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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
5
Ed Gabriel the barber visits Iowa. Ben Sears’s family welcomes a daughter. Many residents move or travel to California and nearby towns. Local business, school attendance, and real estate transfers shape Centralia news with community happenings and a court note on trespass.
In Toledo Toxepo on October 21 residents of our town read a Pilot marriage notice about Maggie and Mr. West of Winlock. The rumor caused excitement until it proved to be a misprint. Toledo Lodge No. 83 I C O F enjoyed an oyster supper after initiations. Sheriff Carpenter from Chehalis attended with others. Theodore Hughey returned home after two years away. The school board approved a five mill special tax to support district schools.
Winlock notes a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Nick Young on Thursday. Jacob Brennemann cut his ankle badly with an ax in the Johnson camp on Monday. Henry West and Maggie Koonte wed at the West home Saturday evening with Rev Furgerson presiding. Machinery for a smelter arrived Tuesday at the depot and will move to Winston Creek mines near Ferry. Rev Deering of Portland backs the project with funds.
Dryad notes Miss Kelly came back to town after a brief visit home. Sunday school enrollment rose to forty. Pole and Wakefield delivered fifteen birds from a short hunt. Mr Dennis works twelve hours daily to saw bolts before high water.
An advertisement praising H. W. Felton for painting kalfe mining and paperhanging, inviting readers to call for services.
Corruan and Kepner announce extremely low fares to all eastern points on the Northern Pacific Railway. City agents report tickets available at reduced prices, making travel affordable for travelers seeking eastbound service.
An item notes pursuit by County school and state entities involving 201f CorrMax and KEpSNER, detailing actions and possible partnerships or acquisitions. Further specifics are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
A Pomeroy Independent populist paper denounces fusion with Democrats and Republicans as corrupt manipulation by office seekers. It calls for purging disruptors, rejects brokers, and warns against elevating unfit leaders while insisting true reformers be welcomed into the party.
The Olympia Standard condemns the nine month administration as disastrous and incompetent. It cites the Cheney Normal School, Whatcom, Walla Walla penitentiary, Pullman Agricultural College, Medical Lake hospital, and the state university as evidence of mismanagement and decay across Washington.
An Olympia editorial blasts a regent for insisting on religious orthodoxy as a condition for presidency at the University of Washington. It argues for reform of governing boards and for better higher education results through qualified leadership and clipped powers.
The People's Advocate criticizes the new state board of control for chaotic conditions across the state university, agricultural college regency, and Medical Lake asylum, claiming the board is a failure and that friends were not favored in placements.
A short Exchange notice urges patrons to support local merchants. It argues paying cash locally helps the economy, reduces send away costs, and often saves money by buying at home. The message stresses asking prices from home merchants before sending away for orders.
Presiding Elder Salliger says the Paget sound conference district of the M E church paid pastors 4300 more in salaries in the last conference year than the prior year. Most of the increase occurred in the final quarter, showing improved times not tied to revenue law per Olympian.
The board approved road fund bills for district 45 and general fund wages for multiple workers. They ordered tax cancellations for 1888 due to assessment error and accepted specific property descriptions for 1891 1892 and 1893 4 5 6. Hearing delays on Math Kobe road and J W Blankenship roads were remanded for corrections. Regular quarterly treasurer settlement completed with listed fund balances and a 21 mill county levy for 1897.
At the St Helens Club meeting last Saturday the program included a discussion of current events, papers by Mrs Rover and Mrs Jennie Arnold, a violin solo by Miss Me Child, and readings from Charlotte Dewey joined by Mrs Jeannie Lynch. A future meeting is planned for Saturday October 29 at 1 PM at the Presbyterian church to discuss city cleanliness and health and a paper by Mrs D C Millett on Women and Public Housekeeping. Every woman in Chehalis is urged to attend.
The ladies of the Catholic church announce their annual fair on the 26th 27th and 28th of this month. The 26th features a turkey dinner from 5 to 8 PM and entertainment by Prof Westendorf and his boys. The 27th offers dinner and a school children’s evening program. On the 28th dinner and supper will be served with raffles and closing ceremonies. The notice invites readers to compare this paper with others and offers subscription and ad rates.
Capt Abner Packard of Centralia visits Chehalia and expects a rush to bring a company to Washington within weeks while urging good men to move here. J C Fairchild of Tacoma travels to Vancouver after reviewing Northern Pacific delinquent taxes totaling about 45000, with company plans to pay and collect interest. Mealy Lacy mill yards offer lumber at historic low prices for the rest of October with ceiling and finished lumber available.
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