"Elijah Caulkins, aged 77 years, father of O. H. Caulkins, of Bellingham and a resident of Whatcom county for more than twenty-two years, passed away at his home in Maple Falls Wednesday, July 17, after a short illness. Mr. Caulkins was a member of the J. B. Steedman post No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic of Bellingham. He is survived by Mrs. Caulkins, four sons and one daughter, residents of Whatcom county, and one daughter residing in Iowa. The funeral service will be held Friday, July 19, at 11 o'clock a. m. from the funeral parlors of Undertaker Harry O. Bingham, 1319 Dock street, Rev. Warren Morse, of Bangor, Me., officiating. Interment will be made in Bay View cemetery."