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THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
NEWLYWEDS CALL THIS WHITE SINGLE THE LOVE NEST
This sweet, clean little home in the choice between the two floor
white--a five-room single with its phms.
pergola porch entrance, strikes the Both plans arrange for a built-in
Pullman breakfast room. One large
home-nest cord in the breast of many
ewlyweds--the only indecision being sleeping room and porch while the
other divides it into two sleeping
Stick to Home Town
Make It Best in State
ed; that they endeavor at the same
time to make it attractive to the
young people and the children, to try
and teach them that there is no bet-
!ter place in which to live and in
which to enjoy life than with their
parents and amongst their friends in
their own home town antd district.
roon]s.
The closet space arrangement is
particularly well worked out. This
home was built from plans furnished
by the National Builders' Bureau at
Slokane, Wash.
I
Improve the hotels and restaurants,
J no matter how small they may be;
let them get a reputation for puting
up a first class meal, no matter how
shnple and plain it may be; let it be
good and appetizing. If your hotel
is not adbquate, see that a new one
is promoted and built because the
tourist travel 'of the future is going
to be sufficient to make a first class
hotel the, is suitable to the needs of
a commuity, pay a reasonable return
on the investment.
If there is a newspaper in the com-
munity, let the business men support
it. Don't let its existence depend
upon outside advertising., which lures
business to other centers, but see to
it that it carries every inch of adver-
tising that business men and locm
'corporations can stand so that its
readers may be educated and inform-
ed of the possibilities of doing busi-
ness at home. Get your printing
.done at home, encourage your local
I am going to take the liberty of printery to expand, and to add proper
suggesting some of the means by equipment if it does not *have at.
which this can be done. Buy your paint, your varnish, the
If there is not a live commercial materials and tools required in the
organization or other public body in improvements I have suggested, in
existence, let the citizens I have re- your home city, and bought by your
ferred to immediately see that there dealers from wholesalers in your own,
• is one. If the town has only three or, state, and manufactured, if possible,
four hundred inhabitants let the bus:- ] within the state.
ness men, the clergymen, the school l Form Social Clubs
teachers and others get together and'
fon a representative committee that Now, as to making the town more
desirable as a place in which to live
will take up the work which usually ,for the young people. Let this cam-
falls to a commercial organization, mittee invite a few of the most prom-
apd to go further than that, to cam- irent women in the town and dzstrict
mence a movement to make that town
as far as they possibly can, the most' to form one or more social clubs by
which the women may become ac-
attractive in the state.
acquainted with each other, may in-
Clean Up First. augurate social parties, social teas,
There are many ways which will little dances, the dances that are
l e cb a corn wholesome, in rivate houses rather
suggest themse v s to su - : P
mlft T -,ih* -tion ust two or than m public halls, where the chil-
-": ...... :,'" ": ;:'--_ &_': a, .... Idren may be safe and enjoy friend
nree. Tne palnlng ol me uu.x==
and steres that re-uire ,mint the l ships one with another, frlenships
1 cleaning up of ever? yard nd veryl heeh :ne firedaolLore fe-
I vacant lot which needs it, the straigh-1 - y l n
h re pod anythmg else to keep them m their
tenin= of all fences t at a g I- ' " " "
hat home towns
and {he renewing of all fences t • . .
are dilapidated and an eyesore, the l Let t!ae whole commun!.ty, naug-
9lanCing of every front yard with l urae anenC spors, estam,sn enms
shrubs, or flowers, and the offering] coul:ts, bowling greens, baseball, and
of small prizes for the best improve-I x0oDatl groun([s an nave. me.r
ment that has been made during the youngse.'s pmymg az somemmg m
year in all matters of this kind. I an orgamzedandhealthy way. Keep
Th on, mttee ' might appoint an their, minds and thek' bodies busy,.
Arbor Day and have the schools de-I e.t!aer at work or at play, from day-
clare a holiday by which the citizens nght tofar. .....
and children as a whole 'can plant l Ano .nen, .le ea.cn one o;z nese
trees and highways running throuhlcommumues mtermmgie wire zneir
the town ar(t in beautifying pubS]el neighb.ors,, all having the same
or semi-public laces mought, the same :(teas, ¢ne same
I don't claim that "this can be done objects and institute an interchange
all in one -ear but it can be started of social features by having combined
and if tt progressive movement i dances, comb!ned parties, so that tl.y
carried on, it will not be .long before wm act variety anti change to their
_l_att a town 's entirely changed and has wee., y ,social lize,, an(t instkue.
become a thin of beauty and a de- friendly competition m athletics, ten-
light to those "vho live ia it, and to his, etc., between picked groups from
those who pass through it. each community.
THE SblALLER IT IS, THE BETTER A CHANCE IT HAS TO GROW,
ANff THE MORE OF ITS YOUNG PEOPLE WILL STAY IN IT
AND PR OSPER
The following address before the sponsors for a development movement
Corvallis Commercial Club, January such as they have never yet attempt-
18, 1921, by Herbert Cuthbert, execu-
tive secretary of the Pacific North-
west Tourist Association, points out
the weak points of our own 'commun-
ity of Shelton.
The prosperity of a state as a
vhoh depends upon the prosperity of
each indavidual part of it. It is not
Now, as to Jncreasmg the business
of that town. Let every Storekeeper
practically throw all his goods out
on the siile walk, clean up his store,
fix his shelves and his show @indows,
paint them, if necessary, and kalso-
mine the store, and then put them
back in a systemized and methodical
manner so, that to his customers and
to strangers his store has taken on
the appearance and attraqtiveness of
any store of its size in the larger
Plan Home Amusements
Just a word o the farmers of these
communities. How many of their
children are looking fowcard to leav-
ing home for the same cause I have
mentioned? I wish I could take
some of them into the rural districts"
of Endand where in many of the
counties, such as Devonshire, for in-
stance, the country life is the most f
desirable of any life in the Old Coun-
try,'whePe the homes are most at-'.
tractive and the children have their
own tennis 'courts, their own ponies
and are engaged by a small remuner-
ation to do their own particular work
on the farm within reasonable hours.
$ufflcient that the larger cities should
increase in population and in the vol-
ume of business transacted in them.
It is of equal, if not greater, impor-
sance that every small community in-
crease in population, in production
and m general business.
If every rural community can pro-
duce more, can procure more settlers,
more residents, it will mean more
lo'cal prosperity, a greater buying
ower, and will add to the wholesale
business aml general commerce of the
larger cities, hence the entire state
ill advance and prosper.
For Community Development
It is the aim of the Pacific North-
west Tourist Association to develop
every portion of the state from with-
in as well as from without. There
is no better way of doing this than
to seek to create a forward,, movement
in every community, no matter how
small it may be.
The stm4ing point fox such a move-
rnent ' is to have every person already
in the smaller commumties determine
to stick to his own home town, to
grow up with it, and to become a
booster for it. It is betetr to be a
lorominent citizen in your own com-
munity than to lose your identity in
a big city. If we can eradicate fi'om
the ninds of the residents, and par-
ticularly of the children,- the |dea
that _there are greater opportunities,
.and that it is pleasanter to live in a
large city than in their own town,
the foundation of the future prosper-
ICy of that town is already laid.
There is a grave and fundamental
danger not only to the well being of
the smaller communities, but to the
state as a whole, if this attitude of
mind is not Changed, a clanger so
great that when it is seriously con-
sidered, it is appalling.
During nay trb east I heard one
speaker make the statement that
ninety years ago the population of
the United States in the largest 'cit-
ies was 4 per cent of the whole,
and 95h per cent in the smaller cit-
ifies and rural districts. Twenty
years ago the largest cities had
grown to 33 per cent, while toda]
they have 50 per cent. It is est,-
mated that if this rate of exodus
from the country districts into the
larger cities is maintained, in twenty
years 80 er cent of the entire pop-
ulation will be in the larger 'cities,
leaving the rural towns and districts
almost without population. He also
stated that in a public school in one
cities.
Let hin sell as far as he can at
the same price that the people would
have to pay elsewhere. Let him
FRIDAY, ]ARCH 4, 192
In these clays of electricity, when
by clubbing together farmers that
are fairly close to each other may
procure electric light, in these clays
of the phonograph, when each home
may have an orchestra for the little
family dance, m these days of the
automobile when the whole family
can run into a city, even twenty
miles distant, to a picture show or
otber amusement, in three-quarters of
an hour's tim(.', there should be no
difllculty in making community life
in the st-ties of Oregon and of Wash-
ington, and in the province of British
Columbia the most desirable and the
most attractive of any other life.
I have briefly sketched a few of
the things which might be done to
develop the home r, own and the rural
district. Many others will su'gest
themselves to my audience and to the
people at large.
And now, where does this associa-
tidn come in in assisting to develop
the home town and the rural district
from the outside?
Will Attract TOurists
Why, gentlemen, every time a fam-
ily in an automobile, or on foot, or
who arrive by train, come into. or
passes through that little town, they
will fall in love with it, they will
say, this is the cleanest, the bright-
est, the most attractive town I have
been in. I want to stay here a little
while, I want to see the surrounding
country and eventually they will say,
this is where I wan to live.
California, Florida, and other tour-
ist states don't rely altogether upon
their natural scenery for their at-'
tractiveness to strangers, and the
people of these states know this.
They depend upon the home life, the
attractiveness of their cities, towns
and villas'as to lure the people to
stav there and to become permanent
residents.
Tbe Pacific Northwest Tourist As-
sociation is spending a small revenue,
compared with the objects for which
it exists, in the most' effective pub-
licity that is being carried on today
in the United States. It is attracting
thousands of people every year, both
by automobile, by train and'by steam-
ship, into Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia. It is for us to sell
our states while they are here, and
there is no better way of selling
them than to imuress upon our visit-
ors the one truth which we all be-
lieve, that there is no other place in
the United States or in Canada in
which life is so well worth living as
it is in Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia. If the ideas I have
ventured to submit to you are carried
out, this fact and this truth will be
more emphatic than it has ever been
before, and we will soon have a very
much larger population and a very
much increased prosperity through-
out this beautiful land of ours.
' T
UNION
" '1
Francis Butler has been quite sick'
with measles but is slowly conva-
lescing.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. GOee and Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Pritchard of Shelton
were dinner guests at the Kennedy
Tavern ,on Sunday.
Mrs. W. A. Nobles entertained the
ladies needle Club at her beautiful
new home "The Olympic ]Ianor."
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Henry Kruhoffer came in from
Bellingham this week and tells us he
has come to make Union his future
home. Sounds good.
We thought we saw streaks of
lightning all around Union Saturday
and Sunday but come to find out it
was only Captain Robinson's new
Ford.
Thos. Purdy and Henry Kruhoffer
have purchased the C. C. Hauptly
stock of merchandise and will con-
solidate the two stores. Here's wish-
in them all kinds of success.
stir. and Mrs. J. G. Johnson, Oscar
Johnson and Emil Johnson were in
Union on Monday.
"Mrs. Elizabeth Cain has gone to
Seattle for a month's visit with rel-
atives and friends.
Mrs. M. Kennedy and Mrs. Gordon
McKay went to Seattle to celebrate
George Washington's birthday, not
their own. They report a good time.
And still it rams.
One dozen Premium or Arrow pen-
cils for 40e to anyone bringing this
slip on Monday, March 7th.
Journal Stationery Shop.
I
The Best Way
The best way to clean
your teeth is the natural
way; that is, with a care-
fully selected polishing sub-
stance which is abrasive
enough to remove all stains
and adhering particles, yet
so finely ground as not to
scratch the enamel:
Such a substance is th
basis of
NY-DENTA
TOOTH PASTE
I( cleanses right.
• ' TOO MUCH PROGRESS to pay the bill depresses the man
who has put the savings out of his
labor into a home or has invested
hi :apital in a business or factory
Some optimist has asserted that or fill; when he finds himself pen-
"the first hundred years are the al: J through excessive taxation, he
hardest." His dictum cannot be dis- is impelled to' the conclusion that
puted, because nobody INes long progress is a luxury which he would
enough in these fast times to
see willingly forego for the sake of hav-
how things go in the second hun- inl the ease and comfort of the days
dred years. But refutation appears wt his community was less "pro-
to have come from Jeffersontown,
Ky., which at the age of 126 years
as a munidipality, has petitioned to
have its charter revoked so that it
may revert to the simplicity of vil-
lage government and thus shake off
what has become burdensome taxa-
tion, accumulated through some of
the processes which go under the
name of "'progress." Citizens to put
matterc onciselv, prefer to ge along
with fewer of {he costly elaborations
and thus escape taxation which has
reached a bulk that bows their backs.
Since no reasonable obje'ction can be
raised to granting the revocation of
the charter, there probably will be
presented to the rest of the country
the spectacle of a small city revert-
ingto the simplicity of village or-
ganization and administration, and
the change may prove so satisfactory
that other tax-burdened communities
will be tempted to follow.
Seattle and most of the other cities
of the country which have disting-
uished themselves bv their progress-
iveness, are a long way" from the
end of the first hundred years and
the inhabitants thereof, it may be
assumed, hope the first hundred years
are to be harder than following cen-
turies. Of course the taxpayers who
are now wobbling under the "tax bur-
den will have passed away yhen the
century ends, so that what comes
after 'ill not directly cancers them;
but tbe person of speculative mind,
or who has a liking for figures, may'
divert himself with what the tax
rate will be twenty-five or fifty years
from now if each succeeding admin-
istration keeps the pace that has
been maintained in recent years. If
continued extensions are being made
to municipal enterprises, and great
power plants, water service and oth-
er activities in the management of
which there is 10, 20 or 50 per cent
tincture of politics and more or less
general inefficiency, the inevitable re-
sult will be proportionate increase in
taxation to the point of actual con-
fiscation.
There isn't mueh consolation for
the individual or the municipality in
the assurance that the first hundred
years are the hardest. And there
must come a time, in the near future, I
when the citizens of Seattle will feel
as the citizens of Jeffersontown feel
about the desirability of hving the
products of progress at a cost which
takes much of the Joy out of living,
rat last out of owning property.
ogress is cesirable; it is admirable
when it is brought about without
burdensome expenditure; but when
the price of progress is so high that
gressive."--Post-Intelligencer.
BEN
SILVERMAN
Modern
Custom Tailor
You may now have your
suits made to your measure
right here in my shop.
I am $carrying a full line
of Detmer woolens and in-
vite you to step in and look
these goods over.
I invite your patronage.
@
Select cloth and have your
suit ftted to your taste. My
ears of tailoring experience
place at your service.
€ Workmen Bldg.
SHELTON, WASHINGTON
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Or aim is to carry everything in the Station-
ery line. Among other things our stock includes:
Albums,
Gummed Labels
of the smaller cities .all the boys and cant an up-to-date line of goods,
girls who contemplated remaining even though his quantities may be
there always were asked to put up very small, but wherever he has a
their hands. Fifteen per cent oft hem small line of goods, let him put the
did, He asked those who contemplat- greatest possible stress on the fa'ct
ed at some future time leaving their I that he can procure in the short#st
home town and district to live in the I possible time anything that he does
larger cities to raise their hands, and not happen to have in stock, just as
5 per cent of them raised their hands,flwell as if he people themselves, and
:He also stated that the business of/much better in fact, ordered it from
thesernral districts, through the ac-/the mail order house.
tivzit.ieti s of the mail Order houses, was! .........
, • ] JUlIU up ommunuy
going to the larger cities not in their
own state, but to other states of the . Wherever possible let the store
Union, in the same proportion, keeper put someone younger than
_ _' .... himself, or some other person, behind
e¢ome name uoosers h counte
^ ,. ' t e r for as many hours, as
uur association wisnes to inaugu- possible during the day and let him
rate a campagin throughout this state lrive out am_angst the farmers and
and the state of Washington that will country residents, make their ac-
stop the exodus of population and of quaintance, tell the that he has an
bumness, and I believe that remedies up-to-date, attrative store, that to
can be applied which will effectually buy from him means the upbuilding
do this. . .... of the community in which they live,
I have atreacty auggese(l one mean and that more prosperity in their com-
.--and that fib by having the citizen munity means more prosperity for
m.emselves ecome more loyal ana t]e people.he is calHng.upon, the in-
tngger Doosers zor me F name u)wn. crease m the value oIcne)r real ea-
I suggest that they, m turn, cam- tate and of their holdings; so that he
mence a campaign in their towns for and they 'can be one in the Up'build -
a cleaner, a more attractive, a more ing of the trade and business of
up-to-date town, and that ,they be the their own community. . .
There is nothing that has destroyed
country life more than to make the
children work from daylight to dark
without any hope of remuneration,
and without any home amusements
or recreation.
Fir Drug Store
'Once a Trial--Always Nyal'
DICKINSON'S GARAGE
carries a complete line of Tires, Tubes and
Accessories, epairing and Overhauling at
reasonable rates.
Agents for the "DORT" car.
RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY
Hoodsport, Washington
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