Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-18

Fred Green and r. McHueh have pur
chased the logging camp and outfit u
RObt. WaldrOn. and sent crew of men
and q scOw.lOad Of provisions up the
[ Wishkah river Tuesday to operate the
works.
Governor John X. Rogers and Hon.
]. T. Ronald will address the people ii
Grays Harbor at the Acme opera house
] Wednesday evening, Oct. -, and the
people of Elma and vicinity on Thurs.
day, Oct. %, ut 10 o'clock a. m.
Miss Ruth Townsend returned home
Tuesday from Attic, where she has
closed a very successful term Of school.
Miss Townsend will 20 to Grass Creek
next week under engagement to teach
the fall term Of school at that place.
The large drive belt in the E. X. Wood
mill at HOquiam broke last Thursday,
and played general smash before the en-
gines were stopped. Fortunately no one
was hurt, although the mill was damaged
to the extent of several hundred dollars.
All water pipes in the city must he
covered, so as to protect them from
! freezing, before December !. The water
commissioner has been ordered by the
council to shut off the water from all
| premises where this has not been done.
Telephone patrons are to have night
and Sunday service from November !,
and it is rumOred that salaries OF the
operators are to be increased SO as to per-
init of better service all around. 1t Is
| impossible to secure efficient service for
the meager salaries paid.
Will Hepfinger was in town this week
having returned from the east, where he
was in the interest of his patent map.
Owing to the delay in getting the census
returns Mr.. Hepfnger will be unable to
get the map on the market in time for
the holiday trade this year.
Laurence Smith, a little son Of Fred +.
Smith, fell in slough while playing
near his fathers soda works, III East
Aberdeen, last Thursday afternoon, and
would in all probability have drowned
but for the timely arrival Of " m. Zeigler,
who jumped in and rescued the child.
J. w. Musgrove, democratic nominee
for county surveyor, had business in
Aberdeen, Monday. Mr.. Musgrove Is
unable, by reason of his logging opera.
tons on the Satsop river, to make All
active campaign, and stated that fact tC
the convention which nominated him.
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
who bought the Northern Pacific Rail.
way lands, is sending cruisers through
each county, examining lands and look
ing for trespass. They are also buying q
few claims adjoining their holdings. GEO
5. LONG, Agent, Tacoma, Wash. 5l-St
DR.. Scamell has just installed one Of
the very latest appliances known to
medical science. It is called static
electrical machine, with an X-ray at
tachment, and an attachment for giving
ozone treatment for pulmonary troubles.
The apparatus cost $500 laid down in
Aberdeen.
Warren Roberts, for fifteen years con-
ductor on the p. S. & q. H. railroad, and
! who was very popular with the travelling
public when running the passenger train
between Kamilche and Montesano, was
instantly killed by an accident ON the
road in Mason county Monday. Some
logging cars became uncoupled, and
Roberts jumped, and was thrown under
the cars by projecting rock. The de-
ceased left wife and two children. Mr.
and Mrs. John O'Hare went to Olympia
Yesterday to attend the funeral.