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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
5
Aberdeen news notes multiple local items including county assessor findings on 8000 acres of railroad land unpaid since 1897 98, Chapman and Gribble’s Montesano wedding, steamer Sequoia cargo, the new railroad superintendent appointment, and public school leadership candidacy plus band social and post Decoration Day duties.
The Aberdeen high school will hold commencement next Tuesday evening in the Acme opera house with Miss Minnie Rideau delivering the salutatory and Miss Lacey Wood the valedictory. Other graduates include Maude Hulburt Kate Stafford Nellie Sargent and Ey Sargent Fred Eaton and John Down. The program features music and short addresses. A social dancing party at Koehler's hall May 26 led by Misses Minnie Jones Maud Weatherwax and Dede Jackson drew nearly a hundred guests. A local dairy farm for sale near Montesano is advertised with 60 acres, 40 Jersey cattle, and full outbuildings. Fire alarm at Anderson Middleton mill revealed a deliberately destroyed shanty amid heavy rain. Updates on Gray's Harbor jetty work show progress, with tonnes of stone placed and plans for May advancement. A school election registration misunderstanding caused a rush earlier, but under the law, unregistered voters retain rights for the June 10 election.
City officials appoint committees for a grand Fourth of July in Chehalis County. Activities include a Life Saving drill from Wesport and a local leap from Heron street bridge. Executive meetings will be held Mondays and Fridays to finalize the program and coordinate with all groups, led by Jno J Carney as President of the Day.
Twenty logging camps attended a Grays Harbor meeting to discuss a market crisis. With daily log deliveries around one million feet and mill capacity at six hundred thousand feet, they agreed to shut cedar camps two weeks and all camps five weeks by August 7. A permanent logger organization was formed with Daniel Gillies as president and A.S. Hodgdon as secretary.
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