Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-07-19
COUNTY NEWS
HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY
Gathered BY "Herald" Correspondence
and Cleaned From Exchanges
MONTEsANO.

MONTEsANO.
Correspondence to the HERALD
II. NJ. Sutton had business in Seattle
the first Of the week.
Ex-County Surveyor Burrows was in
the city on business the first OF the week.
Miss Eastman was up from Ocosta the
first Of the week visiting at the home Of
L. l.. Tiask.
Miss Julia Esmond returned Saturday
evening from Tacoma, having given up
school on account OF sickness.
D. H. Mullen, insurance agent at Aber-
deem, was in town the first Of the week
on business and greeting old friends.
Mr.. Sway has sold his residence prop
erty on Broad street to Edmund Smith,
and returned to his former home in New
Whatcom.
Miss Grace Owens is always looking
after the little ones. Last Monday she
took the Junior League scholars to Elma
on a picnic.
While watching the ball game last Sun
day, Howard Winters got his nose broken
BY one OF the Hoquiam batters letting
his bat fly.
Chas. Sauers, Of Aberdeen, was in the
city Monday, looking after the mill prop
osition he and his associates made to the
citizens here.
Miss Blanch Bodwell returned from
San Francisco, Saturday evening, ftr a
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Smith.
Giles Quimby came up from Caldwell's
camp on South Bay, last week, with
badly cut chin, the effects Of coming in
contact with flying cable.
Mr.. Clay Tumwalt, Of Eugene, Ore,
arrived in the city last week to visit with
County Treasurer Wilson. Mr.. Tumwalt
is an old schoolmate Of Mr.. Wilson.
Monday evening Rev. Miller gave a
stereoptican show and lecture in the rink
on the Boer.English war. The proceeds
of which went to improve the church.
Some of Montesano's young ladies en-
tertained their friends on the Harbor at
the rink last Saturday evening. Dancing
formed the amusement for the evening.
Rumor has it here that Geo. D. Scofleld
and Chas. Keller, two Of our citizens that
left here few weeks ago for Nome, are
both sick at that place with typhoid
fever.
While working in camp on North river
last week, John D. Bennett got hit on the
head with dog.hook, which caused his
death at the Aberdeen hospital Saturday
evening.
The Montesano and Hoquiam ball
teams played ball here last Sunday.
Amid innumerable errors on the home
teams part, the visitors walked home
victorious.
Mr.. J. Pierson. OF Centralia, stopped in
town few days this week in the interest
of the Washington Chemical Company,
of that city. Mr.. Person is one Of our
old residents.
Prof. White, our popular band leader,
has severed his connection with the band
here and will 60 to Hoquiam, where lie
has the leadership Of the band offered
him. In losing Prof. White the band
suffers great loss, for by his untirinl
efforts our band has been by far the best
band on this Hartor.
]. NJ. stratton has received letter
from his son, Gus, announcing his safe
arrival at Bob Ogburn g camp, near Daw'
son, Alaska, on June rs. Gus is pleased
with the country, and will soon know
how the Ogburn claim will pan out, al
they were commencing the annual clean
up. Bob and Mrs. Ogburn were we'll. G.
w. Yana, of Westport, Gus Stratton and
Bob Ogburn own the claim.