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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1912
Page
1
Aberdeeen residents received a May 14 letter printed in Friday mail from Bruce Rogers acting for the Industrial Workers of the World. It argues labor needs better wages and that lawless methods are used to oppose them while urging citizens to form a committee and seek facts.
A May 30 program at the Grand Opera House will begin at 2 p.m. with G A R oration and exercises. The parade, under the auspices of G A R related groups, will include all patriotic citizens and school children. Societies will not be grouped but march as American citizens. Thousands are expected to participate to teach the value of the day. a detailed program will follow.
John Tornow once fled the Wynoochie woods and eluded a seven-man posse pursuing him for weeks. He was spotted Wednesday at Simpson Logging Camp No 5 near the Mason county line, carrying a rifle as deputies close in with Sheriff Payette and Mason county officials joining the search.
Mike Kern received a 60 day county jail term on Thursday afternoon from Police Judge Drake after being convicted of vagrancy. Kern, an I. W. W. worker, was found industriously working the city without visible means of support when picked up by police.
Chehalis and Hoquiam of the State League showed solid B ball at Electric Park last week. Hoquiam won Thursday 4 to 2 and Friday 5 to 3 after Kane faltered, while Saturday saw Hoquiam take another 7 to 3 win. Ten innings Sunday yielded a 2 to 1 Chehalis win. Aberdeen struggled in Centralia, going 2 for 5 in Thursday and 0 for 5 Friday, with a solitary 5 to 4 win Saturday. John Hanson offers $14 pants for each local home run and will press a suit for every homer.
Dan Bowes F W Loomis Frank Kinlund Ervie Phelps Chas Milleren Arthur E Graham W H Tucker and S A Randolph departed yesterday for North Yakima as delegates to the grand lodge. They met delegations in Tacoma and rode a special train to North Yakima.
The Chehalis county timber cruise cost about $70,000 and produces an exact tally of 36,263,124,859 feet of timber. About 14,000,000,000 feet lie in the Olympic Forest Reserve and Quinsault Indian Reservation. Remaining stock includes 20,732,394,363 feet green standing, 1,527,653,946 dead standing and down timber, and 3,076,550 piling.
The Wishkah river ferry remains costly and inadequate as the Heron street bridge is again out of service. A business leader estimates daily pedestrian and traffic losses at 250 dollars plus ferry upkeep. A failed load, broken cable, and near-drownings highlight need for a second Wishkah street bridge to ease repeated outages.
The Spokane Spokesman Review reports that the Roosevelt delegation from Washington is deemed legal and representative, while the Taft faction is criticized as machine-driven. King county shows 121 Taft and 121 Roosevelt delegates. Roosevelt wins strong support among fair-minded Republicans. The national committee is expected to recognize the Roosevelt delegation.
The Tacoma Dredging Company announced it expects to complete the tideland fill project by July 20. The schedule release cites ongoing earthwork and coastal construction with final dredging and grading anticipated in the last days of July.
A letter announces one hundred Potlatch Bugs will invade Aberdeen next Saturday with a 30 piece band to inoculate citizens with the virus of the Bug. The delegation plans to tour the Northwest to spark interest in the Golden Potlatch in Seattle July 15 to 20. A reception is planned for the special train with Potlatch initiation at the Grand theater and membership applications already flowing.
The Aberdeen entertainment committee estimates that the two convention days drew at least 1,409 visitors and that they left about $30,000 in the city.
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