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ANGLE, GRANT C.

	The Mason County Journal, published at Shelton, of which Grant C. 
Angle is editor and proprietor, has been in continuous existence since he 
established it in 1886, this being the record for the state of Washington.  He 
is a newspaper man of progressive spirit and has made the Journal an important 
factor in the life of the community which it serves.  His birth occurred in 
Tuolumne county, California, July 24, 1868, and he is a son of C.C. and Lucy 
A. Angle.  The mother died in the infancy of our subject and in 1883 he 
removed with his father to Olympia and in December, 1886, came to Shelton.
	Grant C. Angle received his education in the public schools of 
Oakland, California, and then began learning the printing business, to which 
he has devoted his life.  In December, 1886, upon his removal to Shelton he 
established the Mason County Journal, which as the years have passed has 
maintained its positionas one of the leading country [sic] papers of 
Washington.  No other newspaper in the state has been continuously published 
for so long a period and its files constitute an important source of 
information concerning the early history of western Washington.  When it was 
first established there was no printing press in Shelton and after the forms 
were set and locked Mr. Angle took them by steamer to Olympia, where the paper 
was printed.  At length he was able to install a complete printing outfit in 
his shop, which is now well equipped not only for the publication of the Mason 
County Journal but also for high class job work of all kinds.  The Journal has 
a circulation of eleven hundred and is popular as an advertising medium among 
the local merchants.  In political policy it is republican.  Mr. Angle is 
identified with financial interests of the town as a director of the State 
Bank and he is connected with merchandising as well, as he carries a full line 
of stationery and wall paper.
	On the 27th of July, 1890, Mr. Angle was united in marriage to Miss 
Harriet Thomas, of Coupeville, Washington.  To this union have been born the 
following children: Robert C., who is connected with his father in the 
newspaper business under the firm style of Grant C. Angle & Son; Lucy A; Mary, 
now Mrs. Murnen, of Seattle; J. Eber, a student in the University of 
Washington; and Herbert, who is attending high school.
	The republican party has a staunch adherent in Mr. Angle and in 1901 
and 1903 he represented his district in the state senate.  He has been a 
lifelong student of affairs of public moment and his habit of considering 
questions from the standpoint of the general good made him unusually efficient 
as a law maker.  He has a wide acquaintance throughout Mason county and is 
held in high esteem, both for his ability and for his sterling personal worth. 

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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