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.'Yowpr'
Then Stats legged il fer somewhere, and
see old man Sanders peek out OF the
winder. He opened the door, holdin' on TO
their bulldog Bulger. Fat was behind
him.
What in tarnation was it," says Mr.
Sanders.
Fat was a-grinnin'. / kept still and
hoped he wouldn't make hisself no worse
traitor than he was.
Mus be chicken thieves, Pa, says he
You'd better sick Bulger on en-
Bulger was willing. He stuck his nose
towards me an growled.
Il will. consarn their pesky hides, says
the old man. "Sick EN-, Bulger.
That was the sign for me to run, an |
did, a good deal fastern'n when the Wild
der Smiths calf chased me. But Buiger
could run Eastern the calf.
Jest as | got to the fence Bulger got to
me. He took hold of my pants like they
was beefsteak / went right on. l didn' {
stop that side of home.
I don't care about the pants, but what
Ma will say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
PICKLE BROWN LOSES
A PIECE OF HIS PANTS

Unless l get what Pa would call a reve-
lation afore mornin' I'm goin to gel
licked. 1 got to think of somethin' to tel
Ma bout my pants, and it's all cause oil
Fatty Sanders.
The Red knights of Death set out te
capture Fat after school cause he's g
trailer, an he run off when he was goin
to be torchured. But Fat knowed 'nougf
to stay in the house.
After dark We crept up close to the
Sanderses house. We figgered il he stuck
his nose outdoors Jest once we'd nab him
We would. too. if it hadn't been fer Stat:
Perkins legs.
Stats and me were layin' right near tn,
back door while Bones Hodgkins ant
| Speck French watched the front door.
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went in her own pocket for cent ana
stepped on the machine, with the reck-
less repetition that her weight would De
at least five pounds less than the other
woman'S.
II was three pounds more.
And when the question was settled the
two laughed at each other ana Wen'
their ways
And the fun of 1t was that neither OF
them was what you could call fatty
tat.
A woman in an Avenue car was tell
ing the woman with her about an eA-
perience she had on another line where
the conductor comes around to collect
fares:
It was going out Union station way
when rag baggy old woman got
aboard and sat down beside me- she
was broken out all over III rash OF
bundles and pasteboard boxes. and
when the conductor came up she salS
she couldn't get at her satchel. and
wouldn't l please open it and take out
her fare? You hate to do thing like
that but the conductor smiled for me
TO go ahead. so there wasn't anything
else for me to do. So / fiddled with
the crazy old catch and opened the
satchel for her inspection. 1t was
choked up with nondescript trash. bu,
In a gaping side pocket lay solitary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

figgered Fat would have to come out fer
his mornn' kindlin' fore he went to bed.
Walk" says Stats, all of a sudden
''Shut up" says /. Fat and mis- Pa is
in the Kitchen
Il can't, Pickle" says Stats. 'Theys a
garter snake gone up my pants leg
This amt no time to get snakes in yer
pants legs l tells him. an jest then he
yells out:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

back in the mornings mail, and the
letter that inclosed it read like this:
1T was hard for me, colored wom-
an, to ask white woman stranger for
money, because many of my people
have got into the habit of depending
too much on yours but l had to get to
the country And / don't know. ma'am
why / picked you out in preference to
others. / stood there nervously watch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

A conspicuously handsome younG wom-
an vas weighing herself on slot ma
chine in a department store.
A passing woman. just heavy enough
to be always comparing her own size
with that of every other woman whose
bones were ccvered-you know-paused to
watch the scales And as they tipped at
a substantial figure she explained to the
woman who had been testing her pounds:
II just wanted to see how much you
weighed? 1 see you are heavier than
L
No woman could stand for blow Ike
that--not this side of heaven
Indeed l am not, then.
'.Oh. yes. you are.
But tell you I'm not.
why, you weigh at least five pounds
more than / do :.
II bet 1 don't. Here. get on and see.
"Oh, never mind. / just wanted to sat
isfy myself that I wasn't as heavy as
you are"
''Of course, you are. Here, I've got a
penny. Get on and weigh yourself.
Badgered into backing her assertion
with proof positive, the other woman
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mediately arranged, and when the hostess
looked in at 10 O'Clock she saw Miss c
at the piano, Miss A singing with re-
markable expression, Mr.. E contributing
a flute obligato, the old bachelor keeping
time with his foot and the new arrival
actually making a fourth at whist with
the three elderly ladies.
When the concert was over, and every
one. as l thought, had gone upstairs, l
happened to go into the smoking room to
finish a book: and there, to my astonish-
appeared to be the last stage OF exhauS-
ton and depression. The remarkably ge-
NAL look had completely gone. and al
though, on seeing me, he tried to recover
the boisterous manner which had been SO
singularly effective, the effort was not
successful, and he sank back frankly into
his chair, put his legs on another, and
groaned out: ooh, that whist!''
"Tired?'' I said.
He looked up with some return of the
twinkle which had disarmed Miss b.
Anything but whist he groaned. Poker
Patience I can stand, Red Mines l can
enjoy, even Draw-the-well-dry can sur
vive, but whist-whist, sir, for an hour
with partner who never returns a lead
is too much. It breaks me up. sir"
And he shut his eyes as If in the most
complete despair.
But why play?' I said.
He looked up sadly. II am the Man
who makes a Fourth he murmured, and
shut his eyes again.
/ started to read. thinking he was
anxious to sleep. but in a few minutes
he looked up again. and said: Il am also
the man who makes things 60.
You are to be congratulated
NO" he said gloomily. II am to be
sympathized with. 1t is my profession
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nickel The conductor saw it. The old
woman saw 1t and saw it. I took 1t
ou; and gave 1t to the conductor. and
supposed the incident closed. But IT
wasn't The old woman shifted her
bags and bundles and boxes until she
wheedled out:
Where's my change. dearie? You
forgot to give me the 20 cents that's
coming to me-.
II explained that there was only
nickel in the satchel and that she had
seen me give 1t to the conductor
:" No such thing? That was a quarter,
and i want my change
Il called the conductor and he told the
woman that he had seen the nickel in
her satchel and that had given him the
exact fare. Well. honey, wish you had
heard the way that old thing went on!
You two needn't think you are going
to cheat me just because I'm old and got
nobody to stand by me. l want my
money. Gimme my twenty cents!
Il never was SO embarrassed In my life!
There were the passengers. looking on and
tho woman raising her voice SO that they
could hear every word she was saying.
80 ] opened my purse and took out a
quarter. because / had no dimes.
TIL give you this money to keep you
quiet. but want you to understand that
It belongs to me and that you only had
q nickel In your bag
''She grabbed my quarter and pressed a
button with q loud-very Contamination
that she would be more careful after this
how she let strangers rummage in her
belongings. Then she scuttled to the
platform with surprising nimbleness for
% old and 30 weighted-down a person,
and got on At the next corner. In her
haste ono OF the dozen parcels she was
carrying fell to the floor. The conduc-
tor picked It up and when I ted him /
had eheaied out q quarter he was SO mad
that the whole car was undecided whetf-
IN OF 1zyif1, Ion
did both And the conductor said:
That old fraud framed that game on
you. lady! What you ought to have done
was to threaten her with the police.
will put you straight. She took good
money from you and It's only fair
The passengers began to take family
interest In my rights, but ! didn't want
the thing-for all ] knew. II might be
that the old woman had stolen some rare
lace or an ounce or two Of diamonds
YOU never can tell what these grafters
lug around with them. and didn't want
To be mixed up with any stolen goods
story. Still. just for the sake of seeing
what was in 1t. opened the string-stran-
gled neck of the bag. with the passengers
and the conductor looking on-and what
do you think II was? A lemon.'
The two women chuckled and a woman
behind put II all down on pad.
y
A black woman-a very black woman
asked a white woman for a car ticket.
She said she had to take an unexpected
trip to the suburbs that needed extra
fare. and that she would be too late If
she tried to walk.
The white woman was out of tickets.
but she offered the black woman a
dime. The woman thanked her. insisted
she considered 1t a loan and asked for
the others address.
1t is ridiculous, of course, to make so
much Of so little, but self-respect must
be reckoned with, so the address was
given and the incident closcd-until
next daS. The carrier brought the dune
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
NONACENARIAN
PASSES AWAY
CAPTAIN Johnathan M. Hunter
Died this Morning, Aged
Ninety-Six Years

Johnathan M. Hunter died this morn
ing at the residence of his daughter
Mrs. Dorothy Crowther, sos East First
street. in his ninety-sixth year. afte,
a lingering illness. The body, accom-
panied by Mrs. Crowther, will be
shipped Sunday to Sheboygan Falls
Wisconsin, for burial.
Mr.. Hunter was born in Windsor
Vermont. January 16, 1918, and would
have been 96 years of age next month
He enjoyed rugged health until last
January, when he fell down stairs and
broke his shoulder, from which &C
cident he never recovered.
He led long. eventful life. AS j
war in Canada in the 3O's, and was q
veteran of the civil war, serving three
years, with the rank of sergeant. For
number of years he sailed on the
great lakes as captain, and moved to
Wisconsin in 1856.
Coming to Aberdeen six years ago
he made his home with Mrs. Crowther
He is also survived by two brothers
A. j. Hunter, of Spokane who was
with him at the end and G. f. Hunter
Of Monroe, Wash, and two other
daughters, Mrs. Fl. Fl. Haas, Of Spo-
kane and Mrs. C. c. Chapel of Beloit
Kansas.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
LIGHT MATTERS
ARE ADJUSTED
Grays Harbor Railway & Light
Co. Voluntarily Meets
Councils Demand
SAVE $4,000 PER YEAR
Cooks and Walters Union
Would Abolish Meals and
Lunches in Saloons

At the council meeting Wednesday
night, an agreement was reached be-
tween that body and Manager Bert
rand, of the Grays Harbor Railway
& Light Co., that proved satisfactory
to all parties. concerning the cost of
street lighting. Manager Bertrand
met the council in the spirit of good
citizenship and the interest of econo.
N.Y. and an agreement was ratified
which reduces the cost per annum
from $4,000 to $4,000, the sum al
lotted in the budget.
The agreement, which becomes eff
fective January l. substitutes 4o
Tungsten lamps for arc lights, which
affects a saving of $4,000 a year. and
the city assumes the payment of $3.50
as part Of the cost of making the
change The reduction was volun
tary on the part of the company, as
it held a perfectly valid contract with
the city calling for the full amount
made without cutting out any lights
that are now installed but lights
of less candle power will replace As
arcs at such points as may be Sc
lected.
Attorney E. E. Bo. er appeared for
the Cooks and Walters Union, and
requested the passage OF an ordi-
nance prohibiting the serving OF
lunches or meals in saloons. The
matter was referred to the license
committee and the attorney.
Councilman Dan Pearsall, who is
{, so a member of the school board,
asked that water rates to the pub
lie schools be reduced. The water
committee reported adversely on the
proposition, but the report failed of
adoption, and Pearsall, after consid.
cradle discussion, in which he was
warmly opposed by Empey, chairman
of the water committee, succeeded i'll
having the matter referred back to
the water committee. with instruc-
tions to figure out an equitable rate.
The council decided to install d
bulk head at the Damitio property
along the bank of the Wishkah River
in the fill district.
The clerk was ordered to advertise
for 2,400 feet of water pipe.
The bond and liquor license OF
Schelle and Ladley was accepted.
An ordinance for improvement
bonds on X street was passed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Students from the various colleges
are expected home for the Christmas
holiday tonight and tomorrow. Those
from the state university are: Mar.
guerite Hogan, Marion Hogan, Agnes
Hobi, Frank Hobi, Fritz Beltz, In
gram Chamberlain, Horace Cook,
Charles Williams, mabel Larson, Jo-
zef Zelasko. Grace Proctor, Harold
Reid, Russell Mack, William Moulton,
Joel Pryde, Varde Stieglitz, Aubrey
Archer, Florence Semmen, Rhea Ru-
pert.
From the Oregon Agricultural col.
lege: Ira Blackwell, Wilder Carter,
Dunbar Pinckney, Killaly Greene,
Helen Austin, James Shaw.
Pullman: Earl Karshner, John
Schafer.
From California institutions: Val.
dien Weatherwax, Carol Redeker
Gleim Wilcox, Mabel McClymont
Olivetta Faulkner, Mottie Madison
Burnell Hunley and Victor Petit.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
GOVERNOR CONSULTS
WITH DR.. MATTHEWS
Pardon for Wappenstein Is Said to
Be Subject of Olympia Con-
ference.

OLYMPIA. Dec. 17.-Dr. Mark A.
Matthews of Seattle, who is in Olym-
pia to deliver a sermon in the reviv-
al campaign this evening, was in con-
ference with Governor Lister this af-
ternoon a short time.
While offering no clue as to the
trend of the conference, Governor
Lister stated afterward that the pos.
sible pardon of C.. w. Wappenstein.
who is in the penitentiary for accept.
ing a bribe while chief of police of
Seattle, was one subject discussed
No intimation as to the stand taken
by the Seattle minister was given
out. Dr. Matthews employed the
Burns detective agency to ferret out
the evidence against Wappenstein.
Governor Lister still has the par
don of Wappenstein under advise
ment, and it is likely that some defin
ite action will be taken before Christ
mas.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
BONDING COMPANY MUST
PAY MATERIAL BILLS

At Montesano Tuesday Judge Ma
son Irwin allowed all of the claims
of the creditors OF the Advance Con-
tracing company of Portland, which
built the Electric block. The bond
ing company, which is the backer OF
the Advance company, was represent
ed by attorneys from Seattle. The
claims amount to total of $4,000
which include those of the Wash
ington Brick & Tile company of Spo
kane for $4,000; w. P. Fuller company
of Portland, $210O; J. w. Baker
Hardware company of Aberdeen, $247;
Universal Manufacturing company oi
Aberdeen, $1,000; Frank Lawless oi
Aberdeen, 5000; Hawneer Manufac
turing company Of Portland, $3.50.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
INDIAN SCHOOL
HEAD DISMISSED
H. H. johnson is Formally
Ousted as Superintendent
of Indian Schools
IMMORTALITY IS CHARGED
Charges Made in Report Of
Special Congressional Com
mittee to Department

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. IT.
Charged with having showed undue
familiarity with several Indians girls
under his charge by caressing them.
Superintendent H. H. johnson of the
Cushman Indian school at Tacoma,
is dismissed today by Indian Com
missioner Sells.
The action Of Commissioner Sells
follows the filing of the report of the
special congressional investigating
committee which has been probing
into the Indians affairs of the vari-
Gus reservations. The committee
held several hearings in Tacoma al
which time charges filed against John
son by the Indians of the Quiniault
Indian reservation were heard, includ-
ing those made by the girl students
of the Cushman trade school of which
Johnson was superintendent.
At the conclusion of it's investiga-
tions in Tacoma, the committee sum-
rlarily removed johnson as Indian
agent and superintendent of the
school, placing a temporary agent in
charge
Mr. Johnson carried his case at
once to Washington, but no action
was taken until the formal report of
the probing committee was received
when Johnson was formally dismiss
ed from the Indian service.
Scores of Quiniault Indians testi-
fed against Johnson during the con-
gressional investigation, protesting
against their land allotments, oil land
leases, administration of the affairs
on the reservation and Johnson's con-
duct towards the girls of the tribe.
Among the charges made by the
Indians which were prObed were
those of immoral condust, fraud in
obtaining signatures to oil land
leases, fraud in the construction OF
the Queets River schoolhouse, irreg-
ularities in the land allotmenrs on
the reservation, and lack of proper
care and administration of the af-
fairs Of the Indians on the reserva-
ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
MIDNIGHT MASS

Solemn high mass will be celebrat-
ed Christmas eve, at midnight for the
first time in the new st. Mary's Cath
olic church. with Father Quain as cele-
brant. Father Quain will be assisted
by Father L. B. Martin of st. Joseph's
hospital. and Father Clement OF
Lacey. The music will be under the
direction of Mrs. Edyth Melville. This
will be the first time in several years
midnight mass has been celebrated
in Aberdeen. The complete musical
program will be completed the com.
ing week.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
CURRENCY BILL
VOTED ONTODAY
Senate Agrees to Take Final
Ballot on Administration
Bill this Evening

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IL
An agreement to vote on final pas
sage of the administration currency
bill on the legislative day of Friday,
Dec 19, was reached in the senate
late today. The agreement provides
the debate tomorrow and Friday shall
be limited to Is minutes for each
the bill itself.
While the legislative day may run
over into Saturday, senate leaders
expectation is that the bill will be
passed before midnight Friday
The senate today considered fur
ther amendments proposed by Sena-
tor Hitchcock, Debating Al to 81, his
amendment extending the guarantee
of bank deposits to cover state banks
that joined the new system, as well
as national banks. Senator Owen
approved the idea, but the democrats
would not support it because it ha /
not received the caucus endorsement.
At tonight's session Senator Borah
made a long argument supporting
his amendment providing that notes
issued by the federal reserve banks
shall be made legal tender.
"If you nut the credit of the gov.
ernment behind this currency" he
said, "why should that credit not be
extended to the man who wants to
pay his debts as we'll as to the man
who wants to gather in the great
wealth of the country through spec
ulation?"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
WRECK OF THE ALOHA
SIGHTED OFF SHORE

Derelict Reported Adrift Near De-
struction Island in the Path Of
Coastwise Vessels
SEATTLE, Dec. 18.--For the first
time since she broke away from ner
tug off Cape Flattery, nearly two
weeks ago, the derelict schooner Alo-
ha Wednesday was sighted drifting
off Destruction island and in the
path of vessels plying III the coast
wise trade.
The derelict is believed to have
come in from sea during the past few
days, as a thorough search was made
for her by the United States life-sav-
ing tug Snohomish both north and
south of Tatoosh island last week.
On Saturday the Snohomish picked
up at sea, four miles north by north
west Of the Umatilla light ship. .
piece of a schooner's gaff with java,
badly broken and chafed. The wreck
age was believed to have belonged t.
the Aloha.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
NO WIDE TIRES
FOR FARMERS
Hearing Of County Commits
sioners on Adoption Of Law
Finds Farmers Opposed
SUSPICIOUS OF THE LAW
Board will Endeavor to Sc
cure Mill Aprraisals With
out Cost to County

MONTESANO, Dec. 18-At the
meeting of the board of county com
missioners Monday, was about sc
farmers, who came to the hearing or
the proposed adoption of the wide tire
law in Chehalis county, and the sub
ject was discussed, as was road mat
ters generally 1t was plain that the
farmers OF the county, if this was {
representative bunch. are afraid that
in passing laws for their ostensiblc
benefit. the Legislators are trying &
put something over on them.
The commissioners tried to explain
that the adoption of the law would
affect the western part of the coun
ty only, but the suspicion was toe
deeply grounded and they would have
none of it. In fact, the presentation
of a measure to protect the roads
and save money in repairs, was met
in much the same spirit as was the
proposition to engage a farm expert
last spring, the cost of which official
would have come largely from the
cities and timber lands.
Mustard Is Suspicious
H. A. Mustard, of Satsop, boldly
declared that the very fact that the
law was enacted for the farmers caus
ed him to regard it with suspicion
and he was opposed to it.
Wandering from the subject. il
hand, which he did frequently in his
remarks, Mr. Mustard told his tale
of woe as to his taxes; how he was
fooled by Assessor Wiley and Deputy
Girard into standing for a high as
sessment on his land, with the un
derstanding that the timber ant
stump lands were to be raised, bu
which he found out later we're not
He was evidently ignorant of the fac,
that Assessor Wiley did increase the
valuations of the timber and stuml
lands by more than $7,000,000, but
that the board of equalization-act
ing under the advice of their legally
constituted advisors-cut off that in
crease, against the most emphatic
protest of the assessor.
However, Mr.. Mustard has little tc
kick about on his valuation. He has
a forty-acre farm. highly improved
for which he paid $500 an acre, and
which the rolls show is assessed al
$3.50 per acre.
Road Supervisors to Consult.
The commissioners directed all su
nervisors of roads to be notified to
attend the meeting next Monday, to
discuss the roads in the various dis
tricts. Numerous complaints have
been made to- the board about the
conditions existing in the districts and
it is proposed to thresh the matter
out next Monday.
Commissioner Locke was delegated
TO wait upon the millmen of the
county, to see if they will furnish
the county with their appraisal sheets
for assessment purposes, and thus
save the county the expense of hav,
ing the appraisal made. The board
is determined to have the assessment
of 1914 made upon as accurate an
appraisal as can be had, of all classes
of prqoerty, and will pay for those
appraisals if rendered necessary.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
FORESTERS' SMOKER

The Foresters of America will hold
q smoker next Monday night, in
knights of Pythias hall. when sever
al good boxing stunts are to be pull
ed off. Tex Vernon and Joe Hill;
Nick Randich and the "Logger's )
Hope; and Hawthorne and Lane
will be the star performers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
CITY PROBLEM, SAYS LISTER

OLYMPIA, Dec. 17.-Governor Err
nest Lister said this evening in ref
erence to the proposal of employing
idle men on the roads of the state
during the winter months, in order
to alleviate their need, that he doubt
ed if it could be made practical. "The
matter Of caring for these needy men
has come to be almost solely city
problem" said Governor Lister.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-19
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS DANCE

Wishkah Lodge. Knights of Py-
thias, will give a ball in their Temple.
on New Years eve night. The hall
will be appropriately decorated for
the occasion, the best Of music will
be provided and no efforts will be
spared to make the function one of
pleasure.