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VOLUME XXXIV. SHELTON, MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920 l]: NO. 22
I MEMORIAL AND DECORATION
OLDEST PIONEER I .,o
,PASSES AWAY AT , Memorial Day services will be held
ion Sunday, May 30th at the Meth-
I odist Episcopal Church at 11 a.. m.
KAIVlILCHi HOE Thomas•The sermon will be by Roy. W• H.
The Decoration Day services will
• NILLIAM KRISE WHO DIED YES-
TERDAY AT AGE OF 98 WAS
ALSO OLDEST MAN IN
COUNTY
In the death Thursday morning of
William Krise Mason County lost its
ldest pioneer citizen as well as its
ldest man, and one of the few in
this section just in sight of the cen-
tury mark• Death was due to the
infirmities of age, but until four or
five years ago the deceased had fair
command of his faculties and was an
ccasional visitor to Shelton. He was
born in Ohio July 2nd, 1822, and
:acked but a month and twenty days
f reaching his 98th year.
He came to Mason County about
1853 and located in the Little Skook-
um Valley, on the lands which have
een the home of himself and fanfily
:or nearly seventy years. He was one
)f the few pioneers remaining who
had active selwice during the Indian
wars of 1855-56, and was drawing a
pension for that service. He mar-
Tied a native Indian woman in earlie
years, whom hc survived by some
years, and who bore him thirteen
children all now living but two.
The sulwiving children are George,
William, Charles, Henry, Edward,
Andrew, Mrs. 1;'rank Whittaker, Mike,
John, Ralph and Frank• All are liv-
ing in the vicinity of the. old home
except Frank, who is in army service,
and the funeral will be deferred until
he ca]] ]'each home.
William Krise was a quiet easy-
going good citizen, who never cared
for office or public affairs, but was
contented to remain on the little
farm, a good neighbor and a friend,
of the early settlers who followed
him.
TAPS SOUND FOR FIRST
OF SOLDIER DEAD
:BODY OF HAROLD J. TIBBETS
WHO DIED IN FRANCE,
FINDS REST AT HOME
The remains of Harold J• Tibbetts,
first of Washington's soldier dead to
be sent home from France, were laid
o rest Monday afternoon in the cem-
etery at Olympia with full military
honors. The body was brought from
Hoboken, New York, Monday under
the escort of an United States sol-
,tiler.
The impressive military funeral
selwice was held at 2 o'clock from
the Mills chapel with over 30 ex-
service men in attendance. The chapel
was thronged with friends and sym-
pathizers from Olympia and other
cities who gathered to pay their last
tributes of honor and sorrow to the
departed soldier. Rev. C. T. Good-
sell, formerly a war worker with the
Y. M. C. A. overseas, officiated at
the funeral in an eloquent sermon.
Several beautiful quartet selections
were given by Mrs. Viola French,
Mrs. A. W. Tyler, Howard McKinney
and Robert Elwe]].
The casket lay in state, draped
with the colors in one end of the
chapel, which was banked with many
beautiful floral pieces. Large and
lovely feral tributes were sent by
"the Little Rock high school, of which
young Tibbctt was a former student
the Industrial Insurance Commission
Alfred William Leach Post of ,Olym-
pia, American Legion and from the
Grant Hedge Post of the Centralia
American Legion.
Following the selwices the Ameri
can Legion men from the Olympia
Post, all in uniform, stood in double
file, allowing the casket, draped with
the American flag, to pass between
them to the waiting hearse. Over
40 machines joined in the trip to the
cemetery where the remains were
laid :for their final rest.
Upon arrival at the cemetery the
Legion men formed in line and
marched to the grave, led by the
color bearer with the flag lowered.
As the casket was lowered into the,
grave, the firing squad fired the last!
salute over the open grave after l
which the bugler sounded "Taps."l
Rev. Goodsell offered the closing!
prayer at the grave. The military]
ritual was under the command oil
Lieutenant Merritt McCully. Pall-
bearers were members of the Olym-
pia American .Legion.--Olympian.
SCHUMAcHER NOT GUILTY
The trial of Ben Schumacher on the
charge of selling liquor unlawfully,
as the result of the raid on the res-
taurant the preceding week, was
heard before Justice Hauptly Satur-
day and occupied a good part of the
day• Town Attorney Lewis conducted
the prosecution and Attorney Vance
of Olympia appeared for the de-
fendant. The only evidence was a
teapot which was alleged to have con-
traband drink, but it as well as the
other evidence the authorities were
able to produce failed to impress the
Jury andthe defendant was discharg-
ed.
be held on Monday, May 31st, at the
Lyric Theatre at 1:30 p. m• and will
be followed by the decoration 0f
graves. All old soldiers, members of
the American Legion, and all other
ex-service men are invited to attend
and participate in each of the exer-
cises.
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
WITNESSES SEASON'S
FIRST GAME SUNDAY
INITIAL GAME RESULTS IN VIC-
TORY FOR, VISITORS---WILL
PLAY TACe0MA MANITOU.
TIGERS THIS SUNDAY
The success of baseball here this
season was assured by the large en-
thusiastic crowd that turned out to
witness the first game of the seaon,
when the All-Stars of Tacoma played
the local club htst Sunday. The
final score was 5 to 12 in favor of
the visitors.
The game was not so one-sided as
the final score wouht seem to indi-
cate as Shclton's chances looked fair-
ly bright up to the first of the
eighth inning when a moment of
poor playing allowed the All-Stars
to slip in three runs. Most of the
local boys played well for the first
game.
Manager Fredson considers the
game more in the light of a try-
out for the boys and says that he
will soon have a team tat will be
hard to beat. This Sunday the boys
will play the Manitou Tigers, a fast
Tacoma aggregation, and a lively
game is expected.
Following is the box score and
summary of last Sunday's game.
SHELTON AB R H PeA E
Fredson, 2b ..... 4 1 2 0 2 0
Hall, 3b ........ 4 2 1 2 4 1
Jam]son, cf ..... 3 1 1 3 2 1
Carlson, lb ..... 4 0 2 12 0 1
Slade, ss ........ 4 1 0 0 1 1
Hawk, If ........ 2 0 0 0 0 2
Miller, rf ....... 4 0 0 3 0 0
Brown, c 4 0 0 6 0 0
Sutherland, p ... 3 0 0 0 0 1
Cole, If ......... 2 0 0 1 0 1
Totals ....... 30 5 6 27 9 8
TACOMA AB R H POA E
Johnson, If ..... 5 1 1 2 0 0
Froling, ss ...... 5 4 2 0 2 0
Fournier, 2b .... 5 1 2 0 2 l
Johnson, 3b ..... 5 2 2 3 3 1
Peterson, lb .... 5 1 1 16 0 0
Reiber, cf ....... 4 2 2 0 0 0
Craig, rf ....... 5 1 1 0 0 0
Pollock, c ...... 5 0 1 6 0 0
Hystad, p ....... 4 0 0 0 1 0
Totals ....... 43 12 12 27 8 2
SummmT: Stolen bases--Slade,
Fournier, C. Johnson, Craig. Two-
base hits--Reiber. Home runs--
Fredson, Johnson. Double plays--
Jam]son to Carlson. Struck out---By
Hystad, 6; by Sutherland, 5. Hit by
itched ball--Sutherland by Hystad;
Reiber by Sutherland. Time of game
2:15. Umpire--Guy Kneeland.
INDIAN SCHOOL CLOSES
AFTER SIXTY YEARS
CONTINUOUS SERVICE
CUSHMAN SCHOOL AT TACOMA
ENDS WITH GRADUATION
OF PUPILS ON WED-
NESDAY
Established for the purposc of civ-
ilizing savage warriors who once
roamed this country, the Cushman
Indian school, after operating for 60
years, closes Wednesday night 'with
graduation exercises." It closes prob-
ably never to reopen.
Officials at the school have not been
advised what use the government in-
tends to make of the building and
grounds. A rumor is prevalent that
a marine hospital will be established
on the site.
, Several Washington posts of the
American Legion have asked the
government to set the grounds aside
as a home for disabled soldiers.
Uncle Sam appears to believe that
the Indian boy or girl, who is to
live among the white race, should
be educated in public schools with
white children. That is believed to
have been his reason for issuing an
order last fall making it impossible
for any Indian child to enter one of
the federal Indian schools tf he lived
within walking distance of a public
school.
Attendance Falls Off.
That order greatly reduced the at-
tendance at the Cushman school.
Only 225 attended this year and
more than 100 were refused admit-
tance. Twenty other schools for In-
dians throughout the country are
being closed this summer.
Ten of the 225 enrolled will be
graduated this year. The majority
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YOUNG CHILD DIES
FROM FATAL BURNS
MR• AND MRS. HAROLD WHITE
"LOSE BABY GIRL AT
CAMP TWO
A sad fatality occurred at Camp
2 of the Simpson Loggiug Company
Tuesday, when Lucia May, the five-
year-old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold E. White received burns
whi'ch caused her death. The child
in the SWEET'Buy and Buy'
was playing about a small brush fire
and her clothes became ignited. Be-
fore help could reach her the child
A
AWARD ROAD AND
BRIDGE CONTRACTS
OLYMPIC HIGHWAY
WILL GRADE AND SURFACE THE
' :ROAD FROM MrLL CREEK TO
KAMILCHE AND BUILD
MUD BAY BRIDGE.
Two coni;racts were let by the state
highway commission at Olympia on
Monday for work on the Olympic
Highway between Shelton and Olym-
FORMER SHELTON BOY
DIES OVER IN IDAHO
Mrs. C. L. Latham this week re-
ceived word of the death of Robert
Herren, a former Shelton boy, at
Wallace, Idaho, on April 23rd. The
Horton children were taken with
scarlet fever and a nurse being hard.
to get Robert stayed at home to help
nurse them. He contracted the dis-
ease and died in three days. He
leaves a wife an two daughters in
Walla'ce, where he was superinten-
dent of some mines. His aged father
and mother live in Spokane. The Her-
tons left Shelton some fifteen years
ago but will be remembered by older
residents.
NEW KNEELAND PARK
IS FORMALLY ACCEPTED
TOWN COUNCIL WILL APPOINT
PARK COMMITTEE TO
IMPROVE CAMPING
GROUNDS
The Town Council at its regular
session last Thursday evening re-
ceived the deed from the Kneeland
Investment Company for the tract
of land on the 'Olympic Highway at
the Goldsborough Creek bridge and
formally dedicated it to the uses of
a public camping ground by its res-
olutions of acceptance. The state
law provhles for a park board to
h'audle such properties in towns of
this class and the Council will soon
announce its committee with instruc-
tions to at once put the grounds in
shape for the accommodation of auto
tourists and campers, with such con-
venienccs as will make their stay
pleasant. Following is the resolu-
tion of acceptance:
Whereas the Kneeland Investment
Company, a corporation, has executed
and delivered to the Town of Shelton,
Washington, a deed of gift conveying
title to the said Town of Shelton in
and to valuable property, upon con-
dition subsequent that said property
described as follows, Lots Four (4),
Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight
(8), Nine (9), and the fractional
parts of Lots Three (3) and Ten (10)
lying South of the railroad in Block
F; Lots Seventeen (17), Three (3);
and the fractional parts of Lots Two
(2) and Eighteen (18) South of the
railroad in Block E, all in Kneeland
Addition to the Town of Shelton,
according to the official plat thereof
:now on file and of record in the
office of the Auditor of Mason Coun-
ty, Washington, be used for public
park purposes,
was badly burned about the body, 9m. And whereas the people of the
and although ,-,shed t- t h-s,ital ., a# .... ^, . '.,u , Town of Shelton have long desired
Men( sane, died soon after reach- the grading and surfacing of 545[ ........
..... • . ' nu whereas a own park wm
mg medical rod. The remams were,miles of road between Kamflche and rove a most valuable addition to
brought to Shelton and the funeral[Mill Creek, which was let to Alfred, IF. r ........
.... me town o neion zor recreauonal,
will be held from the Baptist church[James and Hendnx, of Centraha, for[ ......
this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock [$73,399, or somewhat lower than the[ Dusmess ann mun!clpai, purposes,
........ " "estima'e o "h tale en ineer The n( whereas sa los nere naoove
ne young amer anu moner ana 's z e s g • / " " " " e ; "
' " " e oescrloefl are vamame prop l'y ano
two older and two younger chtldrenwork reqmres conmderable 'chang ........... _
-- .v, • ...... *.^ • *'.. lon th .i u o ,, of Kamilche Valle- loeally mmace ann aape or park
sad end of the little sister. They/and parallels the present road for purp,
have the sympathy of the community some distance, so will not likely in- Now therefore be it resolved by
in their bereavement.
SAILORS WILL SPEND
SUMMER VACATION IN
CAMP ON HOOD CANAL
SAIl,ORS ON MISSIPPI WILL VA-
CATE WHILE ADMIRAL GOES
TO ALASKA
Los A.ngeles, May 10--Life in the
navy is to have additional attrac-
tions, according to Admiral Rodman,
commander-in-chief of the Pacific
fleet, whose orders for the next
seven .months, as issued here, call for
the officers and men of the battleship
Mississippi to go camping this SUln-
mcr in Washington.
Battleship divisions Nos. 6 and 8
will sail from San Pedro for San
Francisco June 23, in complete for-
mat]on, except for the Texas, now in
Bremerton dry dock. Arriving at
San Francisco, the Mississippi will
proceed to Bremerton, for repairs
and alterations authorized by the
navy department, drills and recrea-
tion and exercise ashore. The bat-
tleship will arrive there July 1.
The Mississippi officers will pitch
"Camp Mississippi" on Hood Canal,
and there the sea fighters will have
headquarters in July and August.
Each week these two months, a-
companied by only sufficient officers
to exercise routine camp discipline,
a ]mrty of fifty of the crew of the
bai [eship will go into camp, making
it he headquarters for excursions
into Washington. The sea fighters
will hike, hunt, fish and scout in the
great forests of the Northwest.
While his men are having a real
summer vacation ashore, Admiral
terfere greatly with the use of the
higiway (luring the summer season.
The second contract was for the
construction of the new concrete
bridge across Mud Bay, which was
let to the Union Bridge Company
for $32,106. This bridge is in Thurs-
ton county, and as it also is on a
new location the use of the old
bridge (luring cons(faction will be
possible.
The roads in Mason county, and
especially the Olympic Highway, are
in splenlid condition at the opening
of the season of heavy travel, and
will be used more than ever before
the Mayor and the Council of the
Town of Shelton that the deed of gift
hereinabove mentioned and the lots
thereby conveyed be and they hereby
arc accepted upon condition subse-
quent that said lots be used for park
purposes.
Be it further resolved that said
park be and it hereby is named
Knecland Park.
Be it further resolved that the
Mayor and the Council of the Town
of Shelton, for and on behalf of said
town and the people thereof, express
to the Kneeland Investment Com-
pany, their thanks and deep appreci=
by auto tourists, who will appre- at]on, and these resolutions do ex-
ciate not having to make wide de-!press the thanks and deep apprecia-
i tom,s to avoid road operations. It]on of the Town of Shelton and the
people thereof for the very valuable
rift that makes possible a public park
• - , lin Shelton.
TAFT SAYS WILSON 1 Be it further resolved that a copy
IS OBSTRUCTIONIST I of these resolutions be maihd to the
-- President and Secretary of the Knee-
"Iic Desires to Destroy All if He hm(l Investment Company, and a
Can't Get All," Says For- copy hereof published in the Mason
mer President
Chicago, May 10--W. H. Taft to-
(lay scored President Wilson for his
statement that the Democratic party
must stand four-square for the Ver-
sailles treaty in the coming cam-
paign.
"Mr. Wilson is the greatest ob-
structionist in Washington," he said.
"He desires to destroy all if he can-
not get all."
The former president defended the
Lodge reservations.
When asked if he were personally
interested in the coming Republican
convention, re laughed and replied:
"No not at all. Not a bit. No
sir•" '
CRUSHED BY FALLING SPAR
Rodman will take a trip to Alaska, -e ..... r was ins(anti,,
bo?rdig aHdeStffoyerein Pu.getSound killed'Saturd'ay a£e Mud Bay Log -
y W It " Urn in ,.ugus • , .
. - " .......... grog companys works m the Black
ann oara ne nagsnin ew exco Hill s he wire holdin- a snat
• . guy g . "
trBeme°n whence,e.wfl!,set°ut r tree supporting the high line rlgging
s'" ' r arc ace.. wnne me nag- ibroke and the falling spar crushed
[ai a_emen ,or an ov,r- I Clam, s head. The bony was brought
u g me men oz ne 'crew amOlto Ol,,m,,ia or burial
will be extended camping privileges o v -
" " ' Although only 20 years of age Mr.
M-_ I Clem leaves a wife and child. He
Don't miss the last high school [was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis
game of the season, Shelton against H. Clam of Olympia, and had recent-
Elma, thi s afternoon. ]ly moved to this city fom Oregon.
County Journal.
(Unanimously passed the Town
Council and aplbroved ,by the Mayor
May 6, 1920.)
F. W. TEGTMEYER,
Town Clerk.
TOWER OF LONDON
DREARY OLD PLACE
Henry VIII Always Behead-
ed His Wives There
London. England. April 10. 1920.
Whenever guide books and solicitous
friends start deascriblng anything as
the "most beautfl'ul," the "most fam-
ous," or "most historic" in England, I
begin to grow suspicious. It may be
that the horror of propaganda whlel]
we all learned during the war has
sOmething to do with it. At any rate
when anyone begins giving me advice.
I begin to wonder what is wrong with
it. It is not that I do not like the
beautiful, famous, and historic things.
I do. But 1 do not like overrated
things. When I go to see some wonder
and find it only half so wonderful as
I had expected, even the half fails to
)reduce the impression it would have
been if it had not been overadvertised.
The thousands of our fellow-cruntrF-
men who have made three months' tours
to Europe are probably sincere in their
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STATE TO SELL
SURPLUS OYSTERS
ON OPEN lq00lf00
HAS 7,000 SACKS WHICH PUBLIC
MAY BUY TO EAT AS GROW-
FAS ARE NOT NEEDING
THEM FOR SEED
Seattle, May 12.--The state of
Washington has more seed oysters
than the owners of private beds can
buy. In the Willapa Harbor district
it is likely the state fish commission
will be forced next fall to sell about
7,000 sacks of fattened oysters on the
open market for none of the dealers
seems to want them and they are
fully developed so they cannot be
loaded onto scows and spread over
some growers' beds.
Unless there is a better market for
the seed oysters of Oyster Bay, North
Bay and Clifton the state may be
obliged to allow the oysters to re-
main on the natural reserves until
they are ready for the market end
then if tim growers refuse to bid for
them the fish commission will have
to find a market for the product
themselves.
Frost Danger Greatly Lessened.
Oysters are usually taken from the
state reserves when a year or two
old, shipped to the privately owned
beds and fattened until they are
ready for market. Until the state
went earnestly to work to preserve
the natural beds, 'leaned them of all
)arasites and gave the oysters a
chance, there were no more seed oys-
ters than the growers needed.
Frequently the state's reserves have
saved the oyster industry on Puget
Sound when a long run out of the
tide during a cold winter night has
frozen and destroyed the oysters.
Now, however, the introduction of
dyking systems has guaranteed
plenty of water cover to protect the
oysters during the (old'nights and
the danger of a lo of private sup-
ply is not so great.
State Reserves Diked.
The state's natural reserves at
Oakland Bay and Clifton now are
diked. For some reason-owners of
oyster beds do no(seem anxious to
buy seed oysters from the Clifton
reserve. Possibly the long tow nec-
essary to get the oysters to the
private beds stands in the way of a
ready sale.
The state has just completed the
sale of 2,855 sacks of oysters taken
from the reserve on Oakland Bay. It
cost 25 'cents a sack to obtain the
seed oysters and they were distribut-
ed to growers at $2 a sack. All the
growers, State Fish Commissioner L:
H. Darwin said yesterday, obtained
their full quota.
It is estimated 1,000 sacks of seed
oysters can be taken from the re-
serve on Oyster Bay on May 18,
when a favorable tide will penit
tonging.
Thus far there have been no ap-
plications for oysters from North Bay
or Clifton reserves, which are esti-
mated to have 2,000 or 3,000 and
1,000 sacks, respectively.
The state has been unable to dis-
pose of its oysters on Willapa Har-
bor. Applications were received for
1,500 sacks, but the prospective buy-
ers later withdrew their offers. It
is estimated there are 45,000 sacks
to be taken up which when culled
will make about one sack of mer-
chantable oysters for every six tong-
edger a total of more than 7,000
sacks of merchantable oysters.
Inasmuch as the attorney general
have ruled that where the state re-
ceives no bids for the purclmse of
the oysters will be permitted to re-
in the open market, it is likely that
the esters will be permitted to re-
main until fall, when they will be
taken np and disposed of on the open
market.
CAR OVERTURNS IN
DITCH; OCCUPANTS
DELUGED IN CREAM
AXEL ANDERSON CLAIMS COUN-
TY TRUCK RAN HIM OFF "
ISABEDLA VALLEY
ROAD
Axel Anderson and two girls who
were 'coming into town with him
Wednesday had a narrow escape
when his car ran off the road while
he was attempting to pass a county
truck on the Isabella Valley road.
The car turned completely over
twice and landed bottom side up in
the brush some distance below the
road. Aside from several slight
scratches and braises all of the occu-
pants escaped injury.
The contents of a fifteen gallon
cream can were spread completely
over the ear and occupants. The car
was brought to town the same after-
noon and was found to be quite badly
damaged. Mr. Anderson says lie
was'crowded off the by the hear'
ier car and expects to recover dam-
ages for the accident.
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