Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-18
WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Office of Commissioner of Public
Lands
The Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence of The Dalles district, which
was in session at Sunnyside, closed
last week.
According 10 information received
at Vancouver barracks, in the neigh
borhood of 500 recruits will be re-
ceived before July /.
Assessor Mcdonald, Of Lewis
county, has decided temporarily to
abandon the idea of assessing mon
eys and credits in this county, until
the supreme court has handed down
ruling.
At Elma, Saturday morning, J W.
Ray. merchant Of Summit, Wash.
was attacked by pet deer belong
ing to W. J. Maize and seriously in
iured. He Will recover.
Running abut wearing only hat.
wild or insane man has selected
West Geneva as his stamping ground
and has badly frightened women by
chasing them.
The Spokane Chamber Of Com
merce has chartered the steamer
Bellingham for III use of its mem
bers Tuesday. May .6, during the
programme of aquatic sports in FL
lott bay.
The Syndicate Deep Mines has
about closed negotiations which will
result in that corporation gaining
control Of the noted Quilp mine, the
second largest producer in the camp,
near Republic.
The Drst meeting OF the recently
organized Northwest Music Teach
ers' Association will be held in Sc
attic June so and July | and 2.
Many prominent educators and mu-
sicians will attend the meeting.
The Scandinavian Temperance As
ISOLATION, OF the Pacific Coast, held
its annual session here last week
The temperance propaganda is being
presented 10 Scandinavians through
church organizations.
Representative Humphrey has re-
ceived word from Annapolis that
Nelson W. Hibbs and R. W. Jack
line, of Seattle, the two young men
he last year appointed to the naval
academy, had successfully passed
their mental examinations for en-
trance
The building Of hall on the
Green Lake School grounds in which
societies and clubs may hold meet
ings was advocated al meeting Of
the Home Economic Society. The
school board may be asked 10 pro-
vide the building.
Upon Congressman Humphreys
recommendation, the postoffice de-
partment has agreed 10 appoint ad-
di,ional clerks and place q cancelling
machine in the pos,office at Bremen
ton The postmaster complained
tha, he and his clerks were forced 10
work overtime 10 handle The mail
and he appealed 10 Humphrey for
aid.
Despite the efforts Of superintend-
ent Thompson 10 hide the facts. il
has been ascertaired that seventeen
hoys have escaped from the state
Training School az Chehal!s. be-
tween April and May Of this
year. OF this number, only few
have been recaptured. Six Of these
boys escaped during the last week
Or ten days Of April.
Less than half az hour after
police officer placed & man, who gave
his name as John Brown, on a Nor
.tern Pacific freigh, train this morn
ing. ordering him OF. Of ,owu under
penalty OF imprisonment OF q Va
grancy charge. fragments Of rs
body were found scattered for
quarter OF mile along the North
ern Pacific Railroad tracks south Of
South Tacoma.
Miss Eva Bai,ey, county super:n-
terdent Of schools OF Snohu;sh. hav-
ing fled wiki the s.a:e land com-is-
sion q spirited protes. against the
proposed sale OF : portion Of the
school section about midway BE-
tween Everett and Snohmish. Com
missioner Ross has assured her Of q
tu,l and fair investigation. This ac-
ton, the school authorities OF this
county believe, viii render unnec-
essa-y the proposed injunction su!-.
\ heavy, old-fash!o-ed wa:ch
which The owner had carried since
1s4-, and the only hing ne posses
sed when he died recently a. The
County Hospital, was sent By Thos.
clifford 70 z. Robinson, as q keep
sake. Il IS a .o.en which Robinson
prizes very highly. When Clifford
was living in a shack in Fremont,
Robinson visited him frequently.
They became friends, and when The
old California go,d-hunter saw his