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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1906
Page
3
The Civic Union directs the formation of direct primary leagues statewide to back a direct primary law. Leagues elect officers in towns with ten signers and must meet monthly. members must be legal voters. The effort aims to elect legislators who favor the reform and reduce Boss control.
London dispatch notes the Algeciras Conference near its final sitting and an agreement likely on Austrian terms but via U S mediation. Germany would emerge as the strongest power at Fez and Yildiz Kiosk, with plans to erode the Anglo French entente by trading French backing for support for a Baghdad railway. The piece argues Europe hinges on a three-way alliance to curb German threats.
Olympia March 24 The attorney general advises the board of control convicts may be used on roads in convict garb and for blasting with precautions but only for quarrying rock and road material not straight highway construction. The board will supply convicts to counties under the convict read law of 1908 at actual cost and without new equipment funds.
Admiral Dewey told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the U S Navy needs at once two 18 000 ton battleships with ten 12 inch guns each. He favors American design, creative development, and supports submarine boat experiments.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway orders 125000 tons of steel rails from Illinois Steel Company at 3500000 dollars. 40000 tons will be laid on the Pacific coast extension before year end. 2600000 ties ordered for the new line. ties cut in Alabama Georgia Tennessee Wisconsin and other states amid construction camps rising at road ends.
Washington report to the house by the judiciary committee argues there is no constitutional basis for federal control of insurance or other state corporations beyond railroads. The draft cites U S Supreme Court rulings that insurance is not commerce and Congress cannot impair state police powers.
The House approved a compromise banning the lieutenant general grade until October 12 to allow Generals Corbin and MacArthur to be promoted before retirement. A consular service reform bill passed outlining classif ication of posts fees to treasury citizenship rules and inspector corps, boosting salaries by up to 170 000 yearly. A joint resolution extended Shoshone Wind River opening to August 15 and a land lease bill authorized 5000 acres in La Plata Colorado for the P F U Rubber Company.
Washington reports the Bureau of Plant Industry says new cotton seeds bred from native and upland varieties may nearly double the crop value when used next season. The seeds yield fiber longer by a half to three quarters of an inch than parent stock. Vancouver notes the Canadian Pacific Railway signs ten mile Kootenay Central contract with BC General Contract Co. to build a line from Golden south toward Wardner, via Fort Steele region.
A fragmented lyric recalls a child’s kiss and a missing ending to a poem. The speaker remembers a little girl with sunlit hair and fairylike eyes who climbs stairs for a kiss, and laments a memory that cannot be fully resolved.
Frank Prescott, chasing a walk with Aunt Susan, slips into a morass and is rescued by Sallie Sargent in collar and cuffs. He falls for Sallie while Irene, Trene, and Mrs. Sargent reveal a widow’s strong will and the truth of Sallie’s independence. In the end Frank marries Trene on Christmas Day after Sallie confesses her love.
In a late evening street scene Theo Childs and her mother debate automatic manners versus conscious politeness. Mrs Maxwell, anxious about an Up ham wedding, hurries the doctor and shares a glance of relief as the group prepares for the ceremony. The exchange ends with a quip on innate manners.
A compilation of multiple physician listings with names, addresses, and office hours. Dr Smits at Aberdeen General Hospital and several others including Hayes and Hayes Building show varying hours and phone numbers. Notes include Dr Kinnison at 153 Market Street with long daily hours and specialties in Gynecology and Dermatology.
C CROSS attorney at law Zelaska Block Fox Rooms 10 and 11 Postoffice Block. ROBERT E TAGGART attorney at law Dabney Block Room 14. BEN SHEERS LAWYER Dabney Block Room 7. They advertise practice in State and Federal courts.
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