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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1908
Page
1
An Aberdeen editor addresses Third Ward voters outlining a citizen ticket platform. He pledges economy, growth, and transparent management of water and public services, urging decisive leadership and foreshadowing effort to make the water system paying.
The schooner Mildred struck the south jetty near Grays Harbor while Captain Johannason attempted to enter without a tug. Lifesavers from Westport rescued the crew as the vessel grounded. estimates place the loss at about $30,000.
Manager Brown of the Aberdeen baseball team will move training to Lewiston Idaho using the state normal school grounds. Eighteen players will depart Monday to train until the Spokane season opener. Report date is April 1 with two practice games set for April 4 and 5 against the normal school and Lewiston city teams.
A brief notice highlights the Herald Printery offering affordable printing services with moderate prices.
The Hill interests plan a new railroad along the north bank of the Columbia from Kalama to South Bend and Aberdeen. It will continue the Spokane Portland and Seattle line and extend toward Tacoma and Seattle. The route aims to avoid heavy grades and tap timber and shingle districts on the Washington shore.
A signed complaint from postmasters of Markham Westport Western and Ocosta to Postmaster General von L Meyer alleges the Northern Pacific violates its mail contract. The line cut Ocosta from daily service, reducing to two runs weekly, affecting over 1000 residents and prompting appeals to restore full daily mail delivery.
Citizens urged to fill streets alleys and lots in Aber deen using Dabney hill material now available locally. S. W. Johnston Transfer Co. handles orders by phone for the undertaking as the hill will be torn down to supply material. tf
R T Dabney of Portland and S W Johnston Transfer Co arrange exclusive rights to tear down the big hill near Aberdeen to supply sand rock and dirt for street and lot filling citywide. Moulding sand will go to Portland Olympia Tacoma Seattle and Spokane for iron foundries. Johnston Co will invest to meet orders on short notice as shipments already begin.
J M Bowes and Will Tamblyn retrieved the body from the upper Wishkah river on Friday night by order of Coroner Girard. The funeral was held at Bowes Randolph's parlors and interment was in Fern Hill cemetery. Officials could not locate Gallop's relatives though a sister in Michigan is mentioned and he was believed to own property there.
Arrangements are set for Gov. Mead to speak Tuesday evening at the Baptist church to Aberdeen newsboys. Business leaders and others will join wives in hosting a feast for the governor, newsboys, and attendees. Pastor Mr Hause leads church efforts for a successful social gathering.
W H Mock department commander of the G A R posts of Washington visited Grays Harbor on Thursday night traveling to Hoquiam Aberdeen and Montesano. He noted G A R membership had declined from 406000 in 1890 to about half that figure while Washington and Alaska saw a rise due to Eastern emigration.
A sale by G H Thomas of a 50 percent stake in the Book ranch at West Aberdeen to Histogenetic Medicine Co. sparks speculation about the firm’s purpose. The ranch cost $25,000 years ago, now the price for the half interest is $40,000. Local experts offer guesses on Histogenetic’s meaning and potential sanatorium plans.
Captain Peasley reports the schooner Mildred wrecked with hull inward damage from pounding waves and a broken back as the mainmast settles. The Mildred’s crew misjudged the south jetty while crossing it. The schooner Charles R. Wilson, stranded nearby, is safe in port loading cargo for San Francisco at Wilson Bros. Mill.
A long list of customer endorsements frames an ad for Herald Printery. From car tickets to full sheet posters, the shop invites patrons to judge quality by examples.
E C Finch defends chamber activities amid rumors. He explains banquet and travel costs were not chamber charges, detailing that the legislative banquet was funded by Aberdeen and Hoquiam residents and that a Tacoma banquet and a private East Coast trip involved personal funds and subscriptions, with open records available to members.
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