Centralia News-Examiner, The (Newspaper) - May 28, 1909, Centralia, Washington THE NEWS AND THE EXAMINER CONSOLIDATED JULY i 1901 WASHINGTON MAY The will be County Of- Paper After July I st CONTRACT LET FOR VAULT FURNITURE An Twenty-Five Hundred Appropriated for Benefit of Exposition Business Transacted T HE board of county commission ers of Lewis county met In adjourned on Monday May 17 1909 all the members being present The board appointed W G kins to the office of road supervisor District No 16 In the matter of the petition of the Centralla Water Supply Company to vacate Locust street In Pleasant View Addition to the city of lla Washington and for a right of way to lay a water main along county road Pioneer Bindery Printing Irwln Hodson The Canton Art Metal Co 2100.00 The matter of awarding the con- tract was taken under advisement Wednesday May 19 1909 The board approved the bond of This matter coming on to be heard before the board of county on this 17th day of May 1909 on petition of the Centralia Water Supply Company and the board ing heretofore on the 20th day of April fixed a for hearing said petition and the auditor having given due and legal notice of the hearing of said petition as more fully appears by the affidavit of J C Bush the printer now on file in the auditor's office and due and legaT notice by posting having been given as from affidavit of 15 S Price now on Hie and the board heard thv evidence and being fully advised in the premises It is hereby ordered by the said board that all of Locust street between blocks four and five be and the same is hereby vacated and being so vacated reverts to the abutting property The county treasurer was ordered by the board to accept the on the real property of T A Stevens for the year 1908 on lots 1 2 4 and block 1 3rd addition to the city of at a valuation of on account of error In ment The county treasurer was ordered by the board to accept the tax on the real property of Mary Murphy for the year 1908 on the S E Vt of sec 14 twp 11 range 3 west at a valuation of timber having been ed as personal property Tuesday May 18 1909 In the matter of the report of the county engineer on the proposed as petitioned for by A J White and the board having heard and considered all the evidence adduced for ann against the establishment of said road on account of the right of way not having been secured the board reserved their decision unti such a nii they desire again to take up matter This the Unie as advertised the board proceeded to of bids to he court house vaults submitted were as Safe ft Lock G ii supervisor of Road Dis- No 18 The board again taking up the matter of bids for Installing steel the in the new vaults in the court I house awarded the contract to The Canton Art Metal Co at This being the time as advertised the board proceeded to the opening of bids for the county publishing for the ensuing year The following bids were The Publishing Company would do the work for 25 cents per Nonpareil square for the first insertions and 15 cents for subsequent insertions the commissioners proceedings to be published free The Centra would do the work for 10 cents an inch for each insertion measure and the commissioners free After due consideration the board awarded the contract to The la The was intro- by Commissioner C D Young and by a unanimous vote adopted by the Whereas The Legislature of passed an act amendatory of Section Chapter 172 Session Laws of 1907 empowering boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state to make its of the products of their respec live counties at the rific Exposition and to erect buildings in which to place exhibits etc further providing that the ion provided by said act shall be In addition to any appropriation fore made which act Is now in force Resolved That the sum of Twenty five Hundred be and the same is hereby appropriated Interesting Ceremony at Lincol School Last Saturday OVER 2000 PEOPLE ATTEND Judge J R Buxton Makes Present a tlon Speech and M L rier Accepts Statue Bushong t Co 2913.00 Art Construction Co 2240.00 ONE of the most Impressive ser vices ever held la Centralia took place last Friday after noon at the Lincoln school on th corner of Rock and streets The occasion was the unveiling o the Lincoln statue recently purchas eu About fifteen hundred schoo children were present with the teachers About five parents and others were present making the total present about two thousand The services were simple starting with the song Star Spang led by the pupils of the Liu coin school and followed by a pray er by Rev H W Thompson of the Presbyterian church Judge J R Buxton prosecuting at torney of Lewis county made the presentation address He Mr Chairman Ladies and Gentle men Teachers and Scholars of Cen tralia public On me has fallen the pleasant ty of presenting to the Lincoln school this beautiful bust of the Im- mortal Emancipator I have had the pleasure of addressing large fes and yet I say unto you I regard the honor of addressing the and children of the public schools greater than that of any audience whom I ever faced It Is right and proper that the of this school which bears the proud name of Lincoln should present this beau- bust to remain the property of this school as long as the ever- consuming fire of time should permit it to endure This beautiful bust shall stand at the entrance of the school before which every scholar shall pass as he enters to begin the duties of the day and it shall be the last object on which his eyes shall rest as be wends his way homeward when the evening shadows fall We have had many presidents since the birth of the republic and the current expense fund to meet a of Sreat and men But towering above necessary expenses to be incurred In making such exhibits and ing such buildings etc said being In addition to the propriation heretofore made in July 1908 session of this board by virtue of a former act The county treasurer was ordered by the board to cancel the interest on the real property tax of A ard for the year 1907 on lot 8 ed at lots 1 to 3 block 7 at lots 1 to 4 block at all in St Francis Mission The board adjourned to meet at the hour of 10 o'clock A M on day June 7 1909 H INGRAHAM PURCHASES THE TO DEATH BY A HORSE F H Miller Sells Well Known Boy Almost Instantly One of Hit Clerks Popular Frank H Miller who has been of tralia for The the Fair store in past ten or twelve years sold out the fore part of the week to W H Ingraham Co When Mr first went Into business in Centralia Mr Ingraham was one of his clerks and has worked for him ever since with the exception of a few months Mr Ingraham was in attle Mr InTraham resigned his position a few weeks to look out for a business location for himself After spending some time looking over the situation he concluded that he could do no better than to purchase the business he had seeu grow from Its Infancy There Is no doubt but what the new proprietors keep Killed In the Hannaford Valley A very sad accident occurred last Saturday in the Hannaford Valley causing the death of the six-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Domonic Probst who have resided for a number oj years in the Hannaford Valley Little Levl in company with Ills sister and brother was in the yard around the house when he was ed by a horse There were several horses in the lot and they had been among when vl passed behind one of them and hit him with a stick The horse evi dently thinking that one of the er horses was at his heels again out hitting Levl In the ach and knocking him down After being knocked down the horse again kicked him The only witness to the accident was the unfortunate up the good reputation that Mr tie boy's sister The brother had ler has maintained ever since the gme nto but cami business waa established Mr Miller will go Into the real tate and Insurance business with his father judge H J Miller The Fair store been closed all this week while the new have been busy taking stock The will be on Saturday morning when all the old customers aa well as new ones will be welcome School Loafing Place Annie B Porter who lives near Colfax was arrested last week for refusing to send her old son to Mrs Porter claims the teacher B L McCloskey Is an In- dolent and characterizes the a place to F T left on Tuesday for a trip to South Bend running out in response to his cries He very carefully lifted his brother up to carry him In- to tho house and as ho did so Levl opened his eyes but could not speak He died almost Immediately The funeral services were hold on Monday afternoon from C L undertaking parlors Rev Robt J RelH officiating Little Levl was born on parents farm In tho Hannaford Valley and spent his short life there Within the last eighteen months there have been two other deaths In the family tho little and a er The parents have the sympathy ot their many friends Dun Salier went to Woodburn on Monday to look after his sawmill In- near that place them all as Saul above his breth- ren stand the majestic figures of Washington and Lincoln the two im- mortal Americans Washington be- longed to the aristocratic class and In his veins flowed the best blood of Virginia He was cradled in the lap of luxury and never knew the ing of the pathetic word abject erty You cannot gather grapes of thorns nor figs of thistles Though Lincoln's parents were extremely poor and humble yet In the veins of his mother Nancy Hanks flowed blood as aristocratic as that which ed through the veins of Washington or Jefferson or any sons of Virginia Lincoln died for his country as did the many Union soldiers who sleep that sleep that no ly waking in their low green tents whose curtains swing outward on the hills and valleys of the away Sunny South Lincoln as ident was at the head of the Union army and navy he was the of these old Union diers whom bent and weary you meet on our streets As Lincoln who perhaps was the greatest American who ever ed so these old members of the Grand Army of the Republic belong to the most exclusive aristocratic and greatest secret order that ever existed You ask me how did they attain to the honor of membership In great They attained It by my friends by en- tering Into the very jaws of death and Into the mouth of hell and o- day they are honored and loved by a grateful people whom Lincoln and they preserved as a nation I want you to be patriotic pure and good emulate the example of Lincoln Love your country and respect Its flag keeping ever in view that the Stars and Stripes are the flag of the greatest republic earth has known every lawyer Is almost dally brought Into contact with the dence that the ray sf the nor Is hard Sin never pays You cannot make the best of yourself un- less you lead pure good and eat lives Each of you is an tal Houl and will live when the shall fade and you shall see their going out I trust that the benign face of Lincoln will continue to look down for many years upon the boyn and of Lincoln school and his presence with will Inspire you to lead the the better and tho purer life adopting his motto With malice toward none and for until your life work be- ing ended you Hall ice him face to face In the city of tbe King Mr M L Carrier principal of th Lincoln school In the words made the speech of Friends and Pupils it is wit pleasure that I speak In behalf o the pupils and teachers of the Lin coin school when I say Mr Chair man and Judge Buxton we ver heartily and with many thanks ac cept this statue of one of the great est men who ever lived It Is known fact that we become like tha which we most admire and no on can look upon this statue having a feeling of admiration an love for the great and noble Aura ham Lincoln the man who gave hi life not to free the slave but t prove to tbe world that all men ar and ever will be equal It was prln for which he lived It wa principle for which he died As we with others pass Into building we will notice these line that show bravery and we will be- come brave these lines that show kindness Snd good cheer and In re we must become kind and cheer ful The song was then sung by all present During the ex Mrs Schoettler sang a beau solo that was much enjoyed by all After the exercises all the school children marched In double file and deposited beautiful flowers the base of the bust of Lincoln COURT NOTES Saturday May 22nd Belle Diamond was granted a vorce from Goddard G Diamond on grounds of drunkenness and deser Monday May 24th Motion for in case of Fai Roundtree vs John Hutchinson wab overruled Order In th estate of Converse E Townsend In the case of W A Blake vs James K Perry for foreclosure of a mortgage an order of default was also a decree In favor oi was granted In the guardianship of Adolph eel an order was entered citing rious parties connected with the posed sale of real estate into court In the estate of P A Powell an order was made setting aside the ate for benefit of the widow In the estate of H C Mayfleld an order was entered citing the trator to appear In court In the estate of Bessie Slagel an order was made reducing the amount of bund to In the guardianship of Thomas Dob an order was made continuing the hearing la tho estate of R B Koous E Koons was appointed or and the bond was fixed at in the matter of the estate of Wm Wymore order approving final ac count and of distribution New Wisconsin Lumber Co vs Cooper et al foreclosure of lien of 102.52 State of Washington vs Richard Dunn C W Long vs W E Geissler for possession of building and Petition filed by Anna L Nelson or letters of administration In late of C M Nelson Petition filed for the appointment if a guardian for Ethel Florence and CoKman Petition of J W and S R for the adoption of Howard a- baby with of the Infant's mother Marriage Licenses The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week Charles A Bever and Mrs J A logers M Rockwood and Lulu Rockwood Harry Shy and Gertrude Spurgeon Dennis B Westbrook and Frances A Hartford Ray O Curtis and Chesle A nick George C Roc and Orpha M ins Kert and Mamie Harlan Ralph Y Davis and Clara H ert C L Gilmore and Jocie M C Weese and Ida Miller Charles B Gregory and Nora J ark Ernest E and Maude J lopkins Funeral of tbe Late Max Kaestner The respect In which the late Max was held In the community fas shown last Friday afternoon when friends and neighbors of the followed the remains to heir last resting place The funeral services were held at he family residence about one mile of the city under the lon of Rev H S Black of the it church The attendance was and the casket was almost len beneath the floral offerings sent iy sorrowing friends Mr Black's were Impressive and bate to the occasion as were also he selected hymns The remains ere Interred In the tery on Ford's Prairie The following were the pall bear W A Albert R F E B Towne H Waddle Henry June man and W F These tlemen were the six nearest on Mm and her son Mr F Kaestner feel very grateful to many friends who audited them hour of trial Big Concatenation Hotel Centra Ha Saturday Evening 100 HOOS WERE PRESENT Twenty-Three Become Full Grown Cats In a Single Night were about one hundred Hoo Hoos present at the con- catenation held at the lla Hotel last Saturday evening Black Cats from every city within a of one hundred kittens were rounded up and were transformed In- to real To join the Hoo Hoos a candidate token through all the processes a lot goes through to become lumber There is the big band saw the trimmer the dry kiln etc At least what a kitten Is given to understand and before he gets through he begins to ink his Information U correct The dining room at tbe Centralla Hotel was decorated with about one black cats supplied by W F Toles A large papier mache black cat was given the place of honor in the middle of the table The following officers presided at he Snark W B Mack Senior Hoo Hoo George E Birge Junior Hoo Hoo T H Claffey W P B R James E berwock Cal Welbon Mile Walton J M dray Toastmaster F B Cole Medical Ex- aminer E Clark Evans Chairman of Torture Committee T M SchleMs Musician Robert Adams The following kittens were sawed up: Thos P S E Slade aer Co Aberdeen Hoy Camp S B Slade Lumber Co Aberdeen Frank T Jr F T Hardware Centralla James Conner H B Walte Co attle Clinton P Klinger Chicago ng Co Portland Daniel Salt Jos Oldham Sons Seattle John F Laughran Palmer Lumber Co Martin L Boyer M L Boyer er Co Grand Mound Earl L Francis Lewis Hills Mill Co Elma Morton M Tuft John L Bullock Hoot T Glllespie Mill Mining Supply Co Seattle Frank S Taylor Taylor Elma Byrd H Thompson Lincoln Creek umber Co Centralla Allan Candee H B Wolte Seattle S W Porter S W Porter ine Frank S Mutual ler Co Bucoda Harry N Lipscomb Blumauer icr Co Bucoda Thos W Haywood S E Slade jumber Co Aberdeen M Logan S E Slade ier Co Aberdeen Chester W Harm Brown Lumber Co Tenino Frank E Burrows Grays Harbor Logging Co Aberdeen K W Tenino Lumber it Manufacturing Co Tenino After the ceremonies of the were over all present swore y the tall of the great black cat hur one of the best concatenations ad ne Into history HORSE SHOW IN JUNE 12 that tne proposition of E South End Streets will Soon be and WOULD HOLD UP STREET IMPROVEMENT Spokane Portland Seattle Railroad Files Written with City Trees will be Spared Wherever Possible HE city council met session on Tuesday evening Mayor and ber of that body being present A large crowd of spectators and citizens was present during the first part of the evening but by the time the council was ready to adjourn the hall was almost empty Removed C L council to either remove light cole that Is in front of his undertaking parlors or to put In a new one It Is probable that a new pole will he put In as the old one has seen many years of service and IB In bad condition -i and Water Wanted Barnes Uhlman petitioned the council to have the light and water systems extended to their new tion In the northwest part of city Mr Barnes was present at meeting on Tuesday evening and said there were several families In his addition who wanted both water and light The petition was referred to the light committee Tto Move Mail Boxes The council ordered the city clerk notify the to have the mail boxed moved Mm the city's light poles Postmaster dict suggested that such action be aken A Ice Inspector was in Includes the tract where stood the oH Nudd faylor gutter factory Save tbe Shade Attention wks the cil that In many places in the end tHe trees will with the construction of walks Some of the trees have there for a great many years are as large as a foof In considerable It wts by the the trees did not interfere with the grade and did not project into sidewalk more than eighteen inches tley would be permitted to remain This {ble Will be rigidly enforced however all other trees be either cut down or removed May Have Cement Several property owners on east side of the railroad track tier siro cement curbs instead of 01139 pnt In council that If these property owners could make satisfactory arrangements the for ment curbs for wooden ones they would be permitted to Subscription to to Glider on road track was found to be seve feet out In the street Before be doM Ut was town a few days ago and said that essary to moVe the house he government would probably place new boxes and when that was would very likely joe the regulation ron posts Mr Benedict thought that The expense would be Mrs Van GUder la not a wealthy Woman to and could 111 move the house The contractors f the department was ordered a subscription II Colti In Surrounding Country In- to Show Themselves on That Date There will be a In Cen on Saturday June 12th All In the surrounding country will le on exhibition at the show While here will be no prizes given It Is that there will be much in- erest manifested at this show In he Fall of this year after the com- of the electric line It Is ex- that there will be a grand show held at the fair grounds way between Centralla and lalls At this show there will offered Horse breeders say hat there are a number of very flue In this vicinity illy joke Causes Fight Fred Lancaster asked James wrgo at Tacoma the other day if he new that city library had been No What's the asked They found scarlet In the re- lied Lancaster could not ee the joke and a fierce fight was le result Both had badly punched take the boxes off the poles the new boxes would be placed immediately Wants to be an Inspector A H Treat petitioned the council for the appointment of sidewalk and curb inspector HI petition was re- ferred to the street and alley com- Many Circulars Received City Clerk Hodge had received ng the week a number of circulars n regard to street flushing machines and drinking fountains These com- were read and referred o the proper committees Railroad Company Tuesday evening wafl the time set or hearing objections to the ed street Improvements In Local mprovement District No 9 In the part of the city Only one had teen filed that one be- ng by the Spokane Portland attle Railway company Mayor ler asked If there was anyone in the lall who wanted to offer oral est against the proposed ment No but there are a lot of us here who want to see the work said a voice man Davis said he could see no rev on why a railroad which had done In twenty years should be to hold up public ments He moved that the protest IB placed on file Mr Kent id the motion and It carried Later In the evening an was Introduced and passed ts first reading providing for the Improvement Will Install Electric Clock The street committee reported orably on the proposition of A A to Install an electric clock n front ness in The committee held that the clock would be a useful ornament to tho treet Nudd's Proposition Rejected The street committee Nudd to open a new addition vided the city would grade the and put In concrete walks pense to the property owners was re- The proposed new addition eji up council chambers to help Mrs Van Another Light Ordered On Tuesday evening the council ordered an arc light placed on the corner of Locust and Silver streets at the southwest corner of the city park A great deal of complaint baa been made on account of the ness of this corner There IB ably no street In the city with mora foot traffic than this one as it is used by nearly all the residents in the southwest part of the city Two Ordinances Pats An ordinance providing was for concrete walks of his new place of the new John S Evans reckoned at 25 cents per foot James walks reckoned at SO cents 11 foot Lister Co sidewalks reckoned at 25 cents per lineal foot Northwest Co sidewalks reckoned at 20 cents per lineal foot i Coast Contracting Co The council adjourned till day evening when the contract was awarded to John S Evans IN MEMORY OF OLD SOLDIERS Decoration Day and Memorial Day to In Centralia In This Friday afternoon the bers of the G A R will visit the public H W Thompson and others will go to the School building Rev A D Skaggs and others will visit the Lincoln school and Rev C D cer will visit the Washington On Sunday union memorial services will be held at 3 o'clock In the after- noon in tho Baptist church D Skaggs will preach tha sermon and other city pastors win part in the services Decoration day will bo observed on Monday May Tho will place in the city park It tbe weather U fair otherwise will la M t ed to its final readings and the signature oj Mayor By the provisions of this ordinance will be assured of good con- crete walks In future Mayor will probably sign the ordinance in a few days The ordinance providing for the paving of Pearl street and portions of several east and west passed its final reading's and be found in full in another col- umn of The clerk was ordered to call for bids for this work tbe bids to be opened on Tuesday evening June 22nd Another Contract Let Tuesday evening was the time set for opening the bids for the ment of the streets In Local ment District No 9 Tn the part of city Six bids were on file with the city clerk as L C HaH fe Co all these services all soldiers of the North or South are invited as well as citizens and school children On Monday afternoon a parade will form on North Tower avenue line of march being as 1st automobiles 2nd Eagles 3rd Knights of Pythias 4th the ern Woodmen of America and the j Woodmen of the World the Mer 6th W R C and all Re- 7th G R and all j North and South 8th Ha Public Schools Sth joth band March td alnut street west to Pearl to city park where the gram will take place quested tho leading 41
