Overland Touring Car Contest Leadership List
Rain delays extend the date as voters in the Herald subscription contest cast ballots for prizes. Contestants include Miss Justine Carothers Montesano with 0.675 million votes, Mrs J Rufus Brewer 0.650 million, Miss Nellie Ervick 0.645 million, Miss Ruth Bathurst Weatherwax Apts, Miss Helen Thompson 0.378 million, and Miss Anna Johnson 0.259 million of 813 West Wishkah St.
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Herald
Helen Thompson
West Wishkah St
Anna Johnson
West
Wishkah St
Herald contest extends close for prize voting
The Herald subscription contest for prizes including a Zan Overland touring car a Ford touring car and a Hobart M Cable upright piano will close soon but the manager plans a brief extension due to bad weather. The contest will end in a few days at most. Migg Justine Carothers of Monte.
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Herald
Zan Overland
Hobart M. Cable
Manaot
Migg Justine Carothers
Monte
Saw Tested by Wedge In Grays Harbor Shingle Mill
The West Coast Lumberman reports a Cedar log cut-off saw in Grays Harbor Shingle company in Seattle with an 86 inch inserted tooth being struck by a steel wedge. The teeth remained secure though the wedge moved two inches and the teeth dulled, the saw was back in service in thirty minutes.
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West Coast Lumberman
Seattle
Grays Arbor
Grays Harbor
Last Rites for Educator in Montesano
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Miss Winona B. Hemenway assistant Chehalis county superintendent of schools who died Friday from a paralytic stroke. Interment was in Montesano cemetery. J W Hodge county school superintendent said he has many applicants for the assistant position but no appointment soon. The Rebekahs hosted a tea at Mrs T S McDonald 113 East Fourth Street yesterday.
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Montesano
Winona B. Hemen‘Way
Chehalis County
J. W. ‘Hodge
Rebekahs
T. S. McDonald
East Fourth Street
Aberdeen election sees Republican sweep expected
An uneventful Aberdeen municipal election is underway with J. M. Phillips the likely mayoral winner over Socialist H. T. Ash. Republicans aim to win council seats in most wards while Socialists contest city clerk and treasurer races. Voter apathy attributed to lack of issues at the primary and today.
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Aberdeen
J. M. Phillips
H. T. Ash
H. B. Strong
Anton Pista
W. H. McWhinney
Nettie Camillo
Strong
McWhinney
Peter F. Clark
T. H. Hill
Joe Thomas
A. I. McCall
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah J. Brooks Pioneer of Chehalis County
Mrs. Sarah J. Brooks aged 51 a Chehalis county pioneer died Thursday morning of apoplexy at Elma Washington. Her funeral was held Saturday with the Rebekah lodge in charge. She came to the county in 1873 as a girl and resided there since. She is survived by her husband and five children May Butler Ethel Kelso J Odea Max Gaddis and Charles Gaddis.
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Elma
Sarah J. Brooks
Chehalis County
Rebekah Lodge
Brooks
May Butler
Ethel Kelso
J. O'Dea
Max Gaddis
Charles Gaddis
Tragedy at Camp 5 as George Steele kills three then dies
George Steele, a former logging train conductor, ambushed a Camp 5 crew in Mason county, killing foreman Joe Stertz, brakeman J F Day, conductor Alexander Johnson and wounding James V Burk. He then shot himself, dying hours later at a Shelton hospital. Steele, about 45, had recently been discharged from Simpson Logging.
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George Steele
Simpson Logging Company
Logging
Mason County
Steele
Joe Stertz
J. F. Day
Alexander Johnson
James V. Burk
Shelton
Bridge Hearing Set for April 16 in Hoquiam
Maj. J. B. Cavanaugh, government engineer from Seattle, will hold a hearing in Hoquiam on April 16 to consider granting permission for construction of a bridge at Simpson avenue if the April 14 decision favors the project.
Citizenship grants amid IW W ties inquiry in Montesano
A Montesano ceremony admitted a score of new citizens while one applicant faced delays as officials probed alleged IWW associations and family ties. Names of admitted include Rayner Nystrom Aberdeen Morris Korklin Elma Zakarias Blamberg and others from Hoquiam Aberdeen Elma Melbourne Montesano.
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I. W. W. Cemcee
Carl Emil Svenson
Hoquiam
Wes
Sweden
Frans Edwin Miller
Aberdeen
W. W
Rayner Emanuel
Nystrom
Morris
Korklin
Elma
Zakarias Jack Blamberg
Arthur Hendrickson
Gus Fred Wellman
Isaak Emil Ostergard
Victor Wilhelm Enbom
William Lund
Johan Walfrid Lundstrom
Axel Amanuel Nordlof
Bror Erik Nordlund
Henry Gerard Bargmeyer
Melbourne
Alfred Efraim Johnson
Montesano
Anton Johan Siggstedt
Charles Johnson
Oscar Emil Foster
August Jonathan Martinson
John Friis
Charles John Bjorn
Salmon Richard Lehtomaki
Allie
Parker Faces Liquor Charge At South Shterdaen Store
James Parker proprietor of Owl drug store on Curtiss street South Shterdaen will appear before Police Judge Sni der on a charge of selling liquor on Sunday. Arrest made by Desk Sergeant Delahanty and Patrolman Lesnick. Parker out on $50 bail. First arrest under the new ordinance allowing police and justice courts to try offenders.
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James Parker
Owl Drug
Curtiss Street
South Shterdaen
Snider
Delahanty
Lesnick
Parker
Justice Court
Charity Ball Set For April Seventeenth At Elks Home
The Junior Dancing club will host the annual charity ball on Saturday evening April 17 at the Elks Home Broadway and Wishkah streets. The Elks lodge donates ballroom space and equipment and Slattery's orchestra provides seven musicians. Patrons include Mr. and Mrs. J S Gunn and others as listed.
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Associated Charities Organization
Junior Dancing Club
Elks Home
Broadway
Wishkah Streets
Slattery
Elizabeth Kay
Mona Shannon
Vern Y Johnston
Em'ly Hart
T'zabeth Finch
Ima Hogan
Dottie Wilcox
Claire Carter
Mary Johnston
Frances Douglas
Louise Finch
Larry Smith
May lease on public lands in national forests
Portland reports new agricultural act provisions allow responsible individuals to lease up to five acre tracts in national forests for up to thirty years for summer homes hotels stores and other recreation. Leases cancelable only for violation. title remains with the government.
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Portland
Congress
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Klemath Lake
Lake Chelan
Lake Keechelus
Lake Queniult
Crescent Lake
Secretary of Agriculture
Women’s Clubs Gather in Aberdeen for Federation Session
The Chehalis County Federation of Women’s Clubs holds its annual meeting in Aberdeen on Wednesday April 28 with the Friends in Council as hostesses. A large attendance is expected as speakers include suffragette Ida May Sewell who will address clubs here in the afternoon and in Hoquiam that evening.
Murder Charge Follows Death of Dow Hartwell
Dow Hartwell a 27 year old Aberdeen resident and brother of Charles M Hartwell a Seattle area cigar dealer died April 1 in Seattle After his death three I W W members were arrested on a murder charge by Seattle police Hartwell served as orderly to Colonel Wilson of the Second Infantry U S A He was attacked by an I W W mob during the Seattle streetcar strike and riot last week struck on the head with a bottle and later died A widow and daughter residents of Cedarville Chehalis county survive Don Hartwell brother in Seattle The remains were sent to Oconomowoc Wisconsin for burial
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Dow Hartwell
Aberdeen
Charles M. Hartwell
Seattle
Wilson
Second Infantry
Hartwell
Cedarville
Chehalis County
Don Hartwell
Oconomowoc
Wis
Law Provisions to Be Carried Out Effectively
The text emphasizes the need to implement and enforce the law with precision. It calls for strict adherence by agencies and officials to ensure compliance, transparency, and accountability in every step of the process. The aim is steady progress and measurable results.
Satsop Woman Dies In Montesano Funeral Set
Mrs Homer Carlton of near Satsop, 23 years old, died Saturday night in Montesano. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p m in the M E church in Montesano.
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Montesano
Homer Carlton
Near Satsop
M. E. Church
North jetty funding boosted with 460000 grant
Washington report details federal rivers and harbors funds totaling 30 million. North jetty receives 460 thousand, bringing its total to 2.2 million with 90 thousand still unused. A 60 man crew is readied to resume work and potential south jetty funding depends on north jetty progress.
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Grays Harbor
Congress
Washington, D. C
E. L. Carpenter
Pacific Coast
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
San Pablo Bay
Humboldt Harbor
Petalumpa Creek
Napa River
Sacramento and
Feather Rivers
Oregon
Coquille River
Coos Bay
Coos River
Siuslaw River
Yaquina River
Nehalem Bay
Northwest
Snake River
Munroe County Appoints Professor Munroe as Agriculturist
Montesano April 5 Professor C F Munroe assistant professor of animal husbandry at Washington State College and assistant animal husbandman at the state experiment station is appointed county agriculturist for Chehalis County. Commissioners chair J B Kirkaldie confirms, noting Munroe’s extensive extension work stock judging and dairy advisory experience with high recommendations from Ira D Cardiff.
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Munroe
Cardiff
State College
Iowa Agricultural College
Northwest
Sister Mary Genevieve Dies in St Josephs Hospital
Sister Mary Genevieve died Friday morning at St Josephs hospital after months there. Tuberculosis caused her death. Whiteside Undertaking carried the remains to Everett yesterday for interment.
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Mary Genevieve
St. Joseph's Hospital
Whiteside Undertaking Company
Everett
Gate dispute halts Quiniault valley road project
Montesano April 5 At a county commissioners session Tom Rowland revived the old gate issue in the Quiniault country saying the trail above Quiniault Lake may be a road or a trail. If not approved no road building will occur this year. Northwest Electric & Water Works was granted a franchise to use county road space to bring lines into Montesano and build a new steam plant at South Montesano with about 20000 dollars in investment. The M R Smith Shingle Company seeks permission to lay electric poles along roads in Moclips under county supervision.
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Montesano
Tom Rowland
Jefferson County
Quiniault Country
Quiniault Lake
Bowland
Quiniault Valley
Robertson
Northwest Electric & Water Works
South Montesano
M. R. Smith Shingle Company
Cooperative plan for mill in South Bend forms new venture
In South Bend on April 5, twenty two former Nema Improvement shingle workers leased the mill from owner Alex McCaskill to run it as a worker cooperative. Oscar Hartman S L Curl and Joe Forner represented the workers to form a board of directors. C 8 Poage will market output. The mill with 130 thousand shingles daily capacity expects full orders and no strikes, using McCaskill logs and supplies from other camps.
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South Bend
Alex McCaskill
Nema Improvement Company
Oscar Hartman
S. L. Curl
Joe Forner
Poage
Timber Workers Union
McCaskill
Me ‘Caskill
Thieves Break Into Carnegie Public Library
Robbers broke into the Carnegie public library Friday night and stole about $2 in small change from desk trays. Police suspect a band of young boys behind the break ins, which may mirror prior incidents at city schools.
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Carnegie
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Justine Carothers
J. Rufus Brewer
Nellie Ervick
East First St
Hattie Hewett Montesano
Ruth Bathurst
Weatherwax Apts
Mr. Hodge
Phillips
Elma Pioneer
Cavanaugh
Witaers
Brooklyn
Eagie
Charge Parker
South Aberdeen
National Forest
Satsop
South Jetty
Munroe County Agriculturist
Montesano Company
Shingle Weavers of
Carnegie Institution
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