Morning Oregonian., April 09, 1917, Page 9, Image 9

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIIi 9, 1917.
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SHELTOH LIVE TOWN
If SMALL COUNTY
Location Is on Oakland Bay,
Two Hours' Ride From Olym
pia by Boat or Auto. .
LOGGING IS BIG INDUSTRY
Railwaymen, Olympia Highway,
Tourists, Sustain Place Exten
sive Oyster Beds Nearby-Some
Lumber Is Manufactured.
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
BHELTOX. Wash., April 8. (Special.)
Mason County, of which Shelton is
'the county seat, lies on the peninsula
west of Puget Sound. It Is neither a
large nor a populous county, being but
830 square miles in extent and having,
by the census of 1910, a population of
5186, of which number there were at
that time 1163 in Shelton. Mason was
at one time practically all covered with
timber, but now there is quite a bit of
cleared land and some pretty good
farms; but the logrgring business is still
the dominant feature of business in the
county.
There is a railroad, called the Penin
sula Railway,.' which runs almost due
west for a distance of 35 miles. The
principal business of this road is haul
ing logs, which are here dumped in
the water and taken elsewhere to man
ufacture into lumber and shingles; bu
the railroad runs mixed trains and does
quite a passenger business.
The men employed by this railroad
receive their pay here, and it is this
business that practically sustains the
town. It Is true there is a very large
shingle mill located In town, but it
runs but intermittently, I am told. It
certainly shows no signs of recent- or
present activities. Then there are
rather extensive oyster beds near here,
where "Olympia" oysters thrive. In
deed, it is said that the principal beds
of the real "Olympia" oysters are in
the waters touching on Mason County.
In the neighborhoods where the oysters
are taken the people call them Sound
oysters; but as they are mostly shipped
to Olympia they soon take the Olympia
name.
Shelton on Olymplo Highway.
It may be of interest to know how
Bhelton is connected with the world at
large. In the first place, it is on the
celebrated Olympic Highway, which is
being built around the peninsula, run
ning from Olympia, past Shelton, up
near the Sound to Port Townsend,
thence west nearly to the ocean, thence
down to Hoquiam, thence to Olympia
I cannot give the exact length of this
road, but I have been told it will be
in the neighborhood of 400 miles long.
A good deal of it is built, and in the
trip to and from Shelton by auto you
pass over 22 miles of it. There are
three or four regular autos a day, the
fare being $1, or 11.50 for the round
trip.
Then, there are two boats a day from
Olympia I came up on the fine steamer
S. G. Simpson. It must be a lovely trip
In the Summer; was rather pleasant
the day I made it, although the 30-day
rain that I am passing through was
still apparent by a steady downpour.
The way leads north from Olympia
about eight miles, thence west through
"Big Skookom" about six or seven
miles to Oakland Bay, on the western
shore of which Shelton is located. The
trip by boat takes a little less than
two hours; by the highway the auto
trip varies from 90 minutes to two
hours.
Some three or four years ago Shelton
bad a disastrous fire which burned out
a big part of the business section. It
has all been rebuilt, and invariably
with fireproof structures. The hotel
was one of the butldings burned; in
the place of the old building there is
now about as nice a two-story fireproof
hotel building as you will find any
where. It is called the Hotel Shelton.
Mrs. Virginia Faubert is proprietor,
and Harry Deyette manager.
Hotel Is Fine Place.
It is a mighty fine place to stop,
far better than in the average hotels
in cities of three or four times the
size of Shelton. It is doing a good
business, but when the travel season
for autos is on it ought to be one of
the most attractive stopping places on
the great Olympic Highway.
Including the hotel, the fireproof
structures occupied by various mer
cantile houses reach two full blocks
then there are about two blocks of
more old but very good buildings oc
cupied by stores. In one of the best
of them is located the oSlce of the
Mason County Journal, a paper that
Is now in its 31st volume under the
same management as It started way
back In '86. The only change has been
that the founder. Grant C. Angle, has
In the meantime reared a son from
cradle to manhood, and the firm name
is now Grant C. Angle & Son.
Frequently I am told during my
travels how this man or that man, of
this paper or that, in this town or that.
is the pioneer editor in point of serv
ice in the state or county, or may be
In the West. It is Impossible for me to
verify such stories. But as Grant C.
Angle has been the constant editor of
the Mason County Journal for over 30
years I would like to know who beats
him In point of actual, continuous,
without-a-break service?
And for a country editor I ta.e off my
hat to Brother Angle. He has got
everything that the aspiring country
editor wishes and then some. He has
the only newspaper in the county, the
only Job office in the county, he gets
all of the legal advertising, the county
printing is all "hls'n" without the ask
ing. Standing; In County High.
He is well fixed financially, has a
perfect gem of an office, has the best
stock of stationery in the town, is a
"leading citizen," is consulted by all
aspirants for office (could make or un
make officials If he chose) Indeed, he
stands head and shoulders above news
paper men I know of in Oregon or
Washington. , And don't forget that
with him the getting out of a good
paper is second nature. For mechani
cal work and editorial matter the
Journal is one of the best sheets that
I know of in the Northwest. .
There is a perfect little gem of a
library In Shelton, and minus the Car
negie trademark. It is a beautiful con
crete building, and on the front is a
brass plate bearing this inscription
"In memory of Sol G. Simpson. Pre
sented by Mary M. Simpson and Alfred
H. Anderson." Mr. Simpson was one
of the early business men of the
town and county. He was In the lum
ber, railroad and banking business, and
his wife and one of his associates
erected to his memory this splendid
building.
There is one bank here, the State
Bank of Shelton. It has a capital of
$25,000, surplus and profits of $9115.30,
with deposits of $362,347.11. M. E. Reed
is president and C. I. Pritchard cashier.
Of course it is the sole bank, of the
county.
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Columbia Theater. Ootton
at Peoples Theater.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Peoples Margarita Fischer, "The I
Devil's Assistant."
Majestic Annette Kellermann, t
"A Daughter of the Gods."
Columbia Dorothy Dalton,
"Chicken Casey."
Sunset "Fatty" Arbuokle.
"Fickle Fatty's Fall"; "The
Heir to the Hoorah."
Star Mary Pickford, "The Pride
of the Clan."
Globe Beatriz MIchelena, "The
Unwritten Law."
Peoples,
"The Devil's Assistant," the latest
Margarita Fischer photoplay, is a pow
erful preachment against the use of
drugs, and is particularly apropos at
a time when medical men and health
officials are crusading against the
growing army of drug-addicts In the.
United States. Not since "The Miracle
of Life" has this beautiful Oregon girl
been presented in so strong a sub
ject. This J. Arthur Hungerford film story
deals with men and women in a quad
rangular entanglement, and the un
scrupulous use of morphine by a physi
cian to ruin the life of a woman who
married another. Miss Fischer's por
trayal of the innocent victim of the
devilish schemes of the modern Mephls
topheles is realism itself. The physi
cal and mental craving for her "medi
cine," leading to a anton attack on
her husband, and hallucinations which
almost derange her mind, are pictured
with artistic faithfulness.
The story presents Miss Fischer, who
Incidentally has an enviable wardrobe
at her disposal, as Marta. the girl who
marries John Lane In preference to Dr.
Lorenz. Marlon Dane, who sought
Lane, and Lorenz Join in a conspiracy
to break up the home, and morphine is
used. Ignorant of the ingredients of
her medicine, Marta becomes addicted
to the drug, and things progress so
well for the schemers that Lane leaves
her and she is ready to pay any price
to relieve her suffering. Then comes
a midnight ride In a storm, the isola
tion of Lorenz and Marta in a deserted
hut, his attack on her, and his death
when lightning wrecks the place.
Marta is rescued by her husband af
ter she believes herself dead, is carried
away by a skeleton messenger of the
other world, conveyed over the River
Styx, through a myriad of wandering
souls, and finally battles with Death In
a hand-to-hand encounter.
From the standpoint of story
strength, histrionics, and photographic
effects, the production is a splendid
tribute to Miss Fischer, the author, and
Director Pollard.
Sunset.
Roscoe Arbuckle, the "Fatty" of the
screen, and Thomas Melghan and Anita
King are the leading figures on the
Sunset's early week bill. Roscoe, the
roly-poly chap, who not so long ago
transferred his film allegiance from
Triangle to Paramount, is seen In that
well-known Keystone success, "Fickle
Fatty's Fall." Meighan and Miss King
are featured in a splendid plcturization
of the successful Paul Armstrong coi
PEOPLES
Today and Tomorrow
The beautiful Oregon girl,
Margarita
Fischer
In a startling 6-act wonder
drama
"The Devil's Assistant"
A photoplay of modern life.
On the same programme a
funny comedy, "Crooks and
Crocodiles."
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Margarita Fischer, In "The Devil's Assistant,"
edy-drama, "The Heir to the Hoorah."
The programme is a hilarious all
comedy affair, for while "The Heir to
the Hoorah," a mining tale, if you
please, with naught of the Hindu or the
Indian potentate flavor, has some seri
ous moments, and several that have a
strong appeal, but the keynote of the
Broadway hit is comedy. The title
takes its name from a rich California
mine. The Hoorah, owned by three
partners.
No sooner are the three ensconced as
financial bosses of their camp than
they begin to worry about the future.
To whom are they to leave their mine?
So there ensues a wrangle, then the
dice are called into play, and the re
suit is that Joe is elected to furnish an
heir for the mine.
So Joe. looking for a wife without
much thought of love, and Geraldine
Kent, a young society lass who must
wed money, meet, find themselves con
genial, and are soon wedded. Joe really
loves the girl, ana she has more tnan
a passing fancy for him, but Geraldine's
mother and Joe's uncouth society per
formances interfere and they separate,
only to be united when a divorce de
cree Is pending
However, the telling of the story
does not give one any Idea of the de
licious comedy furnished by Joe s two
pals. Their efforts to be "genteel,"
their present for the baby and its pres
entation, etc., furnish laugh material
for the most blase.
Columbia.
An actress, an author and a critic
are the chief personal Ingredients of
Chicken Casey," a really interesting
story of the footlights and the slums,
in which Dorothy Dalton clinches her
right to a front-row seat in the screen
star assembly. Add to this the latest
Keystoner. "Her Fame and Shame,"
likewise a story of the footlights
and a "hashery" and Pathe's "Post
Card" scenic, one of the film's latest
offerings, and you have the Columbia
Theater entertainment for the early
week.
"Chicken Casey" is a comedy-drama,
which gets many a laugh during its un
winding. It hinges on an author who
takes more than a casual Interest in
the staging of his plays. He decides
that the actress is not fitted to play the
role of "Rags" in his play, "Waifs,"
and the girl, the cTitic and her man
ager, think otherwise.
So the girl becomes "Chicken" Casey,
a decidedly "tough" character, and the
author is introduced to her in a Bow
ery cafe. He becomes interested and
finally has an inspiration the Casey
person Is to play "Rags." Of course,
he is much "peeved" at the exposure
of the slum girl and her metamorphosis
Into the actress by the removal of
blonde wig, a patch, and the donning of
her own clothes.
However, she soores a triumph at the
opening and, as the girl has become
deeply interested in the playwright,
she unconventionally beards him in his
den, and the conventional happy ending
Is brought about.
A galaxy of Keystone stars are seen
In "Her Fame and Shame." Louise Fa
zenda, Charlie Murray and Harry Book
er are principals, while a theater crowd
includes Slim Summervllle, Polly Mo
ran and several other luminaries of
the comic screen. Louise is a waitress
In a restaurant. She turns over $200 to
Charlie Murray, chief of a strolling
STAR
'Til Wednesday Night
America's Sweetheart
and yours
Mary
Pickford
In her most charming cap
tivating characterization as
lovable Marget
"The Pride of the Clan"
Also our Screen Magazine.
Daily, 11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
Adults 15c, children 5c
band of players. Aside from the funny
stunts of the 'hashery," the excitement
Is centered In Pa's efforts, successful
ones, to corral that $200 that almost
escaped his clutches.
Star.
A. Mary Pickford production, "The
Pride of the Clan," Is the early-week
attraction at the Star Theater. Mary
Pickford pictures are always popular,
but "The Pride of the Clan," the sec
ond of her Artcraft productions, Is
strong in story, at times wonderful in
its presentation of rugged scenery, and
altogether Is sweet, wholesome and
moving.
Miss Pickford has as Marget Mao
Tavish. In "The Pride of the Clan," a
story made of her own cloth and to her
own measure. It gives her full oppor
tunity to bring into play the varying
moods of which she is mistress of
sunshine and shadow, of playfulness
and struggle against Impending death.
There is romance, too, of the happy
sort, with Matt Moore, Mary's brother-in-law
in private life, giving a splen
did characterization of Jamie Camp
bell, the boy who wool and wins the
leader of the Scotch clan of ftsherfolk.
The photo-play opens with one of
the tragedies of the sea with which
fishing communities are only too famil
iar. Marget becomes the leader of the
MacTavlsh clan when her father suc
cumbs to the waves. The storm, toss
ing boats, and terrific winds give the
scenes a forcefulness that adds much
to the production.
The wooing of Marget, the betrothal
of the two by the use of a broken six
pence, the renunciation of Jamie by
Marget when she is convinced that it
is for his good, and the final reunion,
furnish moments of sympathetic ap
peal, while there are many smiles over
the pranks the girlish clan chief plays
with her lover.
"The Pride of the Clan" is a photo
play without a villain. Itself a rather
remarkable thing in these days of vio
lent contrasts In characters.
"Crooks and Crocodiles" Is the name
of the latest L-KO comedy, a two-reel-er.
that puts the audience In a gay
humor.
Annette and the Chinese.
A score of Chinese gathered about
the bulletin board at Second and Oak
streets, yesterday afternoon, their eyes
focused on a single poster and their
tongues clacking excitedly.
"Big news afoot in Chinatown," com
mented a passing motorist, and halted
his car to abserve the conclave.
The poster was a small, white square,
liberally sprinkled with Chinese char
acters. It bore a single illustration.
At the foot. In English letters, ap
peared the caption, "The Daughter of
the Gods."
It was an advertisement of the film
fantasy of that title, featuring An
nette Kellermann, on exhibition at the
Majestic Theater.
VETERAN IS READY TO GO
Philippine Campaigner Offers to
Enlist at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. April 8. (Spe
cial.) Roy D. Smith, a veteran of the
Spanish-American War, who participat
ed in numerous battles in the Phil
llpine Islands, Saturday declared him
self ready to answer the call of his
country. Mr. Smith before the Spanish
American War served in the Twenty
third Infantry Regiment of the Regu
lar Army.
Dr. V. R. Abraham, County Coroner
and County Physician, who holds the
commission of first lieutenant in the
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