Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-06-08

ABERDEEN HERALD. L
The Stanley Gold Mining Co. has beeI
incorporated by Aberdeen parties, an'
viii proceed t. develop II claims owned
by the company il Pacific county.
William II. Shuhz has bought th'
ehacks Of the deiurct trick plant on Yves
1 Fifth street fur $50. He will tear then
down and use the lumber elsewhere.
A telegram was received this morning
from p. O >eaberg stating that the body
Cf his daughter, who was drowned a.
Astoria on Wednesday OF last week, had
been recovered.
Wider Bro,iers have sold out their
holdings on Hume street to their partner
William Mcdonald. This gives Mr. Nc
! Donald the full control of the Palm
dance hall and the Olympus theater.
A meeting Of the w. C. T. U. will be
held tomorrow evening at the home OF
Mrs. O. A. Myers. Busin's SIS of import
ance will be discussed, and all members
and friends Of the Union arc urged to be
present.
S. f. Slade, of the West & Slade Mi
| Co. has putch ased the interest OF ". b
| Mack in the Union Mill Co. Mr.. Mack
was manager of the Union mill and re-
signed to take the management Of the
West & S'ade mill.
Chas. d. Hurd. former well known
resident OF Aberdeen, now OF LawtOn,
Oregon, is in the city looking after his
property interests here. Mr. Hurd is
accompanied by his bride, and is receiv-
ing the congratulations Of his numerous
old friends.
The following officers were elected
Tuesday evening by Court Gravs Harbor.
Foresters of America: Frank Rogers,
G. r.; Frank B. Reeder, S. G. r.
Charles Langben, secretary; B. F. La.
due, S. w., b. Campbell, J. w.; Emil
Millette, S. B.; J. B. Price, }. B.; j.
Lightfoot, lecturer.
Next Sunday will be Children's Day
at the Baptist church. The decorations
and music will be appropriate to the oc-
cssion. In the morning the pastor will
preach on "The Salvation of Children"
In the evening there will be an enter.
tanning program rendered by the Sunday
school. All are cordially invited.
Rev. w. f. Thompson left yesterday
morning to officiate at the funeral OF o.
P. Brewer, which took place in the after
noon, at st Mary's, near Gate City.
Mr.. Brewer was one Of the pioneers Of
Chehalis county. and was one of MIR.
'rhompson's Pensioners when he was
pastor at Montesano two years ago.
The cement foundation and center
piers OF the Masonic temple are com.
pleted, and the stone nasons have a
large quantity Of stone prepared to push
the work. No special arrangements have
been made for ceremonies in laying the
conner stone, though several OF the mem
bers OF that order are agitating the ques-
ton.
Work on the West bridge across the
Chehalis river is progressing rapidly.
The approach from the north side is COM
pleted, the center piers ire set and the
and cross ties of one half OF the center
Gates that in less than 80 days the bridge
will be open for traffic.
X. T. Dabney has returned from Cali.
fornia, and has another attack Of the i'm
provement fever. He is arranging to put
cement sidewalks in front OF the Olym-
pia and Vulcan blocks, and he and his
brother, who will b. up from California
next month, are considering plans for a
brick block on their property on the cor.
ner Of Wishkah and q streets.
Contractor w. Ii. White expects to be
able to turn the new city hall over to the
authorities by the Fourth of July, two
months ahead of his contract time
Those who were opposed to the building
OF the hall are now admitting that it is a
building for Aberdeen to be proud Of
and in its erection it has been sighted
in no particular by the contractor.
The right of way through south Aber.
deem to Cosmopolis, for the Grays Har.
Dor Electric Co., presents a lively APP
pearance. Quite a crew of men are at
work, and what with the clearing and
blasting OF stumps, a general stir is in
the air. BY the time the bridge is com.
peted across the ChehaliS, the company
will no doubt be ready to operate their
line between the two places.
r s. Jackson has three separate gangs
OF men at work on his Wishkah street
contract. The contracts calls for 20
foot street from Broadway to Division
street, IA distance OF 8 800 feet, to be laid
with four inch plank. This is the first
time that such heavy planking has been
used outside the business part of the
city, nut it is no doubt preferable to the
old method OF three inch plank.
The assistant attorney general declares
all tax compromises made by the county
commissioners to be Illegal He says
"It is the opinion of this office that the
board Of county commissioner has no
right or authority to settle or c mpromise
any tax levied for county or state puf-
poses; that a tax is not debt within
the meaning of Section 4l05 of Pierce's
Co 'e, which permits commissioners to
compound or release in whole or in part
debt due their county,"
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