Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-09
MONTESANO
JUBILATES
County Seat Celebrates New
Railroads and Dedicates
New High School
LISTER MAKES ADDRESS
The New Building Would Be
a Credit to a City Much
Larger Than Montesano

MONTESANO, Sept. 8, (SpeciaD.- -
Friday last was a memorable day for
Montesano, when this city celebrated
the advent of two additional transcon
tinental railroads, and the dedication
Of the handsome new high school, built
of brick and concrete at a cost of $40,
600. The citizens of this city are full
ly alive to the importance of the ad
ditional railroads, which make Mon
tesanO quite railroad point, which
it now is with eighteen trains daily
passing the depot. And be it said they
are unanimously proud of their new
high schhool, and that pride is fully
justified.
Commercial Club Banquet
The visiting railroad men present
representing the three transcontinen
tai roads centering here were: A. l.
Mills, publicity manager of the Ore
Washington Ry. & Nav. Co.; R. T
Bretz, assistant general freight agent
of the Northern Pacific; w. c. Albee
division superintendent of the North
ern Pacific; H. P. Potter, Grays Har
Dor agent of the O.-W.; E. A. Lalk
Grays Harbor agent of the Milwaukee
road. and E. A. McKenna, Grays Har
Dor general agent of the Northern
Pacific.
Those visitors and representative
of the Aberdeen Chamber of Com.
merce were entertained at a banquet
in the Crist hotel at $50 in the even.
ing by the Montesano Commercial
club, with the president, j.. E. Calder,
as POSTMASTER.
Short addresses were made by Mr.
Bretz, Mr.. Lalk, Mr.. Mills and others,
assuring Montesano of the heart CO.
operation of the railroads in the de-
velopment of the city and surround.
ing country. A noticeable point was
made by Mr.. Mills, when he called
attention to the fact that this part
of the country was using butter from
Iowa, where it required two acres Of
land to sustain COW, while here sew
eral cows could be maintained upon
one acre. The banquet was conclud
ed at 7:45, when the party adjourned
to the new High school to participate
Sv~ k1o
Governor Lister Makes Address
At the High school, City Superin
tendent Eldridge Wheeler presided
and in opening he said it was prout
moment for him. That he had dream
ed of such school house for Monte
sano, during the seventeen years HI
had been superintendent, and that HI
was certainly pleased to witness th'
realization of his dream. He then in
troduced Governor Ernest Lister, WHIT
said in part: "The foundations OF
which the growth Of a State rests ar
first, the development of its common
school system and second, the devel
Opment of its roads,"
1T is from communities like Mon
tesano and not from our cities tina
we must look for the development O
our state into the greatest in tn
union. Our cities have shown a won
derful and rapid development, ant
they have reached that stage wher
they cannot develop further except q
they profit by the development Of tn
smaller towns and communities"
Mr.. Lister told of his recent tril
through seven states and he says ii
none of them did he find such pre-
gress and SO much that was desil
able as place for home as he foun
in Washington. He briefly gave sta
tistics to show the wonderful and va
ried success of the states wealth.
The large auditorium, which vii
seat nearly 800 was filed with patron
and friends of the Montesano schools
all of whom clearly showed the prid
they felt at the dedication of such
handsome structure, and they evince
their interest by remaining until tn
close, at 1870. The orchestra, Il
charge Of County Auditor Luroy Hell
riman, furnished the music for tn
occasion.
Addresses were made by Mrs
Josephone Preston, state superintent
ent of schools Prof. c. E. Beach, s,
perintendent of Olympia schools, Pro-
Joseph X. Hart, of the University Q
Washington, J. w. Hodge, county s,
perintendent, all of whom were lister
ed to with marked attention. Thi
closed the dedication ceremonies
which were quite informal, and tn
meeting was turned over to the Con
mercial club, J. E. Calder, presiding
who called upon the visitors for az
dresses.
Interesting talks from a railroa
standpoint were made by A. l.. MILL