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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald asserts it is Grays Harbor’s oldest paper with the largest circulation in Chehalis county. Advertising contracts rely on this claim and payment may be forfeited if the circulation statement is not absolutely true.
The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Roosevelt as president amid a continuing economic slump. It cites industrial malaise, rising bread prices, factory closures, railway slowdowns, and mass layoffs blamed on financial circles and policy failures.
The May jury term lists assigned trials including John Anderson vs John Alago and several State cases against Kahle Vammen and Wishkah Boom Co. Several nonjury trials are scheduled for April dates with parties such as I W Mason Louise Selberg Jay D Dean and others.
Heavy wind and sea drove the schooner Mildred broadside on Westport Beach. The wreck was dismantled by the purchaser who bid 450 dollars for rigging anchors and loose material. The hull yielded little and wrecks rarely profit investors.
Notice declares the dissolution of the partnership Grays Harbor Boiler Works Ryan and McCauley by mutual consent. J J Ryan will collect all bills and pay all debts. Dated this Sunday of April 1908. H M McAuley J J Ryan.
The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, led by President Patterson, will meet tonight in the city council room to discuss removing the tenderloin district as proposed by Mayor France and some council members. The meeting invites all citizens to voice sentiment on the social impact and to discuss city administration issues and plans to bring Atlantic fleet cruisers to Grays Harbor.
A. F. Coats, a prominent Grays Harbor lumberman, leaves Aberdeen with his family for Seattle to reside at 501 West Highland Drive. He will keep key timber and logging interests here and plans frequent visits. Chas C. Sargent leases the Coats residence on H and Third streets as families relocate.
The Chehalis County High School Declamatory League will hold its third annual declamatory contest Friday night April 17 at Methodus church in Chehalis. Six schools Oakville Elma Montesano Cosmopolis Aberdeen Hoquiam will be represented by student declaimers. Admission is 25 cents.
Montesano experiences a building boom after the county seat dispute, likened to Olympia’s capitol settlement. Architect Troutman drafts plans to remodel the old academy into a modern hospital for Dr. F. L. Carr with about 6000 dollars spent, and designs a bungalow for R. H. Fleet costing around 1600 dollars.
Attorney W. I. Agnew reports that the General Land Office has ruled in favor of Gus Kendall in a long running dispute over land on the northeast quarter of section 24 township 15 north range 6 west. Kendall, an Aberdeen figure, began homesteading in 1903 after purchasing improvements and relinquishment in 1900. Mrs. Long filed a timber claim when her husband’s contest failed, but Kendall’s appeal secured the decision.
Fire at 212 North G street gut the Ten Row house of John Gronow after a defective flue caused the blaze. Firemen delayed water as a chemical hose burst, allowing almost total loss of Gronow's uninsured household goods while Mrs. Gronow and children were away in Seattle. Property owned by Samuel Benn is insured.
George M. Powell of the Neushkah valley reports a very large cougar has killed and eaten eleven head of stock in the region. Despite multiple attempts by Powell and shots fired in darkness, the animal remains unfelled with no blood tracks found. Judge Lanning and other hunters plan to pursue the creature. Powell notes Breen Shingle Mill Co is shipping many bolts by scow to their mill, and Henry Breckenhauer plans a wheat experiment this year. Powell recently finished a fine residence on his ranch.
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