Vast Railroad Boom To Put 20000 Men To Work Northwest
Twenty thousand men will be employed on Northwest railroad construction by April 1 with four thousand on the Grays Harbor branch of the Union Pacific. Contractors Caughran Winters Smith will handle 4000 on the Gate City to Hoquiam line. Rydstrom Husen plan 500 on the Union Pacific tunnel in Tacoma. Two thousand will work on the Milwaukee branch from McKenna to Gate City and another 2000 on the Dibble Hawthorne Co. section to McKenna. Additional crews will rush the Vancouver to Kalama segment and a 35000 foot North Bank project from Tenino to Tacoma will engage 4000 workers, with 500 more for stations and track changes. The total 20000 men will draw idle workers from Seattle Spokane Grays Harbor and Tacoma as work restarts last year paused.
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Grays Harbor
Union Pacific
Tacoma
Gate City
Hoquiam
Caughran, Winters, Smith & Co
Spokane
Rydstrom & Husen
Vancouver
Kalama
McKenna
Seattle
County board acts on roads budgets and street vaca tions
At an adjourned meeting the county commissioners adopted resolutions to oppose state measures, approved road trading promises, and set hearings on street vacations in Walsh addition Peterson and South Bay area. They awarded a steel bridge contract, fixed hearings, and reduced or approved various allowances and appointments.
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Board of County Commissioners
Cosmopolis
Melbourne
Thomas Laws
Oakville
G. H. & P. S. Railroad Co
Wyncodie
Walsh
Peterson
Porter
North River
Artic
Vesta
Humptulips River
Chas G. Sheely
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Meeting
About fifty Aberdeen citizens attended in the city council room last Thursday night. W. J. Patterson was reelected president with E W Beimfohr as secretary after noting salary issues. Fred C. Furth won the vice presidency and Frank G. Jones was named treasurer. A long distance wireless telegraph station for Aberdeen was referred to a special committee. H D Chapman urged stronger Aberdeen and Grays Harbor exposure at the Seattle exposition.
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Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Aberdeen
W. J. Patterson
E.W. Beimfohr
Patterson
Fred C. Furth
Frank G. Jones
Treas
H. D. Chapman
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
For Sale Two Acres With House Barn Well And Fruit Trees
Two acres of land with a nearly new house, 4000 strawberry plants, 12 fruit trees, fenced yard, chicken run, barn and wood shed, good well, and assorted small fruits. Inquire of Mrs. Sarah E. Wells at premises of box 105 Montesano. 44-2.
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Sarah E. Wells
Montesano
Man Charged With Shoplifting Silk Petticoat
I Falkoff, a well dressed man about 35, was caught by saleswoman Mrs. I C Bush in Geo J Wolff store lifting a silk petticoat valued at 30 dollars. He admitted taking it and offered to pay but fled after being kept in a room by the owner. He was later captured and jailed awaiting a hearing set for this afternoon.
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I. Falkoff
I. C. Bush
Geo. J. Wolff
Falkoff
Mr. Wolff
Wolff
Three For Mayor Legislature Gossip
City politics center on a pending primary with filing closed. Mayor hopefuls ED Benn and others face late intrigue as Phil S Locke enters, while Roy C Sargent and P F Clark run unopposed for treasurer and clerk respectively.
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Clark
Sargent
Newell
P. F. Clark
Ed. Benn
R. A. Wiley
Phil S. Locke
Locke
BE. B. Benn
Phil S.S. Locke
Robert Aailey
Peter F. Clark
Roy C. Sargent
D. C. Crivyen
M. P. Leitch
W. W. Hart
Whisky battles stall McMasters local option reading
Olympia February wrangle over the McMasters local option bill continued as sections were read and amendments debated. Opponents failed to strike section 18 and the word druggist in section 20 faced removal, while provisions restricting press reports of crimes drew legal scrutiny and a novel insanity defense ban was noted for the new code.
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Olympia
McMasters
Beach
League
Palmer
Tennant
Jackson
Taylor
Graves
Kent
Des
Peradoes
George F. Vanderveer
King County
G. D. Eveland
Snohomish County
Fred Pugh
Spokane County
Judiciary Committee
Senate
United States
Lincoln Memorial Services to be Held Thursday Night
Lincoln Memorial services are scheduled for 8 o'clock next Thursday evening February 11 at the A C U W hall. The program includes instrumental music prayer a student vocal quartet directed by Miss Gail Cook an address by Superintendent Arthur Williams a vocal solo by Miss E Caughlin Lincoln Gettsburg Address by A E Graham a vocal solo by Mrs S J McDowld another address by P W McKinley and songs by public school pupils. The Aber deen Semi-Weekly Herald costs 2.00 a year 1.50 in advance.
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G. A. R. and
G. A. R. Club
Gail Cook
Arthur Williams
S. J. McDowld
P. W. McKinley
Waterfront loading and sailing at multiple mills
The F. M. Slade loading at Slade mill for Honolulu. Svea sailed from Wilson mill for San Francisco. Edward R. West tied at Slade awaiting orders. Ludlow sailed from Western mill for San Pedro. H. D. Bendixon loading at Burrows mill for San Francisco. Santa Monica sailed from American mill for San Francisco. Westerner loading at Anderson Middleton for San Francisco. Carrier Dove sailed from Hart Wood for San Pedro. Centralia sailed from Anderson Middleton for San Francisco. Jim Butler arrived to load at West mill for San Francisco. Aurelia moved from Anderson Middleton to A. J. West mill to finish loads. Santa Barbara arrived and loading for San Pedro. Chehalis arrived and loading for San Francisco. Newburg sailed from Slade mill for San Francisco. Watson A. West arrived and discharging brick for refuse burner at Slade mill.
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Edward R. West
Slade Mill
Ludlow
Western Mill
San Pedro
H. D. Bendixon
Burrows Mill
San Francisco
Santa Monica
American Mill
Westerner
Anderson & Middleton Mill
Dove
Hart- Wood Mill
Centralia
Jim Butler
West Mill
Aurelia
Anderson & Middleton
A. J. West
Santa Barbara
Chehalis
Aberdeen Lumber
Newburg
Watson A. West
Death of C. F. Leavenworth in Oregon
The Montesano Vidette reports the death of C. F. Leavenworth in Jacksonville Oregon. He was a Mason and member of Wy Nocie Lodge Monte sano and left a wife and family. He was about 65 and formerly prominent in Chehalis county as a mill owner and manager and Chehalis boom owner. He moved from Chehalis to Olympia then Oregon. He was buried by the Masons.
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C. F. Leavenworth
Jacksonville
Oregon
Wyncocie Lodge
Montesano
Leavenworth
Chehalis County
Cosmopolis
Chehalis
Olympia
Masons
Montesano Vidette
Merald Semi-Weekly Subscription Rates Declared
The paper lists Geen Semi-Weekly Merald at 2.00 dollars per year with 1.60 dollars payable in advance, outlining the pricing terms for subscribers.
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Grays Marbor
Haskell 15 Honored as Governor Faces Trial in Tulsa
Oklahoma Governor Haskell arrived in Muskogee to sign bond in federal case over alleged conspiracy to defraud the government and Creek Nation with dummy town lot schedules. He spoke from his car denying crimes and praising labor, with a large local reception before bond signing. Trial date set for April in Tulsa. February 13 plea date for indicted men.
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Muskogee
Okla
W. J. Gregg
Haskell
Tulsa
Guthrie
Turner Hotel
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Campbell
United States Circuit Court
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Humptulips
McKinley Wilson
Pacific Beach
Bear Gulch
Wyncoche-Wishkah
Hattabaugh
Summit
G. E. Chamberlain
Satsop
G. I. L. Scammon
South Bay
Westport
Davis
Chamber OF Commerce
House of Representatives
McMaster
Lincoln Memorial Services
Miss E. Caughlin
Lincoln's Gettsburg Address
A. E. Graham
Herald
F. M. Slade
Honolulu
Svea
Wilson Mill
State Capitol
Brass Bond
Knights of Pythias
First Street
Armory
Wishkah Lodge
Order
G and H
D. M. Bowes
C. E. Troutman
Company G
Ervie Phelps
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