Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-04


Mrs. S. w. Keys will entertain
the Jolly Girls tomorrow afternoon.
The Ladies of the Degree of Hon
or met with Mrs. B. F. Johnson this
afternoon.
From the present outlook, the
work of filling lower Broadway will
soon be completed.
Election of officers for the Aber-
deem Chamber of Commerce, takes
place this evening.
George A. Prichard Of Portland,
is visiting his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. e. r. Prichard.
Mrs. Bert Lewis, who has been
visiting Mrs. w. w. Maxey, return
ed to her home in Raymond yester-
day.
On Tuesday evening, Miss Laura
Hubert entertained party Of
friends at her home 712 West Fifth
street. D."
Mrs. L. P. Quackenbush is prepar-
ing to go on an extended visit to
California on the next trip Of the
Santa Barbara.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Peter
Creech entertained the members of
the Talltha club at her home 3O3
West Sixth street. "1t@tr d
The ladies of the M. E. church
will hold a home cooking sale, on
Saturday afternoon in T. c. Moul-
tons furniture store.
J. B. Moody Of Everett was an
Aberdeen visitor yesterday. Mr..
Moody was state commissioner from
Washington to the Portland fair.
The Knights of Pythias will close
their contest between the two divis-
ions, and the losing side will give
the winners a banquet tomorrow
evening.
r. Keasel, superintendent of the
Heron street work, returned from
Tacoma yesterday. Mr.. Keasel has
been looking after other interests in
that city.
The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Congre-
gational church are making exten.
sive arrangements for a Valentine
party, to be given in the basement
of the church, Monday evening Feb
ruary Is.
The case against John Kahle,
charged by w. G. Williscroft with
larceny by embezzement,' was
dismissed yesterday in Judge Bush
court after the prosecution had sub
mitted their evidence.
w. J. Woods, the undertaken. left
on the morning train yesterday for
Webb City, Mo-, having in charge
the body of Arthur Gestland, who
was killed at Oakville last Saturday.
The remains are being taken to the
former home of the young man for
interment.
The North Pacific Dredging Com
pany, which is operating two dredges
in the South bay harbor, is reported
as about to give up its contract.
The work of retaining has become
TOO complicated and the job, which
was thought to be an easy one in
the start, has turned out to be very
difficult and seemingly almost impos-
| sible to accomplish.
, X. Zelasko has plans prepared for
the erection of concrete and brick
building on his lots adjoining the
Chehalis County bank building on
Wishkah street. The foundation
for a large building was put in two
years ago. The building will be
three stories in height. The lower
floor will be fitted up into store
rooms while the two upper floors
will be devoted to hotel purposes.
The estimated cost of the building
will be between $4,000 and $780,
900 and it is understood that it will
be constructed during the coming
summer.
A dispatch from Villefanche, Jan.
18th, says: 1.-The United States
battleships Minnesota, Vermont and
Kansas continue to be the principal
attraction here. All this afternoon
boatload after boatload of visitors
were conducted over the ships and
everybody was loud in praise of
the American men of war and their
neatness and order. The pet bear
of the Minnesota was taken ashore
this afternoon and became the idol
of the children, swarm Of whom
| followed it across the town to an
automobile in which 1t was taken to
Nice, two miles away, for an airing.
The bear Is one of those presented
to the fleet by the city of Aberdeen,