Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-03-27
EVENING PAPER TRIES TO CRAWL
THROUGH A SMALL HOLE.
But Continues to Knock the Chamber
of Commerce JUST the Same. Its
Efforts TO Mix Road Matters With
the Exposition Appropriation is
Real Funny.

Detected in taking an interview with
Samuel Benn, the Bulletin sets up wall
that the "HERALD is attacking it," This
is too silly. This paper is too busy Civ
ing the news to spend time in insigniti.
cant attacks, Listen to the wall:
"rhe Herald comes TO the front again
| with its periodical attack on the Bulletin.
This time it takes up the cudgrl in re
gard to an appropriation by the county
Tor the Portland fair and accuses the
Bulletin of saving Mr.. Benn was one of
those who did not sign the petition, and
that this was published without any au-
thority. The authority OF the Bulletin
| is the secretary OF the chamber Of COM
merce,. which body, the Herald says this
paper is trying to attack
Note the small hole. We did not say
the Bulletin quoted Mr.. Benn without
any authority" Mr.. Benn simply denied
the statement given as his. and the
father Of Aberdeen will doubtless be sur
prised to learn that he has delegated Mr..
Crammatte or anyone else Authority"
to speak for hin by proxy.
was missing no opportunity to knock the
chamber of commerce, the fact is that
ever since the reorganization of that
body the evening paper has sought in
every way possible to oppose it, and at.
tempted to slur and ridicule its officers and
active members, as witness the follow.
ing. The chamber was reorganized on
February q, and in the Bulletin of
March 3. was the following alleged
witticism:
president Bowes and Secretary
Crammatte have their minds full of
schemes and things, other persons would
call them wheels, for the advancement
OF Aberdeen. Secretary Crammatte was
all excitement today when he read the
account OF the fire on the big steamship
Oregon, and noted the TACT that the ves-
sol couldn't get into a nearby harbor be-
cause there wasn't thirty feet of water
anywhere near the ship. So he IS con-
vert to w. B. Macks slogan and the
chamber of commerce battle cry. Mr..
Crammatte feels that if this harbor had
thirty feet of water all the Russian bat
tleships could come in and be saved
from Japanese attack.
"ANOTHER SCHEME WITH A
WHEEL.
"Secretary Crammatte also sees
round house, the end of division for
Aberdeen and the abandonment Of the
| track from Cosmopolis 10 Ocosta by the
Northern Pacific road. He sees Aber.
deem having all the railway men that
division would bring, with probably the
general otfises OF the company removed
from st. Paul.
"STILL ANOTHER WHEEL.
president Bowes has scheme to
bring Jim Hill and his road from Seat.
tie with Westport the terminus and
Aberdeen the real end OF the Great
Northern road. He has coal buI k RS
extending from Ocosta to Aberdeen and
grain bins the rest of the way. SII ce
the chamber of commerce was organized
in Aberdeen things have begun to have
real heavenly azure color"
This, while the new officers were hard
at work in an effort to formulate plans
that would cause the chamber to be of
real service to the CITY, can scarcely be
called encouraging. On March 4, this
irresponsible scribe comes again this
way:
president Bowes and Secretary
Crammatte. of the chamber of com.
merce are seeing wonderful things in
Aberdeen's future. They can never pose
as prophets unless they can do better
than this, for they ouiy see what every.
one else has seen. If they could only
see something of this kind for Ocosta or
Grays Harbor City evervonr would have
to admit that they were adopts in the
art Of prognOstcation."
The conclusion OF our pesmstic con.
temporary, that an appropriation for the
exposition would IN any way interfere
with the road and BRIDE fund, Letrays
either de nse ignorance on its part or
sublime faith in the density OF its read
ers, while the dragging in of the library
question caps the climax. Not a solitary
line OF argument against an appropra-
ton is urged that would not apply with
equal force to the $7J 200 to be expended
by the state. Chehais county must bear
its pro rata OF this, and if it receives pro
rata benefit with the other counties, it
mnst lilo tbau, odd Gonna p,ora to ~