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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
4
Aberdeen residents attend meetings re hostesses clubs and circles. Many entries note visits to Seattle Portland Tacoma and other locations by residents and a variety of engagements from auctions to piano organs. Community groups meet at churches schools and homes with dances, card parties and mutual aid society activities.
Interest in bowling is growing among both ladies and gentlemen as unusually good players are being developed. Shafer's Bowling alleys are an up to date appointed place likely to produce top players and spur the sport's rise.
Personal Prattle recalls Aberdeen 1911 election on adopting commission government. Opponents spread misinfo, voters defeated the plan by 289 in a 1,483 total. It cites Washingtonian denial of Hoquiam accusations and praises commission efficiency through quotes from Senator Owen and tariff-board remarks by Emery, noting statewide shifts to the commission in several cities.
The article notes the sole cloud over commerce is a looming threat affecting markets and investor confidence. Authorities urge caution while outlining potential impacts on trade, pricing, and consumer demand amid ongoing uncertain conditions.
Last week a House naval affairs committee recommended government funding of an armor plate plant costing 11 million dollars. Senator Penrose warned two Pennsylvania plants could raise armor price by 200 dollars a ton, delaying defense readiness amid tariff faction backing Cambria and Midvale. The piece critiques infant industry protection while urging swift national defense action.
Representative Cary of Wisconsin pushes a congressional bill to relocate the national capital from Washington to Milwaukee asserting that pending DC liquor laws threaten prohibition and good government. He argues prohibition is a societal menace and his stance should secure his Milwaukee reelection.
In Montesano the Chamber of Commerce and clubs will hold a dinner at the Presbyterian church next Wednesday to discuss starting a public library. Businessmen and farmers plan a February 26 \"get-together\" to discuss making Montesano a top trading point. In Satsop a cheese factory reported 1,386,670 pounds of milk in nine months, paying 3514 cents per pound for butter fat, with January at 42 cents. Mrs. J C Cross suffered burns from a boiler spill while preparing lunch. F A Tarr, former postmaster, is doing special license work in the county auditor's office, a task he recalls from 25 years ago.
R W Lowery and G M Landon seek bounties for killing a cougar and a wildcat. No counties pay such bounties now, but funds are expected from the next legislature.
R H Nelson resigns as Hoquiam assistant city engineer effective tomorrow. He will travel to Chehalis Monday to oversee a logging and lumber mill project started by his father in law J P Guerrier. In Montesano an heir list grows for Sidney Dunlap estate with only surviving brother Joseph Dunlap named by attorney W E Campbell.
Rudolph Kowalski, a young Polish man who arrived in December, has been missing since before Christmas. Port land police were asked to investigate by Mrs. Coats of 201 Sixteenth Street, who suspects foul play and believes Kowalski carried substantial money.
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