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VOLUME XXXIV. J
SHELTON. MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920
NO. 43
,I]]|ATi MA[ ILOGGING OI'ERATORS
;',}lIl/IVllla l'll-lltlaO ] • TO KEEI___ ) UP ROA1)S
PI filIIIPST APPPII I The county commissioners at their
][AI[) [ll]l | A| ating heavy tlcks over the county
[VI Ilia hh/-tXlUh roa, must either keep off the roads
during wet xeather, or else repair
the damage their heavy loads cause
GEORGE P. FISHBURNE, DEMO- to the roads.
The order seems timely, particular-
CRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CON- ly as much heavier loads of logs are
GRESS SPEAKS AT LYRIC often calied than the law allows.
THEATRE TUESDAY The heavy trncks with their loaded
EVENING trailers make several times the load
of the ordinmT passenger auto and
"-----'--- soon develop the weak places in the
George P. Fishburne, democratic roa,m, hence it is not unfair to ask
,candidate for congress from this dis- the operators to repair the damage
trict, visited Shelton Tuesday, spent before the roads are made impassible
the afternoon meeting as many of his for regular traffic, particualrly as the
party members as possible and in use of the county roads saves them
:the evening spoke at the Lyric rhea- a lot of expensive road building.
,-tre. Owing to the rainy night, and
:perhaps to other things, the atten-
dance was sparce and also lacking SOUCg0RS TO START
in any degree of enthusiasm.
The meeting was opened with a
:short talk by M. W. Logan, who in- SALVATION ARMY FUND
troduced the speaker of the evening.
Mr. Fishbmne devoted a good share IN COUNTY TOMORROW
of his hour to state matters of minor
interest and more or less strange to
his audience. He referred to his COMMITTEE ANTICIPATE NO
Fa,-mer-Labor opponent as making TROUBLE IN COLLECTING
is campaign for congress on state SAME AMOUNT AS
only, and paid his respects to his LAST YEAR
Republican opponent, Congressman
.Johnson, largely on the latter's re-
:ent charge that the FarmerrLabor Beginning tomorrow morning Ma:
party ws involved with the I. W. W. son County. takes upon itself the
and the writers of threatening letters task of raining for the Salvation
in a .plot to inaugurate a "reign. of Army its quota of $1000. A week l
terror and throw the comin elec- has been allotted in which to raise J
tion against the G.O.P. He charged the amount and the committee is I
,-that Johnson's platform consisted of going to work with a will and feels l
three planks: ..... sure they will have no trouble in eel-
"The first is that there is a large leering that amount for such a cause./
republican majority, that you are a Solicitors lave been appointed for[
republican, and therefore should be every district in the county and
,elected. every person in the county will be
"The second is race hatred. ' an opportunity to 'contribute
"The third is class hatred, the next week. The amount
"The first plank appeals to the to the county is the same as
:stupidity of mople, and as that raised here last year.
:the voters of this .Contributions will be received by
the most intelligent and thotfuL any member of the county committee:
America, you cannot win .on this fnom any who are oVerlobed by the
.lank. The second two planks should solicitors.
be thrown to the discard with the The members of the county corn-
ancient 'bloody shirt" cry of the post mittee are C. I. Pritchard, Guy Knee-
Civil war days Like gambling, born land, W. A. Johnson, George Gris-
4)f these planks capitalize peopres'
losses, because wh, races, classes or dale and E. H. Faubert, chairman.
individuals .hate efh other the hat-
ers and the haters are both losers." ENGINEER LOST IN
Mr. Fishburne closed with an elo-
,luent, if labored, plea for the Wilson
League of Nations, detailing the ear- BLACK HILLS FOUND
nest effort of the president'thwart .)BY SEARCHING PARTY.
ING PARTY, REACHES HOME
gressman Fishburne and other Dem- IN .OLYMPIA SAFELY.
ocratic supporters to assure the
)eace of the world as well as indus-
• Prial peace at home.
,OFFICIAL CANVASS
GffES SUBSTANTIAL
LEAD TO GOV. HART
REPUBLICANS POLLED 218,050
WHILE DEMOCRATS SCRAPED
UP TOTAL OF 27,457
Official canvass of the state primary
returns by the state board yesterday
en(s to confirm a general suspicion
hat Governor Hart won the republi-
can nomination in September. The
final certification of returns mad
yesterday shvws that he polled a
total 0f 64',751, which was 8,532
enough over Roland H. Hartle, the
governor's nearest runner up m the
republican free for all. Republican
primary returns for governor are cer
tiffed as follows:
Hart 64,751, Hartley 56,219, Lamp-
ing 35,857: Coman 20,438, Gellatly
19,612, Stringer 4,688.
For U. S. senator, Wesley L. Jones
.carried every county in the state,
rolling up a total vote of 102,852, or
19,454 more votes than his three
rivals polled altogether. Inglis took
second place with 41.765, Hudson got
28,436 and Erickson 13,197. Coyle
won the lieutenant governor nomina-
tion by 52,681 to 44,881 for French.
Being somewhat apprehensive at
the time, C. W. Clausen caTied every
county for state auditor, piling up
110,552 against 47,716 for Bundy.
Thompson beat Hunt 199,50.9 to 53,-
183 for attorneY general.
The official count in no manner
changes the nominations for state
office as previously made public and
the official count is not materially
different from that announced in the
press from poll counts.
The state republican vote ran up.to
a total of 218,050 in the primarms
against 27,457 for the democrats,
which falls somewhat short of indi-
cating a bourbon landslide in the
state this year. On the judiciary
suvreme court ticket Tolman polled
:135,572, O. R. Holcomb 129,958, J. B.
Bridges 125,421, which was a primary
sufficiency to settle the question o¢
• re-election for them without further
trouble over the total of 96,505 for
Beals.
For judges of the superior 'court of
Thurston and Masofi counties, Judge
John M. Wilson ran away with one
of the two places on the woolsack
with an official total of 3,709, while
Judge D. F. Wright salad down the
other nlace with 8,472. W.J. Milroy
got 1,49, R. F. Sturdevant 1,34 and
H. G. Raettig 662.--Olympian.
Olympia, Oct. 6.--H. N. Hill, resi-
dent engineer of the state highway
department, who was lost in the
Black Hills country near the head of
Porter Creek Sunday morning, was
found by a searching party last night.
With Earl Wilder and E. F. Heft-
man, two of the searchers, Hill
reached Olympia this afternoon. He
was suffering from fatigue and ex-
posure but shows no serious effects
from his experience. Soon after be-
coming lost he killed a bear, the
meat enabling" him to withstand ex-
posure to cold md rain.
Hill in 'cohpan' with Wilder
started from Olympm Sunday morn-
started fom xzfiflffffibgkqjcmfwypsh
ing on a hunting trip. They left
their automobile on McCleary high-
ay near Summit Lake and went
into the woods. An hour or two later
they separated at a point where the
trail branched. Wilder on returning
to the "starting point was unable to
locate Hill and failed to get an
answer to shots fired as a signal.
Late that evenin he left a note in
the car for Hill and came to Olym-
pia to organize a searching party.
Hill's father and mother, who live
at Port Townsend were notified and
reached Olympia last night. Hill
served overseas as a captain of en-
gineers.
DEFEAT AT MONTE
AS GOOD AS VICTORY
FOR FOOTBALL BOYS
YOUNGSTERS WILL JOURNEY
TO ABERDEEN TOMORROW
TO MEET STLL BIGGER
GAME
The Shelton high sehool football
boys began the season in earnest
last 'Saturday when they journeyed to
Montesano and tangled with the local
aggregation there. Montesano
up a score Of 40 to 0 durin
first three quarters of
the Shelton boys found
and put a stfu to the footrace.
Although 0ae final score looked
like a decisive defeat it was as good
as a victory for the Shelton bovs.
During the last quarter of play tley
exhibited considerable teamwork and
proved their ability by holding Mon-
tesano on their ten-yard line and
later by pushing the ball the full
length of the field against the vig-
orous opposition of the opposing
team.
Tomorrow the boys will be up
against still bigger.game when they
meet Aberdeen high school in that
city. They have been prv:ctitcing hard
during the past week and promise
to put up a strenuous fight.
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AT WAS AN AWFUL BLAST UP IN MAINE]
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f
STANDING "PAT" [
It is encouraging to know that while a good I
many of the people scattered over the country are
going "daffy" again, that so many others are "stand-
ing pat" as they have done in past "crazes," and
continue the hope of the country. Several times
within the memory of the present generation new
issues have arisen to become of national importance
and new parties have been built around them. None
of these have ever survived largely because they
were captured by dangerous influences and dis-
credited politicians cast out of the old parties, but
more or less of their good features have been taken
and after careful consideration been added to
r laws. It may be said for these old parties, now
long since forgotten, that the people behind them
were Amerlcans first;.and had no thought of over-
turning this :government, or setting back the prog-
ress made since the republic was founded.
: This cannot be said of the influences behind the
new third party, although it claims many followers
who do not realize the company they are in. The
measure of the socialist party has long since been
taken and what it stands for has been enerally
disapproved by the people of this country. It has
been swallowed up in the new partyrather its
leaders have taken over the new party and discard-
ed the old cloak. The I.W.W. movement LhaS equally
been discredited, or has disclosed its real purposes
by actions and has been outlawed by the people.
Whatever strength the new party has gained has
been by stealth and false pretences.
The individual who follows after such move-
meats, and especially those openly designed to de-
stroy this country, might deny or "live down" his
connection, but the newspaper which would thus
',sell out" its people can never destroy such traitor-
ous record nor regain public'confidence. Every
newspaper, no matter how small and insignificant,
ms an influence--for good or bad--and the hOpe of
;he country lies in the fact that few are bad. Every
newspaper has among its readers some who look to
it for guidance, and trust it to point out the truth
where possible to know the truth, or at least any
ossible dangers. Most editors, and this is espe-
:.ia]ty true of the country variety, realize their re-
sponsibilities and this accounts for the fact that
he are usually found "standing pat" and seldom
go ar astray, even for temporary advantage.
The Journal has seen the rise--and fall--of
several once popular movements in its life of 34
years, and it wi!l live to see the present movement
pass into obscurity along with its leadez s. Some of
its good features will live after it, a few of its can-
didates may land a job, but the chaff and the vicious
elements will go with its selfish and unscrupulous
.eadership in this enlightened and. liberty-loving
coantry. In common with ' the average country
newspaper the Journal is owned and controlled by
its publishers and entirely free to advocate what it
conceives to be best for its people-the people
among whom it exists and whose welfare is the
paper's welfare. The fact that this paper has
always fought for what seemed to be the best for
the people of Mason County, regardless of whether
the movement was popular or whether some in-
fluence desired the contrary, ought to establish
the independence of the Journal. No honest move-
ment for the progress or welfare of Mason County
people has ever called the Journal in vain; and,
hs )pily, the Journal has so far found the right side
of all such movements--probably because it has
been slow to take, up each passing fancy or place
too much confidence in the passing stranger who
always has "an axe to grind."
.... 1 " N
o FORM CORPORATION
HIS TORMENTORS
hospital surgeons expressed the be-
lief today that the lowly oyster is ON CUSIi00[N SITE
turning on his tormentors.
At exactly 5:27 a. m. today J. W.
Lapoite and M. Carniglia arrived
at the hospital. Both are restaurant
keepers. Both came to have their SOUTHWESTERN P ENI NSULA
left thumbs sewed back on. In each POWER CO. PLANS TO DE-'
case a knife had slipped while open- VELOP CURRENT FOR MA-
ing an umty oyster. Yet the two
men were from restaurants 17 blocks SON AND GRAYS HAR-
apart. BOR COUNTIES
FARMERS MISLEAD
BY CLAIMS AGAINST
CARLYON BOND LAW
WHAT IT COSTS MASON COUNTY
TO MAINTAIN OLYMPIC
HIGHWAY
Determined propaganda to mislead
the farm vote into opposing the Car-
lyon Good Roads bill, Refeendum
No. 1, is being scattered broadcast
over the state from Spokane, accord-
ing to W. G. Rex of Shelton, who is
an enthusastic supporter of the meas-
ure, Mr. Rex took the trouble to in-
vestigate what the cost of mainte-
nance on the Olympic Highway in
Mason County has been for the past
two years and has secued from the
engineer's office the following data:
In the year 1919 there was ex-
pended for maintenance on the Olym-
pic Highway in Mason County $11,-
597.05 and during the first nine
months of 1920, to October 1st, the
maintenance cost was only $10,077.61.
The engineer advises that the cost
for the remaining three months of
the year will 'be considerably more
than the average for the previous
nine months, running the year total
to at least $14,000. It may be much
more, because of the damage due to
to the present continued rains which
must be repaired this fail.
Incorporation pape were filed
this week of the Southwestern Pen-
insula Power Company, a newly or-
ganized concern which gives promise'
of ample support and an early dev-
elopment of electric power in this
county. i
The new company has taken over
the interests of Frank MacKean and
the Mason County Power Company,
and already has its plans outlined
for immediate and fast work, in fact
has already contracted with the
Ne,er, western Power Company to
supply current for both Montesano .,
and Elma, and also has an agreement
with the Shelton Light & Power !:
Comp.any for the service which is
growing locally, l i
The main factors in the new con- i
cern are C. P. Allison and James E.
Murray, both being well known citi- i
zens of Grays Harbor County. Mr. i
Allison put in the original plant at !i
Ehna and has had years ot exper- it
ience in producing electricity for
light and power. He has invest:- I
gated the location of the MacKean
plant and considers that it is the i
best and most easily developed site I
in the state. In fact, the contract
with the Grays Harbor company
calls for service to the county line
by next June. i
Messrs. Allison and Murrey were
in Shelton yesterday on their way i
to complete plans for early work at
the power site, the first undertaking
being to continue the MacKean tun-
nel for the remaining seventy feet,
which is all that is needed to start
Thus the total spent in keeping up
the highway alone during the two
years will be, according to estimate,
$25,597.00. All of these dollars have
been literally worn out and floated
away on the breezes, and we find our
highway
than it was two years ago. This big
maitenalace cost will continue to in-
cre/e in 'tli'future aS the bottom
goe 'out of the road, and a greater
ratlo'of the available funds will be
l wasted each year, thus cutting the
I funds available for lateral and other
[county roads that much shorter. The
cost of keeping up paved roads is
I estimated to be only about five per
|cent of this sum, at least for the
firs tve or more years.
The principal complaint of the Spo-
the first unit working. They also
have placed ordem for the first wheel
and other needed machinery, and
have slipcased before the 'county
I commissmners in the interest of tbe
[necessary franchise for transmitting
their power over the countY. )
in much worse conditionn / The gentlemen claim to have nJ
]fear of any interference in their
plans for developing their power site
by the City of Tacoma. They, how-
ever, have advise0 the committee
selected by the Skokomish valley
iesidents of their intention to sup-
port whatever contest may be made
against that city's condemnation
suits.
RUMORS OF HUNTERS
kane oppos!00ion, it is claimed, is KILLED IN COUNTY
allegation t:at even if all the roa.,z
under the measure were paved, it APPEAR UNFOUNDED
would not benefit more than a com-
aratively small percentage of the
mners"of the statel That this is WOODS ABOUND WITH DEER--
decidely untrue is the charge, t SLAYERS BUT NO FATAL- ,
Farmers will be directly benefited I ITIES HAVE BEEN i
through the measure on accoun Otl
the fact that there will be more I REPORTED
money available for building the lat- [
eral roads which serve thein. .,, The deer-slaying season is now irr
In the first place, the counties wmiful 1 swing in Mason County and a
be relieved from the necessity of.anY[gee d part of the numerous hunting
awn excet such re ects)
further p "'g' "- P' " P's to parties which have invaded this sec-
as the counties nemseves w lion have ecured one or more seer
undertake; and tiffs money can be in the hunt, well earned on account
applied on farm roads. _ . of the wet conditions. There have
Secondly, the money already ex- ] been several rumors of hunting acci-
pended by the counties on paving on dents, but so far none have been
the primary highways will be refund- traced in this county, although it is
ed by the state under the Carlyon said that a hunter shot in the leg
plan, and may be utilized on the is being cared for at the Hawthorne
country roads, camp on Hood Canal,
Ttie rumor of a Bremerton hunter
There are available for grading
and gravelling work on highways not
tmentioned in the paving bill two big
sums, according the boostexa
surplus of $4,21,|52, which will re-
mare from the bond revenues and
federal aid, outside the cost of pay-
ling 1516 miles; and the Public High-
way Fund, which in six years will
total $6,600,000.
For county, lateral and farm roads
there are still available the following
sums, untouched by the Carlyon bill:
District fund .01 to 10
mills .................. $3,856,429
Road and bridge fund .Ol
1 to 4 mills .......... 3,362,9,91
. • • io (
t a 1 M 1,o)7 20
Pernmnent highw y, - . , .
Donahue plan, optional witl
assessment districts ....
County bondssubjec to
l vote of counties .........
Total available other than
district and county funds.S8,817,140
Thus it is evident that the farm
roads, iaterals and state hihways not
included in the paving bill will be
amply cared for in the future, in
fact, more so than in the past. It
should be remembered that at the
present time the state in taking more
than $1,000,000 each year from the
auto license fees for maintaining
state gravel roads which will be
oaved, thereby greatlyreducing the
l cost of maintenance and leaving
l funds free for other purposes.
I It would be foolish, supporters of
]the bill claim, to advocate paving all
/the 40,000 miles of roads in this
state. Even the great state of Cal-
ifornia only has 6,000 miles of pave-
ment. What the farmers need are
well-constrncted and graded reads,
land they will obtain them vastly
]sooner if the automobile license fees
(Continued on Pag 4.)
killed at the Oak Patch appears un-
founded, and the story of another
shot in the woods near Allyn, proved
to have been a hunter wounded on
the McCleary road who died later at
the Olympia hospital.
More of the imnte than usual
have been lost so far this season,
erhaps even more than will admit
sing their bearings. Warren Earl,
out with a party Saturday, lost the
rest and fmled to get home until
Monday afternoon. The party re-
turned and located him by firing
their guns Sunday. night, but !e .had
picked up a Seattle lmnzer wno nan
lost his party, and there being a
large swamp in the way, they pre-
ferred to camp where they were until
morning.
Another pair of hunters came out
of the woods in a strange place and
Iwalked to town, staying overnight
and going out to hunt their auto next
mourning. It is presumed they located
the 1Qst car. One of the Littlejohns,
who has failed to return to the camp
near town after a day's hunt, is
being hunted for in the woods near
l Isabella Lake, but as the radius of
the ground is small no anxiety is felt
by his friends.
Dan Nevitt and Lee Baker were
over from AUyn Tuesday after in.
formation regarding the North Bay
wharf project and found a sna. The
port law overlooked the possibility of
a small community bonding its lands
to build a dock and requires a min-
imum of 100 votes to approve such
project. Allyn and Belfair would join
m the project but together lack the
necessary votes. Representative Reed
has agreed .to explain the situation
at a meeting called for October 16th
at Allyn, and lso to work for an
amendment of the law.