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/ VOLUME XXXV. SHELTON° MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921 NO. 12 SURPLUS POWER ACT THRU HOUSE; NOW IN SENATE J [F PASSED MEASURE WILL AL- LOW TACOMA TO SELL SUR- PLUS POWER IN MASON COUNTY Oly-muia, March 2.--Tacoma's long • standing fight for the right to sell its surplus electric energy outside the city limits almost went for naught yesterday afternoon. The bill finally was passed by the House by a vote of 54 to 42 and ordered .engrossed and sent to the Senate. Pierce County representatives "'stood pat" with one exception. That was Represenattive James H. Davis, who, after announcing that he had voted against the bill in three pre- vious sessions of the legislature, de- dared that he did not believe it right that municipal utilities should be al- lowed to go out in open 'competition ,with privately owned corporations. Representative Mark Reed took up 'the fight for the Pierce County dele- :gation and supplied the nucleus for the general argument by holding that in mew of the fact that the city of Tacoma was preparing to develop surplus power at Lake Cushman and run its lines down through many small towns it was no more than fair that those towns should be permitted to take power from the city service. He pointed out the fact that under the provisions of the bill £he coun- ties in which the city sold its power would be enriched to the extent of five per cent of the goss earnings derived from the sale of power in the specified localities. Loses Out The ,argument advanced by sevel-al .opposing House members thatthe municipal utility was entering into unfair competition, was cambatted by "the statement that the bill provided that all sale of, power outside the ,city limits should be under the super- vmlon and regulation of the public vrvlce commission. After everybody had argued, the bill was put to a vote with the result that 49 voted for it and 48 against. The bill lacked the constitutional majority and was declared lost. Representative Teter of Lincoln moved a reconsideration of the vote, explaining that he did sot under- stand the real intent of the bill, and[ 'he believed that it would be doing an[ injustice to small communities that] wanted light and could not tet it] from the private corporations, if the[ bill was killed. Mark Reed, realizing that a new ']ease was being granted the life of %he bill, insisted, on a call of the House. Several members who had not voted on the bill when it was lost were brought to the seats and the roll was again called. This time 'the bill received 54 votes and 42 ::against. Big Lobbies Busy GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL FOR CLOSING OF ROADS The governor has approved S. B. 113, which authorizes the state high- way department, county commiion- ers or city officials to close anyroad or street over which they respective- ly have authority to any class of vehicles while under repair or con- stmction, or in danger of being de- stroyed by heavy traffic in rainy seasons. This bill was recalled, after it had gone to the governor, for amendment to fit the administrative code. BODY GEHRI BOY DROWNED IN JAN. FOUND DOWN BAY REMAINS OF TACOMA LAD RE- COVERED NEAR HAMMOND POINT AFTER WEEKS OF SEARCHING The body of Edward Gehri, the young Tacoma boy who met death by drowning in the Narrows on January 8th, and for which diligent search of the bays was kept up until recently, came to the smfface and was found by M. B. Schumacher at Hammond's Point, below Shelton, last Saturday evemng. Mr. Schumacher was returning home from town when he observed the floating body, which was identi- fied by the clothing. Word was sent to town and Undertaker Willey had the body brought to the morgue. ,Message was sent to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. -Gehri, and Mr. Gehri came over Sunday with a Ta- coma hearse and removed the re- mains of his son to that city for burial. It will be recalled that Edward Gehri lost his life while on a hunting trip when the boat from which he and Gerald Lunt, a former local boy were shooting ducks, was swampea while the former was trying to re- trieve a wounded duck. Edward was il TRUTH OF MOTHER GOOSE [ Turn 'em out, knaves all three! last seen by his partner, trying to evemng. . swim to shore but being rapidly All three games were Iast and borne by the swift current of the rather rough and there was consider- Narrows. Although the bay was able fouling in the High School vs. dragged and diligent search made for Alumni-Legion game. The high several weeks the body follo@ed school lads claimed that the older other courses until it finally was boys used them too rough. found in the lower bay. At the Monday night gmne against Potlatch the rooting was about even- COURT UFHgS l/wP ly divided with many of the local high school students pulling for the visitors and against their own alum: ni. The Potlatch boys plgyed a good, /t clean game and held the ball their share of th.e time but were unable it. CONGRESS DECLARED WITHIN RIGHTS IN ESTABLISHING LAND BANKS. Washington, Feb. 28.--The farm loan act, designed to assist agricul- tural development by providing read- ily accessible credits to farmers through federal land banks, was de- clared valid today by the supreme court. In an opinion which Commissioner C. E. Lobdell of the farm loan board declared removed every shadow of question as to the legality of the banks or their bonds, the court held congress" had authority to establish the land banks and to exempt the bonds from state taxation. He announced there would be an immediate issue of farm loan bonds The power bill has been hard 'fought by private interests who have maintained a big lobby at Olympia or the past 50 days. Spokane, Seat- 'tle an(/ Tacoma corporations selling l 'electric power have had their men in the state house corridor from early morning until late at night admitted- ly trying to kill the bil. The action of the Hous yesterday was a big upset to their plans. While there is no line-up as yet in the Senate that would give any indication as to the hopes of the bill to finance the hundreds of millions to pass the upper body of the ]egis- of dollars in loans approved by the lature, the proponents in the House board. insisted that it be sent immediately "It will be at least thirty days be-I ever so that it would not by any fore funds are available," he said, hance become lost in the* maze of "but distribution will be begun as 'bills that will die within the next soon as possible." eight days in the rules committee. Efforts will be made to brimr it out Injunction SoUght of the Senate calander within the "The farm loan board is hopeful next few days for final passage, that the market may absorb bonds  [equally to the borrowing demands of the farms." ' RATES TO The case was an appeal from lower llllhhl P. lll.Oq #vmnl court decrees remsmg an mjuncmn' lUIVVI WI U| sought by C. W. Smith, a stockholder l in the Kansas Cky Iitle & Trust MILWA ...... ANNOU ..... /Company to restrain that institution u t Nt;JSI from investing iunds in land bank REDUCTION; MAY AID ] securities. The contention was made ' BUSINESS /that the farm loan act was invalid, _  /as congress had neither the author- Cutting lumber rates from the[ity to establish banks or to exempt TNorthwest to certain points in the/their securities from state taxation. Middle West the Chicago, Milwaukee[ The court, in a practically unan- :& St. Paul railway and other rail-]imous decision, upheld the authority ways ]ast week annoffnced a program I of the government. The power to that is expected to give an impetus[designate fiscal agencies has been to the forward movement of lumber] cenceded congress since the das of by rall from the mills in this section] Chief Justice Marshall, the opinion to the Eastern markets. [held, and the tax-exemption provision A telegram received at the office Lwas a necessmT protection. of District Passenger and Freight] n ross WitKin Ri-hts Agent E. A. Lalk, of the Milwaukee} to g g was as follows: Justices McReynolds and Holmes, dissenting, explained they took ex- ception to the 'court's assumption of jurisdiction, rather than to the find- |ngs. The case was within the scope of Missouri laws and me state courts, they said. Justice Day, who delivered the court's opinion, said:'. "Congress declares il; necessa. o create these fiscal agenes2 anr to make them authorized depomtaries of ublic moneys. Is power to do so no longer open to question." Total Amount of Loans Officials placed the total amount of oans to farmers held in abeyance the suit at many times the receipt of applications stopped vdth Commissioner announcement. On March 1, 1920,1 the*'farrn loan board reported that l $182597,0{}0 had been "advanced to I 75,884 farmers and that applications] from 179,734 person then pending{ totaled $471,000,000. ' ] ALUMNI-LEGION BOYS INEW GRADER MAKES i VICTORS OVER S.H.$. BIG IMPROVEMENT IN AND POTLATCH LIDS MAN CITY STP00E00 CONSIDERABLE FEELING IS MACHINE PURCHASED LAST AROUSED AMONG STUDENTS WEEK GIVING STREETS MUCH OVER ROUGHNESS OF NEEDED SURFACING GAMES  The Town of Shelton has long felt The Alumni-Legion boys were vfc- the want of a road machine of its tors at two basketball games during own, and last week purchased a new the past week at which considerable grader with, scarifying attachment feeling was aroused. On last Friday and promptly set it at wark. The they secured the long end of a 31 to motive power was a county tckbut 41 score over the local high school the town is considering the purchase lads and repeated the performance of an army hck of its own, as one on Monday evening by cleaning up on can be had at a very nominal price. a picked aggregation from Potlatch The first work was to scour Rail- to the tune of 88 to 6. The high road avenue and follow with th school girls won a 2 to 4 victory scraper, the operation making a win over. an alumni girls team on Friday derful improvement after only ,n, day's work. The bumps were re- moved, holes filled and the street left almost as smooth as pavement after the first round. A few dry days and the dragging was repeated yes- terday, leaving the main street fur- ther improved. The town plans to repeat the dragging at the right time after each rain, and when the real dry season comes the street will be left in smooth and hard condition to stand the summer travel. The other graded streets in town will be handled in the same manner, and also other new grading wlli be done now that Shelton has a machine will play the return game of its own ready for wark at the tonight and lan to give the' right time. The grader aml attach- local boys another hard run for their ments cost about $800 and the coun- calps. A large number of rooters cil considers that it has made a good made the trip from the Canal with investment that will .show results to the boys on Monday evening, the taxpayers. THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT "It has been agreed to publish on lumber from North Coast to Omaha and Kansas City 66½c rate same as to St. Paul with same reduction in Cents per hundred to Chicago and • common territory protecting differen- tial from Spokane territory in effect prior August 26, 1920, except where • zuch differential would, avance pres- ent rate. Same reduction will apply also on cedar and shingles maintain- ing present relations. Check to be .started at on'ce and tariffs filed as quickly as possible." The present rate on fir lumber and articles taking the same rate to. Oma- ha and Kansas City is 78½ cents and the new rate will be 664, or seven cents lower. Cedar shingles and ar- £1eles taking the same rate are now 6½ cents and will be cut to 79 . cents, to Chi Rates are also to be cut . cago, the present 80 cent figure drop- ping to 78 cents on fir lumber and from 98½ to 86 cents on cedar and :shingles. "C "" We read much about ommunly spirit" in the press nowadays, and the good that is being accom-' plished in many communities by co-operative effort, and it might be worth while to analyze our own community to determine if there isn't something lacking in our composition. It would doubtless be unfair to consider ourselves as lacking in the "com- munity spirit," when that essential human trait is merely dormant or comatose. Shelton has the ideal setting and could be made the town beautiful of the state, and it already pos- sesses ,in substance the ideal things that other less favored towns are still hoping for--steps to the better community life. Just give a second thought when next you pass Shelton's model Memorial lib- rary, the splendidly equipped hospital, the substan- tial bank, modern hotel and fine high school, all high class fire-proof structures; recall our municipally owned and profitable water plant, and the town com- pletely sewered for the health of its inhabitants--aU the envy of much larger towns around us. It is a matter of regret that there are not more men, women and children within reach to enjoy the benefits of these splendid community aids which have been built up in Shelton--ample as they are for a community of three thousand souls which we one day hope to have. The burden of acquiring and maintaining our splendid institutions has been tri- fling upon the taxpayers and citizens generally, leaving them free to undertake the supply of other material needs--if they will. Of course, we are proud of Shelton and its in- stitutions and anxious that others may conie here to enjoy these privileges with us--but we cannot well invite newcomers unless something more can be provided to furnish them occupation. Here we can show whether the community spirit is dead--or merely sleeping. What progress Shelton claims has been built up around a single industry, and it may be termed a "one-man" town. If so, the community must admit that the "sDirit" hasbeen resting and the rest of us waiting, Mi'cawber-like, for "something to turn up," without having devoted much thought or energy to- ward turning up something ourselves. Revive the dormant "community spirit"--and the rest is easy. NEW O. E. S. CHAI)TER ORGANIZED AT UNJON CITY The second chapter of the Eastern Star will be organized at Union City on Saturday evening, as auxilliary to the Union City Lodge of Masons. Grand officers will be present to in- stitute the new chapter and the de- gree staff of Welcome Chapter, of Shelto, will exemplify the work on the new membem. Most of the mem- bers of the local chapter will jour- ney to Union City to enjoy the oc- casion and the banquet to be given by the new Chapter at the' conclu- sion of the ceremonies. COHRADES GATHER IN LAST HONORS FOR SERVICE MAN HOLD MILITARY SERVICES FOR ARTHUR TEGTMEYER, FIRST OVERSEAS SOLDIER BUR-, IED HERE AT HOME The casket containing the remains of Arthur Tegtmeyer, the second Ma- son County boy to be returned after burial from France, reached Shel- ton Saturday evening, and the funer- al was held on Wedncsday afternoon. Rev. J. C. Dorwin, family friend and former pastor was called from Ta- coma am] the service was held at the Chapel at 2 p. m., under full military honors b); the American Legion, a bugler and firing squad from Camp Lewis being provided for the occasion. The service at the chapel consisted of a solo by Mrs.. Idelle Ward and the address and prayer by Rev. Dor- win, and at its conclusion the casket draped with the American flag and bowered in flowers, was born by six ex-service men to the hearse and escorted by former soldiers and sail- ors in 35 cars to the cemetery. There the last brief rites were given, in eluding the martial sfllute and "taps." A¢hur Woodruff Tegtmeyer was born June 26. 1890, at Merchantville, N. J., where he first attended, school. With his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tegtmeyer, during the years 1897 and ]899 he spent eighteen months in Alaska, returning to Seattle in the fall of 1899 and there emained until 1904 when he moved with his parents to Shelton and attended Shel- ton high school for a couple of years, then finishin his course at the Lin- coln high school in Seattle. Early in 19] 0 he moved to Sunnyside and later took a four-year course in engineering at the University of Washington. In July, ]917, he en- listed in Co. D, Eighteenth Engineers, and left for France on August 1st. He was first sent to Bordeaux, France where he remained at work until the first part of August, ]918, being pro- meted to corporal in June. His transfer then was to Co. F, 307th Engineers where tm remained in active service, until his death on October 25th, 1918, of lobar pneu- monia in the base hospital at Al|erey, Prance. The family has but little definite infonation as to the record of their son during his service with the 307th Engineers, but the depart- ment has recently furnished a record which indicates that Arthur served in three major actions, including Argonne and St. Mihiel. They would like to et in touch with men who rved in the 307th. Arthur was a bright and promising young man who would have made his mark in civil life had he been spared, as he surely (lid in his military ser- vice, and the communities where he was best known will give the be- reaved family full measure of con- dolence. DEMOCRATIC LEADER CHAMP CLARK DEAD Champ Clark died at Washington Cit.v in his 71st year and within two days of his final retirement from Congress fter a continues service of 26 years. In' recent years he has been the most prominent leader of the Demo'cratic forces and highly re- spected by his colleaguse: BUY OUT C. C. HAUPTLY STORE; WILL COMBINE BUSINESSES AT UNION THOMAS PURDY AND HENRY KRUHOFFER FORM UNION MERCANTILE CO.--CLEVE WILL TAKE REST Thomas Purdy has recently been joined by his-brother-in-law, Henr Kruhoffer, in the organization of the Union Mercantile Company at Union City, combining'the Purdy store with that of Cleve Hauptly, which has been purchased. The new firm plans more extensive business and is preparing for better conditions as travel develops over the Navy Yard Highway:, The but- hess will be move00 to y store. Messrs. Purdy b Y were in town yesterday cloing their transaction. Clove has spent his llfe at the old stand, as clerk for the ]WcReavy"s and as their successor and owner and now plans to have a good rest. The legislature reaches its time limit and dies next Wednesday, and not until then will we know the worst. STATE WILL PAVE HALF OF DISTANCE TO CAPITOL CITY :ALLING BIDS FOR 3.17 MILES IMMEI)IATE .PAVING OLYMPIC HIGHWAY FROM COUNTY LINE TO KAMILCHE State Highway Commis§ioner Alien is losing no time in taking prelimin- ary action toward completion of the paving work outlined on the high- ways for this year and provided for by legislative appropriations. The call was issued this week for bids covering the first paving in Mason County, a stretch of 3.17 miles be- tween the Thurston County line and Kamilche hill. Bids are to be open- ed on March 28th, and thero is hardly any doubt but that there will be plenty of bidders at prices that will be considered fair. While the people of Mason Coun- ty are very anxious to see the job of paving the highway between Olympia and Shelton completed as early as possible, those who must travel out of,the county will have their troubles while the work is in progress. It is probable that detours can be arranged at most places, but in one or two points operations are likely to force traxel,,, around by Mc- Cleary and add fifteen or twenty miles to the trip to Olympia. This weald also interfere with pleasure travel over the Olympic HiShway m- less the work can be completed by July 1st. Starting thus early there is no reason why thfs paving job canfiot be done by that time. The state is also asking for bids to complete the half mile of paving still missing at Nisqually bridge, and the call will doubtless soon be made for about six miles of paving on the Olympic highway in Thurston coun- ty: in which that county matches bond money with the state funds. If the work now proposed is carried through more than half the highway between Shelton and Olympia will be paved this year, and once our peo- ple enjoy hard-finished travel they wih nnd some means to finish the remainder in another year. NEW POLL TAX LAW ASKS FIVE DOLLARS VOTERS UNDER FIFTY IS EXPECTED TO RAISE ANOTH- ER TWO MILLION DOLLARS .Olympia, Feb. 27.After prolong, ed debate tle senate yesterday de- cided that to exempt former service en and nurses of the world war from paying a proportion of their own state compensation in the form of poll tax would be unconstitutional hence the bill was passed by a vote of 28 to 10. Its purpose is to levy $5 head tax on or before May 1 on every man or woman in the state 21 years of ago and not, over 50. Only the idiotic, insane, or public officials, employees or agents are ex- cepted from payment. It is estimated that this special tax will draw at least $2,000,000 from the people of the state, al- though what it will actually net the treasury is a matter of speculation as cost of collecting poll tax in other states that have it is reported as disproportionately high. The money thus collected ges into the state general fund, from which will be paid any deficit :in principal or interest due on tim sol- diers' compensation bond issue, for which a half mill levy, producing something over half a million dollars annually is provided. What is left of the poll tax collection above any compensation fund need may be used for state general fund purposes. As passed the poll tax bill is sup- posed to have all the teeth it can find use for, includin an emergency clause that will put t into effect as soon as signed-by the governor. Nankes of people liable to pay it  must be listed by county assessors and the industrial insurance depart- ment is required to make lists of employers of the state from its re- cords. Both for the use of county treasurers in 'collecting the tax. On pay days falling after May 1, employers will be required to hold out the amount of the tax fl'om each man or woman's wages if the em- ployee can not furnish a receipt and turn the money over to the county reasurer. i Nothing .s said as to holding out 155 from each compensation allowance to former service men and it is not expected that this practice will be adopted. If the employer fails to collect poll tax from delinquent employees he can be prosucuted for a nfisde- meaner. Any property is liable to seizure after June 1 for nonpayment of the poll .tax. Jurors or witnesses called in court will have to produce receipts, whether men or women, or prove their exemption to prevent the poll tax being held out of their fees for court service. If $5 is collected from each of an estimated 60,000 former service men and women of the state they will have contributed a total of $300,000 toward payment of their own com- pensation under the senate bill, whith wa introduced by the rev, nue and taxation committee ......