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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06
BUYING CITY LUMBER.

The matter of city contractors 60
ing out of Aberdeen for lumber has
been referred to the street commit
tee on a complaint Of the City Retail
Lumber Co.. filed by Manager Mac
farlane, of the Western mill, and that
committee has an opportunity to
score a point to its own credit as well
as to the profit of the property own
er.
1t might occur to those gentlemen
that the city is large consumer OF
lumber-the cost running into many
thousands of dollars annually-and
that the present system of purchasing
that supply is nothing less than an
imposition upon the taxpayers. That
If this committee was private con-
Germ using such an amount Of lumber
it would invite competitive bids. Any
business man would SO act.
If those gentlemen should report
to the effect that bids be asked fol-
furnishing the city with street and
sidewalk plank for one year, the
minimum amount required to be
based on an estimate of the engineer
prices to be f. o. b. Aberdeen, and an.
other contract made with transfer
concern for the delivery of lumber to
any point within the city limits fol-
like period, a marked saving would
be effected.
Under such conditions lumber
would be furnished to street contrac-
tors at contract cost, and they
would only have to figure on the la.
Dor, and the property owner would
escape palpitation of the heart every
time street Improvement was sug-
gested in his neighborhood.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06
THE NAVAL EXPOSURE.

The revelations respecting our navy
which appear in the January McClure's
said TO be revelations only to the prev
iously uninformed,-shcuid startIe our
Jingoes into an interval OF sanity. The
demonstration seems we'll nigh complete
in the McClure's article, that our boosted
navy is show, sham, a pretense, useiul
for no other purpose except for profits 10
the armour-maklng ring. We are advised
that this exposure is no wise novel to
naval observers, either American or Tor
eien, But what's the I'd 10, il Uncle
Samuel loosens up his purse strings to
bui lid new battleships in order TO give
the pulling steel.int nstry ''infant" some'
thing to do during the hard times? Does
not the patient and unconscious payer OF
indirect taxes foot the bile, TO the tune
of many times the cost Of manufacture
OF the armor plate? And what is the
indirect taxpayer for. il not to help these
s'infant" mendicants and say nothing'
Hasn't he been led supinely by the nose
by them, 10, there many decades? and
hssn't he in that time piled up vast for.
tunes for promoters and proprietors Of
"infant industries" and that without
profit or benefit Of any kind to himself?
How about next time? Will these ben
eficiaries OF tariff graft" lie down in
1908? Will they not imove hell and
earth to defeat any, attempt to revise the
tariff except as they please and when
they please? And don't the Dingley
schedules suit them pretty we'll? If
necessary-make no mistake-if neces.
sary, bribery, corruption, bull-dozing.
downright theft Of the election, even war,
will be rescrted TO by the "stand patters"
in and out OF Congress-, rather than have
the sacred edifce OF protection" ex-
posed to::the touch OF untainted hands.
What does 1.-THE indirect taxpayer in
tend to do about it when he votes?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06
ABERDEEN PIONEERS
Hold Second Annual reeting WedneS.
dav fveninO. January is.

TWIN o~NOss0 s&(ubO0 W &OttSS~
day Evening, January IS.
The Aberdeen Pioneer Association will
hold their second annual meeting in the
parlors of the Congregational church ON
Wednesday evening. January Is. In
addition TO the routine business of the
association, y banquet will he served at
at o'clock. at which the following toasts
are scheduled:
"The Pioneer"-J. G. Pearson,
"Aberdeen-Its Past"-J. q. Lewis
"Aberdeen-Its Future"-E. France.
"Pioneer Women"-Mrs. c. McDer-
moth.
''Pioneer Newspaper Experiences -
E. G. Finch.
''Pioneer Industries"-A.J ]. West.
"The Future OF Our Association"-C.
B. Weatherwax.
Rev. G. McDernoth, Toastmaster.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06
United Stateel Judge Grosecup fec

United Statesl Judge Grosacup feels
terribly hurt because he has been in.
dicted az director of railroad that ie.
Gently had fatal accident. HE judicial
feelings might be preserved by resigna.
ton. Somehow or other it does not
strike the public as being quite the thing
for federal Judge to be a director of a
railroad corporation.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

"Uncle Joe" Cannon Gays he is in the
hands of his friends" And doubtless
"Uncle Joe" is perfectly willing that
they should let their left hands remain
in utter ignorance OF what their right
hands are doing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

The Portland Oregonian says the "sil-
yer folly" of 1898 :caused gold to hide
away. Andjnow, esteemed Oregonian,
tell us please, whot is causing not only
gold, but silver and paper money as well,
to hide away at the present time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

One hundred;millions in Certificates
Of indebtedness" bearing three per cent
interest would certainly seem to demand
an apology from a large. number of emf
nent administration forgans and states
men who had much to say about "a bond
issue in time of peace" dozen years ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

A Colorado man has just been cent to
Jail for selling gold mine that did not
exist. How foolish OF him, when he
might have sold nonresident railroads
and become Napoleon OF Finance" or
"Captain Of Industry"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

Boss Clark detects in a Slight err
ror by a correspondent of the Herald
a shameless lie" So keen an indi-
vidual could discover a lie in any
thing that contained a trace, as as
savers would say That he has failed
to detect any such in our exposures
of his methods may be taken as con-
fession of their truth.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

In 1896 with per capita circulation
Of $22 the republican organs insisted that
there was plenty Of money, the only
thing lackingibeing confidence" With
per capita circulation of s34 today they
are insisting on an asset currency in order
to provide money for emergencies. Have
they, then, lost confidence?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06
Stomach Trouble Cured.

II you have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamber
!ons Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Mr.: J. P. Klote of Edna, Mo-, says:
i nave used great many different
medicines for stomach trouble, but
ma Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets more beneficial than
any other remedy I ever used" For
sale by Evans Drug Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

II the national banks have sufficient
bonds on which they have not issued
notes to enable them to take out some
$4,000, 900 more in currency, why all
this talk about the immediate need of
an asset currency?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

A few years ago lot OF republican or
gans hooted at Senator PETER because he
insisted the people could do business
without monev. Now they are insisting
on the people being satisfied to do it
just that way,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-06

Tho Herald is the oldest paper on
r,ravs Harbor. and has larger circu-
iat;on than any other paper in Chehalis
county. Advertising contiacts ,e
and all money due on contracts execu-
ted under this statement will be tor
feited If the statement be not absolute
ly true.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16
Contemplate Tactics.

That amusing old lady, the St. Paul
Pioneer Press, is fussing and tuning
and scolding over the Chisholm fire,
apparently with some vague idea in its
muddled head that Governor Johnson,
whose candidacy for governor has
set it's added wits afloat in a sea of
perplexity, is responsible for the fire.
It does not quite charge that he slipped
up into the north woods and touched
torch to the dry timber, but it does
say that if he had made the legislature
adopt proper forestry measures it
wouldn't have happened.
This shows that the Pioneer Press,
as the leading republican newspaper
of the state and therefore the incum-
bent of the herculean Office of chief
apologist for the jacobson candidacy,
is at its wits end for arguments. It
looks very much as though that news
paper, impelled to such dishonorable
strategy by it's poverty of sound argu-
ment, is seeking to manufacture out
of the raw material of statewide
sympathy for the fire sufferers an an
tagonism to Governor Johnson that
does not exist.
The Pioneer Press, like its candi-
date, Mr.. jacobson, seems to have
fallen into the child-like error Of as
Stunning that Gov. johnson combines
the legislative and executive functions
of government in his one Office. Mr..
jacobson attacks the Johnson admin
,stration for extravaganza because the
republican Legislature appropriated
good deal of money, and the Pho
neer Press attacks Governor Johnson
because he did not enact proper law
for the protection of the forests. Real
ly, however.it amounts only to the fact
that the Pioneer Press has been driven
distracted by It's forestry mania and
by it's impossible task of proving that
jacobson ought to be elected COVER
nor.
It is true, perhaps, that the leglsla-
ture ought to have been more strict
about requiring the burning of tops
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16
The Depositors Guaranty Law
IN Actual Operation.
Oklahoma Bank Reports Show Increase in Deposits
Since the Law Went Into Effect Of Over $4O00.OO0.

The Oklahoma depositors guaranty
law was passed just nine months ago.
Legally it did not become operative
until February of this year; in practi-
cal results it became effective weeks
before.
The banks of the new commonwealth
number 776. OF these 551, most of
them state banks, have accepted the
provisions of the new law; the others,
all of them national banks, are unse-
cured.
During the FIVE months following the
passage of the law, the deposits in the
unsecured national banks fell off
81, 100, 807.86, while the deposits in the
secured banks increased 81, 237, 765. %.
o. J. Fleming, a national banker at
Enid, Oklahoma, was asked for his
private opinion as to the operation OF
the new law, and here is what he said:
''The deposits of the Enid National
bank have increased from 100000 at
the time the law took effect to over
$500, 900 at the present time and it is
my opinion that large majority of
the Increased deposits have come to
us through the good effects of the new
law.
zone man came into our bank with
an ordinary shoe box. He brought
the same into the private Office of the
bank and asked US to open the same
and count the contents. We found the
sum of ST, $50 done up in little rolls OF
800 each, tied with an ordinary
string. This money bore all the evi.
dence of having been buried.
Upon another occasion farmer
sold his farm for "a 800 and demanded
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

all the proceeds of the sale in cash.
When | explained to him the workings
of the new banking of law, show
ing him that it gave to deposltors a
protection of which he had never
heard and such as was afforded by no
other state, he concluded to leave his
money on deposit with US and it is in
our bank at the present time.
''On still another occasion a widow
sold her farm in our county and re-
moved to Colorado. Before she went
she said she desired to have her money
left with US, as she knew the banks of
Oklahoma were under a deposit guar
anty law and she left that her savings
in our bank under such a law would
be perfectly safe.
~ could multiply instances of the
same character almost without num-
Der.
I am one of the national bankers
who have awaited themselves of the
benefit of the depositors guaranty law
and feel that it is the best move
that have made since [ have been in
tie banking business.
"There is a sense Of security in run
ming bank under this law that never
existed before. The public knows full
well that the failure of single or a
number of banks could not effect their
deposits and with this assurance comes
good effect both for the banks and the
people who do business with them.
"Today we can loan a larger per
cent of the banks funds and feel per-
fectly safe in so doing, for the tongue
of the slanderer is hushed and false
report of the envious is stopped before
it gets started
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

Returns are not complete on tn
other officers and are slow in coming
in, but from those at hand it is evident
that Eggensperger has beaten borrow
for the republican nomination for
superintendent of schools.
Tauer of Cottonwood has beaten
Hoffman, of New Ulm for the office of
county commissioner. Hoffman, re-
ceived So votes in the First ward, in
Cottonwood and 7 in Sigel. Tauer
received IL in the First ward, Is in
Cottonwood and 80 in Sigel.
The democratic vote in the county,
considering that the party had no
contests, was unusually large.
In the district McCleary secures the
nomination for congress, Gutterson
and Ewert having divided the opposi-
ton vote everywhere as they did in
Brown.
Tawney won out in the First district,
but J. Adam Bede was overwhelmingly
beaten by Clarence Miller in the
Eighth.
In Maine On Monday the democrats
reduced the republican majority to
G, 900 or 1000, the smallest it has ever
been since Lincoln's time. The vote in
the country districts was strongly in
favor of the democratic candidate
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16
A Few Hints to the Voters.

Before casting your vote this fall
consider carefully these things:
The failure of the republican party
to take steps to provide for electing
senators by popular vote and the re-
fusaI of the republican convention to
endorse the reform.
The refusal of that same convention
to declare for an income tax, for the
physical valuation of railroads and
for a law providing for publicity with
regard to campaign contributions.
The failure of the republican con-
gress to pass a postal savings bank
bill and the hypocrisy of the party
leaders in endorsing such a measure
in the national convention after ignor-
ing it in congress.
The passage by this republican con-
gress of currency bill which enables
speculative banks to convert all sorts
of securities into currency and actual
ly reduces the margin of safety for de-
positors instead of increasing it.
The destruction of representative
government in the national house OF
representatives by the establishment
Of an autocracy which gives the re-
publican speaker and his committee
on rules absolute power, so that not
even a majority of the members can
secure vote on popular bill with
out the speaker firstsecuring cansent.
The refusal of the republican con-
gress to amend the Ubiquitous Ding
ley tariff, Notwithstanding the cost Of
living under this outrageous and trust
breeding law has increased forty-nine
per cent while wages have been in
creased only nineteen per cent.
The notorious fact admitted by Sen
ator Aldrich, republican leader in the
senate, that American tariff protected
concerns sell their products abroad in
competition with European factories
at lower prices than they exact from
American consumers, and the refus al
of the republican house OF representa-
tives to take even a slight step tow
ards rectifying such an injustice.
The acknowledged fact that, while
the republican leaders pretend they
favor tariff sufficient only to COM
pensate factories for the difference be-
tween labor cost in America and
abroad, they have for years insisted
on burdening US with a tariff that is
more than sufficient to pay the whole
cost of labor. With steel products,
for example, the labor cost is only fif-
teen per cent while the tariff is thirty
two per cent.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

The Republicans of the Eleventh
district of Wisconsin have defeated
one John J. Jenkins for congressional
denomination. In doing so they have
well served themselves, their state, the
country and their party.
Jenkins has been one of the devoted
tories of the house, one of the reliable
supporters of reaction, one Of the
"sharps" who always read out of the
constitution proof that any proposal
in progress is contrary to the funda-
mental law of the land. He has been
one of the powerful managers of legis-
lation whose antagonism to anything
they could call radical resulted in a
record which is now the heaviest bur-
den the dominant party has to carry.
Mr.. Bryan claims heirship to the
Roosevelt policies. There wouldn't
have been any legacy but for such men
as Jenkins, The Roosevelt policies
would have been Roosevelt .accomp-
lishments - Republican accomplish
ments-but for their blocking of legis-
lative wheels.
Every one of these obstructionists
nominated by the Republicans increa-
ses the effectiveness of the Democratic
argument that the country can't get
progress without turning political
control over to the Democratic party.
Every one of them defeated gives sup
port to the argument that the party is
able to purge itself and SO forward it's
work of effective legisl alton. -Phila-
delphia Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

Freestone peaches, Is cents;
Concord grapes, 20 cents per basket.
Only a,few days left to buy grocer
les and crockery at bargain prices =
at the fire sale. VIM. A. Pfefferle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

The fight between Vogel and Graft
for the republican nomination for au-
ditor was close enough to keep both
of them up all night, but Vogel finally
won out with the narrow margin Of Is.
Here is the result in detail:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

and cuttings left after numbering ope-
rations, but it wasn't, and Governor
johnson could not himself enact such
laws and could not enforce them when
they did not exist.
However, if Governor Johnson or
the Minnesota legislature are directly
at fault for the disastrous fires that
have been sweeping the north woods,
tits because they did not, by execu-
tive decree through the governor, or
by the enactment of law by the le-
gislature: cause drenching rains to
dampen the tinder-dry woods of the
north. That would have been the on
ly measure that would have prevented
these fires. There has been an unus-
ually long dry spell, much like that
which preceded the destruction of
Hinckley and Sandstone fourteen
years ago. The woods, the brush, the
layer OF vegetable deposits covering
the ground for a depth of a foot or
more throughout the forests, are all
as dry as they could possibly be.
Through day after day of cloudless
skies the woods grew dry and still
more dry, until at last they were so
inAammable that the fires always burn
ing in dry seasons spread afar, tanned
by breezes over which Governor John
son had no control, and the flames
brushed away in the twinkling of an
eye the result of years of work.
1t is true that Governor Johnson did
not cause copious rains to dampen the
woods and thus avert destruction; but
it is to be hoped that the Pioneer Press
will not be able to induce the voters
to hold it up against him.-Duluth
Herald.
W. W. Erwin, who at one time was
regarded as the greatest criminal law
yer in Minnesota, died Saturday night
at his home in Mama, Florida. Erwin
had the record of having successfully
defended more men accused of murder.
than any other lawyer in the state.
His last great plea was made in be-
half of Harry Hayward.
+ George Capron, the great quarter
back, has been elected captain of the
Minnesota University football team.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16
sa5 -
McCLEARY WINS IN BROWN.
Little Schoolmaster Has Lead in
County of $50.
Gutterson and Ewert Devide a De-
cided Majority Vote.
Vogel Has the Fight of His Life,
Beating Graf by Only %.
Tauer Wins Out Over Hoffman,
as Democratic Choice for
Commissioner.
Eggensperger is the Republican
Nominee for Superintendent OF
Schools.

Yesterday 8 primary electionwas not
without its surprises.
.McCleary carried the county with a
minority vote, receiving $50 to. Gutter
sons 371 and Ewert's 298. Ewert' s
vote in New Ulm was for a time the
talk of the town. The following are
the returns by precincts:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

The city council of Mankato, sitting
as court of impeachment in the case
OF Engineer Haynes, voted unanimous
ly for removal. Mr.. Haynes attor
'neys will take immediate steps to have
8 the action Of the council reviewed by
, the state supreme court.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16
Means Of Identification.

If you notice a young lady stand
ing on a New York dock wearing an
orchid on her tailormade and holding
a million dollars in her left hand you
may be sure that she is waiting to
greet foreign dukelet whom she has
never seen and who has never seen
her.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

Robert Dummer has decided to take
a course in the forestry department of
the State Agricultural school at st.
Anthony.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-16

What is New Ulm doing or going to
do for the St. Louis county fire suffer-
ers? Delay in a case like this is moth
Ing short of sin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-01-03
PHlLoMATH SNAPSHOTS.
News Notes from this Busy Burg
Interesting Happenings.

With greetings toall and wishes
for a New Year of generous
bounty and happiness until its
close, these first snapshots for
1908 from the GAZETTE kodak
are rendered to the many readers
of the pioneer news disseminator
of Benton county, which for As
years has done its share of pro-
noting interest "for the good
of the county"
Many old-new faces have been
seen on our streets during holiday
week and many familiar faces
have been absent during this
time: in order to be with loved
ones during the happiness and
feasting of Yule'tlde.
Mrs. E. ]. Harrington, of Cor
Wallis, visited with her sister, Mrs.
L. S. Buoy, from Saturday un-
til Monday.
Mrs. L. B. Luper and little
son, Tangent, arrived Friday for
a visit with her cousin, Mrs. S.
Il. Moses. This is the first visit
Mrs. Luper has made to Philo-
math for four years. Mr.. Luper
was expected to arrive from Cor
Wallis on Sundays stage for a
short visit. Mr.. Luper is inter
ested in the skating rink at Cor
Wallis.
The sad death of Mr.. Everett
Adamson, who was formerly a
resident of this place for short
time and who had purchased a
part of N. Casteels place several
years ago, was reported last week.