Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-10-15

Why pay 5000 a year for part Q
the local news each day. when 20,
can get all the city. county and gen
eral news twice a week, in the Herald
: $3.50
At the Acme opera house, Tuesda,
night, the Humphrey-Mordant Compan.
deserved much larger house than the
had. The company is composed of ;
better class OF artists than usually appea
here. and the play is interesting from
the rise to the fall of the curtain.
The city dock, at the foot of Wishkal
street, collapsed last night. and dumped
a lot of rock ballast into the river. The
wharf was too weak to bear the weigh
OF the rock, and it was fortunate that il
gave way when nobody was around tc
be injured by the fall.
The directory issued by X. L. Polk &
Co. is the third ever printed of Aber.
deem, and contains more errors and
omissions than both the others com.
bined. In revising our city list this
week, we were surprised at the number
of names omitted entirely and wrong
addresses given.
The school board finds it difficult to
provide school rooms fast enough for
the increasing population. The present
buildings are all filled, as we'll as the
rented Dabney building, and the erec-
ton OF new one can be delayed no
longer than spring, and it will probably
be built in the rapidly growing south
western part of the city.
As Robt. Cochran, clerk for the Evans
Drug Co., was starting for home at 10 80
last evening he discovered fire in the
rear end OF Gee. Fishers clothing store
He gave the alarm, and Otto Wang, the
clerk in Fishers, en- cred and found the
wooden covering Of the chimney afire
and the room filled with dense smoke
He threw pail of water on the fire,
and the chemical engine OF the fire de-
partment soon had it eXtinguished. The
damage was nominal, although had the
flames few minutes start, there would
have been a heavy loss.
a splendid program h; been arranged
for the piano recital and concert by Miss
Nellie Redinger, under the auspices OF
the Christian Endeavor Society, in the
Presbyterian church tomorrow evening,
and we have no doubt the church will
be found too small for the audience that
will wish to hear the young artist, who
is on the way to make Aberdeen famous,
we'll as herself, in the musical world
Rev. e. X. Prichard and Miss Goldie
Redinger will assist the entertainment
by singing few songs. The program
begins at 80. Admission 50 cents.
Along the Water front
The schooner Robt Hind sailed today
from the West & Slade mill for San
Pedro.
The schooner Sailor Boy is at the Bry-
den & Leitch mill, loading for San
Francisco.
The steamer Centralia sailed today
from the West < Slade mill for San
Francisco.
The schooner Comet is loading at the
Aberdeen Lumber 4 Single mills for
San Pedro.
The steamer Santa Monica sailed
Tuesday from the American mill for
San Francisco.
The schooner Honoipu is at the Aber-
deem Lumber Il Shingle mills loading
for San Francisco.
The schooners W. II. Smith and Cbas
r. Wilson are at the West e. Slade mill,
loading for San Pedro.
The schooner James H Bruce arrived
in port Tuesday, and is loadius at the
Dryden & Leitch mill for San Pedro.
The barkentine Wrestler and schoon-
err Henry Wilson are loading at the
West & Sladc mill for San Francisco.
The steamer Newburg arrived in port
Monday, and will sail this evening from
the West 4 Slade mill for san Francisco.
The schooners John A. Campbell
aud Ethel Zane are at the Anderson &
Middleton mill loading for San Fran
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