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VOLUME XXXlV.
SHELTON, MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBLR 17, 1920
NO. 40
.THREE DIE FRO00
BURNS WHEN GAS
LAMP EXPLODES
.IOI,D DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR
FATHER AND SON, VICTIMS
OF DIFFERENT :ACCI-
DENTS ON S .....
DAY
Mrs. A. J. Gaisell and her daugh-
Ler Leota, aged 14, died at the hos-
pital in Olympia on Saturday and
Albeit'Cooper, aged 15, died on Sun-
.day morning, from burns caused by
the explosion of a gasoline lamp at
the Gaisell home in Gate the preced-
ing Wednesday. A. J. Gaisell and
Mrs. Edgar Smith, both of whom
also suffered burns, are still living i
at the hospital, but in serious eondi-
' tion.
The fire completely destroyed the
Gaisell home and its contents, and
ramaged other houses at Gate. Mrs.
W. J. Cooper who was widowed by
the accident to the father at the
Bordeaux camps which began this
'.train of calamities, is left with seven
chihh'en to care for, five of whom
are under 16 years.
The double funeral service was
held at the Baptist Church in Shel-
ton last Sunday in which the la
rites were iven over the remains of
a father ho lost his life by one
HARVEST CRANBERRIES
Chas. M. Wilson and associates of
Chicago have purcha.ed the old In-
gersoll ranch on Oyster Bay from
Joe Waldrip, and are planning to
mprove the old place. Mr. Wilson
s camping there making prepara-
tions to halwest the cranberries of
which a good crop is in prospect.
The marsh contains a fine setting of
cranberry plants which were orig-
inally set there and cared for by
early owners, but have been left
practically open to the public for
several years past. The berries con-
tinue to be of good size, and in
average seasons will produce several
hundred boxes of this fine fruit.
AGATE COMMUNITY
WILL HOLD ITS FAIR
EARLY IN OCTOBER
HUSTLING DISTRICT IS BOUND
TO SHOW WHAT IT CAN
PRODUCE
The Agate Grange Community Fair
will be held in the Grange Hall at
Agate on Friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober 1 and 2, aml the farmers of the
district are working to make a big
exhibit to make up the void left by
the failure to hold the usual county
fair. Arrangements are practically
'completed and a good showing of
the community products is assured.
accident and a son who died from The committee in charge has se-
the effect of burns, the result of a cured speakers from the Station in
:second to involve the same family on Puyallup and also hope to have Mr.
the same day. Paulhamus come over for a speech
A large number of Shelton friends on the berry and canning industry,
in which a special interest is being
.and relatives were gathered in the
little church, joined by many Odd
Fellows and friends of the family
ho came from Gate Cit:]'and vicin-
ity for the eel-dee. The rare occur-
rence directed toward the bereaved
family the sympathy of both com-
munities, especially as two other
-victims of the latter accident had
passed away and the remaining two
are in almost hopeless condition.
The remains of W. J. Cboper were
',brought from Olympia Friday and
the funeral service Sunday was held
for a time awaiting the body of the
:son Albert, who died at the hospita,
that morning. The joint service was
`beld at the church, and led' by the
Odd Fellow brethren the cortege, one
of the longest ever held here, follow-
ed the two caskets to the cemetery
where the final service was held.
William Cooper was born, October
1I, 1966, and died September 8, 1920.
:He leaves a father, William Cooner,
two brothers, John Cooper and Joe
Jeffries; four sisters, Mrs. James
Brooks, Mrs. W. R: Karns, Mrs. Lan-
don Weston and Mrs. M. W. Johnson;
a wie, Mamie Cooper; tWo sons,
Clarnc6 and William; five daghters,
May, Helen, Ruth, Gladys "and Ella.
.Abert Cooper was born in Shelton,
March 20, 1908, and died September
12, 1920.
BRAKESMAN KILLED
COUPLING LOG CARS
ON MUD BAY ROAD
taken in that district as well as in
other sections of the county. All
these topics will be interesting ,to
the farmers and all the county qs
invited to attend, when special effoxs
will be made to entertain them.
No admissoin will be charged and
no attempt made to secure a profit
from the undertaking. Definite an-
n0uncements as to the program will
be given in next wees JoUrnal.
Some other things than troubles,
even though they bring trouble, hap-
pen in bunches. This paper is car-
tying, three legal publicaitens at
present, any one of which is larger
than it has carried for some years.
Each has its interest to our readers,
and is published to give the public
legal notice
RECORD BREAKING
LANDSLIDE IN MAINE
FOR REPUBLICANS
REPUBLICANS SWE E P STAE
AND FORECAST PRESI-
DENTIAL RESULT
WAS FORMER EMPLOYEE AND
WELL KNOWN HERE
George Fred Marshall, native son
.of Thurston 'county, age 49 years,
was instantly killed Friday forenoon
while working as a brakeman on
the logging train of the Mud Bay
Logging company in the Black Hills.
Mr. Marshall was born in Tum-
water July 22, 1871, and ,had resided
in this section practically all his
• life. He followed the life of a woods-
Than nd was an experienced' man in
his line of work.
The accident occurred when the
brakemar went between the loaded
logging cars to make a coupling. It
isi said the logs projected over the
ends of the trucks, catching Mr.
Marshall amd crushing him toTdeath.
Life was extinct when the mangled
form was picked up later by his fel-
low workmen.
The deceased is survived by tnree
brothers, Will, John and Albert, and
by one sister, Mrs. Mason Hinch-
cliffe.
He has been employed on local
railroad# in past years and is known
by many woodsmen and trainmen
here.
THE NEW MASON CUUMY IIOSPITAL AT SHELTON
The new Mason County Hospital
has so far reached completion that
the Journal is able to present its
readers outside of Shelton with a
view of the structure. Only a few
final touches remain for the work-
men to do, and the building will be
ready for the furnishings and fit-
tings, most of which have already
been ordered. The managing nurse,
Miss Lawson, is expected from Los
Angeles Monday to take charge of
the work and organize the corps of
workers. Althought the hospital
will care for fifty patients, but 25
beds will be fitted to start.
Now that the new hospital is al-
most ready for opening, with a car-
mGH WATER TAKES
OUT FALSE.WORK
ON NEEBY BRIDGEt
CAMPS CLOSE AGAIN AND DOU-
BLE CREW RUSHES WORK
ON NEW STEEL SPAN
A sudden rise of fi#e feet of water
in Neeby Creek which is spanned by
the old 150-foot bridge on the Penin-
sular Railroad as well as the Dew
steel structure in course of construc
tion, carried away the false-work
which had been put in to strengthen:
the former bridge for temporary
crane over the old bridge disclosed
its weakness to carry heavy logging
trains safely.
The abutment of the new steel
bridge had been built and all the
steel was on the ground, but it was
PORTLAND, ME., Sept. 13.--Re- not expected that the new bride
publicans swept the state in the elec- would be ready for use until No-
tion today and elected Frederick H. vemher. Because of the new condi-
tion and the fact that the one crane
load of coal in the bunker and light
and water eel-rice connected up, it
is time to make arrangements for
special rooms. The Rebekahs of
Shelton are so far the only com-
mittee to ask for details. It is re-
quired that all rooms be furnished
uniformly with plain sanitmT fit-
tings to correspond with the general
plan, and if any community has
raised more than the amount re-
quired for such fitting the remainder
can be used for the maintenance of
that particular room.
The public has been talking long
about the new county hospital--if
any community desires to have an
especial interest in the institution
the opportunity is now afforded them.
Parkhurst governor by the largest
plurality ever given a gubernatorial
candidate in Maine.
With only 42 isolated towns and
plantations to be heard from which
cast about 500 votes in 1916, Park-
burst's plurality over Bertrand G.,
McIntyre, Democrat, was more man
64,000; The largest previous plur-
ality was about 48,000 riven the Re-
publican nominee in 1896. Aided by
{he woman's vote, which went larogl-
ly to the Republicans the party re -
ed up a vote more than 53,000 larger
than the vote of 1916, while the Dem
ocratic total was increased by only
about 2,500.
Republicans elected congressmen
from all four districts and obtained
a large majority in the legislature,
besides electing their candidate for
state auditor. The Republican vote
was uniform throughout the night.
Several cities which showed small
Democratic pluralities in 1916 re-
turned large pluralities for Park-
hurst. In many others, which went
Republican four years ago, the plu-
rality for the ,ticket was greatly in-
creased this year.
Considerable significance in the "out-
come on its bearing in the voting for
president in November was asserted
by Republican leaders to be apparent
from the fact that the campaign was
fought out almost wholly on national
lines with the League of Nations as
was on the opposite side of the river
and the steel materials on this side,
a second crane was sent for and
arrived by cafferry Wednesday.
Both cranes with double cws are
now at work and it is expected that
the entire structure will be raised
and bolted in safe condition for use
in ten days, althaugh the rivetb,
will require nmch loncer time. The
camps will probably resume work in
that time.
WELCOME OLD FRIEND
When Sheriff Potts returned the
insane man picked up on the highway
here last week and committed to the
state asylum at Steilacoom he was
velon/d as. an old friend by the
ofltcials of that institution, who do
not seem to have been concerned
about his absence. Gilberts had been
use, and all traffic was closed Satur- an inmate for several years and be-
day. In consequence',the Simpson in considered harmless enjoyed the
Camps 4, 5 and 7 which had resumed privileges of a trusty and one day
work the previous Monday were t wandered away.
again closed and the operating crews
sent out for another vacation. The
passing of the 95-ton travelling. UNLOAD CAR OF OIL
the issue.
EDWARD WHEELER. Returns from 592 precincts out of
• ---_--_ 632 in the state give for governor:
M |.NT Parkhurst (R) 133,881; Mclnytre (D)
au.a ...... 69.592. The same precincts in 1916
gll I !1 IIV TRAIM I ga've for governor: Milliken (R),
lll, IIlli/ va aatxtaa 80,104; Curtis (D), 66,652:
I The state senate is solidly Repub-
' ,, ER STRUCK By lican and the Republicans elected
WATER TEND
FAST O-W TRAIN NEAR l ever, county attorney and county
BUC()DA MONDAY [sheriff. Twelve demo'crats were elect-
led in the State House of Represen-
Edward M. Wheeler, a former, re s-taves.•,. , ....
ident of Shelton, met instant death| ltepummans canea aH zour con-
.on the O.-W. railroad near Bucoda|ressmnal districts by large major-
'Monday, when he was struck by|ties, re-electing Congressman Wal-
a fast train which rounded a curve|lace H. White Jr., John A, Peters
and caught him unawares. He was/and Ira G. Hersey, and electing Car-
.engaged as water tender for a crew| roll L. Beedy of Portland in the
at work on the road. No further|first district, where Congressman
paeulars have reached Shelton. !ouis B_..Goodall was .ot. a ¢a-
The deceased was about 65 years ldate. They rose oommea a e -
of age and a former resident of l manding lead in the state legisla-
Shelton, coming from Michigan. He/ture.
was married here to Mrs. Minerva[ The large increase in the total
Dunbar, and his wife died about six ] vote was attended chiefly to the fact
,ears ago. He left Shelton about | that women voted today for the first
five years ago and has since been I time and came out in large numbers
employed in the vicinity where he fin spite of a heavy rain throughout
met death, t the state in the afternoon. ,
The Wallace Johnson Motor Com-
pany is today unloading the first full
car of lubricating oils to be received
here. The car arrived last night on
the ferry which will retm to Se-
attle with the tank car which has
been emp.tied during the past two
week of xts cargo of 8,000 gallons of
gasoline.
THE PRIMARY FARCE
If anything further was required to convince
the average believer in decent conduct in political
as well as personal affairs, the primary election
farce of Tuesday should be the final straw• The
rimary law was brought forth to :answer the
emand for "decent politics" that the "common
people" might express their wishes free from the
domination of party or other bosses• Here we have
an exemplification of political honesty that would
shame a Tammany heeler•
All sort sof political what-nots, who if they ever
had a political principle never knew it, and, who do
not profess to be Republicans, call for that party
tmket unblushingly and search out the other what-
nots who as unblushingly have filed for office in its
lists• Are they actuated by the holy desire to place
good men in office• Hardly, their interest in good
men is as slight as their interest in good politics or
clean administration in office.
This feature is reprehensible, but not the worst
charge against the ,primary system. It really oper-
ates to keep the best men from seeking office, be-
cause it is expensive and a failure in expressing the
true desire of the majority of a political party.
State candidates must have money or good friends
"to carry through a campaign to nomination, and
many a good man the people want declines' with
thanks to become a sacrifice to the public whims•
This primary election will cost Mason County
more than $2,500 and if the new candidates are any
improvement over officers electeff the old way we
are open to conviction• Frankly we don't think it
is worth the price, and since a mere handful of
people can gather and delegate to themselves the
pover to select a set of candidates wthout even
consulting their neighbors, it would seem that a
ticket selected by a representatxve lot of delegates
duly elected in precinct caucus is a much fairer way
to express the majority rule.
BRING BIG CALL FOR
REPUBLICAN BALLOTS
DEMOCRAT VOTES FEW
OFFICIAL RETURNS FROM FOUR PRECINCTS LACKgNG
I
' I'OTTS HAS EASY LEAI) IN SliER'
ALLYN RESIDENTS COMPLAIN IFF RACI.HUN 1 LR AND HAN-
Residents of the Allyn district are /
complaining'about the poor condition
o£ their road to Shelton. The three- !
mile stretch beyond Good's Camp
which has never been widened out
has been particularly bad during the
past week, they say. That portion of
the road will not stand up under
the heavy travel which now comes
over it.
FARMER-LABORITES
ADD THIRD DISTRICT
TO STATE CONTEST
CONVENTION IN SEATTLE OFFI-
CIALLY NAMES SLATE
SELECTED BY
LEADERS
Seattle, Sept. 15--The following
ticket was named at the state con-
vention of the new farmer-labor
party:
United States Senator--C. J.
France, lawyer and executive secre-
tary of Seattle port commission, Se-
attle.
Congress, First District--James A.
Duncan, secretary Central Labor
Council, Seattle.
Congress, Second District--William
Bouck, farmer, Kirkland.
Congress, Third DistrictHomer
T. Bone, lawyer, " Tacoma.
GovernorRobert Bridges, farmer,
Orillia, King county. ,
Lieutenant GovemorE. W, Bowl-
es, falrner, Presser.
Secretary of State--C. A. Harlin,/
retail butcheL Wenatchee. |
State Auditol,--Robin Adair, ac-1
countaut, Olympia. "!
State Treasurer---Frank Pease or-t
ganizer; private Soldiers and Sailors'
League, Seattle.. ' I
Commissioner of Pubhc LandsS.
J. Smyth, frmer, Goldendale.
Commssiiaer:of tnsurance--A. M.
Mecklem,. life insurance agent State
Grange, Tacoma;
Attorney GeneralElmer S. Smith,
law .... Centralia (withdrawn).
Superintendent oz Public Instruc-
tionMrs. Alfa Salmon Ventzke,
Winlock, Okanogan county.
Presidential electors--Mrs. Thomas
Crahan, King county. First d]stricl;
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, Bellingham,
Second district; Mrs. Bert Ing, Ab-
erdeen, Third district; D. M. Hu'rle,'.
Pasco, Fourth district, and L. H.
Richards, Spokane, Fifth ustrict.
E. Cullitson and Mrs. Downey were
chosen as electors at large.
DEVELOPMENT CLUB
STRONGLY rRSES
CARLYON ROAD BILL
WILL ASK FOR REAPPROPRIA-
TION OF MONEY PREVIOUSLY
UNUSED FOR OLYMPIC
HIGHWAY WORK
The Olympic Peninsula Highway
and Development Association which
met here last Sunday gave strong
reindorsement of the Cartyon Road
Bill as the greatest opportunity for
the Olympic Peninsula. The passage
of the bill they say will mean the
pavement of the Olympic Highway
up the canal within two years there-
after.
One of the steps to be taken at
once by the association is the secur-
ing of the reappropriation of the
$300,000, which was set aside by the
last legislature for the Olympic high-
way but was never used on account
of the opportunity which was given
at that time to secure federal money
for that pm-ppse. An additional
amount of equal size is to be asked
[I fok so that the final stretch of high
[ Iwh.v along the canal can be widene
/ ]and graded, at an early date.
t The association Voted to discourage
/ I the selection of Lake Quinanlt as the
I [site for a National Park which action
t[had been previously urged by Grays
I Harbor County members. A report
l!was heard on'the highway construc-
tion north of Lake Quinault and it
was decided that the fifty mild gap
up the coast would be completed in
five years or six years.
Officers and members of the execu-
SON STILL CLOSE FOIl COM-
MISSIONER FIRST DIST.
As here Tuesday's election all over
the state brought out a strong call
for Republican ballots, and the Dem-
ocratic vote was insignificant. There
were several big contests on mnong
Republican candidates and more than
usual interest attached to the re-
suits. Apparently Hal has been
announced for governor by a close
lurality of around 5,000, while Coyle
as 4anded the lieutenant governor-
ship, and both were leaders in the
Mason County vote.
For senator, Jones had a -o-to-
one lead in the state as well as
county. Babcock for treasurer,
Thompson for attorney general, Pres-
ton for superintendent, and Fishback
for insurance commissioner also had
bi$ leads. The other state officials
had no contest, but Savidge for land
commissioner drew the largest pop-
ular vote, over 600 here.
. In the contest for state senator of
this district J. W. Bryan lead Gust
i Rust by a small majority of ten
• votes, but reports indicate that the
former peripatetic statesman has lost
in both Kitsap and Island counties.
On the county Republican ticket
the main contest was between three
candidates for sheriff, and Sheriff
Ports has a safe lead; J. A. Cole has
been defeated by S. W. Blanton for
commissioner of the third district and
W. A. Hunter has a lead of but six
votes over Fred Hanson for ommis-
eisner in the first district, with Clif-
ton precinct to hear from.
The Democratic ticket had but two
contests, with Black 4eading Mathes
by a half-d0zen votes for governor
in this county and also in the state.
On the county ticket Mary Km'
and Soren C.Nelson were contesting
for the nomination of clerk, and the
foiTner also had a safe lead. The
official returns are in for all but four
precincts, but two have sent no
unofficial returns, hence the tabulated
returns will be deferred until next
week.
(Clifton returns give Hanson 14, to
Hunter 3, giving Hanson 9 majority.
FARMER.LABORITES '
HOLD CONVENTION
AND FRAME SLATE
HAVE ALMOST FULL SLATE,
READY FOR FILING WHERE
DESIRED
A gathering of nne persons is re-.
ported to have represented the whole
of Mason County at the learmer-
Labor mass convention in Shelton on
Tuesday, of which Fred Ferris of
Matlock acted as chairman and Frank
Robinson of Lilliwaup secretmT.
While the result of their delibera-
tions has not been given out officially,
it was learned that practically a
complete county ticket was provided
for, but will be Withheld until the
result of the primary election indi-
cates whether satisfactory candidates
have been nominated on other tickets,
in which instances the F.-L. candidate
will be dropped.
So far as learned the slate includes
Fred Ferris of Matlock for represen-
tative; Ed. Hill or of Hoodsport for
sheriff, and C. C. Stephens, Lflliwaup,
commissioner first district.
A surveying party re'rived this
week to check up on'the propey to
be included by the city of Tacoma
in their Lake Cushman power site
condemnation suit. Publication of
the legal notice as required by law
is also begun in this issue.
PRISONER CHARGED
WITH THEFT TURNED
OVER TO THURSTON
MAN ARRESTED HERE TUESDAY
TAKEN TO OLYMPIA TO
FACE GREATER '
CHARGE
V. parquet was taken jute custody
here on Tuesday by Sheriff Potts
charged wh the theft of service
medals ancVbadges and an overseas
cap from F. Sutter of Olympia,
The warrant wah sworn out by
Suffer and Parquet was found at his
room at the hotel here. The stolen
articles including a gold and silver
tire committee present at the meet- medal and a marksman's medal were
ing were: Frank H. Lamb of He- recovered and the prisoner lodged
quiam, president; Clifford Babcock in the county jail, charged with petty
of Port Angeles, vice president; H. larceny.
B. Fultz of Olymnia, secretary-treas- On Thursday Sheriff Gifford of
lurer; Douglas Shelor of King County, Thurstn County came for the pris-
I Joseph Keeler of Clallam, C. A. Rose oner aTaed with a warrant charging
[of Thursten, Phil J. Mourant of the theft in Olympia of a launch. On
[Grays Harbor and Edward H. Fan- account of the greater charge the
/bert of Mason County. A number Mason County charges were dropped
of ethel" members of the association and the prisoner turned over to the
'were present at the meeting. Thurston courts,