Centralia Chronicle, The (Newspaper) - March 14, 1908, Centralia, Washington PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL XIX CENTRALIA WASHINGTON SATURDAY MARCH 14 1908 For Assessing Property at Sixty Per Cent of Value COUNTY ASSESSOR EXPLAINS I be if I only secure an assessment ol i ten I cannot say that the I taxes would be leas than the ing year They inight be less anc they be I do say that the assessment will make no difference to you or me BO long we are ed on an equal basis according to what we own The different tax levying bodies require more money or they might require less and upon that and nothing else depends the amount of taxes each of property will be re- quired to pay 8th This county must get its tion up with others of its class if it ex- Have Threatened to Fight Illegal Urie A T McDonald county assessor has prepared the following statement Spiting forth the reasons why the sessed valuation of the county must be raised 1st All other counties are doing sr must The railroads will be doubled or more this year and to collect their tax other property must be assessed in proportion The State Railway Commission has employed experts to ascertain the cost and value of the railroads of the stale and the State Tax Commission assures the assessors that they will assess the railroads at 60 per cent of the value found by said peels to take its place hood of counties of the in the state and cure its share of the immigration and get a square deal with the state board of equalization What do you say you men professing interest in the welfare and development of your town and Lewis Yours truly A T MCDONALD FIRST RESULT OF CHEAP FUEL WHY ARTHUR HELD HER HAND Night Thought He Had a ing Bertha in Hit Arms For Will Be Manufactured Here From B H Fetley who has a franchise rom the city of Centralia for the in of a city gas plant and whc also has a franchise pending in Chehalis has asked the county board or a franchise for a pipe line along the V k V it u road from Centralia to Chehalis perts therefore all other property L J that he may pipe gas from this city must be assessed at 60 per cent Srd The timber lands will be sessed at 60 per cent of its actual as shown by the county cruise y pipe nas from this city there Mr has deposited a certified check for with the city er According to the grant of the The telegraph lines will also be I franchise his plant must be completed raised to the CO per cent basis by Oct 13 1908 5th All property of the county i That Mr should be planning increased wonderfully in many Centralia to Chehalis it has doubled trebled mid quad- j taken to mean that the central plant in value the past two years and w located here and that the cheap of right should be raised in assessment j from the mines whose roads with Centralia will be used in 6th In many towns ami would school districts in the the I thc which arisen councils and boards have been to how of the chrap fud wil ed to make illegal levies on account of be exceedingly low valuations of the ls that four or five If has been some time since ing Bertha operated from New York to Everett Wash and back to Kansas City on a journey of swoons whe got off at is not known but she has not been heard of for some time Arthur Thompson night wondering whether the n article was not in his arms a few nights ago Now Arthur is not bad to look upon His appearance indicates that he would respond should his gallantry be appeal ed to He does not de either When be w rounds the other night the appeal came and he responded He the street an old woman and her pretty daughter both strangers in the city The young woman saw him and in to the young man's arm poor man His arm R RIODELL wit oft I a in Centralia M E att a yj April a N Riddell the for ew lecturer on brain soul heredity and v science and religion will re a series of lectures in t she Sunday evening April ne wiU be followed by a series arshal lectures to be given on Riddell is a professional is said to be a master in the art speech He has been he public for the past 20 years e lecture engagements is also an author having written king the line of which he eal is a specialist in heredity psychic and spiritual er speaks from the viewpoint of e nd Riddell lectures deal with n vital problems of life and are general subject of Brain Soul Growth and Christian mission of 180 scholars to a great school with an enrollment now of 1417 Out of this mission of years ago has a church of 850 grows at the rate of more than 100 members This young Sunday school secretary is a specialist in House Visitation work the idea of canvassing an entire city for the churches in a single afternoon These visitations have now been con- 300 cities Secretary Cross School Buildings Are to Be J haying been manager of the work in ces This visitation work has m to travel over 27 states giving him opportunity to study tions in different and to meet thousands of church workers topic of the address Sunday be Strengthening Lengthening and All Sunday school and church workers who would like to hear some of the encouraging records made by Sunday schools about E Men's Bible Classes etc invited to attend this special meeting Sunday afternoon Made Safe ANOTHER BUILDING NEEDED Summer School Conducted by Prof field Will Be Held In South Building TERRIBLE FRIGHT entwined her for support fell on his shoulder I am all right now young woman gasped perty in order to raise the necessary j and tons of coal will bu mined daily within the next six months Thai amount of money to conduct municipal I affairs meet interest and debts and to that m r tem slack keep from going further in debt to low coal not build school houses etc This has also for good enough for man prevented many needed improvements be used the citizens have been willing and in Centralia lous to make I RUFUS EDSON FUNERAL SUNDAY Eastern directors of the N P Ry Co have issued orders to their tax commissioner for the Western Centralia Eastern railroad died district located at Tacoma to refuse to i of fatty degeneration of the Rufus S Edson pay the illegal taxes levied along its lines and should this order be carried out means a loss to Centralia and i heart The funeral will be held tomoi row afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian church under the auspices halis alone of almost taxes i of the I 0 0 F Thc Rev which would fall back upon the W Thompson will officiate holders of each town to make up in taxes the coming year After assuring this tax commissioner of the N P Ry Co that the would be raised this year sufficient to obviate the necessity in future of making il- legal levies he promised me to everything possible to induce the di- rectors to order their taxes paid this year I assure you fellow tax payers that I talked to this tax agent like a dutch uncle to use his influence to cause the R R Co to pay their taxes this year as it would be a dire mity to the people of the two towns should those taxes fail to be collected Henry SONNEVELD BRANCHING OUT Will Enlarge Factory and Move to More Commodious Samuel Sonneveld the cigar facturer has leased the building now I occupied by the Lumber Manufacturer's j agency and will take possession May 1 j He will retain his present location for a Because just as soon as the N P Ry retail store Mr Sonneveld intends to enlarge his factory and increase his re used to pay the biff telephone f materially and telegraph would i his in is to secure line ann doubtless other companies and who could toll where this thing would This is food for thought for the man who professes lo have thc welfare of his country at heart and is interested in the of his town and county and I earnestly hope I shall receive the co-operation of all broad minded women as moving is more room The lumber agency will move on to the second floor of thc new Union Loan and Trust building The three started for a room that the young woman might recover But Arthur is a wise young man While learning the new he did not forget himself With one hanc he quietly felt for his watch It met another tender soft hand that slunk away for an instant then re- covered its surprise and returned and sought his Oh she was a very wily young woman And then it was that Arthur joined the union because it was safe to hold back He gave the little hand a little squeeze and kept it where he would nnt lose it and said 1 am allright now Mother LADIES MET The Ladies of Centralia Homestead No 324 American with their friends met on Wednesday March at the home of Mrs R McCay ing the day in quilting A chicken dinner was served and appreciated Music and speaking formed part of the after dinner exercises The occasion was much enjoyed by those in ance Her head ism They aim to teach how one may j realize his highest possibilities of body the soul and spirit how to acquire the elements of success and how to make the most of life and its opportunities Mistaken For Reform School Thought He Was Pursued by SAW HOGS SLAUGHTERED Scene May Have Effected Tenino Maniac's Disordered Brain The theory that Warren McKay and his family of Tenino were attacked by persons bent on murder has been abandoned by few who held that view It is no longer doubted that he was in- sane or that he himself attacked and slew his family When a man is ally good to his family does such an act even while insane there is always speculation as to what suggested such a deed to his disordered mind A clew to this is offered in the fact that the night before the tragedy he a team which he had borrowed of his brother-in-law Arthur Wilson At the how to overcome all bad habits con- Fatty Logan a school boy had a terrible experience Thursday night trol the propensities and make the The trouble started Just lower nature subservient to wears a cap and blue overalls A boy escaped from the reform school at Thursday who also wore a cap and blue overalls There is a re- natural tendencies They present the ward of offered for the Person things that people need to know about I who the reform in order to make the most of their lives how to apply the laws of heredity and prenatal culture to the improvement of offspring and in the formation of socially mentally morally and spiritually For years these lectures have been given at the Chautauqua and have drawn some of the largest gate receipts in the history of the assembly movement The opening lecture will be Sunday evening April 5th and will be a union mass meeting of the churches Sub- Science and Religion During the week the lectures will begin at p m Sunday at The committee on arrangements is desirous that everyone may have the opportunity to attend these lectures and will provide that they shall all be given with open doors ings each night Fatty was standing in front of the Star saloon when Ei Duby spied him and thought of the reward He wanted to get a better look at Fatty and so asked him to come into the saloon I said Fatty My parents do not allow me to go into saloons Come Mill TUESDAY Sports Will Flock to Twenty-five Round Bout in Training Hard Aberdeen and sports are all over the Mullins bout which will be pulled off in Aberdeen Tuesday night Both men lave been putting in a strenuous course of training and will be in the pink of condition when they enter the ring Reports from Aberdeen are that ins is leaving nothing undone in pre- wring to meet Ross Ross is training just as hard as Mullins For three weeks he has been Bids taking an eight or ten mile run before j breakfast and every afternoon takes several rounds of the roughest I If I do the saloon man will throw me out said the boy But Duby was so insistent that ty became alarmed and took to his heels His actions confirmed suspicions and he followed in hot suit of the fleeing Now Fatty is not built for speed but his fright assisted him He headed for the city marshal's office Duby thought he had started for the railroad yards and ran past the city hall Breathless Fatty fell into the marshal's office and asked for protec tion When he had recovered his breath he told Marshal Clark he was being pursued by a crazy man and he and the marshal went in search of the supposed maniac They met Duby re- turning from the railroad yards That's the reform school ex- claimed Duby when he saw Fatty Then the marshal whose duty it has been several times to tell Fatty to go to school explained LET CONTRACT TUESDAY NIGHT Will be Opened and Contract Awarded to Pave Tower Avenue Wilson place hogs were being j kind of work with the gloves ed He saw the animals knocked on the i The mill is to be for twenty-five Bids for paving Tower avenue will be head with an ax and their throats cut rounds and each contestant is training opened Tuesday night when the council life That is just what to stay last round if necessary j meets Tl to his family using a hammer Indications are that the betting will close well It is in my hands to protect you and fix it so we can collect the taxes alike Will you help me to protect Don't you know that the state calls for a given number of dollars from each county each year thc county commissioners estimate ns low as sible the amount of money to be ed for each county fund that the schoo boards of various districts mate the required amount to run a school n given number of And don't you know they each the assessed valuation as returned by the county assessor urn divido the amount to bo wised by tho assessed valuation to determine the levy sary to raise that amount of RAYMOND SALOONS RAIDED Raymond Mar A B I McDonald and a force of deputies made a raid on the local saloons at about 10 o'clock last Sunday night finding four saloons open and making eight R J Owens I Henderson A J nnd Carl Peterson were arrested for violating the Sunday closing law nnd four young men Tom Burke Jack Maloney Perry and Mike Roth were placed under arrest in the Standard saloon owned by Owens for gambling The eight men were ro- lensed upon depositing cash bail for appearance in court the following afternoon CHINA CREEK WAS OVERWORKED Owing to tho heavy yesterday nnd last night China creek nnd tho mill race wore not able to mvay nil the surface water Water stood in many places In low spots In the city for And don't you know if tho several hours At the denting rink tho valuation twenty million I water lacked only a few Inches of the levy would bo what It would in on tho floor with a knife did ind a razor A dispatch from the parents of dead woman who live in Sault Stc Jlich directing she and her dead children bo given a proper burial has been received in Olympia The school board Thursday took tion to immediately remedy the gerous condition of the North school An outside stairway leading from the attic floor the ground and connecting with all the floors will be built as soon as possible This will give two exits to the building All woodwork that in contact with will be overhauled and everything done to make the heating apparatus of all the buildings as safe as possible At some points of contact with the pipes asbestos will be used That an ounce of prevention is worth several pounds of cure was the position the board took on the matter of ing the buildings safe and the question of spending a few dollars to prevent a loss of life was the only course to be t The need of another school east of the Northern Pacific railway was dis- no formal action taken That such a building will have to be erected soon was the the members It was thought that a four room ing designed to be enlarged when ed would be the proper thing The board is of the opinion that by selling the lots owned by the district near the Dr Primmer residence more than enough money can be secured by the sale for the purchase of a site for the new building east of the tracks It s anticipated that the largest increase n school population will be east of the tracks owing to the development of the coal mines to the east It is reasonable to suppose that men employed at the mines will have in that part of the city Centralia will have a summer school again this summer Prof M L field of Little Falls who conducted the school last year applied for and ed permission to use the South school again WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT MET The Women of Woodcraft met at the home of Mrs J S Robinson day afternoon The time was spent piecing quilt blocks The ladies were treated to several instrumental pieces on the violin and piano by Mrs Albert Smith and Mrs Arkie Richard Mrs Jobinson was assisted in serving re- by Claudia and Nettie Robinson Those present desdames Nellie Acker Mattie Shear Conrad Rachel Shroader Julia Nettie Salzer Buzzell Belle Topper Davis Nellie Rinkler Edith Rowswell Eva Smith Myrtle Richard laud Smith W S Ward Claudia Nettie Robinson Next Wednesday the ladies meet at home of Mrs Nellie Kinkier the The time for receiving bids j Tuesday afternoon at 5 j will be on hand in full force o'clock From present indications the the and the outcome of the contest will be j bids will be numerous and competition make or break with many of them sharp It is the intention of the TACOMA MEN WANT COAL LAND j cil to award the contract at the time I WILL RENDER CANTATA APRIL SUNDAY SCHOOL MAN HERE Fred Cole formerly of Centralia j the bids are opened Work is to be but now of Eatonville is visiting here commenced in two weeks afte ing the contract and completed hundred 1 parties have filed application I in the county auditor's office to BRIDGES CONCERT The Bridges Concert The Village Blacksmith to be Given Special Union For Sunday Chicago which had planned to chase coal lands in the Northern Pacific woj Railway's rant in Lewis county j were made and denied at the CO WITHDRAW I Vancouver land office for the purchase of the land The matter is now before hold by Choral Society The Choral Union is on tho cantata Thc Village Arrangements have been made for a Union Sunday School Rally Sunday which it is planned to afternoon at o'clock in the ronder on April 1 There are eighty i dist Episcopal church A H Cross of members in the society nnd practice is held every Monday night in the terian church Dr Kniskern is dent of tho society Miss Blanche Thompson pianist nnd Mrs Florence Poncin organist An excellent effect is produced by using tho nnd together Cleveland Ohio who is spending al months on the coast nnd who has been assisting the Western ton State Sunday School Association is to give tho address Mr Cross privileged to bo several years in Ohio with Mr Marion Lawrence nnd one of tho superintendents of tho Washington Street Sunday school which has now become famous throughout tho night indicates the attendance will i country In his address hero Mr Cross vory Tho will bo in will tell of plans this Sunday tho P nnd I tickets School hns been built up from n small The anlo of tickets for tho to bo given by tho boys j musical convention in this city for j days will go to Aberdeen instead It was thought that the Bridges com- pany would upset the plans of the Choral society which is rehearsing for a cantata to be given April 1 As the concert company could with very little inconvenience go to Aberdeen it decided to withdraw from Centralia Tho company gave a very delightful musical entertainment in the Methodist church last night Last night's was to have been the ning of a series Mrs Ed Bower has received a card from Mrs saying that she and Mr who arc now in San Diego Calif will return to soon Mrs C 0 Bonnett nnd Mrs have been visiting thorn re the department of the interior It is denied that this land is subject to chase under the coal land law The parties now claim tho right to gain tho application because the land is subject to the Northern Pacific grant They have tendered per acre for the land The men are Harry W Rogors Tracey M Rogers Julius A Johnson John P Green E A Russell and Will Russell THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON The Winlock Athletic association ball team will play the team of Centralia lodge No 23 I 0 G T night in thc High school gym Tho Skidoo toani expects to win though tho Winlock team is wry strong Tho wil bo called nt 8 o'clock Tho admission price is cents This will bo tho hist basket ball of tho
