Chehalis Bee-Nugget, The (Newspaper) - August 1, 1930, Chehalis, Washington 20 Pages August Vol. 48 10 A Red or Blue OOM Here That Your Subscription With the last Issue of This Big Airplane Circus In Chehalis Is Next Thursday Biggest Fleet of Airships Ever Assembled in west to Spend Four Hours Prepares Big Tho Pacific Northwest Air which will visit the Chehalis airport at Donahoe Field next August 7, with a fleet of approximately 50 will be tho greatest show of this kind ever seen in southwest The fleet is scheduled to arrive at lis about 10 o'clock forenoon and will remain here until early There will be thrills galore after the interesting sight of landing the largest fleet of airships ever in this Miss Dorothy protege of Tex will headline the ing In recognition of her as the star and in order that the spectators may see the world's woman stunt pilot without hindrance or help from any other the air will be cleared of all planes while she is This is by order of Major Howard C. chief of Following Miss Hester's exhibition of stunting will come Tex veteran stunt Gordon recent holder of the outside loop ord after exceeding Rankin's and Floyd air mail who is a with an These three men will be stunting in the air at the same time over ferent parts of the All are crack stunt according to tary Russell who stated that the tour was fortunate in ting contracts with these nationally known The official parachute jumper on this what air show would be considered an air show without a parachute Frank who has been jumping for the past 35 years from balloons and will concentrate on his famous triple parachute jump from high tudes These five persons will be the only ones with the tour who will be mitted to stunt airplanes or fly in sitions which might prove to be gerous to other planes or to All other pilots will be re- quired to fly their planes safely as All stunting will be done at altitudes high enough for their at no time will stunting be going on directly over said Chairman stunting will be permitted over other planes or those carrying Every feature looking to the safety as well as the pleasure of the sands of southwest Washington ple who plan to see this air circus at a Cure For Your Sore Feet Will aft chairman of a committee on entertainment for next August 7, the air fleet performs has arranged an entertaining and novel for the which should appeal to all good looking young ladies be- tween the ages of 18 36, who have pretty Immediately following the ture of the air there will be a three-mile hiking contest staged in Chehalis for ladles between the ages of 18 and 36 The con- test Is to start at the intersection of street and Chehalis and will close In front of the Fox St. Helens The Chamber of Commerce has offered a prize of to the for the to the and to the All desiring to enter the contest must file their name with Secretary George R. Walker at the Chamber of Com- merce room in the city not later than 9 o'clock next Thursday Active Club Hears District Governor Watkins The Active club enjoyed an ad- dress by the district Watkins of Tuesday He outlined the policies of the club Jean president appointed the following James and Karl en- Joe Ike Otto associate Ralph Ed Murphy and Al The club sent flowers to Miss Lona con- gratulating her on winning the beauty contest held recently In Kentucky Wonder Beans Will Be Packed Here committees in Chief of lice Dave Mathes and other local assisted by a large corps of state The National Canning Company will shortly begin packing a able acreage of Kentucky Wonder beans at the Chehalis cannery on State opposite the union In the Pe Ell district 20 acres of beans have been contracted report is that the prospect for a crop is with a bountiful yield In A number of farmers near also planning the planting of considerable acreages of red berries for the Chehalis and extensive plantings will also be made near this At the Chehalis nery there also be a good sized of wild evergreen which be barreled by the cold pack While last unusual cold in Lewis county damaged many evergreen vines very there will be a crop of with prospects that hundreds of tons will not be due to lack of G. Salkum is planning to make a pack of these at his cannery between Mayfield and in highway the traffic and the will look after Fire Chief E. C. Kuehner will have a ply of foamite and other fire tion at the Planes not used in the representing the latest models of ships from the principal factories of the will be lined up at one side of the field for inspection of the which will be welcome to view all of There will be no charge for this or any other feature of the big show and the educational feature of the visit will be one long to be To afford further interesting to the holiday which west Washington people will next Thursday when they to local committees have vided additional Shortly after the planes take flight a walking contest for women between IS and 36 will be held up starting at Market and Con- ner is chairman of the committee having this in details of which be found under another with substantial cash prizes to the Bartel Smith have an- a 24 round smoker at the Chehalis auditorium in the evening at with Pete Pe Ell's battling who has had a series E. R. Voorhies Reports He Is Better E. R. former well known eastern Lewis county resident at Morton and later of who went to California several months ago to take the new cancer treatment writes Secretary R. Walker this week that his condition is greatly For a time the situation looked but Mr. Voorhies has taken a decided turn for the He states that the cancer ailment is apparently responding to the but that an anaemic condition developed Mr. hies is overcoming this and he hopes be able to return to Chehalis in- side another two months of wins at San Francisco three and George the past well known Tacoma ing the six round main Castle Rock colored who is a favorite with local will tle Alex fast Tacoma in the six round Three four round preliminaries complete the The Chehalis Chamber of Com- under whose auspices this out- standing free show is to be has advertised it widely all over west Washington and a ing crowd is Everybody is invited to come to Chehalis and enjoy the Formal dedication of the lighting of the local port by the will be a brief feature of the The Northwest Air Tour began its 11 day flight at Vancouver Since then eastern Idaho and various Oregon points have been visited and reports in the daily show that thousands of are turning out at all cities visited to see the show the thrilling features Wildwood P. M. Office to Close Mrs. Fred who has been postmaster at in southwestern Lewis county many years has tendered her nation to the department ton and has recommended that the office be This will probably be The office pays but a small compensation and a re- cent readjustment of the star route in that district has made direct de- livery of mail possible to most of the Chehalis Postmaster J. R. Imus of has received orders from the department authorizing an ex- tension of rural service on route 4 out of this city whereby six additional families near 12 miles east of Chehalis will be given Many Letters Await Air Mail Secretary R. Walker of the Chamber of Com- merce has nearly 475 addressed letters on hand that have been sent him during the past few weeks to be mailed here by air mail August the airplane caravan touring the northwest visits master Jesse Imua is trying to arrange for an air mall plane to arrive here that day and take care of the accumulated air In this bunch of letters to be posted by air addressed to people in of New 45 to California 41 to 39 to 32 to 11 to 10 to 12 to 22 to 31 to New 13 to 11 to 8 to and scattering to 16 other states in the Milwaukee Bridge Crew Is Stationed in Chehalis The Milwaukee bridge which is in charge of Robert is making its headquarters at and will be for some It has two each about 300 to build .in connection with tha one mile of crossover track which Milwaukee Is building from across the double track to connect with the Cascade Railway in south William who had for years been in charge of the kee bridge crew which j is died Monday in a Tacoma He was 56 years of age and survived by his four ters and two sons of who lives in and BL brother in West services were held Wednesday in the body being shipped to Virginia for Charley Griffiths Dies In Portland Charley former well known Chehalis who kept a cigar stand on lower Market street for several died at a Portland hospital according to a tele- gram received Nort Mr. Griffiths had been ill some He was 62 years Mr. who lives on Jackson is a cousin of the Griffiths was born in After leaving halis three years ago he spent some time roughing it in northern Charley had many friends all of whom will regret to his Heroic Work of Boy Scout Saves Girl's Life July work and efficient Boy Scout training of a attle boy whose identity was not saved the life of little Pearl two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Turner of yesterday The little girl was playing about the yard and fell Into an open well 30 feet deep con- four feet of The ents rushed frantically to the Pacific highway stop motorists arid get and happened to stop a car in which this lad was to the went down a rope and the little then re- without giving his with true modesty he left without people learning who he Dr. L. J. who was praised the of the boy and said he should Doctors Marsh and Turner of Winlock came by fast auto with the Winlock fire department but their services were not owing to the quick and efficient work of the Seattle Lewis County Grange Exhibits Will Again Feature the Big Southwest Washington Fair This Year Several Granges Have Had Committees Working on Plans for Several Rivalry Is Fine Crops of Grains and Grasses This Year Insure Best Exhibits of That Kind Ever Shown Club Activities Especially Prominent This Fine Livestock Display to Be The exhibits made at the west Washington Fair by the various Granges of Lewis county have proved one of the greatest features of this southwest Washington show in recent This year fifteen or more Granges will again have Many of these have had live tees planning for their displays for some months in fact some of enthused by their success last Congressman Johnson Here Monday Congressman Albert fresh home from the sessions of con- yet nevertheless keen rivalry be the speaker at the j Granges Chamber of Commerce luncheon Congressman began the close of 1930 laying plans following the 1929 for the There is a spirit of son is always a welcome guest in and his many friends will be to greet him Monday when he comes Chehalis for the first time for about a Siler Family Has A Reunion At Randle Sunday There was a large attendance last July 27, at in the Big Bottom 60 miles east of at a picnic meeting of bers of the Siler This was held in the beautiful maple grove on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Siler which Mr. Siler took up as a stead April 4, 1885, and where he has lived continuously ever Three different branches of the Siler the early ancestors of which settled in Macon North nearly two hundred years were Pomona Grange Picnic Is August 10 The Lewis County Pomona Grange annual picnic will be held August 10, at so Grange Master Frank O. Miller has an- A fine program of musical speaking and a general good time will be The dinner lunch will be a A large at- tendance is Mrs. John accompanied by Mrs. C. C. Mrs. A. E. Mrs. W. D. Howie and Mrs. E. T. were in. Tacoma Mayor Suggests 2 Hours Closing August 7 August 7, will be a day in Chehalis as our local airport be visited by about 50 airplanes of modern on a good will tour of northwest Chehalis is signally honored as being one of the few stops made in the due largely to the fine airport maintained and the operative spirit of our citizens in getting behind the plan to bring this air caravan Also on that date there will be public of the airport lighting recently installed by the While other cities are charging admission to this it will be free in Every citizen in Chehalis should attend this big which will attract from all parts of southwest It is my suggestion as mayor that the business houses close from 11 m. that day until 1 p. to give all the businessmen and clerks an opportunity to visit the JOHN You Should Attend to That Important Duty of Registration Without Close August 19 Out of a normal registration of around 2000 voters in only about 350 have so far The primary election .is September it as now it is the insti sire to win the coveted honor of ing the winning The result of this has been that showings have been of such splendid quality that they would do credit to any fair in the entire The value of the prizes offered by the management is such that these Another unusual feature of the fair that will open August 19, at the grounds midway between tralia and will be the rious showings that will be made by Lewis county's 4-H club This year one of the biggest days at the to be announced will be the one on which the new 4-H club building recently completed is The boys and girls who are members of the stein and Jersey calf members of the sheep and swine also members of all the other 4-H will have their displays housed in this new which is a most substantial and attractive addition to the A. L. well known Chehalis has con- cash toward the of this so great is his interest in tho work the boys and girls are doing along progressive are well worth First Sleeping quarters for the boys is plus scoring 750! who are members of the calf clubs have been provided in this building and there is a dining room that will no doubt prove a popular place for them during the equipped with a most up-to-date Two other features of the fair that will be of especial interest to the as well as to city people who have an appreciation of the value of these lines to the people of southwest plus scoring 750 plus ing 750 fifth and plus scoring 750 ninth and tenth plus scoring 750 eleventh and plus scoring 750 Points are on a basis of 1000 Exhibits include grains and grasses will be the usual in sheaves for may fine display o livestock and be won each on quantity and fruit home canned or 100 points on each as tables home canned or 100 points on each as field 40 points for 60 on the Washington State The Southwest College ex- Washington 70 on 80 on for general arrangement 100 Fair is the outstanding one in the state in the matter of its display of livestock of all Due to the outstanding importance of the dairy i the dairy breeds always pre- b usual fine represented at Sunday's Rules have been promulgated which was a most happy event in j ing the quantity of the various every The original stock of thus insuring a great degree M i j Siler family traces back to who was born in many May 29, 1719; and Elizabeth who was also born in the September 29, 1727. It that this young pair took passage up in Germany on the classic banks of the in the year 17 41, a boat that landed them at At that city both in turn embarked on a vessel that brought them to lowing a long and tedious during which the attachment sprung up that later led to their marriage in the ing to the law of the paying in loose leaf for the of. marrying After some time spent in Siler and wife moved to North settling on the Lacy creek four miles northwest of where the city of Slier now Here they lived and raised a large five sons and four the sons being Jacob and The father died in 1784, the mother in 1816, and the land on which the town of Siler is located has been the erty of the Siler for nearly a hundred The three branches of the Siler family represented at Sunday's picnic at Randle have this historic ground for their Rufus T. at whose home the family ering was was the son of W. He was born 67 years ago in Franklin North and came to Lewis county in 1885, when he took up as a homestead his present In 1883 he married Miss Josephine daughter of a pioneer of C. T. They have one son and two who were present at Sunday's These are Siler of Mrs. Magill of dle and Mrs. Louise Anderson An Siler's early settlement in the Big Bottom country the fact that the first postoffice established there was at his being the postmaster for many This was called It was named after United States Senator Vance of North then active who was a close friend of R. T. Siler's Original plans of many of the exhibits have proved most inter- esting features of past Grange dis- plays and will no doubt this In Lewis county this season crops are unusually good for the most part and exceptionally fine showings will be made of grasses and rious other forage day will be August 20, and it is the earnest desire of the agement of the fair that every ger in southwest Washington attend on that to the great de- velopment of the sheep industry in western there will be a splendid showing of and there will also be a creditable showing of The poultry and rabbit ments have grown each succeeding year in importance at this fair and this year added room has been vided for each of A long list of special prizes ning into big money will make com- petition keen this especially in the dairy and it is expected to make this the subject of a special story that will appear Charles W. Siler of were also There is also another Mrs. Josie Schutt of The father of Harry Siler was and Mrs. R. T. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Patricia and Mary Jo Mr. and J. S. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Myrl June Mr. and and Thomas heads of the first and second were All the older Silers represented at Sunday's family gathering came to Lewis county in 1885 and 1886, and W Siler Mrs Frank Ward Mr. of thl and Mrs. Hal Harry oi tne most of them homes in the have made their Big Bottom country practically ever They are recognized as among the most highly respected citizens of eastern Lewis county and have had their full part in the development of the vast resources of that were a great number of daughters-in-law and others related by family the interesting Incident of Mr. R T. Siler called the gathering to a sumptuous picnic dinner and welcomed all An interesting feature of an impromptu program that followed was the ing- of the minutes of the first called meeting of the Siler was held in Macon January 1, 18o3. nearly 80 yeara Plans for annual further meetings were R. T. heading the with Mrs. Harry Siler as There were brief by various that of R T. Siler being outstanding for the high ideals of good citizenship and a ut example which he outlined should David who in those days guide the family throughout the years was one of the best known attorneys to Mr. Siler also wun in that just pride to the past history of this A brother and three sisters of R. T. fine family during its residence in Siler were also These were the Pacific it may be said tnar Mary Wright Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Guests included the Rev. J. Weston Reynolds of Rev. and Mrs. E. Preston of Mr. and Mrs. Dan W. Bush of Mrs. A. L. Herren of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Melander and two children of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Mr. and Mrs. J. D. A. Davis and Edna Blankenship of Charles Osborne of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Mrs. W. D. Howie and Miss U J AC Q U f gathering totaling nearly 75 in Loretta Howie spent the week end there were present a few at steilacoom mate friends and neighbors who en- joyed the happy fully as much as did the members of the Siler Jacob Siler of prominent lumberman for years on Willapa Mrs. H. J. Owens of Miss Mary Siler and Miss Harriet Siler of Jacob Siler's consisting of his wife and two were unavoidably unable to Mr. Owens and others of the Owens family were the Owens ert and and their provided for and we should Mrs. Paul Mountcastle of make use of it the best possible way according to our own honest 9, and the registration books close regarding the most efficient August 19. To wait until the last I candidates who have declared for j few days to register oftentimes means the The j registration is not Something tour will stop the night of may interfere at the last or 6 at It will fly to Chehalis may be unable to go to the city 7, on hall and Why not register and have it over Besides Thursday August leaving here for But it is Impossible to vote at the primary elections unless the voter is You should vote at the elections as your duty after the Yesterday Mayor j if too many people wait until the last I and You cannot do so un- West received word by phone from few It will swamp the Captain Price at Sand Point that he will send four ships There seems to be a general apathy to the Chehalis Vancouver toward registration and primary barracks has also been invited to I Everyone who likes to think Is expected to re- i he is a good citizen should take a With the part in tha primary It Is send a fleet and less Registration closes August 19. Go to the city hall and attend to that duty of registration Secretary of State Grant says the 1919 registration law is still In which requires that taking part in the and the only at primary elections that voters in incorporated cities and and private planes that will dates can be the towns must register this year to vote j. C4 tn II 1 Intn A A V v v be at Chehalis it is most likely that it Is too can then the total to be seen here will vote for those others a possible 60 in Mayor Weat lias primary elections are sanctioned recommended that close from ll a. m. to LOSS the machinery legally 1 p. m. for for the all an opportunity to jee this i various public Whether qualified to most unusual entertainment In or believe this Those outside the have registered since January 1928, and have maintained their residence rn the cinct In which they are this fall without when R T went into the Big in 1885 there were but few settlers the first who had located in that section including his uncle John William and Herman John William Richard Thomas Dalton and Pat Muldoon Soon Judd Weimar Siler and a long list of others arrived and development of one of western Washington's est valleys followed being fully opened to the outside world in very recent years by construction of highways that make the tnp Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Price and O. H. Dressier of Centralia returned evening from a trip which took about two months time and covered over 90 SI They visited in Mrs. Price's home town in they stopped in Denver to visit Mr. ler's home in St. St and through the Black Hills of South Salt Lake Grand and then to They returning Zion Park through visited Mexico and San home by Francisco and through the Redwood In all the places of interest they stopped and made side Bryce's canyon is being opened and according to their report is far superior to the Grand Present at Sunday's gathering were family members from the the various places Tacoma Mr. and being of David W. A second group was that sented by Judd Siler and Weimar Siler of both being sons Chehalis to tne Thomas Judd Siler had the two hour auto to tne honor of being for a number of two or more required in uie terms representative from Lewis eighties when theses sturdy men wsi county in the Washington located in the upper Cowlitz His Mrs. Nora and their Harry Siler and his family were a second In Mr. and Mrs. who were were also represented by their Frank and Ward Siler of their Miss being away at ingham The third group was headed by Harry head of the Siler ging Company of where he has made his borne' in Snohomish county the past 43 years and is inent in business L Mrs. Siler their two Mrs. Minnie Miss Clara Slier and their two A. Siler and et Miss Mary Miss Mr. and H. J. 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