Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-28
CHEHALISCOUNTY
LOCAL DOINGS IN ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTY
Items Of Interest From All Sections Of Che.
halls County. Gathered by Aberdeen Herald
Correspondents and Cleaned From Our
Local Exchanges
HOQUlAM.

hOQUlAM.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hyde left Tuesday
for Oregon where they will spend week
visiting Mr.. Hyde's mother.
Mr.. Gillette is building himself neat
dwelling on the east side on Simpson
avenue near the Mccoy place.
The many friends Of Mrs. J. T..
Thornton gave her a very pleasant sur.
prise party Monday, the occasion being
her birthday.
Mr.. AL. Flower, who is to have the
local management Of the Edison theater
after this week, is in the city getting
acquainted with his work.
Work OF moving the building of the
Hoquiam Iron works IN the north part OF
this city to the present site on Seventh
street was started Monday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Cooper, a
bouncing baby boy weighing 10 pounds.
Both mother and child are doing nicely
and Jack wears smile froiu ear to ear
as he passes up the street.
The Shingle Weavers union are AZ.
ranging for big open meeting Thursday
night. A number OF speakers from Alb.
deem and local speakers will address the
meeting. A nice lunch will be served
and pleasant social time is expected.
The meeting is open TO all and the public
is invited to attend.
Work on the new cannery for the Ho-
GUAM Packing company began Tuesday
when G. o Watson, of Aberdeen,
began driving the piling for the found
alton, he being the successful bidder en-
this work. This contract will include
the piling for the dock, etc. The con-
tract for the buildings was let to F.
Knack, who was the lowest bidder.
Work on them will commence as soon as
the foundation is finished and, they are
to be completed by June 1.
The Hoquiam shipyard will build a
steam schooner for the L. E. White
Lumber company, Of San Francisco to
cost in the neighborhood Of 5000.
George II. Hitchngs has given out the
information that work will commence
in short time on the new steamer for
the above firm, to ply between San Fran.
cisco and Mendocino points. This craft
will be 131 feet keel and IA feet over all,
with a 32-foot beam and 10H feet depth
Of hold. 1t will carry about 1926, 900 feet
OF lumber and when completed will cost
between $40, 900 and $4,000. Work will
be begun as soon as the patterns can be
made and the contract calls for the vessel
to be finished by September l.
A. j. Scott, bead sawyer at the North
Western Lumber company mill, was
caught between the band saw frame and
the big carriage Monday afternoon and
severely injured about the legs. Mr.
Scott had stopped the works 10 change
saws as is customary every afternoon anC
while at work in the carriage track tbs
lever which works the carriage became
loose in some way, and the jarring Of
the mill set it going until the carriage
began creeping slowly up the tract
toward Mr.. Scott. The setter yelled Al
him, but too late. for the monster ca
caught him, crushing him between thu
carriage and iron frame of the saw. HI
quickly rolled out from the place and thu
carriage setter stopped the carriage
Willing hands picked him up and carried
him to a conveyance which bore him tt
the hospital where an examination
showed his leg badly cut. A large piece
OF flesh was torn from the leg but luck il.
no bones were broken.