Hoquiam Elects Ferguson Mayor in Landslide Victory
The Rev Harry Ferguson pastor of the Baptist church was elected mayor of Hoquiam by a 829 to 578 vote over Sidney Moor Heath. William B Ogden won commissioner, defeating John T Beach and P S Combs. Heath conceded and urged private citizens to support the new commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Harry Ferguson
the Baptist Church
Sidney Moor Heath
William B. Ogden
N. P. Willis
John T. Beach
P. S. Combs
Ferguson
Heath
W. B. Ogden
Copper Prospects Reported from Olympic Mountains
F H Stanard of Seattle returns from two months near Lake Quinsault with rich copper prospects and claims northern Mason county claims are the richest copper finds yet. He discusses opening Olympic monument park to mining with Twenty Five Thousand club officers. Samples include quartz at 15 percent copper copper sulfide about 30 percent copper and oxidized native copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
F. H. Stanard
Seattle
Olympic Mountains
Lake Quinsault
Mason County
Mr. Standard
Twenty-Five Thousand Club
Olympic Monument Park
Standard
Property Owners Take Up Sewer Assessment
Twenty property owners met with City Engineer McCrossen and City Attorney Callahan to discuss the Fourth and I streets sewer re assessment. Judge Hodgdon joined to review the legal end. Assessments were deemed legal and most owners said they were satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Fourth and I
McCrossen
James P. H. Callahan
C. W. Hodgdon
Union Meat Receives Two-Ton Graham Delivery Truck
A two-ton Graham rapid delivery auto truck arrived from Portland for the Union Meat company in Hoquiam. The vehicle was immediately put to work after unloading yesterday.
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Hoquiam
Graham
Portland
Union Meat Company
First Union Meat wagon joins Harbor fleet
A forty horse power truck, the first of its kind on the Harbor, was shipped on a flat car and will be stabled at the Eighth street auto garage by 9 last evening. It will serve wholesale and retail meat deliveries for the Union Meat company which has just set up headquarters here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Street
Union Meat Company
Wheelbarrow Bet Staged After Election Result
Aug 2. In Hoquiam H Hayes wheeled a friend in a wheelbarrow from I Street to Eighth Street and then to K as hundreds watched. Hayes wore a sign reading I voted for Heath and the bet was settled after being kept secret until the results leaked yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
H. Hayes
Eighth
Mr. Hayes
Heath
Tacoma Man to Make Trip to the Olympics
Hoquiam Aug 2 H E Wilson a Tacoma capitalist and Co L Willoughby of that city were in Hoquiam en route to Lake Quinsault and the Olympic mountains for several weeks outing They spent hours with Lachlan Macleay an old friend They left for Humptulips City and planned to hike to Lake Quiniault.
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Hoquiam
H. E. Wilson
Tacoma
Co. L. Willoughby
Lake Quinsault
Olympic Mountains
Lachlan Macleay
Humptulips City
Lake Quiniault
County funds restore institute plan after earlier doubt
Montesano Aug 1 County Superintendent N D McKillip will hold a teachers Institute this year as before after the county commissioners appropriated money. They had complained about past costs and McKillip sued to collect salaries for instructors. Bids for the old courthouse were not submitted and will be advertised again.
Equalization Monday to open in Montesano offices
Montesano Aug 1 The county commissioners acting as county assessor and treasurer will sit Monday as a board of equalization of county taxes. The session will be in the assessor’s office in the new courthouse. Work is expected to take about three weeks with many taxation matters to be thoroughly reviewed. Committees from various commercial groups and city and town councils will appear before the board.
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Montesano
Court House
Varous
Small Farms Grow In Demand Near Montesano
In Montesano on August 2 a Wisconsin immigrant Hinig Remke bought an 11 acre tract near town and a transfer is arranged for 28 more acres nearby. A pending deal could open the two largest local farms to small farmers, signaling rising demand for smallholding opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Hinig Remke
Wisconsin
Aberdeen Girl Wins Medal at Christian Church Contest
In Montesano on Monday evening Margaret Keifer of Aberdeen received the gold medal at a contest organized by the W C T U at the Christian church. The event was closely fought with judges Rev Gates, Rev Lake, and Miss Olga Davies.
Harvest Picnic Held in East End of Chehalis County
In Oakville the Chehalis river area near Garrard creek hosted a harvest picnic last Sunday. Farmers from Garrard creek and Chehalis and Black river valleys gathered in H. H. Balch's grove for a day in the woods with nature. Mayor O. H. Fry and other pioneer settlers gave short addresses.
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Oakville
Chehalis County
H. H. Balch
Chehalis River
Garrard Creek
Chehalis
Black River
Beautiful Grove
O. H. Fry
Picnic of the harvest eyed as annual county event
In the afternoon a ball game and other amusements were held, with plans to establish the gathering as an annual “picnic of the harvest” in the county. The event promises continuing community engagement and festive activities.
City Messenger Ads New Telephone Numbers Released
The City Messenger company announces two installed telephones 5931 and 1941 with one always open. Call either number and Central will get us. K. L. Zeek, manager.
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City Messenger Company
Central
K. L. Zeek
Cross Stitch Hints for Simple Yet Effective Embroidery
Practical guide to cross stitching on canvases of varying mesh. Counting stitches to match patterns, using a blunt rug needle and mercerized cotton, and choosing color schemes like dull reds blues and greens for Bulgarian style motifs.
Farm notes on feeding and animal care
Live Stock Notes discuss farm horses and hogs with feeding tips. It covers unshod horses for farm work, limiting hay, hogs on pasture with corn, peanut crop fattening, and corn preference of hogs. A stray London anecdote contrasts with a financier joke about a yacht.
Cheese Endorsed by U S Department of Agriculture
The department reports experiments on cheese age food showing cheese is healthful and can be eaten in large quantities without health risk. It notes Americans waste cheese due to custom and lack of knowledge while highlighting cheese’s high food value and cost comparisons with beef and ham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Tas
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
C. F. Dune
Department of Agriculture
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Westeyan
Do Women Eat Too Much
Mrs Ellen T Richards of MIT argues in a sanitary chemistry talk that overnutrition, not undernutrition, threatens the race. She cautions that some wives overeat on rich foods, reducing fertility and contributing to increasing eliminations among the overfed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen T. Richards
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Better Than Glue Knife Handle Repair Advice
The text discusses repairing loose knife handles using a resin and brick dust mixture and pressing the handle into place. It then pivots to a comment on stair dimensions, noting stairs with a seven inch riser and teen inch tread are common but ideally should be adjusted by the architect.
Indian Basketry and Modern Adaptations by Isabel A. Otty
The article reviews Isabel A. Otty's manual on Indian basketry, noting the art's religious and cultural significance among Apache and Ute peoples. It describes mortuary, ceremonial, and everyday uses, the rarity of surviving pieces, and the author’s adaptation of coiled basketry for contemporary craft with illustrations and clear guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iy Own
Isabel A. Otty
Williamson
E. J. Arnold & Son
Women Aviators and Early Aircraft Pioneers Highlighted
The article surveys women in aviation, noting Miss E Laura Todd as a premier designer and builder, Mrs R S Sage supporting female pilots, Katherine Wright’s 1909 flight, Mme Raymonde de Laroche’s France pioneering role, and a Los Angeles meet featuring women aviators. It also notes early American carpet manufacturing starting in 1791 in Philadelphia.
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Todd
Katherine Wright
Wright Brothers
Pau
France
Wilbur Wright
Los Angeles
M. Paulhan
Mme Paulhan
Redondo Beach
Hints For The New Housekeeper From Fron Cook Utensils
Practical kitchen tips advise greasing new tinware and iron utensils with fresh lard before heating to prevent rust. The note extols fron cooking vessels for even cooking and durability while acknowledging most housekeepers still own a fron kettle. A playful aside imagines a proud parent inspecting a baby and its resemblance to Lis Mother DP in Toledo.
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Lis
Toledo
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Money For Institute
Teachers’ Institute
County Board of Equalization
Aberdeen
Wateir
Fu Trealand
London Telegraph
Spendit
Albert P. Niblack
U. S
Buenos Aires
Eary Stairs
RS. Russell Sage
Mineola
Aeronautic Society
Mrs. R. Sage
E. L Todd
America
Philadelphia
United States
Lazarnick
Mibb E Lacra Todd
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