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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
A CHAPTER ON sHIRKs.
Every City Has Them-Well-to-do
People Who Reap Where 9th
ers Have Sown.

The following article on "Shirks"
is from the Spokane Spokesman-Re-
view, and will be found to fit any
town or city. Probably Aberdeen
has less of them than some other
places, but they are noticeable even
here:
Life is full of illusions and de-
lusions, and a delusion cherished by
some well-to-do property owners is
that they have created the hand
some values that have come into
their corner lots.
The truth is the community
created those values. In the bust
ness districts of Spokane are 500 or
500 5O-foot lots, ranging in value
from $4,000 to 100000. Prob
ably two-thirds of that great value
has passed into the property within
the last five years. The citys growth
made it. Take the people away and
the lots would be worthless.
take, for instance, the citizen
who five years ago bought a lot for
$4,000 that has a market value to-
day Of $4,000. The influx Of popu-
lation and attendant growth of
business have made that 100000
for him, and the greater part Of that
enriching growth has been brought
about by years of intelligent, ener-
getic, sacrificing publicity and i'm
migration work by the chamber of
commerce and it's allied and kindred
organizations.
1.-The well-to-do property owner
who sits back in idleness and reaps
the big profits Of these labors and
refuses to contribute his share, is sell
fish and in the last analysis dishon-
est.
III he will neither work nor con-
tribute to the funds that are needed
by others who both work and con-
tribute, he is taking an unfair adj
vantage. He is at best law hon.
est rather than morally honest.
"If those Spokane property own
ers who have grown wealthy from
the country's development and the
city's growth did their duty, they
would subscribe promptly the un-
raised half of the $4,000 needed
for the work of the publicity COM
mittee, the National Irrigation con-
gress, the National Apple show, the
fund to win fair freight rates for
Spokane and the urgent needs of the
chamber of commerce in taking care
of the thousands who will stop off
here on their way to the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition.
I'm raising that fund the greater
Spokane committee encounters en-
and discouragements
But most discouraging of all is the
selfish attitude of some wealthy
holders who reap where
others SOW, and in a narrow, stingy
spirit decline to lend helping
hand"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
HOQUIAM HIGH WINS
Team Of Aberdeen High Proves an
Easy Victim, Giving Hoquiam
Second Game Friday.

The baseball team of the Hoquiam
High school fully maintained it's rec
ord Friday afternoon, in the second
game with Aberdeen, and the latter
narrowly escaped a whitewash. AS
it was they got in one run, while
Hoquiam crossed the home plate sew
en- times. The local team was not
near in as good form as at the first
game, when it was nip and tuck,
the score being to 5.
Hoquiam swatted the ball eleven
times, while Madison held Aberdeen
down to three hits. FalknOr was re-
tired from the box and O'Hara prov
ed no better, and McDermoth took
the box, but the Hoquiam lads kept
right on with their batting. In five
games, two with Aberdeen, one each
with Seattle, Chehalis and Montesa-
no, Hoquiam has lost but one game,
that being to Seattle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS.
Officer Kelly Pulls Two Men With q
Strange valise at a Late Hour
Saturday Night.

At a late hour Saturday night, Pa
trolman Kelley found two young men,
giving their names as Frank Lasky
and Harry Rosenthal, on Hume street
trying to open suit case. Judging
from their actions that they were
not familiar with this particular
piece Of property, Kelley took them
to the police station.
The suit case was found to con-
tain two suits of clothes and other
articles that led to the belief it had
been stolen. The prisoners, who are
mere boys, claim to have been work.
ing in Cosmopolis, and say the suit
case was given them by another man.
They will have hearing before
Judge Bush this afternoon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

1t is becoming more and more APP
parent that Senator Aldrich reckon
ed without such Republican Senators
of the breezy West as Cummins of
Iowa, Bristow of Kansas and Borah
of Idaho. limitations are made that
he is looking for compensation for
this loss in a number of Democratic
senators who regard the tariff as a
'local ISSUE" In this, too, the
Rhode Island tariff-maker may be
reckoning without his host. An al
lance of Democrats and Independent
Republicans in the Senate is. much
more likely because more natural
than Democratic support of so pal
try a measure as the Aldrich tariff
bill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
Taxing Timber.

The action of County Commits
sioners Arland and Hopkins, in re-
fusipg to adopt the Davis reso!u-
ION providing for cruising the
timber of the county for ASSESS
ment purposes has been condemn
ed all over the county, as a DELHI
crate refusal to make ante election
promises good, and BODIES no en-
thusiasm among republicans at the
elections next year.
The Herald has always contended
that national politics had no bust
ness in county affairs, and has
ever met with the response-usually
from the pie cOunter-that the pre-
servation of party lines was neces-
sary to fix RESPONSIBILITY, and
the republican party will find the
responsibility for this board OF COM
missioners a weighty load to carry
in 1910. Had Mr.. Arland stated
before election that he favored the
acceptance of the values placed by
timber owners for taxation purpos-
es he would not now be dealing In
court houses. The scheme is too alb
surb for serious consideration, and
If adopted should be carried out to
its logical conclusion by mailing
blank assessment lists to the owners
of ALL property, with a request
that they kindly give the valuations
upon which they would enjoy pay
ing taxes and thus save the cost of
field deputies.
The cost of securing an accurate
cruise of the timber need not be
80 high that an equitable assess
ment would not pay it in one year,
without increasing the levy. There
are several reliable cruisers in the
coutny who have at least so per
cent of the timber cruised, whose es-
timates-under oath-could doubt
less be secured at reasonable figure
and the balance could be gone over
before the board of equalization
meets in August, SO that the new
values could be placed on the rolls
this year.
There should be no attempt to
over value those lands annd the fact
should be borne in mind that excess
sive taxation tends to reckless log
ging and the consequent destruction
of our forests; that timber lands
bear but one crop and should not
be classed with farm lands that yield
annually. All that should be requir-
ed is that this class of property bear
just share of the public ex-
pense, and this is impossible with
out an expert estimate of the stand
ing timber on each tract.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

Because the state law gives JUS
tice of the peace salary of 500
a month, is no good reason for the
city falling into like mistake in
the pay of police Judge. AS meas
ured by the work of all other sala-
ried offices of the city, $50 is a
big figure. That special legal quail
fications are required is nonsence. A
few years ago Aberdeen had a police
judge that gave eminent satisfaction,
who made no pretentions to legal
knowledge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
Phony Argument.

Equal suffrage is a real issue be-
fore the people of this state, an is
sue that will be determined at the
elections next year, and its discus
sion should be broad and fair. Spe-
cious arguments never aid right
cause, a fact that should be borne
in mind by the local club. This
piece of advice is provoked by a
line of argument by the club, in
the Post, anent the recent
school election. The article cites the
fact that but two votes were cast
by women in the Fourth ward as
evidence that the denizens Of the
under world will not vote. 1t
would be difficult to be more mis-
leading. The school election was an
unopposed bond election, where
there was no incentive to hustle out
the vote.
At a general election, with a
string of candidates and party spir-
it to reckon with, and, as Is too often
the case, with votes a bankable COM
modify, it is safe prediction that
every qualified voter below the dead
line would find her way to the polls.
The Herald is prejudiced neither for
or against suffrage, and simply
wishes to have the matter thorough
ly discussed and understood to the
end that an intelligent decision may
be arrived at.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

The fire department had a long run
Friday night, responding to a call
from near Electric park. An incuba-
tor in the chicken house of Edward
Swartz ignited and was burned IN.
together with the chicken house and
about ESQ chickens. The loss is
covered by insurance. The hook and
ladder truck was the first on the
scene, having made the run in eight
minutes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

The Chehalis county Sunday school
convention which closed at Hoquiam
last evening, elected the following Of
ficers: President, Rev. A. ]. Laurie;
vice president, Mrs. Geo. Taylor OF
Elma; secretary, Rev. H. Ferguson OF
Hoquiam; treasurer, Miss Dora Dur
die of Montesano. Executive com.
mittee, w. H. McWhinney of Ho-
GUAM, Frank Beam, and E. G. Clark
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
HEARST MEN GUILTY
OF CRIMINAL LIBEL

NEW YORK, May IA verdict
of guilty of criminal libel was found
today against the publishers of the
New York American by the jury in
the trial charging publication of an
article libeling John d. Rockefeller.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

The Pythian special train, to run
night was definitely secured Friday.
1t is believed that over 100 Knights
will attend the dedication of the new
hall at Elma, and partake of the
hospitality of the prosperous lodge
of that city.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
NOTICE

DR.. Charles I. Prescott has opened
an office for the practice of medi-
cine and surgery in the Dabney block,
Heron street, between G and H. over
Porter & Co.'s store.
Office hours, 10 a. m. to -; 2 o.
m. to 4 p. M, and Z to evenings.
Office phone 41S1; residence phone
POSI-. 61-9t
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

Alanson Hart, w. Moulton, R..
Wood, r. Faulkner and B. Glidden
went to Olympia Saturday, to repre-
sent the Aberdeen High school at
the track meet at that place. They
were accompanied by Professor
Comeau.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

Uncle Joe Cannon's remarks that
Champ Clark doesn't discriminate
between facts that are facts and
facts that are not facts is somewhat
ambiguous, but it seems to wholly
psi Ii; mentary.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

Now that the Roosevelt expedi-
ton has disclosed the existence Of
Mombasa, it would seex to be the
order for some good Ohio man to
proceed to have himself appointed
consul thereto.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

There may be some question as to
how much revenue the Payne bill
will produce, but one weeks debate
on it in the House resulted in an
output of 100000 words.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

"Fitz invited to the White House."
says a Brooklyn headline. Tut, tut.
Remember, there has been change
in that domicile lately. That line
refers to Fitzgerald, not Fitzsim-
mons.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03

It is getting SO nowadays that
you have to select the woman to be-
come the hat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-05-03
PUBLISHERS NOTICE.

City subscribers failing to receive
the Herald by p. m. on Mondays
and Thursdays will please notify the
City Messenger Co., Tel 1851, and q
paper will be sent to the address at
once.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
Chinaman Plays Football.

BOSTON, Oct. ,, Iooo-A full
blooded Chinese playing soccer foot
ball and putting up scientific game
is what followers Of athletics at Har-
ward will see this fall, The new
candidate for the team IS Kao Chow
Ii, a senior at the university across
the river kao is built just right for
soccer, and together with experience
he attained on the Pai-en University
team at Canton, China, will help him
d great deal.
Kao was sent here by the imperial
government To study at Harvard. He
is studying economies and political
science with the intention OF teach
ing in his native land.
His efforts to land on the soccer
football team Is novel feature in
the history OF Harvard athletics, as
no other Chinese student has been
enrolled upon the varsity teams.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
High Tribute to MIR. Davis.


The New Haven Register, publish
ed in the heart of what was formerly
New England opposition 10 Jeffer-
son Davis and all things Southern,
recently published the following tri-
butte to the Confederate President:
The South will never cease to ad-
mire and honor the man of iron
nerve, of dauntless courage of ceas-
less loyalty, of unsullied honor, of
tireless energy, OF peerless ohivalry,
who suffered and dared and all bur
died for the cause he loved and lost
OF that host Of true men who gave
their best and their all for the Con
federacy because in their deepest
hearts they believed they were doing
right, none were more sincere than
he OF that multitude who lined up
for the struggle against their broth
crs of the North none were bravcr
and none were nobler His sacrifice
was as extreme as it was sincere and
his treatment by the victors after the
crash came was sore medicine for a
heart that was breaking.
'sIt is a century and a year since
Jefferson Davis was born. 1t is near
TO half century since his cause was
lost. 1t is twenty years since his
death. What better time could there
be to signify, by the placing of his
statue at the nation capitol, that the
wounds of that war arc healed. that
in the blood of brothers shed the In
ion is forever cemented on founda-
ton that sstandeth sure? There let
his presenfment stand, erect, noble,
commanding, impressive, as he stood
in the days when he was master OF
the destiny Of half nation Let it
there remind the South that it was
mistaken and the North that it mis-
understood. Let ii picture martyr
to a caase that. though lost, was not
.whdffY - VAIN, since It taueht bro-
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
The Steel Market.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. ,, Iooo.--
Conservatism seems to be the watch
word among business interests at
present, The rapid advance in prices
for steel products accompanying the
enormous output IS unusual and un-
precedented. Commodity prices are
higher and prospects are that some
will reach still higher attitude.
Business has been expanding al
wonderful rate in the past few
months In fact. the Improvement
has been so rapid as to call the at
tcntion of the entire business world
to the activities of American indus
tries.
In iron and steel centers feeling
prevails that in order to insure q
more healthy and steady condition
OF trade it would be better for con
sumers to be less urgent about plac-
ing their orders. giving the mills an
opportunity TO fill those now on the
books As matters now stand the
mills find it impossible to make de
liverics on time. and the demand has
been so great that despite the adj
vance in prices for many products
there has been an accumulation OF
orders that is now testing the full
capacity of a number of the largest
companies The feature this week
in this line of trade has been the large
purchases of steel rails. the total be
ing in the neighborhood OF 100000
tons. Up to this time the railroads
have been slow in placing orders for
rails. The steel interests now LOOK
for a rush OF rail orders that will
keep the rail mills busy well into
netN Ncar
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
WEAkE KIDNEYS
MAKE WEAK BODIES
Kidney Diseases Cause Half the
Common Aches and Ills Of
Greenville People.

As one weak link weakens a chain,
SO weak kidneys weaken the whole
body and hasten the final breaking
down.
Overwork, strains, colds, aud other
causes injure the. kidneys, and when
their activity is lessened the whole
body suffers from the excess of uric
poison circulated in the blood
Aches and pains and languor and
urinary ills come, and there is an
ever increasing tendency towards
diabetes and fatal Bright's disease
There is no real help for the SUI
ferer except kidney help.
Doan's Kidney Pills act directly
on the kidneys and cure every kid
ney ILL.,
No need to take the statement OF
someone living far away as evidence.
Here's a case right in this locality.
Mrs. John Conwell. 3oS + Church
St. Greenwood. Miss, says: "A
neighbor knowing that I was severely
troubled with backache told me she
had used Doan's Kidney Pills with
very good results and advised me to
use them She gave me few for a
trial and l used them as directed. q i
received relief in very short time
from the sharp twinges through my
kidneys and continued until | was
free from every symptom of kidney
thouble I can Recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills as an excellent kidney
remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents Foster Milbnrn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States
Remember the name-Doan's-
aad take no other.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
Mary's Little Hen.

Mary had little hen
Upon her little farm.
Against the wolf before the door
1t proved to be charm.
Each day it laid little egg
Which Mary sold at town.
And thus she bought her groceries.
And now and then a gown.
The years passed, and Mary paid
The little mortgage due,
And sent her girl to boarding school
Her boy to college, too.
She has nest egg in the bank.
And even keeps cook:
And everything about her has
A thrifty, well kept look.
Says she to those who daily fail,
With needle, brush and pen;
"If YOU would do as we'll as /,
Just keep little hen
Dairy Field.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
The Pains of Women.

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The Greenville times., 1909-10-03

theirs to appreciate a relationship
they were in danger OF forgetting
The occasion for this extraordi-
nary tribute TO a man so long mis-
understood and 50 often maligned
was the discussion OF the propriety
of erecting a statue of the Confeder-
ate chieftain in Statuary Hall, in the
national capitol It IS the first ex-
preston Of Importance from a Nor
thern paper on the subject; and, Il
it may be taken III any degree repre-
sentative OF Northern thought on
the subject, it becomes evident that
there will be no serious hindrance 10
the cherished project OF the South
Vicksburg American.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
YOUNG MEN,
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Telegraph Operators Are In
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The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
ATTENTION, BACHELORS!

We have installed iSnger's
Darning Machine and will darn
your socks, sew on buttons, do gen
eral repair work for you without
extra cost The largest and best
equipped plant in The State.
Greenville Steam Laundry.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
LOW FARES.
To St. Louis and Return via South
ern Railway.

Account Centennial Celebration Al
St. Louis, October 3d-oth, the South
ern Railway Company in Mississippi
will sell tickets at very low rates TO
St. Louis and return. For partic-
ulars, apply to your home agent, or
II. (. Jones, Jr-, Asst Gen1 Passr
Agent, Columbus, Miss.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
What He Was Thinking OF.

Sick Wife (to brooding husband) Z
VIII you miss me when I'm gone,
John2
Husband-Yes. dear; it seems ter
rible to think OF parting with you, and
and besides. funerals cost so like
sixty nowadays. / should think, for
my sake, you might make a special
effort to get weA
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
STRAYEp

Strayed from Dunkirk Plantation,
on the 18th day OF August, one yell
low Jersey milk COW Finder will
return to this plantation and receive
reward. If
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03

This is the first case on record of
such an invasion OF an American
cluzen nome IN time OF peace. To
old soldiers and the wives and
daughters OF the Confederacy it viii
recall the raids OF the sixties
Vieksburg American.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03
LOST.

Gold watch, on Main street. near
the Times Office. Finder will re-
turn to M. Goldstein, 737 Washing
ton avenue, for reward.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03

strange story comes from Mobile
20 the effect that on a search warrant
sworn out by the sheriff. five deput-
les entered the dwelling of citizen
and ransacked IT in a futile search for
Gquor. even going through the trunks
and receptacles i'll the bed rooms.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03

Judging from the editorials found
in our exchanges one would think
that the insanity plea is very COM
mon in criminal cases in Mississippi.
A. matter OF fact the plea is seldom
entered and acquittals on this ground
are very rare.-Vicllsburg Democrat
The boy that is raised in idleness
is likely to grow up vicious. and the
same IS true of land Waste land
Is full OF weeds and briars. The
head OF household who permit
boys TO remain idle Is standing III
his own light-Carrollton Conserva-
tive.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03

4 gentleman who was present Al
the Hartman home when the great
railroad maguate passed away, said
that he had worked up to ninety min
utes before his death. debating let
tiers to his stenographer, his mind
being perfectly clear, His mental
energy has been described as ''dy-
mamie, his mind a dynamo working
continuously in all waking hours. .
He practically died with harness on.
Clarion Ledger.
The Greenville times., 1909-10-03

An industrial campaign this year by
the devoted press OF Mississippi will
work wonders OF the up1ift OF state
and people. Let's all pull together
for industrial Mississippi for the next
twelve months. after which the peo-
pie will be called upon to name state
county and legislative officers. y
long pull, a strong pull and a pull al
together will astonish all OF rs III
the matter Of results.-Clarion-L
ger.