Hill victor in contest with Crary
Hill is assured of re election as city treasurer after defeating E B Crary 1545 to 710 in the Republican primary. Police Judge Glen R Snider takes the nomination from W M Baumert and will be reelected April 4. Peter F Clark is slated to win city clerk next month. E C McKnight beats Henry Vanacie in the First ward to challenge Socialist incumbent Charles Ivana. O A Miller wins Second ward nomination to face Socialist E E Wie land. John Fraser Republican incumbent in Third ward easily wins a five candidate field and is assured another term. J M Bowes and J D Walker win Republican nominations in Fourth and Fifth wards. In Sixth, James McMaster defeats C T Bell 163 to 150, with P A Powell third, setting up a race April 4 against Socialist Emil Minette.
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T. H. Hill
E. B. Crary
Glen R. Snider
W. M. Baumert
Peter F. Clark
Joe Thomas
E. C. McKnight
Henry Vanacie
Charles Ivana
O. A. Miller
E. E. Wieland
John Fraser
M. M. Stewart
L. J. Kolts
J. J. McNamara
Virginia State Prohibition Bill Passes Assembly
The lower branch of the Virginia assembly this week passed the state-wide prohibition bill by a vote of 85 to 5. It had already cleared the senate. The law takes effect November 1, 1916, and shipments from other states are limited to one quart of whiskey per month per person.
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Senate
Aberdeen Public Schools Set Spring Vacation Dates
Spring vacation in Aberdeen public schools will start April 1 and run for one week.
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Aberdeen
Grays Harbor Crabs Praised by Gordon on Coast
Sam Gordon of the Gordon Oyster company says Grays Harbor crabs are the best on the coast. He left Monday for home after arranging crab shipments from the harbor.
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Grays Harbor
Sam Gordon
Gordon Oyster Company
San Francisco
Gordon
February Births and Deaths in Aberdeen
Aberdeen reports 12 births and 10 deaths in February, highlighting a net gain in population. The figures reflect city hospital and registry tallies for the month.
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Aberdeen
Freight Rates Rise for Cape Town and Hawaiian Routes
Freight rates climbed this week to 48.68 dollars per thousand feet for Cape Town and other South African ports and to 10 dollars for passage to the Hawaiian Islands, indicating a broad upturn in shipping costs.
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Cape Town
South African
Hawaiian Islands
Hoquiam High Wins Close Championship Over Aberdeen
Hoquiam high school defeated Aberdeen high school 26 to 25 to capture the inter scholastic and inter city basketball championship. The deciding points came at the final moment of the game.
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Hoquiam High School
Aberdeen High School
Limelight for Drunks Warns of Full Publicity
Chief of Police Schmidt says future publicity will reveal all details of drunkenness arrests. Newspapers are asked to publish the intoxicated person’s name and, if the purchase occurred at a drugstore, the drugstore’s name.
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Schmidt
Canned Salmon King All Over Country Today
National Canned Salmon Day is celebrated nationwide with Aberdeen and Pacific Northwest households urged to enjoy salmon today. Data show the Washington customs district exported 5,867,722 dollars worth of salmon last year and Pacific coast packers produced 7,506,046 cans in 1915.
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Aberdeen
Pacific Northwest
Washington Customs District
Pacific Coast
Aberdeen Considers New Militia Company Recruitment
Aberdeen may form another militia company for the 2nd Regiment, N G W if Lieut E V Springer’s application from Company G is approved by Adj Gen Maurice O Thompson. Grays Harbor would host three militia units aided by a new national guard pay bill potential. Captain H A Comeau sees easy recruitment with the pay proposal likely passage.
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Aberdeen
E. V. Springer
Adj
Maurice O. Thompson
Grays Harbor
H. A. Comeau
National Guard
Camp Closures After Snowfall Hit Lytle Operations
Snowfalls this week paused work at several logging camps. The Lytle camps at Porter were temporarily shut following a fall in timber flow by 1 percent due to the snow.
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Porter
Windy Week Hits Grays Harbor Dumps Billboards
A strong south west wind and heavy rainfall visited Grays Harbor at the start of the week. No major damage was reported beyond several billboards blown down.
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Grays Harbor
Strawberries From California Reach Local Stores Soon
Local stores expect California strawberries in a week or two. Prices currently high but expected to drop substantially in a few days as supply increases.
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California
Southland
Prosecutor says case against Charles Johnson not dropped
Prosecuting Attorney Stewart declares rumors unfounded that the case against Charles Johnson arrested weeks ago for conducting a gambling house would be dropped. Johnson’s $750 bail was returned because he owns property locally and could not flee the law.
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Stewart
Charles Johnson
Johnson
France Proposes Council Run Aberdeen City Manager
Eugene France former Aberdeen mayor suggests a city manager under a six member unpaid council. He may submit the plan to voters once Aberdeen reaches a population of 20 000.
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France
Aberdeen
Eugene France
Grays Harbor Water Shipments Rise in February 1915
Water shipments from Grays Harbor last month totalled 17 661000 feet across 24 vessels, compared with February 1915 when shipments reached 16 926000 feet in 20 vessels.
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Grays Harbor
Smith Lore Tells Of Resignation From Aberdee County Post
Joe Ed Smith a former speed enforcer turned Aberdeen police officer and later county humane officer resigns his last post citing delays in county payments for winter feed costs. He says the county is slow in paying the bills incurred for stock feed during snowy months.
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Ed Smith
Aberdeen Police Force
Two Crews Tackle Final Wishkah Water Survey
City Engineer Kelsey assigned two crews this week to complete the Wishkah water project final survey. The rush aims to have data ready for bids on part or the entire project as soon as possible.
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Kelsey
Wishkah
Real Shoe Sale at Garman and Ziegler This Saturday
Garman & Ziegler announce a major shoes sale starting Saturday morning. They claim prices already rose but will be cut twenty five to fifty percent with odd lots priced at about a dollar and a quarter for five dollars worth. The event promises a rare bargain for families seeking footwear.
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Garman & Ziegler
Jeff
Chamber to award prizes for dairy stock contest
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce committees approve monthly prizes of five dollars for top dairy cow tests in Grays Harbor county. Two fifty dollars go to the pure bred and grade cows with best tests each month. A $200 community prize fund for the Elma county fair is to be spread across districts to spur intercommunity contests.
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Trade At Home
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Grays Harbor
Chamber For
Elma
Mrs Granger Sells Stand To Balis And Maurakis
The cigar and confectionery stand of Mrs Della Granger at Heron and I streets has been bought by Peter Balis and George Maurakis. They plan to run it in connection with a bootblack stand.
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Della Granger
Heron and I Streets
Peter Balis
George Maurakis
Finishing Finch Building to House Thomas the Jeweler
Carpenters and workers in the Finch building store room complete a modern store slated for Thomas the Jeweler and Diamond Merchant. When finished the new establishment is described as one of the finest in the city and among the best in the state.
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Finch
Thomas
Last Chance to Register for April City Election
Registration books reopen at the city clerk's office for the April city election. The books close next Wednesday March 15 and will not reopen until after the election.
Elevator Surprise Delights Seafaring Joe Johnson
McKinley Johnson of Ocosta rode with a cannery boss en route to an Alaska job when the hotel elevator startled him. He thought the lift was a sea voyage to Alaska and cried out to the boss to wait. He later learned how elevators function.
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McKinley Johnson
Ocosta
Alaska
Seattle
Johnson
Still They Come from Far Nigh the Hotel Register
They come from far and near according to the register of the Hotel Washington. Names include R. Bascher and wife from Butte Montana Wm Glendinning from Valdez Alaska E Waterman from Milwaukee C W Lawrence from Buffalo N Y C Ruling F L Presberg W S Booth from San Francisco plus a large registration from Washington and Oregon towns.
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Hotel
Washington
R. Bascher
Butte
Mont
Wm. Glendinning
Valdez
Alaska
E. Waterman
Milwaukee
C. W. Lawrence
Buffalo
N. Y
C. Ruling
F. L. Presberg
W. S. Booth
San Francisco
Oregon
Be loyal to your home town Aberdeens
A call urges residents to support Aberdeen commerce by buying locally to prevent further economic decline and preserve the town’s vitality. Local voices warn every dollar spent outside the community weakens jobs and institutions.
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Aberdeen
Dangers of Draft and Sloan’s Liniment Relief
A vintage note explains drafts cause neuralgia stiff neck and sore muscles and recommends Sloan's Liniment for relief. It claims quick circulation increase eases pain neuralgic headaches neuritis and promotes rest with 25 cent price at druggists.
The Herald of Grays Harbor County Adopts New Rates
The Herald, Grays Harbor County's leading newspaper, announces its circulation at $1.50 per year across eight pages and seven columns per page, signaling continued traditional pricing.
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Herald
Grays Harbor County
Griffin Plans New Hotel in Wyoming Town
North central Wyoming appears favorable to A H Griffin after selling Hotel Washington. He has traveled widely and will return to Greybull to open a new hotel as Aberdeen deals with business matters. Greybull, amid an oil boom, shows railway receipts rising from 400 to 6000 dollars. The town council granted oil-boring rights in streets for 15000 dollars.
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Wyoming
A. H. Griffin
Washington
Griffin
Aberdeen
Greybull
Trading Stamps License Fee Demands Stirr New Law
The U S supreme court decision requires merchants to pay a $6 000 annual license in every county to continue offering trading stamps and similar devices. The law would have taken effect in June 1913 but court challenges delayed enforcement.
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United States Supreme Court
Tax Payments Slow Ahead of March 15 Deadline
Personal tax collections lag behind last year with a shortfall of 26000 dollars. March 15 is the payment deadline after which the treasurer becomes collector. Failure to collect may lead to sheriff foreclosure and sale of property if taxes remain unpaid. Real estate taxes are coming in well.
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McGillicuddy
Washington Sees Best Times in Years, Wolff Predicts
Washington faces a return to prosperity after the depression says George J. Wolff a San Francisco trip reveals. Merchants report shortages of goods due to European war impacting woolen goods and dyes while Bnai Brith honors him and appoints him to national and immigration committees to aid immigrants and enforce lawful behavior.
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Washington
Wolff
George J. Wolff
California
Mr. Wolff
Europe
San Francisco
B’nai B'rith
Order
National Social Service Committee
Rudolph I. Coffee
Chicago
Immigration Committee
B'nai Brith
Mind Your Business and Build Your Own Enterprise
A compact encouragement from The Herald columnists. Practical guidance emphasizes pursuing personal business initiative and using the paper’s business columns for practical tips and market insight.
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the Herald
West End mail service urged by Sixth street residents
Ten Sixth street residents urged the city council to extend mail delivery to the West End by improving sidewalks west of Division street. The proposal was referred to the street committee.
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Sixth Street
Council
Division Street
Pista
South Aberdeen
Phillips
Wishkah Road
Jean B. Stewart
Street Committee
Water Department
Phipps & Watson
Grays Harbor Trapshooting Association
Market Street
A. W. Featherly
Wishkah
Market
Health Committee
Louis H. Burnett
Mr. Burnett
Montesano
Armory Bill Drafts for 1917 Legislature
Rough drafts of a bill to be presented to the 1917 legislature provide for $75000 armories in Aberdeen and Walla Walla. The bill is being prepared by Maurice O Thompson state adjutant general.
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Aberdeen
Walla Walla
Maurice O. Thompson
Bad Check Man in Jail
John and Minnie Gordon are in the county jail in Montesano after being charged with passing five bogus checks each for 27 dollars on local merchants. Sheriff Mathews brought them from Lewiston Idaho, where they were nabbed, this week.
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John
Minnie Gordon
Montesano
Mathews
Lewiston
Ida
McKelvey Appointed Postmaster at Cosmopolis
Charles McKelvey will become Cosmopolis postmaster next month after a presidential appointment. He succeeds John O. Wilson whose term ends around April 1.
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Charles McKelvey
Cosmopolis
President Wilson
John O. Wilson
Cure for Jelly Spine Curvature Promised by The Herald
Reading The Herald offers backbone relief with a cure for jelly spine curvature and mental squint. A safe antidote for the blues and a straight ahead cure for grouch, delivered anywhere for $1.50 a year for 52 issues.
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the Herald
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Crary
Ity
Snider
Joe
Fraser
McMaster
Councilmani
Virginia
Hoquiam Champion
Limelight
Springer
Adjutant General
Chas. Johnson
Smith Lore
Chamber
Mrs. Granger
Fitzgerald
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sam
Chapin
St. Louis Republic
Wyoming Town
Boniface
U. S. Supreme Court
Callifornia
West End
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