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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1911
Page
2
The ad touts two Red Cross Shoes models pleasing thousands of women this fall. Dozens more options are available with prices at 4.00 and 4.50 dollars. The Red Cross factory specializes in ladies footwear.
Through Oct 7, nine months and seven days into 1911, 60 vessels entered and 84 cleared the port, moving 88 419 550 feet valued at 1 024 198 dollars. Seamen signed aboard 520, paid 480. customs paid 41 281 dollars. Shipments exceed 1909 by 20 600 000 feet, 1911 value 1 024 198 versus 918 793 in 1909. Seamen signed and paid are up from 1910 by 189 and 122 respectively.
A formal dinner in honor of Governor M J Hay was hosted by Mr and Mrs E C Miller and Mr and Mrs L H Burnett at the Hotel Washington. Attending were prominent officials and business leaders from Tacoma Seattle Portland Centralia Hoquiam Olympia and others.
Chehalis county fair drew thousands despite a rain storm as Governor Hay praised the exhibits from the pavilion balcony. Cattle shows highlighted leading Jersey and Holstein herds, poultry drew 800 plus birds, with S. M. Kegley and John Kahle among top winners.
A luncheon event at Aberdeen featured a display table by a high school girl and prize ideas for decorations. An amateur minstrel show with notable performers followed, drawing praise from attendees and a bouquet for remarks. A telegram reported Seattle and Portland groups pledging $500 each for Southwestern Washington Logeedoff Land stock.
Police chief Templeman and his force arrested more than ten crooks at the fair grounds over the past week. Most were jailed overnight and ordered to leave town the next day. A single pocket picking attempt was detected and the culprit banished. Two men were caught prowling a car. police kept strict watch on all vehicles. Aberdeen remains unusually quiet as criminals avoid the city, praised across the Northwest.
Hunters spent weekend in the lower harbor returning with small bags of game. Birds are numerous but wild and wary, refusing to decoy and often out of gun range. Several geese are present but few have been killed.
Peter Wilson and James Wilson sue the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co and others in superior court for 25000 dollars claiming the Chehalis river bridge construction encroaches on their tidelands and makes their dock and warehouse inaccessible. They own Aberdeen lots and tide lands and say piers will fill the harbor and render the river unnavigable. J C Cross represents the Wilsons.
Mrs EF H Tanner entertained the Jolly Girls club at her East Fourth Street home Friday afternoon. Five Hundred honors went to Mrs Dele Conlee of Cosmopolis as guests listed include numerous members and visitors.
Mrs Cecil Taylor aged 30 died at the family home after a brief illness. The Taylors recently moved from England to Aberdeen. She leaves a husband and a five day old child. The funeral will be from Whiteside's Undertaking parlors tomorrow.
Julius Kruttschnittz vice president and maintenance chief of the Harriman lines is seen as a premier western railroad man. He commands a large workforce and faced a libel dispute with the Federation of Shop Employees over recognition. Kruttschnitt, a New Orleans native aged fifty seven, linked to Judah Benjamin and once in Jefferson Davis cabinet circles, rose through the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific systems.
The Roy Somers loads lumber at Wilsons mill for San Francisco while the King Cyrus waits charter in the stream. Polaris, 52 days out from Callao, undergoes minor repairs at Lindstrom yards. Fair Oaks and Svea finish lumber cargoes and sail to San Francisco. Lizzie Vance loads at Cosmopolis mill. G Watson and Centralia also head to San Francisco after loading at Aberdeen and Union mills.
In the Western District of Washington Bankruptcy No 855 the Trustee Walter Metzenbaum through Referee Warren A Worden orders sealed bids for the sale of merchandise from the Levy estate. Sale at the Federal Building Tacoma on Oct 31 1911 at 11 am with 10 percent certified cash deposit and two Aberdeen Herald advertisements.
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