Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-04-26

enough to provide his family with proper
food and comfortable clothing, but also
to lay up something as provision against
a "rainy day"
1t is reported that the owners OF the
Bissell & Co. shingle mill are considering
a proposition made them by A. G. Little
for the purchase OF their interests here.
1t is very much desired that Mr.. Little
shall succeed in acquiring this property,
for it is evident that the mill will not
make much of success unless it gets
someone with some ego" behind it.
Report OF Cosmopois schools:
GRAMMAR GRADE. - y. G. Cheney,
teacher. Number enrolled, %; per cent
of attendance, 81. Roll OF honor, Anna
Ashmun, Matt Minis, Earl Davis, Mamie
Sauers, Guy Lyons. Roy Ledham, Gar
field Datson.
INTERMEDIATE GRADE.-Miss Rather
inc Minis, Teacher. Average number be-
longing, %; per cent Of attendance, "a.
Roll Of honor, Harry Coe, Roy Datson,
Willie Bellies, Ivan Strange, Raymond
Ashmun, Mary Minis, Chester Pagett,
Theron Strange.
PRIMARY GRADE.-Mrs. r. NJ. Cullen,
teacher. Average number belonging, 81
per cent of attendance, 20. Roll OF hon
or, Albert Davis, Edgar Davis, Nettie
Bellies, HELEN Pittman, Oscar Distler,
James McMaster, Irwin Thompson, Fanny
Pittman, Marguerite White, Clarence
Pagett, Roy Cox. Visitors, Mrs. Ward,
Mrs. Pagett, Charles Cox.
From Ocosta Pioneer
The building being erected as factory
for the Washington Woodenware Works
will be 40xS0 feet.
We understand a survey is now being
made of the site for the lighthouse on
Peterson point.
1t is currently reported that the Coch-
ran brothers will soon OPEN hardware
store at this place. An enterprise OF the
sort is very much needed.
From Elma Chronicles
l.. L. Trask has his logging roads ready
and will begin active operations next
week on the line Of Mack's railroad.
A visit to Aberdeen this week found
that city busting as usual. All the saw
and single mills, with the exception OF
the West mill, were in operation, and
that mill is being rapidly prepared for
work. That times are mending on the
Harbor was evidenced by the ease With
which we added several new names to our
subscription list
From Elma Eagle.
Married, in the city Of Seattle, on Sat
urday, 14th inst, Mr.. o. o. Wakefield
and Miss Lulu Kelerman, both Of this
city.
A little daughter Of James Baldwin,
about two and half years Of age, died at
3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon April POI OF
scarlet fever, and was buried last night
in Odd Fellows cemetery. Another one
Of his little ones is also extremely i'll.
James Mouncer shipped ton Of wheat,
OF his own raising, to the Ocosta mill,
Monday, to have ground. If all the
farmers Of the county, he says, would
raise enough wheat for their own bread
it would save many dollars to the county.
F. J. Miner, of Aberdeen, was up re-
pairing the boiler at Hughes mill, Thurs
day. He stopped over for few hours in
Elma, on his return Friday, and made
the Eagle Office visit. Mr.. Miner was
schoolmate Of our fellewtownsman
Frank Thompson.
From Montesano Vidette
If the fruit yield OF this county is as
heavy this season as the present pros
poets give promise, nearly every kind OF
fruit will 60 begging for market after
the earliest varieties are disposed OF.
With the annual increase in fruit acreage,
canning and drying establishment will
soon be an absolute necessity.
One need not be a very close observer
to have noticed that those who sometimes
talk the loulest about oppression OF the
laboring man, pay less wages than most
employers; and it not infrequently hap
pens that he who can descant most pity
ingly on the "rights Of labor" can pay
starvation wages without twinge OF
conscience.
Surveyor +. l.. Wade completed the
work of running the line between his sur
veys and those OF Surveyor Vickery, on