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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
8
Chehalis County items from all sections compiled by Fiberdeen Herald correspondents. Local notices, community happenings, and brief items across Chehalis County provide a snapshot of the region.
Traveling Guard Joe Graham took prisoners Alfred Dosey and Richard O'Brien to Walla Walla last week to serve their sentences. Sheriff Ed Payette to attend National Prison Association meeting in Seattle August 14. Local residents and businesses moving or expanding between Montesano, Senille, Aberdeen and surrounding areas.
The Hewitt Logging Co moves to the second floor of the Hicks building. Mrs. T. B. Burse improves after a recent operation. FA Turner named by Governor Hay as a state irrigation convention delegate. Hi Jones of Tacoma visits Hoquiam to pursue lumber interests. H Mann injured at the Hoquiam Lumber mill. D Pettit leaves Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co for E K Wood Lumber Co. Peter Autzen family visits from Portland before returning home. Kiss Thea Hamberg travels to Seattle for the exposition and New York en route to Switzerland to meet relatives.
Mrs Kendall of Aberdeen visited her daughter Mrs P Char ett, Miss Vivian Purkey and Master J Purkey of Olympia stayed with F H Stevens, and Paymaster Cook visited Aberdeen workmen. Ben Pierce and F Wakefield left for Spokane to seek government land. New Chief Engineer Hilman of Grays Harbor Puget Sound Railway said track laying from Porter to Rochester began and should be finished by September 1.
Moclips and Misny families embrace the summer season at the coastal resort. Visitors enjoy the seaside atmosphere as the town becomes increasingly popular each day.
The Yoar family from Seattle and Angus Campbell of Tenino are guests at the Moclips Beach Hotel this week. A seal is on display at the Pacific Avenue shooting gallery after being captured by George Seekman of Taholah and turned over to Alvin Sum erlin and Van Roenk.
Bids due August 10 for building a school house on the Wishkah river above Wishkah in Grand Forks. Plans available at Aberdeen Herald office. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. Co G Turner, Clerk School District No 34 Wishkah WA.
The clipping blends literary lines from Florence Wilkinson and Coleridge with brief social quips and remarks attributed to Chicago Tribune style humor. It includes a pun on liberal education costs and a Fuller quotation about human equality.
The article details hill road construction to shed water quickly and prevent erosion. It covers sloping from bank sides, three furrow grading, ditches at intervals, and headers to divert water. It also explains an improved portable drag design and alternating ditches to gradually reduce grade over years.
Practical tips from the Breeder's Gazette cover making a lime based coating for buildings, pig feeding and growth, sow and litter management, orchard pruning and weed control, cowpox isolation and milking care, and sanitation. Includes ratios, preparation steps, and notes on timing and cleanliness.
At Oroville in Butte county California a roadway segment has been found rich in placer gold. An application to authorities asks to dredge the section with the proviso that the road be replaced by a new one of equal or better quality. The city might profit more from exploiting the mine for the treasury, a rare precedent for public streets.
In Salina Kansas an experiment aims to use automobiles to drag long road stretches after rain. The drag plants earth on the crown to dry and harden. repeated applications build a hardened surface. The plan seeks to show a new utility for motor cars.
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