Railroad boom spreads to Grays Harbor port plans
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway reportedly decides Grays Harbor will become a port of entry with lines running north into the Olympic reserve and south to Willapa Harbor. Secret land purchases indicate a South Aberdeen terminal with roundhouses and shops while a Helsing Junction to Willapa Harbor extension aims to connect to Portland.
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Milwaukee Lines
Grays Harbor
Harriman Lines
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Olympic Reserve
Willapa Harbor
Columbia River
Aberdeen
Helsing Junction
Portland
Visi
Milwaukee
Hoquiam
Olympic Peninsula
Port Angeles
Ozette Lake
Deny Papers to I W W Members in Pacific Northwest
Seattle April 12 Members of the Industrial Workers of the World will not be admitted to citizenship in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana under an agreement by Chief Naturalization Examiner John Speed Smith and assistants They will contest all I W W applicants In Seattle Montesano and Everett naturalizations have already been denied One hundred applications will be heard in Judge Cushmans court to disqualify I W W members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Industrial Workers of the World
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
John Speed Smith
I. W. W. Smith
Leonard Olsson
Tacoma
Cornelius Hanford
Olsson
United States
Montesano
Everett
Cushman
Sugar Trust
Romayne Wood to Wed Henry Wessinger in Portland
Engagement announced in Portland last week between Miss Romayne Wood daughter of Mr and Mrs A D Wood and Mr Henry Wessinger of Portland. The Herald reports full details of the betrothal.
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Portland
Romayne Wood
A. D. Wood
Henry Wessinger
Dabney Sees Oil Prospects In Olympic Mountains
R T Dabney of Portland, keen on Aberdeen properties, visited Aberdeen last week with his son to discuss oil in the Olympic region. He described finding 51 pounds of sandstone loaded with oil in 1901 and says the oil belt runs from the Straits of Juan de Fuca to near Aberdeen, though he will not reveal exact quarry locations.
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R. T. Dabney
Portland
Aberdeen
Dabney
Olympic Mountains
Grays Harbor
Jefferson Oil Company
Jefferson Company
Mr. Dabney
Peninsular
Spokane
No Fourth of July Celebration in Elma Planned
Elma Commercial Club declines to fund or organize any Fourth of July celebration. The club will focus its efforts on raising money for the county fair, deeming further Fourth of July expenditures unnecessary after already supporting the fair.
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Elma
Commercial Club
Opon
Montesano High School Play Dates Set
The annual high school play is scheduled from April 12 to May 9 in Montesano. The production titled Half-Back Sandy is a rollicking farce with a strong student cast and a locally themed set of hits.
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Montesano
Sandy
Fatal Shooting at Hoquiam Ends in Escape
Frank Fluto was fatally shot by Tonio Racenelli during a quarrel between two Italian NP railroad workers in Hoquiam. Racenelli fled, Sheriff’s bloodhound tracked a trail to the Lytle mill area before the trail went cold. Fluto, 24, is described as slender with dark features and a smallpox mark.
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Northern Pacific Railway Co
Hoquiam
Frank Fluto
Tonio Racenelli
Lytle Mill
Racenelli
Fluto
Hoquiam General Hospital
Schelle Matthews
Montesano
Flute
Hoquiam Shipments To Sumatra Travel Far Route
An order from Sinabang Northwestern Sumatra to Hoquiam's Lamb Machine Company will move by rail to Seattle then sea to Yokohama Hongkong and Singapore before reaching lumber camps in Sumatra. The dispatch travels over 7350 miles via multiple transport modes.
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Hoquiam
Lamb Machine Company
Sinabang
Sumatra
Javasche Bose- Explitatie Maattschappi
Vorheen P. Buwalda & Co
Seattle
Yokohama
Hongkong
Singapore
The Herald of Chehalis County Ad Vantage
The Herald remains the county’s most widely read newspaper, trusted by advertisers for reaching local audiences. Its broad readership highlights its prominence in Chehalis County media.
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the Herald
Chehalis County
Wise Advertisers
County Wins Road Suit in Chehalis County
Judge Ben Sheeks ruled for the county in the Polson Logging case, allowing a road along the Humptulips to Quinsault survey. The victory confirms a 60 foot right of way and timber cutting rights, with officials urging courtesy to Polson in timber removal.
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Monthland
Ben Sheeks
Polson Logging Company
Chehalis
Sheeks
Humptulips
Quinsault
Court House
W. H. Abel
J A Robertson Dies Esteemed Grays Harbor Printer
J A Robertson longtime Grays Harbor printer died Friday night at St Josephs hospital from Brights disease at age 48 He had endured ill health for years and visited the Printers Home at Colorado Springs last year He was unmarried and survived by a mother and siblings in Scotland and San Francisco Funeral plans await his arriving brother and Typographical Union oversight with services possibly Sunday to suit union attendance
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J. A. Robertson
Grays Harbor
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bright
San Francisco
Aberdeen
Typographical Union
Aberdeen Printing Co. Addressed at Wishkah Street
Local printing shop Aberdeen Printing Co located at 309 East Wishkah Street is identified as a particular printer. The notice provides the business name and street address for public or mailing purposes.
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Aberdeen Printing Co
Particular Printers
East Wishkah Street
Night Train Planned Between Grays Harbor and Sound Cities
Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation officials announced a new Lumbermen's Night Special to start May 10. The service links Grays Harbor with Portland and Sound cities, using two Pullman sleepers a day coach and baggage car, with trains transferring at Centralia. The Hoquiam departure is 11 30 p.m. and return around 6 7 a.m.
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Messrs
R. B. Miller
William McMurray
J. D. Stack
Frank W. Robinson
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Washington
Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Co
Grays Harbor
Sound Cities
Portland
The
Sound
Centralia
Timber tax suit filed over county assessment in Mason County
Attorney W. H. Abel filed suit for Mason County Logging Co seeking a settlement of 4264.60 in full taxes rather than 5495.44 plus interest. Timber on five sections in township 17 range 4 west was cruised at 250,986,000 feet, later reduced to 197,793,000 feet after recruise, a drop of 53,193,000 feet. The company had objected at the equalization board and agreed to share recruise expenses.
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Montesano
W. H. Abel
Mason County Logging Company
Equalization Board
Insane Man Disrupts Hoquiam Jail Release
Nels Westien of Hoquiam, deemed insane, was placed in a county jail cell in Montesano. At 3 pm he appeared calm, but fifteen minutes later his yelling drew staff. Items such as inches of ticking and clothing were hurled from the cell as the jailer and sheriff watched.
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Montesano
Nels Westien
Hoquiam
Excelsior
Banquet Honors Thomas Jefferson at Montesano Café
About fifty Democrats from Chehalis County gathered at the Montesano House cafe to honor the memory of Thomas Jefferson. L. B. Bignold presided, J. J. Carnef acted as toastmaster, and speeches by Hon. Charles Drury and others praised democracy and the Wilson tariff program.
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Chehalis County
Montesano House
Montesano
Thomas Jefferson
L. B. Bignold
J. J. Carnef
Aberdeen
Charles Drury
Tacoma
Eldridge Wheeler
S. L. Monk
A. J. Stewart
Geo. H. Shaw
Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Mr. Drury
Thos. Jefferson
W. J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
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Xing
King
Chicsco Tribune
W. W
Dabne
Jefferson
Quinigult Road
Grays Harbor, Sound
Mason County Logging Co
Thomas Jeffe
County Central Committee
the Sugar Trust
Congress
Senate
Spreckels
Havemeyer
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