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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1915
Page
1
Judges N P Bryan B G Gar man and A E Davies will count votes Thursday in a tied contest for the lead. The outcome hinges on the ballot tally from early polls as candidates press for results.
The Herald reports final standings in the subscription contest with contestants including Miss Nellie Ervick of 523 East 1st St and Miss Justine Carothers leading, followed by Montesano resident Mrs. J. Rufus Brewer. Other entrants include Miss Ruth Bathurst Weatherwax, Mrs. Hattie Hewett, Miss Helen Thompson, and Miss Anna Johnson at various addresses.
The Herald reports a new Aberdeen Hoquiam Gas corporation plans a $150000 gas plant in Aberdeen within two to three months and aims to offer dollar gas by 1916. The project includes nearly 200 miles of pipe, 30 workers on site, and a $40000 annual payroll, serving Aberdeen Hoquiam and nearby areas.
Citizens yesterday and today attempted to break into the old postoffice on G street, described as absent mindedness by clerks. Observers note women hesitating before the door and merchants failing to enter, while the post office has moved to South H street by Saturday night. Mail carriers were seen in new gray suits this week.
In Montesano on April 12 Gregor B Campbell of Aberdeen and Nina B Prosser faced delays as they waited for friends to appear before a Aberdeen justice to obtain a marriage license. In Hoquiam Robert T Storey and Minnie M Wolf were granted a license Saturday.
Montesano reports the Hoquiam liquor selling without a license case against Clara Kraft has been appealed to the superior court.
A mass meeting at the city council chambers decided to pave F Street from Third to McKinlay with wood planking a 16 foot roadway and a six foot sidewalk City Engineer L D Kelsey prepared estimates for concrete and wood planking property owners favor the wider roadway and a council resolution is likely at tomorrow's session
Wooden toys and novelties branded Chinook are shown in Geo. J. Wolff's and Kaufman Bros. windows. Washington Aberdeen firm features W. B. Crammatte as president, E. J. Ballaris as vice president and superintendent, and Frank Burrows as stockholder. Five workers currently, with plans to grow to several dozen as demand rises.
Francis Thomas captured the grammar school declamatory contest medal at the finals last Friday. He, along with Ormond Hill and John Grow, will advance to the high school contest next Friday evening as the top three in the grammar division.
The Herald adopts a bold banner declaring all news all the time. Editors emphasize comprehensive coverage and constant updates across local, national, and world events.
Montesano April 12 Deputy Giles Quimby and Ed Hoover with another man saw a bear cross the road but a fat bunny emerged from brush and hopped away. The tale pleased the party who later picked up a pedestrian who claimed a black bear was nearby.
The long awaited Orpheus Club concert will be held May 28 at the Grand theater. Director S Wetteland frames a male chorus heavy program with notable soloists Theo Carl Johnston a Seattle tenor and Professor Diamond a Seattle pianist. Local women vocalists may also perform.
Jas Welsh, a Porter logger arrested for speeding by Speed Officer Smith, declares he will fight the charge. Smith notes Welsh may have exceeded 24 mph but argues the county improperly hides a man in the brush to time autos, a practice he calls unfair to drivers.
Farmers of North River invite the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce to a picnic in August. The event echoes the two year old Wyncodie fair with a picnic lunch and North River farm exhibits. Aberdeen merchants are expected to attend.
Montesano April 12 The court trial docket for the first week of the jury term is full. Three criminal cases are listed two against the Gustafsons of South Arbor for failure to send children to school and one against Ernest Farron of near Oakville for assault. Civil suits include E Cavanaugh vs Higley for 13000 damages for assault and slander, Edla Lampi and Hellin Jaakkala vs W J Long for injuries from a January auto crash, and William Ross vs O W railroad over a cow killed valued at 120. Other civil actions include W T Keller man and wife vs Emma Mathe son rent for a millinery store, Hoquiam condemnation suit against Herman Winters, T C Brownlee vs Walter Leisner over a 150 note, Ethyl Sumner vs Grays Harbor Railway Light for 1500 damages, Vance Lumber Co vs Whitlock for 21351 09, and a Rycz family divorce alienation suit.
Under the Ladies Aid society and the Young Men’s club the Tom Thumb wedding returns on April 21 in the church. Juvenile principals repeat roles from the first performance with Elizabeth Beedon and Robert Vandervort Jr. as bride and groom and Donald Spoon as best man. Rehearsals have begun.
The docket lists actions against J. L. Vann and wife over a $350 note, Chehalis Boom Co versus Washington Boom Co to condemn lands, and a retrial due to juror error. Alice B. Johnson sues Dr. F. L. Carr over a 1911 note for Monte sano General Hospital stock. A family quarrel case J T Dillard v Robert Dillard and the long running Grays Harbor Boom Co v Lownsdale et al also appear.
Plans are drawn in Engineer Robertson's office for the highest trestle in Chehalis county and this region to span an unnamed stream on the Wynooche Wishkah road. The wooden structure will be short in length but more than eighty feet high in Montesano.
A Friday night welcome event at the Hotel Washington in Aberdeen hosted by the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce will honor Prof. C. F. Monroe the new Chehalis county agriculturist. The banquet at 6 30 p m aims to introduce Monroe to county citizens and secure local support for his work. Monroe comes with endorsement from the Washington agricultural experiment station at Pullman and follows efforts by Chamber president W C Mumaw to connect farmers and businessmen for marketing Chehalis county farm products.
The body recovered from the bay this morning was identified this afternoon by Capt. K Y Church of the police as Gus Anderson a logger with the Saginaw Logging company. He arrived from Camp 4 last night.
Unidentified man presumed to be a sailor drowned in the bay beneath the O W bridge shortly after midnight. Witnesses testified he likely took his own life. John Patton and others rescued the body from the water. it was pronounced dead at the morgue. Detected tattoo shows four girls. age about 35. tall and powerful build. Remains lie in the Fissel and Pinnick morgue in Hoquiam and are not yet identified. Captain Wilson later recovered another decomposed body from the sea near Westport.
The Grays Harbor port commission rejected immediate construction of a dock at the Hoquiam site and at any other location. A resolution for an $80 000 dock on Eighth Street in Hoquiam failed with W J Patterson and A C McNeil voting no. Mayor J S McKee urged using county tax money to fund dock facilities for mills, drawing opposition from Montesano and Aberdeen officials.
Hoquiam resident Lachlan McTaggart, a Hoquiam pioneer and longtime civic figure, died at 1:20 am after a stroke. Born in Guelph Ontario 50 years ago he worked as an electrical engineer before entering furniture and undertaking. He served three city council terms and was a third ward councilman under the commission form. He was active in Masons Odd Fellows Eagles Workmen and Woodmen. He married Fannie Crawford in August 1898 and leaves two children Harold and Helen, ages 12 and 10. Four brothers in the East will not attend the funeral.
Charles E Fowler will present an illustrated lecture titled The Harbors of the World at the First Presbyterian church Thursday evening. Fowler, a Seattle consulting engineer, has recently spoken on harbor bridges. The lecture is free to the public and under the Mens club auspices.
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