Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-07

The ball Thursday night by the For
esters of America, in Firemen's hall. wa
one OF the most pleasant affairs. and wa
well attended, and start made TOWARD
a fund to be used in the entertainment
of the grand court of the order next Nav
A series of balls vii. be given for THU
purpose by the Foresters, which shoulc
be encouraged by the city, as the meet
ing of the grand court means large
number OF visitors to the city.
G. l.. Petrie, father of the unfortunate
: youth whose drowning was chronicled
III the HERALD, arrived in the city Fri
day evening, to attend to the sad obse-
quies of his son. The funeral took place
yesterday afternoon, services being held
at the Congregational church. Mr.,
Petrle ST. is steward on the Canadian
Pacific steamer Princess May, and arrived
III Victoria last Wednesday to find a
telegram announcing the untimely death
OF his bright young son.
About 700 people came down on the
excursion train Yesterday, with the Cen
tralla base ball team, to witness the
games at this city and Hoquiam In the
forenoon the Aberdeen boys met them
on the diamond at Athletic Park. The
Aberdeen club, flushed with the Fourth
OF July victory, was invincible, and,
without playing particularly good ball,
defeated the Centralia team IA to 10.
The lads from Centralia had no better
success in the afternoon at Hoquiam
They were again worsted, with score
of 10 to 6.
Three dwelling houses in South Aber-
deem were destroyed by fire shortly after
midnight Saturday morning The houses
We're owned by Robt. Shannon, who
was preparing to occupy one of them.
The other two had been contracted for
sale to VIM. Black and Willis Mcbride,
and VT re occupied by their families.
Practically all the household effects of
the Black and Mcbride families were
burned, and the buildings are total
loss The houses were insured in the
Patterson q Locke agency for 1920, pro.
badly one-:hird of their value. The fire
is sad to have originated from defec-
tive 1ue.
II. Johnson, who has been conducting
a second hand store, on Wishkah street,
concluded he could pot make it pay, and
departed last week for the Sound. Be-
fore leaving he wrote Mrs. Alice Warm
staff, OF Elma, enclosing the key of the
store, and telling her to pay herself, if
she could. out OF what was left. John
son had bought of Mrs. Warnstaff the
furnit re OF the California lodging house,
on + street in this city. and owed that
lady $50. Mrs. Narnstaff is now i'll at
the Aberdeen General hospital, and Is
likely 20 be loser, as johnson disposed
OF almost everything OF value before
departing.
Fred Genzel, who among the fist,
settled upon the MoX Chehals creek
about 10 years ago, appears to have
just cause of complaint against the
county commissioners in the matter OF
roads. Mr.. Genzel, and his neighbor,
Carl Lund, opened roads into that Sec
ton without public money, and, by their
labor, made it desirable place for
settlement, and productive of taxes to
the county treasury. Without going in
to the complaint at length, it may be
said that Genzel and Lund are So handi-
capped for lack of road from their
farms that it would be but an act of
simpl- justice for the commissioners to
remedy the matter, even if it required a
sight deviation from the rules. Mr..
l.und has moved to Hoquiam, on account
o: the trouble OF getting his children to
school, while Genzel, a bachelor, is try
ing to s III ont the proceeds OF the labor
OF the best years Of his life, because Ct
no road, notwithstanding the fact that
the amount of free work done by him
since his settlement in that place, if APP
piled to his farm, would have made his
clear n. greater by many acres.