City Campaign Rurors Starts Grapics Primary Field
The list of candidates for city offices at the March 7 primary was completed Saturday with four more filings for council seats from wards three through six. Names include mayoral hopefuls Frank Beam and J W Parks and city officials P F Clark and Roy C Sar gfent. Ward contenders feature multiple candidates in each district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Williams
A. H. Newell
C. M. Cloud
Frank Burrows
Frank Beam
J. W. Parks
P. F. Clark
Roy C
Another Road for Southwest South Bend
In South Bend on February 5 Jay D Crary of Aberdeen filed acceptance of a franchise and a $2500 bond in each city for an Aberdeen Raymond electric line project and a 38 to 39 mile route along North River. Partners plan a $1 million system linking Willapa Harbor and Grays Harbor with plans to acquire local lighting and water works.
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Raymond
Crary
FE. M. Sanderson
Aberdeen
Pennsylvania
South Bend
Willapa Harbor
Grays Harbor
North River
Mountain Spring Water Company
Raymond Water Works
South Aberdeen
S. B. McCracken
Louis Roser
W. H. Tackett
McCracken
Aberdeen Captain Appointed Master of Cecelia Sudden
A telegram from San Francisco announces Captain H. Lunvoldt of Aberdeen named master of the schooner Cecelia Sudden, which is now loading at Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
H. Lunvoldt
Aberdeen
Cecelia Sudden
Senator Elihu Root Steps Down to Senate Post
Senator Elihu Root, former secretary of state under Theodore Roosevelt, accepts serving as a U.S. senator in New York rather than returning to law practice. The piece notes the secretary of state’s vital role in foreign policy and Root’s influence in the Senate hierarchy under Vice President Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
United States
Roosevelt
Sam
Root
New York City
Stinny Jim" Sherman
Log Stealing Scandal Tangles Slade Lumber Crew
Fred J. Robertson head sealer for the Slade Lumber Co. and four others including Frank Ratta boom foreman and Captain Henry Foster of the steamer Thistle are jailed on grand larceny charges. They allegedly stole a raft of logs from the Slade boom and sold them to Grays Harbor Commercial Co. in Cosmopolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Robertson
S.be
Slade Lumber Co
Frank Ratta
Harry Cabot
Henry Foster
Thistle
Slade
Grays Harbor
Cosmopolis
Robertson
Rada
Cabot
Captain Foster
Aberdeen
Wilson
The
Bright Outlook Stirs Boosters in Aberdeen
The Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and a $75 000 000 Harriman railroad appropriation spark Western business optimism. Aberdeen's Chamber of Commerce plans a strong 1911 campaign, naming standing committees for Agriculture and Lands, Manufacturing and New Industries, Education, Public Health, Membership, Rivers and Harbors, Finance, Municipal Affairs, and more with President A. Rupert leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harriman
Northwest
Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce
A. Rupert
W. B. Mack
C. Mankowski
J. M. Bowes
J. A. Hood
R. Wiseman
F. C. Wilcox
A. L. Davenport
F. Bousfield
W. J. Patterson
F. G. Jones
Warren Egerer
George J. Wollis
J. W
First Grays Harbor Poultry Show A Huge Local Success
The first annual Grays Harbor Poultry association exhibit closed Saturday night after a three day run drawing over 3,000 attendees. Judges praised the birds as among the best on the Pacific coast with Hoquiam ships taking many premiums. Plans call for a repeat event next year in Hoquiam and a county fair in Park later this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Dixon
Oregon City
Frank L. White
Tacoma Poultry Association
Harry Collier
Pacific Poultry Man
Pacific Coast
United States
Northwest
Hoquiam
Dixon
Association
Mecca Cate
H. B. Elder
Rupert
West & Slate Grocery Co
Grays Harbor
C. C. Quackenbush
S Park
A. Beckenhauer
J. E. Hutchinson
F. K. Walsh
J. C. Breitlaugh
W. W. Boner
R. A. Wiley
W. F. Jones
J. A. Mapes
F. Ferguson
Parks Stands For Business Methods
James W. Parks, candidate for mayor, defines his approach as business like and economical. He pledges to run city affairs with efficiency, will not promise staff hires, and will retain department heads only while they perform well. He vows to enter office free of political debts and apply corporate principles to city governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCracken
Roser
Harry Knowles
Claude Gould
Mayor Benn
Council
Aberdeen
Grand Jury
James W. Parks
Parks
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. C. Crivyen
John Moller
John A. Damillo
L. P. Beckenhauer
S. S. Smith
R. H. Keagy
A. J. Stewart
L. J. Kolts
C. R. Sayers
Andrew Reid
Fifth Ward
W. J. Egerer
Willapa
Grays Harbors
Jay D
Aberdeen-Hoquiam
Geo. Wolff
James Hood
Slade Mill
Bright Outlook
Board of Directors
E. A. Hulbert
S. K. Bowes
E. B. Benn
A W Middleton
F G. Jones
J. H. Miller
J. M. Quilter
E C. Finch
Poultry Shu House
Senate
House
Grays
Harbor Poultry Association
Tered
Olympia
Teats
Todd
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