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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
Montesano sits on the Chehalis river near the Pacific, with cannery, creamery, banks, hotels, and mills. The city thrives on rail and water routes with timber, farming, and shipping capacity, aiming for continued growth and prosperity.
The Wynooche Lumber and Shingle Company in Montesano operates a 200000 shingles per day plant with modern machinery. It employs twenty workers and contributes to Montesano’s claim as a major business town led by President George E. Hubble Vice President J T Durdle and Secretary Treasurer Brie G Cheney.
Reuben H. Fleet, a leading Montesano real estate broker, reports major farm and timber transactions in Chehalis county. His local roots give him an edge over outsiders, with recent deals including the Frances Smith ranch of 90 acres sold to Edward Valentine for 10,000 dollars, the J. H. Rutherford farm of 42 acres sold to J. B. Haynes for 7,000 dollars, and the J. H. Wagner tract on North River sold to T. J. Kegley of Olympia for 6,000 dollars. Fleet lists a large inventory of ranches and small truck farming tracts.
Law Bros conduct a modern progressive grocery and meat market in Montesano. J. H. Law and A. E. Law manage a large stock of fancy and staple groceries and fresh and cured meats, with uniform prices and broad local patronage.
E K Bishop Mill Co is a major Montesano manufacturer producing 30000 feet of lumber daily and 175000 shingles daily. The saw mill and shingle mill use modern machinery and provide about fifty jobs with markets across the country, benefiting Montesano and Chehalis County.
Among the prosperous and enterprising men of Montesano the above named Eli Brumberg stands out for his regarded business efforts and local influence.
As secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Mr Fleet organized the Montesano Fruit Growers and Berry association. A $4 000 cannery is built and many farmers own large berry tracts. Land near the Sound sells high but Montesano land is under 100 an acre. Berries grow wild and the Hearth predicts berry raising may rival dairying as a leading Western Washington industry.
The Montesano Hardware Company, led by proprietor H. B. Marcy, stands as the town’s largest and most respected hardware store. It offers shelf and heavy hardware, stoves, paints, glass, cutlery, tools, and more, with large facilities and a reputation for fair dealing and reliable goods.
W A Freeburger arrived in Montesano in 1895 and founded a premier drug store offering standard drugs and chemicals, family goods, and toiletries with careful compounding. Brumberg stocks clothing and shoes, praised for fair dealing and modern presentation in Chehalis county commerce.
R N Farrar of Cat Island Louisiana recalls a 1902 bout of diarrhoea and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with prompt relief in 1907. He says using it earlier would have saved a hundred dollar doctor’s bill. Evans Drug Co sells the remedy.
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