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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 (ConUnued on page 8) 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 (Continued on 4re 4) 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. ,] i!i