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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Accept Plans for Court House al
Montesano, with Pro 'ision for
Another on Harbor.

At the SESSION of the board of
county commissioners held yesterday,
the plans drawn by Watson Vernon,
of Aberdeen, for a court house at
Montesano were accepted, and cor
tract entered into with Mr.. Vernon
to complete the plans and supervise
the erection of the building for five
per cent of it's estimated cost.
The estimates Of the architect ap-
proximate 100000 for the new
building, and $4,000 for a new ;ail.
The Jail plans were not accepted, It
being understood it's building will be
deferred until later. The contract
with Architect Vernon provides for
the erection Of another court house
at Aberdeen, should the supreme
court uphold the validity of the law
creating the Second judicial district,
for which he is to receive CON-
mission Of two and one-half per cent
The contract was signed by Commas
sioners Arland and Hopkins, Davis
refusing to sign, and filing written
Protest against taking any steps
towards the building of court houses
until the decision of the supreme
court is rendered.
The board also granted Fred Man.
uel a saloon license for his bar at
Westport. Manuel was fined not long
ago for violating the Sunday law,
his conviction being brought about
by some hard work by the sheriff $
office and at a considerable expense
to the county. The granting of the
license may be contested on the
ground that the commissioners are
prohibited by law from issuing such
for a less period than one year.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
THE CITY FATHERS.
Hold Short Session Last Night.
Keasal Gets Extension of Time
on Heron Street.

The council last night held a
short esssion, adjourning before 8
o'clock. The usual first of the
month budget of bills was allowed,
though number were not accepted
owing to lack of the requisition
demanded by the city.
F. o. Keasal was given a 45-day
extension on the Heron street con-
tract.
The contracts for grading on SIKH
and NJ streets were accepted.
1t was decided to let by contract
the work of removing the city gar
bage and the city clerk was instruct
ed to advertise for bids for same.
The contracts for the improvement t
Of G and l streets was given the
F. O. Keasal, these Improvements are
not to be begun until the compilation
of Mr.. Keasal's present contract.
The petition of S. Jackobson for a
liquor license was referred to the IL
Resolutions were adopted for the
Improvement of d from Curtis to
Pine streets in South Aberdeen. with
16-fOot plank road.
The street commissioner was in
structed to look into the matter OF
the city hospital, which has been un-
occupied for some time, and is report
ed to be in state of delapidation.
The council passed resolutions
expressing their grief at the uneX-
pected death of Congressman Francis
w. Cushman.
The use of the council chambers
was extended to the State Bar AS
sociation, which is soon to meet in
the city.
A committee was appointed to re
port on the matter of redistricting
the city, several wards having a
greater population than Is allowed
under the charter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
INVESTIGATORS TO
CONTINUE PROBE
Committee Will Net Be Idle During
Recess Says Deputy State
Attorney.

SPOKANE, July 6.-'The legisla-
tive committee will not be idle while
waiting for the special session to re-
convene, but will start it's probe to
work on the state institutions rhe last
of this week." says Deputy Attorney
George A. Lee, who arrived here this
morning.
Chairman Allen has called for the
committee to meet at Seattle, aud
the first institutions to be visited
will be those on the West side, in
cluding the state university, the SOL
diers' home, the reformatory and the
VETERANS home at Port Orchard. This
will probably keep the committee
busy until the members are called
back to Olympia.
81 have been over the state since
the investigation began and l find
that the investigation should be
thorough and extended to every de-
partment of the state government.
Propositions for compromise have
been made by the opposition, but
there is no probability that any will
be accepted
Mr.. Lee will secure all the evil
dence possible in connection with the
charge made against Schively in con-
nectiOn with the Pacific Livestock
Association, in which he will be as
sisted by Speaker Meigs and Repre-
sentative Edge. members of the house
board of managers.
After finishing this work here,
Lee, Meigs and Edge will return to
Olympia to prepare a reply to the
answer to be filed by Schively with
the senate.
1--WE expect Schively's answer will
be in the nature of general denial
and claim that what he did was up
on the advice of the former attorney
general" says Lee.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
SOUTH ABERDEEN ORGANIZES
An Improvement Club is Formed to
Protect Interests on South Side
in City Affairs.

A meeting of the citizens of South
Aberdeen was held Tuesday evening
to organize an Improvement club,
the chief object of which is said to be
the securing of proper recognition in
municipal matters, especially to Sc
cure a member of the city council
from that important section of the
city.
A committee was appointed to
draft a constitution and bylaws, TO
report at the next meeting, July 90
The following officers were eelcted
for one year: President, X. Knowles;
voce president, D. w. Franklin; Sec
retary and treasurer, Fred Knapp.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
CUSHMAN SUCCUMBS|
CONGRESSMAN FROM Washington
DIES TUESDAY IN new YORK.
SuCCumbs to Pneumonia After an
illness OF Five Days. Remains Are
En- Route to Tacoma for Burial.
Was Elected to Congress Rive
Times.

NEW YORK, July 6.-Francis w.
Cushman, of Tacoma, representative
in congress from the Second con-
gressial district of Washington, died
at 5 o'clock this morning at Roose-
welt hospital, in this city. PneumOn-
la, following slight operation for
an abscess in the leg, was the cause
of death. He was i'll but five days.
United States Senator S. H. Piles.
of Washington, and Andrew S. Bur-
leigh, of this city, formerly receiver
for the Northern Pacific and life
long friend of the congressman, were
at Mr.. Cushman's bed when the end
came Death was peaceful. For sew
eral days Mr.. Cushman has been un-
der the influence of Opiates to dead
en- the pain. He has made hard
fight, but never very strong, he was
weakened somewhat by the effects
of the operation had just before he
contracted the disease, which finally
resulted fatally. Even so late as last
night, it was thought that he might
recover, for he seemed to rally some
what under the influence of oxygen
administered to strengthen heart
action.
The remains will be put aboard the
Chicago Limited of the Pennsylvania
railroad tomorrow wrapped in the
American flag. They will be taken
direct to Tacoma in charge of Fred
erick NJ Webster, deputy sergeant
alarms of the house of representa-
tives. A congressional delegation of
six members which will escort the
remains to their destination will
board the train at Pittsburg.
Francis w. Cushman was elected
to congress from Tacoma when he
was 80 years of age, and has served
continuously, being five times .e-
elected. He started life as a water
boy. He was born May s, 1867, at
Brighton, Iowa, and was educated at
the local high school and at Pleasant
View Academy. In order to aid in
paying his tuition there, he worked
during the summer vacation as
water boy" on railroad construction
work. On completing his education
at the academy, the future congress-
man worked for some time as Sec
tion hand on local railroads until at
the age of 16 he moved to Wyoming.
There he remained for five years,
being a cowboy on a ranch, a
+'handy hand" in a lumber camp, and
also school teacher. During this
period he took up the study of law,
reading by himself, with but little
outside aid.
At the close of this time he moved
to Nebraska, and was admitted to
both the district and supreme bar,
He remained there until 1891, when
he went West again, settling in Ia
coma, which has since been his per-
manent home.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
CHECK IS PLACED
ON HOMESTEADERS
Under Late Ruling They Lose if They
Try to Sell Soon After Commut.
ing.

SPOKANE, July 6-The depart
ment of the interior has put bells"
on land spectators by the recent
decision that people filing on lana,
and committing within fourteen
months and then leaving the land to
be sold if possible, may lose the land
and their rights. Only true home
steaders need apply.
Even though proof offered shows
technical compliance with respect to
inhabitance of the land entered for
the period ordinarily required in
communication cases, it must further
be shown that the entryman went to
the land to make it his permanent
residence.
Residence within the meaning of
the homestead law must be establish
ed and maintained with the inten,
to make a permanent home upon the
land to the exclusion of home else
where. 1t cannot be acquired by
mere occupancy with a view solely
to acquiring title to colorado COM
pliance with the law, but actual res
idence must be maintained in good
faith with the intent to make it
permanent. Such intent must be
present at the initiation of every en-
try whether the title is acquired af-
ter the full period residence ire
scribed by law or at the expiration
of the shorter period under the COM
mutation provisions of the act.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08
CARSTENS PLANT BURNS.
Big Packing Plant at Tacoma, En-
ploying Hundreds, Goes Up in
Smoke.

TACOMA, July Fire. which
broke out at 2:30 o'clock this morn
ing in the horse barns, threatens the
destruction of the 100000 plant of
the Carstens Packing Company.
The large mills of the st. Paul
Lumber Company are also threatened
The packing plant seems doomed.
The Carstens packing plant is one
of the largest packing houses in the
Northwest, employing more than 500
men. Nearly all the buildings are
frame structures. 1t is valued at
100000.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08

No one community should fight an
other, as such fight is detrimental to
both. If Aberdeen and Hoquiam
would scrape the bristles from their
municipal backs and go after thc
county seat rs one in interest, the
gates of hell could not prevail against
them; but the good people who are
willing to take the broad minded way
are now merely casting their pearls
before ''hazelsplitters. - Charley
Cant, in the Moclips Ocean Wave.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-08

The Aberdeen Herald, a twice a
week chronicle OF the happenings on
Grays Harbor, $3.50 a year. strictly
in advance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
"A HORSE INA R

One night while in lhe country we
were suddenly awakened by the bark
ing of our dog.<Nesot up and in
vestigated, but could hnd nothing
wrong, so we thougbf that perhaps he
had heard some o4s passing ON the
road, and again retired for the night.
The following morning we again
searched the barnyard and found that
the horse was missing. We looked
all over the grounds and finally found
him stuck in the swamp.
There were four men staying at the
house, aud they tried to raise the
horse, but all their efforts failed, for
he sunk deeper and deeper. They
then went across the road and asked
our neighbor for assistance. He,
knowing the danger of the swamp, re-
sponded immediately, bringing with
him his SOD, a team Of horses and two
of his boarders. The eight mel
worked for about three hours, being
in great danger themselves of slipping
into the marsh or of being hurt by
the horse, who was lighting all the
while for liberty. At last their eff
forts were rewarded, for they sue
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

Iaugn at the very evident astonish-
ment Of the church folks.
And ther>as the minister knelt in
prayer which was ehoked with sobs,
and while with one accord the con-
gregation emulated their pastors ex-
ample, falling into the attitude of
prayer. the "drummers" stole softly
from the building.
"We'd best make tracks for that
train," calculated Bob Needham as
they reached the sidewalk.
Dave Taylor laughed. almost hys-
t~erically. Wed better make adriy-
ing-wheel." he said, with a woeful
attempt at punning. ooh, I say! it's
moving; sprint"
They did sprint. And the engineer,
catching a glimpse of them striking
across the fields, obligingly slowed
up until the last one had gained a
footing upon the steps or platform
Of the train.
:. At the church all was soon COM
motion. Some one tried to follow
the strangers but gave up the at
tempt when the .'sprinting" began,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
RAGS.

Rags is the famous dog Of 6. New
York engine company. She was
found in quarters on the return Of the
company from a fire on January 4,
1905. IT. was a terrible night, and a
heavy snowstorm ragged. One Of the
fremen heard the pup crying. and
found her in the drawer OF the house
w%atch-desk, covered with a ragged
coat. So she was promptly christened
"Rags."
No n ever knew who put the dog
in the. drawer Of the desk. Certainly
she could not have got there herself,
for she was only three weeks old and
not able to walk. She was too young
to drink milk out of a saucer, so the
fireman who found her went to a drug
store and bought a baby's milk bottle.
After a good deal of coaxing. Rags
was induced to take to the nipple and
to get her nourIshment in that way.
Just then a new alarm rang in. Rags
was placed back in the desk, and
when the men returned next morning
at 8 o'clock Rags was fast asleep,
with the empty milk bottle beside her.
For the next three weeks the desk
drawer was the only place in which
she would go to sleep, Alfred M.
Downes tells us in an article which he
has written about "Fire-Fighters and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
DRIVING POLAR r

A story is told of a boy in New
foundland who had two polar hares
which he n day determined to har-
ness to his sled. Gentle as the crea-
ture is, it had the utmost dislike of
being touched and so it was a long
and tiresome struggle for Master Tom
before he could induce the hares to
submit to even the simple harness he
had contrived. But at last it was ac-
complished, and with little Miss An
ME, his three-year-old sister, on the
sled, Tom touched his pets with his
whip.
Poor little Annie must lave
thought that she had suddenly
alighted upon the tail of a comet go
Ing about a hundred miles a minute,
for no sooner had the hares felt the
whip than with n accord they
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
A WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT.

There is a significance of encour-
agement to all women who earn their
livelihood by teaching in the selection
of Mrs. Ella F. Young to be superin-
tendent of the public schools of Chi
cago. The choice has been made by a
progressive Board of Education, and
1t places a woman in charge of nearly
5000 teachers and 100000 pupils,
making a school organization second
in numbers only to that of New York
City.
The choice illustrates the courage
Of the school board to follow its own
judgment and to place q woman In
a position for which she has proved
herself fit. She has made herself
worthy by individual advancement in
addition to her routine work. She
began teaching when seventeen, or
forty-seren years ago. She has taught
in every grade from the primary to
the high school, and so has acquired
the knowledge Of experience. AL
though she lacked the preparation of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
.CHIIloPEEJss DEPARTMENT.

started. And, as the hare has bus
one way of going, and that is with q
Jump, and as Tom, to help matters,
had headed them down a pretty steep
hill, the sled was jerked from under
Annie, who. being something like a
very chubby barrel in shape, went
after the flying hares as fast as she
could roll, over and over.
The sled, too, being free at the Sec
ond jump Of the frightened animals,
was also on it's way down the incline,
while Tom, who had started to run
after Annie, lost his balance, sat
down, and was skimming along in
the rear of the procession.
When Tom picked Annie cut OF
the snowdrift, she was breathless
with indignation and fright, but. re-
covering herself in a few moments,
declared with an emphatic stamp of
her foot, Don't want to vide yabbits
any more" Nor did she have the OPP
portunity, for Tom never saw his
hares again, they having concluded.
no doubt, that they were not fitted
for that kind of work. Tom would
have tried the experiment again with
Annie's pet hare, but this that posi-
tive young lady refused to allow, tell
ing her pet afterward in confidence
that he was "a very nice yabbit, but
not a good horsey."-Frank H. Sweet,
in Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Iz<E|DI{t1zz ~

thetic are the saleswomen who ems
deevor to conceal an imagined infers
iority by surrounding themselves
with an atmosphere Of superiority.
and those who regard a trihing pur.
chase as a thing beneath contempt. l
The fippant girl whose "best
young man" has just given her an
opal ring is as provoking to the tired
shopper as "the hostess" who is en-.
tertaining a friend across the coun-
ter.
And here we reach the tiredness OF
the shopper, which is part of the
same story. AS WEAKNESS takes pos
session of her the. milk of human
kindness is crowded outs and she for
gets each and every one of the above
reasons in a desire to get home.
Since the purchasing power Of
American man has allowed Ameri.
can woman to be drawn into this vor.
tex Of trade, she has outstripped the
American Indian at his own game Of
"swap," and has fallen Into the hab-
its of all shoppers. She allows her.
self to be daily swept over twenty
three acres of floor space and hoisted
on thirty-seven elevators. But if she
has still sufficient grip upon herself
to think her shopping thoughts, Il
should be possible for her to recall
this business back from the "ungen.
tie art" into which it is so fast de-
clining. The most harassed sales.
woman is likely to respond to fair
treatment. Courtesy breeds court
esq. The shopper who is not c nsid-
crate lays herself open to the accusa-
ton of the %ill-breeding she deplores
in her sister-woman.-New Haven
Register. j
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
Strange Hindu Beliefs.
gowns.

The uneducated Hindu (and he Is
in the great majority believes that
the ghost of a man killed by a tiger
rides on the head of the beast that
slew him to warn him Of danger and
to guide him to new victims. 1t Is
declared that God provides for the
tigers daily wants to the amount of
one rupee a day; that is to say, If the
tiger kills q calf worth six rupees he
will not be allowed another victim
for five days.
Eating the flesh of a tiger Is sup
posed to give one great courage and
alertness, but the whiskers must first
be singed of the beast or his spirit
will haunt the man who fed of him
and he is likely to be turned into O
tiger in the nextsworld.
In a small Indian village in the in
terror a yillager was killed by a tiger.
The police investigated the accidental
death and rendered this verdict.
"Pandu died of a tiger eating him;
there was no other cause OF death.
Nothing was left of him save his
bones and some fingers, which prob
ably belonged to either the right or
left hand. Washington Star. 49,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03

saV SSoSua Ii-icnCu, GIN rES
little company separated to their re-
spectiye homes.
It was such a1pitiful little house
hold of faith. Situated in e rocky
New Hampshire village, and some-
what removed from the centre of the
town, it had seen its members drawn
one by one away. until so few were
left that services could not have been
maintained had not an aged and resi-
dent preacher rendered his ministra-
tons free of charge; yet even so, the
little church was sadly in debt, and
as We have seer, was now to lose it's
edihce.
a solemn company It was. there
fore, next morning that, much as 1t
mad olttimes gatheredto weep around
the body Of some dear member, met
supposedly for the last time in the
little CHURCH.
Far different, however, was a group
that met at the village tavern that
morning. The midnight special"
had broken one:ef its driving wheels
Just al it was whirling into the little
town, and now, perforce, the passen-
gers aboard the train were thrust
upon the hospitality of the place I'M
shl the broken wheel could be re-
placed. Naturally, perhaps, the tav-
ern attracted the larger number of
those who sought for entertainment
outaids of the comfortable walls of
midnight special"
We've got to amuse ourselves
somehow" declared one of the men
who had tramped across from the sid
Ing where the big engine stood idly
and sulkflyz putting.
Might go to meeting" suggested
anothei. of the group. The other
men laughed.
Meetings and drumming don't
seem to coincide" remarked a third
membei' of the dapper commercial
travellers.
Yet we might do worse,n another
said tentatively. I'VE fellows so sell
dom have e right down good chance
to be respectable ~ehurchgoers that
move We go to meeting somewhere.
as Black here says"
) Second the motion" laughed a
tall, blstck eyed man. and say,
boys, lets get some fun out of it to
give church folks the scare of their
lives. From the looks of this place /
doubt IL money is a common commod-
ity in these parts. and I'd like to see
what they'd say to a good. generous
contribution from US. What Go you
say2"
Roliicsing Dick Prichitt, boot and
shoe drummer. caught at the sugges-
ton.
Great scheme!!' he declared.
sThe natives will be astonished to
see-Iet Observation-Disclosures
" Of US men fle slowly into their
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-03
A Victorious Bear.

A large bear made its appearance
in the pasture of Masahore, So|o,
Kitami Province, and attacked a
three-year-old bull which was MUNICH
ing grass. The pair fought to the
death-of the bull. Two other bulls
which were separately roaming about
the pasture were attracted by the
struggle and as soon as their mate
was killed sprang upon the bear with
their united strength. A desperate
fight ensued for some time, but un-
fortunately it resulted in the fall OF
the two revenging companions after
they had sustained severe wounds
from the paws Of the wild animal.
The triumphant monster then took
the first bull in his grip and disap-
peared into the valley, leaving his
telltale footprints in the soft earth
japan Advertiser.