Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-12-24
COUNTY ITEMS.
FROM GRAND FORKS.

The invention (firc escape) of w. b.
Wilson, OF our precinct, is attracting
wide attention.
Oar precinct is chiefly engaged in the
study of phrenology, and there is talk Of
forming a class here.
George Quimby, OF Montesano, u good
"Silver Democrat" was paying his re-
spects TO friends here last week.
The high water caused very little dam
age -p here; the river now is quite as
low as usual this time OF the year.
There will be no Christmas entertain
ment at our school house this season,
much to the regret of the school children
Miss Essie NJ. Coles is on a visit to her
parents, three miles above the Forks.
She will probably remain till after the
holidays.
Miss Lucille De Il. Coles has been en-
gagged to teach school at the Est school
house on the Wynooche, for the sum-
mer OF 1897.
Tom Boyle's genial face, it is said, will
no more be seen in our midst; he is re-
ported as being determined to go east of
the mountains.
Is there any truth in the report that
President-elect Mckinley has invited
Pattison, OF the 'Bcst town on the har-
Dor" to help him form his cabinet?
The steamer now is making regular
trips between the Forks and Aberdeen.
As she makes the round trip in day, it
is pleasant trip for pleasure-seekers.
The logging camps are doing but little
in the way OF putting in logs the weather
has been very uniavorable; the river is
almost free OF logs, the extreme high
water having carried them all down
stream.
We are informed that the enterprisine
residents CT Aberdeen Gardens are getting
up series Of entertainments for the laud.
able purpose of buying an organ ior theil
school house. Here is good chance 70,
well-disposed people to aid these worthy
and Industrious farmers to while away
the monotony OF these long winter nights
That prosperous wave hasn't struck us
yet; the political predictions of the Han
nacrats are not likely to be verified thai
the country at large may show degree
nf ity ic itn1
try cannot remain in u state of stagna
ton very long, its resources are too great
but the prosperity will come to the few
corporations, trusts, combines and gam
blers in the products OF labor. Aglicul
ture, the chief resource and mainstay O
the nation, is not, nor is there any sigr
OF its prospecting in the next four years
and for the prosperity and welfare OF the
masses, 'twere better that every vince
and spindle he stopped, every other in
dustry laid aside, than that the pillow
should be neglected. The burden OF taxa
ton is laid on the farmer, while the large
manufacturers and milionaires are com
paratively free; ali our present laws are
calculated to stimulate manufacturer.
and are oppressive to the farmer. 1t il
estimated that 20 per cent of the farm.
in the United States are mortgaged. The
mortgage is really the owner of tn,
farm, but does he pay the taxes? No
He EFFORTS usury from his slave whc
operates the farm, while he is using al
his influence in public life, in the legsla
tive halls, and the gambling bells, know
as Exchanges to prevent that slav,
from paying that usury, that he, tn,
mortgage, may seize the land he covets
! his is not just, and we expect the Free