North River feud escalates as Ross family linked to arson claims
An old North River settler recounts warrants against ten residents and a John Doe over alleged drive-out and home burning of the Ross family. A Brookyn headline notes a tree wrecking Vanderpool property while masked men forced the Ross family from their shack, amid disputed motives and prior tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ross
South Bend
Justice Rhodes
North River
John Doe
A. M. Maybury
H. L. Blaine
Verge Dolan
Enoch Dillard
Ernest Burke
Walter Burke
W. T. Twidwell
J. N. Howard
Ralph Howard
Clarence Vanderpool
Foster
Brooklyn
Upper North River
Ross
Earl
Frank
Claude Vanderpool
Neva Howard
County road lost sparks Cosmopolis protest to commissioners
A large Cosmopolis delegation urged the county commission to rebuild a road between Cosmopolis and Melbourne arguing a $26,000 project once built and donated to rail promoters disappeared after the railway failed to complete a promised replacement. Commissioner Locke outlined year end funds and urged citizens to request action in 1915. Ek E Sutherland of Moclips sought a bridge and beach protection. F Evans resigned as district road supervisor, C T Dunn named replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Cosmopolis
Board of County Commissioners
Melbourne
Geo. L. Davis
Locke
North River Road
Westport
Ek. E. Sutherland
Moclips
Kk. F. Evans
Fisher
C. T. Dunn
Prewett and Weast Retire From Aberdeen Clothing Field
The firm Prewett & Weast, who opened a clothing house in the Electric building six months ago, retire from the Aberdeen field. Weast holds Tacoma business interests and Prewett cannot oversee the Aberdeen shop profitably. Blyth & Blyth bought the entire stock of men’s clothing and haberdashery yesterday and moved it to 304 East Heron Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prewett & Weast
Mr. Weast
Tacoma
Prewett
Aberdeen
Blyth & Blyth
East Heron Street
Donkey Engine Explosion at Caldwell Brothers Camp
Several Caldwell Brothers Logging camp workers on South Bay escaped serious injury when a donkey engine boiler exploded on Saturday. The engineer and fireman were distant from the blast and no one else was injured as debris flew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell Brothers
South Bay
Inquiring Eastern Friends Seek Herald Contact Twice Weekly
Readers from eastern regions request regular updates from the Herald, asking for a twice weekly submission schedule. The note calls for consistent communication and aims to boost cross regional newspaper exchange.
Wilson outlines anti trust plan for joint session
President Wilson finalizes messages on trust reform to modernize competition. Aimed at suppressing secret price agreements and interlocking directors, the plan calls for an interstate trade commission, tighter rail funding oversight, and stronger penalties for individual offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Silo Manufacturers Secure Lumber Here
George Woods of the Woods Silo company of Omaha Nebraska with several company members seeks 4 000 000 feet of silo lumber. They visited Polson Logging camps to pick timber for their business opening a new field for Grays Harbor forests and boosting regional timber demand as Woods Silo becomes a major national builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Woods
The
Woods Silo Company
Omaha
Nebr
Polson Logging Company
Grays Harbor
Modern Printing at Moderate Prices Aberdeen Printing Co
Aberdeen Printing Co offers affordable printing services with a focus on value. The ad emphasizes balance between quality and price for business and personal print needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen Printing Co
Burglar Held After Attempted Break-In at Tamblyn Home
A man using the name H. T. Smith is jailed and due for a preliminary hearing this afternoon before Judge Phillips on a charge of attempted burglary at W. H. Tamblyn’s South F Street residence. Mrs. Tamblyn was awakened by noises at 2:30 AM and saw the burglar at the dining room window. she escaped in a kimono to summon police as Officers Church and Williams arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Smith
Church
Williams
Appointed Traveling Guard Heads to State Penitentiary
Harvey W. Horton, a nine year veteran of North Paint Co and Washington Paint & Wallpaper Co, leaves for Walla Walla to assume a traveling guard post at the state penitentiary. A frontier veteran, Horton rode pony express from Deadwood starting in 1876 and later served as an express messenger in the early 1880s. He knew Wild Bill Hickok and other noted frontier figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Horton
North Paint Co
Washington Paint & Wallpaper Co
Walla Walla
State Penitentiary
Mr. Horton
Deadwood
N. C
Wild Bill’ Hickock
Education Board Fails to Sell $96,035 Bond Issue
The board of education received no bids for bonds totaling $96,035 authorized at the recent election. With the state not in the market, the absence of bids is blamed on an optional annual payment clause, which may be dropped. bonds will likely be readvertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Shorey plans hard roads for Montesano Satsop run
County Engineer Shorey proposed a permanent highway plan at a cost not exceeding 18500 for five and a half miles east from Montesano toward Satsop. The scheme includes a 20 foot roadway with a seven foot concrete strip, a five foot cobblestone center, and gravel on the opposite side, aiming for low maintenance and a safer seven foot width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montesano
Shorey
Satsop
Satsop River
Superintendent Wilson Will Not Seek Re election
Arthur Wilson city superintendent of Aberdeen schools will not run again this year. After seven years in office he has raised the district to the front rank with no known friction. Board dissatisfaction is cited as the reason though specifics are not disclosed. Public demand urges disclosure of the board’s objections.
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Arthur Wilson
Wilson
Aberdeen
Plead Guilty in Burglar Case on South F Street
Peter Mainovich agreed to plead guilty to burglarizing the Eagle Case on South F street in superior court. He received an eight month penitentiary sentence yesterday from Judge Sheeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Mainovich
South F Street
Sheeks
Particular Printers Aberdeen If you read it in the Herald you
A fragment from the Aberdeen Herald hints at a promotion or notice involving local printers. The readable portion indicates interest in a readers’ detail or contest. No clear event or names are provided in the surviving text.
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Aberdeen
Herald
Road funds eyed as Chehalis county plans heavy road work
Montesano January 20. Chehalis county expects to spend nearly a half million dollars on roads this year with about 150 099 from state funds and 170 000 from the road and bridge fund plus 175 000 in district funds. After reserves and prior contracts, bids will soon be sought for the Humptulips Quiniault road while money in three commissioners’ hands funds graveling and improvements across several routes.
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Montesano
Chehalis County
Quiniault Road
Humptulips-Quiniault Road
Quinsault
Locke
Wishkah Road
Aberdeen
SUCCUMBS TO TYPHOID IN CENTRALIA
Don Ennis former Aberdeen young businessman died Friday in Centralia of typhoid fever the twentieth death from the epidemic. He was son of the late A C Ennis and long served as chief clerk in his father's Aberdeen store and later ran the Elma and Centralia operations. He was about 30 years old, married in Aberdeen, survived by his widow and stepson, with his body returned for interment beside his father in Aberdeen mausoleum. Funeral services were held Sunday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church led by Rev. F P W Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ennis
Aberdeen
Centralia
Mr. Ennis
A. C. Ennis
Elma
A. ©. Ennis
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
F. PF. W. Greene
Pedagogues Permitted in Chehalis County Examinations
Certificates to teach were issued to Chehalis county applicants after a recent county examination. The list includes Harriet F. Best Cosmopolis Archer Bonham Hoquiam Genevieve Bryan Elma Orville Carpenter Isabelle Carstairs Wishkah Maud Dunkel berger Matlock Maude Diamond Elma Lulu M Farrar Elma Mrs Helen Fletcher Leon M Garlick Lena Gibson White's Myrtle E Gore Cosmopolis Bertha Halsne Moclips Imma Kent Rose E Landberg Cosmopolis Ruth E Locke William Meneeley Aberdeen Bfd 1 Ralph Main Edna Melby Mrs Lulu Miller Thomas Murphy Lena Oakey Mabel S Orr Annie D Owens Montesano Gerirune Ramsey Oakville Anathk Agana Warden McCleary Juarel D Warner James C Kuyper naha.
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Chehalis County
Harriet F. Best
Cosmopolis
Archer Bonham
Hoquiam
Genevieve Bryan
Elma
Orville Carpenter
Isabelle Carstairs
Wishkah
Maud Dunkelberger
Matlock
Maude Diamond
Lulu M. Farrar
Helen Fletcher
Leon M. Garlick
Lena Gibson
White’s
Myrtle E. Gore
Bertha Halsne
Moclips
Imma Kent
Rose E. Landberg
Ruth E. Locke
William Meneeley
Aberdeen
Bfd
Ralph Main
Edna Melby
Lulu Miller
Thomas Murphy
Lena Oakey
Mabel S. Orr
Annie D. Owens
Montesano
Gerirune
Ramsey
Oakville
Anna Thk
Agana Warden
McCleary
Juarel D. Warner
James C. Kuyper
Naha
Tax reform proposed to shift state revenue away from real estate
Washington’s tax commission argues the general property tax is antiquated as intangible property largely escapes taxation. A constitutional amendment is urged to separate state and local taxes, adopting a direct or gross earnings tax on public service corporations and granting home rule to localities to tax real and personal property more proportionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Tax Commission
Washington
Timberland Income Tax Ruling on Timberland Profit
Secretary P S Ridsdale of the American Forestry Association reports a Treasury Department ruling on timberland income tax. The gain from cutting or disposing of stumpage is realized in the year timber is cut and sold. Only the profit after cost and protection of growing timber is taxed, and no tax on timberland before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Ridsdale
American Forestry Association
Treasury Department
Who Owns The Property In A Hoquiam Case Of Fraud
A Brown family occupying a house owned by Judge J C Pearson on East Market Street left town owing two months rent. They issued a bill of sale to the judge and later another bill of sale to F G Foster Co of Hoquiam. A lawsuit may decide which bill is valid while authorities pursue the Browns on fraud charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
J. C. Pearson
East Market Street
Pearson
F. G. Foster Co
Hoquiam
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Raymond Review
North River Valley
Ross Shack
Donahey
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Administration
Interstate Trade Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rear Admiral
Badger
Charles J. Badger
Atlantic
Wyoming
Michigan
Quiniault
Epi
Demic
State Tax Commission
Timberland
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