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Mondav, October lhh is the Last Day for Registration 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. | AT WAS AN AWFUL BLAST UP IN MAINE] f " 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.