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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-01-04


b. F. Cauthorn left Friday for a
business visit to Twin Falls, Idaho.
Mrs. w. H. Fisher has returned
from visit with friends in Tacoma.
Theodore Weiland left for Denver,
Colorado. Friday, to stay indefinitely.
A. Bosle, is erecting a residence
of $500.
On Friday afternoon, Geo. F. Nye
returned from weeks vacation
spent in Seattle.
Mrs. c. McDermoth returned from
Seattle, Friday, where she had been
visiting her mother.
On Saturday morning the body Of
Mrs. James Grant Stone was ship
ped to Portland to be cremated.
Mrs. J. D. Mcneil, who has been
visiting relatives here. left for her
home in Vancouver, Is. c.. Satur-
day.
The Western Cooperage Works re-
sumed operations this morning after
being closed down two weeks for re-
pairs.
Mrs Thomas l. Douglas enter
tanned the choir of the Episcopal
church at a dancing party New
Years night.
J. S Coxey has commenced the
erection of two story residence at
22l West Heron street, the building
to cost $1,000.
Mrs. H. Grinthort of Chicago who
is the guest of Mrs. NJ. Whiting, re-
turned from several days visit at
Moclips Saturday.
Mrs. Casteen, a school teacher of
Elma, spent the Christmas vacation
with Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Pennoyer,
at Aberdeen Gardens.
The ball given by the ladies of
the Catholic church, in a. o. U. w.
hall thursday evening was most
pleasant social function.
Harry Hood returned to the State
college at Pullman Saturday morn
ing. to renew his studies after a
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Hood.
Miss Grace Mccall and Master
Grant Elliott, of Seattle, after a
weeks visit with their grandmother,
Mrs. Catherine Lowry, returned to
their home, Saturday.
Mrs. Gladys Woods entertained a
party of young friends at luncheon
Friday afternoon, at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Hunter,
Wishkah and X streets.
Miss Minnie Krafts graduated
from the Aberdeen General hospital
training school Thursday evening,
and went to Elma Saturday to ac-
cept a position in Or. French's hospi-
tai.
The first train OF dump cars was
ran over the Peterson railroad
Thursday afternoon, and went off
the track at Wishkah and II streets
Since then. however, the road is
working fine, and Heron street west
of is being rapidly filled.
The funeral of Arthur Pinckney
took place Friday afternoon, services
being held at St. Andrews church.
The church was filled with sympa-
(thizing friends of the bereaved
family. and the white casket was
covered with floral tributes.
Mesdames A. d. Wood and f. H.
Green, were hostess at o'clock
luncheOns at their home, Friday
and Saturday afternoons. This is
the first time since the remodeling
of their elegant home that they have
received and the guests were not on
ly charmed with the luncheon but
also with the home
When the bells and steam whistles
were announcing the birth of the
new year, Miss Lizzie Gradl and Mr..
Harry w. Gibson were married. at
the home of the brides parents. 81 8
West Sixth street, Rev. A. II. Hause
officiating. The happy couple left
for Il tour of the Sound cities on
the morning train. after which they
will make their home in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-01-04
WON THE CLOCK.

which mas been in the windows of the
Garman brothers store for some
time past, was given to Mrs. A. Jew
EFT on Saturday night. she being the
lucky holder of ticket No. 1899. The
clock was imported from Honolulu,
and is a handsime piece of furniture
The case stands six feet high and is
made of iron wood, highly polished
The Herald twice week tell It all
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
LADIES GARMENTS
36 New Spring Man Tailored Suits of Ex-
ceptionaI $25. 90 and 2750 values for the
last 2 days of our Business Building Sale,
take your choice at S16.65

Coming right at the beginning at the suit sea
son it's an unheard opportunity to make Suos'a'-
tial saving few of these suits are SHOWN III our
window. You may depend upon it that represent
ed in this lot are the swelest nobbiest suits 10 De
seen anywhere and every one strictly man-tailored'
perfect in fit shape style and every detail Not the
usual special sale" suits shown as bargains but
strictly high class garments absolutely the best the
season affords and every one you'll acknowledge as
exceptional s25OO and $3.50 values Your choice
for the two DAYS of our business building sale $3.50
All alterations free of charge and done in an ex-
pert manner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
1t goes Without saying, there's not an
other such shoe stock in Pendleton and
mind you ,Oe are not offering you old stock
or old styles, but the Uery latest and best
,ue haze from phich to take your choice.

Ladies $500 oxfords. during the two days of our
business building SALE your choice only..... $3.50
Ladies $500 shoes during the two days of our
business building sale, your choice oniy... .S2AO
Misses $500 and s225 oxfords during the two
DAYS of our business building sale, your cnoice
chldrens $1.75 and $500 oxfords and slippers,
during the two days of our business building SALE
your choice, only .si'"'
Mems $500 shoes during the two days Of our
business building SALE your choice only .,. si.3o
Mems $4OO oxfords during the two days Of our
business building sale. your choice only. 's3.25
Boys $3.50 shoes, during the two days of our
business building sale. your choice only.'.' 'siso
Boys saOm oxiords during the two days of our
business building sale, your choice only.''' SID
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
611 Yds. of I0c Outing Flannel at 7 1-2c
.367 Yards of Csc and 75c Embroidery at
39c yd

Standard made goods of perfectly finished edges
Not the sale" class of embrodery-in various
widths for the two days Of business building sale
-. ,.,,,. o, ,.ar5 ........39c SOC
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
The Christmas rraa

Every time l see a Christmas tree
studded with electric lights, garlands
Oh unset gold festooning every branch
, Suu hung with the hundred costly
hLilcNnacks the storekeepers invent
year by year TO make trade" pntiI
the tree itself disappears entirely mn
u o IT'S burden, l have a feeling tbst
fraud has been practiced on The k ti,,s'
y spirit of Yale. Wax candles ~,
the only real thing for a Cbristr,a:s
uee' candles of wax that mingls their
perfume with that of the burnins g.
not tho by'product of some coaI-nj, ~
ether abomination. What ~ m
ooughs do catch fire? They can he
watched and too many candles are
taWdry' anyhow. Also, red onpIas
oranges and old,fashioned corpueon,ss
made of oolored paper, and made ~, IF
nome look hundred times h,tte. ana
htter IN the green; and so do drnns
ana 10Y trumpets and wald,horps ana
rocking horse refined up in front tbat
nseu not have cost $40: or anytbin,
IKE h--Jacob Riis in Centre
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
BERLIN'S CHRISTMAS

population renowned even in those
ys for its surly manners and nm.
outhness. and with the iron hand of
hitarism unchecked over it all. the
hristmas festival was the tranouil
eleoratton of which one has read In
ne Lustgarten, before the castle n
.hrlstmas fair was annually sstab.
,Shed' which the king and royal fam.
" used to visit to buy jumping lacks
md gingerbread for the palace Cbrisr.
mas trees, like any other German
.amiiy. The Lustgarten fair has
p"sSeu away, the king of Prussia has
become German emperor Berlin has
developed into fair and beantifnI
Guy. and all that remains of the
Of once upon a time is tha
splrlt-indeed, precious inheritance
that still holds the branches Of the
of Christmas trees which
rleh and poor alike set up in their
houses on the eve Of the feast
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
CONGRESS WNI1
WILL NOT WAIT uNro
THE HOLIDAYS "a
REGULAR wosE
An Effort VIII Be Mad, !.
Effect Recommended. Wy
President in His Ana.
ard Special Message, ];

Washington.-Apmopriat,o.
ton will be undertaken s,
before the adjournment Il.
days. There has been a 81.
position that all measures
character would be pos,no.1.
after the first of January
There are two elements T.
One favors extensive genar,,
ton. The other takes AZ
that as a general tariff "
passed in che extra session.
should be content to do I1,,t
this session than pass tba
alton bills. All recognize n.
that some effort will be m,d.
ably to carry into effect recoms'.
lions Of the president whetbs. /
tanned in his annual messag.
special messages. He is layi,s
an extensive program, and
believes that 1t will be posslbls !
all that he will ask. His recomm..'
tions with reference to rail,oss !
islation are apt to give more NJ
than anything else, because Il
pected that there will be m,si'.
mand for much that he viii 8.
mend, and because congres, \
ways divided on the policy to i .
sued with reference to the raIss,,
The conservation policy, postsI ,
ings, merchant marines and u
questions will not attract SO mn,s'
tention, and may be more easIly
aside than the railroad opa.s
There is a general antipathy d |,
issues, and any measure ibyoly
such a feature will be carefully
sidered before it is adopted.
No one expects any anti-trust L
lation until the supreme court &.
on important cases involving
Sherman law now before the trim
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17

the Anglo-Saxon notion of the German
CHRISTMAS is drawn from those child
mood hours spent over Hans Andersen
ana Grimm, and the sight of a Christ.
mas tree brings to mind the wood.cut.
Ter tramping home through the snow
iaden forest, trailing behind him the
hr tree for his family Christmas eel.
eoraion, while, ia the towns, the
black quadrangle of the venerable
market place is picked out in lights
blazing on the trees In the windows
OF the gahled houses.
Fifty years ago, before the Young
German giant had awakened from the
sleep of centuries, this idea of the
peaceful German Christmas was cor.
rect, the Berlin correspondent of The
New York Evening Post SAYS. But n
one OF the hurghers Of old BERTH, pa.
turning from making his Christmas
purchases on Christmas eve. were 10
be transplanted into the roaring b,h
of empire which his haupstadt has
become In the year of grace. 1e0a ~
good man would probably expire on
the spot. y"
FIFTY years ago, when Berlin wss ,
dirty, unpretentious, provincial town
with nllishted, m,payed streets win
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Rat Skin leather.

The pestiferous rat is proving to be
commercially valuable for other pur.
poses than to feed the Chinaman. The
skin makes a fine leather. and this Il
coming into demand tor binding
gloves and variety OF useful and or.
namental articles. The production OF
this leather Is estimated TO amount
already to s25o.0OO yearly. The az.
mand Is much greater than the sun,
ply, and Il Ia said that advertisements
for the skins in all quantities are an.
gearing in rat-infeSted localities
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Meet Death in Peculiar Accident

Chicago,-Two immigrants Es's
killed and three men and one WOE.
injured in a peculiar accident 70
northbound Chicago & Northwest
passenger train in the northern n.
of the city Sunday, The tracks Is -
been elevated recently and as y
train passed a rail was torn loosA Z
ripped through the floor of the e.
gage car and through the smoker, \
the smoker the torn up rail deesr
tated one of the immigrants ~
killed another. The engineer a.
fireman were injured.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Met Horrible Death.

Pittsburg.-Entrapped in a lake
burning tar, four men were held n
at the McClintock & Irvine comBs,,|
roofing plant in this city early "a
dry, and were compelled to Eaa
the gradually approaching fam!
Three of them were burned to dsaa
but the fourth managed to extriaa
himself, although he was seriSn,
burned. It is said the men were !;
employed at the works, but had I'd
sleeping there at night. The Ys5
of a tar vat opened in some mala.
end engulfed the men before ID
rallied their danger.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Flve d Family Drowned.

Kent, Ohio. Shortly after n~a
Saturday Frank Cormonie, ae5om
panied by his three daughters q
his brother, went to the river, So
ter of a mile distant from their nous
to give the Httle ones sled ride {
the ice. When Henry Cahill, neAS.
Dor, went to the Cormonie home :
the evening he found the mother - -
traeted over the long absence o. "
PARTY. Cahlll went TO the river e.
made a search, resulting in iinesus !
hole in the ice and the sled teS'lAs'
In the water All bad been droW -
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
ParoIed Lunatic Accused Of Muras

Chicago.-Lawrence Enrhart,
years old, is being examined in u
belief that he shot and killed
brother, Joseph, s28 years old, IN y
farmhouse in the village Of Mania
tan, near Joliet. According to the p
lice, the man accused of the shoOh
was released recently from the Kr
kakee insane asylum as cured, u
shooting took place in the dining r0ol
of the Ehrhart home, the parents al
rest of the family being in the nsl
room when the alleged crime Vi
committed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Women viii Write Book in Hope 2.
FREEING Poland.

Dresden.-Mrs. Benjamin Shears =
Scranton, Pa, and Miss Anssa
Reeves of Nanticoke, Pa, have y
rived here from Warsaw, Polana
where they have been collecting dao
for history of Poland. The w
ladies declare they hope to cFese
sufficient sympathy for the Pens
cause by their book to result in y
ultimate freeing of the nation, W
Shears and Miss Reeves have MADE .
tour of Poland and will begin the y
ual writing of the hook here,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Thinks House of Lords is DO0msa

Londonderry Labouchere th
noted radical editor, in an interviss1
on Saturday declared in favor Of q
elective upper house in the Brkl
parliament modelled on the plan Y
the United States senate H
holds that the house of lords asi
hereditary national Legislative bcdg .
doomed, but he is opposed to the ita
of single chamber with the supTels
governing power and thinks it Fo1t
be dangerous.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
Picture Transmitted by Light Waws

Picture Transmitted by Light Waves
Paris.-Two Frenchmen, l. Bignoq
and Fournier, have perfected an y
paratus which will transmit hN
nesses Of persons standing at eliAa
end of wire, enabling people tais
ing over a telephone to see as wen 7
to hear each other. The pictnre 4
transmitted by light waves over p
wires, just as soun2 waves are trans
mitted. An electric light OF Svw
candle power is projected by mirra
on the object to be portrayed az
sixty-four wires are needed for tah
purpose.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17

Robbed Of his memory ~ the san
Francisco fire and restored 70 tho roc
objection OF past events two weeks ago
by aoolng a man ground 70 death an.
der the wheels Of freight train. VIII
liam r. Meyers has returned 10 his
home "a Chicago.
The statement ia made that the
American Federation OF Labor will
support the railroad switchmen on
strike In the northwest TO the extent
OF its powers
The murder Of Helen Brown. 10
years old. OF Detroit, Mich. was re
yealed Saturday by the finding d the
ohl.d'a half frozen body 10 whItmau's
track yards The child's face and
head were em and battered anu there
WIS evidences that she had been mis-
treated
Jackie Clark OF Australia and
walter Rutt Of Germany won the an.
nual sIx.day bicycle race 1t Madison
square Garden, New York city the
race ending Saturday night
The indictment against Mrs. Ben.
Teai, wife Of the stage manager, for
attempted sub8fnation of perjury In
connection with the suit 81 Mrs Frank
j. Gould against her husband for
divorce. has been formally diarnissed
in New York.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17
THE DAY NOT LIKE 1T WAS FIFT
YEARS AGO.
The Old Customs Of the Buraher
Have Been Forgotten by the New.
er Generation in the Modern
Hub of Empire.

MEXICAN and English
newspapers at Christ
mas time often have
picturesque accounts
of the German Christ,
mas, which conjure up
a clear frosty atmo-
sphere and re-echo the
song of the skates on
the frozen lakes. For
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17

GA UPPOSE note came on Christmas Day
~ saying not. Il send my love and best
~ wishes with thisspool-box, " but, Il want
you to know that your patience, or courage, or
tenderness, during this last year, will help me
to live more brayely and couragsously this year"
What Christmas present the receipt Of such
letter would be TO any one Of US. What a gift
for any one Of us to send to the human heart
that has given us courage for the burden and
heat Of the day.-Margaret Deland.
* X X
6TFaE1E season Of regenerated feeling-the
season Of kindling, not merely the FIRE Of
Il hospitality in the hall, but the genial
fame Of charity in the heart He who can turn
churlishly away from contemplating the felicity
Of his fellow beings, and can sit down darklinq
and repning in his loneliness when all around
is joyful, may have his moments Of selfish graft
hcaion, but he wants the genial and social
symPathes which constitute the charm Of a
Merry Christmas. Washington Irving.
X K x
NNY CHRISTMAS wish for all is that
Wll they may taste the sweetness of love.
~ II enter into the joys of friendship, and
know the divine bene6cence of helping someone
at present less fortunate than themselves. In
these words are we to find the living spirit Of
the human and eternal Christmas. The uni-
versal gladness Of Christmas is proporioned to
the extent Of its unselfshness. People are happy,
not in what they get so much as in what thew
gve.-Minot J. Savage.
X X x
m ND there were in the same country shep.
~ herds abiding in the field, keeping watch
a IL over their flock by night. And 10, the
angel OF the Lord came upon them, and the glory
OF the Lord shone around about them, and they
were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them:
Fear not, for behold | bring you good tidings of
great Joy which shall be to all people. For unto
you is born this day in the city of David, a
Savior, which is Christ the Lord.''-From the
Gospel Of St. Luke.
X X x
@ ANITA CLAUS remains. BY virtue Of
~ common understanding that childhood
W. shall not be despoied Of one of its
most cherished beliefs, either by the mythoIogst,
with his sun myth theory, or the scientist, with
his heartless datribe against supersitions. He
who does not see in the legend Of Santa Claus a
beautiful faith on the one side, and the native
embodiment Of divine fact on the other, is NO,
ht TO have place at the Christmas board
Hamilton Wright Mabie.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-17

Ha7 EIRISTMAS is not only mile mark Of
w another year, moving US to thoughts Of
~ self-examination; it is a season, from all
its associations. whether domestic or religious,
suggesting thoughts Of JOY. A man dissatisfied
with his endeayors is man tempted to sadness.
And in the midst Of winter, when his life runs
lowest and he is reminded Of the empty chairs
OF his beloved, it is well he should be condemned
to the fashion Of the smiling faee.--Robert
Louis Stevenson.
HHOW many old recollcctions and how
IL many dormant sympathes does the
- II Christmas time awaken Happy, happy
Christmas, that can win US back to the decisions
OF our childish days; that can recall to the old
man the pleasures Of his youth; that can trans-
port the sailor and the traveller thousands Of miles
away back to his own freside and his quiet
home. Fill your glass again, with merry face
and contented heart Our life on it, but your
Christmas shall be merry and your New Year
happy one.--Charles Dickens.
k+ X
TTOEMEMBER that as surely as in that
Tx baby hfe at Bethlehem there lay the
Il y power which has run through ali the
world; the power which makes Judea burn like
star forever the power which has TRANSPORTED
history; the power which has made millions
OF men its joyous servants; the power of the
milleuniums yet to be, so surely in the humbIest
souls humble certainty that it does love Christ.
there lies embodied all the possibility of the most
perfect sainthood. --Phil,ips Brooks.
X = X
IT IS good thing to observe Christmas Dav.
The mere marking of times and seasons,
IL when men agree to stop work and make
merry together, is a wise and wholesome custom.
i helps one to feel the supremacy of the common
life over the individual life. Ii reminds a man
to set his own little watch, now and then, BY the
great clock Of humanity, which runs on sun
ime.--EieRry Van Dyke.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-11
Proposals for Seed Grain.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the Office of the county auditor OF
Ward county, North Dakota, In the
court house in the city of Minot, IN
said county and state, up to the hour
at 2 O'Clock p. M, April II, 1903, for
the sale Of Ward county seed grain
bonds. issued in pursuance of an act
Of the legislative assembly of the
state of North Dakota, 1909 session,
known as House Bill No. u, entitled
IAN act authorizing counties. to>issue
bonds or warrants and procure seed
grain and feed for needy farmers,
residents therein" Said bonds will
be denominations Cf five hundred
($5OO.O0) dollars, due in two years
from date Of issue. and will bear In
terest at the rate Of seven percent
per annum. s..E%%z>,. e..
The hoard OF county commissioners
have authorized bonds to be issued
to the amounty Of thirty thousand
($35, OO0.00) dollars, but only so much
Of said bond tissue will be used as
shall be necessary to provide funds
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-11
BIDS FOR BONDS WANTED.

+ Sealed proposals for the purchase
OF bonds to be issued for the pur-
pose of purchasing seed grain for
needy farmers in Mclean County,
North Dakota will be received by the
board of county commissioners of Nc
Lean county, at Washburn, North Da-
kota, up to ten o'clock a. m. of April
10th, A. D., 1909. Bonds to be issued
for the amount Of $4,000, or for less
or greater amount, may be reQuir-
ed, and to, n for. a period Of two
years with crest at the rate of not
to exceed :. ,ercent per annum, in
terest paya'' in April and October
of each year Bonds to be in denom-
nation Of 500 each. ..s ;~2 ,7@ -.
The board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. 81, =.
Bidders should know that there Is
an action pending to determine the
boundaries of Mclean county.
BY order Of the board of county
commissioners of Mclean county,
North Dakota, and under my hand
and seal this Goth day of March, A.
D., 1909.
o. B. WING,
County Auditor, Washburn, Mclean
County, D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-11

for the seed grain applications acted
upon and allowed, at, and prior to the
date of the sale of the said bonds.
There viii be at least twenty thous-
and (320,OO0.00) dollars of the said
bond issue sold. Each bid to be &C
companied by certified check fog
$500. 90, made payable to- the: county
auditor, as a guarantee to furnish the
cash for bonds sold. The board OF
county commissioners reserve the
right to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
3rd day Of April, 1909.
s3.5s.. X" 81: ]. w. FABR1CK,
County Auditor, Ward County, North
Dakota.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-11
Notice az Sale Of CITY Lots.

Notice is hereby given that lots
eleven (11), and twelve (12). in block
eighty-four (S4), Of the original plat
of the city of Bismarck, North, Da-
kota, will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder, on Saturday, the
18th day Of April, A. D., 1909. at two
o'clock in the afternoon. The Ade
will be held in the council chambers
of said city, on Main street, between
Third and Fourth streets, and over
French and Welch's store. The ap-
praised value of said lots. being one
hundred ($1O0.00) dollars, no bids for
less than this sum will be accepted.
A quit claim deed for the city's in
terests In said lots will be. given the
purchasers Of same. >.----.-:
Attest: Mayor.
r. e., YOUNG, . %.
City Auditor.