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The Klickitat County News, Goldendale, WA., August 30, 1934, page 4

CONTINUATION OF KLICKITAT COUNTY HISTORICAL STORIES
By W.F. Byars

Col. E.B. Wise owned the store on the southwest corner of Main Street and Columbus avenue. His residence was just south of the courthouse where is now located the residence of merchant H.W. Bates and wife. When the writer took charge of The Sentinel in 1893 Crohn & Waters have a general mercantile store in this building. When the Farmers Mercantile Co. went out of business, S. Waters leased to the lower floor of the brick building now owned by W.H. Ward and conducted a mercantile and grocery store. The sign, "S. Waters & Co.," - painted on the front of the building, is still there. A hardware and plumbing establishment was also run in connection with the business in that part of the building now occupied by the "Agri." The plumbing department was in charge of D. Gould. Paul Hause was an assistant. When the brick building on the southwest corner of Main street and Columbus Avenue was built by Charles Kayser, N.B. Brooks and A.E. Coley, S. Waters conducted his mercantile and grocery store in the corner store room, recently occupied by the Bates grocery store.
For several years Geo. H. Hyatt, now of Pendleton, Ore., was head clerk in the Waters store. He afterwards became connected with the Ledbetter & Wallace store. E.E. Hinshaw, known as "Red," was also a clerk for a long time in the Waters and Bates stores. Mr. Hinshaw is now in charge of one of the big grocery stores in Everett. L.E. McKee has conducted his drug store in the Kayser-Brooks-Coley brick building since its erection. His brother, Herman, until the time of his death was a partner in the business. Herman was the first husband of Mrs. C. F. Kayser. The McKee brothers bought their drug business from I.C. Richards, who had opened a drug store and ice cream parlor in the Gobat brick building on the southwest corner of Main and Columbus Avenue.
W.R. Dunbar had an office where the drug store location is. He afterwards moved into the room now occupied by the Fritts Shoe Shop. T.L. Masters had a meat market where the Rosekranz Shoe Store is and J.C. Morehead had a market where the McCrow building is. Wm. Miller also conducted a meat market here at a later date. The postoffice occupied the east part of the Nye hotel building. A. Howard was the postmaster. He was succeeded by I.C. Darland under the Cleveland administration, and when McKinley was elected president H.M. Spalding became postmaster and continued as such until the time of his death. Tal Bratton became postmaster when Wilson was elected. He later resigned and T.A. Graham, the railroad agent, was appointed in his place and continued as such until his resignation, when the writer was appointed. There have been no changes made of the Goldendale postmasters for over forty years except through resignations or death. Frank Patton had a hotel and restaurant in the building.
The postoffice and all the wooden buildings to the east where later burned and the postoffice had temporary quarters in the north end of the present Odd Fellows building on West Main street. This building was constructed by a Mr. Myers, who opened a hardware store. Later he sold out to Frazer and Lucas and they moved the stock into the east room of the Ledbetter store building. Pierce and Russell succeeded them. G.H. Baker later bought the stock and afterwards moved across the street into the Harbke building. Baker sold out to Black Ledbetter and he to E.W. Pike.
We might mention here that M.D. Gage took charge of the Goldendale schools in the fall of 1890 and was pastor of the Baptist Church. Rev. Elwell was pastor of the Presbyterian church and Rev. G.G. Ferguson of the Methodist church. Rev. E. McEvers became the pastor in the fall of 1900.
Adolphus Gaunt had a barber shop in the west room of the post office building. Other early barbers who owned this shop were Al Madsen and Will Smith. The latter was a brother of Cecil Smith, who was a barber before he became a jeweler and a partner at Delbert Gunning.
W.P. Flanary had a photograph gallery upstairs and the Abeling building, then known as the Flanary building. C.M. Duvall preceded him in the business. Dr. R.D McCulley had his dental parlors upstairs in this building. He afterwards constructed an office building on the north side of the street. The writer purchased this building and afterwards moved it to the north end of a lot next to The Sentinel office on Grant and Court streets. The Sentinel office, the building now owned by H.W. Mort, the writer had erected about thirty years ago. After the writer sold the Sentinel, the McCulley office building was given to the Methodist church and was attached to the north side of the League room. It is now used by the primary department and the Ladies Aid has a kitchen in the east end of the building.
Mrs. Mary E. Van Aelstyn and her husband, C.R., had a grocery store on the first floor of the Flanary building. Mrs. Van Aelstyn was the mother of Mrs. Chas. Marshall, who later became the second wife of Wm. McEwen. Miss Mabel Ingersoll was another daughter. She is now Mrs. Miller of Everett. The sisters had a brother, Will.
Later on C.F. Brodie had a jewelry store in the east end of the building. The writer has a clock over forty years old that he purchased of Mr. Brodie, which is still keeping time. Jasper Flanary also had a barber shop in this building at a later date. The building was sold to a Mr. Humphrey and his son-in-law. Mr. Moore had a jewelry store in the building.
Further to the west there was a wooden store building which was occupied by the J.M. Hess drug store with W.J. White in charge. A.M. MacLeod later had a mercantile store in the building. Geo. W. Lawler was his clerk. This building was burned down over twenty-five years ago.
J.M. and George Filloon had an implement establishment in the building now standing on the south-east corner of Main and Grant street. W.J. White later had his drugstore and telephone exchange in this building. This was the corner in which H.W. Bates first opened a grocery business in Goldendale. Later William VanVactor had a grocery store here and Mrs. Flora Shelton her millinery parlors.