Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-13

Manager Hirschman is pushing tn
wo.k on the Edison theater. in order t.
make the opening Monday, August "a
The pla call for verv handsome it'll
theater, finely finished in every detail
a. d will be furnished with opera chair
and all modern conveniences. The new
theater will give performances ever,
afternoon and evening, except Monda,
afternoons.
Little Guy Morgan had narrow es
cape from, drowning Tuesday. He ant
his brother, Henry. and Ralph Drake
were playing on raft of logs on Fry
creek, and all three fell into the water
Ralph and Henry succeeded in getting
ashore, but Guy would surely have
drowned ha' not some loggere, who
wore working ON raft nearby came to
his rescue.
The annual excursion and grand ball
OF the Red Men, last saturday and Sum
day, at Westport, was. as usual, huge
success. The steamboats, were loaded to
the guards. and SO tickets to the ball
were sold. The Crescents played base
ball with the Westport nine-easily de-
feating them-and the day was pleas
antly spent with other athletic sports,
bathing, etc.
President Fink, of the Southwe st
Washington league, has rendered his de-
cision in the matter of the protested
game between Hoquiam and Olympia
He has held that the same shall be
played over on August %. Should Ho.
quiam appeal from this decision the
matter will come up for final adjudica-
ton before the meeting of the directors
Of the league.
Floyd Bush came home from Alaska
last evening to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. N. w. Bush. Floyd has been
running a. purser on a steamship be-
tween Juneau nd >itka, and came down
to Seattle on his ship, which is on its
way to San Francisco for repairs. He
will 60 back to Seattle Monday to take
the same position on a boat running
between Seattle and Skagway. .
At the annual meeting Of the Pacific
Soldiers Reunion Association held at
Westport last Saturday, the following
officers were elected for. the, ensuing
year: Commander, L f. Wad". Mon.
tesano; s. v. c., Fred Nye, Aberdeen /;
NV. G. Mike Haley, Hoquiam Q. NJ,
u. NJ. Birmingham, Aberdeen; Chap.
lain: c. D. Spencer, Centralia. Trustees,
g. W. Fra ce, Hoauiam; J. s. Ingram,
FAberdeen; 0. A. Myers. Aberdeen; Geo.
Woodruff, Aberdeen; N. S. Arnold,
olympia.
The fire department was called out be.
tween twelve and one o'clock this morn
.,ng by FIRE at Lindstrom's ehipyard.
The fire caught under the boilers from
the fire box, and did about 81 600 worth
of damage before it was extinguished.
besides delaying operations at the yard
for several days while the damage is be-
ing repaired. The steam fire engine
was unable to reach the fire for two rea-
sons. The best horse of the city'e team
(the other one is ut t.for work at ALL
b liked at the engine house and was
fully ten minutes in getting started, and
had to be pushed along. When on We
He, on street, the apparatus was blocked
by some heavy timbers, that had been
dumped there and could not get within
two blocks of the fire. This is the sec.
ond time within week that the engine
has been hampered in responding to an
alarm. and it is full time that such
measures were taken as will allow quick
service by this machine, which, with itt
accessories, has cost the city about
10000.