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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1915
Page
1
Montesano holds a voter contest with contestants listed and their approximate votes. Notable participants include Justine Carothers 120000, Netile Ervick 192000, Helen Thompson 111000, and Serena Wyndeare 17600, with several others shown at varying tallies.
A clipped report discusses the vote tally as misleading for the Herald touring car contest. It notes that many young participants jockey for position, with a reference to Mise Carothers and a continuation on Page Six.
The city council may not award the reservoir pump contract tomorrow after reviewing 26 propositions from 10 bidders with bids from 3268 to 25940 dollars. A deadlock over the Heron street bridge arises from questions of compliance with a state labor law amid uncertain warrant. A wood supply contract for the pumping station may be awarded with bids of 2.15 and 3.05 per cord for slab and body versus fir and hemlock.
Aberdeen High School girl graduates will wear the simplest and least expensive cotton dresses to the June commencement. Gloves will not be worn. The class favored a modest dress code, voting unanimously to drop the prior silk dress standard.
A four to five man crew started clearing the old planing mill site near the rail depot as Louis H. Burnett of Aberdeen heads the project. Superintendent Sargent expects a larger crew to start early next week or by April, with eastern contract work for tanks and retorts and mains laying beginning within a week. Dollar gas aimed for Montesano households by July 1.
There is strong assurance the Montesano plant will begin supplying gas to factories by July 1. W. W. Bong asserts there should be no doubt about the start date.
John Bogle died Sunday from pneumonia after an eight day illness. He traveled from Fargo Oklahoma to visit his ill mother aged 82. He was 57 and survived by his widow two children a sister Mrs Billison of Montesano and two brothers Thomas and Robert. He was the last living charter member of Pacific Lodge IOOF Fargo and had belonged for 31 years. Services will be held at Whiteside Chapel then he will be sent to Fargo for interment.
Dr. R. F. Hunter states he will not file suit against county commissioners over coroner salary until after the Snohomish county supreme court decision. Snohomish coroner won in superior court. mandamus aimed at salary payment. Supreme court ruling expected and may affect legality of abolishing coroner offices in some counties.
Hoquiam March 22 A V Higley plans to return home to Lake Quinsault after a week in the city. He will install a sawmill on his Canoe creek property at the upper end of the lake.
The Hoquiam Ragies lodge will oversee the third annual Grays Harbor Splash set for July 1 2 3, chosen to avoid the Fourth of July. An executive committee of five led by N P Nelson will arrange funds and activities with possible expansion and subcommittees. A city canvass already secures much of the needed finances, and residents may attend Tacoma auto races on July Fourth.
Montesano March 22 The Red Cedar Shingle Manufacturing association now under a receiver was a trade restraint scheme. Attorneys argue demurrers in suits by the receiver against the Coats Shingle and Markham Shingle companies to recover forfeiture money tied to an agreement with nearly all state mills. The group, formed about two years ago, fixed market prices and forbade undercutting with a $250 forfeiture clause. A claim for stock balance is noted in at least one case. No decision has been issued.
Dorothy Borden Marion Crary Sarah Elway Margaret Loomis Ella Marsh and others have entered the annual city declamatory contest to be held in the high school auditorium April 16. The winner will receive a silver medal and represent Aberdeen in the Chehalis County declamatory contest on May 1.
Hoquiam plans to begin receiving iron from Tacoma within a few days for the Simpson avenue and IT street bridge project. The purchase was made to erect the structure at the specified site in Hoquiam.
The Grays Harbor Poultry association held a Saturday night sale in the Electric building, realizing 100.85 dollars from fancy chickens and eggs. Bidders flocked in as eggs and blooded stock sold at substantial discounts, while officials praised results and noted a possible pricing error. C. T. Holmes of Elma donated his services as auctioneer, and all stock was donated to the association for its work.
Details reach Hoquiam of the Alku gasoline launch battle with a gale last Wednesday. About twenty diggers and passengers plus a loaded scow were at sea between Hoquiam and Dyehut when fierce winds tossed the craft for hours. Captain Jack McGrath maneuvered to avert disaster as the scow carrying a two room house to Dyehut was lost near James Rock and the launch repeatedly surged around the rock while waves broke over the cabin.
Wm and Mary Seybold petition to adopt Joseph Davis Alder a young boy in their care. The father is dead and the mother has given consent.
Hoquiam reports plans to restart the Jefferson Oil Company well on the Hoh river near the city by early April if creditors do not press claims. T. S. Lane says he has arrangements with California drillers to resume drilling, optimistic for a rich petroleum strike after gas and damp sand occurred. The well had reached nearly 1000 feet when operations ceased for winter. a seasoned crew is to restart and expect a productive result within two months.
Rowland Smith 12 son of Mr and Mrs O Smith narrowly escaped death when an auto driven by Ed Spaulding ran over him near the school. Eyewitnesses say there was no time to stop or swerve. He was taken to Dr Marcy. no bones were broken though he is badly bruised.
Sheriff Schelle reports no grace period for delinquent personal taxes as notices have been sent. 160 delinquents exist, including major firms such as American-Pacific Whaling, Slade Lumber, Slade & Wells Logging, and Hoquiam Sash & Door, totaling 5885.31 dollars.
The Fisherman Cooperative Packing company of Aberdeen faced a tax levy by Sheriff Schelle Mathews for personal taxes totaling 1476.70 dollars, with a keeper placed on its property. Lewis Wiley Morse Construction settled 140.70 dollars in taxes without sheriff seizure as its outfit moved toward Seattle.
In Hoquiam on March 22 Big Bill Leighton now living in Aberdeeen rustles life insurance part time. He tried to walk past a slough near a house on the East Side but fell in up to his armpits. H Galloway rescued him with his car as friends propose an accident policy for Leighton.
Annapolis bound Ray Thurber passed the Seattle examination for admission to the United States naval academy. He plans to begin four years of training in May after leaving for Annapolis.
Governor Ernest Lister vetoed Senate Bill 37 which would allow Chehalis county superior court sessions in Aberdeen in addition to the county seat. The veto cites potential constitutional issues and the risk of setting a precedent for other counties, with briefs and opinions submitted for review.
Washington led U S shingles production with 65 percent of all output using western red cedar. Wood prices trended lower than a decade ago while Tongass forest remains self supporting, funding schools and roads. Washington and Oregon hold large stands of western red cedar and western hemlock.
Hoquiam Commercial Club will hear Tacoma attorney A H Denman speak at noon about the Mountaineers summer trek across the Elewah river to Lake Quiniault and down the Quiniault to Taholah. The same illustrated lecture will be shown at the high school auditorium that evening.
More than 1,100 names were collected on petitions protesting Bogtion's inclusion in the proposed district. County and city officials say petitions are circulating this week as objections grow.
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