Senator Polson Opens Glacier Coal Mine in Whatcom County
Bellingham reports that State Senator Alexander Polson, Hoquiam timber baron, opened a coal mine at Glacier in the Cascade foothills. He has invested about $75,000 in the vein and $50,000 in Glacier real estate, with two diamond drills at work and mining engineers assessing steady output potential.
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Bellingham
Cascades
Alexander Polson
Hoquiam
Glacier
Whatcom County
Glacier Real Estate
Senator Polson
Polgon
Miners Rescued Alive From St Paul Mine After Week
Rescuers brought 20 of 61 entombed miners to the surface at St. Paul mine in Cherry II after a weeklong ordeal. A midnight fire threatened rescue efforts as water streams were reintroduced to combat heat. States Attorney Eckert remained hopeful others might be saved despite the dangerous conditions.
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Cherry
St. Paul
Eckert
Vance Lumber Buys Max Chehalis Mill and Timber
Elma November 20 The Vance Lumber Company of Elma buys Swan and Johnson holdings on the Max Chehalis a small mill 9 farms and standing timber for 60000. The deal gives Vance 140000000 feet of timber. J A Vance says logging starts January 1 with 800 men.
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Vance Lumber Company
Elma
Swan & Johnson
Max Chehalis
J. A. Vance
Keen Rivalry Over the Southwest Title
Hoquiam and Aberdeen meet on Thanksgiving to decide the Southwest title as Centralia and Olympia are out. Hoquiam holds the stronger record with wins over Centralia and Olympia but lost to Aberdeen, while Aberdeen defeated Hoquiam and Olympia and beat Centralia, with Tacoma also beating Aberdeen.
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Hoquiam
Aberdeen
Southwest
Centralia
Olympia
Tacoma
Elma Land Lottery Arrests Shake Sound Pacific Co
L E Rader a Seattle arrest targets the Sound Pacific Land Co over a suspected land lottery scheme near Elma. Warrants issued for President J A Vance Vice President A L Callow and D E Servis as Seattle books are seized and Elma offices investigated. Rader, once a legislator and deputy treasurer, led sales with promises of land shares worth up to 2000 dollars and monthly payments.
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Sound Pacific Land Company
Elma
L. BE. Rader
Seattle
King County
J. A. Vance
A. L. Callow
D. E. Servis
Chehalis Valley
Rader
Montesano
Aberdeen
Leonard Hulse
Elma Ledger Reports Arrest in Sound Pacific Land Co Case
News from Elma notes the arrest of FE L Rader secretary of the Sound Pacific Land company amid local investment in 1500 acres near Elma. Prominent officers Vance Byrne Callow and I L Rader are described as respected Elma residents with long-standing business ties. Leonard Hulse, once Grays Harbor sales manager, was arrested and bailed at 1006 dollars.
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Elma
FE. L. Rader
Sound Pacific Land Company
Ima
Vance
Washington
Byrne
Mason County
Callow
I. L. Rader
Montesano
Tie
Minard & Co
Hyam
J. A. Vance
Leonard Hulse
Grays Harbor
Legal opinion in Chehalis County on alleged company violation
Judge Lush suggests the Chehalis County consensus holds any law violation by the company was unintentional and due to misapprehension of the law under good legal advice. The Herald names Mr. Rader among involved parties and will not admit unlawful intent pending full investigation.
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Lush
Chehalis County
Herald
Rader
Death by own action noted in hotel room case
Herbert O. Eames, 38, a Gray’s Hithor Gas Co. employee, was found dead in his Hotel Snyder room last Thursday. Autopsy showed poisoning by corrosive sublimate in a personal crisis, with suspected suicidal motives related to an incurable illness and broken engagements, after a divorce and engagement to a Montana woman next July. He had been in Aber deen about six months and belonged to Ouray lodge No. 492.
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Herbert O. Eames
Hotel Snyder
Herald
Lingtype
Eames
Grays Hithor Gas Co
Montana
Ite
Aberdeen
Ouray Lodge
Ouray
Colorado
Tandolph Morgue
Local traders fined for selling meats preserved with Freezum
In Judge Bush's court eight defendants including John P. Morgan and Davidson Bros pleaded guilty to using the harmful preservative Freezum in meat. Each was fined $35 plus $2 costs, totaling $37 per defendant, after waiving arrest.
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Bush
John P. Morgan
Ryan Bros
D. Bachus
H. A. Wallace
Davidson Bros
Karshner Bros
E. J. Tracey
A. Stone
State Board of Health
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
The county issued licenses for Otto Kauppi and Selma Karns Erland Heekkila and Hilda Mikkonen Wilfred J. McIntosh and Jennie A. Tilly Clarence H. Hook and Lottie Kruhnley H J Geyer and Modelle M Russ.
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Otto Kauppi
Selma Karns
Erland Heekkila
Hilda Mikkonen
Wilfred J. McIntosh
Jennie A. Tilly
Clarence H. Hook
Lottie Kkuhnley
H. J. Geyer
Modelle M. Russ
Labor Leaders Re-Elected at AFL Convention
Toronto November 20. The twenty ninth annual AFL convention unani mously re-elected President Samuel Gompers Harry Mitchell and Frank Morrison secretary and key officers and chose St Louis as next meeting site. Uncertainty over a Buck Stove contempt appeal and possible jail for Gompers Mitchell Morrison hung over closing days as supporters cheered the trio.
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Toronto
Samuel Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Frank Morrison
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Ud- Jour
United States Supreme Court
Buck Stove & Range Company
Goimpers
Morrison Indy
Coal bunkers to make Aberdeen a coal shipping point
Grass Ditcher and Puget Sound railway and Union Pacific plan large coal bunkers on the Chehalis river near the Anderson and Middleton mill to store and ship coal from Cambal in deposits. The line will run to Aberdeen by year’s start with stations at Cosmopolis and South Aberdeen and a waterfront improvement contract let to Aberdeen Construction Co.
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Aberdeen
Grass Dir Her & Puget Sound Railway
Union Pacific Line
Chehalis River
Anderson & Middleton
Fissenger
Cambalin
San Francisco
Wear
Cosmopolis
Aberdeen Constiction Company
Aberdeen Patent Crivyea Band Wheel Grinder Attracts Orders
City Councilman Crivyea, inventor of the band wheel grinder, reports growing demand as J J Newman Lumber Co of Hattiesburg Miss places a telegraphic order. The Aberdeen made machine marks its first Atlantic coast metal manufacture order.
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Crivyea
Herald
Crivyen
J. J. Newman Lamber Company
Hattiesburg
Miss
Aberdeen
Atlantic
New departure in laundry work list at Aberdeen Steam Laundry
Industry note reports a new approach to laundry work focusing on rough dry methods at Aberdeen Steam Laundry. The brief mentions a task force or list from the Aberdeen facility outlining agents and processes to implement rough drying procedures.
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Aberdeen Steam
Standard Oil Octopus Declared Illegal Trust
In an opinion by Judge Walter H. Sanborn the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Missouri ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil of New Jersey and its seventy subsidiaries. The decree bars the parent and its officers from voting stock or directing the subsidiary firms, marking a sweeping government victory.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Walter H. Sanborn
St. Paul
Vandeventer, Hook and Adams
Hook
United States Circuit Court
United States
Frank &. Kellogg
Jury Unable to Agree in Kvalshaug Murder Trial
In Tacoma on November 20 the jury could not reach a verdict in the murder case of Mrs Martina Kvalshaug and her paramour Charles T Newcombe. Newcombe has already been convicted and sentenced to hang for complicity in the husband’s murder and the Kvalshaug jury was discharged after being out since 8 p m yesterday.
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Tacoma
Martina Kvalshaug
Charles T. Newcombe
Elma Council Halts Third Class City Move
Elma town council, praised by the Elma Chronicle, ended efforts for a third class city after adopting a resolution based on Marshal Watkins census. The report showed 1448 residents within town limits, with officials noting the figure had not been fully footed and lay unexamined outside clerks.
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Elma
Alti tone Tonic Sold By Evans Drug Co
For sale by Evans Drug Co is a tonic described as an all round remedy. The brief notice promotes availability through a local drug retailer without providing further details.
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Evans Drug Co
County Dads Summary of Meeting Held Last Monday
County commissioners discussed building six miles of road from Cosmopolis to Veta to aid farmers reaching Grays Harbor markets. They instructed the auditor to contact Aberdeen officials for progress and potential board support. Other actions included bids for Blockhouse bridge repair, a court house bond approval, and tax matters. The board adjourned to December 6.
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Cosmopolis
Veta
Grays Harbor
Hopkins
Benn
S. K. Bowes
Aberdeen
Kirkpatrick
Davis
W. I. Agnew
Westport
Court House
Blockhouse
A J. P. Nelson
International Contract Co
Northwest Bridge Co
Matt Strommer
Chehalis Construction Co
Wishkah
Court Houses
White
J. P. Luark
State Tax Commission
Wis
Knights of Columbus Hold Busy Regional Initiation Day
Stormy weather did not dampen a large Knights of Columbus gathering with nearly 100 members from Sound cities and beyond. About 60 took the third degree, mass was held at St Aegedius after a dawn procession, followed by degrees at the Pythian temple and a banquet at Hotel Washington with toastmaster W J Murray and speakers from Tacoma Seattle Grays Harbor and Bellingham councils.
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Knights of Columbus
United States
Order
Pyhian Temple
St. Aegedius Church
Pythian Temple
Hotel Washington
W. J. Murray
Our
Washington Knights
Thomas Tetrean
Yakima
Our Church
Patrick Ryan
Grays Harbor
Our Country
James J. Gorman
Seattle
J. J. Murphy
Bellingham
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Sen. Polson
Glacier Property
Elma Land Lottery
Sound Pacific Land CO
L.E. Rader
Weston Globe
Freezum
LABOR
John Mitchell
Union Pacific
Graves Harbor
Aberdeen Patent
The
Standard Oil
Kvalshave
Dis
Abdeer
America
E. J. Walsh
John J. Carmody
J. B. Quinn
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