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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
Decides to Make City Hall
Addition Two Stories
High.
HAVE A WOMEN'S WARD
Several Street Improvements
Projected. Exchange Land
With School Board.

The city council last night decided
to make the annex to the city hall two
stories high, instead Of one, as had
oeen previously ordered. Attention
was called to the fact that the in,
crease in size would run the cost over
$500, and would, under the law, re-
quire the advertising for competitive
bids. As.. he building was already
started, it was argued that bids could
not now be well received, and it was
concluded that the matter was an
'en ergency' and The addition was ord.
cred, although Councilman Elder pro
tested that the matter should be more
fully investigated before incurring the
added expense.
Mrs. Carl Johnson. 80 North G
street. appealed to the council to pro
vide a position for her husband, stat
ing that he was unable to procure en-
ployment and that she was too i'll to
provide for the family. The case was
referred to Parks. Ingram and Alex
ander.
Residents on Terrace avenue com
planned Of the condition of that thor
ouehfare, which is impossible in
places, and asked that it be placed in
such repair as will permit travel.
Resolutions were adopted for the
Improvement OF the alley in Block ),
Town of Wishkah, and part of Fair
field street, and the building of a 16-
foot plank roadway on King and Rog
ers streets, South Aberdeen.
The resolution for the improvement
Of Front street was referred to the
street committee. and that for the i'm
prOvement Of Lafayette street was laid
over.
A resolution was adopted accepting
the offer of the board of education, tC
exchange a portion of the gymnasium
land for a part Of the street, for the
purpose of STRENGTHENING the street
A petition OF the Civic Improvements
Association, asking that a detention
room for women and children be pro
vided at the city Jail, met with favor
and the clerk was directed to so in
form the association.
An ordinance was passed changing
the procedure in the police court.
Ordinances We're passed for the pr
mary elections. March I, and providins
for new sewer outlet in Districts {
and d.
The assessment rolls for the i'm
proVement of Cushing, Scott. Boone
and Perry streets We're equaized as
assessed
Department heads We're notified that
the ordinance, requiring acquisitions
for materials for two months ahead
to be made to Purchasing Agent Clark
must be complied with.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
OLD PIONEER
PASSES ON
Ozro A. Myers, Pioneer Resi-
dent of Aberdeen Dies
Monday Night.

O. A. Meyers, q well known pioneer
resident of Aberdeen, passed to the
great beyond suddenly at o'clock
yesterday morning, at his home, 51S
East First street. Mr. Meyers had
not been feeling we'll for a week, but
thought it an attack of the grippe, and
his death came as a shock to his fam
lily and wide circle of friends.
He felt somewhat better Tuesday,
and had been about town. In the
evening he complained of suffocat
ing sensation, but retired relieved
About O'Clock he awakened Mrs
Myers, and complained of acute pain.
She arose and called her sister, next
door, Mrs. J. r. Harper, who sum
moned Dr. Smits, but death claimed
the husband before the physician ar
rived.
The arranements for the funeral were
deferred until the arrival of his two
daughters, Mrs. John c. Biles, of
Peshastin, Wash, and Mrs. d. A. Wat
son, of Johns River, who have been
notified of the death. Mr.. Meyers had
been resident of Grays Harbor al
most continuously since 1882, when he
came from Seattle to iloquiam. as
building foreman for the Simpson Mil
Co., and had resided in Aberdeen for
the past twenty years. In 1888 he
organized and managed the Montesa
no Lumber Co., which built and oper-
ated a saw mill on an island in the
Chehalis river opposite Montesano,
which was afterwards washed away
by freshet in the river
Five years ago he acquired body
of timber in Pierce county, near South
Prairie, and organized the Myers
Lumber Co., built and successfully
operated saw mill at that point. Two
years ago he disposed of his interest
in the company, and returned to Alb
erdeen. deciding not to engage in ac-
tive business any more, having ac-
quired comfortable competency.
Ozro A. Myers was born in New
FORK state in 1S43 and was veteran
OF the civil war. Coming west 80 years
ago, he located in Seattle, where he
remained until he moved to Hoquiam.
He leaves a wife. who is leader in
w. c. I. [. circles and two daughters
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
BOOSTERS AT VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER, Feb. 15.-The sep
cial Pullman coach from Aberdeen
rolled into Vancouver this afternoon,
with the following boosters from Che
halls county: A. Rupert. l.. II. Bur-
nett, f.. c. Finch, w. b. Mack. ID. G..
Allen, l.. W, Mcdowell, G. P. Halferty.
T. b. Bruener, c. f. Bartlett, e. A.
Bradner, NJ, V. Snyder, E. W. Beim-
fohr, Aberdeen; Albert Johnson, II. l..
Wilson, Ossi Heikel, Hoquiam; f. r..
Brady, J. +. Calder, b. C. Crane. b.
G. Cheney, Thomas Connor and A. X.
Wade, Monttsano
The annual meeting opened today
with POO delegates present.
\. b. Coffman, of Chehalis, deliver
ed an address at the Grand opera
house tonight, in which he out
lined plan for a company to put the
best of the loggedoff lands in condi-
tion and on the market at a low price
and long time payments. He predict
ed that the Pacific slope would. with
in the time of the present generation.
be as populous as Denmark and Hol-
land.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16

BILL PASSES
House. Support Of Democrats
Results in Success of
Trade Agreement.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. ID
President Tafts reciprocity agreement
with Canada was approvtd in the
house of representatives last night
through he support of an almost sol
id democratic vote. The Mccall bill
carrying the agreement into effect
was passed 22l to 80. The majority
of the republicans present voted
against the measure. the division be-
ing IS ayes and 81 nays. The dem
ocratic vote was 142 ayes and only
five nays. A majority of the repub-
lican inst rgents pre-. ent voted for The
bill The Mccall bill now goes to the
senate.
What its fate will be in that body
is problematical. President Taft be-
lieves, if a filibuster can be avoid
ed and vote taken the bill will pass
He is insistent that the senate shall
act one way or the other, and has in
dicated that he would call an extra
session of congress if it does not do
so.
The passage of the bill lip the house
came at the end of longdebate
which at times was as bitter as has
been held on the floor of that cham
Der in years. The fight was confined
almost wholly TO the republican side
Democratic members Joined in fro,l
time to time, and taunted the major
ity members fer the lack OF unity.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
PIONEER VISITS ABERDEEN

Hans Stoke, who was a pioneer
butcher in Aberdeen, and has a host of
old time friends on Grays Harbor, ar
rived last Sunday from Calgary, and
left Monday for San Francisco, after
Stoke left Aberdeen for the North
west territory in 1897. and, as all
who know him will be glad to learn,
has prospered. His wife and two
children are visiting Mrs. Stoke S
parents. at Cape Breton. n. S, where
Hans will join them in few weeks,
when the family will leave for Ger
many to visit his parents.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
Special Lumber Sales.

That advertising of the right kind
will sell lumber has been demonstrate
gurated a special sales feature and
regularly took a full page in his local
paper He sold forty carloads of lum-
Der in jig time. He had to hire an
extra force OF men and farmers for
twenty miles in all directions hustled
to buy lumber for structures they had
NOT thought of building for another
year al least-Mississippi Valley
Lumberman
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
Half Of Business Portion is
Swept Away; Large Sec
ton Will Follow.
LOSS REACHES $40, 900. 90
School House is Demolished
After Removal Of Fix
lures. To Move Town.

MOCLIPS, Feb 15.-Practically half
of the business district of Moclips has
been swept into the sea and another
and larger section of the town is
doomed to go within a month. 7 he
north wing of the Moclips beach ho-
tel has been sucked into the Pacific
and is scattered for miles up and
down the coast. while the south wing
is suspended over the beach. support
ed by a few poles. That it will dis
appear within the next week if the
winter storms continue is the belief
of the people of the village. The en-.
tire hotel according to Dr. Edward
Lycan. the manager is doomed to GER
tain destruction within the month.
The property loss IN Moclips in the
past few days is estimated at S23,-
600 and will reach the $4,000 mark
before the sea has finished its work
The experience Of the past three days
is without parallel in the memory of
the oldest inhabitants along the
coast. Exhausted by weeks OF un
ceasing struggle against the fury Of
the elements, they are helpless
Dazed they are watching the furious
ocean tear at their lands and haul it
down in great mOuthfOls.
Those Who Have Lost.
The men who are the losers bby the
storm of the past three days are:
Dan Bowes, Aberdeen, cottage,
$500.
Mrs f. Pompey, Vancou, er, cottage.
$500.
Moclips school, $4,000.
Warren Mcconnell, store, $1,000.
Forwood Bros, store, $1,000.
J. Tackett, store, 5000.
Robert Pattison, store, $1,000
Mocips Beach Hotel, $4,000; rest of
$4,000 building doomed.
Clarence Mcconnell, cottage, 5000,
In addition to the building losses,
% lots valued at 5000 each have been
cut away and seawall running the
entire length of the town and valued
at So, 900 has been totally destroyed.
The waves also swept across upper
Main street and the fiat used by camp
ers during the summer lies under
four feet of water There is not a
citizen of the town who escaped loss,
but DR.. Lycan, president of the Mo-
clips Commercial club says that as
sistance from the outside world is not
necessary.
A respite was expected on Sunday
night, but the wind Increased in fury,
at sundown, sweeping across the seas
at velocity estimated at 60 to 90
miles an hour. At an early hour the
Mcconnell cottage was swept into
the sea as a forerunner of the impend-
ing disaster. The whole town remain
ed awake, and frightened men and
women hudded in the lee of the stand
ing buildings, watching the ocean,
which was piling up waves 80 feet
high. At 2:15 Monday morning the
hotel wing, which had been swaying
and teeterng in the wind since mid
night, went down with crash that
could be heard above the roar of the
storm, and Is minutes after it hit
the beach it had been ground into
matchwood and was scattered along
the coast. Part of the roof and up
per floors remained and, moved by
the wind. the wreckage heaved up and
down, looking in the bright moon
light like a hideous, toothless crone
eibbering her rage ar her prosecutors.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
TO MAKE CALIFORNIA TRIP

NJ. b. Lytle, agent of the O. & W
railway. expects about a dozen per-
sons from Aberdeen and vicinity to
make the California excursion, which
starts next Saturday morning nearly
that number having made reservations
up to Yesterday.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
RETURNS From VACATION

O. NJ. Kellogg. manager of the
+. X. Wood Lumber company. re-
turned Sunday night from Los An
geles. where he and Mrs. Kellogg
have been visiting, while taking a
short vacation Mrs. Kellogg also re-
turned
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16

Mill forms and loose leaf devices
are among the specialties of the Alb
erdeen Printing Co. Tel. 5401.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
Speak From Same Platform
and Both Agree on
Reciprocity.
THEY JOINTLY OWN PLAN
President Tells of Differences
and More Agreements
Come About.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. 13.-
Reciprocity with Canada with all
countries of North and South Ameri-
ca, and, in fact with all nations, was
advocated by both President Taft and
Speaker-to-be Champ Clark in address
es at the opening session of the Pan
American commercial conference to-
Il
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
For Closer Union

TUT CioScT OuoH
Speeches favoring a closer union
of North and South America, with fre>
quent reference to the future influence
of the Panama canal, were made by
the secretary of state, Mr.. Knox;
James A. Farrell, president of the
United States Steel Corporation; Sc
nor Calvo, the Costa Rican minister
to the United States; Senor Calderon
the Bolivian minister to the United
States, and Senor Casasus, formerly
Mexican ambassador to this country.
Nearly 300 delegates and almost
the entire diplomatic corps We're pres
ent
Clark Addresses Taft.
Champ Clark announced in his ad-
dress, amid loud applause, that the
test vote for commercial consideration
OF the Canadian reciprocity bill had
been won by the administration. Turn
ing to President Taft, he said, laugh
ingly: That's a document which
the president and myself own in part
nership. But speaking for myself
not for President Taft or any one
else | am for reciprocity, not only
with Canada, but with all South and
Central American republics.
Favors Reciprocity
In fact l am in favor of recipro-
city with all nations OF the earth. My
principle is that honest trade never
hurt any nation yet"
The last speaker and the next
speaker and t. said President Taft,
who followed Mr. Clark, have got
ten together on one plank of plat
form; we are both rather heavy men,
and hope It will support us It's
a great pleasure to be with him in
the promotion of trade in one part
of the world (Canada). He's in fav-
or of reciprocity in all parts of the
world. and so am J.
Not Much Help
But that does not help much to-
ward a definite agreement. We will
ali vote for wise measures, but when
it comes to determine what measures
are wise, there's a difference In an
tcipation of his coming to be head
of the great popular branch of the
legislature, we have already gotten
together on the most important mat.
ter and hope We can carry it through"
Il have no doubt, added the pres
ident, that as commercial relations
become wide and The Hague trib-
unal's purpose in preventing war be-
comes better understood, the union
of all countries in this hemisphere
will be an example to the rest Of
the world of what can be done by an
international purpose of maintaining
peace
Secretary Knox said the United
States believed in better steamship
communication, rail- Dad construction
The development of the treasures of
the Andes and in an international
bank, which will keep the CONNER
cial currents flowing in their proper
direction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-02
DIRECTORS
WILL OBEY
The COUNCIL

All of the members Of the Board
of Library Directors received the
common councils order today to ac-
quaint the aldermen with the condi-
tfons surrounding the proposed sale
of the Burroughs Free Library and
the status of the negotiations that
the directors have entered into up
today.
City Clerk s. F. Boucher made the
service so thoroughly that every
member of the directorate got an or
der under the seal of the city. The
order among other things requires
the library board to send in writing
to the council at the second meeting
in February its reasons for wanting
to sell the present building at Main
and John streets and how much
money it expects to get for the lib
rary building.
Clerk w. T. Haviland of the Lib
rary Board, who is clerk of the SUI
perior Court, said this morning: "The
board will discuss the order at the
meeting to be held on Feb. 13. The
council has control over the library
directors. The appointments to the
board have to be confirmed by the
council. The directors are response
BILE to the council. The council ought
to have an answer to its order and
it probably will have. It has con-
troll over the library board and the
directors would not do anything with
out the consent of the. council"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-02
Asks Special Act from
Legislature to Execute
Will Of Agnes Coffey,
(From Our Special CORES. J

(FrOm our Spec1at COrreS.)
Hartford, Feb. 2.-Senator Bartlett
introduced in the Senate today, by
request, a petition by Morris B.
Beardsley, executor of the will of
Agnes Cofey late of Bridgeport, ask
ing for permission to publish in Chi
cagO and ST. Louis papers notices
seeking the Whereabouts of Sarah
Coffey, daughter of Martin Coffey, n
brother of the testatrix. The residue
of the estate of Agnes Coffey was to
be divided into equal shares, two OF
which were bequeathed to Sarah Cof-
fey, should she survive the testatrix.
But if she predeceased the testatrix
the two shares Were to be divided
equally among Walter w. Bristol.
Willis e. Bristol. Lewis Tabor Bristol
and John Bartram Bristol of Bridge
port.
Sarah CofEey has been absent and
unheard of4ar Asss pan thirty years,
it being nos known whether she is
living or dead. The last heard of her
she was in a western state.
Morris w. Beardsley, the admins
traitor, asks that if she is not located
within six months, that he be allow
ed to distribute the shares as provid-
ed in the will to the other heirs, and
then to release and discharge him
from any liability to any person.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-02
F, 0. HOAGLAND
SUCCEEDS PINNEY
Celebrated Mechanical En-
gineer Comes from Rem
, ington Arms Co. to Super
intend u. M. G. Plant.

F. o. Hoagland, former chief me-
chanical engineer Of the Remington
Arms Co., is now the works manager
at the plant of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Co. to succeed III. H. Pinney
manager and superintendent who re-
Gently resigned to accept the position
Of manager of works with the Chal-
mers Motor Car Co. in Detroit. Mich.
The announcement of Mr.. Hoagland's
appointment was made yesterday at a
meeting of the heads Of divisions of
the U. NJ. c. Co. held In the office of
Mr.. c. C. Tyler, General Manager Of
Works. Mr.. Hoagland will move to
this city and is preparing to locate
his family in residence on Clinton
avenue.
Mr.. Hoagland is a comparatively
young man, but is extremely FORUM
ate in having g. large and varied ex-
perience !. in different branches Of
manufacture which eminent1y fit him
for his present position. After grad
uating from High school and finish
ing a complete course in a manual
training school, Mr.. Hoagland had two
years experience in working sheet met
ais and forgings. He then took
three year course in Mechanical En-
gineering and again entered the prac-
tical field and had four years expert
ence on watch tool manufacturing at
one of the plants at Waltham. Mass.
About 1897 he entered the. employ
of the Pratt & Whitney Co., Hart
ford Conn, and remained with them
twelve years-the last eight in charge
of their grinding, precision tool and
model departments. While with them
he had occasion to make and super
wise the making Of great variety of
models and machinery for manufac-
turing same, in addition to the Com
pany's regular product of machine
tools. Some Of the models made un-
der Mr.. Hoaglands supervision have
been of typewriters, adding machines,
monographs, firearms; such as the
DeKnight Rapid Fire gun, the Febiger
Autoloading shotgun, the equipment of
special tools and gauges for the Rock
Island arsenal, and sights for the ''6''
Navy Gun.
His experience with Pratt & Whit
ney has also involved the designing
and completion of range finders,
screw making machinery, shoe ma
chinery, rotary engines, machinery
and dies for high grade die castings,
automatic and pneumatic machinery,
press punch and die work gauges,
measuring machines and precision ma
chinery and tools in general.
Two years ago Mr.. Hoagland was
engaged by The Remington Arms
Company, Illion, N. z, as their chief
Mechanical Engineer, having entire
charge of the design of all the intri-
cate gauges and templates required
for the correct production Of large
quantities of duplicate parts, which,
when assembled. must fit very close
limits His work was Of such a sat-
isfa ctory character that he was re-
Gently promoted to be Acting Works
Manager there just prior to his most
recent elevation as Works Manager Of
the The Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-02
Elegis|ation Offered With Purpose Of Once
More Making Park and Library Boards
Responsible to People
Bill to Compel Trolley Companies to Py Proportionate
Share of Cost of Building and Maintaining Bridges
Bill for Reduced Rate to Standing Trolley Pas
sengers.

number Of Aldermen in the Common
Council. and in such manner that no
such political party shall have more
than two members of said board. and
such persons shall be members or
such board for the term of two years
from the first day of January next
succeeding. The present members OF
the Board of Park Commissioners shall
held office until January l. 1912. and
until their successors are duly appoint
ed and qualified. The Common Coun-
Gil may, by a two-thirds vote. remove
any member of said board for cause.
The Mayor shall ex-officip be a mem
ber of said board. but snail have no
vote in any of it's proceedings except
ing In case of a tie vote. He may
preside at all meetings Of said board
meetings Of said board. three MEM
bers. exclusive of the Mayor. shall
constitute a quorum. and the active
concurrent vote Of three members shall
be necessary for the transaction Of
business.
section IS. The said Board of Park
Commissioners shall elect annually. by
ballot, ii, the month Of January. one
of their number to be president OF
said board. and shall elect a clerk and
a superintendent. The said Board Of
Park Commissioners shall have full
and exclusive power to make rules
business and to appoint or employ
such superintendent. engineers. archi-
tects or other officers or employees as
1t may deem necessary. and shall pre-
scribe and define their respective du-
ties. and shall fix and regulate the
compensation to be paid to the several
persons so employed"
The bill changing the method Of
naming library directors is as fol-
lows:
Section 1859 of the general statutes
as amended by chapter 81 Of the Pub
lie Acts of 1909 is hereby amended to
read as follows: When any city coun-
ell shall have decided to establish and
maintain a public library and reading
room under the authority granted by
section $685. the Mayor Of said city
shah. with the approval of said coun-
Gil. appoint a board of nine directors
for the same chosen with reference to
their fitness for such office; and not
more than one member Of the city
council shall be a member Of said
board. In the city Of Bridgeport. the
present directors shall hold office un-
til July 1. 1911. when their terms as
such directors shall expire. This act
shall take effect on its passage"