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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.