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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
Aberdeen's Dramatic Club.

A meeting was held at the residence OF
b. f. Johnston on Wednesday evening,
the 10Th inst, for the purpose of forming
a dramatic club. Those present were
Mrs. Leon Wea'herwax, Mrs. Case, Mrs.
w. B. Mack, Mrs. A. F. Stevens, Miss
Gertrude Green, Miss Ada Sargent, Miss
Alma Chapman, Messrs. Leon Greene
baum, w. w. Hart, Leon Martin, Alfred
Green, w. w. Wall, j. j. Johnston, F..
A. Hart, Leon Weatherwax, w. B. Mack,
g. Kinnison, Charles X. Green.
The name given to the club was "The
Garrick", and its object. will be to give
theatrical, literary and musical entertain
ments, and to produce plays at such
times as the members may decide.
After passing various bylaws, the meet
ing proceeded to the election OF officers,
with the following result: President,
Sanford Shoemaker stage manager, Leon
Martin; treasurer, Mrs. l.. J. Weather
wax; acting manager and secretary,
Charles r. Green; casting committee,
Leon Greenebaum, w. w. Hart, j. j.
Johnston.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
SHIPPING.

The Chas Hanson sailed from Vests
the 10Th inst with cargo OF lumber for
the s. E. Slade Lumber company, San
Francisco.
The schooner Norway sailed in Friday
with lot Of freight for the Weatherwax
Lumber company, and is now taking on
a cargo of lumber at their mill.
The schooner Dora Blum sailed from
Vests on the 10th with lumber for San
Francisco.
The schooner San Buenaventura was
lowed in Saturday and is loading lum-
Der at Wilson's.
The Point Iona sailed for San Fran
cisco on the Doth inst. with a deck load
of lumber and number of passengers.
The steamer Willapa came in Sunday
afternoon and sailed for Portland the fol-
lowing morning She brought large LOT
of freight for Harbor points, which was
unloaded here for distribution.
The shooner Roy somers came in Sat
urday with cargo of freight for the
Aberdeen merchants, consigned to the
S. E. Slade Lumber Co. She is loading
at Vests,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
What Has the Moon Got to Do with It?

There are some queer wells on Grays
harbor, near Ocosta. The queerness is
in the fact that the water in the wells
rises and falls with the tide. In order
to strike water it is necessary to bore
about one hundred and twenty-five feet.
The water is pure, fresh and soft. 1t
rises in the pipe, at high tide, about
three feet above the level of the ground !;
at low tide it falls to about two feet below
the surface of the ground In the Har-
Dor the rise and fall of the tide is ten feet.
The most plausible explanation is that
advanced by Capt. De Coulcey. He says
the water probably lies under a stratum
of earth that, when the earth above is
covered by the tide, the tides enormous
weight is communicated to this stratum
through the softer strata above, thus
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Keep your own end up.
Build up the country back of the city.
Railways are built to carry tonnage.
Provide it.
Find an occupation for labor. Develop
your resources.
Let the people here make business for
those that come.
Railroads depend for support upon
traffic and freight. Provide it.
There will be no service till there is a
demand. Make the demand.
Mineral prospect holes will not OF
themselves bring people. Develope them.
Everything will remain in its cr;de
sta e unless improved by the hand Of
man. Improve it.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
Through Quillayute to Grays Harbor


A movement has been set on foot at
Quillayute, in the extreme western por-
ton of Clallam county, to have the pro-
posed Port Angeles Southern railroad
extended down through that country to
terminate on Grays harbor. Donations
of land and money are promised and
settlers actually agree to give away one
third of their property to secure the adj
vantages Of speedy transportation. They
are now far away from the markets and
the distance is too far for them to get in
goods or take out produce and make any
profit. Through the wilderness through
which this proposed railroad would pene-
trate on it's course from Port Angeles to
Grays harbor, skirting the ocean, are
thousands of acres of the finest timbered
lands in the world. Millions of feet Of
cedar, fiji and hemlock await only the
saw and the railroad to produce new
wealth and spread the volume of Puget
sound commerce. This is the view that
the pioneers of the last unsettled portion
Of The Union take OF the railroad PROPOSE
ton A vast area of farming and lumber
ing country could be opened up by rail-
road
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

iiia,l this. The state department OF oank-
i i,s vil annually under the law make an
examination OF the accounts
OF al st..:e associations, examine critically
all expenditures, and report in writing to
the directors, and through them to all
members of the association all matters
found not to be in strict accord with the
mutual interests OF its members"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
THE FALL rs COMING.

We have received
During the last few days
The largest line in
Fancy Cheviot Suitings
Ever imported by single
House in Aberdeen.
You will find all the latest
Novelties from the leading
Manufacturers in England and Scotland.
This Cheviot will make up well in a sack,
As well as cutaway suit, and are especially
Well adapted for the double-breasted SACK
Which has lately come into favor.
Also fine white shirts made to order
At very reasonable rates.
GUS LEESE, Dabney's new block, Heron ST.,
The Leading Merchant Tailor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

pressing down upon the water at high
tide and forcing it up in the pipes, and
causing it to fall when the tide recedes.
Whatever may be the cause, it is Il most
interesting phenomenon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
Notice to Contractors.

Bids for windows, doors and stairs for
the st, Joseph's Hospital will be received
by the undersigned until 2 o'clock p. M,
Thursday, October 1, 1891.
Plans and specifications will be shown
at Hospital grounds by ethe foreman
John Dumpert. The right is reserved to
reject any or all bids.
CONVENT OF ST. Rose.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Hop picking is we'll over except in the
most extensive yards. The deficit in
merchantable hops will be large-proba-
bly, one-half. Buyers are not operating.
Some advances are being made to grow
ers, but the movement is light. In fac
the oldest hop-growers say they have
never experienced so dull a, season. This
stagnation OF course effects all lines Of
trade in thu valley.-White River Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24
Press Association Resolutions

At the fifth annual meeting OF the
Washington State Press Association,
held at Tacoma, Sept. 10th, 18th, and
l tn, the following resolutions were pass
ed, OF interest to every newspaper pub
lished in the state of Washington:
Resolved, That the members Of the
Washington State Press Association
hereby pledge themselves not to use pat
ent inside or outside with advertisements
placed therein by an advertising agency,
and will discourage the use OF such pat
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tracts expire.
Resolved, That the members Of the
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the columns OF their respective papers, tc
make the Western Washington Industrial
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Now is the time to make good invest
ments in the Portland addition to Aber.
deem. If
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Five acre tract at Melbourne. on the
Chehalis river, for sale at bargain.
Apply at this Office.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

The foolish mar builds his home on
the sand and tide-flats, but the WISE MAN
builds his home on solid ground, like the
Portland addition. tt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

ii you want to buy typewriter, either
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for cash or On the installment plan, You
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Store for rent, OH Wishkah street In
quire of G. II. Keith. 42-tf
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Above diagram and verified all its details By Prof Peter
Collier Scientist The
with his chemical tests Of each brand
strength ana
qualitative ascertain the comparative woeomens purity
result Prot
reveals the fact that with but one every
Alum, number DOTH
thousand would Ammonia Alum BAKING
undermine the n pu
ammonia innparts salow OF b1ohed complexion
NorE-Dr Baking Powder Prof. Soners
Powder
Dr.
Ammonia Alum Lime The purity of this ideal
Powde has lev questioned
ePowderco contain
til ePowderc ontan and Alum
Willie the diagram Alum Powders
Alum powders should pc
avoided as dangerous maerh how high their strength
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-09-24

Cream Tartar
ROYAL. .............k.
Contains Ammonia
UNRIvALED. x A..
Alum and Ammonia
Taylor's spoonJk T..
Alum and Ammonia
MONARCH X T..
Alum and Ammonia
SNOW BALL....k T..
and
Contains Alum.
HOTEL Contain: Alum ;i;a;
YARNALLs. * r.
Ammonia.
MILK Alum and Ammonia isa Il:
sHEPARDS ...k r.
SoS Ho Contains Alum IN 9
FOREST CITY n T..
Alum and Ammonia.
CHICAGO YEAST *
Alum and Ammonia.
CROWN 4 X.
and Ammonia.
SILVER STARRY X.
Alum and Ammonia.
DODSON 8 Hills 4
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
How to Tax Mines.

The Detroit Tribune had, in a recent
issue, a remark to the effect that "The
democratic scheme to tax the northern
Michigan mines out of existence won't
win" Commenting on this the Detroit
News says:
The democratic nor any other party
could "tax the northern Michigan mines
out of existence" if it had the most in.
tense desire to do so. The mines were
in northern Michigan before theirs were
any democrats, and they will be there
when all the democrats are dead md
forgotten.
But while the democrats could by
bad legislation, shut up our mines, tney
could also, by good legislation, compel
their working to their utmost capacity,
giving labor employment, reducing the
price Of the raw material, through in
creased production, and enabling every
manufacturing concern using iron and
copper to increase the sales. The dem
ocrats could do all this by changing our
present tax law from a specific tax on
The product of the mine to direct tax
on the value of the m,ne independent
| of all improvements. Our present tax
law dealing with mining property
makes it advantageous to work as few
mines as possible. Consequently there
are many thousands OF acres OF mining
lands in Michigan, containing millions
of dollars worth of ore, paying prac-
tically no tax at all.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
MINE DISCOVERIES.
The Singular Manner in Which Some Have
Been Made in the West.

The Singular Manner in Which Some Have
Been Made in tho West.
Many of the discoveries were made
by men who had no knowledge of metal
lursy or of practical mining, and they
achieved a competence through the
sheerest laundering. Two poor and
ignorant men named Gallagher opened
the Camp Bird mine; prospector who
shot deer for dinner one day saw that
there were sparkles in the earth that
the animal kicked up in its last
agony, and staked his claim there
when he found that these bright
spots were carbonate. The rich deposit
found by recluse named Fryer, who
lived in dirty cabin, gave the name of
Fryer Hill to the locality. A man hav-
ing died one winter, his friends engaged
sexton to put the body in snow until
The ground thawed; he started to dig a
hole in the drift, but struck ground
sooner than he expected, and not only
ground, but carbonate, the ssdead mans
claim" panning out, as the saying is, to
the great profit of the sexton. Senator
Tabor kept little grocery in Leadville,
and took part of mine in payment of
claim for thirty dollars that he had
| advanced to the owners, the mine re-
| turning to him over two million dollars.
-Goldthwaite geographical Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
"cozy" Murphy, the Landlord.

There lived in Dublin, some years
ago, a gentleman named Murphy
"Cozy" Murphy, they called him, for
short, and because he was a very COM
Portable sort of a Murphy. Cozy MUIR
ply owned land in Tipperary; but as
he had an agent in Tipperary to collect
his rents and evict his tenants when
they did not pay, he himself lived in
Dublin, as being the more comfortable
place, And he concluded, at length,
that the most comfortable place in Dub
lin, in fact the most comfortable place
in Che whole world, was-in bed. So
he went to bed and stayed there for
nearly eight years; not because he was
at all ill, but because he liked it. He
ate his dinners, and drank, his wine,
and smoked his cigars, and read, and
played cards, and received visitors, and
verified his agents accounts, and drew
checks-all in bed. After eight years
lying in bed, he grew tired of it, got up,
dressed himself, and for some years
went around like other people, and then
died. But his family were just as well
off as though he had never gone to bed
lin fact, they were better off; for
while his income was not whit dimin-
ished by his going to bed, his expenses
were.
| This was typical landowner = q
landowner pure and simple. Now let
the working farmer consider what
would become of himself and family II
he and his boys were to go to bed and
stay there, and he will realize how
much his interests as laborer exceed
his interests as q landowner.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
a Chinese Opinion of America.

1t is impossible to understand these
barbarous people. One thing is GER
tain: if they do anything they do itwith
all their might. Thirty years ago they
had big civil war. The whole country
was turned into military camps and
battle fields, and everybody, even to
the women folk, were engaged in the
war in one way or another, and one
army numbered two million men. And
now there are young men, old enough
to vote, who have never seen a COM
pany of soldiers in their life. In
fact, these people seem to think that
another war will never break out, es-
pecially in their part of the world. A
person can travel clear across the Amer.
lean continent without seeing soldier,
and follow the main lines of travel too.
In fact, at the present time there is
only about one soldier for every two
thousand persons, while Russia has one
soldier to every ninety.-Peking Ga
zette.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
English Land Tax.

Commenting on the debate on land
taxation in the house of commons,
Michael Davitt's paper, the Labor
World, after showing how the landlord
parliament of England had reduced the
land tax which formerly constituted the
bulk of revenues of the English govern
ment, to merely nominal proportion
of the total amount raised by taxation,
Gays:
The total rent-revenue derived by
landlordism from the land each year,
including ground rents and royalties,
IS difficult if not impossible, to ascer-
tain accurately. But it is generally
computed at land, s20O, 100000 to e250,
0a0, ,00O This vast sum is not the result
of from lord energy, intelligence, or
outlay. 1t is the earning, the creation
of the industrial community. If every
landlord in Great Britain emigrated to
the antipodes and remained there for.
ever, the economic value OF the land
would 60 on producing the wealth
which the landed aristocracy is now ap-
propriating as its property. The infiu-
ence which they, as class, exercise
upon the production of this wealth is
about equal to that which they exer-
else upon the growth of the bodies o1
the human units of cur population,
The labor of the masses, the social
necessities of the community. the daily
wants of the people and the general
progress of the arts and sciences as ap
piled to the organism of society, are
alone responsible for the wealth which
in The name of rent, small and use
less class are taking year by year from
the nation.
Instead of five millions, the entire
taxation, local and general, should bt
levied upon land values. These are th'
products of the combined energies o
the whole population. They are, there
fore, the one legitimate subject for ma
tional revenue. They grow from tn
inalienable patrimony Of the state
Every citizen contributes to their de
| velopment. No mans house, or food
or clothing, or earnings would suffe
from tle appropriation OF land value
for .fsca, purposes. On the contrary
every tax now levied upon the nece,
saries Of life could be abolished if tn
land Of the country was again made th
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
THE ORIGIN OF "KELTER."
Derivation and Different Meanings of the
Word.

Derivation and Different Meanings of the
Word.
Kilter or keller was an "Anglicism"
long before it was "Americanism.
Skinner in 1911 has "skelter; he is not
vet in keller, nondum est paratus."
It is also given in a reprint Of Rays
Collection of 1891. The k before j
points to Scandinavian origin. CT.
Dan. "kilte," to truss, tuck up, whence
E. "kilt.'' Reitz gives Swed. dial
"kilter- band," band for holding up
tucked-up clothes; "kiltra-sig," to grid
up, tuck up and fasten. The metaphor
is obvious enough.
This word 'skelter," as it should be
spelled, is given in Johnson's diction-
ary, and derived from the Danish
.skelter," to grid; q quotation is given
from Barrow's works, where the word
is used. Bailey, in his chronological
dictionary, derives it from the Latin cul-
tura. Halliwell Dictionary of Arch
aic and Provincial Words') gives it as
used in the east Of England both as a
substantive and as verb. 1t is q
word OF everyday use IN surrey
and Sussex, in the sense of Or
der or condition. Rev. w. D. Parish,
in his Dictionary of the Sussex Dia-
lect," notices it in the phrase, "this
farm seems in very good 'kelter.'
have often heard it used in the same
way, and anything that is out OF
condition is described as being out O.
''kelter." On reference to the publica-
ton of the English Dialect Society" it
will be seen that the word is of very
general use throughout England. In
the neighborhood OF Whitby it occurs
as verb and substantive, and in the
Mid and East Yorkshire glossaries
also; it is used also in West Cornwall, !,
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight In
West Somerset, in Sheffield and in Hud-
dersfeld the word means money.
! These references will be sufficient to
show that the expression is not an
Americanism, but that the word has
found and still finds place in vernacu-
/! lar English. Chicago News-
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
-,e GRAVE OF A LITTLE CHILD.

snot on the hillside far away,
DE. 80 IN summer the grass grows green;
r,a,o beneath rustling elm trees shaoe'
as,,C r,oss covered stone is seen.
-. q Quiet and unfrcquentcd spot
soiItudc long ard wild;
-. snr,obody's hopes are buried there
~ s1s the grave Ct little child.
:. ~,rter. slas that nossy stone
- ,'ttd meath shroud OF snow,
y, .rornd It in spring time. fresh and sweet,
D.s g.s daisies and violets grow.
..soer /, the summer breczes bow
wl,h a fragrance soft and wild,
.',.ho ". autumn's dead leaves thickly strew
1-, Tsa, gravo Of little child.
...,,rrv rcar there's a rcdbreast comes,
yrssn ibo month Of May is nigh.
.'asni,ds her nest in this quiet spot,
Az 1,,,s ,bc elm trees branches high;
,r,.h M her melody sweet by the hour she trills
",,1 ,sifb bv the scene beguiled;
,.,sops. who knows. It's an angel comes
' 10 me grave Of that little child.
=. .Omebody's hopes lie buried there;
~ :ome mother is weeping In vain,
var though years may come and years may so
vii, never come back again.
v,s hlesscd are those who die in youth,
TSs pure and the undeflled,
eomt roads to Heaven perhaps run through
That grave Of q little child.
Walter Frees, in N Y. Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-27
VOL. XLVI.-NO. y.

source from whence the state shca.d
derive the means with which to carry
on the duties of government. 1t would
be an act of restitution, and not of rcvo-
luton. The people would be only TAX
ing that which they and they alone,
create, and the nation would only be
enjoying again the right OF which It
was deprived by a privileged class in
making the economic earning of the
soil defray the cost of administering
the affairs of the commonweal To the
cry of 'confscation, which this de-
mand would call forth from landlords,
the people can answer restoration" !"
The ''confiscation' has been the work
of the landlords. To levy taxes for the
needs of the state is legal and constitu-
tional. Land reformers, who demand
the land for the people. seek only con.
stitutional reform by legal means.