Plan divisions drive county split toward Grays Harbor vote
A movement to carve Chehalis County into a new Grays Harbor County gains momentum with business supporters touting courthouse savings. The plan, backed by Hoquiam leaders, places the county seat in Hoquiam and keeps current officers in new posts. A mass meeting is called in Aberdeen for February 22 to discuss the legislature bill.
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Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
West End
Straub
Hoquiam
Montesano
Chehalis
W. G. Hopkins
Aberdeen
Geo. L. Davis
M. H. Williams
Cosmopolis
Aberdeen and Hoquiam
Grand Theater
Stump land reclamation plan eyed for Oregon and Washington
Western Washington and Oregon plan transforming stump lands into fertile farms aided by the Southwest Washington Development Association. Demonstrations by Prof. Sparks show stump clearing methods with low cost. Voter mood shifts as Aberdeen prepares city elections with nonpartisan candidates and quiet campaigns.
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Portland
Ore
Washington
Oregon
Cascades
Southwest Washington Development Association
Vancouver
Sparks
State College
Pullman
City Printing Case Goes To Trial After Demurrer Overruled
In Superior Court Judge Irwin overruled City Attorney Hogan's demurrer in a case by R. F. Simons asking the city council be estopped from awarding the contract to the Grays Harbor Post over Chehalis County Index. The trial on the merits is scheduled for next Thursday.
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Superior Court
Irwin
Hogan
R. F. Simons
Grays Harbor Post
Chehalis
Harbor Sound Electric Line Resumes Grays Harbor Project
Work resumes on the Grays Harbor to Puget Sound electric railway proposal led by C. C. Quackenbush president of the West Washington Railway and Navigation Co Engineer Sammons has revived the effort with Elma and other route points reporting strong local backing Advertisers should note the Herald.
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Grays Harbor
Puget Sound
C. C. Quackenbush
West Washington Railway & Navigation Co
Sammons
M Elma
Julia Marlowe Praised by Ingersoll in Historic Echo
Robert G. Ingersoll extolled Julia Marlowe for reviving Shakespearean drama amid stage froth. The actress, age forty, bears the birth name Sarah Frances Frost and was born in England, raised in Kansas, and once acted as Frances Brough before adopting the Marlowe surname.
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Miss Marlowe
Sarah Frost
Sadie Frost
Julia Marlowe
Sarah Frances Frost
England
Kansas
Frances Brough
Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe
Kit Marlowe
Kit
Taft Seeks Senate Vote On Canadian Reciprocity Pact
President Taft believes the Canadian reciprocity agreement can pass the Senate and that a large majority will back it if a final vote is reached. He is using all influence to push for final consideration before March 4, aiming to assign blame to filibustering senators if defeat occurs.
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Senate
Postal Service Is Attacked by James W. Babcock
An article in the Twentieth Century Magazine by James W. Babcock accuses the postal deficit on rail rate extortion and rail express company influence. He claims the United States pays more to railroads for mail transport than any other nation, amid alleged inefficiency and collusion in the postal system.
Magazines Alarm Over Proposed Second Class Postal Rate
Washington observers report threats to trigger a new Congress session if the administration presses a plan to raise second class mail rates. Publishers say the four cent advertising rate would bankrupt them and vow to “talk the bill to death” with Senate support from Democratic and progressive Republican senators. They cite losses and claim a political motive behind the reform.
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Washington
Congress
Hitchcock
Wall Street
Preston declines seat on state supreme bench
Olympia February 18 Attorney Harold Preston announced he would not accept the vacant Supreme Court seat created by Frank H. Rudkin's resignation. Despite appeals including an earlier “smile” message, Preston stood by his decision, leaving the nomination to await offers to Seattle or Tacoma candidates. O G Ellis of Tacoma is among those mentioned. Governor Hay says no one has been offered the post yet.
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Frank Beam
J. W.parks
Mr. Parks
Olympia
Harold Preston
Frank H. Rudkin
Rudkin
Preston
Seattle
Tacoma
O. G. Ellis
Hay
Bond OKed for Tideflats Dredging Project
The tide flats fill bond issue is satisfactory. A contract with Tacoma Dredging Co is approved and the company will ship a dredger and start work in a few weeks.
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Tacoma Dredging Co
Grays Harbor Legislative Proposals Move Forward
Representative Straub will introduce three bills affecting Aberdeen and Hoquiam including the creation of Grays Harbor county by dividing Chehalis county. A joint municipal water system for Aberdeen and Hoquiam is proposed with no appropriation requested. An experimental farm in Chehalis county may receive a $10 000 state appropriation.
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Straub
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Chehalis
Grays Harbor
Herald
Supreme Court
Board of County Commissioners
J. D. Maughmer
C. W
Whaling Station to Rise at Sanford Point Near Ocosta
A major whaling facility is to be built at Sanford Point near Ocosta within 30 days. Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle supplies 1,000,000 feet of lumber and 4,000 piles for the project led by Captain A Balcom of Seattle and engineer H W Street. Creech & Walker won the contract with construction to start soon and lumber deliveries to begin immediately. The Northern Pacific may run a daily train to Ocosta to handle the anticipated lumber and machinery shipments.
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Pacific Coast
Sanford Point
Ocosta
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Company
A. Balcom
Seattle
H. W Street
Creech & Walker Contractors
Northern Pacific
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