City Council Scraps July Celebration plan over city woes
In Aberdeen on a Wednesday night debate over Fourth of July festivities ends with council handing control to the Moose and a call for a large representative committee. Critics denounce claims celebratory plans require saloonless rule and urge a decent, creditable event welcoming thousands of visitors.
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Aberdeen
Tom Blyth
A. C. Gaillac
P. A. Bertrand
W. C. Mumaw
J. 5. Waugh, Geo. J. Wolff, E. A. Merck
W. J. Patterson
S. W. Johnston
M. R. Jones
R. E. Edwards
C. T. Scurry
Mayor Phillips
C. Holmer
Washington
Alain Tainting
the Aberdeen H
W. H. Johnson
Charley Creek
Johnson
Moose Lodge
Phillips
O. T. Hermans
Pista
Moose
J. B. Kinne
W. O. McCaw
W. B. Mack
Jessie Irvine
A. J. Morley
C. E. Troutman
Mra
L. G. Humbargar
W. Irvine
Prosperity Seen For Lumber Trade For Years
The West Coast and Mississippi Valley Lumbermen predict four to five years of prosperity. Pacific Coast lumber gains demand in the Middle West led by Colorado and Wyoming sheep regions and rising railroad car orders. Builders expect wood to regain share as steel costs rise.
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West Coast Lumberman
Seattle
Mississippi Valley Lumberman
Minneapolis
Minn
Gail Marine
Schwager-Nettleton Mills
Middle West
Mr. Marine
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Five New Teachers Appointed by Aberdeen Board
Aberdeen district fills vacancies at Tuesday meeting with five new instructors. Miss Walt Pearson and Miss Calla Van Kleave from Cosmopolis join high school and grades, Miss Annabelle Noble from Centralia, Miss Margaret Kress from Lewiston Idaho, and Miss Lydian Bush from Sparta Wisconsin take positions. They replace resigning teachers Mollie Burnett Hulda Anderson Blanch Kleeb Florence Semmens Mable Luby and Carol Berkey across several schools.
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Aberdeen Board of Education
Walt Pearson
Calla van Kleave
Cosmopolis
Annabelle Noble
Centralia
Margaret Kress
Lewiston
Idaho
Lydian Bush
Sparta
Wisconsin
Bush
Mollie Burnett
Hulda Anderson
Blanch Kleeb
Florence Semmens
Franklin School
Mable Luby
Stevens School
Carol Berkey
Samuel Benn School
Census of Aberdeen Schools May Reach New High
E. B. Crary, secretary of the Aberdeen board of education, expects the current school census to top last year’s 554 children aged 5 to 21, noting 510 were counted in 1915. Residents are asked to notify the board of any overlooked families to ensure state funds of about ten dollars per child.
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E. B. Crary
Board of Education
South Aberdeen
Seventh Grade Move Eases Crowded Franklin School
In South Aberdeen Stevens school will host a seventh grade to relieve Franklin's crowding. Weatherwax scholarship rules set a $100 prize for students three years at the local high school. Wood contracts awarded to Phipps and Watson, Tom Bogle, and Kelly Bros.
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Stevens
South
Aberdeen
Franklin
Weatherwax
Phipps & Watson
Tom Bogle
Kelly Bros
Post Office Construction to Begin in Aberdeen Soon
John Hendrickson of Hendrickson & Co. Seattle says Aberdeen’s new post office will start in a week or ten days. Completion is due by July 15, 1917. Granite first story brick upper, marble lobby. brick source debated by price. Wiring and plumbing subcontracts awarded locally. Postmaster seeks a circular west door. change expected to be allowed. Post office receipts for quarter ending March 31 show a 50 percent rise to 8186.10 over 1915.
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John Hendrickson
Hendrickson & Co
Seattle
Aberdeen
Hendrickson
Chehalis
California
Tacoma
John J. Carney
Lumber shipments from Grays Harbor reach record April level
A total of 28,760,000 feet of lumber left Grays Harbor by sea in April, the best since last June. The volume remains well below prewar potential due to European conflict and vessel scarcity, with an estimated 40,000,000 feet expected monthly by water if conditions allowed.
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Grays Harbor
Arsenic as Bad as Strychnine in Last Result
A Washington state health bulletin notes a man who study tuberculosis prevention and builds an open air home with a well. He then uses water from a contaminated stream and a nearby sewer, contracts typhoid and dies, yet not deemed insane.
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Washington
Northwest Supply Company Moves to New Quarters
Northwest Supply Company relocated to larger quarters diagonally across the street from its former site, signaling an expansion and easier access for customers.
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Northwest Supply Company
New Scales at Depot Aid Shippers in Grays Harbor
Aberdeen Union depot scales placed in service by State Scale Inspector G H Kaiser. They will weigh freight up to 300000 pounds and benefit local shippers especially lumber. Scales will be shared by O W Northern Pacific and Milwaukee lines with Hoquiam also hosting track scales for joint use. Cosmospolis scales remain with three railways but distant from Grays Harbor shipping points.
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Aberdeen
Union Depot
G. H. Kaiser
Centralia
Aberdeen Union
O.W
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Hoquiam
Aberdeen Junction
Cosmopolis
Grays Harbor
Unhinged Man Found Insane Over European War Woes
The man known as Reason was adjudged insane Wednesday in Montesano after brooding over the European conflict and personal business troubles. Relatives arranged private sanitarium care. He is brother in law to C A Bitar of Hoquiam.
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Montesano
Tahan
C. A. Bitar
Hoquiam
Norton Back in Custody for Jail Breaking Trial
Joe Norton, returned by Sheriff Schelle Matthews from Oklahoma City, will be tried on a jail breaking charge rather than for robbing the Northern Pacific depot at Montesano.
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Joe Norton
Schelle Matthews
Oklahoma City
Okla
Northern Pacific
Montesano
Debates Delay West Second Street Paving Plan
City council kept for another week a resolution to pave West Second Street after protests from property owners. The body also advised including to K Street on West Hume Street, and made multiple appointments and bids tied to the Wishkah project and Splash festivities.
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West Second Street
West Hume Street
Washington
Garfield Street
K Street
Lodge of Moose
J. M. Phillips
R. J. Schmidt
John Lowery
J. E. Fear
A. J. Grant
A. E. Cross
Grant
A. S. Brecht
F. W. Loomis
P. A. Powell
Andrew Reid
L. D. Kelsey
Wishkah
124 Years Since Gray Sailed His Ship to Harbor
Last Sunday marked the 124th anniversary of Capt. Robert Gray’s ship entering Grays Harbor. On May 7, 1792 he named the harbor Bullfinch Bay, a designation later changed to honor the discovery. A bronze tablet at Lone Tree records Gray’s likely entry into the harbor.
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Gray
Grays Harbor
Robert Gray
Bullfinch Bay
Lone Tree
Discontinuation of Aberdeen Armory Guard Cited
An armed guard stationed at the Aberdeen armory for months has been discontinued by orders of Captain H. A. Comeau of Company G, 2nd Regiment, National Guard, amid unfolding concerns about Germany.
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Aberdeen
H. A. Comeau
Co. G
Germany
Lister to Be Guest at Methodist Banquet
Governor Ernest Lister will be the main speaker at a May 22 banquet hosted by the Brotherhood of the First Methodist church. An interesting program is being prepared for the occasion.
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Ernest Lister
Brotherhood of the First Methodist Church
Melbourne Hosts Pioneers Picnic And Membership Plan
The Grays Harbor County Pioneers association votes to hold its annual picnic in Melbourne on July 4 and to invite the public for coffee and spreads. Members will be invited under new rules classed by settlement dates from 1850 onward, with four membership cohorts.
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Grays Harbor County
Association
Melbourne
Washington
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