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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1912
Page
1
Aberdeen faces a light campaign on the eve of city elections with 2463 registered voters, far below last year’s 3200. Socialists target first and second ward seats as caucuses loom, while legal challenges threaten two council seats in the first and sixth wards and the fourth and fifth wards- candidates may be struck from nomination.
W R Jarrell parole officer at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe visits Grays Harbor towns to place five or six paroled prisoners in saw mills and logging camps. Employers worry about community reactions, but advocates urge giving ex inmates a chance to work honestly. The men have no prior convictions and parole decisions rely on evidence of honest intentions.
Ed Benn and L H Burnett leading Aberdeen Republican boosters won state committee support to hold the Aberdeen convention on May 15. A Taft resolution passed 19 to 7 praising Taft and the Taft administration. Delegates total 668 with county quotas and votes for Gov Cosgrove in 1908. Chehalis county gets 20 delegates.
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce luncheon will discuss the state Republican convention in Aberdeen on May 15 and plans to entertain delegates. Also on the agenda is the adoption of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Chehalis county. In other news L S Cohen a junk dealer from Seattle and Tacoma was arrested on mortgaged property removal charges and transported from Montesano to Tacoma.
J D Crary and associates completed plans for a two story reinforced concrete building on the northeast corner of Broad Way and Heron street. Bid calls will follow in weeks with completion targeted for December at an estimated cost of 70000 dollars. The Grays Harbor Railway and Light company will occupy the upper floors and Electric Service and Supply will use the first floor with a waiting room and cashier. The front will feature ornamental lamp posts and electric lighting to showcase street illumination. The land was leased from Frank Stenzel two years ago at 250 dollars monthly for ten years and 300 dollars for the next ten with an option to purchase.
The Heron street bridge on Wishkah river, damaged when the steamer Centralia backed into it, was back in use at noon yesterday. Estimated repair costs approach $4,000 as Street Superintendent C. E. Arthur led rapid work by the ferry linkage to restore traffic.
The North River branch of the O W road reaching 13 miles from Cosmopol is set to reopen once weather permits. It was damaged last October after settlers shipped a carload of cattle to the Chehalis county fair and has remained unused since.
Hoquiam March 2 Temporary officers chosen for the Chehalis County Taxpayers League are C W Hodgdon president Sidney Moor Heath secretary A C Girard Hoquiam P S Locke Aberdeen and O M Nelson Montesano directors They plan a county wide call for delegates and aim to equalize taxes with organized precinct leagues and district delegations toward a convention for permanent officers and a general tax plan. Support from across the county already pledged.
Police Judge Tucker fined a medican ten dollars plus costs on a Friday for posing as deaf and dumb. The ruse drew sympathy in court until jail, where an accomplice revealed the fraud and that the man could talk but chose not to snitch.
Dorothy Hendershott age 3 daughter of Ben Hendershott of Aberdeen Washington died after drinking whiskey from a bottle found under a pillow on a Northern Pacific train en route from Seattle to Three Oaks Michigan. Parents stopped in Spokane for medical aid but she died at the Lorraine hotel the cause listed as whisky poisoning. Funeral services were held at Smith and Co. undertaking rooms with burial at Greenwood cemetery.
The Tacoma Dredging company reports steady fill progress in the town west area. A pipeline wall has been built along Division street and filling of the central flat is set to start immediately.
The Solomon Kosonen residence at 1006 East First Street sustained 300 in fire damage this morning from a pile of wood behind the kitchen stove. Insurance covers the loss.
A Taco ma Ledger report credits the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce with promoting vacant-lot farming. Irwin and Dunbar Pinckney, 15 and 19, prove the concept by earning about 600 dollars yearly on three 50 foot lots in the northern city area. They harvested celery lettuce raspberries onions and eggs over two years, with 1910 crops at 560 and 1912 at 580, showing how logged-off land can yield a quick income through after-school work and summer effort.
A major blaze in Moctips early today destroyed three business blocks and threatened the town for over 30 minutes. Fire officials sent Hoquiam aid, with a fire engine and 1000 feet of hose, as losses reach about 20000 dollars. Suth erland drug store Kurtz and McCammon grocers burned. cause unknown. Hoquiam also faced two minor fires, with Station No 1 horses exhausted during the run.
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