Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-11-07

ANU oScOAu i"iA pay AuCHt VA tuC AOVV
real estate taxes will become delinquent
November 30th. Those who have made
their first half payment will do well to
remember that If they fail to make the
second payment before the 3Oth interest
will be charged on the second half from
June 1st at Is per cent.
n. H. Carter has severed his connec.
ton with the produce firm of L. l.. Trask
Co. and purchased an interest in the
furniture and draping business of A. F.
Plant 4 Co. in the Commercial Block.
The firm will be known as Carter &
Plant, and they will continue to carry
an elegant line of furniture and up.tc.
date drapery.
Parents should bear in mind the fact
that the education of their children can
not be shifted entirely to the shoulders
of their teachers, but first and foremost
the responsibility rests within them
selves. See that your boy or girl is reg.
ular in attendance, prompt in obedience
and in every way cooperative with the
teachers and the best results will surely
follow.
The local lodge of Eagles, Aberdeen
Aerie No. "a, gave an open social session
in Firemen's hall last Sunday night. An
interesting program had been prepared,
consisting of addresses, songs, and COM
edy sketches by members of the order,
and refreshments, all of which were
heartily enjoyed by the large number of
persons who took advantage of the hos
pitality of the Eagles.
The next teachers examination for
Chehalis county will be held at the court
house in Montesano, beginning Novem-
Der IA, 1901. Examination in reading
circle work will also be given at the same
time. There will be no February exam
ination next year, so that teachers whose
certificates expire before the spring ex-
animation will be obliged to renew their
certificates this month.
A special to the Tacoma Ledger of the
LIST inst, from Loomis, Washington, a
mining town north of Spokane, says that
J. NJ. Haggerty, who resided here from
1890 to 1892, was tarred and feathered
by mob Of citizens of LOOMS, who took
offense at Haggerty's remarks concern
ing the Halmer Mountain Tunnel Com
pany and its operations, which were
published in Spokane paper.
Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels will be
seen at the Acme Opera House next Sat-
urday night, and from all accounts will
eclipse anything ever seen in minstrelsy.
Special care has been taken in arranging
the programme to depart from the mo-
notonous rut into which some of the
companies presenting this kind Of enter
tainment have fallen. "Newness and
ilovcity-- Is ti,o .notto OF 'rn1s 0fganiza-
ton.
Capt. l.. l.. llarling returned Tuesday
from months visit to his old home in
southeastern Iowa. He says he noticed
many remarkable changes in the finan-
cial condition of the farmers in that part
of the state since he was there twenty
years ago, all the farms being well
stocked, the dwellings provided with
modern conveniences, and in fact every
thing indicating prosperity, and the
farmt RS happy and contented.
AS the time for the city election draws
near, candidates for some of the offices
are springing up in considerable mum.
bers, particularly the ones with salaries
attached, and requiring small amount
of work. In quiet may, several per-
sons have consigned themselves to the
mercy of their friends for the Office OF
city treasurer, which pays $50 per month.
City Attorney Shields will be candi-
date for denomination and election, and
will probably have two opponents. For
the other offices, from present indica
tions, there will be no lack of candidates.