Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-03-06
CHEHALIS COUNTY
LOCAL DOINGS IN ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTY.
Gathered by Aberdeen Herald Correspondents
and Cleaned From Our Local Exchanges.
MONTESANO

MONTESANO
Lee & Hamilton have decided not TO
move their single mill from Summit.
They have purchased more timber at
that place.
J.P, Winters of this city has been en-
dorsed by the county central committee
for superintendent of the state fish hatch
cry near Mon:esano.
Perry Watson, it is said, will be can.
didate for county assessor before the next
republican convention. He is at present
deputy assessor at Elma.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Orlando Brewer at Seattle, Thursday OF
last week. Mrs. Brewer was formerly
Miss Mary Owens Of this city.
It is rumored that our handsome young
county surveyor will renounce his condi-
ton of single blessedness early in April.
an eastern lady being the happy one.
The committee engaged in soliciting
aid to build combined hall for the fire
men and the city officers is meeting with
good success. The first five men put
down $50 each.
When the custom house is moved to
Satsop, Montesano will be right in it as
all the vessels from the Harbor towns
will have to go up to the Satsop for their
clearance papers.
G. S. Kendall has fled notice Of appeal
from the recent action Of the county COM
missioners in refusing to grant him a
saloon license at Oakville and proposes
to test the matter in the courts.
Police Justice LETTERS will soon leave for
California. He has sold bis blacksmith
property here. He leaves Elma on &C.
count of his wife's health, which he
hopes to benefit by change to a drier
climate.
John Zumwalt, of the firm Of McAfee
& Zumwalt of Westport, was in town on
his way to Olympia to file on timber
claim in the North river country. He
says he accidentally stumbled onto a
valuable claim which had been over
looked.
James F. Lewis and family, who have
been on North river for the past year, left
Tuesday for New Mexico, where he was
formerly in the cattle business. Mrs.
Lewis is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert billiard, old residents Of the North
river country.
Surveyor Robertson was at the court
house several days this week on road
work. He made new road district map
for the county. showing tie districts as
now located after the changes made by
the board at the recent meeting. There
are now 48 districts in the county.
B. F. Kesterson is getting along nicely
and will soon be released from quarantine.
He has the prevailing mild form Of the
disease. Isaac Burt, who was quaran.
tined with Mr.. Kesterson, has not shown
any symptoms of the disease and mev
escape altogether. AL. Law was released
from quarantine Wednesday.
Foster & Co. have received the repairs
for their logging engine from Seattle and
expect to start putting in logs again next
week. During the recent high water but
q few logs went out Of Salmon creek into
North river on account of the water
washing around the dam go that it was
impossible to "splash."
One Of the most pleasant social events
Of the season was the dance given at the
Coeumbia hall, by the Messrs and Mes
danes Brewer, Cheney, Titus, Huff,
Sells and Story. Some 250 invitations
had been issued and the hall was filed
with guests. Music was furnished by
that popular orchestra, Messrs Brown.
White and Miss Jameson.
One Of the best plans suggested for a
road between Montesano and the Harbor
towns is road down the south side of
the Chehalis river instead Of on the north
side, where all the surveys have been
made. The argument advanced by the
advocates Of road on the south side is