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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
1
Nellie Ervick, Helen Thompson and Lorena Wyndearo tied for first in a touring car auto contest. The event showcased skilled drivers and close competition among top entrants.
A list of contestants with partial vote tallies and addresses shows Mies Nellie Ervick 13 000 votes at 523 E Fleet Street and Mies Helen Thompson 13 000 at 605 W Wiehkah St. Other names include Mies Lorene Wyndcare 18 000 at 423 W Bixth, Mies Fannie Larpyl 11 000 at 407 N St, Mies Florence id 1100 008 W Bacond, Mies Beulah Mexsisse 9000 at 002 W King St, Mies Justin Carothers 9000 Montesano, Mies Ruth Lathuret Weatherwax Apartments, Mies Anna Arnold 606 D at Mrs E F Jones 404 WN F Ot beesee, Mies Maud Fitzgerald 5000 South Aberdeen, and Mies Myrtie Wagner Elma.
The Herald lists the ladies nominated for the big Two Touring Car contest now starting on the Herald. They are just beginning their campaigns and have no margin yet as the effort is only one day old.
Mrs. Louis H. Burnett died at Aberdeen General hospital from pneumonia aged 39. A singer and civic leader, she left husband Louis Burnett and four children Miriam 12 Louis 9 Theodore 7. Funeral at St Mary’s Church with pallbearers named and city honors.
Mayor Eugene France urged caution about finances during the Wednesday city council session. An ordinance to create a health fund from garbage disposal profits was referred for a week to the council. The Chehalis County Bank requested $1300 on bonds for Fill District No. 2 and the city attorney advised filing suit to resolve rights between bonding company and bank.
Hoquiam night clerk George Croston has developed an hydraulic clam digger awaiting feasibility tests. The device sits on three 10 foot diameter iron wheels and runs about 25 feet long with a pilot house front and a steerable rear wheel.
Fern Hill cemetery received the funeral interment for Mrs Burnett. A business community signal of respect accompanied the service as all city business houses closed during the funeral, reflecting sympathy for Mr Burnett in his loss.
A Wednesday evening cafeteria in the First Presbyterian church was run by the Young Men's Club. A large crowd enjoyed the fare and a substantial sum was raised to outfit the club quarters.
Hoquiam report says F. B. Hanson was arrested Wednesday for supplying liquor to John Shale a Taholah Indian who had been fined Tuesday by Police Judge Martin F. Smith for drunkenness.
Hoquiam and Aberdeen join national Salmon Day observances with proclamations and festive displays in stores. Oliver Morris and L J Esses spoke at the Hoquiam Commercial Club luncheon about packing and hatchery costs. Kurth’s letter notes last season’s pack at 80 000 cases, worth 320 000 dollars, with payments to fishermen and local workers and related manufacturing expenditures.
A photo of the steamer General Miles hangs in the Grays Harbor Stevedore Company office. Neil Cooney donated the enlargement to General Manager Hugh Delanty. The vessel, once routing Portland to Astoria to Willapa and Grays Harbor, is linked to Captains McCarron and Whitcomb.
Peter B Kyne famed author of Grays Harbor recounts The Master Mariner in the current Saturday Evening Post. The story showcases Kyne’s stirring sea tale in a buoyant vein recalling his Hoquiam days as a North Western Lumber stenographer.
Ernest Usher aged 28 died after weeks of illness from an asthmatic disorder at Hoquiam hospital. He worked as a logger at North Western Lumber company camp. No relatives in Hoquiam survive. A sister in Adelaide Australia Mrs. S Warner has been notified.
Farmers and merchants gathered in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss methods to move Chehalis county produce to local consumers through county stores. A shipping point becomes the unit of organization with lists of fall potato grades and growers from Sat sop to Elma to other centers. A committee led by J E Calder of Montesano met Aberdeen commission men to devise a marketing method ahead of a March 12 Montesano convention.
Elma post office reported 35 mail sacks received last night of which 36 sacks contained catalogues from a Chicago mail order house. The tally underscores a surge of mail order advertising reaching Elma.
A street restaurant owner bans pie for newsboys after ten Herald carriers endures extra toil delivering last Tuesday’s contest issue. The newsboys demand pie, prompting a pie heavy response and drawing mock concern from an amused circulation manager.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company began a three month upgrade in the district west of Division street. A crew will install poles wires and underground cables with about 9000 spent 6000 on materials and 3000 on labor. The North Side grocery has moved to the Damillo workshop building.
Attorney T B Bruener submitted the Grays Harbor brief to Governor Ernest Lister on a bill creating Chehalis county superior court sessions at Aberdeen. W H Abel for Montesano opposed. Delegations from Grays Harbor and Montesano met the governor, who heard arguments and may sign the measure into law.
The tug Printer recently sold to a contractor at Hilo Hawaii sailed on Wednesday for the Islands.
Aberdeen ad agency Dabney Brothers unveil a bold plan to display daily changing motion and sliding pictures on billboards. Trial boards will go up on Heron street with possible expansion to add regular theater style motion pictures if the experiment succeeds. The scheme, tested in Portland, aims to attract big city advertising dynamics and draw six million daily passersby there, signaling a major shift in local advertising.
In Olympia on March 11 the Republican majority passed the Whitney election bill and the Kelly initiative and referendum measures over Governor Lister’s veto. The Whitney bill cleared the Senate 31 to 11 and the House 74 to 39. defects later found may void the measure. Democratic Leader Frank Reeves condemned the majority as drunken with power, while Speaker Conner warned of audience removal.
J D Farrell president of the O W R N company visited Aberdeen and Hoquiam with R B Milles general traffic manager of the U W on a routine inspection tour. Farrell said Grays Harbor looks better than many regions though business conditions remain uncertain nationally.
A brief note contrasts the pace of realization with a novelist’s belief, suggesting that outcomes may lag behind the author’s expectations and that timing remains uncertain.
Wishkah lodge No. 44 Knights of Pythias hosts five candidates to achieve the third rank. Local and visiting Knights from Hoquiam Montesano and nearby towns attend as the new third rank team debuts after long drills. James Gillies is among the candidates aiming to complete his third rank.
The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce executive committee met Tuesday evening but many members were absent, resulting in no new business or important matters being acted upon.
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