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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1913
Page
4
In Chehalis county Cosmopolis reports assets of 10 841.98 with liabilities 463.05 leaving a surplus of 10 388.91. Elma records assets 40 009.15 liabilities 13 352.53 for a net of 26 856.62 and a borrowing capacity of 14 000 based on a 285 000 assessed valuation.
Subscribers who failed to receive the Herald on Monday and Thursday by 6 o'clock p m are asked to call City Messenger Co phone 5931 for immediate delivery. Public notice requests prompt service to ensure readers get their copies.
Fire at Eureka Lumber and Shingle Company plant destroyed three shingle kilns and damaged a large lumber kiln. Loss estimated at 12000 dollars, with shingles worth 7000 dollars destroyed. Winds from east and southeast hampered efforts. kilns to be rebuilt and operations to continue. A contract was awarded to West Coast Dry Kiln Company for two new fireproof kilns.
Princeton, Feb. 8. Wilson completed the first draft of his inaugural address acting as his own stenographer. He began in shorthand Thursday and finished today copying notes on a typewriter. the draft runs about two thousand words and may be revised.
The House re referred the land ownership bills amid debate over alien ownership and the Hughes bill allowing aliens eligible for citizenship to own land, a move critics say could fuel absentee landlords. A highway fund bill passed promising 2 million over two years with 400 thousand earmarked for the Snoqualmie Pass project, shaping state allocations.
Feb. 9 report from O. P. Burrows states a newly dug Tulips well yields water that tastes and smells of gasoline and is unusable for drinking. A cow that drank some reportedly cried out honk honk, signaling oil in the region.
Grays Harbor will add to its halibut fleet with the sealing schooner Zella May re christened S. E. R. No. 1 and sent to Seattle. The company plans two or three more Aberdeen built schooners with 100 horsepower engines to join Seattle operations. The Zella May, once sailing from Victoria and now British registered, seeks American registry at Port Townsend.
Governor Lis ter received a telegram from Secretary Knox asking delay on the Hughes bill pending alien ownership measures to allow the State Department to review them under treaty obligations. The bill would permit land ownership by aliens eligible for citizenship and faced opposition as potentially offensive to China and Japan. it passed the house 70 to 25.
Two men were arrested Saturday on Gambl ing charges after a stop at a Heron Street cigar shop. They were jailed, booked again on gambling counts, and released on $101 each to answer later this afternoon.
A Catholic emblem marked The Sacred Heart and a reference to the American Brotherhood of Africa owners appear amid police action notes. The readable fragments suggest a property dispute or seizure context with unclear details.
Representatives Mapes McKay and Craig shepherded House Bill 249 through the House granting 68 acres of tide lands to the Port of Grays Harbor for port uses. The land lies between two cities and a large state land offer accompanies the gift. Local officials including Frank B. Lamb and Mou rant supported the measure and it's expected to pass the Senate.
The White Star Mill at Elma begins laying rails into the woods after the crew started Tuesday. The logging camp and mill will close until the railroad is finished, a project expected to take about three months.
Street Commissioner Arthur announces the annual spring clean up will start next Monday. He calls on residents to cooperate in removing rubbish from vacant lots and back alleys.
Montesano reports names of couples receiving licenses during the week. A. K. Johnson and Josie E. Peterson of Aberdeen join Richard Phillips and Mary Lewis of Satsop. Roy Clark and Hilda Groff of Aberdeen also listed.
Firemen completed renovations of their quarters in the city hall last week and finished the kalse mining yesterday. Visitors are now welcomed and the station showcases a new line of musical instruments and fittings at Evans Drug Co.
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