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THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
.... FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1920
DO YOU 'MEMBER?
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The old bell games out in the back lot? The time you used to
ave "ch0osin' up skies." Skinny Stearns and Fat always wanted to
chooee up and then the fun would start. Skinny would always claim
that he could get those "three fingers" (he could get three fingers
where Fat couldn't think of it). "Well, a'right, then, if you gtlys get
yet ins we get the extra man and you can have Porge fer right field."
Porge was usually dragging up in the rear carryinj the bats and
the much-coveted mask. Then, after about an hour's arguing over
the sides, the old game would finally be on and everything going fine,
and Ad Mercer would probably loom up in the background and that
meant pull stakes for another field. Somehow, Ad never did like to
have the feilas run through the potato field after a fly ball out there
in center field. Someone would yell: "Here comes old man Mercer, we
better beat it for' he gets here."mFlnish ball game.
A feller isn't so awfully particular where he steps when he's
after a ball and there were parts of'Ad's potato crop that looked as
though they wouldn't amount to very much, in fact, it didn't amount
to very much. Between the corn silk pulled off the corn and the rails
from the old rail fence down by the creek that the fellas used to mak0
bridges with, Ad used to be keut pretty busy watchin' where the
bunch was. It was a great life eh]teilas. ""
GREAT CIRCLE RUN
HAS BEAUTY SPOTS
115-MILE DRIVE HAS MANY FINE
SCENES FOR AUTOMOBILE
PARTIES.
What will prove, motorists claim
who have made the trip) to be one of
the finest drives out from Tacoma is
rather bumpy road brings the autoist
to the state highway. This road is
the banner his]away of this section
and one can enjoy a 'ood broad
track here until the turn ]s made for
Allyn.
Clifton registers 25 miles from
Springfield. The Clifton r o a d
branches off from the highway and
is plainly marked by a sign on the
rir, ht hand side of the road. There
is a garage at this point. The road
the aan from this city via the Gig to Allyn leads directly ahead for a
Harbor ferry to Port Orchard, Clif- short distance when the road forks
ton, Allyn and Shelton and home by land the fork to the left is taken.
way of Olympia. This run might IThis is a typical country road, lexl-
be termed the "great circle" route, ins through woods and of such a
It can be made easily in one day windi.ng nature as to keep the driver
including stops for lunch along the veSmng • The distance across to Al-
way. The distance is approximately yn is approxximately seven miles.
115 miles. On this run there is much At Allyn there is a hotel where
to be Seen of nature's beauties,
glimpses of the Sound forests and
many runrfing brooks wending there
way to various reaches of the Sound.
Leaving Tacoma the motorists can
take the ferry City of Tacoma at
Point Defiance at 9 o'clock in the
morning. A 25-minute ride on tnc
:femw carries the pleasure seeker to
*chicken dinners are a feature. There
is a pleasant camping spot here at
Sherwood creek at which many auto
parties from Olympia and Shelton
may be found.
Leaving Allyn one crosses Sher-
wood creek for Shelton. The road
here is through a logged off land
district for several males and then
Gig Harbor. From Gig Harbor the into heavily wooded timber which
next run is to Purdy and Wauna, I causes the stranger to wonder why
distance about five miles. Lea6ng the road was charted through such
Gig Harbor one turns to the left an apparently unbroken wilderness.
driving about two blocks and tak- On this highway, about two miles
the first road to the right hich leads from Sherwood creek, there is a
1 nl banch road to the left leadmg to
directly up the h'l. There is o Y l "' '. • "
Detrmt
one turn off on this road, out about l '.
n< half h s s mle As this road rams Shelton is lm
a mile a I he- . r w i m 'c.(ll • " ' ' ' " "" " "
proves and winding clown the valle
but the road to the right should be " " " y
:followed and one arrives at Header-i leading into Oakland bay form a
son ba- within a short distance. The i very pretty drive and especially so
beach road s'. followed here to the after the road reaches above the
draw bri(tf, e leading across a sand beach line.
spit to Wauna or one can go around
the head of the bay through Burley
and connect with the Port Orchard
road.
At the T:resent time the sand spi
road is being widened and overhauled
and it may not be in the ,est condi-
tion. Passing on to Springfield or
Wauna the road leads directly by the
Go]dinah's store where directions as
to the road can be obtained if nee(l-
ed. The road here is rather steeu
for a short distance. It is rough in
places but on the whole fairly good.
frhis road leads by the govmment
target range out about six miles from
Springfield. The distance from
"Springfield to Port Orchard it 12.3
miles. Arriving at Port Orchard it
is best to g directly down to the
water front. The last block shows
-another steep hill on which care
should be used. At the foot of the
treet turn to the left and one block
down directions can be obtained at
Howe's garage.
From town the road follows about
t h_e waterfront of Port Orchard bay.
The road is fine with the exception of
one or two short places. About four
miles out on this highway th'ere are
several cross roads that might con-
fuse, but one should continue straight
ahead by the school house, which is
located on the left hand side of the
.road. A quarter of a mile on this
Shelton is 50.4 miles from Spring-
fielcl Arriving at, Shelton the first
street to the left is taken• This leads
directly through town and to the long
winding road out of Shelton, which
is the feature road of the entire trip.
The road here is fine until after
crossing the Thurston county line it
becomes rutty in spots, though it
is a wonderful improvement over
as of the road already gone over.
lymnia registers 70.8 from Spring-
field.
This completes a part of the coun-
Itry adjacent to Tacoma through
which not many of Tacoma auto
owners have tr.veled. At, present
mudh road work is being done and by
next year the road§ should be in
very good condition. It is said that
work is now under way on a road
connecting Vaughn with Allyn. This
road will eliminate the run around
through Port Orchard. The sand spit
road between %rdy and Springfield-
Port Orchard section cut out at
Springfield. It is possible that some
work will be done this year on the
Gig Harbor section of the road. On
account of "the work on the road it
has been necessary to detour through
Burley at times on the way to
Springfield. While this road on the
west side of Burley lagoon is being
repaired it is a hard one for light
ars.
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TRIALS OF TOURING
ON THE CONTINENT
PASSPORTS A BUGBEAR IN ENG-
LAND AND FRANCE.
Dieppe, Fance, July 13, 1920 ,
I am writing amid the clanging
of bells and the booming of guns.,
for tomorrow, July 14, is the French
equivalent of the Fourth of Ju
Bastile Day. It is typical of the
difference between the French race
and the Anglo-Sax0n that their
great national holiday is the anni-
versary of the action of a mob, how-
ever justifiable, while ours is that
of the solemn signing of a great pub-
lic document. But Bastile Day does
not come 'till tomorrow: and I must
get this letter off tonight, since our
trip over here has delayed it too
long already.
I learned yesterday, to my sorrow,
that all this official foolishness about
passports isn't over yet. I've noticed
that most people who travel are in
favor of the League .of Nations, and
I don't attribute it to any lofty
idealism. They hope that there will
be a "government of the world" some
day, so they wor/'t have their pass-
ports vised. I knew mine had to be
done at the French consulate in Lon-
don, but supposed it would be the
work of a few minutes. It took me
just that long to run into the first
snag, for I found that everyone go-
ing to France must make the French
government a present of his photo-
graph. I had none. All right there
was a photograph studio around the
corner. But my wife and I share
the same passport, and she was not
there to have her picture taken. All
right, the studio Would copy the
photo on the passport. This took
an hour.
I returned, and got as far as the
man who wields the*rubber stamp.
He pointed out, courteously, but
with considerable emphasis, that my
passport was good for Great Britain
only. I nmst go to the American
consulate and get it extended for
France. That took almost another
hour. Then all I had to do was fork
over twelve shillings (three dollars)
and we were ready to start. Of
course we all know the French. gov-
ernment is in need of money. But
they shouln't be for long, judging by
the number of people from Kansas
City and Kalamazoo I saw paying
their entrance fees yesterday.
The longed-for, rush of .merican
tourists seems to have begun in earn-
est. London swarmed with them yes-
terday, with their fraternity pins
and tortoise-shell glasses their chic
hats and neat shoes. It did my heart
good to hear them talk, for in spite
of all that is said about our thxawling
and our speaking through our noses
we speak much better English than
most of the people of Oxford or Lon-
don.
At Victoria Station this morning
we had twopleasant surprises. We
found that we could register (check)
our trunk, instead of having to keep
an eye on it duEng the whole trip,
(of course there was an extra fee);
and we found a copy of "Life" on a
news stand. True it was the issue
of May 27, and we had to pay nine
pence (eighteen cents) for it. But
with our tnmk checked aml "Lifo"
to read we felt as though we were
going on a civilized journey at home.
There are many routes by which
one may cross the Channel. We
chose the one from Newhaven to
Dieppe, which takes three hours.
some of the shorter ones take only
an hour, but they are sup, posed to be
rougher. It was a beautiful day,
with blue sky and bright sunshine.
The whitest seagulls I ever saw
floated along- above the steamer. Be-
fore we faMy got outside the harbor,
choppy seas started hitting the ship,
and she began to roll. Attendants
scattered little wash basins along
the dec.k, and they were freely pat-
ronized. Many Americans who es-
(:ape seasickness on the trip across
the Atlantic are sick when they
strike the Channel. There is tfiis ad-
vantage--that it isn't so long before
• those who wish to can get off and
walk.
Two hours and a half aSter starting,
we came in sight of the white Chalk
'cliffs of Normandy. Just why the
successive discoverers of Britain
talked so much about its white cliffs
I don't 'know. If they had turned
their faces in the direction from
which they came they would have
seen others just as white. Dieppe
harbor is largely artificial. Indeed,
natural harbors are rare on the west
coast of France.
As soon as we landed international
'relations started in earnest• I
learned, as so many have before me,
that English spoken loudly, clearly,
and distinctly, produces no effect at
all upon a person who doesn't &now
the language to start with. Fortu-
nately, I wasn't the first one they'd
seen, and with the aid of a ohrase
bgok, a porter who spoke a few
words of I,,nglish, and the unbelive-
able patience of everyone I addressed,
I got our baggage tlrough the cus-
toms ami found the way to a pension.
Our plans arc somewhat changed. We
decided that seacoast town might
be better during the hot months
than an inland place llke Grenoble.
Dieppe seems cool and pleasant, and
rtther cleaner than the average Eng-
lish town. That is rather faint
praise, but we haven't had much time
to make up a rewular opinion, and I
presumes that there are some rather
critical ex-doughboys among those
who read these letters. It would
never do to contradict their opinion
of Fran'ce without plenty of credence
to back the story.
J. H. BINNS.
NUT WAITER WANTED.
An old lady, after waiting in a
confectionery store for about ten
minutes, grew grossly impatient at
the lack of service.
Finally she rapped sharply on the
counter,
"Here, ¢oung lady," she called,
who watts on the nuts ? "--Every-
body's Magazine.
Do YOUR Banking by Nail
"I my banking by mail. I have
do
all
never met any of the officers or even
seen the Scandinavian American
Bank," one of our depositors said.
¶ This depositor was recommended to
the Scandinavian American Bank by
a friend. The bank proved to be as
this friend had said--a bank offering
efficient and reliable service.
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¶Although it has been inconvenient for
this customer to come to Tacoma he
has been a steady customer of this
bank for eight years.
¶ Bank-by-mail service is offered to
any one who finds it inconvenient to
come to the bank in person.
send for our booklet "Banking
by Mail."
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TALK WITH HARDING
ON NEED OF FARMERS
IEDITORS OF FARM PUBLICATION
CONFER WITH REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE.
MARION, Ohio, July 26.--The
needs of Western farmers were talk-
ed over with Senator Harding yes-
terday by Senator Capper of Kansas
md Henry Wallace of Des Moincs,
Iowa, both editors of farna publica-
tions. In a statement aftevard Sen-
ator Capper declared the farmers of
the West Were fast realizing why it
is necessary that the Republican tic-
ket be elected.
To put the Democrats back into
power, the Kansas senator said,
would be to "turn the government
over to the solid South and the Dem-
ocratic machines of the various Tam-
amnized state of the North."
Senator Capper's statement blamed
the Democratic administration for
market inequalities favorable to the
cotton and sugar industries, and de-
'clared Gee. Cox's nomination for
President by the Democrats placed
the party under a joint obligation to
Southern interests and to tee "bos'-
ses" of the North.
Gov. Cox, he said, "in the eight
years he has dominated Democratic
politics in Ohio, has built a machine
based on the Tammany model."
"During the war and sin'ce," the
statement said, "vce have seen what
Southern control means. The South-
e statesman were for rigidly con-
trolling and limiting the price on
wheat that compelled the farmers to
take far less than they would have
got in an uncontolled market• Cot-
ton went to dizzy prices•
"Recently we have seen the same
thing in the case of sugar. I know
no more complete demonstration of
Democracy's administrative incom-
petency than in the story of sugar
this year.
"Peo,qe are paying up to 30 cents.
for sugar, and cma't get it at that.
Yet there is sugar enough for all. It,
is held by speculators to boost prices.
"The Northern and Western far-
mers have borne the burden of re-
strictions while the cotton and sugar
raisers and the speculators got away
with profits beyond calculation."
WHY NOT?
There are 2,000,0000 railway em-
ployes in the U. S. whose incomes-
-average over $1,500 per year. If"
they save $50 per year each they
couhl buy control of the New York
Central in one year, of Baltimore &
Dhio and Erie together in less time,
and of all through lines between
Chicago and New Vork within five
years. The National City Bank offer
this uggestion as a sub:titute for
the Plumb plan, and it can be adap-
ted for appdcation to tim ether in-
dusr es, and save the proposed revo-
lutien advocated by radical leader
over to the workers.
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