Emma lfinrl-Zlnirlligrmrr Sun~tApn25. mm {M 2l' George M. 73. An 0 u t s p oken Washington State legislator of Indian par- entage. who once told his col leagues on the House floor: "Mr. Speaker, we indium don't wnnt the rmintry hack," dir‘tl I)! n hPard Bflnnk In hls howl 11mm early Saturday. Rep, George Mr Adams. 73, Shelton. same here Frld V to a Conlerence of the Association of Washington Industries. Fatally stricken shortly after midnight, he managed to Call the hotel desk clerk for help before he died The hotel’s doc- tor was summoned to his mom. Proud of his Indian anrvstry, Adams reprcsonted his race in numerous conferences with the government. As a Democratic state representative from the 24th (ClallamJaflerson-Mason) District in 'scssions from 1933 through 1939 and from 1945 until hls death, he was a color- fuI figurer He was a party ]cadi=r and hr- Cause hls name led of! rollcalls ‘at. the tnpmf the alphabet, he usually gave tho signal as to how his Democratlc {allow-mama lhers should vote, He was'alsa ‘k n ow n f n r the Indian-style lsalmon bakes he arranged at u t d u or gatherings and his wearing Indian mnccaslns. It was Adams who fathered State Legislator. By Ant-alarm! pm the legislaiion to make the hem- Stnte tree. although hp argucd it should he the Douglas fir hut "Oregon heat, is to it.” A Washingtiln histnrinn and inllnw lpgislalnr, Rnp. Eval Anderson tit. Clinlan) wmlh a hlograpllical pamphlnt, "Gr‘orge Adams, Indian Logislnlnr." In it she tells hnw Adams, in 1933, heading 3 House fisheries committee which was sitting on the bill to abolish tish traps,l heard Rep W. R. Richmond (D, Pierrrl d s m a n .l the bill be brought out or committee. Rich- mnnd. now a pierce County superior judge, nrgunrl lhc lum- ber barons had stolen tho cmlnr try's llmher, and 1hr, )lytlrnr electrlc power and nnw 1hr salmon rsscourccs were threat- ened. ‘ "Mrl Speaker, you might is ‘ (vcll give Hie munh‘y hut-k tn l the intlinns," he conch-rim Adams was allnworl lhn flnor. He told the legislators all had‘ been peacctul helm thn whim man came, and now all wasl lmuhles and wars. l "Tth l'nml‘ lhh dnmnilblc depresslnn," he want on. “And Mr. sn r n k e r," he Ilimllul, “I wnnt (0 my to you u-n Indium! don't want the cuiintry hack." , OCR Text: Emma lfinrl-Zlnirlligrmrr Sun~tApn25. mm {M 2l' George M. 73. An 0 u t s p oken Washington State legislator of Indian par- entage. who once told his col leagues on the House floor: "Mr. Speaker, we indium don't wnnt the rmintry hack," dir‘tl I)! n hPard Bflnnk In hls howl 11mm early Saturday. Rep, George Mr Adams. 73, Shelton. same here Frld V to a Conlerence of the Association of Washington Industries. Fatally stricken shortly after midnight, he managed to Call the hotel desk clerk for help before he died The hotel’s doc- tor was summoned to his mom. Proud of his Indian anrvstry, Adams reprcsonted his race in numerous conferences with the government. As a Democratic state representative from the 24th (ClallamJaflerson-Mason) District in 'scssions from 1933 through 1939 and from 1945 until hls death, he was a color- fuI figurer He was a party ]cadi=r and hr- Cause hls name led of! rollcalls ‘at. the tnpmf the alphabet, he usually gave tho signal as to how his Democratlc {allow-mama lhers should vote, He was'alsa ‘k n ow n f n r the Indian-style lsalmon bakes he arranged at u t d u or gatherings and his wearing Indian mnccaslns. It was Adams who fathered State Legislator. By Ant-alarm! pm the legislaiion to make the hem- Stnte tree. although hp argucd it should he the Douglas fir hut "Oregon heat, is to it.” A Washingtiln histnrinn and inllnw lpgislalnr, Rnp. Eval Anderson tit. Clinlan) wmlh a hlograpllical pamphlnt, "Gr‘orge Adams, Indian Logislnlnr." In it she tells hnw Adams, in 1933, heading 3 House fisheries committee which was sitting on the bill to abolish tish traps,l heard Rep W. R. Richmond (D, Pierrrl d s m a n .l the bill be brought out or committee. Rich- mnnd. now a pierce County superior judge, nrgunrl lhc lum- ber barons had stolen tho cmlnr try's llmher, and 1hr, )lytlrnr electrlc power and nnw 1hr salmon rsscourccs were threat- ened. ‘ "Mrl Speaker, you might is ‘ (vcll give Hie munh‘y hut-k tn l the intlinns," he conch-rim Adams was allnworl lhn flnor. He told the legislators all had‘ been peacctul helm thn whim man came, and now all wasl lmuhles and wars. l "Tth l'nml‘ lhh dnmnilblc depresslnn," he want on. “And Mr. sn r n k e r," he Ilimllul, “I wnnt (0 my to you u-n Indium! don't want the cuiintry hack." , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Obituaries for Shelton Cemetery,A Last Name,Adams, George M. #1.tif,Adams, George M. #1.tif, Adams, George M. #1.tif