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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
8
State Senator Alexander Polson announces that only Polson company employees may ride the Polson logging railway from Hoquiam to camps. The order aims to curb trouble from men of other camps and will handicap nonpolson riders.
Hoquiam four year old Robert Kennedy son of Elvin and Mrs Kennedy died in Hoquiam General hospital from burns after falling into a tub of hot water on Monday. Funeral from Presbyterian church at 2 p m today. Robert toppled into rear porch tub while playing near Monroe street.
Hoquiam appears set to elect all officers including president vice president secretary and seven directors at the annual meeting slated for tomorrow night A by law change shifts officer selection from directors to the club and raises directors from five to seven.
Hoquiam logs resume after a halt with crews back at work and the region’s lumber industry signaling a return to normal operations. Details of companies and scale not fully clear in the fragment.
Loggers spending holidays in Hoquiam have gone back to camps as vehicles and teams haul workers by the hundreds. Most camps reopen at year start including Ile Pol son, North Western, and Coats camps. Walker Brothers camps will delay cutting for now.
Hoquiam on Sunday afternoon will host noted western lecturer Clarence Eaton of the Christian Science church. The lecture begins at 3 o'clock and is expected to draw many attendees eager to hear Mr. Eaton.
Miss Viola Hubble of Montesano married Mr Lund of Spokane on January 1 in the Presbyterian church after the morning service. Miss Hubble, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hubble long prominent in Montesano society, will reside in Spokane with her husband.
In 1910 Montesano saw healthy growth with ten blocks of asphalt pavement and sewers costing about 50 990. The city council plans more improvements next year. The Syverson Lumber and Shingle company opened a modern mill costing 100 000 and extensive improvements were completed.
The year saw plant openings at the E K Bishoy Mill and Montesano Condensing Company. Chehalis County built a new courthouse nearing completion costing about 360 000 dollars. Blockhouses, concrete business blocks and residences rose in value with Calder Smith Moss Cass Olson and Foss among builders. A single major fire struck Syverson Lumber and Shine losing a dry kiln and 200 000 shingles.
Montesano officials award the contract to Joseph Mayer and Brother of Seattle for a tower clock at the new courthouse. The $2,650 system will strike the hour and half hour and be illuminated at night, visible from most points in Montesano.
Elma promoters launch a countrywide campaign to attract homeseekers. A syndicate plans to subdivide White Star lands for several hundred acres and to settle multiple families. Lynch and Anderson sold ten acres of hill land to David Antonson of Fargo North Dakota for future berries vegetables and fruit operations.
A firm plans to build a home and start operations soon at a site east of town while a buyer will occupy and improve five acres for a fruit vegetable and berry ranch. John Beck secures five acres north of town to plant many cherry trees as Elma faces a milk shortage despite ample regional production. Dairy routes Greenwood and Simpson have vanished, leaving families to rely on neighbors or local cows, with producers shipping milk to harbor cities.
Seattle, Jan 4 Col Theodore Roosevelt will speak in Seattle in April under the Municipal League. Miles Poindexter reports Roosevelt advised proper arrangements for accommodation and entertainment. C J France, head of the Municipal League, says plans are under way for the reception and the visit.
The Washington State Bureau of Statistics and Information plans a pamphlet on forged-off lands aimed at homeseekers in Western Washington. Deputy Commissioner George M. Allen collects data, inviting commercial groups to supply names and blank farm forms. The report will cover climate, transport, markets, scenery, and land-clearing methods.
Paid advertisement announces J A Moller as candidate for councilman in Aberdeen First Ward. He notes twenty two years as resident taxpayer and pledges economical impartial and progressive city governance protecting taxpayer interests.
A historical notice touts D D D as an eczema cure claiming instant relief and foundation-level healing. It lists Red Cross Pharmacy Aberdeen Spiegle's Cosmopolis Gillett's Hoquiam and promotes Virginia farm sales and a bankruptcy order in Tacoma, Washington in 1910.
Notice to creditors of Andrew Bloom of Aberdeen Chehalis County is published ordering the first meeting in Tacoma Washington January 12 1911 at 2 PM in Bankruptcy Court rumors attest proof of publication and trustee appointment will be recorded A M Abel to handle publication and filing proof of service continues in this matter from Washington Western Division.
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