Centralia News-Examiner, The (Newspaper) - January 5, 1910, Centralia, Washington CENTRALIA WASH JANUARY 5 1910 No 14 PICE BEGAN In our matter and this can not help but be fit Then too the through ticketing of passengers which wi 1 now be passible over the Harriman lines to Puget Sound will bring a greaf num ber of settlers in it's wake It that in the near futur M chough we have not done so the community bookie pun of advertising the various el and towns along the Sound so successful o of sys em I Already of the cities i have taken thut matte and from time to time CHANGES IN GUARD BRING DISCUSSION for will nave photographs of points interest to distribute al Our new Shasta wl 1 be an innovation for the traveling of the Pacific coast lue trip from Sound cjin now made San with a delay of but SO Portland and ony one spent on the road have beeri much gratified itf which first r Kindled the with the Northern bed is in fine the have courtesy In ain's movements course let much being late engine the the Hue hew double track which be avoided much gratified with in which the public has our service said lurray general passenger Southern V party Any city ia situated on the Harriman an asset which it cannot Id overlook With I all over the country like the of a body it puts its in- close touch with the en- United States intend doing a great deal and will give It all I publicity j possible We will fo have travelers from the see this Puget Sound give us a new field of Hers Here on Puget Sound summer re- Its summer ie surpassed and we fact all the emphasis had on board today guests 236 220 were ticket cash fares Tht the dismissal of Assistant Gen Maurice W Thompson from his office by Gen Geo B Lamping and the appointment of Capt Cnl Welbon to the position will result In dissension among the National Guard and an upheaval more or less al Is the claim by a number of ers of the National Guard who charge that Capt Thompson was dis- for incompetence but for other reasons by Gen Lamping Since his acceptance of the office of assistant adjutant said an officer of the National Guard the other Thompson has en his time to the duties of the office and Gen ion in the National Guard affairs has been only perfunctory I venture to say that Gen Lamping is kept ied with his own business affairs the almost total exclusion of his office On the other hand Thompson thrown himself into le work with enthusiasm and has lown unusual proficiency all along line He is popular with y whole membership of the guard and the last man world ne would expect to see dismissed om an office that really competent man The National Guard is arms over the dismissal I have made the the de- tail for the assistant adjutant because t feel that bon is better fitted to discharge the duties than Capt said Gen Lamping I do not care to Capt Thompson Welbon is an old friend of mine and 1 want him in the office me I desire ply to improve the service I ed the change and I made it is all Capt no criticism to make of the action of his superior officer I live Bad no differences Gen said he the other day The adjutant general has the authority to relieve the assistant at any time and detail another officer I recognized that when I took of- fice We got along harmoniously Gen Lamping told he de- sired to make a change and I ed my resignation with no feeling whatever the is per month fend I can do ter than that elsewhere so that Joss of the off not a financial loss to me The National Guard Is in good shape but there is plenty of hard work to be done in getting ready CITIZENS WILL HELP BOOST THE HUB CITY printed large cards showing who are contributors to the fund placed In the windows of the stores and offices where subscriptions have been received One of the last ers to the list was the carpenters union Its subscription was for The union will be given two votes in the club The following Is a complete list of the contributors to the Centralia Commercial Club to P Hubbard 0 S 225 Eastern Railway Lumber Co 100 L Bar 106 John Galvin ioO H H Martin Lumber Co 100 Members of the Commercial Club Subscribe Nearly 44000 to be Used for Publicity tion of Officers Held on Monday Paid Secretary en Yet Salzer Valley Lumber Carpenters Union No 1701 100 New York Dept Store 76 Dan 75 Dysart v 75 D F Win Scales Vaughn Watson Co 1 H Shattuck B R Zimmer D F Davies 60 The Centralia Commercial Club held its regular meeting on Mon lay evening in the city council cham hers An unusually jarge number o citizens was p: The and residents of Centralia are going to see what a live and commercial body they mn have ing the ensuing year A town a good commercial club can do much toward the large city Centralia has in- numerable resources sitta etc that'are just for outside develop the resources and The appointed at the last meeting to interview ams o Seattle the officials of the St Paul road that is from Grays Harbor made its report D F a member of the committee stated that Mr Williams had been interviewed and the result was very satisfactory Mr asked that a- map of the city be sent to him Mr Davies was instructed by the club to get a map and send it to C O Gingrich 60 Union Trust Co 60 J P Guerrier 50 W w Diekerson 50 P R Stahl 50 Centralia Daily Chronicle 50 Agnew Brothers en E T J P Symons Co W F Toles Frank T McNItt John A Field Dr J H Dumon S Thos H McGrail Bros 30 Bros 30 Charles Devlin 30 William Camby 25 L B Morris 25 C A Young 25 Geo D Berlin Sons 25 Harper Hardware Co 25 C L Sticklin 25 I M Benedict 25 B F Bower Son E F Kudd F C Brewer Tacoma 25 W H 25 i C Gillam 25 Water Co 25 Thos H Dunckley Sons MANY PAY RESPECT TO LATE GEO E BIRGE The funeral services of the lat George Edward Birge were held fron the family residence on E street on last Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock Although the weather was very Incle ment the attendance was large prac all the business men In Cen tralia being present Many of the stores were closed during the es The services at the residence were conducted by Rev H W Thompson The house was crowded with friends of the bereaved family besides a large number standing outside ong those present were the members of the Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks and the Knights of las both orders of which Mr Birge was a member joining the former about eighteen years ago and file ter about twenty years ago Many lumbermen from Centralia and the Pacific Northwest were also present After the services the friends marched through the house and took their last look a their beloved for- mer business associate During this part of services Mrs B H -S Mulder several appropriate lections on the piano The floral offerings were very beautiful and numerous The pieces S siii There were two hills presented to one was for a number of the copies of the of 1909 of the Seattle er that contained a write-up of H H W Muck A Brewer r Stanley B Stewart C R Ben Salick August B H Rhodes Carver Sears David Livingstone M D M 0 Kulien 24 Hand Drebis 20 P G Gilbert 20 J n Buxton 20 Dr P G Titus 20 H 20 tralia The Centralia Steam Laundry Model Laundry Dr B O Houda Drs Nelson Nelson W H Copping 7 W for and T- Primmer M D called for mailing 5000 copies of that Wardrobe 15 from the Elks the Knights of ias and tbe lumbermen were beautiful Several carriages were required to convey the flowers to the cemetery After the services at the residence the funeral party proceeded to the Washington Lawn cemetery where the services were conducted by the Elks The members of both orders marched in a body from their ive hal's to the Birge residence and then to the cemetery The following gentlemen acted as pall C S Gilchrist A Martin Geo Dysart J D Wonderley B H son J E The orary pall bearers F B bard of Centralia C A Doty of ty J P Guerrier of Centralia Capl Everett G of Tacoma Geo F Wilder of Tacoma and Jas christ of Centralia LUMBERMEN PASS LUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE The committee appointed by the Lumber Manufacturers Agency for tho purpose of submitting resolutions In regard to the of the late George E Birge made the following au 4th NEW COUNCILMEN TAKE OATH OF OFFICE Mayor Makes No Change In Appointive Officers of the City for 1910 but Creates New tee to be Known as Purchasing Committee At meeting of the city council on Tuesday evening all the members except Kent was out of the city were present and Mayor Guerrier sat at his ed place at the head of the table The usual grist of bills for the month were audited by the finance committee before tiie council convened and were ordered The largest was that of the Twin City Light Power company for current furnished during the month of December The net amount of this was A petition was read to the cil asking that a- portion of Marion street -in the northeast part of city be vacated The petition was signed by all the property owners in- The council set February 1st as the time for a hearing on this petition Upon the recommendation Chief Frank Miller the the mayor and city enter into a contract with of Portland for the purchase of feet of hose The present price of hose is one dollar per foot Chlef filler has been informed an advance of 10 cents per foot be made Immediately Chief ler eaid that with this purchase no more hose will be needed for or more Keports of city officials and X men of committees of the work during the past year were read to the council -and ordered placed on S p md Mac D F A Spo contracting freight pt D A claim agent leill tariff inspector traffic manager P R t G F and P A c manager in charge of Con- ler was in charge officials in speaking of the Oregon to Taco on Sound of that people have will ol Aside from all the which will be section through the gateway -all the competition lly follow if the entirely new as be made and thus public will naturally benefit VAt present the not establish any new rates That may be done as we get Acquainted local situation as we the justness of re lumber the same rate y M that enjoyed by Portland The differential ol that with come future The change arrival and parture does not suit the people of South Bend at all The citizens of the harbor city think Pacific should among my friends action of Gen Lamping I earnestly desire to see Che members of the guard work together for the general good There give in the Willapa valley I years too much in past a chance to go to South Band and return on the same At the first train into South Bend ar rives Just as the last train there The papers have the following to say in regard to th new South Bend The South schedule is worse than It that the draining all money n the Willapa valley Into Chehalis South Bend nnd Ray- mond are naturally to the rade of the valley arid besides thai he present schedule works a on every resident of the ey to transact any business the Now that the Mon Pacific Is running trains be- twen tht Jound and Portland more should be given us by the Pacific South Bend may be please but certainly the new schedule which goes into eff does not meet our at As a ter of not as good as the one in It means ing heroV earlier in the is considerable when one section would hai 8 a in ari dates a trip this jls t is a service which leaving at About i p m and arriving at A and 4 To do this the train of necessity hs to lay over at tralia and train would lay night heA Give us this vice and we kicking about schedules MAN CLAD IS BY POLICE Hoken Who created a one day last week by appearing J the street clad only In a is now at the police at St Joseph's and was determined no made his tor his on to thi made liis My own plans for the future are not definitely fixed I have eraj good offers of but I think I shall take a rest for a Gal Welbon assumed the du- ties of assistant adjutant general and now occupies the of- fice in the Armory at Seattle The a seasoned member of the guard and has seen active service in the Philippines as sergeant un- der the lieutenancy of Mr Lamping In recent years he has been a eling salesman MEDALS WILL SOON BE READY Col Henry B Dosch director of exhibits for the hopes to have ed before the end of the month all of the medals awarded to ors While all the medals are ally bronze It is designated upon hem whether they are given as gold silver or bronze medal awards On obverse side of the medal is a denoting land y which are figures and representing commerce and he mining and farming The background Is the un setting In the Western ocean side contains a wreath if and cactus dahlias nd designates the grade of the al gives the name of the recipient nd the class on which It was d The medals were designed and by Albert Hansen jeweler of lent tie and were marie by the R Kellogg Ross W Daubney Central Lumber Co N Total -I of tho company moved Its to the by from to a building McGrail Uko more Frank H Miller was in- to notify tho delinquent sub- scribers for the year and to the balance due the club The reports of the secretary and treasurer of the club were read and accepted Tue report of the nominating com- was read Mr F B Hubbard the present president of the recommended for a second term Mr Hubbard declined saying that his work was now so much that he could not give enough time to the club He stated that if he was released that he would double his subscription for 1910 making i The other officers as recommended by the committee were elected The following are the new officers of the F Davies Vice E f SO M 0 Kulien Wm E T D F was nominated by Mr to of dent of the club for the ensuing year and was unanimously elected by a rising vote The new officers and trustees were and authorized to select a publicity man The salary for this office will be in the neighborhood of 4.100 per The officers were also instructed to see about ent quarters for the club The chances are that the rooms over cigar store will be secured Barnes reported that he had raised to be used for a pub I- fund for the club during He wanted to make the amount un so volunteer and Miss were called for F A elected to tin gave more Dan Salzer Wm Scales Vaughn Watson Norm W D p ye vies Devlin C S t Central Lumber Co James U proprietor Rlv JackJ M W Daubney C D Cunningham 12 Centralia Plumbing Co 12 Gus Hennessey 10 Jos 10 Chas 10 A C Greene f 10 Julius Koch 10 S Cohen 12 Ellis 12 Dings Electric Co J Dowling Alley Co John appointed WHEREAS Providence has seen call from our number our teemed Iriend land brother Mr George E Birge who has manager since the beginning of this n Wonderley 12 organization RESOLVED That we deeply mourn 12 the loss and shall miss his congenial 12 and persistent effort In the handling I of the affairs of the Agency that 12 12 we shall miss his 10 ble personality be it 10 j FURTHER RESOLVED That it Is the feeling of each and every CITY SCHOOL NOTES The city schools Monday morning with many new pupils in showing that the city Is constantly increasing In population On account of the crowded tions In all of the rooms there can be no beginning classes started in the middle of the year The Centralia schools were quite well represented tit the State ers Association at Tacoma last week The following teachers were Miss Wadsworth supervisor of music and drawing Martin neau principal of the Lincoln Ing Miriam Anila Ditman Katherine McCuaig Sara Cochran Victoria Hruska and Superintendent R B Kellogg Miss McCuaig ha ed as teacher of grades In the ber of our Agency that we have lost a friend as as an and capable executive whom it will be very hard indeed to re- Our sincere sympathy is extended to his family and we recommend that these resolutions be spread on the minutes of this meeting nnd a copy delivered to Ms family Signed 7 C NEVILLE B H THOMPSON C A DOTY Committee PROOF INC T B Leonard will crete block on the co east of Hie stores The will consist of two stories fr floor will contain Ks with the total up nearly tho required amount and said that he would the The total sum nb scribed Is with seven ness men vnt hear flumes d part in hah official there been less thai six members of the council present at a meeting and r ent wa rule rather Mr Guerrier said that he no change to make in of the various or in any of the appointive of the city He did however add 5 new tee to be known as committee The of the new committee are 11 E Kent S C Davis and Walter rt will b2 of this to make all purchases in however large or The police and license committee reported favorably on the application for the renewal of the saloon of Dan the license was ordered tson voting no The of Fisher's to Con tralia was placed the council The new addition is situated at the south fnd of Iron street After- some discussion the addition was or accepted The bonds of the dlj were read to the council and ordered put an file bonds were as Treasurer G E Mason in the sump with U S Gilchrist Dan wif and W W Dickerson sureties Attorney B of with company e In
