Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-07

". / Mrs. E. f. Coons, who have
be visiting DR.. and Mrs. N. D. Coone
LEI The steamer Centralia Friday fol
l. geles. They wi go from there &c
Roll -. Cal where Mr. Haskell has
All ,'a ge grove.
The rais for the Grays Harbor Electric
company are all laid, and the line com
pleted on the bridge across the Chehalis
river Workmen are pushing operations
on the South eide, and as soon as the
bridge question is settled, the rails will
be placed in East Aberdeen.
According to the Vidette, Grass Island,
viii, Was recently reserved by executive
order for the purposes of the defense OF
Grays Harbor, is the property OF Thos.
Armstrong and w. w. Brown, OF Monte
sano. who have had deed from the state
for the island for the past ten years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Farnam OF Sand
Lake, leave tomorrow for a three
months sojourn at Aberdeen. Wash.,
where his brother A. H. is operating a
big lumber business. Ruben is one OF
the biggest and best farmers and Master
Of the Kent County Grange.-Cedar
Springs, (Mich.) Clipper, August 2.
Until the bridge across the Wishkah
river is built, the city is maintaining a
free ferry at the foot OF Wishkah street.
A slip has been cut into the dock 90 that
teams can be driven onto the ecow and
ferried across. How long this will con-
tinue no one knows, but it is the best
that an be done under the circumstances.
The dwelling Of Robert Bassett, on H
street, next door to the Swedish Mission
church. was burg!arized last night, and
q Smith 4 Wesson revolver and lot OF
solid silver. valued at y6O, was taken
from the house. The thieves were evi.
IDENTIFY disturbed, as they left some of
the plumber t ey had gathered, behind
them.
Captains Harry c. Lord and f. Grit.
fifth were here last week inspecting the
bulls and machinery OF the local steam.
ere. Mr.. Lord was associated with the
Rev. G. McDermoth SO years ago, and
renewed acquaintanceship this trip. The
captain has been chief engineer in the
lighthouse department for IS years, and
now makes his headquarters in Seattle
az inspector Of steamboats,.
Lizzie Harris had Dora Mann arrested
Friday morning for alleged cutting the
complaining witness with knife. Both
women are members of the colored I'M
derw rid, and the trial before Judge Bush
Frid ~ afternoon, developed that the
affair was drunken row, with the prob
abilities largely that the cutting was not
done by the accused, who was discharg-
ed, and the costs, amounting to about
$l6, taxed to the Harris woman.
At a meeting of the street committee
Of the city council Friday evening, Creech
Brcs. was awarded the contract for tear.
ing down the Heron street bridge, for
$2l9. The iron work of the bridge will
be used to rebuild the structure. on the
present pier, with new wood work. The
council would like to have built new
bridge of steel, but financial conditions
would not permit. 1t is thought the
BRIDE can be rebuilt, so as TO be good
for several years, for about $1,000.
Notwithstanding that the HERALD pays
its carrier boys more than double the
wages paid by other papers, it has had
some trouble Of late III getting the papers
delivered to our city subscribers. On one
occasion boy deposited more than 30
copies Of the paper under a planked
street, and last Thursday another lad i,
after soliciting the job, delivered about
% papers. and then left his bag on the
steps of the Swedish Mission church,
and quit without notifying the office.
This sort of thing is about the most an
noying nuisance that inflicts ne SIS. ia per
office, and one of the most difficult to
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