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August 6, 1920     Shelton Mason County Journal
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PAGE TWO THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL .... FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1920 DO YOU &apos;MEMBER? ( 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. While You Wait We'll Vulcanize Your Tubes And you won't have long to wait at that. Our complete, new vulcanizing equipment enables us to turn out rush work at any time. It's justa matter of minutes if you bring your tube work to us. We are giving the service and that ac- counts for our many patrons. "For Better Service" Needham & Clothier Maxwell Building, Railroad Ave., Shelton Phone 463 / i i i I 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. % ¶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." The Bank for Everybody 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. No sir-ee, bob!" No premiums with Camels--all quality ! quality plus 'Camds ex- pert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos pass out the most wonderful cigarette smoke you ever drew into your mouth l And, the way to prove that tatement is to compare Camels puff-by-puff with any cigarette in the worldt Camels have a mild mellowness that is as new to you as it is delightful. Yet, that desirable "body" is aH there! They are alway refrestu'ngthe3? meyer tire your taste. 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