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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1910
Page
4
The Sarmi Weekly Aberdeen Herald lists office at 408 East Wishkah Street Aberdeen Washington with contact 3541 Publishes Monday and Thursday as the oldest Grays Harbor paper and claims the largest Grays Harbor circulation. Subscriptions priced yearly and several shorter terms. notices for copy due times and advertisement contracts tied to circulation claims.
The Hoquiam Herald says city council supports City Attorney Wade on enforcing the law despite misread reports. It condemns false claims of Lynch law in the Gohl case and urges harmony among peace officers and Aberdeen. It notes journalism wars over itinerant actors and questions the value of league reinstatement versus a drawn out suit.
Arthur E. Wilson former manager of the Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Co. in this city was arrested on a embezzlement charge. Bail set at 1200 with sureties S. W. Johnston and Max B. Korn. Preliminary hearing scheduled tomorrow at 10 a.m. before Justice Bush.
The t wish to thank the Musicians Union and other friends who assisted at the funeral of their infant child yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holzner.
A formal protest objects to granting franchise rights to the Grays Harbor Interurban Co. over county roads. It supports trolley development but demands a cash forfeit and strict deadlines: work begun within one year and operation within three years, or rights are not granted.
The Aberdeen Trades Council member tied to the sailors union backed burning local mills and faced sharp opposition from council colleagues. Historical notes recount Gohl’s 1905 armed harbor attack on the non union schooner Fearless, his fine of 1200 dollars paid by the union, and delayed sentencing after the primary elections. The defense shifts target Hedberg death identity as sailors dispute the corpse at the morgue while City Detective Church exposes a testifying sailor.
Timber counties agreed to send the state tax commission copies of public timber cruises with topographical maps and full information to aid tax equalization. Assessments for oyster beds and fish traps will be based on 60 percent of actual value. The session met at County Assessor Albert E Parish’s office and a follow up meeting was set for Bellingham on March 20.
At the county commissioners meeting today representatives from Aberdeen Hoquiam Cosmopolis Montesano Elma and Westport urge the construction of roads listed in last week’s Chamber of Commerce memorial. They also push for the Cosmopolis North River link now before the board.
Representatives of Northern and Western trunk line railroads join lumber and shingle manufacturers in asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the transit shipping privilege. They allege brokers manipulate prices and will seek a ruling. After five hours of talks no decision was reached and the commission will be asked to come to Seattle soon for the probe.
Ortis Hamilton former adjutant general of Washington convicted of embezzling 1188 of state funds will start a one to ten year sentence in the penitentiary. An agreement through Boyd Hamilton brother ends further attempts at pardon before five years, after which no additional prosecutions will follow.
Ortis Hamilton will drop his pending appeal to the state supreme court and start serving his sentence.
The Grays Harbor district reports a 1909 lumber output of 600,084,143 feet with 124,025,750 feet of lath and 316,492,962 shingles from 15 mills in Aberdeen Hoquiam Cosmopolis and Elma. Hoquiam leads shingles while Aberdeen and Hoquiam totals are 294,052,999 and 256,289,428 feet respectively. The port is billed as the world’s largest lumber shipping point with most sales to California and foreign ports. Local election filings include C A Pinckney and Edward S Duffy for council seats amid other ward candidates and incumbents.
A Seattle led syndicate including Thomas Morgan James Hackett and James Shields sells interests to Swift Co Chicago for about 1 90 900 and 1 000 000 000 feet of spruce timber on the Vancouver Island north coast. Swift Co plans a large pulp mill on the property.
The Washington Supreme Court affirms Montgomery of Seattle must pay penalties for using the Allied Printing Trades Council label on political campaign cards in 1908. The court rules the label was properly registered and cannot be used without authorization.
The filing period for city office candidacies closed Saturday evening with no additional candidates appearing by the deadline.
The Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle reports a 73 percent profit for policy holders after a 55 percent cash dividend. It says 18 percent of premiums went to cash surplus or undivided profits, with total profits at 7 percent for this property class. Policies are non assessable and backed by cash resources more than five times the amount needed for expirations, based on nine years of data.
The tuberculosis exhibit, on loan from the International Typographical Union, will be shown next Thursday and Friday to educate the public on preventing the spread of consumption.
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