON bilee show grounds, with construction beginning in 1952. IN THIS ISSUE
2. FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE LLog TTruCker Founded in 1975 by Finley Hays Published by lOggerS WOrld llc 4. THE GRANDDADDY Phone (360) 262-3376 MORTON LOGGERS JUBILEE PUBLISHERS...... Kevin & Nancy core in Morton, Wash. EDITORS EMERITI...... Finley Hays, mike crouse EDITOR/WRITER...... brandon Hansen ADVERTISING...... Kevin core 18. ADVERTISERS INDEX OFFICE MANAGER...... Nancy core
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lOggerS WOrld llc , P. O. box 1631, chehalis, WA 98532-8425 LIKE WHAT YOU SEE e-mail: [email protected] ON THE FRONT: This 1999 Kenworth SubScrIPtION rAte (In u.S.A.): W900 is owned by Hollister Trucking Inc. IN LOG TRUCKER? $25.00 per year; two years for $50.00 LOGGERS WORLD LLC cannot and does not assume responsibility Note that the hood emblem that says for the contents of any adver tising in Loggers World. The representa - “Hollister.” The driver is Chris Woolfe... tions made by advertising is the responsibility of the adver tiser and not Loggers World. Loggers World does not knowingly accept adver - See “The Granddaddy” Buy a Subscription so you don’t miss a single issue: tising that is false or misleading. The limit of Loggers World liability starting on Page 4 in case of a mistake made in advertising copy by Loggers World will www.loggersworld.com be the charge of the actual space containing the error or less for that particular advertisement 3 4 6 3 Log TruCker OctOber 2016 4 45 4 MORTON LOGGERS’ JUbILEE - MORTON, WASHINGTON 6 1 0 2 r e b O t c O r r e e k k C C u u r r T T g g o o L L
2016 PETERbILT with Whit- Log trailer Ron Parson’s 2016 Peterbilt with a Whit-Log trailer cruises down the Morton Loggers Jubilee parade route. The driver is Wayne Conkey with parade co-pilots Alex (drivers side) and Nathan (passenger side.
Photos by Kevin core The Jubilee has lawnmower races where Granddaddy For Loggers World community members can bring up their souped-up machines and run them on a course of all logging he town of Morton comes alive with log in the Jubilee grounds. shows takes trucks, chainsaws and hand saws every On Saturday there is a Main Street Parade Tsecond weekend of August. which sees area log truck drivers cruise in to the streets The Morton Loggers Jubilee has been going front of large crowds. There’s also a Jubilee on every year since the late 1930s. People’s Queen Coronation and of course the world-fa - of Morton memory can’t quite remember if it was 1937 or mous logging show. 1938. GEAR BOX Inc. ,, ,* , .$, (!! , # #&$+ " %" (360) 748-8350 $#+ & + Let us Lower Your Cost Per Mile ++)1 ("+,%01 NEW 0%11%0 %-$)6 .$'% 03#* with our 3$" .0$ -$3120)"+ "1% .0$ 0"#2.0 High Quality Time & Material Rebuilds "2 -$3120)"+ ARRIVALS .0$ 03#* "2 "0)-% 03#* "2 &&)'(5"7 "4)12"0 4%#. "2 03#* Cummins N-14E $"%!( " .(- %%0% .-2)-%-2"+ .,"213 (& ! ) ! 3,,)-1 "#* "4)1 0.5- Navistar 466E "11%7%0'31.- # ( $"' * ( %20.)2 %0*)-1 %328 -$ 3#( .0% CUSTOM BUILD or EXCHANGE 5 44
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