Water rates postponed amid divided Aberdeen council
At Wednesday’s Aberdeen city council meeting the water rate ordinance was laid over for a week amid a near split vote. The body also awarded a plank walk contract on Summit Street to Gilden & Smith and referred other items including electric billboards and liquor license renewals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKnight
Summit Street
East
Aberdeen
Gilden & Smith
Franklin Bissett
Geraldine Smith
R. W. Hilligoss
F. G. Foster Company
Hoquiam
Hunley & Henry
Schelle & Ladley
City Electrician
Wood flour from sawdust eyed as forest resource use
The 1914 report describes grinding dry sawdust into a cheap wood flour used in dynamite and linoleum production. It notes wood flour costs 12 to 18 dollars per ton, its limited dynamite use, plus strong demand in Europe and minor U.S. adoption, especially in the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Norway
Germany
England
France
United States
Middle West
Hoquiam
Washington
Northwest
Multham assault case dismissed after squabble between neighbors
Judge Phillips' court heard an assault case from Multham W KE Smith charged Henry Squire with assaulting a little boy. Evidence showed it was a trivial squabble not warranting court. The judge dismissed the case and admonished both men to show better neighborhood conduct.
Commercial Club Seeks Gas Buoys for Grays Harbor Harbor
Hoquiam group asks Senator Wesley Jones and Congressman Albert Johnson for two gas buoys at the Grays Harbor bar and channel guides to allow night departures and arrivals. The memorial cites 542 vessels entering in 1913 with lumber traffic and mixed coastal and foreign ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Commercial Club
Wesley TL. Jones
Albert Johnson
Grays Harbor
M.C
Harris
Barman
T. C. Soule
A. R. Jones
H. M. Delanty
Aberdeen
Mr. Harris
General election costs county over four thousand dollars
Montesano December 16 The general section bills approved by the board of commissioners totaled 2826.10 plus a prior printing bill of 1248.89 bringing the election total to 4074.99. Chairman Wilson had warned the general and primary elections could reach ten thousand dollars with more bills expected in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Board of Commissioners
Wilson
Salvor seeks Neva gold from sunken gunboat off Sitka
C F Stagger, noted Grays Harbor diver, applied to the U S government for a salving permit from the Russian gunboat Neva, sunk near Cape Edgecombe at Sitka harbor after a fog strike sixty years ago. The Neva allegedly carried a quarter of a million dollars in gold on a deck iron chest.
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Grays Harbor
C. F. Stagger
United States
Neva
Cape Edgecombe
Sitka Harbor
Stagger
Maj. J. B. Cavanaugh
Seattle
Sitka
Montana
Baranof Island
George Kostrometinoff
Father Kostrometinoff
Alaska
Hoquiam Y M C A Beats Aberdeen Meth Church in Tight Finish
In the new gym of the First Methodist church basement Hoquiam Y M C A defeated Aberdeen Methodist church 10 to 9 on Wednesday night. The game was fast and rough, decided in the final minute when Hoquiam scored the decisive goal. A return game is set for New Year’s night at the Hoquiam Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Hoquiam Y, M, C
Aberdeen Methodist Church
Hoquiam
Aberdeen
Inquiring Eastern Friends Reach Herald Readers
The Herald invites inquiries from Eastern readers in a twice weekly feature. Readers are encouraged to send questions, notes, and updates for potential inclusion in upcoming issues.
Northern Pacific Orders 147 Steel Cars for 1915 Exposition
The Northern Pacific Railway Company announced a large order of 147 steel cars across Pullman, dining, baggage, day coach, smoking and mail categories at about 2 million dollars. The order supports traffic for the 1915 Pacific Coast expositions in San Francisco and San Diego. The move aligns with Safety First, following 1914 gains in double tracking and automatic block signals, plus Puget Sound improvements.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
San Francisco
San Diego
Northern Pacific
Puget Sound
Westport Awards Main Street Paving Contract
The Westport town council awarded a 3200 foot concrete pavement contract on Main Street to Christensen & Pugh of Hoquiam for 9153 dollars. P. L. Granstrom bid 9700 and Haukli & Hegg bid 10600. Work should finish in about three months.
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Town Council of
Westport
Christensen & Pugh
Hoquiam
P. L. Granstrom
Haukli & Hegg
Aberdeen
Montesano Street
Armstrong Corner
Ocean Avenue
Music Festival Grand Success Shines in Grays Harbor
The Grays Harbor music lovers enjoyed a grand festival at the Grand theater directed by S C Wetteland. Talent from Chehalis county filled the night with vocal and instrumental excellence, with soloists Mrs George A Avery and Mrs Jessica Walker acclaimed. Pupils of Mrs W Y Croxall impressed, and the event raised about $100 for the First Methodist church pipe organ fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grays Harbor
Grand Theater
S. C. Wetteland
Chehalis County
George A. Avery
Elma
Jessica Walker
W. Y. Croxall
Sam Anderson
Joseph Barkley
N. D. Coons
C. Mankowski
N. P. Bryan
Nellie Lillie
Flossie Steves
Goldie Graham
First Methodist Church
Tin Ore Found On The Upper Wynooche
Montesano December 16 near the boundary of Wynooche and Jefferson counties reports say two new mineral claims by Wm Sherwine and J T McGrath list quartz bearing tin iron and other ores. A recent mining article notes tin in commercial quantities would be more valuable than gold. Prospectors are reticent but locals in Montesano believe a strike has been made.
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Montesano
This
Jefferson Counties
Wynooche Valley
Hills
Wm. Shherwine
J. T. McGrath
Wyncodie
Pioneer Austrian Lady Passes to Great Beyond
Mrs. Paskva Antich died Wednesday at the family home 314 North B street aged 53 years seven months and 28 days. Her husband Martin Antich woe the Pioneer Austrian on Grays Harbor coming to Aberdeen in 1886. Mrs Antich came from Austria in 1900 and soon after her arrival was married. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock services being held at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
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Paskva Antich
North B Street
Martin Antich
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Antich
Austria
St. Mary’s Catholic
Charles R Sauers Pioneer of Grays Harbor Dies
Charles R Sauers a longtime lumberman and civic leader on Grays Harbor died at his Aberdeen home at 54 after a long illness. He helped organize the Union Mill Co and Grays Harbor Shingle Co and served as city councilman. Survived by son Raymond, three brothers and five sisters. Funeral held at 10 this morning and interment at Montesano cemetery beside his wife.
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Charles R. Sauers
Grays Harbor
East First Street
Chas. MacDermoth
Montesano
Mr. Sayers
Cosmopolis
Coos Bay
Oregon
San Francisco
Union Mill Co
National Lumber & Box Co
Soap Lake
Portland
Seattle
Aberdeen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hame
Sauers
Raymond Saliéry
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Mill Company
George J. Sauers
Hoquiam
William Sauers
Seward
Alaska
H. L. Sauers
Hawaii
J. E. Pulver
D. F. Spiegle
Irvin Johnson
Satsop
D. Witheral
Buffalo
N. Y
George Greatwood
Sardinia
Sayers
Aberdeen Pioneers’ Association
Order of Elks
Modern Woodmen
Hunter Kills Three Cougars in Two Days Near McCleary
Henry Mommsen of McCleary killed three large cougars in two days while hunting near Porter Creek. His dogs treed a cougar first. he shot it with a rifle and returned the next day to kill the remaining two. He received $20 bounty per cougar from the county, with hides worth similar amounts.
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McCleary
Henry Mommsen
Mommsen
Porter Creek
City Must Pay for Lights on Bridge
Hoquiam officials settle the cost of installing 10 lights on the Eighth Street Bridge to protect navigation. The federal government ordered the lights. the city will pay $362 as the responsibility for safeguarding navigation rests with the city, per City Attorney James P. H. Calllahan.
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Hoquiam
Eighth Street
James P. H. Calllahan
Supreme Court Sustains Injunction Preventing Milk Business
The state supreme court has sustained the Chehalis county superior court in granting a permanent injunction prohibiting B. F Ingle from engaging in the milk business in Hoquiam.
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Hoquiam
State Supreme Court
Chehalis County
Home Grown Farm Products discussed at Chamber dinner
About 150 farmers, dealers, and citizens gathered at the Hotel Washington for a Chamber of Commerce dinner to discuss giving Chehalis county farm produce preference in Grays Harbor markets. Speakers urged higher standards, better packing, and a possible county farmers market to boost local sales.
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W. C. Mumaw
Chehalis County
Washington
Haight and First Street
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Washington
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
W. C.,mumaw
France
J. W. Hodge
M. L. Carrier
Lewis County
J. B
Godhnour
Wyncodie
Chehalis
Frank Liesner
Oakville
G. M. Powell
Neushkah
N. Thomas
J. Alexander
Wyncodie Valley
F. W. Robinson
Oregon-Washington Railroad
of Washington
J. E. Calder
Montesano
R. H. Fleet
L. Hopkinson
A. J. Stewart
Jos, Ryan
Ryan Bros
Ryan
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W. Bergman
Willard Avenue
Bowers
K Street
Broadway
Heron
A. L. Paine
South Street
Fire and Light Committee
United States Forest Service
Hoquiam Commercial Club
Congress
RoReay, Carter
Carter
New York Evening Sun
N.P
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Pacific Coast
Wynooche
Chas. R. Sauers
Pioneer Lumberman
The
Great Divide
Hunter
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