The Chehalis Bee-Nugget from Chehalis, Washington • Page 8

PAGE 8 THE CHBHALIS BEE-NUGGET, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937. WASHINGTON 400 Are Fighting Fire On Cispus Hi.nrtlc, Aus. 100 men -ire fig-luins- i on tlio Cispus, i was started by lig-litninpr. A surprise picnic i a a was civen Bob Haskins Sunday at the farm. Those present were Mr.

Mrs. Raymond Haskins, Mr. and Mrs Maurice Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Nickels of Tacoma; Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Young- and a i Mr. and Mrs.

H. E. Moore and family, Mr. and Mrs. C.

L-. McMahan and family, Mr. and Mrs F. Green and a i Mr. and Mrs.

Boltnn and a i Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Peters and a i Mr.s. Bertha Koher, Mrs Hessie a Cleo Craworfd, Win. Koher, Hob Haskins, Alfred Koher and Bob Nickels.

Word was received here last wec-k of the birth of a son to'Mr. and Mrs. Alec MacKay at Vancouver. He has been a John Alexander. Miss Velma Green Sunday visitinpr her a in Tacoma the post two weeks.

Rev. and Mrs. Anderson and two daughters, of Kcdro-Woolley vislteo Rev. and Mrs. O.

A. A days last week. Members of Mossyrock, Morton, Vorn- dale and Handle Grang-es held a i i i lit Jjx-wis-wis park Sunday. Wednesday evening tlie a anil i a i i held a "hobo" a and i roust at the a a camp grounds. Four members were with i a cakes.

They were: Ella Green, i McCnll, Grace Moore and i i a Koher. Miss Grace Moore of Wenatchee spent the week i i i Mr. and Mrs. H. Moore.

Wednesday of the Ladies Aid a i a a a picnic at the of Lieut, and Mrs. E. Jones. F. P.

Close visiu-'l his a Mr.s liny a at Xatches lust week. Miss Edith Miller of Tacoma is spend- i several weeks i her Mrs. Anna Miller. She i be honor guest at a bridal shower Tuesday at the home of Mrs. O.

A. A Future Farmer Boys Back From Six-Day Farm Tour Chehalis Future Farmers of America returned Tuesday evening from a six-day trip to northwest Washington and southwest British Columbia. The trip proved highly educational in that several outstanding farms were visited in Skagit county, which included the Iver Youngquist Holstein farm at Burlington, Charles Hastings farm, where the state department of agriculture potato disease teit plots are located, and several farms where garden seed crops are grown. At a visit was made to the University of British Columbia farms and the fine herd of Avrshira dairy cattle was admired. Considerable time was spent at the Dominion experimental farm, also known as the.Colony farm, located in the Frazer river valley which has about 350 head of exceptionally good type highly productive Holstein cattle and 35 head of Clydesdale horses.

The boys also enjoyed swimming, clam digging and camping. Stanley park in Vancouver, B. was one of the high lights in recreational features with its lovely swimming facilities, drives, lawns, flowers and animal life. The ferry boat ride from Whidby Island to Port Townsend and the sights of the Bremerton naval yards were also outstanding- features of the trip. Those making the trip were Jack LeDue, Albert Schultz, Ed Francisco, Marvin Hokanson, Eddie Roberts, Bud Anderson, Harold Christensen, Dudley Gaylord, Clarence Jean, Ernest Hamilton and Henry Porter, adviser.

N. B. Coffman Pays Tribute To Rufus T. Siler, Pioneer At the regular weekly meeting of the, a of Commerce of Chehalis, held A 2, 1937, N. B.

Coffman, a i of T. Siler for i years, spoke of him as follows: T. Siler, pioneer settler in the Kite Bottom and first citizen of eastern i county. He died July 28, 1937. It is i i a the Chamber of Commerce pause from its regular proceedings to pay i to the memory of T.

Siler, a most useful, a i i i and a well-beloved citizen of Lewis I count it a great i i and a high honor to be chosen to speak of i Early in the i of 1884, I was i to Chebalis on an afternoon a i Portland. A young man sat near me. We engaged in conversation. Me me he had left his parental in the mountain district of southwestern North Carolina to seek a homestead somewhere in the far west, and was headed for Puget Sound. The man was Ruf Siler.

I induced him to stop off at Chehalis and go up into eastern Lewis county to the newly discovered Big Bottom country. It was an adventure in home seeking suited only to one of greatest a i The road to the east ended a short distance beyond Mossyrock. From there dense forests had to be traversed and uncleared newly blazed trails had to be followed. The Cowlitz river had to be crossed and re-crossed--safe, only i the aid of friendly Indians. When he suddenly and unexpectedly came out of the dense forest of giant firs and gazed upon the enchanting vision of a wide open valley stretching miles to the east with majestic snowcapped Adams in the background, he was captivated with the prospect.

There below him in that level valley of fabulously rich soil he could take for the choosing a homestead of 160 acres. He staked off and blazed out what was to be his farm home. Government surveyors had run lines into the Big Bottom so that he was en- wwSS SUMMER GROCERY NEEDS The warm summer weather calls for a change in the family diet, but every housewife knows she does not desire a lowering in the quality of foods. This store has always and consistently for its many years of service in Chehalis and Lewis county, preached the value of good foods and the fact that Good Groceries are Real Savings. Beware of "bait" groceries and vegetable prices.

It pays to get the best the market offers and you find just that at our store always. JOHN WEST, 965 Chehalis Ave. Grocer Phone 13 CALL AHEAD-CALL BACK TO RESERVE Hotels and resorts want to please you. A telephone call will make sure of the accommodations you desire. TO BE How are those at home? What is the news right up to this very instant? A telephone call wiH inform yon.

TO MEET take chances on just dropping in" when a telephone call up the highway will avoid disappointment? TO SHARE THE Those at home want to know about your good times. Your telephone calls homeward relieve all anxiety. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AMD TELEGRAPi COMPAIY Phone 950 H2O Boistfort Street Here are 50c Pebeco Tooth Paste 39c 75c Fitch's Shampoo 59 $1.00 LYSOL 83 CARTER'S LIVER PILLS Regular 25c 13c DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS Regular 75c 45c LYONS TOOTH POWDER Regular 50c 29c MILK of MAGNESIA 50c Phillips' 29c ENO FRUIT SALTS Regular $1.25 PABLUM BABY FOOD Regular 50c ALKA SELTZER Regular 60c 49c KRANK LATHER CREAM Regular 75c 49c PETROLAGAR Regular $1.25 89c GLYCERINE SUPPOSITORIES 35c 19c NUJOL (Mineral OU) Regular $1.00 Size 69c HIND'S ALMOND CREAM 50c Size 29c 29c and 60c Size 43 49 For Quick Relief 49c CHEHALLS A Free Delivery--Phone 60 Chehalis, Wash. St. Helens Hotel Bldg.

abled to make his location subject to adjustments. His claim was one of the earliest half dozen. When winter set in he came back out -to Klickitat Prairie. He returned in the spring, but not to build a bachelor's home. He prepared for the coming- of a bride.

He was married December 3, 1886 to Josephine Landes, daughter of highly esteemed pioneer parents living- on Klickitat Prairie. Together he and his wife shared all the vicissitudes of pioneer life. Hardships and deprivations were met with fortitude. Tragedies were survived and sacrifices yielded the compensations of chastened lives. Through all the years and to its end their married life was blessed and blissful.

Children were born and carefully nourished. They grew up, were mar- raid and went out to build homes of their own--worthy children, all of reflecting credit on their parentage. Rufus Siler's life in the Big Bottom country from the day of! his settlement until his death was that of the finest type of the American pioneer. When he went up Into the Big Bottom he wag twenty-two years old, a strapping big fellow, a striking specimen of auperb physical development. His manhood, like his stature, wag of a massive type, with nothing small In its make-up.

He was a born leader of men. That position was always conceded to him in the unique mountain-surrounded community ini which he lived. He led the earliest movements for a wagon road to market, a stupendous undertaking for a small shut-in settle-, ment. He headed the movement for a public school. It was under his leadership that a church was early organized.

Remote from markets he fought incessantly for better transportation facilities. He worked unceasingly for the betterment of his beloved Big Bottom people, but never to the detriment of the broader interests-of his county and state. He was a lifelong democrat, but he bore no malice toward those of the opposition. He sought out and helped in the election and appointment of good men to public office, but through all his life he held no office that carried with it remuneration. Mr.

Siler had a passon for excellence I --a spirit of pride in having and show- I ing the best. He strived to have the I best farm, to produce on it the best crops and garden products. He used the best perfected machinery and applied the best methods. For years he sold timothy seed that topped the market. His dairy herd was headed with pure breds.

His beef cattle were built up by premium winning sires bought at the biggest and best shows. This passion for'the best also governed him in the breeding of sheep, swine and fowls. He was. a constant, attendant and frequent exhibitor at county, state, national and international shows. In his later years he yielded to the refining influences of a quieter home life.

He tinned from the practical to the ideal. He developed a great fondness for.flowers. He became known as an expert grower of. dahlias. He took great pride in the public exhibit of his marvelously perfect and beautiful blooms.

This great, stalwart, ragged man was of soul and tender of heart that his eyes would be moistened from the feelings that would well up in him when contemplating and looking upon the beauties of nature. He loved the mountains and the home -which nestled in( their bosom. There he lived in the midst of most simple surroundings, but he contributed to them the elements of grandeur. His life was purposeful, useful and honestly lived. Trust was confided in him and leadership was gladly exercised, but never abused.

With the passing of Rufus T. Siler an era has closed in the Big Bottom. Those things for which he labored most are now enjoyed or are on the eve of accomplishment. Pioneering days are all but over. A new era is at hand for those who.

now live to the Big Bottom. At the head of every effort that has brought In the new and better days was Rufus T. Siler. The inspirer and director of every worthy movement through the era now closed was Rufus T. Siler.

-He and his co-pioneer neighbors have opened wide the gates through which' is entering into the Big Bottom the customs and the spirit of the. new day. Mrs. O. H.

Buggies of Aberdeen is in the Hoquiam General hospital recovering from a major Mrs. Ruggles, who is a resident of Chehalis, is getting along satisfactorily Anthony Galkowski was arrested hi Centralia on a third degree assault charge, preferred by Gladys Co.mpton of Centralia. He was arraigned Wednesday before Justice: Miller of Centralia, released on his recognizance, and is to, report for trial Saturday o'clock Mr. and Mrs. A.

Sehoebel returned home this week-following a-week's visit at St. Martin's hot springs. and Mrs. Walter Bellows jf Sacramento, visitors last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs Charles Seimltzr- "Your.

Needs '-H ji Hejre. have qjfciosen frojn, of the worW for yoiir protection and advantage. G. E. Refrigerators G.

E. Hotpoint Washers and Ironers Crosley Radios Oil Circulators Westinghouse Cleaners Hotpoint and Sunbeam Irons G. E. and Silex Coffee Makers Toasters, Waffle Irons Lighting Fixtures Wiring, Contracting, Repairing Complete Electric Service SOLD ON Elir lifeiis Wilson Bros. Electric Co.

893 Chehalis Ave. Phone 777.