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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
AGRICULTURE NOW IN
THE SCHOOL COURSE

MONTESANO, Sept. 1.-THE new
laws require agriculture shall be
taught in the schools of the county
this year, and the state superintend.
ent has written Supt. Hodge that
eighth grade pupils will be required
next year to pass an examination in
agriculture, home economics or man.
ual training.
There are considerable difficulties
in the way Of properly teaching agri.
culture this year. not the least OF
which are lack Of training on the
parrot teachers and lack Of apparatus
with which to teach the subject. Mr..
Hodge will try and encourage as many
teachers a. possible to take sum-
mer course in agriculture. home
economics and manual training next
summer.
Mr.. Hodge points out there is much
can be taught In, agriculture, elemen-
tary, without q great deal more pre-
paration than the teachers already
have.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16

Or nearly one-third Of all taxes 60
for education. This is entirely too
much and the expenditure is not JUS.
titled by results obtained.
It might be of interest to compare
the cost of schooling in other coun.
tries to that in our own, and the
difference would prove startling
enough to characterize us as the
greatest spendthrifts this world has
ever known. For every 5000 popu.
lation we have built in Chehalis coun.
ty High school costing 100000. II
this ratio was maintained in the Unit
ed States, the total expenditure for
High school buildings would equal the
national debt Of Germany. With the
exception of France, Russia and Eng.
land, it would equal, If not exceed,
every other national debt owed by
any other nation on the face Of the
globe.
The people are being squeezed to
death while the state is speculating
on public land that should be sold,
and the money obtained put out at
interest to help pay the expenses the
land grants we're intended to pay.
State conservation in Washington
state is simply gambling at the ex-
pense Of the public. 1t is more than
that. We are playing into the hands
of large land owners, who cannot be
induced to sell their holdings at a
reasonable price because they know
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
GoLDENDALE-PENpLEToN TRIP
WAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED
Special Train Returns to Grays Har.
Dor Sunday Evening, With
Well Pleased Party

The special train returned from
Goldendale and Pendleton Sunday
evening with an enthusiastic bunch
of Grays Harbor boosters, who fully
enjoyed the trip. The meeting of
the Southwest Washington Develop
ment League at Goldendale was one
of the most successful ever held, and
the next gathering will be at Hoquiam
next February.
Goldendale did itself proud in en-
tertaining the visitors and in the
barbecue and street dance provided
entertainment and amusement of q
novel order. The ride up through the
mountains from Lyle 81 also worth
white.
The Roundup was declared to have
been even better than in past years.
To most of those from the Harbor it
was a novel show in practically all
respects. The Northern Pacific was
praised by all for the service given
ON the special train.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
GOLDEN WEDDING
IS CELEBRATED
Mrs. James A. Karr, Oldest
Native White Woman in
State, Is Feted

NORTH YAKIMA, Sept 15.-Mrs.
James A. Karr, the oldest white wo-
man born in the territory which is
now the state of Washington, cele-
brated her golden wedding anniver-
sary yesterday at her home on South
Mob hill, west of this city.
She is 73 years old and Mr.. Karr is
79. They were married September IA,
1868, at Forest Grove, Oregon, and
went to the infant Oregon state fair
at Salem for their wedding trip. After
a week there they went to Portland.
crossed the Columbia river by ferry
and drove to Mound Prairie, where
they spent the winter.
Settled In Hoquiam
In the spring of 1864 they went to
the site Of what is now Hoquiam and
settled on a homestead, which is now
contained in the Hoquiam city limits.
They lived there for forty years.
Twelve children were born to them
there, of which nine are now living.
Seven years ago they removed to
North Yakima.
The nine surviving children, all Of
whom were present at the reunion
yesterday are, Mrs. ]. 8. Mckee, of
HoQuiam; Mrs. H. L. Gilkey, Of Grants
Pass, Oregon; Mrs. H. B. Mcneil, of
Aberdeen; Mrs. John Snow, OF Inde-
pendence, Wash; Ross Karr. of Nab
ton. Wash; Cyrus Karr, of Astoria,
and Levi, Arthur and Eunice Karr, of
North Yakima.
Daughter Of Missionary
Mrs. Karr's father was the Rev. El-
kanah Walker, who, with Cushing
Ellis, founded an Indian mission at
Chimokane Prairie, thirty.fve miles
northwest of Spokane, in 1888, and
stayed there until the, news of the
Whitman massacre drove them to
Fort Colville. Mrs. Karr has never
seen her birthplace since she left it
then, when she was 8 years old. She
is planning trip to Spokane next
summer to take an automobile ride
to the site of the old mission, which
is now marked by a monument, plac-
ed there six years ago by the State
Historical Society.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
HooUIAM FoRoER PROVES
TO BE PARoLED CONVICT

HOQUIAM, Sept. 15.-Chief Of Po-
lice T. M. Quinn received word yes
terday from Seattle of the capture in
that city Of w. ]. Walker. paroled
from the state recently disappeared
from Hoquiam after getting rid Of
two bad checks. Walker gave Mrs
Wright worthless check to pay a
$50 board bill and got $25 from Hud-
son & Bell on a bad check for $780,
After that he disappeared. He was
arrested in Seattle for breaking his
parole. Word from that city was he
would be taken back to Monroe to
serve out his term. II this is not
done he will be brought back to Ho-
GUAM and prosecuted for forgery.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
CONTRACT FOR
new MILLS LET
Copalis Lumber Company
Awards Contract for Lum-
Der and Single Mills

The Copalis Lumber company yes.
terday awarded the contract for its
lumber and shingle mills to the Sum-
ner Iron works at Everett. The mills
are being erected near Carlisle sta.
tion on the Northern Pacific railroad.
about Is miles northwest of Hoquiam,
and will be modern in every particu-
lar -~e
The sawmill will have circular saws
gangsaw and resaw, and it's Gu.
ting capacity will be 10000 feet in
day of ten hours. A planning de.
partment and lumber dry kilns will
be installed as the mill is built.
The shingle mill being erected
about $50 feet from the lumber mill
will have IL Sumner upright shingle
machines, six of which will cut "a
inch shingles. This is the size ex.
tensively used in the East, where the
Copalis Lumber company will find its
market. Ample dry kilns and storage
sheds will be erected on the site.
which three donkeys engines are now
busily engaged in clearing.
The machinery is all to be deliver
ed within 60 days and Manager
Sprague confidently expects to have
cutting operations begin by the first
Of the new year, which will be q rec.
ord for speedy construction. -
These mills will have some new
features, including vertical log lift.
The shingle blocks will be cut by
Sumner steam feed block cutoff
and conveyed to the shingle depart
ment, which is located $50 feet from
tn sawmill to minimize the danger
of fire. The s.foot band-mill will
carry a 12-inch band-saw. The plan.
er will be run electrically by 400
horsepower generators. The power
plant will have a battery Of i've 72.
inch by 1s.feet Casey Hedges boilers.
which are favorites with the Carlisle
Pennell company. they having more
than $50 Of them in use. There will
be 1200-horsepower Corliss engine.
These mills and logging camps will
give employment to about 800 men
and the payroll will amount to $1,000
q day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16

the state is in league with them,
plays the same dog-in-the-manger
game to keep out settlers and crush
those that are here with tax bur-
den that is the crying shame ofsthe
age.
It is a burden doubly SO. because
through its grinding process progress
is retarded, industry is stifled and en-
terprise is penalized. The real cul-
prit Is the state, which boards the
peoples wealth instead of giving US
the benefit the nation intended we
should have when with a lavish hand
she bestowed upon us princely estates,
as an asset to be utilized, not hoard
ed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
TAXPAYERS MEETING
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT

I A MASS MEETING OF ABERDEEN TAXPAYERS WILL BE
HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER NEXT FRIDAY EVE
Ming AT EIGHT O'CLOCK THE PURPOSE DISCUSS
ING WAYS AND MEANS TO REDUCE LOCAL BUDG-
ETs. MAYOR FRANCE WILL BE PRESENT, AND THE CITY
COUNCIL AND BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE URGED TO AT
TEND. AND ASSIST IN THE KEEPING TAX
RATE OF ABERDEEN WITHIN REASONABLE BOUNDS.
EVERY CITIZEN OF ABERDEEN INTERESTED 1
GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE CITY SHOULD ATTEND
THIS MEETING, ASSIST PRESENCE, VOICE AND VOTE
IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
SCHOOL DEBATES
ARE PLANNED
System Is Changed---State Is
Divided Into Groups Of
Six High Schools

OLYMPIA, Sept. 15.-Definite plans
are already announced for the win.
ter's series oAhigh school debates in
this state, the Office of superintendent
having just issued statement Gov.
ering several important changes in
the system.
Among the features of the plan are
the following: The state is divided
into six groups of accredited schools;
each school shall debate four times;
the winning team in each district
shall be determined, not by the num-
ber of debates won, but by the mum.
Der of individual judges votes; defin-
ite rules of ethics to cover the ac-
tivities of debaters and coaches are
laid down.
Aberdeen In Southwest District
Southwest district (Supt. J. M. Lay.
hue, Centralia, manager); Aberdeen,
Camas, Castle Rock, Centralia, Che
halls, Elma, Hoquiam Kalama Kel-
80, Montesano, Olympia, Raymond,
Ridgefield, Shelton, South Bend, Stew.
enson, Tenino, Vancouver, Winlock.
The question for debate in the Sc.
ries of 1913-1914 is as follows: IRE.
solved. That all unskilled laborers
from the countries Of Southern and
Eastern Europe should be excluded
from the United States"
To avoid dispute, the term "coun.
tries of Southern and Eastern Eu-
rope" shall be interpreted according
to the report Of the immigration COM
mission to include: Austria-H Hungary,
Bulgaria, Greece. Italy. Montenegro, Po-
land, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Spain,
Syria, Turkey.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
J. J. KAUFMAN co. GUYS
MOTOR DELIVERY TRUCK

The J. J. Kaufman Furniture Co.
has purchased Federal motor truck,
which win be used hereafter in the
delivery Of goods instead Of horses.
The new truck weighs 1900 pounds
and, It is believed. will prove more
economical than the wagon drawn by
horses.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
CLEARED BALL GROUND

A bunch Of High school boys went
to the old Athletic ball grounds Sat
urday and gave the grounds a thor
ough clearing up. erected goal posts
and got the place in trim for their
practice games. which began yester-
day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
NEW DIRECTORY ISSUED

Giving Aberdeen an estimated pop
iulation of 1880. Hoquiam and it,
environs about 1900, Montesano
about $500 and Elma $500, the 1913
r. L. Polk & Co. directory Of Che
halls county was issued last week.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16
EDUCATIONAL
COST TO HIGH
Nearly One7:Third Of Taxes
Paid in Aberdeen Go for
Educational Purposes
CENSURES CONSERVATION
Land Grant Properly Han,
died Would Remove Great
Burden From Taxpayers

Editor Herald:
Your article on taxes in your last
issue furnishes considerable food for
thought. have before me my tax
statement for this year and on the re.
verse side l notice the following
charges for school purposes:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16

The Herald tells II an
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-16

EX-MONTESANO.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-12-20
POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Many articles OF merchandise are
absolutely prohibited transmission In
the mails, therefore inquire before
mailing. Now that the holidays are
hcre the mails are flooded with Christ
mas presents, going to and coming
from all parts of the world.
The average person knows little
about the postal laws ana regulations
Of this country and consequently IL
apt to make a mistake DO you know
that you cannot mail tobacco In any
form to a friend In France or that
you cannot mail patent medicine to
friend in Hungary. II you have one
theref The postal laws of this coun-
try prohibit the mailing to any foreign
country Of matter liable to decomposi-
uon. such as confectionery or confec.
uons. Did you know that, with few
exceptions. you cannot mail TO foreign
countries Canada excepted) any pack
ct or letter containing gold or silver
substances, Jewelry or precious arti
cleaf It is true. Nor can you send
any packet or letter containing articles
.@@Sso W Nhbhoihb outy al tHt NOhhliltb
addressed. That does not apply 10
Canada or Mexico or TO articles for
warded by parcel post. The postal
laws prohibit the putting OF intoxieat-
ing liquors ardent vinous. splrltuous
or malt in the mails II you try to
send 10 a friend In some distant city a
small TASK OF fine whisky its destlna-
tion will be Washington-the dead let
ter once.
One would be surprised at the trc-
mehdous number OF violations OF the
postal laws and regulations because
Of the ignorance OF the average person
using the mails. Nearly every pack |
ago that goes through the mails at
this time OF the year ls opened by the
department Some persons
ire accustomed to sending n package
20 contain nothing but pho
'ogrnphs through the mails. When
hose packages have been opened In
he postoffices some OF them have been
'ound to contain writing. handker-
'hiefs or jewelry, which is a violation
" the postal laws and subject 10 fine.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-12-20
LEGENDS OF CHRISTMAS.
oermsn Folklore Connects Evergreen
and Garden Of Eden.

oermsn Folklore Connects Evergreen
and Garden OF Eden.
In Germany there IL legend that
when Eve plucked tho fatal apple the
leaves shrlveled. the tree changed lis
nnture aud became evergreen. bearing
witness IN MI seasons 10 the fail OF
mnn. Only once II year. on the birth.
day Of the Redcemer, II blooms with
lights aud Is lndcn with gifh Of 1--we.
and 80 we have the Christmas tree
IN the Black forest regions IN Ger.
many there " n tradition that ON each
Christmas owe the Saviour comes 20
earth In the gulsc OF n poor boy and
asks nlms nt the house doors. On that
day no bcggnr II refused food and shell
ter
IL In said that the popular tradition
OF the entrance of Santa Claus by
.negns OF the chimney arose from the
story Of Hcrthn. goddess Of the Morse
mythology When the festival IN her
honor was celebrated an altnr OF stones
was erected 10 the house. and Or
branches were piled upon II and set on
hre. Through the dense smoke made
by the green wood the goddess was
supposed 10 descend and extend her In.
iuence according 10 the petitions OF
the worshipcrs
Some Of the Christmas hymns and
carols nre very ancient and hnve been
In many cnses transmitted orally
through many generations. In Eng
land II ~ still the custom for men and
boys. called the Christmas waits" to
20 around on Christmas eve and sing
carols
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-12-20
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SAILORS
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

By every American soldier and sailor
Christmas day Is celebrated with feast-
Ing and sports, though the men may
be thousands aud thousands of miles
away from home, Dinner, consisting
of turkey, mlnce pie and all other deli
caclcs, IL served. There In also n gon-
erous supply OF soft drinks. Intoxi-
cants are never permitted In nrmy and
navy clrclcs.
Those who wish TO attend church In
the morning nro permitted TO do 30,
although this IN not compulsory. as In
The British army. IL In not always
possible for sailors 10 40 10 the church
around the corner, but religious oxor-
rlScs nre conducted by the vessels
chaplain, Tho afternoon In usually
devoted 10 athletic sports.
II may bc that concert of amateur
thcntrlcals viii cnliven tho evening or
that the men win receive permission
to give dance Those who wear I'm.
Gle Sans uniform do not lose their
taste for social pleasures ana ns rule
are capable entertainers.
Even the men OF an outpost, On.
camped fnr IN tho Interior OF some
Philippine province, attempt 20 invest
the day with IN much OF the Christ
mas spirit NJ possible unless tho coun-
try In In an unsettled state and plr-
tlal war conditions prevail,
The British soldier makes tho ccle-
bration OF Christmas tho chief event OF
the year. and his only regret ls that
the day does not extend over an entire
week
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-12-20
MALEg Enjoy
THE YULETlDE SEASON

Tn thousands OF children In our great
cities are dcnled the Joys attending the
Christmas festivities that those who
have pleasant homes and parents IN
comfortable circumstances enjoy. But
because the homo surroundings are
hacking ono must not jump 20 tho con.
cluslon that the children OF the unfor.
tunates and the waits who are parent.
less or have been driven from homo by
drunken and inhuman parents do not
have their Santa Claus and the other
pleasures that mako Christmas the Joy
aud delight OF childhood the world
over
lr ono were inclined to believe that
Christmas outside the home circle Ia
devoid of all that brings pleasure and
happiness to the child he should visit
one of the great institutions whero the
children of the poor and homeless are
provldcd with the comforts OF life by
the city and the contributions OF the
charitable.
In these homes are housed hundreds
and hundreds OF children. few OF them
over ten years of age, Here ono VIII
see during tho Christmas gayeties a
scene OF happiness that will make him
wish himself child once again and
enter Into the spirit OF the occasion
with the same joyousness and enthu'
slnsm us do those he IL watching. II
Is possible that he might even realize
thnt the presence OF 80 many children
enjoying Christmas together under one
ROOF Is thousand times to be pre-
rcrrcd to the sight Of ono lonely child
Of the rich playing alone with It's toys
with no one but tho nurse 10 look on.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-12-20
CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE.
Little ones Over There Use shoes In.
stead Of Stockings.

klttic oUon oNoF tUofo Oho oUoes tV-
stead Of Stockings.
French children instead OF hanging
up their stockings Christmas eve place
their shoes before the chimney. In
The morning small children will Hnd
toys for their rejoicing. but child
who has arrived at the use OF rensoB
IS more likc'y 10 receive gift OF o
sum Of money and a book. French
Wift books for children. as much as any
other one thing know. mark the vast
difference between American and
French civilization.
These books. as 10 contents. rssem
bic those terribly good books that ages
ago in the United States formed the
substance OF Sunday school libraries.
They are. II not sermons for the young.
then tales OF children so impossjbly
virtuous as to be more insufferabie
than the longest. driest sermon. In
appearance these books exhibit a uni
formlty as tiresome as their contents
They ARE almost invariably bound In
bright red cloth. decorated with ara.
bcsque designs IL vivid gold. and In
size they vary from that OF gospel
hymn book to something pretty nearly
~ large ns the family Bible. The size
~ the book IL regulated according to
the merit OF the child receiving II and
also according to tho heart Of the do
or--Harper's Bazaar.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-12-20
CUT THE RED TAPE.
Sarah 6ernhsrdt's Lesson to eslaiur,'s
Customs officials.

Sarah Bernhardt's Lesson to Belgium,
Customs officials.
la the bad old days not 10 very long
ngO travellers. when they reached the
Belgian frontier. were compelled "a
leave their compartments IN the mid
die OF the night In ordsF 10 be present
at the customs examination Of their
luggage.
A train In which Nine. Barah Bern.
Imrdt wns travelling reached the iron.
tier ut midnight. and the customs OF
iiclnls mnde their customary raid into
her compartment. Roughly awakened
from her beauty sleep and not In the
best or humor. Nina. Bernhardt re-
fused 10 descend
The officials uncoupled the actress
carriage, dumped her luggage on tho
platform and went through II with
conscientious yigor.
by this time the train was about
ready to start.
you are not going TO leave without
mer cried the actress. he no kind
ms TO couple my carriage at once"
"When we have completed our ex.
animation" replied the inspector and
went on rummaging with redoubled
zenl. But he dId not know with whom
he had to deal rhs actress took up
placed II between the
rails few yards In front OF the en-.
gine and calmly seated herself.
"And now" she said. ''you can 20 on
II you please"
The officials were helpless. and the
Bernhnrdt car was attached to the
train. This lesson IN mapners soon
ifterward produced change Ia the
Belgian customs. london Telegraph.