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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-05-24
The Seven Ages.

80 SS'~f fF1~~s
Another very pertinent pamphlet
gives the minister's seven ages First
the divine summons. Young Samuel in
the temple The awakening voice call
ing 10 lay aside other ambitions. The
next. days of preparation, sharpening
the sword. Hard work and much sac
riiice-rich mems sons do not enter the
ministry Seven 10 ten years of the
best days of his young manhood must
be given In preparation Christ took
thirty. Then he's ON the firing line ut
a small salary possibly in debt for his
education Books must be bought. and
they're expensive. There Is contin-
uation of hardship and sacrifice. but
youth doesn't care. AZ the fourth Pc
riod he's In the heat OF conflict, The
suns at meridian, the battle iicrccst.
He's busy raising money for churches.
but not for himself He's not allowed
10 dabble IN outside business Rigid
self denial is still the rule. Children
are TO be educated. appearances 20 be
kept up. There's thousand charitable
demands on his income What of the
rainy day TO come: That's the night
mare. Then comes the turn IN the tide
Scarcely perceptible. but surely going
out. Hair Is turning gray. Church
committees turn away-"Too old
Now the shadows are frightening
Nerves are strained TO keep up with
younger men. Voice Is broken. brain Is
jostlcd. Other men are forcing ahead =
he can't keep up. AZ last Gethsemane
he's pushed out, The church gives
him n pittance. about So week. pos
sibly 81 which he tries 10 supplement-
by peddling life insurance.
~. s. A.. Retired"
Say. church Of God. wake up, You
are not fair. The secular United States
government takes care of its old sol
diers. We neglect ours. II IL pretty
severe defeat which compcls an army
10 leave its wounded 10 die on the field
The church IS thrilled by passionate
appeals for the salvation of the hea
then. education of the negro. endow
ment Of colleges. building of new
churches until amid clangor Of appeal
cxhoriatIon and enireaiy the trenholm.
voice Of IT'S old ministers Is unhcard
Mama doesn't fan nowadays: no raver
to carry food; no fish comes with coli
IN mouth 70 preachers net 4 mansion
In the Sky will not cover defenseles'
head on earth The church Is the earth
II bank where Gods promises 20 hi,
faithful servants must be cashed
These men have scattered the seed
The church Is enjoying the harvest
These are the camels that carried th'
gold aud silks and gems Of the churci
across the desert while they fed 81
hrambles The crime Is not that TN
old minister isn't allowed 20 preach
hut that he IS not taken care OF wheI
Ineffective No wornout minister has :
right 10 kin church any more than ,
church has right 10 Kill minister
Retire the generals nj n comfortable
support and put younger men into tbs
field
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
STATE CAPITOL LANDS
Attorney General Rules that State
Does not Have to Sell Land and
Timber Separately

OLYMPIA, Aug. 25.-That the state
does not have to sell the timber on
the state capitol lands when there is
more than 100000 feet to the quarter
section, that being a matter left to
the discretion of the members of the
capitol commission, and that when the
land and timber are sold together the
payments must be made before any
timber can be cut, and where the
timber is sold separately it must be
paid for in cash, are points made in
an opinion to Clark V. Savidge, state
land commissioner. written by Roy E.
Campbell, assistant attorney general.
The opinion says that the provision
requiring that all timber be paid for
before it is cut amply protects the
interests of the state. The state cap
ital land grant is handled differently
from the other state lands, coming
under separate grant.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
LIGHT CALENDAR
FOR JULY.TERM
But Few Cases Are Yet Sci
for Trial at September Term
Of Superior Court

MONTESANO, Aug. 25.-The jury
term for September begins Tuesday
Monday being legal holiday. Sc
far but few cases are set for tria
but the calendar will not be made uI
until the first of the week. Among
the state cases that will be heard
are:
Howard Clancy, who was convicted
of grand larceny at the last Jury
term and who secured a retrial, will
have hearing Sept. 2. The alleged
crime was committed in Hoquiam.
A. Johnson will have a hearing on
a grand larceny charge on the same
day.
Walter Coldiron, who it will be re-
membered is the hotel man who shot
Green month or two ago will have
hearing Sept. 8. This case it is
understood will be fought out, and
will probably occupy a day or two
in court, for there will be a lot OF
testimony.
For the same date r. Sanders, the
young man accused of stealing and
cashing a check from the whaling
station will be arraigned.
Freid Weir, accused of grand lar
ceny and James Hall. accused of a
statutory crime have their hearings
set for Sept. 4.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
ROAD CONTRACTS
ARE AWARDED
County Commissioners Let
Contracts on {. D. Hanson
and Quiniault Roads

MONTESANO, Aug. 25.-The board
of county commissioners held short
session Saturday, for the purpose of
opening bids for road construction,
and awarded contracts for the c. D.
Hanson road and the graveling of the
Quiniault road.
The c. D. Hanson road three and
a half miles, completed. graveling
bridging and all, went to the Spokane
Paving & Construction company, for
$9781. Some of the bids we're up to
over $4,000.
There were but two bids for grav-
cling the Quiniault road, now being
graded. The estimates on the job
was $4,000. The contract went to
the Standard Transfer company at
$10,4S6. The Spokane company bid
$14,9OO
The Spokane Paving & Construc.
tion company got the job of paving
the mile and a quarter out of Mon.
tesano on the Aberdeen road, at $14,.
700. The high bid on the job was
$1S,86S
There were many bids on the O.
r. Smith road contract and the com.
missioners will not be able to have
the figures to make the award until
afternoon. 1t is up the west branch
of the Satsop.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
Attorneys Advise Against Wiey'S Increase, and
Board Accepts Advice go Legal Points
Involved Make Difficulties
WOULD HAMPER. COUNTY If FOUND ILLEGAL
Court Order Regarding Omitted Lands Ignored,
Complications May FOIIow---R0IIS of
1912 Will Remain UNCHANGED

Wiley did not vote on the resolution
striking it off, Whether the court will
take notice of this act of contempt
remains to be seen.
In view of the written opinion of
their legal advisors, the board did
not feel justified in risking the proper
expenditures of the county for year.
we'll knowing that no matter how
good their Intentions, they would be
blamed if the courts held their ac-
tion illegal.
Following is the opinion handed
them by the county attorney and his
deputy:
I'VE beg to advise the board of
equalization that it is inadvisable to
consider proposed increases in the
valuation of timber lands in this
county this year. Serious questions
involving the power of the board to
raise valuations as proposed have
arisen:
Should the proposed raise be
made and the tax levy reduced and
it should be held by the court that
the action of the board in making
the proposed raise was void, then the
county would be confronted with a
situation of low rate and a low
assessed valuation, which would i'm
pair it's needed revenues. None of
the questions which have arisen can
possibly arise on the even year. All
such questions will be eliminated
next year.
"This opinion is not intended as
an expression on the merits of any
proposed raise by the board. 1t is
exclusively confined to legal ques-
tions which have arisen. 1t is an ex-
preston of our judgment as to what
the action of the board should be
under the circumstances"
The contention of counsel for the
timbermen, that the notices of the
contemplated increase of values ON
their holdings were illegal and in.
suff1c1ent, was not concurred in by
the county attorneys, who gave AS.
SCISSOR Wiley the following signed
statement:
$50 much has been said by Ger
tain attorneys relative to the insult
ficiency of notices prepared by the
assessors Office requesting timber
owners to appear and show cause
why their assessments should NOT be
raised, desire to advise the board
that I consider the notices sufficient
and in handing down my opinion this
was taken into consideration. This
statement will absolve the assessors
Office from any blame, which may be
used in an attempt to discredit the
work of this Office"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
OFFICIALS SEEK
INFORMATION
Northern Pacific migration
Officials Make Tour of
Chehalis County

Nine immigration officials of the
Northern Pacific railway, headed by
the general agent, l.. ]. Bricker, saw
a part of the agricultural area of
Chehalis county yesterday by auto
and met a number of the men active
in development work in this section.
The party, accompanied by local
men, left Hoquiam early and drove as
far as Polson's Landing, west of the
city, and then back, stopping while
in Aberdeen, and through the lower
Wynooche and Satsop valleys and the
Chehalis valley to Elma, where lunch
was taken and the party was met
by it's special car and went to Olym.
pia.
The trip was a revelation to manv
in the party, several of the number
never having been in this district
The trip is made to familiarize the
immigration men with the territory
they are sending colonists to and is
of great Importance to this section.
In the party besides Mr.. Bricker
were C. E. Arney, western immigra-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
STATE COLLEGE
FARM SCHOOL
Corps Of Instructors to Hold
School for a Week in Ab-
erdeen, in October
INVITE COUNTY FARMER.
Chamber Of Commerce Will
Return Courtesies of Farm
ers With Banquet

]. A. TOrmey, manager of the ex-
tension department of the State Ag-
ricultural college at Pullman, was in
the city Saturday, arranging for a
Farmers School to be held in Aber.
deem during the second week in Oc-
tober. The State College is acting
in conjunction with the State Agricul-
tural department, and a corps of train
ed instructors will be in attendance.
The sessions will be held from Octo-
ber 13 to 10, in Aberdeen, and all the
farmers of Chehalis county will be
invited to attend.
First Farmers School.
This year is the first attempt at
Farmers Schools by the state COL
lege, and is intended to cover the
entire state, holding three schools at
the same time. Aberdeen, Tacoma
and Olympia are on the same circuit.
the instructors alternating between
the cities.
The college has corps of 33 in
structors, all of them experts in one
line or another of farming. The state
agricultural department has IS prac-
tical experts and these are added to
the college force for this extension
work.
In the school here, moving pictures
will be used showing poultry raising
and dairying and other work on the
farm. Milking machines will also be
on exhibition. A phonograph, show
ing what music the farmer can have
in his home, will also be displayed
In connection with the schools, the
State college has plan for a cor
respondence school in farming, which
will be free to all residents of the
state, the only charge being for text
books and postage. This correspond
ence school will begin with the open
ing of the fall semester.
This plan will take education
ll6uI W Iuc uOluc VI Tic ldIllcIS,
said Mr.. Tormey, "and the state col
lege authorities fully expect it will
revolutionize methods and educational
systems. The educational system of
this state is now ranked as the high
est in the United States, and it will
rank even higher with the succe-s
of this correspondence school.
"The correspondence department
will take up poultry raising and dairy.
ing first. Then a course in home
economics will be added This ought
to make an especial appeal in Che
halls County as the opportunities for
dairying here are simply immense.
Chamber Of Commerce Will Aid
President Mumaw and Secretary
Bryan, of the Aberdeen Chamber of
Commerce, are planning to return
some of the courtesies recently ex-
tended to the members of the Cham
Der, and suggest that one day of the
school week, the farmers in attend
ance be the guests of the Chamber at
a banquet, and the suggestion will
doubtless be carried out.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
WILEY PLANS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Assessor Planning to Make
Systematic Appraisal Of
All Real Estate

MONTESANO, Aug. 25.-Assessor
R. A. Wiley plans to put in operation
an entirely new system of valuing real
property another year. Next year is
regular year for assessing real prop
erty. and he intends to apply a sys.
tenn similar to the timber cruise for
arriving at values.
my intentions are to list every in
dividual piece of land according to a
prepared classification. This classi.
fication will say just how many acres
of bottom land, clay soil, bench and
upland there is in each tract. If there
are Improvements it will show what
they are and what they are actually
worth
II propose to classify every build
ings there is in the county. Hereto
fore, if house was about SO big and
looked pretty decent, it was assessed
at $1,000. We will classify our
houses according to size, construction
age and repair.
1T doesn't mean great deal more
work, and when we once have our
system under operation there will be
no danger of penalizing a man just
because he keeps his place looking
neat and nice. I know of one barn
that was assessed at about 5000 last
year that didn't cost to exceed SIS.
1t was whitewashed and the place
looked as neat as a pin, and the as
SCISSOR jumped to the conclusion that
it was q costly improvement"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26

The attempt of Assessor r. A. Wiley
and the county board of equalization
to place several million dollars worth
of omitted timber and lands on the as
sessment rolls for 1913 failed because
of the weakness of the revenue laws of
the state, and this property will re-
main off the rolls as equalized for
1912.
This decision came just before the
conclusion of the labors of the board
Saturday night, after three weeks of
disgraceful wrangling, in the course
of which personal violence was threat.
ened, and every available legal quib.
BILE worked to a frazzle. Yet, the at
tempt can not be said to have been
wholly unsuccessful. The public
mind has been aroused on the sub
ject of square deal in taxation to
an extent never before equaled in this
county, and the feeling is certain tc
bear fruit next year, when all reaI
estate in the county will be assess
ed.
Briefly, the difficulty that confront
ed the board, was this. So much tim
ber had been omitted from the rolls
last year-the first assessment aftel
the timber was cruised-that Assessor
Wiley felt it his duty un
der the law to 11ace the
omitted property on the rolls fol
this year. This the law expressly
permits, but, in this instance, there
was so much of it that it virtually
amounted to a new assessment, AMI
the county attorneys were afraid oi
the results in the courts, where il
was sure to go. If the board permitted
this property to remain on the rolls
and the courts should decide their
action wrong, the contemplated re
duced levy would be insufficient to
conduct the affairs of the county
hence the decision, by advice of Coun.
ty Attorney J. E. Stewart and his dep.
uty A. Emerson Cross.
A peculiar feature of the decision
is a possible contempt of court. 1t
will be remembered that last spring,
Assessor Wiley was ordered by the
superior court, at the suit of w. H.
Bush, to place certain property on the
rolls that had been omitted. This in
cluded about 100000 acres, where
in some instances the land and not
the timber had been assessed, and in
others the timber and not the land
had been listed. The assessed obeyed
the court order, and placed this prop
erty on the rolls. and now the board
of equalization, in striking this land
from the rolls acted in direct VIOLA
tion of this court order. 1t may be
noticed, in passing, that Assessor
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26

tion and industrial agent, Spokane;
J. L. Moore, Billings, Mont; ]. l..
Dougherty, Chicago; j. J. Fox, Chi
cago, ILL.,; c. l.. Stark, Kansas City,
Mo-; S. M. McEwen, Knoxville, Tenn;
c. A. Jobes, Cincinnati, Ohio; l. S.
Wood, st. Paul, MINI.
The party was accompanied from
Aberdeen by County Commissioner
Phil S. Locke, w. c. Mumaw, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
and E. A. McKenna, general agent
of the Northern Pacific, and from
Hoquiam, P. J. Mourant, c. D.. Nc
Clure and others.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
WILL MEET SEPTEMBER 2

OLYMPIA, Aug. 25.-The state
board Of equalization will be in ses-
sion next week, beginning September
2, to equalize the returns made by
the various counties and levy state
taxes for 1914. The considerable ap-
preparations made by the last legis-
lature will necessitate a general fund
levy of three mills, the extreme sta
tutory limit. On the first day of it's
session the board will consider the
returns from eastern Washington
counties. The second day, Wednes-
day, September 3, will be devoted to
western Washington counties. Thurs.
day, September 4, steam railroads will
be valued and Friday, September 5,
electric railroads and telegraph lines.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
ASSAULT CASE
EXAGGERATED
Reports of Assault on A. A.
Bradley, on North River,
Were Overdrawn
LAND CLAIM AT STAKE
TAKE CITIZENS OPPOSE TURMOIL
Bradley Objected to Mrs.
Ross on Claim, and Is Said
to Have Been Annoying

The story concerning the assauli
on A. A. Bradley, middle-aged ranch
er on North River, and the arres,
of Earl and Frank Ross and Forest
Martin, that first reached here, ap
pears to have been somewhat exag
gerated.
The trouble arose over timber
claim to which Mrs. Ross claimed a
sQuatter's right. The claim, which
is quite valuable, is located in Tp
1876 and some years ago most of the
land was scripped by C. w. Clarke
with Hyde and Benson scrip which
has since been declared illegal. The
claims are exceedingly valuable as
they are well timbered and there are
squatters on all of them and there
are sure to be several contests be
sides. No filings can be accepted al
the land Office as yet as the appeal
to the secretary of the interior by
the scrippers has not been disposed
of.
According to Mrs. Ross Mrs. Van
derpool built a cabin on the con
tested claim year and a half age
but thought she could hold a squat
ter's right by visiting it once in five
months. AS squatter's right is an
uncertain thing and can not be held
h,,t hv continuous roS;dauoo m J,,pr
21, Mrs. Ross located on the same
claim and contested Mrs. Vanderpools
claim to it.
Bradley Objected
Bradley, who is a friend of Mrs
Vanderpool, rather resented the squat.
ting of Mrs. Ross, and, it is alleged
omitted no opportunity to harass and
annoy her, and is charged with hav-
ing circulated insinuations reflecting
on her character. Considerable ill
feeling was engendered, and when
the Ross boys met him there was an
argument, which resulted in scrap
between Earl Ross and Bradley. Brad.
ley received black eye, and Ross
was cut by the calks in Bradley's
shoes, Earl Ross looking on. Brad
ley had a revolver on him, which the
boys took from him, and gave it back
after the fight. Forest Martin, it is
said, had nothing to do with the row
further than to separate Bradley and
Ross.
The reports received in Aberdeen
that Bradley was an aged man, and
that he was left unconscious in the
road, severely injured, appear to have
been without foundation. He was al
a neighbor's house ten minutes after
the fracas, and was in Montesanc
last Saturday, attending to business
apparently undamaged. The youns
men are out on bail and will have
a hearing in the South Bend court
this week.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-26
HOQUIAM RECALL.
is NOT APPROVED.
The Proposal to Recall City
Commissioners Is Meeting
With Opposition
Charge Alleges a Technical
Offense, Without Showing
Any Injury to City

HOQUIAM, Aug. 25.-The proposed
recall of the city commissioners will
be met with strong opposition by citi-
zens of this city, who see in the
movement more of a disposition to
stir up strife and vent personal ami.
mosities than a desire to remedy
some existing evil, or in any other
way to aid in promoting the real in.
terests of Hoquiam.
Petitions against the recall have
been in circulation since Saturday,
and are being pretty generally sign
ed. The following is the text of the
petition:
"The undersigned, citizens and
taxpayers of the city of Hoquiam, be-
lieve that continuous agitation and
constant turmoil are detrimental to
the welfare of this city. We also
feel that taxes are high enough with
out any additional expense of holding
recall elections. We believe that the
present city commission has been con-
scientiously trying to do it's duty.
Therefore. we are opposed to a re-
call election.
| After months of agitation by spe.
cial committees and mass meetings.
called through sensational announce.
ments. the proposed recall petition is
now based upon single charge only
This charge is purely technical and,
if true, is no proof that the city has
lost dollar on that account.
I'VE have no assurance that any
commissioners elected at this time
would be as efficient as the present
ones. And if we begin to recall our
city officials whenever few citizens
become dissatisfied, we can never
hope to have stable government.
I'VE therefore sign this petition in
support of the present Hoquiam city
commission and to discourage the re-
CALL"
Speaking of this opposition, the
Washingtonian says, editorially:
"The opposition to the proposed re.
call of the city commissioners of Ho.
quiam is manifesting itself in a ma.
terial and substantial manner. An
astonishingly large number of citi-
zens believe that the way to avoid
the turmoil and expense of a recall
election is not to hold one, and they
are SO expressing -themselvvs in no
uncertain terms. There is a sufficient.
ly large number of names signed to
the anti.recall petition to indicate un.
mistakably that there is no unanimous
or even widespread demand for a
recall of the present city commission
| erS"