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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23
Improvement Of c. pals Road
and Bridge al Black Creek
Urged
TAX Errors STRICKEN
VIII Resist Federal Order
Relating to Taxing Indians
in the Courts

MONTESANO, Feb. 22.-The board
of county commissioners met here
Monday for the transaction of rout-
| inc business, and adjourned in the
evening until March 6.
A communication accompanied by
a check for $500 was received from
Newell Harlan, son of Thomas Har-
Ian, to whom was issued at the last
meeting of the board, warrant on
! the current expense fund in the sum
of $25.00 by way of donation, stat.
ing that their family We're not in
need of financial assistance from the
county or from anyone else The
| communication was ordered filed and
the check delivered to the county
treasurer to place to the credit of
the current expense fund
A delegation of Hoquiam citizens
appeared before the board and advo-
Gated the improvement of that por-
ton of the highway commonly known
as Copalis Crossing-Aloha road. AT.
ter listening to a number of argu-
ments in favor of the proposed i'm
provement and examining the several
petitions filed in that behalf. the mat
'er was taken under advisement
A petition for a bridge at or near
Black Creek ferry was presented to
The board, and was ordered referred
TO the county engineer, who was d-
fected to make an examination and
report to the board as early as pos
sible.
The Auditor was directed to call
for bids for the building of a bridge
over North river in section ) town
ship 16. range I. Bids to be receiv-
ed up to March 20, 1911, at 1 p. m
The bonds of w. B. Paine. county
treasurer. VIM. T.. Campbell, county
attorney and Geo. d. Robertson, coun-
ty engineer, were examined and ap-
proved
In the matter of the letter received
from the Honorable commissioner of
Indian affairs, regarding taxes col
lected from certain Chehalis Indians
the board acting under the advice
OF the county attorney decides to
disregard the said communication.
and believes that it is for the best
interests of the county that the mat
ter be litigated in the courts.
Permission is given to the Wishkah
Logging Co. to use certain portion of
the county road for their logging
operations in section 2S, township 49,
range I, on condition that they file
CONTINUED on PAGE Eight.)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23
HOQUIAM CLUB
FOR DIVISION
Hoquiam Commercial Club
Favors County Division at
Weekly Luncheon

HOQUIAM, Feb. 23.-Nearly 30 per.
sons attended the weekly luncbson OF
the Hoquiam COMMERCIAL 6iils ester-
day. County division was the prin-
cipal topic under discussion, and Pres
ident Brewer called on Messrs. Mour.
ant. B,agen, Hull, Arnold, Coslan
Morgan, Johnson, Hodgdon and others
for short talks. 1t was generally
agreed that Hoquiam make the try
now with Aberdeen for division, or
lose it's opportunity to have the court
house located within it's lines.
1t was moved that committee OF
five be appointed to attend the Alb.
erdeen mass meeting and work for
consolidation. Twenty-three members
voted for this, the others refraining
from voting.
After the vote, J. O. Stearns said
that he had not understood that the
committee was to work for actual
division, and vote for or against
county division was then taken. On
this vote "a voted for, one (Mr.
Stearns, against) and about Is did not
vote. Several members left the room.
The members of the committee an
nounced last night, are c.. w. Hod-
gdon, chairman; p. J. Mourant. F. A.
Powell J. P. Fl. Callahan and S. A.
Hoag.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23
RAILROAD LETS TIE CONTRACT
Price Is Kept Secret But Is Believed.
to Be in the eighborhood
Of Eleven Dollars

PORTLAND. Feb. 21.-Thirty mil
lion feet of ties we're bought today
by the Oregon Washington Railroad
e Navigation company from the Lew
is River Ties & Lumber NILS associ-
alton. Deliveries will begin next
month and will extend over a period
of five months. Shipments will ali
be made by rail from Ridgelield,
Wash
The price at which the ties were
bought is net known. both manufac-
turers and railroad officials refusing
to give out the information. Prices
have ruled about $3.50 but the Lewis
River association. which shut dow II
its mills some months ago. has de-
clared repeatedly thar none Of the
mills would cut ties for less than s1l
because they could not run at a prof.
it for less than that figure. At ST.
the order would amount to $3.50. 900
so it is safe to say that al least $500.
coo is involved in the contract. The
ties are all to be used on the lines
of the o. W. r. & n. Co. in Eastern
Oregon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23
L0GCERS PLAN
TO ORGANIZE; {;
Uniformity in Grading, Seal
ing and Marketing Logs
Object Aimed at

Chehalis county logaers are Plan
ming to organize a log sealing bureau
the latter part of this week, the pur
pose Of the organization being to pro
vide Uniform grade Of logs, and ais,
to form a company for marketing
logs. much in the way that the lum
ber manufacturers unions now poo
their lumber to sell under one head
1t is possible that logs will be with
drawn from the market altogether nm
Ill the bureau is perfected
All mills that do their own logging
as well as logging companies, in the
stricter sense of the word, will be eli
gible to membership in the bureau
1t is the plan to form a stock com
pany, of which each company car
take so much stock.
Will Supply Mill Orders
BY the plans now being worked out
the bureau will buy the logs from the
loggers and mills will send orders
to the bureau, headquarters of which
will probably be at Aberdeen. The
bureau, it is planned, will have a rec
ord of all logs on hand and will be
able to tell Immediately what can be
furnished and will supply the order
from the logs on hand.
The bureau, it is stated, will not
attempt to regulate prices, but the
uniformity of scaling and grading, il
is believed, will also result in a uni
fOrmity of price.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23
House Bills in One Day Ap-
propriates a Total Of
$2,732,2S4
$S,OOO,OOO BOND ISSUED
Regular Budget Comes Nearly
Seven Million Doliars--Pa-
cificIHighway Bonds.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 22.-If there is a
bottom to the state till, the members
of the legislature do not seem to
have felt it, for Monday there were
introduced in both branches Of tie
assembly bills making appropriation
for about $3,000,000. In addition 10
this, bill was presented to provide
for an $S000.000 bond issue, and still
another bill to create a Pacific high
way running from Blaine to Nanc0I-
yer, which will cost, according % es-
Inmates made, several millions in ud-
dition.
TO date, the legislators seek 10 ap-
proprate money from the treasury
for various purposes and in sundry
amounts to the aggregate total of
22.000,000 This does not include
the cost of the Pacific highway which
will run into the millions, but ioe5
include the proposed bond issue, rs,
100000. The budget reported Out by
the appropriations committee was Sc
672,SSS Special appropriation bills
heretofore reported aggregate 5000,
000; the appropriations bills introdu =
ed Monday, $2,995 Ssh, and the bond
issue sought today, $S,000,00o.
Senate More Conservative
Of the two houses, the senate was
the more conservative in demands
Monday asking in appropriations bills
but S263,600; while the house deliber-
ated calmly and asked for S2,132 ,2S4.
Road improvements, public build
ings, river improvements. bridge
building, extra departmental eNpens'
es which apparently were eithc' refus'
ed recognition by the appropriations
committee or the necessity for which
has been discovered since that body
concluded its deliberations; tne con
struction of plants for crushing stone
to be used upon highways; extra funds
for the completion of highway con-
tracs under way; exposition exhibit
demands; these with the bills for less
er amounts, give the aggregate sum
demanded in the last chance grab for
the states purse.
Budget Goes In
Yesterday the budget was introduc-
ed in both the senate and house.
What action the Legislators will take
in regard TO this measure remains to
be seen. 1t is apparent to those who
are watching the work Of the law
makers that the work of the appropri-
ations committee was not satisfactory
to many of those who hope for large
measures of money for certain uses
the feeling of these men being that
the committee was too diligent in its
use of the pruning knife. However,
there is big. strong and COURAGEOUS
element in both houses which will
fight to uphold the work of the com
mittee and to keep the budget 20 prac-
tically the lines of its conception. al
though it is hardly probable that it
will escape some amendments.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23
SCANDINAVIAN MEETINGS

Interest in the Scandinavian meet
ings in the church on East First and
E streets is good and the meetings
Will continue yet FOR short time
Next Sunday evening very interest
ing subject is announced and all
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23

Continued on page g.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-23

Please mention the Herald when
dealing with advertisers.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
Drill LING
WELLS FOR WATER
IN CITY

The rig for boring wells to secure a
supply OF water for municipal water
system for Yerington is on the ground
and about the first of next week will be
hammering down casing. The place
chosen by the City Council to bore for
water is tract of land fronting 90 feet
on California street and having a depth
of $50 feet The wells will be bored BY
I. w. Clark with the Keystone drill,
with which he has just completed the
artesian we'll at Wabuska. The wells
for the city water will not be as deep as
the artesian well, which is down 800
feet. There are several stratas of ex-
cellent water i'll this valley at depth of
40 to $50 feet, and it is the intention to
sink two or more wells to the depth of
these several stratas with the view of
getting water enough from them to an
Clark, who has had much experience in
boring wells in this valley. thinks this
can be done, and it is also the opinion of
others, who have experimental in get
ting water, that such wells will give a
sufficient supply for pumping purposes.
The system will include IS, 900 gal
Ion tank al a height of 10 feet, a pump
of sufficient capacity to handle 800 gall
Ions per minute, all electric motor to
run the pump regularly and a gasoline
engine, of sufficient power, to be used
i'll case there is at any time lack of cur
rent for the motor The wells will be
connected with the pump so that water
can be thrown into the tank at low
speed or pumped directly into the mains
at high pressure for fire protection
Everything in the system will be first
class i'll every way, and the workman
ship will be of the best.
J. P. Barclay, engineer, is here to su-
perintend all work of installing the sys-
tenn for the American Light & Water
Co., of Chicago, who have the contract
for the work, and if good weather pre-
walls there will be no doubt about the
system being completed at the time
pecihed-February H. 1912.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
.|('A Ny
is CHARGE AGAINST
DURb|N

J. II. Durbin was arrested i'll Wabuska
last week Friday and brought to Yering
ton, where he was arraigned on charge
of bigamy. He was placed in the county
Jail and his hearing set for yesterday at
10 O'Clock. Durbin's arrest was made
Sheriff Simpson.
Some three weeks ago Durbin was
united i'll marriage to Miss Rose Martin,
of this valley, and located in Thompson,
where he was employed by the smelter
company 1t now transpires that he
had a wife and three children in Utah
when he married Miss Martin. Mrs
Durbin No. and her children arrived
here from Salt Lake Thursday morning
with the view of prosecuting Durbin OIL
the charge against him. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that Durbin claimed, when
arrested, not to have been married to
Mrs. Durbin No. / she has marriage
certificate which shows that she was mar
ried to Durbn i'll Utah in 1905.
Durbin came to Mason Valley some
three months ago and went to work on
hhN u at ilIN hdSOi llllC
as carpenter He is about 35s or "a
years of age and of pleasant appearance,
making friends easily with women, rep
resenting himself to be a single man
Mrs. Durbin, who was Rose Martin,
has many friends here who sympathize
with her i'll her trouble. She is, evi-
IDENTIFY, infatuated with Durbin, and as
serts that she will stay will him through
thick and thin
Mrs. Durbin No. l. at the present
time, is firmly of the opinion that she
will prosecute Durbin to the full extent
of the law
At the hearing before Justice Blanch-
ard yesterday Warren Hauser represented
Durbin. and deputy District Attorney
Willis the prosecution. There was very
little to the case. Mrs. Durbin No.
gave her testimony as to when she was
married to Durbin in Utah and there
was testimony to establish the fact
that Durbn and Miss Martin were
duly married i'll Yerington. There
was no testimony to show that Durbin
was divorced from his first wife before
he was married second time. At the
conclusion of the testimony Justice
Blanchard held Durbin to appear before
the grand jury and fixed his bail at
-, 900. Durbin has not vet furnished
bail, and languishes.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
Looking at Bald Mountain

Mr.. George Oswal, a Reno mining en-
gineer, was an arrival i'll Yerington on
Wednesday of this week and went up to
the Bald Mountain country to look at
the silver-lead property owned by John
Sharp. Mr. Oswal will make a thorough
investigation of this property with the
view of a sale of the property to people
who are looking for such properties as
this one is reported to be. This is the
property the TIMES made mention OF
couple of weeks ago as being developed
by Mr.. Sharp and showing values from
$50 to $500 in gold, silver and lead. 1t
is attracting the attention of some OF
the best mining men in the country.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
RESERVATION PICK
SHOWING GOOD ORE

The Reservation Pick Mining Com
panv held its annual stockholders meet
ing in Yerington on Wednesday of this
week. The report of the President, w
II. I.angstaf shows that quite an
amount of work has been done on the
property during the past year and that
the treasury is in good condition.
The following were elected officers and
directors for the ensuing year W. H.
Langstaf, President; T. a. Carvin,
Vice President; T.. J. Cooper, Secretary
and Treasurer; Dewitt {. Turner, g. w.
Mann. John Hense and NJ b. Lang
staff, Directors in company with the
officers.
The property owned by this company
is situated near the old camp of Iona,
or Reservation Hill and was located at
the time of the rush when the Walker
Lake Reservation was thrown open. 1t
consists of seven claims and develop
ment work so far done has shown up
some very rich ore. The company is
arranging to do considerable more de
velopment work this coming year. The
ground lies close to the line of the Ne
vada & California railroad which will
make ore shipping convenient when the
property is developed to that stage.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
I rouble About
Nevada Lands

A Washington dispatch SAYS there is
danger of a serious clash between Fed
eral authorities and the State of Nevada.
Some time ago the State applied for 10, :
900 acres of land under the Carey Act
to be irrigated by the Pacific Reclama-
ton Company, of Nevada, with Offices
III Salt Lake City. At first more land
was wanted but the Interior Depart
ment engineers reported there was water
available only for 900 acres. The de-
partment, therefore, SCI aside that area.
Nothing daunted, the irrigation COM
pany bought from the State or private
owners 5000 acres adjacent. 1t then
proceeded to advertise a Is. .O00-acre
project under the auspices of the State
and Federal governments.
The matter was called to the attention
of Assistant Attorney General Cobb and
Secretary of the Interior Fisher. An
investigating showed that the amount
of water had not increased and that there
was not half enough for Is 600 acres.
The interior officials took the view that
the public could not be permitted to suf-
fer from the promotion scheme.
Upon the recommendation of Mr.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
BIG COPPER EXPORTS
Foreign Buying the Cause Of Recent
Advance

The New York Mining Age says that
practically all of the leading producers
and selling interests are quoting l23c
firm for copper. Up to the present very
little copper has been sold to domestic
consumers for 1912 delivery, but it is
understood that European consumers
have been su cessful i'll securing round
amounts of the metal for shipment in
January Europe has shown a dispo-
sition to buy all the cheap copper offer
ed, and at times the buying fIom that
quarter has been aggressive. This poll
cy has placed the foreign consumer in a
very favorable position, but on the other
hand, American consumers have allowed
their stocks to reach an unusually low
level, and have refused to take advant-
age of the low prices that have prevailed
during the greater part of the year. 1t
is said that some large home consumers
have not as yet secured all of their re
quirements for the rest of the year,
which would indicate that additional
purchases must be made within the next
five weeks. One of the most important
developments in the copper trade this
year has been the heavy consumption of
the metal in Europe, the demand from
that source having been sufficient to alb
sorb practically all of the surplus pro-
duction of the refneries.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
Johnny Sam Convicted

The jury i'll the case of Johnny Sam,
Piute, charged with rape, found the de
fendant guilty, in Carson, this week
The Indians ofense was committed on
young squaw at the Walker Lake Res
ervation, and the girl died from dis
ease she contracted from her ravisher
The jury asked the Court for leniency,
owing to the fact that the Indian was
drunk at the time of the assault. Judge
harrington, i'll passing sentence of 20
months to the Piute, blamed the crime
of the Indian and the death of his vic
tim to those who sold the liquor to him,
and made a scathing arraignment of
those who make practice of selling
liquor to Indians.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
Bob Smith Killed

Bob Smith, teamster employed on
the Kinkead ranch in Churchill county,
noar Fallon, fell from his wagon last
Saturday and was instantly killed, his
skull being crushed by the wheels of the
wagon. Smith left one of the stores i'll
Fallon in an intoxicated condition, ac-
cording to the Fallon papers, but as
there was a man on the wagon with him
it was deemed safe to allow him to pro-
ceed Bob Smith was a familiar charac-
ter around Yerington and Mason Valley
twenty years ago. lie was a good team
ster and man OF nerve. He lost a
thumb here in peculiar manner some Il
or II years ago. Bob rode into town
one day and was putting up his saddle
animal in the old Downey stable. lie
showed the halter rope through hole III
tina manger and ran his thumb through
the loop in the rope to draw it through
the hole when the horse jumped back
and cut Bobs thumb off as slick as a
whistle. Bob picked up the end of his
thumb took it to a doctor and asked
him if he could stick it on. p" The doc
tor couldn't, so Bob tossed the piece OF
thumb to a hungry dog.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
INTERESTING SESSION
OF WOMAN'S CLUB

Twenty members of the Book Club
met in Leavitt Hall, Saturday, Novem-
Der Is, to participate i'll the Civic Day
program. The members had looked
forward to this meeting with considerable
interest, inasmuch as it is hoped that the
club might be of aid to the City Council
and people of Yerington in securing
better sanitary conditions and beautify-
ing our town.
Some of the plans discussed were the
desire to have the common drinking cup
abolished from the schools and public
places, also that the city be asked to
have garbage cans placed at intervals
along Main street, marked Rubbish. "
Now that a water system is assured, we
festival, possibly on Arbor Day, or an
earlier date 1t would aid materially in the
beautifying of our town if trees and vines
were planted, and if owners of vacant
lots would keep the same free from
weeds and other rubbish. We also hope
that the near future will give us a park
and playground for the children. A
committee was instructed to draw up
set of resolutions to present to the Mayor
and Council embodying the suggestions
acted upon by the club.
The President was also empowered to
appoint a committee to formulate plans
for junior department of the Book
Club.
The next meeting will be of a social
nature, and will be held at the home of
Mrs. Smith, Saturday, December ?, at 2
p. III, 1t is in charge of the social com
mittee of which Miss Mildred Whitman
is chairman.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
HAPPENINGS IN
WABUSKA SECTION

Jim Meadows killed good sized wild
cat that was after his chickens one night
this week.
Otto Levison, carpenter at the smelt
er, is building a house on the Dyer
tract at Wabuska
Mayor John Feeny has gone to eat
Thanksgiving dinner with his family in
San Francisco. His little son has not
fully recovered from his illness.
Ranchers have found something that
doublediscounts raising alfalfa for hay.
Mrs. Penrose- -Rallens sold stack of hay
recently, that had gone to seed, for ST.
500. The stack measured As tons, and
at So per ton would have brought only
$40. 1t cost just SlO4 to harvest this
hay and put it in the stack. 1t was sold
for the seed there was in it.
Matt Penrose, the most enterprising
rancher we have, has just completed
shed 2lx70 feet in dimensions to protect
his cows in inclement weather. He is
milking Sb COWS anu has ~ iSdtl Vi ulc
beef steers. Matt has recently installed
gasoline engin and pump and pumps
all water for his stock, also runs his
cream separator, wood saw, grindstone
and several other small machines with
the engine.
Fred Parker. a lad of nine years, while
driving some loose horses on his fathers
ranch, was kicked on the leg by vic
ious animal. He fell from his horse
with his leg broken and crawled quite
distance before he was discovered and
carried to the house and thence to the
physicians Office in Yerington, where
the leg was set Fred is now at the
home of Jim Parker, in Yerington and
is recovering rapidly. Fred was named
after the editor of the TIMES, who per-
formed the marriage ceremony for his
father and mother, while Justice of the
Peace in Yerington.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-11-25
Looking for Her Clothes

Ethel Bassett was an arrival from
Gold6eld Monday of this week looking
for some clothes her macquereauX stole
from her some weeks ago aud sold to
parties in Yerington, raised money on
and cached III Wabuska. Bassett, or
"Blackie, f" is the fellow who was caught
at Hazen on this charge, but who broke
Jail and has not yet been located The
girl, after arriving here, concluded 10
stay for awhile and do her own detecliVe
work. She don't want her man arrested
now. and the chances are she would
rather lose her clothes than the guy she
makes living for. The clothes con
sisted of a number of tailor-m made suits
and a ponyskin coat, valued at aoon,
$500, all told. The officers, probably, VIII
not bother to assist her any further,