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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., August 26, 1938, page 8

E.A. ARNOLD

     Emery Albus Arnold passed away at the Hood River hospital on August 13, following a stroke suffered five days before, while on a vacation at the Twin Buttes huckleberry camp. At his death he was 71 years, 10 months, and 5 days old.
     He was born at Stilesville, Indiana, on October 8, 1896, and moved near to Oskaloosa, Mahaska county, Iowa with his parents when about eight years old, and there grew up to manhood. He followed coal mining until he moved to Washington in 1903. He was a charter member of the U.M.W.A. and was a delegate from the thirteenth coal mining of the state of Iowa in 1896 to the convention which gave America the first eight-hour law it ever had.
     After coming to Washington he engaged in the logging industry and shingle mill business up to 1917.
     He worked for the Wind River Logging company at Stevenson for six years as fire warden, then for the East Side Logging company as fire warden until 1931. Since then he had made his home in White Salmon with his brother, W.M. Arnold.
     Surviving are three brothers, W.M. Arnold, Elmer A. Arnold and C.E. Arnold; two nephews and three nieces.
     Funeral services were held at the Gardner funeral parlors in White Salmon with H.V. Rominger officiating. He was laid to rest in the Lyle cemetery, beside his mother.


The Mt. Adams Sun., Bingen, WA., August 26, 1938, page 1

EMERY ALBUS ARNOLD

     Emery Albus Arnold passed away at the Hood River hospital on August 13, following a stroke suffered five days before while on a vacation at the Twin Buttes huckleberry camp. He was 71 years, 10 months and 5 days old.
     He was born at Stilesville, Indiana on October 8, 1866. He came to Washington in 1903. He then engaged in the logging business. He worked for the Wind River Logging Company at Stevenson for six years, as fire warden, then for the East Side Logging Co., until 1931, when he came to White Salmon with his brother, W.M. Arnold until his death.
     Surviving are three brothers, W.M. Arnold, Elmer A. Arnold and C.E. Arnold, two nephews and three nieces.
     Funeral services were held at the Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon in White Salmon with H.V. Rominger officiating. He was laid to rest in the Lyle Cemetery beside his mother.

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