Damage suits over accident tied to Hulda I incident
City Council discussed damage claims from the Hulda I mishap near the North Aberdeen bridge. Lucile MacDonald seeks 1525 from Lytle Logging & Mercantile. Bar ney Swanson named in the suit. A second claim by J L Bell was split among the city, Bell, and A A Jones. A horse driven by Jones caused injuries and property damage. Jones absent to explain matters. Addisitions include redecking cost estimates for Young Street, oil tank placement at Turner hotel, and temporary road rights for Gust Lindberg tax delinquency issue. Approval of liquor license renewal for Ernest Block and various public works items were considered.
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North Aberdeen
A. E. Cross
Lucile MacDonald
Lytle Logging & Mercantile Company
W. H. Abel
Cross
Aberdeen
Abel
Barney Swanson
J. L. Bell
Bell
A. A. Jones
Jones
Empey
Milette
Turner Hotel
Cottage Way
Gust Lindberg
Kelsey
Young Street
Ernest Block
Bowes
Sixth
Broadway
Payers Discuss Budgets at City Hall Meeting
A budget reduction meeting at city hall with about 20 residents approved a Chamber of Commerce committee to study the city and county budgets. Discussion focused on trimming expenses, including a proposed 60 percent levy cut and scrutiny of county cruise spending. The session ended without a date for a follow up. Trinity Methodist church Ladies Aid met later at Mrs. M. C. Joviatt’s home.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Patterson
C. M. Weatherwax
John G. Lewis
B. F. Johnson
John C. Hogan
France
Eugene France
Cross
Montesano
E. A. McKenna
R. H. Fleet
Fleet
State Tax Commission
Hoquiam
Chehalis
A. ©. Girard
Wiley
Hogan
EF. A. McKenna
Graham
Aberdeen
Ladies’ Aid Society
Trinity Methodist Church
M. C. Joviatt
Curtis Street
County Fair Crowds Swell on Weekend Runs
Elma September 24 crowd gathers for Chehalis county fair day two as weather and management aid smooth Exhibits show strong fruit and vegetable displays livestock and poultry praised judges from Pullman state college oversee entries Tomorrow features a busy race card with revised schedules and added harness races amid high enthusiasm and good track conditions continued on page four
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Elma
Chehalis
Mason County
Oakville
Porter
Malone
Chehalis Counnty
Linklater
State College
Pullman
Stahl
A. Sphar
Allied Armies Fail To Break German Line Northeast of Paris
Paris dispatch reports Franco British left wings pressing a turning move against German entrenchments between the Oise and Aisne with violent assaults and heavy fighting along the Meuse. German resistance remains stubborn as Von Kluk and Von Boehm shift forces to hold a broad arc from Douai to St Quentin while Bavarian losses mount.
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Paris
Oise
Aisne
Bordeaux War Office
Meuse
Oise-Aisne
Somme
Teutons
Reye
Perrone
von Kluk
von 3O0ehm
St. Quentin
von Boehm
Peter H Crowell completes lumber cargo at Grays Harbor
The 240 foot steel freighter Peter H Crowell of the Sudden and Christensen line finished a lumber load at Grays Harbor mills and sailed Wednesday for San Francisco with laths and shingles and a final canning cargo. She will proceed to Atlantic points after completing the general cargo and then pass through the Panama Canal on her first around the world trip. The ship carries 32 crew and a lumber capacity near 3,000,000 feet.
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Mills of
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Crays Harbor
Peter H. Crowell
Grays Harbor
Ten proposed laws to be voted on in Olympia election
Voters will face ten measures in November seven initiatives including state wide prohibition blue sky law and an eight hour bill two referendum measures on a teachers retirement fund and a 40 million dollar Quincy valley irrigation bond and one constitutional amendment prohibiting alien land ownership with limited exceptions and city limits land.
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Olympia
Legisature
Quincy Valley Irrigation Project
Is It Enterprise or Extravagance in Washington Tax Policy
The state spends more per pupil on education and more per capita on roads than any other state, financed by property taxes and bonds. It warns that rising levies since 1907 threaten business, urges slowing expenditures, and invites taxpayers to review budgets before October budget hearings.
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Washington
State of Washington
Cascade Mountains
Aberdeen pastor transferred to Portland church
The pastor who has led the Aberdeen church for the past five years was moved to the First church of Portland and plans to relocate his family to that city next week.
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Aberdeen Church
First Church of
Portland
Pioneer J B Shelley 78 dies at home in Market Street
J B Shelley died Wednesday afternoon at 518 East Market Street after 25 years in the city. He was 78, long esteemed, and a member of the American Order of United Workmen. The funeral will be held this afternoon in Whiteside chapel with the order in charge. Surviving sons are E H Shelley of Shelley & Layport grocers, J E Shelley, and G W Shelley of Oregon.
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J. B. Shelley
East Market Street
Shelley
American Order of United Workmen
Whiteside Chapel
E. H. Shelley
Shelley & Layport
J. E. and
G. W. Shelley
Oregon
Pastor Transferred At Western Conference in Seattle
At the Western Norwegian Danish Methodist Episcopal conference held in Seattle last week Rev. O. T. Field was transferred to a new appointment. The move reflects changes in leadership within the denomination and impacts local congregations awaiting new assignments.
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Seattle
O. T. Field
Tacoma Politician Drury Arrives. Plans Aberdeen Hoquiam Stop
Hon Chas Drury Democratic nominee for Congress arrives in the city spending the day in Aberdeen and Hoquiam. He will address Aberdeen voters later on his candidacy and plans. Drury is not a practical politician but a public affairs student with firm convictions. He has 25 years of Tacoma residence and strong local support expected to boost votes in Tacoma and Pierce County.
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Chas. Drury
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Drury
Pierce County
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C. J. Troutman
Rk Board
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Heron
T. H. McKay
Wishkah
Jiway Co.urgeny
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J. D. Walker
W. J. Egerer
Pattery
Taxpayers League
J. C. Hogan
Robert A. Wiley
Kirby
New York
Woria
Kaiser
Atlantic Coast
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Aberdeen Printing Co
East Wishkahb St
State Bureau of Inspection
the State Tax League Appeals For Economy
Chehalis County
Pioneer
Charles Drury
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