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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1915
Page
1
Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Peters forwards Treasury reply refuting claims the Underwood tariff reduced revenues. The letter compares October 1913 and 1914 figures, showing higher first-year customs and combined tax receipts, and notes wartime import declines from war nations but clear credit to the act for revenues.
State Auditor C W Clausen calls for debt curbs as cities and towns in Washington state report total obligations near 70 million dollars. He urges pay as you go, constitutional limits on debt, and tighter budgeting with penalties for overspending.
Montesano January 4 Sperry Flour Company may plan Aberdeen expansion as two lots transfer through quit claim deeds. Rosa C. McLellan sells to B Burke for 3844.50 and Burke sells to Sperry Flour Company for 3300, the Benns Central addition Aberdeen property.
Hoquiam Mayor J S McKee says three bills will be prepared for the coming session. Attorney C W Hodgdon to draft a juvenile delinquency amendment allowing local judges to hear cases, reducing expense and publicity. City Attorney Sidney Moor Heath to draft a bill making city commissioners liable for overspent budgets.
The article discusses coal tonnage taxes sufficient for inspection costs and supports a proposal by State Treasurer Edward Meath to permit a general fund overdraft not exceeding 75 percent of delinquent state taxes.
At the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning forty two new members were received. A reception followed and a two thousand dollar note of indebtedness was burned as the last payment was made. About 175 attended and were served by the ladies. Plans to enlarge the Sunday school room and church basement were discussed for social use. The Men’s Club will meet Friday January 15 with Dr. Mark A. Matthews as the principal speaker.
Chehalis County Medical association members gathered at the Fairmont hotel where Dr. Eugene R. Kelley outlined a state health reform bill. The plan divides the state into about a dozen districts led by epidem iologists to streamline public health work and prevent epidemics. The association endorsed the bill and elected Dr. J B Kinnie Aberdeen president, Dr. G I Hurley Hoquiam vice president, and Dr. W Y Croxall Aberdeen secretary.
On the Aberdeen dock at the foot of H street sufficient oil drilling material was seized by Deputy Sheriff Joe Searles under attachment. The gear remained in sheriff possession awaiting court release as M. J. Bond faces litigation with H. A. Raspian, with plans to move the outfit to the Hoh district.
The only December permits issued covered repairs and improvements for new construction.
Antone Beier a 24 year old logger, after disappearing while fleeing from a tree fall, was found drowned in the East Hoquiam river. Deputies led the search with help from his brother and locals, his body recovered by grappling irons and sent to Chehalis for burial.
Legislators will gather Friday at 6 pm for a banquet at the Commercial Club hosted by the Pierce county legislative delegation. Chairman James H. Davis reports about 80 acceptances from across the state and expects 90 to 100 of the 130 legislators to attend. Senator-elect E E Boner and Representative-elect M C Harris have accepted. Pearsall and Fleet likely will attend.
In Chehalis County deputies present Sheriff Schelle Mathews with a gold shield badge for Christmas. The face bears Sheriff Chehalis County, with a reverse inscription noting the gift from the office deputies dated December 25, 1914.
Montesano January 4 county commissioners close year with audits and routine work. The poor farm reports 36 inmates enrolled in the year with 15 discharged two deaths and 19 remaining. Average daily inmates 19.8 and boarding costs amount to 3614.75 dollars. An engineer is ordered to survey extending Woods road to connect with another road creating a circuit aiding farms mail and creamery services. Treasures lists uncollectable taxes totaling 1909.15 dollars to strike from rolls. Case crusher rejected after test failed to meet specs.
Mrs Lizzie L Everson 59 of Montesano died Sunday night in Montesano after arriving to visit her son Alfred Everson at Z J Warwick 712 East First Street. She had lived in Aberdeen most of 17 years and died before medical help arrived. Survived by daughter Mrs A Tonneson of Los Angeles and four sons Aven Ballard Albert Montesano Charles Alfred of this city. Funeral arrangements to be made after daughter is notified. Body at Pinnick chapel.
The Essex hotel at Cohassett beach was sold yesterday at a sheriff’s sale in Montesano. H. L. Cook & Co. and Samuel Benn of Aberdeen bid in the property to foreclose mortgages and protect creditors. The Waldron couple, key figures in the resort, will retain current operations and may regain ownership in a couple of years if finances allow.
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