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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************ THE EATONVILLE DISPATCH A Weekly Paper For Tacoma Eastern People Third Year, No. 4, September 14, 1917 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Pg. 1, col. 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL FOR SALE-5 room house on 4 50 ft. lots, water in house, few fruit trees, land cleared and good for garden. Price, $1,000. Enquire at Dispatch office. Adv. No. 3-tf Fred and Harvey Crate of Spanaway were business visitors in Eatonville, Monday. The Crate brothers give the popular dances at Weiler's Inn. Miss D. Marchetti spent Sunday in Clay City with relatives. Grand Ball at Weiler's Inn, Saturday evening September 22nd. Music by Larsen's Orchestra; Admission $1.00. Supper 50 cts. per plate. All welcome. Adv. No. 4-1t. James Harmon of the Puget Sound Marble and Granite Co. of Seattle, is in Eatonville this week setting the grave monuments on the graves of Mrs. Bolli and the plat of Mr. and Mrs. R. Canty. Jack Christensen purchased this week of Mr. Harmon, a suitable monument to be placed on the grave of Chas. Anderson. It is reported that fire destroyed the store of C. W. Schuh and Co., at Kapowsin this morning at 3:00, also the Kapowsin post-office. Mrs. A. Waddell spent Monday in Tacoma on a shopping tour. Mayor Nettleton made a business trip to Mineral Thursday. Dr. Bridge was called to Chehalis Thursday, as a witness in the case of State vs. W. P. Armour. Armour is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The case was postponed, Dr. Bridge attended Carl Soderquist at the time he was shot by Armour. The doctor drove to Chehalis in his new Hudson car. Pg. 1, col. 1 & 2 CHAS. P. ANDERSON Chas. P. Anderson, aged 59, an old resident of Pierce county, living near Leber, on the mountain road, died Monday evening after a short illness, at the Eatonville hospital. He was born in Sweden and had lived in this locality over 20 years. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Betsy Anderson, three sons, Gus B. of Candle City, Alaska, Harry C. and C. Edwin Anderson both of Leber and five daughters, Hilda of Seattle, Emma, Mabel, Anna and Ellen of Leber. The funeral was held Thursday at 2:00 P.M. from the Muck Creek church, Rev. Svinth of Roy officiating. Interment in the Muck Creek Cemetery. A. W. Merrow had charge of the funeral arrangements. A large gathering of old friends attended the funeral. Pg. 1, col. 2 NEWS FROM MINERAL Mrs. F. Carpenter and children of Miller and Wilson's camp, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wheeler, Friday night. Mrs. Walter McStott spent the week end in Tacoma as guest of her husband who is employed at American Lake. Wm. Wentz of Tacoma spent Sunday in Mineral. Mrs. C. Little has as her guest her father Mr. Callahan of Everett. C. Benjamin spent the week end in Tacoma. Miss Pearl Rowe left Saturday for Tacoma where she will enter school. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Tacoma. Miss Margot Soderquist was in Morton, Friday having dental work done. Miss Winefred Ross returned home this week after visiting some time with her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Pratt in Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. G. Sallstrom, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wood and Mrs. M. Wood were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Haried in Morton, Sunday. Misses Edith and Ester Bemis left this week for Tacoma to attend High School. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Adamy, Mr. and Mrs. R. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dean, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gavin, Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Walrath, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. LaChapelle, Mrs. Ormsby and Mrs. Rittenhouse motored to Longmire Springs, Sunday. Robert Matthews made a business trip to Seattle, Wednesday. Mrs. R. C. Wheeler was hostess for the M. L. C. Wednesday. A large number of witnesses in the Soderquist -Armour trial were called to Chehalis, Wednesday. Mr. Wm. Toles will have charge of the People's store during Mr. Soderquist's absence. Mrs. Joe Duncanson is visiting relatives in Morton this week. Tuesday evening Mrs. Adamy was hostess to the Literary Club, honoring Mrs. M. Woods with a canned fruit shower. The shower was a surprise on Mrs. Wood and a very pleasant one indeed as all her fruit was destroyed in the fire which occurred last week and burned her home. The evening was spent pleasantly in games and music. A delicious Chafing Dish supper was served by the Hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had as their dinner guests Wednesday night, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wood and Mrs. Joe Duncanson. The Insurance Adjuster, J. Keller and wife of Portland, Ore. are at the Mineral Lake Inn this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wood entertained Mrs. G. Sallstrom and daughter as dinner guests, Thursday evening. E. K. LaChapelle is clerking for L. I. Walrath. Misses Hazel and Florence Devers and Mr. Graham of Kelso were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. Morris this week. The Home Talent play given by the M. L. C. Saturday evening proved quite a success. There were not chairs enough to accommodate the large crowd which attended. Much laughter was derived from the play, as each member proved themselves very capable of the character which they took. The club will probably give the play in Morton in the near future. Pg. 1, col. 3 NEWS FROM ELBE The Ladies Literary Club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Frank Kennedy, Wednesday afternoon. A large crowd was present. The subject was "Holmes" his life and works were read and discussed. Election of officers followed. Mrs. Maze, President; Mrs. C. R. Campbell, Vice-President; Mrs. Kellar, Secretary; Mrs. Holt, Treasurer. Mrs. Kennedy served refreshments which were much enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Patterson of Tacoma motored to Elbe, Wednesday spending the day with Mr. G. G. Hardy and friends. Mr. Hardy returning home with them Wednesday evening. Mrs. Winters is visiting friends in Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Phelps and baby of Tacoma are visiting Mrs. P. C. Lambert and Mrs. Frank Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy will move to National in the near future, according to present plans. Mr. Kennedy is employed at National. Miss Hawkins has returned to her home after spending her vacation with friends at Tacoma, Seattle and Selleck. The 66th Anniversary of the Rebekah lodge will be duly celebrated at the I. O. O. F. hall Saturday evening, Sept. 29th. A cordial invitation is extended to all Rebekahs and Odd Fellows and their families. Alice Lutkins left Sunday afternoon for Tacoma where she will enter the Stadium High. Mr. Dan Auvil is getting along nicely and friends are glad to know of his recovery. Mrs. Baker left for Orting last week, Mrs. Justus is caring for her family. Mr. John Horn is the owner of a new Maxwell which he purchased the past week. Mr. Engle is driving it home. Mrs. Ekstrom spent Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Sachs. Miss Gladys Waste spent Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Whitney. Miss Marie Lutkins has returned from Tacoma the first of the week after having been gone several weeks. CLEAR LAKE NEWS "High Water Johnson" and Bob were dinner guest at Conrad's Tuesday. The following were callers at Golden's Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Holz and daughter Eva, Jim Franklin, Harry Reed, John Mensik and Mr. Geiger. Mr. Fredericksen made a business trip to Eatonville, Tuesday. A party of Clear Lakers motored to Loveland, Sunday evening. Mr. G. V. Golden has left for Walla Walla to attend the funeral of his brother Fred. From there he expects to go on to Eastern Wash. to accept a position. Mrs. Stidham is devoting this week to canning corn. Mr. Jacobson and son Ernest of Ohop Valley made a business trip to Clear lake, Tuesday. Mrs. A. B. Conrad and daughter, Mary called on Mrs. John Hoganson Wednesday evening. Mr. Dahl Stidham had the misfortune to have one of his horses fall in the Frumberg ditch and was severely hurt but under good care is improving. Mrs. Mark E. Allen of Bellerica, Mass., was visiting friends in Eatonville, Saturday and Sunday. Mark Allen is now in the automobile business. He at one time edited The Inter Mountain Journal. Pg. 1, col. 6 NEWS FROM ALDER The Alder School opened a week since Monday with an increase attendance over that of last year. Professor Edison Rathbone has been appointed principal of the school, with Edith Ahmquist, of Tacoma, high school teachers and Ethel m. Brown, primary teacher. Parnell and Radonsky have taken a contract for a quantity of cord wood to be shipped to Tacoma. They have purchased one of the gasoline portable saws and an auto truck. They expect to go into the wood business on a large scale. Mr. and Mrs. James O. Day and family returned to Alder the first of the week fro Tacoma where they have been all summer. They brought with them a brand new "Ford" which they recently purchased. Henry Holz, road supervisor, was here Monday to go over the Hedborg extension road. Frank Criswell, road foreman, has been ordered to begin work on this piece of road at once. Henry Hedborg and John H. Kruse went to Ohop, Sunday where they were guests of Einar Hedborg. Miss Florence Toney left the latter part of last week for Ellensburg where she will take a course in the Ellensburg Norma. Einar Carlson was a visitor in Alder Sunday. Einar has enlisted in the army and is now training at Camp Lewis. He expects to be sent to the South for training in a short time. With the view of adding to the sinking fund providing for the painting of the Odd Fellows hall, the Rebekah's of Nisqually Rebekah Lodge no. 233, I. O. O. F. have announced a card party and basket social to be held at the Odd Fellow's hall, Saturday night, September 15th. The entire community is expected to turn out. Chas. Jensen returned from Tacoma last week. John Horn of Elbe was here Wednesday on business. Martin Carlson was accidentally injured as the result of lifting too hard and had to be taken to the hospital. It is reported that he is getting along as well as could be expected. I. Q. Freese left last week for Clear lake where he will resume his duties as locomotive engineer for the Clear Lake Logging Co. Fred G. Hodgins had the pleasure of escorting a party of friends on a fishing expedition one day last week. Mark Bellamy, formerly of Alder, has enlisted in the aviation branch of the government service. He is now training at the government's aviation school at Texas. Mrs. McKee of Portland is visiting her sisters, Mrs. O. B. Roller and Mrs. Edison Rathbone. Ball Brothers of McMillin were here last week and bought up another car of beef cattle. This is the second car they shipped out from here this year. The Powell-Poole Logging Company will be through with their logging contract next week. L. Houghton of the Reliance lumber Co. left for Seattle the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Morris of Mineral have moved to Alder where they will now reside. L. H. Bemis of Mineral was a visitor here Wednesday. Pg. 2, col. 1 BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS Have you any old books or magazines that you would like to sent to the soldier boys? We printed a letter from C. H. Wood, last week, who is stationed at the forts near Port Townsend. Mr. Wood is with the army Y. M. C. A. He says the big cantonments will get many books and magazines but the smaller places such as Forts Flagler, Riley and Casey will be overlooked to a certain extent. Many Pierce county boys are at the forts. You can send the books or magazines to Army Y. M. C. A., Port Townsend. If you desire phone the Dispatch office and we'll call for your reading matter and see that it reaches the boys at the forts. Look around the house and stack up the reading matter. It is a small sacrifice compared with that our boys are preparing to make. Pick out the books you like to read and send them. Don't send the worst you may have. Do this right now while you are thinking about it. NEWS FROM SILVER LAKE John Ohneck of Idaho is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Ohneck. John Ohneck is one of the drafted men from that place and is waiting his call to Camp Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nelson and Frank Ellis transacted business in Eatonville, Friday last. Don't forget the Silver Lake Sewing Club will meet with Mrs. Nels Aspelund, Thursday, Sept. 20th. Mrs. George Martin of Lynch Creek was a caller at the Krone's home Wednesday. Mr. M. A. Hammer of Tacoma spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Anna Hammer. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen of Tacoma also spent Sunday at the Hammer home. Miss May Krones spent Thursday and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Barney Reeve at Swan Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hillberg and son Bob, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nelson, and daughter motored to American Lake, Sunday and visited with George Nelson at Camp Murray. George is one of the troop B boys and they left for Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday morning. John and Lawrence Ellis attended the dance at Etonville, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Taylor moved to Eatonville, Tuesday. Mr. Taylor will be employed by Mr. Geiger in the new butcher shop at Eatonville. Mrs. LeMaster Sr. of Tacoma, spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. K. L. LeMaster. The occasion being Mr. LeMaster's birthday. Mr. Baker of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co. called on Frank Ellis and Chas. Haberland, Monday last. School opened Monday with a large attendance and more desks will have to be bought to make room for all the children. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Aspelund and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anderson at Ohop. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCutcheon motored to Eatonville, Tuesday last. Continued to col. Mr. Baker of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co. called on Frank Ellis and Chas. Haberland, Monday last. School opened Monday with a large attendance and more desks will have to be bought to make room for all the children. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Aspelund and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anderson at Ohop. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCutcheon motored to Eatonville, Tuesday last. Continued to col. 4 Mrs. Barney Reeve received work from her brother Llywlyn Williams of Great Falls, Montana, that he was one of the drafted men called to American lake, and arrived at Camp Lewis Monday morning. Mr. Sam Raddue is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Axel Berg spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Barney Reeve. Pg. 3. col. 5 LOCAL AND PERSONAL H. O. A. CLUB The H. O. A. Club or the young girl's sewing club will hold their first annual sale next Saturday evening, September 22nd, at the church. A well planned program will be given by the girls, starting at 8:00 P.M. after which will follow the auction sale. The girls have made quite a number of useful and attractive things during the year. Pg. 4, col. 3 SAVE BOOKS AND MAGAZINES TO BE SENT TO THE MEN IN THE SERVICE "A good book beats a royal flush," writes a rookie. "Old regulars told us this when we first came to camp, but we thought they were joking. Almost all the boys here would rather read than play cards any day, and our most exciting gambling is to draw straws to see who'll be second and third and fourth on the reading list when a new book comes to camp." Many magazines, after having been read, may be sent to the boys in khaki, unwrapped and un-addressed, by being mailed with a one-cent stamp for postage. Such magazines bear this information printed on the cover page.