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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
2
Publication details show Aberdeen Printing Co at 309 East Wishkah Street with MO J Carney as editor and manager. Notices require ad copy by Saturday noon for Monday issue and Wednesday noon for Thursday edition, with post office classification noted.
A quiet sticker campaign at school elections reflects North Aberdeen residents demand for a local school. With 34 children needing to cross the river to Terrace Heights, residents call for a new school building or alternate transport until a facility is secured.
The Spokane Spokesman Review urges Judge George Turner for appointment to the United States Supreme Court. It cites his legal career, state court service, and arbitration work on the Alaska boundary and Newfoundland fisheries as proof of his qualifications. The piece argues his elevation would honor Spokane and the Inland Empire and reflect regional influence in the federal judiciary.
A newspaper piece voices a sharp contrast between Woodrow Wilson and professional politicians. It argues the need for 15,000,000 amateur politicians who seek public service over personal gain, likening professional politicking to professional sportsmanship.
The passage argues that professional politicians rarely meet high demand while amateur politicians like Wilson Pinchot Lowell and Curtis, as diligent citizens, keep politics clean. It extols the plain citizen who wakes his own and neighbors' conscience to fulfill simple duties as more beneficial to the country than agitators or career politicians.
A broken generator at the Electric Park power plant of the Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company blacked Aberdeen and Hoquiam for about three hours from 6 to 9 PM Saturday. Gas lighting aided some areas as auxiliary power was rushed online and street car service resumed after 8 PM.
Chehalis county Rebekah lodges plan their annual district meeting in Montesano tomorrow. Evergreen Rebekah lodge Aberdeen will exemplify work in afternoon sessions with officers including Mrs Frank Rogers district president Mrs Lucy Mack N G Ella Willikson M G Miss Edith Kempton Conductress and others listed in the program.
At a special meeting last Thursday the council extended the bid deadline on bonds for the tide flat fill west of Broadway from December 7 to December 10 after full discussion. No other business was acted on.
On motion by Assistant City Attorney A. E. Graham the gambling charges against the men arrested last Sunday night in a room over the Eagle store on Wishkah street were dismissed in police court last Friday morning.
The body of Stella Baudet was laid to rest at Fern Hill cemetery Friday after she died by self inflicted gunshot to the brain. Her father and an aunt were the sole mourners at the burial.
Police search for Andrew Panhill, a fisherman's rower, who reportedly took $175 entrusted to him by Fred Stark, a prominent local fisherman, with Stark having sworn out a warrant for his arrest.
The schooner Alumna loads at Wilson mill for the West Coast while the barkentine Newsboy arrives Friday to load at Slade mill for San Pedro. A. F. Coats and Wellesley join port traffic loading for San Pedro and San Francisco respectively. Claremont Santa Monica and Newburg expected today, Edward R West under overhaul, Strathalbyn loading for Australia.
Church Day sales begin tomorrow with Congregational Day followed by Presbyterian on Wednesday and Baptist on Thursday. Each church will receive 10 percent of total cash sales. Hills Bros tea promotes its classic blend at Ketchum Hill Co. corner Wishkah streets.
President Samuel Gompers declares credit for defeating standpatters and special interests. He highlights labor’s education campaign gaining fruit against Cannon and his lieutenants. An Iowa progressive paper cites the insurgent push for workers’ liability bill and labor legislation. Most congress progressives join Democrats to exempt unions from anti trust law. The shared interests of all producers unite workers across shops mines railroads and farms.
An inventor in Philadelphia shows a wind motor with a series of wings and shutters that open at the top and close at the bottom to avoid resistance when moving against the wind. The blades turn because they are eccentrically mounted and weighted to favor motion with wind.
A wind powered device is shown mounted on a small tower with a swiveling motor and a vane to track the wind. Power travels by chain and sprocket to a horizontal shaft, then bevel gears to a vertical swivel mount for the motor.
Robert 8. Wesley notes Governor Vessey, a former state senator born in Wisconsin in 1858, won as a progressive in the primaries and was re-elected. He authored reform measures including a campaign publicity law, expanded railroad commission powers, and revised banking, insurance, and corporation laws. He has broad business interests.
The passage argues that benefits for workers help farmers and honest businesses, praising organized labor for breaking party ties and voting for intelligent measures. It lauds unions for uniting under progressivism, calls for educating unorganized labor, and commends the AFL in the fight against Cannonism and reactionism.
The piece notes New Jersey passes a law allowing popular ballots for U S Senate. Republicans back Stokes Murphy and Fowler while Democrats back Martine and McDermott. Martine leads Dems, Stokes leads Republicans. Smith and Kean loom as potential candidates amid calls for direct senatorial election.
A Country Life correspondent notes aviation in Rheims and Mourmelon may drive quail and partridge from the countryside. Birds fear the aeroplane as a new predator, while over time wild creatures become accustomed to engines and trains.
A description of dynamite’s rapid expansion notes it cannot be used in firearms due to its speed. It claims a green leaf can be compressed into steel before it flattens. In U S torpedo tests leaves were placed between iron plates and the blast captured a perfect leaf impression.
The article notes that trains bring non native plants into railroad yards and spread them along adjoining lands. Seeds travel long distances from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi valley and beyond. Harper's Weekly discusses unintended plant migration via rail travel.
Paper machine belting protected on the edges by leather is being tried in England with some success. One advantage claimed is that trees not stretch.
A detailed guide on drainage design stresses a free outlet above water, frost resistant materials, and concrete aprons to prevent erosion and silt buildup. It warns against outlets buried underwater and outlines careful tile laying with precise grade, joint completion, and early backfilling to avert wash-in during heavy rains.
The article stresses a clean garden as the most successful. It advises San Jose scale spray in fall and next spring, warns against planting crops in peach orchards, notes quail in orchards help by eating many insects, says carnations should be pinched before flowering, and suggests planting a few trees in a fenced pasture corner to protect stock.
The Savage staging of Madame X at the Grand theater last Saturday night drew a full house. Adeline Dunlay as Madame X and Robert Ober as Raymond Floriot delivered powerful performances especially in a moving courtroom scene. The drama provokes mixed feelings yet leaves the audience reflecting on hardship and hope as the curtain falls.
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