Valuations Soar in Chehalis County Lumber Boom
Chehalis county personal property valuations rise 10 to 200 percent with lumber and logs leading the surge. Lumber in mill yards grows from 29.7 million to 74.7 million feet, saw logs from 28.3 to 48.3 million feet, shingles from 210000 to 31217000. The board of equalization warns would be objectors to appear before the deadline.
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Montesano
Chehalis County
Board of Equalization
Court House
T. C. Frary
Hoquiam
City Hall
Seventh
J Street
W. L. Adams
Grays Harbor Realty ‘Company
Harbor to celebrate arrival of railroad
Grays Harbor business interests plan a celebration in Aberdeen next month to mark the formal opening of the O W R N Co line into Grays Harbor. Railroad officials and the Chamber of Commerce will shape the details. The bridge opening signals railroad competition believed to benefit the harbor. a special train from Seattle Tacoma and Portland may attend.
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Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle, Tacoma
Portland
Controler bay scandal and presidential reversals detailed
The Washington Times discusses a string of presidential reversals and evasions from Taft and Roosevelt era scandals. It cites suspected misstatements about Lorimer and Lorimer’s election, the Mexican border troop deployment, Ballinger-Pinchot records, Wiley’s whisky decision, Canadian reciprocity, Mann bill revisions, and Alaska land grants. The piece questions consistency and demands clarification from the White House.
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Controler Bay
White House
Ryan
Charles P. Taft
Controller Bay
Lorimer
Edward Hines
Illinois
Deneen
MacVeagh
Mexico
Taft
Payne Aldrich
Cannon
Norton
Wiley
Everbody
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Rich ore found during Olympic Mountain hunting trip
A Aberdeen party Dan Pearsall J A Cross and Ralph White returned Sunday from a July 22 trip to the Olympic mountains. They prospected rather than hunted due to game laws, found ore cropping on the south fork of the Quinsault River and evidences of oil at several spots, meeting many prospectors awaiting mineral location openings.
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Dan Pearsall
J. A. Cross
Ralph White
Aberdeen
Olympic Mountains
Quinsault
Congress May Override Taft Veto On New Mexico Arizona Statehood
Congress debates overriding President Taft's veto of the statehood measure for New Mexico and Arizona. Senator Smith reintroduces a modified plan allowing admission if Arizona drops the recall of judges from its constitution, while House action continues with party-side uncertainty.
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Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Taft
Territories
Flood
Smith
Michigan
Senate Territories
House
Senator Smith
Allotting Agent Reports Slow Yet Steady Indian Relocation
Allotting Agent F. R. Archer visits the Quinsault reservation and notes slow but steady relocation of Indians from the coast north of Grays Harbor. He praises his experience guiding the process and reports a prosperous year with many tribal members building or improving homes and depositing substantial fishing season profits in Harbor banks.
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F. R. Archer
Quinsault Reservation
Grays Harbor
Archer
Mr. Archer
New Railway Era Coming to Aberdeen Hoquiam
Progress on the Aberdeen Hoquiam rail project advances with rails laid from Chehalis bridge toward East Hoquiam. Last spike expected by Friday or Saturday, ballast after service begins. Chehalis river bridge nearly finished with southern approach falsework in place. Trains expected to run September 15, with passenger service on the Northern Pacific line and freight on the Oregon Washington line, potentially forming a double track system.
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Oregon-Washington
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Chehalis Bridge
Posey Manufacturing Company
East Hoquiam
Aberdeen Construction Company
Chehalis River
Northern Pacific
Harbor
Supper Draws Crowd at New Christian Church
A fine supper was served in the basement of the New Christian church at Third and L last evening. It was well patronized and praised for offering more than the small price charged.
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New Christian Church
Third and
Christian Church
Epitome of Grays Harbor News in the Herad
A concise note stating that Grays Harbor news is epitomized in the Herad publication.
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Grays Harbor
Herad
City council reviews street, lighting, and park measures
A lengthy council meeting tackled telephone service debates, a proposed city lighting plant, and a plan to legislate for Electric Park in Hoquiam. Authorities discussed street improvements, sidewalk work, and alleys, approved several engineer estimates, bid packages, and contractor awards, and accepted the Fairview plat while scheduling further ordinances and street vacations.
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Hilts
Electric Park
Hoquiam
Judiciary Committee
Wishkah Street
Broadway
Water Department
Astoria
Sixth Street
Front Street
Fairview Addition
B Street
First Avenue
W. H. White
Trades and Labor Council
Arthur
Hume Street
First Street
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the Herald
National Capital
Washington Times
Morgan
Boston
Heras
Olympics
House of Representatives
Indian Lands
Campbell's Hill
Blomquist Place
Councilman Hills
South Side Road
Third Street
Hopkins Second Addition
J. D. Morehead
D Street
Louise J. Savigny
Fourth Street
C. W. Wappenstien
Wm. McDermoth
Heron Street
Hellog & Scharenbroich
C Street
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