City Ordinance to Be Tested in Hoquiam and Aberdeen
Superior Judge Ben Sheeks will convene a grand jury after the January term to probe municipal affairs in Hoquiam and Aberdeen. Rumors of scandals in the harbor cities prompt the inquiry, with Prosecuting Attorney William E. Campbell noting potentially related evidence. The absence of Judge Mason Irwin has delayed the call, which may uncover additional work.
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Montesano
Ben Sheeks
Sheeks
Hoquiam
Aberdeen
Mason Irwin
California
William E. Campbell
Snow Closes Grays Harbor Camps Amid Heavy Fall
A 48 hour snow spell halts work in camps on Grays Harbor. Polson's Hoquiam river camp reports nine inches depth with continued heavy snow since Saturday. Work likely to restart tomorrow if snowfall abates.
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Grays Harbor
Polson
Hoquiam River
Federal building funds urged for Aberdeen
A bill in the House by Congressman Stanton Warburton seeks an appropriation of 150000 for a Federal building in Aberdeen. A prior act covered similar buildings for Centralia and Crehalis. The government bought a site from Samuel Benn for 12000 at the southeast corner of G and Second streets deemed ideal for the new structure.
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Aberdeen
Stanton Warburton
Centralia
Crehalis
Samuel Benn
G and Second Streets
North River Chickens Win at Olympia Show
S. M. Kegley of North River swept the Barred Rock class at the Olympia show last week winning or placing in most divisions. He earned top honors in duck and White Wyandotte classes and captured first pen of cockerel mating, first pen of pullet mating, and first pen overall.
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S. M. Kegley
North River
Olympia
Kegley
Pioneer Julius Andrews Dies In Aberdeen At 1301 Olympic Street
Julius Andrews an Aberdeen pioneer born in 1838 in New York died at his home Friday due to old age. He helped settle the city and raised a family. Funeral services were held yesterday from Whitesides Undertaking Establishment. He is survived by sons Guy Andrews and Willis Andrews.
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Julius Andrews
Aberdeen
Olympic Street
Mr. Andrews
New York
Whitesides Undertaking Establishment
Guy Andrews
Willis Andrews
Aberdeen Demonstration Denounces City Street Speech Ban
About 700 people gathered at the Finnish hall in Aberdeen under the Socialist local to protest a city ordinance prohibiting street speaking. Leslie E. Aller of Tacoma urged peaceful action and predicted Socialist gains, while Adam Schubert and local Socialists warned the rule would fail and promised to test it when weather allows and meetings resume.
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Aberdeen
Leslie E. Aller
Tacoma
Panama Canal
Aller
Chehalis
Cascade Mountains
United States
Adam Schubert
E. W. Harvey
Socialists Union
Los Angeles
Schubert
Snow Strikes Montesano Telephone System
A Saturday snowstorm crippled Montesano phone service as heavy snow bent wires and toppled poles, cutting lines for days. Crews worked to clear wires and keep electric poles from failing while phone poles lay down for blocks.
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Montesano
Two Men Arrested in Gambling Game at Stevedore Rooms
Two men were arrested for gambling in the Stevedore company rooms at the foot of G street Friday. One man pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars plus costs. others in the game escaped.
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G Street
Harbor Buoys System Wide Revisions Reported
Aberdeen and Hoquiam commercial groups publish changes to Grays Harbor bar and inner channel. Updates include moving the Outer Bar whistling buoy, replacing Inner Buoy HS, discontinuing South Spit Jetty nun, converting Cow Point spar buoys to channel buoys, rebuilding Cow Point Light, moving Rennies Island Upper Light, renumbering Trustee Spit and Whitcomb Flats Buoys, and other adjustments in the Channel Aberdeen area.
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Aberdeen
Hoquiam
The
Herald Today
Grays Harbor Bar
Grays Harbor
Outer Bar
South Spit Jetty
Cow Point
Trustee Spit
Point Brown Spit
Whitcomb Flats Bell
Channel Port
Junction
Whitcomb Flats
State Supreme Court rules against federal control of school land titles
In Washington v Whitney the supreme court holds that the United States has no control over titles to sections 16 and 36 granted to the state under the 1889 enabling act. The ruling clears state rights to eject settlers and could shift about 200000 acres of school lands from homesteaders to the state, remanding with instructions to sustain a demurrer.
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Olympia
State of Washington
Edward R. Whitney
Skagit County
Supreme Court
United States
Superior Court
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Washington
Congress
Aberdeen Fire Loss For 1911 Reaches 145 Thousand
Chief of Fire Department reports Aberdeen suffered about 145 595 dollars in fire losses for 1911. Insurance covered 317 900 dollars. No lives were lost, and moving picture show inspections have been regular with no alarms. Officials expect auto fire apparatus will reduce risks.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Chamber Plans Delegation to Olympia Meeting
The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce will discuss sending a large delegation to the Southwest Washington Development association meeting in Olympia January 25 26 27. The joint session with the Olympic Peninsula Development League may press consolidation into one unit to boost Olympic region growth. President Miller seeks volunteers and new member ideas as the drive to reach 500 members continues.
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Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Washington
Southwest Washington Development Association
Olympia
Olympic Peninsula Development League
Olympic Peninsula
Grays Harbor
Miller
E. C. Miller
Harbor Queen Sold to Local Buyers for 5500
The steamer Harbor Queen was sold by James Wilson to Alonzo Hubble Frank Hubble and John Allman of Loquiam. The vessel and its accompanying boats lacked sufficient power. The purchase price reported as five thousand five hundred dollars.
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Alonzo
Frank Hubble
John Allman
James Wilson
Winnty Cruise Nears Completion in Montesano Timber Survey
Sixty days for office checks after ninety days of good weather. thirteen field crews paused by snow. The countywide timber cruise maps every forty acres, classifies lands from agricultural to prairie, and aims to fund the effort through taxes on previously untaxed or misclassified lands.
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Montesano
J. A. McGillicuddy
Dredge Work On Tacoma Flats Advances One Third
The Tacoma Dredging Company announced Saturday that one third of the flat fill in the west Tacoma flats is completed. Work has slowed due to the dredge sinking and snags in the Chehalis River often breaking cutter knives or clogging suction pipes, delaying progress until a new shaft arrives.
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Tacoma Dredging Company
Tacoma
Chehalis
Building Permits Highlight 1911 Surge in Aberdeen
Building permits issued in Aberdeen in 1911 totaled 406 with a valuation of 428 365 including repairs and additions. The 1910 permits numbered 395 734 in value with 40 permits for business blocks valued at 201 890. Two substantial churches were under construction in the 1911 list.
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Aberdeen
Mail Schedule Change Delays Eastern U S Mail
The Great Northern Railway changes its timetable causing the eastern mail to arrive later, shifting from 12 45 p m to 6 19 p m in the city. This affects coast to coast mail service under the carrier contract.
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Great Northern Railway Company
U. S
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