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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-20
HOW IT WORKS
In HOQUlAM
Mayor Ferguson Denies Stat
ments About The
Commission
HOQUIAM WELL PLEASED
Results Speak Louder Than
Words For the Allen
Commission Law.
HOQUIAM WELL PLEASED

Editor Herald
You must have your opponents wal
loped to a finish, as | notice that they
are resOrting to misrepresentation and
falsehOod to save their cause. Am
glad to see it,, Our fire department
and police force have not been de-
creased at all since the commission
came into Office. We have not Grip
pied any department by laying off
men. We lost one horse by sickness
in the fire department, but have re-
placed it by another. Our policemen
were working on a twelve-hOur shift,
and we have changed that to ten
hour shift. The service is better
and the men are satisfied. An opin-
ion from the attorney general that
is in my desk says that polcement
do not come under the eight-hour law,
so we are not breaking the law in my
my department.
We work as many men in cleaning
streets as were worked under the
former system with as good results
We have increased the salary Of the
janitor and city stenographer and
given more help in the treasurer S
office than formerly was given. We
have built flood gates long needed;
made improvements to the city nall
and in various ways made improve
ments in the city to the city proper
ty. Permanent improvements are
being made in different parts OF the
city as fast as the people want them
and with less expense to them. We
have bought feed for our horses for
the ensuing year. also coal for the
city hall Yet we have saved enough
by business management without in
any way decreasing efficiency of op-
GRAFTON to pay our salaries and bave
a tidy balance And we are saving
the taxpayers good money on perma
nent improvements. Our city attor
ney, because We gave him the authorl
ty and let him act untrameled, has
secured to the city valuable tracts OF
land worth thousands of dollars with
out any expense to us. The one man
power is a myth. Every question
that has been decided by the commits
sion has had a unanimous vote
When the superintendent of streets
cut the shade trees it was only after
the property owners had decided
what they wanted it done and the com
mission supported him in his action
When the superintendent of public
safety refused to allow one-half the
city cut off from the phone service
to move a house a certain way the
commission agreed he was right in
his action. Public improvements are
not retarded under commission gov
ernment. Sept. 9th we received a
petition to improve certain street.
We lost one week in time to change
the plan of payment asked and yet
Nov. 18th the contract was let for
doing the work. Many things for the
protection of morals, health and life
that | may not rightly speak of in
this letter but which are valuable
each in it's way have been done.
| write this that you may reply If
you wish to do so to some of the un-
truths spoken and written in Aber-
deem about our work here.
Yours sincerely,
HARRY FERGI1 SON
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-20

IT IS BEING CLAIMED THAT ABERDEEN IS BEING
AS WELL AND AS CHEAPLY GOVERNED AS OTHER CIT
les BUT THE FACTS HARDLY BEAR THEM OUT. TO
TAKE ONE OF ABERDEEN'S DEPARTMENTS FOR THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER, AND 1T IS NOT SELECTED BE-
CAUSE 1T IS ANY MORE EXTRAVANGANT THAN THE
OTHERS, AND WE FIND:
ABERDEEN, POPULATION 1860 COST OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT. OCTOBER, ST, ,8O9
BELL1NGHAM, POPULATION 2429S COST OF POLICE
DEPARTMENT, OCTOBER, ST 400.
EVERETT, POPULATION, 24,814 COST OF POLICE DE-
PARTMENT OCTOBER, S1,2O214
HoQUIAM POPULATION, 8,171, COST OF POLICE DE-
PARTMENT OCTOBER, $54551
IF THIS COMPARISON PLEASES YOU, VOTE TO RE-
TAIN THE WARD SYSTEM
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-20
VESSELS ARE BARBOUND

A number of steam schooners and
other vessels are lying at anchor IN
the lower harbor awaiting favorable
weather to put to sea. The heavy
winds of the past few days have made
the bar too rough to allow the vessels
to pass out.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-20
JURY DlSAGREES

Jesse McCash, we'll known logger,
was tried in the superior court Sat
urday on charge of adultery, the
jury failing to agree. McCash was
arrested several weeks ago on the
charge and after being bound over to
the superior court, was given his first
trial with the above result
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-20

saved 10 lots on the South side and
the Palm building. 1t has been the
interests of the little girl have been
protecting-and not any other per
sons"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-20

When dealing with advertisers,
please mention the Herald.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21

Followers Of Georgetown football can
get some sort of a line on the makeup
of the team here this fall by glancing
at the array of talent named in the fore
going *, which represents the first real
lineup of the season. This team went
through with several plays Coach Nelson
wanted to work out.
1t is, of course, rather early TO make
predictions, and the men in the lineup
yesterday may not be on the job when
the Hilltoppers face Virginia for the big
game of the year inSNovember, but the
team as it stands now represents a won
derful line, a powerful back field, and
will average close to 10 pounds for the
eleven players.
Dunn and White in the back field are
200 Founders. rury weighs 10 and Co.'S
tello $50 For big man Jimmy Dunn is
a wonder. The first day out Dunn and
Costello ran a foot race half the length
of the gridiron and at the finish the men
were neck and neck.
Dave White, the baseball pitcher, who
last season played football at Wesleyan
College, reported Yesterday evening and
has evidently taken good care of himself
this summer, for he looks fine as a fiddle.
Big Wayne Hart was in togs at o'clock
and put in two hours of hard work
Practice yesterday was a bit more
strenuous than heretofore. Instead OF
tackIing the dummy, the candidates were
kept busy for half an hour tackling each
other.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21

BY MATT WELLS
Englishman Wins a Clever
Fight in New York.

New York. Sept. 2o-Matt Wells. the
English lightweight cWppion, is quite
some boxer. In one Of lie cleverest and
most interesting fights in this town
he out-pointed Abe Attell tonight. A
tantalizing left jab that very seldom
missed Abie's face helped to win for
the Englishman. Again he had the habit
OF banging 1t around in q lightning hook
that snapped Abie's head back many
times. The battle ended with Atten car
rying a slightly crimsoned nose and a
GIscolored right eye.
The Briton showed his cleverness as
the battle progressed. Dancing around
continually, stepping in and out. he dis
played marvellous skill. Attell was not
far behind in cleverness. He showed all
the tricks he knew, and In flashes his Of
fensIve and defensive tactics were SIM
ply astounding.
Wells climbed into the ring Weighing
l3I pounds. while the feather-weight
champion tipped the beam at 1914
pounds. This handicap proved harsh on
Attell as the rounds Increased, for Wells
took advantage Of 1t in all the clinches.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Georgetown Team
in First Lineup
Powerful Eleven Promised for Hilltop This Sea-
son-Dape White Reports-Other Grid
iron Gossip.

Harry Costello gave q wonderful ex-
hibitionupf drop kicking, the clever little
quarter booted one over from the 65-yard
line, and out OF sixty tries from behind
the 3O-yard line sent the ball spinning
through the uprights exactly forty eight
times
The candidates are showing up much
better than at this time last year, due
probably to the cooler weather, and bar
ring accidents Coach Nelson will have a
representative eleven in the field for the
opening game on September 80
Skip Wymard and Crafts are the vet
erans still among the missing, but they
are expected before the week Is out.
Central will not find the high school
pennant such an easy proposition as was
at first supposed, for there are two teams
who are sure to cause a whole lot of
trouble-Technical and Western. The
machinists are still smarting under theft
defeat last season, and every effort is
being made to develop one OF those IA
nous old Tech scoring machines.
Western, for the first time In years.
will have a lot OF heavy men. The
team will probably average at least fifteen
pounds to the man heavier than last year,
and with this advantage, coupled with
the Westerns customary fight and snap,
DSuOONcS INC OIucE Ll1SH ASf1lus
to keep an eye on the wearers Of the
red and white.
Out at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, Coach Charley Donnelly 1t putting
in some hard licks these days. His squad
is now divided into two parts, and he has
fairly good line on the ability OF each
candidate.
The Aggies will be heard from before
the season closes, and unless all signs
fail will turn out a faster team than the
one under the late Roy Aston last fall.
Business High School had its first foot
| ball practice on the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
grounds yesterday afternoon, when fif-
teen candidates reported to Capt Wilson
and the coach. Two hours was spent in
/ light work, consisting of falling on the
| ball, tackling, and punting. Only four OF
last years team showed up. They are
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Dick Robertson TO
Try for Nationals
By O. w. SWAN.

Another Of our budding big league
twirlers will don q major league uniform
to-day, Dick Robertson, the local boy
who pitched such great ball for the Sa-
vannah club Of the South Atlantic League,
beiIfs the youngster in question.
Manager McAleer, Of the Nationals, who
had given several of the local boys a
chance and has found at least onS good
man, will 'have Dick out in uniform and
will look him over. Bob Doyle, the Wash
ington scout Of the Savannah club. was
instrumental in having Dick work out
with the Nationals.
While Robertson Is but a youngster, he
has the making OF a great pitcher, as
he has the one ball that has made the
majority OF the present-day twirlers,
namely, the spithall. And Dick can con-
troll the hardest ball to pitch. While with
the Savannah team, Dick was known as
the hard luck twirler, as the team rarely
hit behind him. Dick lost seven games by
one run, almost as bad as Phil Buschers'
record with the Wilmington team Of the
Tri-State League. where he lost twelve
games by that lone run margin.
Dick made a great reputation while
hurling amateur ball in the District the
past few years, and is well known around
the city. He has a host Of friends, and
they will be out at the park in body
to-day, pulling for the favorlte to make
a good impression on Manager McAleer.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
EASY WORK FOR YALE.
Real Practice VIII Start This Al
ternOon.

- New Haven, Conn, Sept. 20.-The
novelty Of running OF Yale daily foot
ball practice without scrimmage or
even signal drill. was continued to-
day. Drill in the rudiments has re-
placed signal rehearsal To-day Fos-
ter Sanford took the squad in hand.
Most of his instructions were devoted
to falling on the ball and breaking
through, two rush lines from tackle
to tackle being formed. Other coaches
present were Walter Camp. Black Nor
ris. Brooks. Kistler. and Field.
Head Coach Field said tonight thai
he had planned to order the first prac-
tice of the season tomorrow. but that
he might decide to postpone it a day
because of the heat.
Sanford said Tonight that the squad
was one of the strongest in recent
years. He praised the development of
the coaching system, which has al
lowed four resident coaches this sea-
son.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21

The new candidates who reported yes
terday are: Moore, Barrett, Gesford,
Goldsmith, Morgan, Horn, Flax. Taylor,
Widmayer, Hunteman, Dueterman, and
Hines. ~
Indications point to the lightest Busi-
ness team in years, and unless the nec-
essary speed can be attained to go with
light bunch of men, the team will hard
ly be able to make respectable showing.
The boys have the right spirit, however,
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Tours to Europe
IS Days
of fwinterVaca
Who May Enter
and.HoW&

Any woman, sixteen year old over, single or
married. residing any of the districts enter the
contest by filling of the contest application blanks and
having ndored by three reputable citizens of his her dis
trict Friends who give of their avoe chance
this wonderful offer do by filling out of the
nomination blanks This does obgate them anything
and may be the of the nominee securing of the
around the world The of those who nominate candidates
will be announced until after the close of the contest and
then only with the of the norninator.
Read the list of the districts determine which
you your friend and send in either application
nomination This will at least insure the party in question getting
full particulars about the offer The rules of the
First list of of candidates will be printed
September 28 1911 First publication of the exhibit will be
made October 2, 1911.
Begin saving the coupons now, and have number ready
the voting commences.
Get early for the tours than worth while
the consideration of person. matter how situated The
Herald's offer is the CHANCE OF LIFE TIME for the
ambitious and of the District of Columbia Maryland
and Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
R. 7. C. CAPTURES
MICHIGAN STAKES
Plow Horse Wins Big Purse
in Easy Fashion.

Detroit. Mich, Sept. 2o.-The famous
plow horse R. T. c.. driven by Tom
Murphy, to-day won the SIC, 900 Michf-
gan Stake for 2:15 trotters In easy
fashion. beating the field in straight
heats and in comparatively slow time.
Lewis Forest was second IN the last
two heats and the four-year-old fllyr
Chatty Direct, getting the place IN the
first round and then being shut out
as was Gay Audubon. The winner is
owned by Edward Thompson, OF North
Port, L. l., and this is his nth vio-
tory this season.
Chatty Direct drew the pole in the
Michigan Stake with the plow horse
second. but Lewis Forest cut across
and took the pole. while Geers flushed
Gordon Todd up on the outside. Muir
ply taking the plow horse in behind
At the three-quarters. Murphy pulled
R. T. c., out and made his drive. Sum-
maries:
The Michigan snke-2B trot: three in Ave
$4,000.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21

Capt. Wilson. right tackle; Black, right
guard; Molineau. right half back, and
Boe. quarter back
The outlook at, Business is far from
bright Last years team was very much
Of a failure and the best men have grad
uated. The Stenographers can hope for
little this season. but several Of the new
men look promising, and II they are able
to keep up their school work, should
be q help next year. - -
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
THE PLAN
10 Tours
3 Around the World
z to Europe

The District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia been
divided into nine districts described the prospectus
The three trips around the world and trips Europe
will be allotted follows: The each district Sc
curing the highest number of will awarded trip OF
the ten trips there will be four grand prizes These will be two
trips to Europe contestant trip the world
to three contestants These four grand prizes will fall the
four highest district vote wnnershat is contestant Sc
curing the highest number of of all the winners has his
her choice of either two Europe trip around the
world If he she choose the trips Europe the next
three highest district vote winners will be awarded the
trips around the world but if the grand leader prefers trip
around the world trips Europe the second highest
district vote will have the choice of trips Europe
around the world In other words the trips Europe
winner and the three trips around the world to three
winners will be distributed among the four highest winners the
choice being given to the highest winner The other
five district winners will be awarded trips Europe
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
CARDINALS ORGANIZE.
Special to The Washington Herald.

oEtVIaI 10 Inc WAaIuhStOn HeraId.
Alexandria, Va, Sept. 20.-At a meet
ing of the Cardinal Athletic Club, held
in their clubroom this evening the
following named members were elected
officers of the Cardinal basketball team
for the season, 1911-12: President, Syl-
vester A. Breen; John w. Schofield,
manager; William Entwisle, captain, for
the first team; Joseph Owens, captain,
and Norris B. Roland, manager for the
reserves. Basketball teams desiring
games with either team address John
w. Schofield, 912 Cameron street or Nor
ris B. Roland, 422 South Fairfax street
Alexandria, Va.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Y. M. C. A. TENNIS.
Annual Tournament Commences on
Saturday,

The annual tennis tournament at the
Y. NJ. C.. A. will be started Saturday
afternoon on the courts at Twenty
first and B streets northwest.
Drawings for both singles and
doubles will be pulled on ct 2 D. m.
sharp.
The entries will be received at the
central building and at the courts
starting to-day and up to 1 o'clock
Saturday.
The price for the double event is
S1.oo and half of that for the singles.
Everything else is free, as the associa-
Ntion furnishes all balls. Members
must bring their own racquets.
The announcement OF prizes will be
made later
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
GeorgetOwn's First Lineup.

Barricello, left end.
Hart, left tackle.
Daley, left guard.
Heiskell, center.
Greer, right guard.
Bryant, right tackle.
Hegarty, right end.
Costello, quarter back.
Dunn, left half back.
Fury, right half back.
White, full back.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
CoIored Billiard Champ Here.

Prof Henderson. champion ooiored
billiard player OF Ohio. will play a
match game OF billiards with DR.. B. R.
Pinchback, Of this city, at the Metro-
pole. 1871 Fourteenth street, tomorrow
night.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21

Louisville KY, Sept 2O.-The Louisville
Colonels have bought Catchers Spencer
and Madden and Pitcher Slaughter from
the Philadelphia National League team.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21

The Yankees have not a single post
poned game to play Off, but the Giants
and Dodgers have enough 70 keep their
pitching departments worried for some
time.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
HOW TO SECURE VOTES

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cut oua andpo
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The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
zbysrko Challenges Frank Gotch.

Syracuse, N. Y. Sept %. H. Her
man, manager for the Polish wrestler,
Zbyszko, in a letter to a local news
paper, offers to guarantee $4,000 TO Frank
Gotch, the champion wrestler of the
world. for a match any time after No
vember l. He says he is ready to post
forfeit of $1,000. Zbyszko is expected 20
arrive in this country about November l.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
NOMINATION BLANK

Respectfully Nominate.
eligible to enter The Heralds Around the World
and European Tour Contest
Yours very truly,
Name. ..............................
Address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26

fused to carry out the terms of the ordinance. There are other charges but this appears to be the principle one. The Springfield Union takes the ground that commission form of gov ernment, which exists in Haverhill, has not brought the people all the blessings they expected. However, that may be, it is apparent that it has brought the people one of the blessings they expected, which is the power to recall a recalcitrant public servant upon vote following petition The people of Haverhill are about to consider whether they will discharge a municipal empIoye whom formerly they would have been obliged to re- tain, vii or nil, until the end of his set term. We do not intend to pre- judge the case of Mayor Moulton. Perhaps they will not discharge him. Perhaps he does not deserve dis charge. The point is that the ma- chinery is there if the cause for his discharge exists, and the citizens of Haverhill believe they would be bet ter off without him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26
INVERTED VISION.

The country contains individuals who are afflicted with a peculiar malady. It is a disease of the mind It consists in a peculiar inversion by which large things look small and small things look large. But this de- formed vision does not extend to all objects. Just now the sufferers with this queer abberration are making a disturbance because certain New York hotel keepers make cabmen pay for the right to stand on the street in front of the hotels. Public rights are being sold for thousands, they say, apd- private persons get .the benefit. Bzt the same streets are occupied by street railways, and telephone wires. and eIectrio>light wires owned py comoaS<s< seae derive miih--zl from the use of the streets The strest- continue to belong to the pub eicsStat the. nature of their malady is such that the same persons can't see the large gift, and will even de- fend that state of things as whole some and necessary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26
LOCKPORT
 PROPOSAL
A City that Wants to Improve the Commission Plan''' Along the German Style

Commission government had its be- ginning as a temporary device The first commission in Galveston was appointed by the governor, and nc thought of making it elective entered into the minds of it's designers. Ii became elective unexpectedly by vir- tue of a decision of the courts which decreed that the continuation of an appointive government was unconsti- tutional.
 Despite the fact that the elective commission government thus came in- to existence wholly by chance and without design, it proved good enough to be widely copied in practically the origiHs. eorsn, plus the Des Moines additions; and the latest figures show that it has been adopted by about 14C cities, with a total population of near study of the plan, and much examina- basic reasons for it's success. Cities however, have been so afraid to tam per with a plan that was giving such superior results in efficiency and Dem ocracy that they have almost univer- sally made slavish copies of the Des Moines plan.
 Despite its overwhelming success the commission plan is not considered f1awless or even altogether scientific. It has developed in practice some faults traceable to the incorrectness of some of the minor principles in- volved.
 Last fall the city of Lockport, N. Y, had a charter revision commission at work, and when it developed that the commission was to do nothing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26
COafITY BETWEEN COURTS.

The decision of the courts in New fork accepting the conservatorship of JudgeA Banks over the rich Mrs. Curtiss must not be regarded as a judicial approval of the means by which that guardianship was brought about. Judge Gavegan has not sane toned with his approval the idea that judge should leave his bench when a wealthy eccentric appears, call in another judge. and himself be placed in charge of the estate of the ward. The New York decision sim ply follows the usual rule, under which states give faith to the judi cial acts of other states The pro- cess by which Judge Banks became conseryator over Mrs. Curtiss was judicial in form and in law if not in fact and in propriety.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26
 POOLING WITH GOVERNMENT.

Watt fooled" with the laws of nature and the steam engine came. Arkwright fooled" with the laws of nature and came the spinning jenny
 Stephenson fooled" and To, the To- comotive. Fulton fooled" and the steamboat came. Wright Bros. fool ed'' and the aeroplane flew. A little while back the, fathers fooled with government and the declaration of independence was born. In 1918 the fathers in Connecticut fooled with government, and religious equality be- fore the law came into being. Where fore the admonitions of those who advise the General Assembly not 70 fool with government" meaning do not pass progressive legislation, pass to the minds of men who smile at the folly which ciings to the old for no better reason than that it is o.d.