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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
4
The Herald announces subscription terms cash in advance and one year rates. It asks subscribers to notify the office if papers are missing. Ads copy due by Monday noon for Tuesday and by Thursday noon for Friday issue. claims of circulation and contract forfeiture stated.
The Port Commission of Grays Harbor seeks essential work to make the harbor a viable commercial port ahead of Panama Canal completion. Plans by engineer Virgil Bogue call for dredging the entrance and inner harbor depths, with early emphasis on dockage to transfer freights to cars. The Aberdeen city council faces park petitions, while Electric Park helps three Grays Harbor cities. the Stewart lease proposal would require the city to pay 10 000 over ten years for forty acres, contingent on coal findings.
North and south regions push port improvements as Grays Harbor seeks to compete and lead in shipping. County wide interest backs commissioners to create a thriving city, linking a growing market to local farming districts.
County records show discussion on taxing mineral products in the city until a park is acquired. Opponents urge the city to buy land outright to escape taxation and capture the unearned increment for public benefit.
The city council should appoint a purchasing agent who also serves as city store keeper with bonds. This would tighten control over city property, require vouchers for purchases, and ensure department heads account for all city property. Adopt corporate style to guarantee value of every dollar spent.
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman describes a southern colonization effort to render productive timber lands. Railroads and lumber firms join with Santa Fe system lines to develop eastern Texas tracts, aiming to settle colonists on a five thousand acre tract and related lands.
Land owners and the Santa Fe system arrange fifty acre plots for colonization. The vanguard colonists are to receive wages while clearing land and expert instruction in crop planting. They will be allowed to pay for their farms in yearly installments.
Taxpayers face an increase in the state levy to over 9 mills from 5.79 last year as cities counties and schools anticipate higher estimates. The commentary credits Governor Lister with curbing millions in appropriations from a prior legislature and argues for reform in state county municipal and school district governance.
The Glass-Owen Bill becomes the most important new legislation in years as Democrats push it through the House in about a week. The caucus system underpins this efficiency, similar to the tariff bill, and critics warn against losing the effective machine.
The article argues that political strategy shifts blame from policy to process. It cites Roosevelt era regulation and the Underwood Tariff as examples where lawmakers attacked caucus methods. It warns that only members can bind themselves and stresses policy over procedure.
Reports say Governor Sulzer will be removed today by a two thirds impeachment vote. The action signals Tammany Hall’s power in New York amid upcoming city elections for officials who will spend vast sums, warning of consequences for disobedience to Boss Murphy.
The Aberdeen World argues five to six years of delinquent personal property taxes should be wiped from records and an inefficiency account opened. It urges vigorous collection efforts and lawsuits against officials responsible for non collection where funds remain uncollectable, to protect the paying majority.
A terse slogan claims credibility by appealing to readers of the Herald. No context or events are provided beyond the phrase.
The Public views a mailed decree by Judge Humphries banning street meetings in Seattle as discredited and unfairly suggestive. The letter bears the line you may now print the truth while the judge’s conduct raises questions about bias and the handling of defamation concerns.
A gardener's wife in India's northwest provinces, afflicted with leprosy, sought burial alive to spare her children from the disease. Her husband and the son dug the grave with four neighbors, and she died. The incident was investigated in a magistrate's court and fully proven.
Frederick Snodgrass is identified as an outfielder for the New York National League club. The note outlines his position and association with the team.
Former President William Howard Taft warns that Americans are cautious yet negligent in funding a regular army and naval forces Congress resists army expansion. He notes U S distance from Europe and Asia is shrinking and stresses potential risks if luck falters.
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