Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-05-25

annual memorial sermon will be ur.,,,.,
e" at ii am. by the pastor, Rev. Osca,
\. Smith. The G. A. II. will attend i,
'ody. In the evening the pastor vii
preach an appropriate sermon. iood
music. welcome for all.
Henry Wilson, Of the lumber firm nj
wilson Bros. Il Co., vas up from Sal,
Francisco during the week. lie was we'll
pleased with the progress of Aberdeen
ana expressed belief that the present
large demand for lumber would continue
Tor some years. MIR. Wilson returned to
the Bay City Tuesday.
The high school commencement exer
cisrs will take place Tuesday evening,
June 8, at the Acme Opera house. Fol.
lowing is "a list OF the graduates Misses
Lucy Wood, Minnie Richeau. Maude
Hubert, Kate Stafford and Nellie Sar.
gent, and Messrs. John Down, Roy Sar.
gent and Fred Eaton.
Ship Builder Lindstrom is pushing the
work on tie new steamers, the Aberdeen
and San Pedro. Some of the masts are
i'll position and the vessels will soon be
ready for laun ling. Mr.. Lindstrom is
also getting the ne" ship yard ready to
lay the keel for the schooner for Wilson
Bros. & Co., hich will be laid next
week.
The loggers of Grays Ha,bor have
wisely concluded to close down the fir
and spruce camps for five weeks between
now and August I. While this will
throw number of men out of employ
ment, temporarily, it is much preferable
to fall i'll the price Of logs that would
necessarily cause permanent reduction
in ways.
G. E. Arnold has received letter from
Frank Osbourne, who left Aberdeen last
year in small sloop for Kotzebue Sound,
Alaska, dated December !, at Galovin
Bay, where he thought he had good
thing. He had IL claims in a new field
that promised well, but said nothing Of
the rest of the party that left here with
him. When he wrote the thermometer
stood 80 degrees below zero.
Notwithstanding the we'll known op-
position Of large majority of the patrons
of the high school to Prof. Bryan the
hoard of directors has seen fit to re-en-
gage him as principal for the coming
year. Prof. Bryan is an able instructor
and, but for his infirmity OF temper
would be unobjectionable. For the vel.
fore Of the school the HERALD trusts that
during the coming year this will be held
in better control than in the past.
For sALE-Owing to i'll health l will
sell my dairy farm, consisting OF about
sixty acres OF fine bottom land, under
good fence, with hne 10-roomed house,
with hot and cold water connections, good
milk.house, good barn 96x72, with water
to same good, young, bearing orchard /;
good gravel roads; excellent schools; ad.
joining station of N. p. Il. Within l =
miles of county seat of Chehalis county
Montesano. Also 10 head Of thorough
bred and graded Jersey cattle, and all
necessary farm Implements. For particu-
lars call on or address the owner.
34.4t LUKE CRAIG, Montesano, Wash.
Hon. John L. Medcalf Dead.
Hon. John T. Medcalf, one of the
earliest pioneers Of Chehals county, de.
parted this life, at his old homestead near
Montesano, on Tuesday morning iE the
fifty-sixtb year Of his age. The funeral
services were held at the Montesano M.
+. church at 2 O'Clock this afternoon. His
wife, two sons and four daughters, a
brother and three sisters survive to mourn
his loss. Mr.. Medcalf, who was an UNI
usually strong, robust man, had been ill
for several months with cancer Of the
stomach. He suffered no pain, but grad
ually wasted away.
John T. Medcalf, son Of William and
Martha B. Medcalf, was born near the
CITY of Montreal, Canada, OH May 81 ,l843.
During his early childhood his parents
moved to the United States, settling in
Illinois, and later moved to Iowa. In
1852 the family started to the Pacific
coast, crossing the plains with an OK
team.
Arriving at the Dalles, Ore, they went
down the Columbia river in boats to the
mouth OF the Cowlitz; up that river, in
Indian canoes to Cowlitz landing, and
took claim near the present city of Che
halls. Three years later Mr.. Medcalf dis
POSED of his farm and started down the
river for Grays Harbor. This was during
the Indian war and they were detained
at the fort on Grand Mound prairie, where
Father Medcalf volunteered and helped
to whip the Indians into submission.
At the close Of the war the family moved
on down the river and took donation
claim OF 800 acres near the present city OF
Montesano, upon part OF which the de-
ceased had lived ever since. John I:
Medcalf was an active man OF affairs and
he always took a deep interest in the
growth and development OF Chehalis
county, which development he had wit
messed from the very start. He was a
member of the first Legislature OF the state
Of Washington and, taking lively inter-
cst in politics, was high in the councils
! - tba ran,,blican party OF the county,