Mayor vetoes Dabney Road boxing exhibition ends quietly
Battling Nelson praised the event as a sparring display while noting a preference for real contest. Austin of the Seattle Athletic Club pushed the former world lightweight champion, who hinted at a return after two weeks to challenge the Michigan Wildcat. Two local wrestling matches preceded the main attraction with no pins.
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Mr. Austin
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Austin
Seattle Athletic Club
Nelson
Michigan Wildcat
City Council Debates Veto and Nuisance Ordinance
The council discussed Mayor Parks veto of the Dabney Hill road with prison labor as a proposed method and recommended budget extension. a comprehensive nuisance ordinance was introduced to regulate city conditions and abatement procedures. A report on prisoner costs in Everett and Aberdeen was tabled for committee study, and the pest house repair was debated due to its deteriorating condition.
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Dabney Hill
Crioyen
Parks
Dabney Bluff Road
Egerer
W. O. McCaw
Finance Committee
Everett
Aberdeen
Bellingham
Police and Finance Committees
Schumacher
Moor Heath and Ferguson Win Hoquiam Mayoral and Commission Nominations
In Hoquiam on Monday the first commission form primary elected Sidney Moor Heath and the Rev. Harry Ferguson as mayor and commissioner nominees. Heath led with 807 mayoral votes, Ferguson had 281, Richardson 210, Acheson 209, and Bruce 153. The general election is July 31 for one mayor and two commissioners.
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Hoquiam
Sidney Moor Heath
Harry Ferguson
John T. Beach
Wm. B. Ogden
N. P. Willis
P. S. Combs
Heath
Ferguson
Richardson
Acheson
Bruce
New London Man Falls 40 Feet in Satsop Barn
P H Egge of New London badly hurt after a 40 foot fall from a hay barn near Satsop on Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a broken left hip and other injuries, was taken to Elma hospital and then Hoquiam General for X rays and treatment. He was working for rancher Mr Smith during haying at the time.
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Satsop
P. H. Egge
New London
Modern Whaling Station at South Bay Impresses Visitors
A new Bay City Washington whaling station near Grays Harbor blends old industry with advanced methods. The American Pacific Whaling Company under W H Street operates Moran and Patterson steamers using water tube boilers and refined oil processes. The plant handles blubber with flensing knives, a six-tank boiling system, and a drier that converts meat waste into valuable guano for fertilizer. Whales, mainly humpbacks, finbacks, and blue varieties, measure forty to eighty feet and exemplify efficient, near-complete utilization of each animal.
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South Bay
Grays Harbor
Bay City
Wash
American Pacific Whaling Company
W. H. Street
Herald
Herald Visited the Station and Mr. Street
California
Sven Foyn
Hawaii
Arctic
Chamber of Commerce Passes Harbor Fortification Resolutions
The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce at a Washington luncheon passed Harbor fortification resolutions after weeks. They thanked Secretary Ballinger for July Fourth remarks and praised Fourth of July committee work. A lighting report for boulevards was anticipated and Mayor Parke noted paving for a Heron to depot street upon fill completion.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Ballinger
Aberdeen
Herom
Parke
W. W. Ferris
Federal Light & Traction Company
Grays Harbor
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Dabney Road
Lonnie Austin
Robinson
New York Tribune
Moran
Patterson
War Department
City
Chamber
St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
M. J. Wessels
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Care C. R. Lonergan
Northern Pacific Ry
Express
D. H
Nor Pacific Railway
Caree
L. J. Bricker
St. Paul
Minn
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