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TRIAL OF PUTNAM AS ONE OF FOUR I LOCAL FINE AFTER TO CRITICISHS OF
FARM CASE DENIED 00tee, ,,-o. 00ome th,,00t, are GOV. ARHY CAHPS[ FOUR MONTH TERHP'oo' out at" ACTS AND OF' CODE,
U2AM:D pointed out that the associiil SIAc'ES)BI?R[SSOCRT:R!cAEI!:OEFNT
mated several months ago its willing-
il
'LAKE CUSHMAN GIVEN
BY FAIR TRIAL
Before Judge Wright in the Su-
:perior Court on Monday was argued
• he motion for a new trial filed
against the award by the jury of
$66,000 to W. T. Putnam in satisfac-
tion for the proposed taking of his
big farm on Lake Cushman for the
purpose of overflowing by the Ta-
coma power project.
Attorneys on both sides argued the
-points involved, but Judge Wright
"held that a fair trial had been given
in which the rights of all parties
"had received due consideration and
lenied the motion. This was the
largest award made in the series of
condemnation cases and probably the
,only one in which either the Tilden
,or Tacoma attorneys care to make
any great objection. They still have
the recourse of appealing to the su-
preme court.
Later before Judge Wilson will be
heard the several motions on both
sides against awards made by juries
in the earlier proceedings in the
cases, and whether any of the cases
reach the higher court will probably
be determined after such hearing.
REMAINS OF FORMER
COUNTY RESIDENT ARE
BURIED HERE SUNDAY
-MR MARY J. SOASH, WHOSE
DEATH OCCURRED AT SEAT-
TLE, GIVEN FINAL REST-
ING PLACE
The remains of Mrs. Mary J.
.'Soash, :a former resident of Mason
County living on a farm at Lost
Prairie, were brought from Seattle
and interred in the Shelton cemetery
Sunday after-noon, July 17th.
Mrs. Soash and her family left the
-farm some ten years ago, following
the death of her husband, and has
since lived in the city. •Until recent-
ly she has been in good health, but
lately afflicted with arteria sclerosis,
hich r.esltod :in her death.
The hearse attended by family and
'friends came by way of the Bremer-
ton ferry, and although but short
otice was given hee a number of
county friends joined in the service,
which was conducted by Rev. W. H.
"rhomas. Deceased leaves two sons
and two daughters living in Seattle,
:her husband and one sonbeing buried
in the cemetery here.
,,HOWARD BINNS GETS
HIGHEST LAW DEGREE
FROM OXFORD COLLEGE
LOCAL BOY NOW ON WAY TO
TACOMA WHERE HE W}LL
PRACTICE LAW
Bearing distinguished educational
honors never before attained in a
like length of time by an American,
John H. Binns, Rhodes scholar, was
scheduled to arri4e in New York last
Saturday from England, and is now
believed to be speeding withhis fam-
ily on his way to Tacoma.
Binns, who is the son of Frank
Binns of this city, and son-in-law of
United States Commissioner T. W.
Hammond of Tacoma, will ractice
law and make his home in Tacoma
with his wife and three-months-old
daughter, Margaret Jean. They will
reside temporarily with the Ham-
mond family.
Copies of the London Times reach-
ing Tacoma Saturday, show that
Binns is listed in Class 1 of the Ox-
ford B. C. L. (bachelor of civil law)
degree, the highest degree in law
given by that amous old university.
In all the years since the founda-
tion of the Rhodes scholarship, only
four other Americalis have obtained
this degree, and the had all enjoyed
previous trainimr in law, and took
±hree years to accomplish what this
Washlngten boy has done in two.
Young Binns was graduated from
the Washington State College at
Pullman several years ago, and, un-
dergoing a competitive examination,
as awarded a Rhodes scholarship
ut Oxford. He entered the university
shortly/ before the outbreak of the
-war and when war was declared by
he United States he returned to
"Washington and won a commission
i t army. He was. stationed at
C'am''Lewis and posts in California
and West Virginia.
With the war ended, the Oxford au-
thorities invited Binns.to re. rn, .d
if married, to bring his wie wire
him. Binns comvlied with both tn-
vitatlons, and took back as his bride
Miss Carrie Hammond, daughter of
Commlslsoner Hamomnd, who was a
classmate at Pullman.
When Mr. and Mrs. Binns reach
Tacoma there will be another Shelton
• oy on the platfomu to greet hm,
owa Ta'coma after-
"Fred Metzger, n ....
hey, whose educational acmevemenzs
almost parallel those of Binns, i
Metzger is also i a Rliodes scholar
nd a former Ibcal boy. ' On eom'
nlethlg h|s education in this state,
he qudified for the coveted scholar-
ship. and after ending hie studies tn
England.t(:to Tahmto:.praetiCe
work planned is completed. The crew
is made up of trainmen who are thus
kept busy while the logging camps DONED, SAYS OFFICIAL
are closed. ANNOUNCEMENT
MISSIONARY Camp Lewis is to be one of the
S,,. ,., ..... ,. [four permanent army cantonments
UIDVhY HOOL IN to be maintained in peace times ac-
' , r a , : I cording to an announcement made
OUTLYING DISTRICTS Tuesday by Secretary of War Weeks.
Abandonment of Camps Devens,
Mass., Sherman, O.; Grant, Ill.; Pike,
LIVELY.ORGANIZATIONS Ark.; Meade, Md.; Jackson, S. C.;
LAUNCHED AT HARSTINE, and Bragg, N. C., was also announc-
GRANT AND OAKLAND BAY ed by him.
' TO TAKE UP BIBLE
WORK
John E. Crymes, missionary of the
American Sunday School Union, is
doing considerable work in Mason
County at this time. Last Sunday
morning he established a Union Sun-
day school at Jarrell's Cove on Har-
stine Island. This is perhaps the
first Sunday school ever organized
on this Island. J. H. Haskell was
chosen superintendent.
Sunday afternoon Mr. Crymes
started a Bible school at Grant school
house, of which Mrs. J. ,W. Clark is
superintendent and Mrs. A. T. Munro
secretary. The people in this neigh-
borhood formerly had a Sunday school
but there has been none for several
years past.
The people of Oakland Bay district
'held an enthusiastic meetinq in the
school house last Monday mght and
a Sunday school was launched. Mrs.
R. Sundstrom was elected superin-
tendent, while Miss Mabel Doak will
act'as secretary.
For more than a hundred years
the American Sunday School Union
has been sending Christian workers
into otherwise uureached districts, or-
ganizing Sunday schools, distributing
bibles and other books and doing a
general religious work in rural com-
munities. This society now has about
225 missionaries in the field, seven
of whom work in his state.
FARMERS VISff STATE
EXPERIMENT STATION
ACCOMPANY COUNTY AGENT ON
ANNUAL TRIP FO LEARN
METHODS AT PUYALLUP
STATION
Mason County farmers accompanied
County Agent H. E. Drew to the
State Experiment Station for the an-
nual Summer Excursion last Thursday
for intensive one day course in agri-
culture. The day was specially set
aside as Thurston and Mason County
Day.
Owing to .the fact that the highway
is closed and the long detour nec-
essary and that many were in the
midst of haying, there was not so
large an attendance as usual, al-
though Mason county was very well
represented. Of special interest to
the farmers of this county this year
were the berry fields where the most
approved methods of trellissing and,.
handling were demonstrated. I
Mr. and Mrs. Shoup gave veryI[
interestingtacs on poultry culture [[
and Mr.-McNott, the station dairy I[
expert gave practical talks on judg-II
ing and handling cattle.
Mr. Johnson, the station veterinar-
ian and Mr. Stahl, the horticulturist,
and others gave educational talks of
interest. The demonstration and fer-
tilizer plots were actual demonstra-
tions of what can be dons with dif-
ferent varieties of fertilizers in this
section. Lunch was served by the
Station.
Have you named your farm and
placed the sign up over the qate?
That is one of the best ways o£ cre-
ating a reputation for your produce.
Other camps to be retained ar
Dix, N. J.; Travis, Tex.; and Knox
Ky., Weeks said.
Under the order the First Divisio
at Camp Dix will remain at tha
place, and the Second Division wil
Camp Travis, while the Third Divis
ion, stationed at Camp Pike, will be
moved to Camp Lewis.
Headquarters of the Eighth Bri-
gade at Camp Lewis will be trans-
ferred to Vancouver Barracks, Wash.;
headquarters of the Twelfth Brigade
at Camp Grant, to Fort D. A. Rus-
sell, Wyo.
The Fourth Division at Camp Lew-
is is placed on the inactive list. Its
command will be reduced to a bri-
gade and transferred to Vancouver
Barracks. The Sixth Division at
Camp Grant will be reduced to a bri-
gade and stationed at Fort D. A.
Russell.
Inactive Cavalry Units
Cavalry untis placed on the inac-
tive list and for which parent or-
ganizations are designated include
the Fifteenth Cavalry, at D. A. Rus-
sell, for which the Fifth, at Marfa,
is made sponsor, and the Seventeenth
Cavalry, in Hawaii, for which the
Eleventh, at Monterey, is made spon-
sor.
The war secretary said that in the
case of camps to be abandoned all
troops would be removed and the
greater part of the buildings sal-
vaged, but that the land and 'certain
permanent improvements would be
retained for use in event of a future
appropriation permitting their utiliz-
ation as citizens' military training
camps.
CASCARA BUSINESS
SMALL THIS YEAR
GLUTTED MARKET :AND THE
LOW PRICE HAVE DISCOUR-
ATGED MOST PEELERS
Two years ago mor"----' than 500 tons
of cascara bark was sold in Monte-
sano and shipped out by local buyers.
This year if the total reaches 50 tons
receipts will have to increase great-
ly, local dealers say.
A glutted market with the conse-
quent decline in price is given as the
rason for the small amount of bark
handled. Picketing Brothers, who
handled the bulk of the bark in Mon-
tesano in 19t9 and t920; are not buy-
ing this year, and report 6 to 7 tons
still in their warehouse. George Sell,
"king of the cascara bark world," has
most of the bark here this year, and
he has bought so far only 15 tons.
The price this week is only" $95 a ton,
as compared with $250 in 1919 and
about $220 last year.
Two years ago Montesano estab-
lished the reputation of selling more
cascara bark than any other three
towns in Washington and Oregon
combined, If she maintains that su-
premacy this year it will be because
other localities are handling prop_or-
tionately small amounts, of bark.:The
price this is so low that, those
out of work or on a vacation are in
most instances the only ones who axe
peeling bark. Most of the bark re
,:celved here :ts Id, b: dealem hi
'New York.-.Monso"!idtte; :::/:
PLEADS GUILTY LOCAL
CHARGE.
Louis Prinorach, the Austrian who
has been held in local custody, was
taken before Justice Ward Saturday,
and chose to plead guilty to having
liquor in his possession as the easier
way to freedom.
After serving four months on the
federal count Prinorach's ruddy com-
lexion had taken on a bleached hue
ue to confinement. He was given"
a fine and costs in the local court
amounting to $184.95, which friends
from Aberdeen promptly yoduced
and Prinorach secured his hberty.
It will be ecalled that the prisoner
owned several high-powered cars and
claimed to have made $15,000 from
his operations in contraband booze.
If money came so ewsily it is strange
that he would prefer a month in
jail, rather than pay a $500 fine.
Prinorach was met in Tacoma by
Sheriff Potts after serving four
months in the federal cell of the city
jail there and escorted here to an-
swer the local 'charge. He was nab-
bed several months ago on the Cris-
man ranch near Matlock with liquor
in his possession and a costly still
was taken at the same time.
He stowed the three months term
of the federal sentence and added
another month to cover the fine which
he claimed he was unable to pay.
He first planned to fight the case
and secured an Aberdeen attorney to
represent him btu later decided that
he had had enough, pleaded guilty
and paid the fine.
SHERIFF ROUNDING UP
POLL TAX DODGERS
Sheriff Potts and his deputies are
rounding up a lot of delinquent poll
tax money over Mason County and
have reduced the delinquent list to
under 200. In Grays Harbor county
there are over 5,000 delinquents who
are being hunted by the sheriff, and
a little later some penalty in the
form of property seizure will be ex-
acted from dodgers.
CAPTIOUS PUBLIC SENTIMENT
It must be agreed, from a casual survey of the
state field, that Governor Hart has gotten himself
"in bad" with state newspapers, most of which are of
his own party and responsible for placing him in
power,--and possibly he doesn't care, at least just
now. Considering the great variety of opinion and
the many shades of political belief represented by
the state press it would appear that no one thing but
a combination of "breaks" must be responsible for
the spontaniety of criticism directed at the state ad-
ministration.
That all of these editors are piqued because they
asked for a job and failed to get it, seems unlikely,
and a fair explanation would be that they supported
Gov. Hart under some protest as not the best timber
in the state, that they feel more strongly their duty
to the people, and will not be slow in pointing out
wherein they believe mistakes have been made that
they may hold the public confidence.
The esteemed Post-InteUigencer points out that
it is the only newspaper which has made definite
charges of irregularities in the conduct of state af-
affairs, and that assurances have been given that the
things complained of have been corrected or will not
again occur; It urges that the more recent and nois-
ier complaints against the governor, whatever may
be the justification for any of them, are certainly
not definite or specific.
It is quite likely that the worst has been done,
and that the administration will be mindful of the
fact that its errors of omission and commission will
hereafter be checked by a watchful press, quite able
to distinguish between real news and propoganda.
Enough has been said to warn the governor and his
cabinet that they are on probation and hold no life-
lease on power in Washington, that the Republican
party is also on probation in both state and nation,
and the voters who placed them in power are more
concerned in getting esults along economy lines than
in having officials play favorites with legislators or
pay their political obligations at the expense of the
public treasury. . _ "
There is no denand for recall, and no thought
of flying to ills the public knows not of. The new
state code is an experiment but it will work out all
right if fairly and honestly administered, and it is
the function of the newspapers to see that it is. It
is too much to expect much saving at the outset, or
even marked results within two years, but with a
little pruning in places where practice indicates the
good results will come.
_ It ought to be clear that the majority of the
slate Republican press is not looking for trouble, nor
desirous of aggravating the.. troubles of the state.ad-
mtrativn, :butthey are Voicing a rather captious
public sentiment that bids e Governor heed, wake
up and stick close to the big job he :has undertaken.
ness to give relief.
NEW BUILDINGS NEAR
COMPLETION; WOODS
IN NEW STOREROOM
BELL, SHICK, HECKMAN AND
SCHUMACHER B U I L D I N GS
READY FOR OCCUPANCY
IN ANOTHER WEEK
Contractor Mallory is putting on
the finishing touches at the Ben
Schumacher building and this week
is laying the concrete sidewalking,
ready for occupancy. Ben's Restaur-
ant will be located in the corner
store room next week: The Bell
building is plastered, its glass front
placed amt another week will be ready
for tenants.
Contractor Dan Anderson has com-
pleted the Woods store room and the
Woods jeweh'v store is now located
in its new hone. The Heckman and
Shick stores are plastered and their
glass fronts are now being placed,
and in another week will be ready
for occupancy by the photography
and millinery shops of the owners.
FOUR REFERENDUM
PETITIONS WIN OUT
ACTS OF LAST .LEGISLATURE
HELD UP UNTIL NEXT
ELECTION
Olympia, July 27.Official canvass
of the last of the four referendums
filed against acts of the 1921 legis-
lature was completed by J. Grant
Hinkle, secretary of state yesterday.
All four referendums are sustained
by heavy margins in number of pe-
titioners above the required statutory
total of 24,000 legal voters' names
on each, as a result of which all four
laws are suspended to be voted up'on
in the ]922 election.
The referendum verified yesrday
HASTY PASSAGE
At the annual meeting of the
Washington State Bar Association in
Olympia last week, President Otto Be
Rupp, of Seattle, endorsed the con-
solidation plan of the civil adminis-
trative code ua.sed by the last legis-
lature and asked a fair trial of the
plan in this state, but sharply criti-
cised the hasty method by which the
act was passed and the adding of the
emergency clause which prevented its
submission to the people it is design-
submission to the people it is designed
to govem. After reviewing the speed
with which the code plan was put
through the legislature Pres. Rupp
said:
"Here was a statute which aboli£h-
ed 70 commissions and offices, created
new departments and committees,
giving them extensive powers and in
fact changed to a great degree the
system under which this state had
operated for 32 years. It is beyond
dispute that legislation of this kind
should be enacted only after careful
deliberation and full discussion. To
say that this act was so passed by
the House would be to assert an ab-
surdity.
Attacks Stret Report.
One detail of the act has been gen-
erally )verlooked. Shortly stated, it
provides that the director of effi-
'ciency shall make certain confidential
reports to the governor. Why confi-
dential reports? The officers of the
state do not own the state. Public af-
fairs are not their private affairs,
but the affairs of the people. It would
seem that a condition worthy of re-
report ought to be made public.
"Moreover we want no spy system
in this commonwealth. That age-
long instment of tyranny and op-
pression must not be employed in a
free republic.
"The. overwhelming objection to
the act, however, is that it continues
the policy of enlarged governmental
activity and in consequence the .grant-
ing to administrative boards and offic-
ers powers, legislative, executive and
udicial. For this no blame can be
mputed to the framers of the act
and but little to the le¢islature itself.
The fault rests with the people.
"n
one breath they inveigh bitter-
is No. 15 against Chapter 176 of the
session laws uroviding for party con- ly against the outrageous increase in
ventions of delegates elected in prim- taxes an!..in .the next clamor for
ar es Petitions in sum)ort of it ear-I some ao(nmnm .uncmn o oe per-
,\\;, "' " €,.," f .''io d;,,. ,formed bv the state. Another maxhu
of expectance s that you can not
rhe other acts i'eferred and previous-i : - . : ....
nave yore cae ane ea . SUP
ly canvassed are Chapter 177, prow ! ,.., :, ..-, . : • ,"
stanum reoucuon m taxes c m pray
iding for registration of party affllia- . • ..... , " .
tion for direct primary votlng:; Chap- come trom a suDsanml re(tucmn m
ter 175, excluding chihb'en from reed- governmental interferen'ce with busi-
ical examination in schools for con-
tagious disease on written objection
of parents, and Chapter 59, extendinl
the 'certificate of convenience and
necessity regulation over all public
utilities. It is now exercised only
over auto stage stansportation lines
under a separate act.
Referendums against the party con-
vention and party affiliation registra-
tion acts were filed hy the executive
committee of the national non-par-
tisan league, including Bouck, recent-
1,v deposed head of the Washington
State Grange.
FREE PICRIC ACID
COSTS TOO MUCH
TO CLEAR LAND
The offer of the federal govern-
ment to donate 12,500 pounds of pie-
ric acid for the use of farmers in
ness."
Governor Takes Issue
Coming from a source which could
hardly be overlooked Governor Ha
took advantage of the opportunity
afforded to addres the assembly later
and make his promised reply to the
criticism of his acts and of the code
as well which has been appearing in
the stte newspapers. Speaking dir-
ectly on the Code administration he.
said: '
"The Tmramount problem before the
State of Washington is taxation. The
burden lies heavy on all and must be
lightened. To that end this admin-
istration has devoted its energy and
will ontinue to do so despite all ob-
stacles. So effectively have we worked
that a total of more than $1,700,000
has been saved the taxpayers thus
ar and the deficit of $2,750,000 will
e wiped out before the end of the
biennnium . Needless to say, I have
no apology to make for this con-
dition.
clearing land is hardly the good thing
that it looked to be, according to the
state agricultural department. The
department has made inquiry into the
matter and this is what develops. The
picric acid is tored at Sparta,, Wis.,
and at Fort Wingate. The cheapest
freight charges are from parta to
Spokane, 4.83 cents per pbund and
from Fort Wingate to Seattle, 4.61
cents a pound. In addition there is
a charge of six cents a pound for
'cartridging and packing and one cent
"contingent charge" making the ac-
tual cost of the explosive, laid down
in Seattle or Spokane nearly 12 cents
a pound.
The stuff has to be shipped in car-
load lots. It is claimed to be slight-
ly superior to dynamite for blowing
stumps, but it requires heavy No. 8
caps, not carried in stock by ordinary
dealers, in order to explode it.-
Olympian.
HARDING CAMPS WITH
FORD AND EDISON
Peetonvflle, Md., July 23,Presi-
dent Harding arrived at his week-end
camping place here in time to take
off his coat, get a busines-like grip
on an ax and cut enough wood to
cook lunch for the whdle party. .He
found saddle horses waiting at the
camp and planned to do the first
horseback work he has done in many
.ears duing the afternoon, following
it up With a night in the woods, un-
der canvas.
The president's car was met at
Funst0wn, Md., on its way up from
Washington by a machine occuuted
by Harvey S. 'Firestone, Henry Ford
and Thomas A. 'Edison, hosts of the
chief executive on his brief vacation
"This saving 'can be attributed in
large measure to the enactment of
the State Administrative Code. Some
eighteen months ago I outline{t before
the Spokane Bar Association my idea
of this Code, and I am glad to lay
before the State Bar Association at
this time a brief review of four
(Continued on page 8)
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FROMME TIES RED
STRING ON FINGERS ;
AS FOREST WARNING
STORES IN DANGER ZONE ALSO
ISE RED TWINE : ,
R. L. Fromme, supervisor of the
Olympia forest, has anew idea for
fire prevention in the forest area.
The plan :odnated in his office and.
has beel widely aopted in the North-
west. A oSter, originally designed
by W. J. Paeth, forest examiner of
the ,Olympics, with a drawing by
Mrs. C. M. Dowling of Portland, is
being sent to stores in and near the
bloh down area of the Olympic for-
est. This poster advocates fire pre-
vention and explains the reason fox'
the usage of red twine in the stores.
• Proprietors of stores in this dis-
trict have 'agreed to use only red
twine on packages throughout the
fire season. The poster shows a hand
with a red string tied around the
one finger, using the old idea of a
string around the finger to atimulate
the memory This unique method of
fire prevention has been accepted by
several stores in the Lake Quinaulu
trip. ' district. .......
'-- The stores at Humptulips, Netlton
Every woman likes to think ,her [ and Olson were the first to adopt the_
nerves unusually sensitive ,and every plan and otherstores at QIc_ee ajd
man likes to thi.;-his bearcl unusual-[ttoodsport have accepted t also. o
[ly tough.'Providnce Journal i only lfi the,Olympics will the idea be
l[ , " . " ]used :but 'alSo,!i2 other National
I A you ashamed :of your back] parks and forest of Washington, Idao
|Jyard, ff so, let's have a cleaning, bee.] he, and Montana.--Olympilm. :
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