Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-06-29
From The Washingtonian:

FROM Ane WasnlngJoulan:
The Olympic theatre company, of Ia
coma, is booked to appear here Goth inst.
Captain Hank returned yesterday with
the Mary E. from the Queets trip, bring
ing another load Of pig iron. :.
The Slade mill has just put in big
blower and new saws for their band mill.
They are now cutting about $4,000 per
day.
Mr.. Cook, of Aberdeen, will probably
have his stock of goods in place and be
ready for business in few days, in the
store recently vacated by DR.. Lamb.
DIR. Chase has a paint mine on his
beach ranch, and specimens shown here
look like he has bonanza in paint of
the natural sort. 1t spreads finely and
| resembles prepared paint.
The barkentine Cleaner sailed grandly
up the harbor yesterday, rather unex-
pectedly, as no one was looking for her.
Captain Lane and wife were both aboard
and were gladly welcomed by many
| friends.
Alex Poison received the past week his
giant logging engine, Of two hundred and
fifty horse power. 1t will handle an end
less wire rope, and the way it will handle
the giants Of the Grays Harbor forests
will be caution to the OK team OF long
ago.
From Washington Economist
Supt. Kimberly's special made a trip
over this branch of the Northern Pacific
yesterday. We understand that the rail-
road on the north side will be built to Alb
erdeen and Hoquiam at once.
The Economist has it on good authority
that the logging road west oftown will be
built at once. The contract has been let,
and the machinery and materials for it's
construction is expected Immediately.
From Elma Chronicle
DIED-On the 18th instant, Evan, the
youngest son of Prof. L. E. Mahaffy, aged
II mouths.
Daniel Gillies' dam on Ceear creek
was washed out last week..
s. L. Kyle, among other improvements
has new edger put in his saw-mill.
| A young man named Pullen cut the
end off his thumb on the knot saw in the
Porter shingle mill Tuesday.
School-Clerk Sackett has completed
the school census. He found 2O8 chill
dren of school age, the exact number of
last years census.
The wagon road to the new bridge is
now in fair condition for travel, and the
bridge builders are having their material
hauled over.
| 0. L. Church is moving his saw-mill
one mile farther east on the Summit
branch, into fine Eody OF cedar and fir
timber, the timber at the old location be-
| ing worked out.
Deputy Sheriff Pettiiohn came up from
the county seat Thursday and placed
James B. Biles in peaceable possession of
the strip OF land occupied by the railroad
where it crossed forty acre tract be-
longing to Mr.. Biles at Greenwood. The
sheriff acted under the instructions of the
supreme court. This land has been in
litigation since the road was built, and
involved the question OF the railroad COM
pany's right to the right-of-way through
lands sold by the Northern Pacific, where
the right-of-way was reserved in the
deeds given by that company. Judge
Irwin in the superior court, held that the
T., o. & G. Fl. r. r. could not claim the
right, and that this company was not a
branch of the Northern Pacific, al the
latter company's charter forbade its
building any branch lines, and the su-
preme court sustained him. Considerable
curiosity is expressed as to what the rail-
road company will do i'll the matter, as
Mr.. Byles, being in legal possession can
enclose the tract and prevent the running
of trains, should he be disposed. Yes
terday afternoon Mr. Byles felled a tree
across the track, checking the west-bound
passenger and freight trains, but not
wishing to annoy innocent passengers,
he permitted the train men to cut the