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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05

the contract to dredge the river they
already were possessed of much in
formation concerning the necessity
for filling at Aberdeen, and had
placed commercial value on the
material in the bottom of the river
for the removal of which they were
paid by the federal government.
When interviewed by the commit
tee, representatives of the dredging
company stated the amount of earth
they had to remove to make a chan
mated, might be used to fill in the
city for 16 cents yard. 1t was sug-
gested to them that permission might
be obtained from the government to
make the channel 800 feet wide so
as to secure more earth. To this the
dredging people demurred, saying
that they expected another contract
when the commerce required it, to
widen the channel, and could not be
expected to do anything that would
lessen the amount of government
dredging on the coast, thereby inti-
mating, as Mr.. McDougal said, that
the river bottom in front of the city
possessed a commercial value to
them.
1t has become plain to the most
casual observer of this filling scheme
that the subject is not a new one to
the North American Dredging COM
pany. And it is equally plain that
there were no competitive bids on
the work. All bids except the N. A.
Dredging company and Peter Loring
(whoever he is. He halls from Port
land, but the name is not to be found
in Bradstreet's) were above the esti-
mate in the resolution, and so were
not to be considered. Mythical Peter,
without waiting to be notified of the
contract being awarded him, writes
the council a letter-evidently to
secure his $500 check-making a lot
of impossible conditions, so that
the North American was the only bid
received.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
THE D. S. JOHNSTON co.
The Well Known Piano House Opens
Permanent SaleSrOOmS Here.

J. f. Caldwell, the popular piano sales
man for the D. s. Johnston Co., returned
this week, and now considers himself a
permanent resident of Aberdeen, his
house having decided that the Grays
Harbor field was too important to leave
to the care of intinerant statesmen.
Mr., Caldwell secured salesrooms at
20S South H street, and is busy caring
for car load of pianos and organs that
arrived yesterday. When urgent business
called Mr.. Caldwell away last Novemb ber,
it was thought the company had aban.
doned Aberdeen, but, we are informed,
that was not the intention, and that
gentleman is returned here as soon as
his services conld be dispensed with at
the Tacoma Office.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
MENACE TO DEALERS
The time HAS ARRIVED FOR PRO.
TECTIVE ACTION.
The Active Cooperation of the Local
Press and Merchants Required to
Check the Nail Order House Evil.
They Must be rief on the Adver.
tiSing Field.

The most serious problem con-
fronting the retail merchants of the
country today and the one that is
giving them the most concern is that
of the so-called mail order system
the retail catalogue house trade, says
MaXwell's Talisman.
This is an era of combinations
trusts, both financial, Industrial and
commercial. But the most menacing
trust in the world today is the COM
mercial combination that tends to
destroy the retail business of the
country by diverting the trade from
it's natural channels to the great
money centers.
Not satisfied with the mercantile
field, these commercial trusts are
also seeking to become the financial
depositaries for the rural districts by
opening bank departments, and as an
inducement to the farmer Offering 6
per cent on deposits.
The retail catalogue houses are
managed by far-seeing and broad
gauge business men who fully realize
the value of advertising. They have
been spending MILLIONS of dollars a
year in systematic advertising cam
paigns. In addition to their elaborate
catalogues they sustain with their
patronage hundreds of mail order
journals" These journals have a
combined circulation of 100000 a
month. They are sowed broadcast
throug the country. Nor do the cat
alouge houses stop here. Every mag
azine, agricultural or religious paper
that will accept their advertisements,
carries them.
The lines of this great conflict be-
tween commercial interests are clear
ly drawn. On one side are the retail
merchant and the publishers of the
local press. On the other, the cata-
logue houses and the numerous pub
locations which have sprung up in a
night, backed by advertising appro-
priations that run into the millions.
The enemies of the local publishers
and the retail merchants ere allied
as perfectly as is any other modern
trust.
No reflections are here made upon
the pc sonal integrity or the COM
merciai character of the leading mail
order corporations. Like all other
giant corporations, they are in bus
mess to make money-and to make
it in the quickest possible way. But
no modern commercial or industrial
rust casts a more dangerous shadow.
Like great commercial maelstroms,
they are steadily sweeping into their
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
PETER Ia CHANCE.
Well KnOwn Timber Cruiser Passes
to the Great Beyond.

Peter LaChance, an old resident OF
Aberdeen and we'll known throughout
Chehalis county, died Tuesday evening
at his residence in East Aberdeen after a
short illness, in the eighty-second year
of his age. The remains are at the Abb
erdeen Undertaking parlors. The funer.
al will take place tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock, services at the Catholic church.
Peter LaChance was born in Montreal, ,
Canada, in 1926, and moved to Michigan
when 80 years of age, where he was a
we'll known cruiser and woodsman. He
came to Washington in the early SOS,
and was one of the first settlers on North
river, when that region was filled with
aame, and where he was noted as a
hunter and trapper.
Since 1890, he bad resided in Aber.
deem and followed timber cruising with
as much activity as many would display
forty years his junior. Two brothers.
David and Abram LaChance, OF Aber'
deem, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret De-
Rome, of Saginaw, Mich, and Mrs.
Phoebe Van Tina, OF California, survive
him.
Fine Job Printing at moderate prices
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
REPORT OF ADJOURNED SESSION
Held LAST MONDAY.
For Bridge at Aberdeen Gardens.
Docks at Westport and Oyehut
Revert to the County Aberdeen
Contractors Low Bidders. MOClips
to Go Dry.

The first business at the session of
the county commissioners last Mon
day was to direct the engineer to ex-
anime the proposed site for a bridge
over the Wishkah river at Aberdeen
Gardens, and report an estimate of
the cost.
The bad condition of the Westport
wharf led to the discovery that the
Dock company which had leased the
structure was corporation on paper
only, and the lease was declared void.
To render the dock safe, A. D. Wood
was authorized to procure the piling
lumber and nails required at the cost
of the county, he to superintend, and
Westport to furnish the labor free of
charge.
The wharf at Oyehut is also in
unsafe condition and the road super
visor was directed to close it to
travel The board found that the
transfer of this wharf to A. o. Da-
mon, made June 1, 1907, was illegal,
and it was rescinded.
Ole Johnson was granted a ferry
license at Wynooche.
Bids were opened for grading the
kirkpatrick road, ant. the Tacoma
Bridge Company and Anderson &
Young of Aberdeen. were the lowest
bidders. The figures of those two
were so close that it will require the
county engineer and state road COM
missioner to decide which is entitled
to the job.
J. E. O'Connell was granted a sa-
loon license at Moclips until Septem-
Der /, when the board announces that
seaside resort will go dry.
The engineer was directed to ex,
anime proposed road near Summit
j. A. Phillips and others were
granted a franchise of a telephone
on the Johns river road, between
Western and Markham.
The treasurer was directed tC
strike from the rolls the following
taxes for 1907: improvements on lot
/, block s, South Aberdeen; $4,000
from improvements on lot 2, bloch
Al, w. & B. Ad., Aberdeen; $9.65
from lot 21, block /, Benn's Centra
Addition, Aberdeen; $34.12 from lot
1, block SO, w. & BIS Add, Aber
deem; $3.50 on Sec. 5-17-9 and $30C
each from the personal rolls of Mar
garet E. Berdine, S. M. Keyes and G
M. Cole.
The auditor was directed to adver.
tise for bids for clearing part Of
the John Richardson road.
The board will hear reports on the
Clinton and kirkpatrick roads Apri
6.
The engineer was instructed to ex-
anime the --.iOned for by
Henry Lentz ct al.
An offer of the Thurston County
Abstract Co. to furnish field notes OF
all surveyed lands in Chehalis coun-
ty for $1,000 was accepted.
After the allowance of the month
ly bills, the board adjourned to meet
March 8.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
Election Notice,


For the Primary eleltion, which will be
held on March 10, 1908, the polls will
be open at II o'clock a. m. and close at
8 p. M, the following places are desig.
mated in each ward, as voting places:
First ward and first precinct, at the
Hose House on Clark street.
First ward and second precinct, at A.
J. Vests office, East Heron street.
Second ward, the Electric Co.'s Office,
on E and Market streets.
Third ward, at the Grand Opera House.
Fourth ward. at the Anderson & Mid
dleton's old Office on South street.
Fifth ward, at the City Hall on East
Market street.
Sixth ward, at the Hose House on
West Hume street.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
A Pleasant Physic.

When you want a pleasant physic
give Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild
and gentle in their action and always
produce a pleasant cathartic effect.
Call at Evans Drug Store for free
sample.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05

vortex the trade of the village, the
country town, and small cities. If
this is allowed to continue, the de-
stEuction of the trade of the local
town and the country surrounding it
is only question of time.
The retail merchant and the local
press are entirely inorganic, and
are in no concerted way making COM
mon cause against a common dan
ger. Attempts have been made by
the merchants in some localities to
stem the tide by refusing to buy from
jobbers who sell to the catalouge
houses. This is good so far as it
goes, but if the catalogue houses can
not get the goods from one source,
they will get them from another, and
if necessary, will buy the manufac-
turing plant to secure the output. So
long as they can by lavish use of
printers ink create the demand, just
so long will they manage to get the
Fight the devil with fire. Any
plans for the protection of the retail
merchant and the jobbers and the
manufacturers who sell to the trade
must go to the very root of the evil
must meet the catalogue house
competition at every point and on
their own grounds-the advertising
field.
The catalogue houses are conduct
attic, and far-reaching advertising
campaign that was ever planned, and
they have been at it for years, spend
ing dollars where the retail and
wholesale merchants have spent
cents. They have had the business
courage to put their money into pub
licity, knowing that they would get
it back multiplied a hundred fold.
They have created the demand for
their goods and educated the people
to look upon the mail order business
as god-send.
What has been done in an organ
lied way to offset this avalanche of
mail order journals and catalogues? ?
Nothing.
Some of the local merchants have
advertised literally in the local press,
but a much larger number have ut
terly failed to keep up with the pro-
cession. The people often do not
know what the local merchant has in
his store-neither do they know the
prices, but they do know what the
catalogue house has to sell, and the
price is always before the eye.
If the retail trade is to hold it's
ground against the competition of
the catalogue houses, they must
meet them on the broad field of ad-
vertising and publicity, as well as
one of the field of prices. And this
must be done through the local press.
In nearly every town the local
publisher has stood manfully by the
interests of the community by refus-
ing to run mail order advertisements.
Further, he stands ready to prose-
cute an aggressive campaign against
the mail order idea. What is neces-
sary is concerted action among the
merchants and liberal use of the
local columns to convince the people
that they can save money by trading
at home.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05

Fine Job Printing at moderate prices
Herald Printexy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
Wanted.

Fir and Spruce stave bolts. For in
formation apply or address
WESTERN CooPERAGE Co.,
43-tf Aberdeen. Wash.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
CITY ADVERTISING
Under This Head Will Al
ways be Found a Sum-
mary of All City
Official Notices.
Bids Wanted,

The clerk is calling for bids, to be
opened March IS. for laying water mains
for the South Aberdeen water system,
according to plans and specifications on
file in the Office OF the city engineer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05
Registration.

The Registration Books will be open
for registration evenings until o'clock
p. m. on Monday, March 2, until Satur-
day, March s, 1908. You will have to
hustle,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-05

Cornelius Vanderbilt Count
Fifth The building which red brick fronts Fifty
Fysevenh situated that
the but Fifth and the
this
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
FATHERS TO
MEET THE STAR
BASE BALL TEAM
Reporters and Aldermen Have
Agreed to Meet on the
Diamond.

The city fathers who know some
thing about playing baseball, and those
who think they know have decided to
tackle the strong STAR team, con-
posed of re%portorial gentlemen, who III
their childhood days were champions
of the lots near their home.
There ought to be some fun resulting
from such a clash. The Head Office
Boy will probably act as the vam-
pre- on this occasion. There will be
a series of games, and the Aldermen
will pay for the suppers. This is a
foregone conclusion. The scribes are
god on flies, because they are known
as fly reporters, while the Aldermen
knowing something of high balls
ought to make good themselves, Any
how there is going to be a game soon,
for Aldermen MCGOWAN. Wright, j.. r.
Meyer, Holzner, E. C. Meyer, c. W.
Smith and Schn1itt have the matter
under consideration. There will be no
money charged to see these games as
Sheriff Sommers might raid the players
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
Of THE
WHEELS WILL SOON
Be HEARD HERE
Champion Bike Sprinters Are
Getting Ready for Real
Work.

Bicycle champions arc commencing TO
gather at the Vailsburg track, and the
newcomers are conditioning them
selves on the new course getting ready
for opening day, which will be a week
from tomorrow. Jimmy Moran. who
beat Major Taylor three weeks g in
Boston; Frank Kramer. liver Lawson
and a majority of the men who have
arrived are familiar with the course
already, as they have made the circuit
almost daily during tho past week.
But there are others, who will be
| seen in the opening day events. who
hnever saw the track before and one
fof these will he Anderson. the winnnl
of the Australia 81. 900 prize. He is re.
gardcd as a strong rider. and he has
cast his lot with the Eastern riders
in this country. Jimmy Moran. the old
fox of the bicycle world. regards An
derson as a coming man in his new
| field, and thinks he will carry off many
a purse from the group of champs who
have been having their own way IN
this country.
There is. in the old guard, a rider
who. while not regarded as a world
beaten, is looked upon as a plugger,
who is dangerous at all times and in
any event he may enter. This is Floyd
Krebbs, of this city. krebbs has
started nine times in the professional
championship grand circuit events. and
while he never finished first, he was
always a thorn in the side of every
winner. Eight ines he was unplaced,
and once he finished w fourth with
such men as Lawson, the one-mile
champion; Frank Kramer, the half
mile sprinteri MacFarland, Root and
j.. Bcdell.
Krebbs has signed up to appear at
the Vailsburg track. and he says he
is in better condition this season than
he has ever been.
So far the entry list is one of the
best openers ever offered to a bicycle
crowd.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
MFARLAND HURLS
CHALLENGE At
CHAMPION CANS
Chicago Boy Has $4,000 Back,
ing to Meet Negro in
Fight for Title.

CHICAGO, May 2.-Packey McFar-
land, Chicago's great lightweight, and
Barney McMann, a well-to-do Daven-
port, Ia, sportsman, last night threw
down the gauntlet to Joe Cans. Nc
Mann startled the audience at a State
street theatre, where Mcfarland is
showing, by announcing from a box in
stentorian tones that he would bach
Packey against Cans for $1,000 in a
battle for the lightweight title, and
added that he would post a 3d. 600 forfeit
today.
Mcfarland stepped forward and de-
clared his eagerness to meet the negro
warrior tomorrow, if Joe were ready,
or just as soon as a fight for the cham.
pionship between them could be ar
ranged.
Paclley also declared last night that
he would waive his match with Nelson
il the fight with Cans could be ar
ranged without delay. He sale he hat
made up his mind that he is a bette
man than the "old master" and wanted
to tackle him as soon as the opportunity
presented itself.
"And win or lose," declared McFar-
land, "the fight will be my last"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
MORR|SSEY IS
SURE To run
At OLYMP|AD
Winner of Marathon Race at
Boston Not Affected by BOs=
ton Stories.

NEW YORK. May 2.-Recent state
ments in Boston papers rejecting on the
amateur status of Morrissey, of the
Mercury A. c.. of Yonkers. who won
the recent Marathon race in Boston, has
angered James e. Sullivan. the head
of the Amateur Athletic Union. Mr..
Sullivan issued a statement yesterday
in which he said:
In so far as any of the place men
in the Boston Marathon races going 10
London is concerned, there is one thing
certain and hat is Morrissey will be
picked by the American Olympic Com
mittee. He has won his right to be "a
member of the team. No committee
could leave him home. If any man in
America is entitled to go Morrissey is
tho man. He is a fine type of an Amer
lean and a credit to American athletics.
After finishing the hard race in Boston
his first remark. after breaking the
tape. was: i have England cinehed.
and he can rest assured that he has
Up to date no other athlete is so sure
of a place on the team
Mr.. Sullivan also severely criticised
the writers who have been slurring the
athletes of their W country. and thu
Amateur Athletic Union in an effort tC
hamper the American committee in 1t;
work of collecting $50 1900 to send a team
abroad. Mr.. Sullivan said it is hard 70
people of common sense to understand
why the writer's want to see the effor
to raise $4,000 fail and America repre-
sented by an inadequate tean1
1T looks as though they would lik'
to see America fail to win tho Olympic
meet" concluded the Woodworking
head of the A. A. u.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
JENKINS AND CAZEAUX
ARRANGE A MATCH

A wrestling match of championship
timber was clinched yesterday when the
representatives of Tom Jenkins and
Cazeaux, the great French wrestler.
met and arranged details for a contest.
Everything was amicably settled until
the style of wrestling was preached,
when they came to a deadlock. After
considerable discussion, it was finally
agreed that the men should wrestle best
two out of three falls in mixed style,
catch-as-catch-can and Graeco-Roman.
Jenkins held out for the catch-as-
catch-can style. but the French cham
pion. who is particularly expert at the
Graeco-Roman style, insisted on a trial
of his favorite and carried the point. 1t
was agreed that the mar scoring a fall
in the fastest time would have the
choice of the deciding on third fall, ii
n should be found necessary.
The match will be decided at the
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
on Monday evening, May IL.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
KLEIN A. A. MADE
UP OF FAST MEN.

Although a new aggregation on the
baseball diamond the Klein A. A. is
made up of first-class baseball players
from the Hill section. and give promise
of making the best of them hustle for
victory. The Klines opened a week
ago, and what they did to the nine cap
tanned by Constable Abe Lehrich. of
the Third Ward, was a shame. In fact.
Abe thought it was at least a case of
simple assault and battery. and he went
to the office of Justice of Peace Barney
Levy and wanted to make a complaint,
but the bald-headed justice turned a
deaf ear to Abe's remarks and said
mix, go to Simon" Abe then let the
matter drop.
Well, the Kleins want games with
the National Turner's. Bay Views. New
ark A. A. Ironsides, Auroras and others
of a like strength.
The players are: Blocker. first base;
Fink, second base; Glassuer, third
base; Rubinwitz, shortstop; Garfield,
Lauder and COIN, outfelders; Vein
stein. catcher; Garren. Anker and
Rude, pitchers. Alexander Klein. of
257 Springfield avenue, is the manager.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02

Ia olIh pay
If | had met Santa Claus Yesterday |
would have wished him a merry Christ,
mas and forgot all about the Maypole
thing. Cold? Well, ! should say it was.
Why eve a coal wagon was a vel
come sight. and | saw one of them
Spry kids. who never run but always
NOPE when they carry my messages,
had car blinkers on his A. d. T. cap
when he came in here yesterday, Why,
yesterday was too old for a fellow 10
have the chills and fever. Everybody
1 saw would put you in mind of a hard
night. They We're all shaky. Our tcle-
phone girl had to drop the receiver sev-
eral times because she said so many
people We're calling up the banks to get
a draft that she was afraid she would
catch cold. Now that's going some.
Well, Stallings has a couple of new
players. He and Tommy Martin joined
a whist club last night, and the new
players are in that club.
oh, say, the Warren street under
taker is nearly home. He sent another
postal card saying he was thinking
about coming. He wrote a letter say
ing that the society people in Cuba are
very stiff. and he thought it would be
d poor place to start business. Well,
he deals in them. and he ought 10
know.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-02
EXCELLENT ROADS FOR MARATHON.

ST. LOUIS May 2.-Indications to-
day are that the roads between Free
burg. ILL.,. and st. Louis will be in
splendid condition for the fourth an
nual Missouri Athletic Club Marathon
race. OF the thirty-five entrants. Sid
ney Hatch. of the First Regiment A..
G, Chicago, is generally conceded to
have the best chance to win. While
Hatch is the favorite, all of the Chi
cago men arc boosting Albert Corey,
the Frenchman, an experienced dis.
lance runner. The Chicago men de-
clare he is in great condition, and he
certainly looks it. Hatch declares he
is feeling in good condition and will
run his best.