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f / r ), J • i  VOLUME XXXIV. SHELTON, MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920, NO. 7 MEETING FAVORS PUBLIC BUILDING FOR FIEMORIAL ASK COMMISSIONERS TO AP- POINT REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE TO" PLAN WAYS AND MEANS A meeting of the various organiza- tions interested in providing a suit- able memorial to stand as the pezTa- .anent record to Mason County's young men who gave their service to the countlw in time of need was held at the court house Tuesday afternoon, in response to the call of the Minute Women. Various forms of the pro- posed memorial have been 'considered in an informal way and the several organizations have each alrived at some' idea of what they consider best. The Alumni of the Shelton High School, which started the idea of the Memorial and has already raised a considerable fund, favors a commun- ity building and auditorium, with spe- cial provision for a meeting place and home for the American Legion, which it is expected that all service men will join. Other suggestions in- clude a Memorial Court House, a monument, a gymnasium and hall in connection with and under charge of the Shelton school district. There is at present no law under which the buihling or control can be arranged under either the county or the town, and the school district is the only taxing body which can legally have control of a community building, or expend any ,public funds for such maintenance. • Memorials in the form of buildings are already under way in several towns and cities, but are being built "by popular subscription either by the American Legion, or else placed under such control after completion. In order to crystallize the various ideas into some folTn of Memorial to represent all Mason County, and to which all its people would be glad to contribute, the meeting finally resolv- ed to ask the county-board to appoint a representative committee to con- sider the various plans and submit some definite form for public consid- .oration and also the method of pro- viding the funds. When the committee has 'completed its worl¢ and is ready to report a public meeting will be called, with due notice to all Mason County, by Mrs. Norton, chairman of the Minute vVomen, and the committee report will there be considered and a final plan adopted. HIRAM PARENT INJURED Mrs. Ed. Elliott has received news of the serious injury of her brother- in-law, Hiram Parent, at the Stimson camps, near EIma, last week. De- tails of the accident were not given, but be was ahnost blinded as a re- sult. Parent was taken to the hos- pital at Olympia for treatment. • JESSE CALLOW WRITES FROM ANVERS, BELGIUM :ELLS ONLY HIGH SPOTS IN FIVE BUSY YEARS OF AT- LANTIC TRAVEL nvers, Belgium. Dec. 28, 1919. Edlf, r of The Journal and friends in ]Yllson County:-- I prmiscd to write seine stories of my l avels in foreign countries for your'ood paper when I left Wash- ins to, in 1915. Well, I have not done o as you well know, but all durina'Alc wal' I was too busy dodg- ing su% to think of wliting. I was among. 'he pirates from the start to fitHsi and have had some very cio.e cats. As so% as the war was over I went ba to New York and from there to outh Ameica and to all pla.es of terest on the East coast. From Soul1 Aterica I went to Af- rica, then ere. To see the people on the strut s and in theatres and cafes you Xuld not think you were in wb,t hadl)ecn a war ridden coun- try sch a Slort time ago. I was at'Scapa Flow when the German fleet  was surrendered. Of course you hve all read of it and seen the p.ictu,es so there is no use to relate t nov. From here I go to England, then back to the United States and wiL try and writ4 you l from there if I m able to stay long enogh. I expect to. go back to South America and remain there for a few years. So,th America is the coming country. The Callows may. be interested to know that the Is of Man is still afloat and a •nice little place. The place the Callows dme from, or lived rather, is still standing, and I be- lieve there are moe "Callows there than in Washington.. Well, as I am cramped for time at this place will close a.nd do my •best o wi'ite some descriptive trips later on when I get anchored in one place long enough to have an address. With best wishes for a happy new year to all. J. W. CALLOW. THE EARTH DANCES Shortly after 11 last Friday ig!t a slight earthquake shock followed by a brief tremor was felt by sev- eral people in this section, although not sufficiently marked to be noticed generally. And while the few who noticed the disturbance were trying to realize whether the house trem- bled because a door was slammed or Mother Earth was doing the new "shimmy," they fell asleep. Neither earthquakes or other manifestations of nature's wrath have any terror for the Puget Sounder. JACK GRINLEY DIES IN CANADA AT AGE OF SIXTY-TWO YEARS Word has been received by local friends of the death of John Grinley, at tle home of his sister at Saskatch- ewan, Canada, at the age of 62 years. Grinley was one of the saloon keeper of Shelton in earlier years, and was in business with Martin Koopman when Shelton first "went dry" some ten years ago. He was later engaged in business at CleElum, but lost what he had and for several years was cared for by the county and local friends, after a stroke of paralysis had incapacitated him. In August, 1918, he was taken to the home of his sister in Canada by Chris Baldwin, and was cared for by her until his death on January 1st. HOLDUP MEN ROB KNEEl, AND AND VAN GROSHONG AGENCY The Central Employment Agency on First Avenue South in Seattle in which Van Groshong and Chet Kpee- land are interested was held up early .J [ ,, GROWING DAYS • :- OLDEST PIONEER ,o wo00ou,o, ,and spent the next summer. In the OYSTEPEN UP IN ]fall of 1848 they moved up the Cow.- /litz river and next spring spring set- WOMAN OF COUNTY [tied on the Huntington ranch, which AR00S 0VER SALE for years to follow was l;he way- I point for all travel between the Co- PASSES TO REWARD 'rlumbi00- and P,:,get Sound, and known FROM RESERVES DEATH OF "GRANDMA" WINSOR AT AGE OF 85 YEARS OC- CURRS MONDAY AT HOME OF HER DAUGHTER The death of Mrs. Euniee Winsor, popularly 'and affectionately known as "Grandma" Winsor, occurred at i Monday morning by robbers who lined the home of her daughter, Mrs. LeVi up the several employes of the res- G. Shelton, on Monday, January 26, taurant, at the age of 85 years. Her death Will Valley who returned Tuesday [marks the passing of the oldest pie- from a few days vacation spent in neer woman of Mason County and Seattle learned the details of the/als o one of the very few remaining holdup from Van Greshong, who how-/woman pioneers of the state, almost ever, did /ot happen to be in the ]the last of the original Huntington establishment at the time of the ]family of the early fifties. ! occurrence. Van says that about $1200  Until recent years she resided: in in cash and as much more in checks ,her home in Shelton, but increasl¢ and paper was seized but only the infirmities called her to divide her cash taken away. For this loss the time in the homes and under the company is protected by burglary in- care of her son and daughter, at surance, their farms in the Shelton Valley. Her last visit among town friends was during the holidays, and since ENGLISH SANITARY "then her health ad strength have visibly faile. She has always been CODE DIFFERS MUCH active and taken a lively, interest in affairs around her, and always had a FROM OUR CUSTOMS cheery ",vord for those whom shd met. The funeral took place from the Methodist Church in Shelton on Wed- ARE HEALTHY RACE REGARD- nesday afternoon and interment made LESS OF SEEMING LACK OF in the Odd Fellows cemetery, be§ide FOOD PROTECTION the grave of her pioneer husband. ]Rev. W. H. Thomas conducted the  o service, and a large athering of Ven'.o :. Isle ¢f Wight, Jan .... -- friends, old-time as wel as of the So many things in this world are recent years, were present to pay 'purely a matter of opinion that it is their last respects. always ve T dangerous to compare Eunice M. Huntington was born in persons or countries. But until re-iShelby County, Indiana, April 3rd, cently I had not placed sanitation in i1835. Her father started for the the class of subjects on which there West April 4, ]848, when she was might be many views. In looking 13 ears of age, joining a caravan at about me in this country, however, I have 'come to "the conclusion that the llissoul river. There was much sanitation is entirel3 a matter of trouble and sickness in the little pai'ty crossing the plains, and the taste and not a scientific question at girl Euniee found it necessary to do all. I shall be very much embar- her share in driving the cows and rassed if anyone quotes me as saying the extra oxen, both on foot and that England is not clean and san- horseback. itary. All I say is that they like a The party finally reached The different brand of sanita, conditions Dalles in September of that year and that frOmample,Standard.in thethethatit onlymatterhadwhiChproperneVer°f Westreets,timeOCCurredConsider to fOrcleantO theex_mea made their, way down the Columbia. street is after a rain. But once I grasped the idea it seemed quite reasonable. It saves such a lot of time and trouble for the street clean- ers. True, the pavement does get a bit dirty, and the dust blows about, but cleaning it in dry weather would . only raise a worse dust, wouldn't it? Work on Small Scale. Then as to the method, youthful prejudice had rather inclined mc to- ward large machinery, but when I saw how nicely a man with a stiff broom and a little cart can keep a whole block clean if he works hard, I had to change my views. In Read- ing the other day I saw an even sim- pler method which seems to work equally well. The cleaner waa lad of fourteen or so, and he was using a shovel and a little hand brush. The effect was much the same as if he had had a whiskbroom and dustpan. In America, people seem to have gone quite mad over the idea of pro- tecting their food from outside in- fluences. Of course it is very pleas- ant to reflect that one's own hands are the first that have ever touched a loaf of bread, buC after all it is a ]ourely philosophi'c pleasure. Here bread is handled as what it is-- merchandise--just like coal or any other commodity. It is delivered un- wrapped, from an open cart or the basket in front of a bicycle. Of course accidents will sometimes hap- pen, and delivery boys will be boys. (Continued on Page 4.) Cal)t. and hits. Henry Winsor to all pioneers of that (lay for its open hospitality. The children of the household went three miles daily for their schooling. On June 2, 1853, deceased" was married at Rainier, Oregon, to Henry Winsor, who had crossed the plains the previous year and had charge of a hotel in Portland. Capt. Winsor was opei'ating a small steamer on the Cowlitz river, and later contract- ed to carry the mails between Port- land and Olympia, using boats on the river and horses for the overland trip. The trails were soon made into passable roads and wagons were se- cured and used for carrying mail and passengers. In the early sixties the Winsors moved to Pierce Couhty, engaged in farming near Steilacoom, and here their three 'children, Mary, Harry and Leila were born. Capt. Winsor served as sheriff of Pierce County for two terms, 1880 to 1884. The family moved to Mason Coun- ty in 1885 and took up stockraising, having a farm some ten miles west of Shelton on the "burn." Here they enjoyed a peaceful life, with their son and daughters near by, and in 1903 celebrated their golden wedding anniver,mry. Capt. Winsor died April 12, 1906, at the age of 81 years, Deceased is survived by a daugh- ter, Mrs. Mary Shelton, a son, Harry, both living in Shelton Valley; one brother, Edward Huntington, of Cas- tle Rock, Washington, and four half- brothers. The Journal lacks time to secure a separate likeness of "Grandma" Winsor, but believes that the "cut" originally shown for the occasion of the golden anniversary will be of in- t terest to all our older residents in irecalling the features of this pioneer I The mill of the Isley Lumber Corn- ;pan.v, in Tacoma, has been sold to .the Oakland Bay Logging Company i of Shelton, which is operated by S. I J. Pritchard and C. H. Graves of Tacoma. The mill will be used in working up the product of the camps at Spencer Lake. !000 SACKS FROM WILLIPA HAR- BOR STATE BEDS REPORTED PLACED ON PORTLAND MARKET AT $5 The oystermen of this section are up in alns over the action of Fish Commissioner Davin, who is reported to have sold from the state rese,ces in Willapa Harbor 2,000 sacks of oysters, and that these oysters are now being sold on the Portland mar- kets at $5 a sack. As the Portland market for local oysters has been poor for some. time past this probably accounts for the slump. At any rate the oystermen will take up the matter with the commissioner to ascertain how the state can enter into the business with oysters from seed beds, which are supposed to be preserved and sold only to oystermen to restock their grounds. * BEGIN NEW INDUSTRY IN C/NP EXTRACTING PITCH FROM BIG FIRS n NORTHWEST TURPENTINE CO. SHIPS FIRST BARREL FROM SIMPSON CAMP THIS WEEK Agents of the Northwest Turpen -: tint Company of Portland have be- gun work in the logging camps on a new industry, that of tapping the fir trees for pitch, and the first barrel was sent out this week. A small crew is at work in one of the Simpson camps and expects to ship about six barrels a week here- after. The big firs a'e bored to the heart and the pitch seams tapped, some Of the trees yielding several quarts. It is claimed that boring the trees (tees not injure them, but rather helps the logger by ridding the logs of most of the pitch. The logs are not injured in any way and tho...ahger holes soon heal up, and the tree is ready for another tapping in a year or so, if left standing. t AFTER THE PROWLERS AT I00KEWOOD CHATEAU BREMEIITON DENTIST SEEKS RETURN OF BED CLOTHING TAKEN BY WAYFARERS Dr. Leonard 'D. Grant is mad. Those who know the genial dentist will have difficulty in making this seem possible; but, it is true, never- theless. It all comes about over the doctor's pretty chateau at Lakewooa, and, may result in trouble for sore,- one unless there is not returned forthwith a part of the ample stock of winter night raiment that recent- I ly disappeared. ] The doctor's country place has [been a favorite visiting place for ]scores of-Bremerton friends. Hos- pitality has been so lavish and [wholesome that' keen regret came to / t:le mid of many when inforuation spread that some' vandals had visited the place in the absence of the own- er, stripped beds of much of their, covering and otherwise cused much loss. "Everybody- was welcome to use t.'e place when I was absent," de- clared Dr. Grant tod{ty. "I wanted them to. It may have been a sport of "Kings" in olden (lays, but for ]920 it wouht took better if those THREE JURYMEN SEATED FOR TRIAL AT MONTESANO DEFENDANTS' ATTORNEY RE- PEATEDLY DENIED CHANGE OF VENUE IN I. W. W. TRIAl, WHICH OPENED MONDAY Up to Thursday morning only three of the jury panel had been secured, and even they are still subject to challenge. The attorneys on both sides are giving each person called a hard grilling to lay bare their inner feelings, pro and con, and the entire special panel of 300 names will doubt- less be used up before the full jury is secured. Montesano is more than cawded with people interested, in the case or called as witnesses, and its eating and sleeping facilities are taxed to the utmost. While the business of the town will feel a temporaT boom during the •trial, the people are pur- suing their usual affairs and bearing with the nuisance as best they can. The prisoners are backedby "good" legal talent and an enoous fund of money and will make the trial as long and as costly to taxpayers as possible. Montesano, Jan. 26.--Judge Wilson denied the defense motion for a change of venue this afternoon. Motion for a change of venue from Grays Harbor county in the case of eleven alleged members of the In- .dustrial Workers of the World, charged with murder in connection with the shooting at Centralia, No- vember 11 was made at the opening of the trial here today by Gee. F. Vanderveer, defendant's counsel. Vanderveer offered clippings from Northwestern newspapers which he maintained had tended to create prej. udice against the defendants. " Objection to the presentation of such exhibits as had not made their appearance since the court's order granting a change of venue from Lewis county to Grays Harbor coun- ty was partially sustained by Judge John M. Wilson, who ruled he would consider only matters alleged to have occurred since the change of venue was granted. Montesano, Jan. 26--Eleven men, said to be members of the Industrial Workers of the World, faced trial here today on charges of first degree .murder in connection with the killing of Warren O. Grimm, one of four men who were shot to death in an Armistice Day parade at Centralia, November 11, 1919. Two other alleged I. W. W., also charged with murder, have not yet been apprehended. The victims of the shooting were all Centralia residents and fol-mer 'service men: Grimm, a lieutenant and former University of Washing- ton football star; Ernest Dale Hub- bard, shoe dealer; Arthur McElfresh, druggist, and Ben. Casgranda, boot- black. In the prisoner's dock of the super- ior court here today were Elmer Smith, Britt Smith, Ray Becker, Be Falkner, James McInerney, Bert I B • land, Mke Sheehan, Eugene Bar- nett, Loren Roberts, John Lamb, and O. C. Bland. They pleaded not guilty at Chehalis and were granted a 'change of venue to Montesano. In the investigation many eye wit- nesse. said the first shooting was begun without warning or provoca- tion by those inside the I. W. W. hall. Some said the firing began from tle hall after a single shot from the Avalon hotel, opposite the hall. At the coroner's inquest Dr. Frank Bickford, Centralia physician and former se,cice man who was march- ins in the parade, testified that the shooting began only after the march- ors started to rush the hall. Wesley Everetts, said to have been an I. W. W. organizer and the slayer of Hubbard, was spirited f)m the iail in the night following the shoot- ing, the electric lights of the town having been cut off. He was taken by a mob to a bridge over the Che- halts river where he was hanged. Several setwice men who were wounded by shots' have completely recovered. Twenty-four men, rounded up after the shooting, were charged with criminal activities but several of these have since been released. STRUCK ACROSS BACK WITH LINE, LOGGER NOW IN HOSPITAL Russell Weidenbach, employee at Camp 4, was brought down to town T!esday noon suffering from internal injuries sustained when h'e was struck across the back with a heavy who used the beds had thoughtfulness line while at work in the woods that for others to leave the clothing. I morning. am going to see. If the articles Weidenbach was taken at once to taken are not returned in a week, the hospital at Olympia and no word ] Sheriff Potts may be the next enter- has since been received as to his ] taine of the "birds, in Shelton.- present condition or the extent of his I.Brcmerton News. . injuries.