Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-09-21
NEWS OF THE STATE

Skamokawa has voted $500 to build
school house.
Snow fell on the Olympia mountains
the 10th, much earlier than usual.
South Bend has INDUCED in whole
sale reduction in valuation of outlying
town lots.
Clallam county people are using the
sea kelp which, floats up on the beach for
fertilizing.
Port Angeles has purchased the electric
light plant for $4,000 and $4,000 COM
mission for selling the bonds.
Two boys of Robert Quinn, aged IL
and Is years, killed bear last week be-
fore breakfast, down in the Humptulips
country.
Potatoes from Japan have been i'm
ported into Seattle. They are not con-
sidered equal to native grown, and sell at
SIS per ton.
Business is improving at the nail
works. An order for one thousand kegs
OF nails was received from a Portland
firm one day last week.-Everett Times.
The board Of county commissioners Of
Whatcom county have made an all
around reduction in salaries, their own
included, reducing their per diem from
So to So.
The United States land commissioner
has removed the suspension OF the sale of
the Port Angeles townsite, and squatters
can now prove up. The day of final sale
is January /, 1894.
Fall fishing commenced on Monday
last, and the prospects point to pros
porous season. Jasper Prest, in six
hours fishing, lifted over two tons of fish,
and other good. catches are reported
Pacific Journal.
With work begun in the shingle mills,
all leading industries in the town, includ-
ing the tannin extract works and both
saw mills, are now running full blast.
This, together with the buildings being
erected, cannot but improve the times
South Bend Journal.
Hop picking is in full blast, and in some
Of the smaller yards, is finished. The crop
is turning out quite up to expectations,
but not up to former yields in quantity
The quality, however, is said to be extra
choice. No quotations as yet for the
new crop.-Orting Oracle.
One of the finest grain fields we have
CHANGED to see in this county, is that o.
Merritt Woods, of Satsop. One hundred
acres as level as house floor, in wheat
oats and barley. This will yield at the
least calculation seventy-fve bushels PEI
acre. This might we'll be termed farming
on large scale. There are many othe
things we would like to mention, had VI
the time and space, but summing it al
up in word, Mr.. Woods is mode
farm, to which we call the attention
the passers by, it remains there as aproo
for itself.-Economist
KILLED BUcK.]Yesterday, while Wis
ting a patient at Hartstein island. DIR
Beach was invited by party to 60 on
on the island for few hours hunt. Tn
luck was in DR.. Beach's favor, for fine
large 2-year old buck came his way, ant
. in considerable less time than it takes
!, tell it, a prescription" composed
: "cold lead" was dealt out, which i'm
t mediately took the desired effect. Dl
: Beach was seen this morning packing
quarter over to Speed Shelton's, as
favor returned for the use OF gun. y
course, Speed smiled.-Shelton Sentinel
l STATE BOARD OF EoUALIzATIoN.-Not
: withstanding the official copy of the lay
: providing for state board of equaliza
t ton has been changed so as to mis-stat
( the object intended, by the substitution
E of the word "county" for ''state," tn
the change and evidences of fraud are 6
s palpable that the attorney general ao
a vised the board to proceed and have tn
4 matter of legality decided by the courts
/ This seems to be the shortest horn of tn
Q dilemma. If the board proceeds, and tn
e supreme court decides in accord with tn
!, evident intent Of the act, the ends
= Justice will be subserved, but if no equal
n cation of railroad values is made, thos
9 corporations will have ample grounds fe
/, refusal to pay taxes under an assessmer
h that is unequal, and therefore unjust.
y accordance with the attorney general
n recommendation the board organize
It and elected Charles Garfelde clerk. Att
Il ascertaining the equable amount dr