Clamor for County Roads Strains Chehalis County Board
Montesano April 7 Special reports the Chehalis county board facing mounting road requests amid thin finances. Harvey Cabot urged plank road funding, but board cited depleted funds last fall. A 2.5 mile Humptulips road will be built with limited money, while elderly Seaborg and a physician’s Spokane trip get small allowances. Officials hope fair funding may be approved, if taxes rise.
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Board of County Commissioners
North River
Harvey Cabot
Chas. McDermoth
Aberdeen
John Seaborg
Seaborg
Grays Harbor
Spokane
Chehalis
Elma
Weas
Postponed Washington nominations cloud federal appointments
Washington March 6 President Wilson may delay sending Washington nominations to the Senate at the opening of Congresss extraordinary session. Only vacant offices are a federal judgeship a district attorneyship and the Seattle postmastership. Moore Langhorne and McDonald named by Pattison Todd Heifner face protests and possible delay.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Seattle
National
Pattison
Hugh C. Todd
Charles G. Heifner
William Hickman Moore
Maurice Langhorne
Tacoma
F. A. McDonald
Moore
Todd
Mr. Heifner
Pattison-Todd-Heifner
Grays Harbor Port Plans Move Forward With Tax Funds
Grays Harbor port commission outlines extensive improvements from municipal docks to deepened channels and a new fresh water basin. Work will start once a $50,000 special tax becomes available with possible county bonds of $300,000 to $500,000 to position harbor for Panama Canal business. A public meeting will review overall harbor plans. Virgil Bogue of Seattle prepared the designs.
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Port Commission
Grays Harbor
Hoquiam
W. J. Patterson
Aberdeen
Frank Lamb
A. C. McNeil
Montesano
Virgil Bogue
Seattle
Four rescued after Mimi wreck off Bay City Oregon with 18 dead
Bay City Oregon April 8 four survivors and eighteen missing mark the Mimi’s February 13 grounding on Nehalem bay north spit. Salvage efforts by Fisher Engineering faltered as heavy seas battered the wreck. all eight bodies recovered or missing status unclear.
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Bay City
Ore
Mimi
Nehalem Bay
J. Westfall
Charles S. Fisher
Statewide game law overhaul with county commissions
The legislature enacted major changes creating county game commissions and requiring hunting and fishing licenses issued by county auditors. Open seasons for birds, deer, sheep and fish were adjusted with new limits and rules. The law takes effect ninety days after adjournment, with June 11, 1913 as the transition date.
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County Game Commission
Game Commission
Quiniault Indians Barred From Salmon Fishing
Agent H. H. Johnson at Puyallup orders Quiniault tribesmen to stop fishing for salmon on the reservation after they refuse to build a road. He cites a loss to the tribe as the salmon runs begin and notes the Indians demand pay for road construction.
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Johnson
Quiniault
Montesano
H. H. Johnson
Puyallup
Homestead Contest Seeks 3.75 Acre River Front Plot
Verne Smith, touring Hoquiam, discovers a vacant river front tract of 3.75 acres opposite St Johns Portland. After land office declined entry for non open land, he files contest against a recent squatter, believing law and precedent support his claim.
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Hoquiam
Verne Smith
Portland
St. Johns
Tax Dodgers in Chehalis County Face Court Action
A suit filed in Chehalis County Superior Court seeks to force Assessor R A Wiley to add omitted parcels to the tax rolls. Plaintiff W H Bush a Montesano pioneer and former sheriff leads the case as the Chehalis County Taxpayers League presses for uniform assessment across property classes to curb widespread tax dodging.
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Herald
Superior Court
R. A. Wiley
W. H. Bush
Montesano
Chehalis County
R. E. Taggart
J. M. Phillips
Aberdeen
Union
League
the Cour
Superior Court OF
State of Washington
Coun
Cou
Chhalis County
Washington
Ben Sheeks
Jedga
Petition to compel assessor on omitted 1912 13 timber and land in Chehalis
Petition filed by W H Bush a property owner against R A W Ley as Chehalis County Assessor seeks entry of omitted 1912 13 timber and unimproved land values into the assessment roll. Details list S E SE of Section 32 T18N R7W and NE/NW parcels with quantities and per acre values.
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Chehalis
S. E
N. W
N. R
Chehalis County
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Fox
New York Evening Sun
Oregon
Fisher Engineering Company of
F. Ludwig
T. Kitchens
Garibaldi
Homestead
Heart OF Portland
Willamette River
Wiley
Superior Court OF Washington
H. Bush
R. A. W Ley
Chehael County
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