Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-10

! terdav for Anacortes, where they will
reside, and where Mr.. PAUL. is engaged
with the American Fisheries Co.
The Hoquiam base ball team had a
hot game at Montesano Labor Day.
They had to play ten innings to beat
the farmers, with score of 2 to /.
Hugh O'Hare is at st. Joseph's hos.
pital, where he had an operation per-
formed last week on his leg, which had
been injured some time ago in the woods.
Some parties from Olympia are open.
ing sandstone quarry on the Stewart
place, and are cutting out foundation
stone for the new dwelling of Cliff NJ.
Weatherwax.
The county commissioners let the con.
tract Tuesday for opening the Aberdeen.
Montesano road to Olympia parties for
! $3.50. Several bids were received rang
/ ing up to $4,000.
Supt. Semmen has the wooden water
pipe strung out along and Hume
streets, and there is now a fair prospect
that this main will be laid in the ground
before it decays.
Wonderful times at the Salvation
Army hall for two weeks. Capt. Slower
and Capt. Childers will conduct these
meetings, beginning Saturday. Sept. IL.
All are welcome.
The steel rails for the electric railway
tline. sufficient to lay the track on the
planked streets, have arrived, and will
be laid. and Heron and F streets closed
up as rapidly as possibly.
ATTORNEYS Cross, Fox and Bridges
went to Tacoma today, to attend the
trial of the damage case of J. p. o.
Lownsdale vs.. G. E. Burrows & Co., in
the federal court tomorrow.
Fred Wood had foot badly cut while
working at the West & Slade mhl yes
terday. The injured member was
dressed at the Aberdeen General hospi-
tai, after which MIR. Wood wet to his
, home.
Tho public schools opened Monday
with 762 pupils enrolled, as against 679
at the close of the first school month
last year. The school board realizes that
provisions must be made for nearly 1910
scholars this year.
F. L. Kellerman, of Montesano, was
in the city yesterday, having been sent
for to open the safe of Emil Olsen, that
had got out of order. Mr.. Kellerman is
an expert in that line, and opened the
safe without difficulty.
Miss Gertie Combes returned to Elma
yesterday, after a visit with her cousin
Mrs. Ctas. Sauers. Miss Combes is a
graduate of the Aberdeen High school
class OF 'O3, and will 60 to Tacoma next
Monday, to enter Whitworth college.
John Curtis, for many years night
Waterman at the West & Slade mill, fell
down an elevator shaft last night and
was severely injured. He was taken tc
the Aberdeen General hospital, where
it was found that he had broken an arm
and his shoulder was badly crushed.
VIM. Hepfnger is arranging to take
up the outstanding stock OF the Western
Washington Exhibit Co., and will man
age the concern as an individual enter.
prise. A live man, with $500, can have
half interest in the exhibit, from
which there is good money to be made
A large number attended the farewell
reception rendered to Rev. and Mrs. G
". Griffin at the Baptist church last
evening, to testify their appreciation Of
the services oil Rev. Griffin as pastor OIL
that church. MIR. Griffin and family
expects to leave in few days for Cali.
fornia.
A petition is being signed by the
chamber of commerce, asking the postal
department for an addition mail car.
rier. The increase OF population has
rendered the work entirely too much fol-
two carriers, and the result is serious
delay in delivery OF the mail in the resi-
dence districts.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Ingram. OF Quin
ault Lake, are in the city, visiting Robt
and Phil. S. Locke, brothers OF Mrs
Ingram. Mr.. Ingram has just filed {
plat OF Quinault City, on the shore o
this beautiful lake, that is sure to be
come famous summer resort as the
country fills up.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Myers left thi
morning for Whatcom, where Mrs
Myers goes as representative TO the W
G. 7. U. state convention. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Myers will visit friends in Tacoma
before returning, and will attend thu
NJ. +. church conference, which meets