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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27
THE BUDGET
SEEMS AMPLE
Expenditures of First Month
Under New Budget Shows
Funds are Conserved
STATEMENT BY MAYOR
Estimate of Citizens Com
mittee Appear to Have
Been Well Founded

Taking an inventory, on account of
stock as it were, Mayor Eugene
France demonstrates the service rem
dered the city by the citizens COM
mittee last fall in reducing the esti-
mates as called for by the depart
ments and practically Q. K'd. by the
council.
Mayor France had had statement
prepared by each department for the
month of January, and comparing it
with the sum allowed. OF course,
this is the first month under the new
budget, but, even at that, the showing
is not only satisfactory, but the pre-
cedent of the mayor in publishing it,
will have it's wholesome influence in
future months as he will doubtless
continue the process of publicity. The
statement, which follows shows that
every department had labored faith
fully to keep within the expenditure
allotted:
Clerks Observation-Disclosures allow
ance, $3,1S32O: average expense
monthly, $265.26; expense since Jan.
1, $44555; balance in department
fund, s2,73765.
Treasurer-budget allowance, $2,-
S65; average monthly, S23775; Janu-
ary cost, s2O1.45; balance, $2.66355.
City Attorney-budget, $4,000; ave
rage monthly, $1S3.25; January cost.
$175; balance, $2,O25.
Police judge-budget, $1,15O; ave.
rage monthly, $3.50; January cost,
$50; balance $1,O64.
Engineer-budget, $4,000; average
monthly, $3.50; January cost, $729.76;
balance, $S,274.24.
City property assessments-budget
$1,50O; average monthly, $125; jan
uary cost, $391.72; balance, $1,208.28.
Police-budget, $16,344.9S; average
monthly, 1882; January cost, $1,11O.-
40; balance, $15,233.98.
Fire department-budget. $27,740;
average monthly, $2,312; January cost
including new auto pumper, $6,92O.53; !;
balance, $20,S19.47
Streets and bridges-budget, $32,.
446.50; average monthly, $2,7O3.85; /;
January cost, $2,534.35; balance. $780,.
|91215.
Lighting-budget, $4,000; average
monthly. $1,25O; January cost, $1,357.-
Al; balance, $13,642.59.
Printing legals-budget, $1,000; ave-
rage monthly, s63.SO; January cost,
s31.9s; balance s96S.O2.
Filing cases-budget, $780, Janu-
airy cost, s4OO25; balance. $99.75.
Claims and judgments-budget, s3,
600; average monthly, $3.50; January
cost, $780, balance, $4,000.
Plumbing spector-budget, $40:
average monthly, $64; January cost
SEQ; balance $40.
Health - budget, $500; average
monthly, $125; January cost, $154.55;
balance, $1,345.45.
General expenses-budget, $13.15O;
average monthly. s1095.S0; January
cost, $46519; balance S12,6S5.S1.
Water department-budget, $4,000;
average monthly, $3,OSS; January
cost, S2,41234; balance, $34,647.66.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27
Warden Henry Drum Has |ndu0urdted Methods
That Make For Saving of Manhood
As Well As Money
SQUARE DEAL and ENCOURAGEMENT
Strict DiSCipIinarian, lie Has Faculty Of Ia-
StiIIing a Sense of Responsibility
Into COnYiCtS

many men who by force of circum-
stances or the influence of bad COM
panions are led into committing
crimes, without any real criminal in
tent and whether these men are hard
ened or reformed by term in the
penitentiary depends largely upon the
treatment they receive while there
AS long as an inmate shows dispo-
sition to obey the rules, to make the
best of his condition, and gives evi-
dence of a genuine desire to reform,
the warden believes in encouraging
him and treating him like a man who
has made a mistake rather than as
a confirmed criminal. With this idea
in view he has abolished the rule
requiring the heads of all inmates
to be shaven and applies it only to
those who conduct deserves punish
ment. He has assumed the attitude
of guardian and adviser, rather than
goaler. to his wards, provided they
show themselves worthy of such con-
sideration and will tolerate no bru-
tality or injustice in the treatment
of the prisoners by his subordinates.
His aim is to stimulate the self re-
spect of the inmates and to fit them
to make good when they leave the
institution, instead of to COW and
, harden them and make them feel that
they are social outcasts with no hope
for the future. But beneath the silk
en- glove is an iron hand and the pris-
oner who does not strictly obey the
rules and demonstrate that he is
worthy of the efforts to help and en-
courage him is quickly deprived Of
all privileges and rigidly disciplined.
That a large majority of the in
mates deeply appreciate Mr.. Drums
attitude is demonstrated by the excel
lent discipline which they manifest
in the reputation of the institution
and the pride which they show in
doing their work well and cheerfully.
The whole atmosphere of the peni-
tentiary is changed. The inmates no
longer stink about with shaven heads
hanging and eyes averted, like sullen
animals with hatred and viciousness
in their hearts, but walk erect, with
an air of self respect in their bearing
and the light of hope in their
faces. They feel the responsibility
of maintaining order instead of leav-
ing it to the armed guards, and re-
gard the warden as a helpful coun-
cilor rather than a hated tyrant.
Little has been said about the rec
ord which Warden Drum is making,
because he is quiet, .unassuming
man who devotes all his time to his
duties and does not try to pose as
reformer, to seek newspaper motor
iety or to cut dash in society. New
ertheless, he is doing a great work
and rendering the most valuable of
all services to society, restoring the
manhood and making good citizens of
those who have gone wrong.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27
ECONOMY BY PROXY
Councilman Empey States the Situa-
ton Clearly in Talking Economy
in City Affairs

maybe you are not aware of the
fact" said Councilman James Empey
the other day, "but it is costing this
city $2516 a day for clerk hire. J.,
as one of the heavy taxpayers, am
opposed to this heavy expense and !
am going to fight for decrease in all
departments. / do not care who
criticises me- | feel | am right and
so feeling / am going ahead"
Councilman Empey went on TO
enumerate the clerical force in the
city hall, from the treasurer to the
clerk, and upstairs to the engineer 5
Office. He bases his figures on 2G
days to the month.
Don't cut my salary" is the Cry
of this official and that official, ac
cording to Mr.. Empey. "If l can
have my way the salary of every
one of them will be reduced. 1t was
necessary to begin somewhere, sc
the start was made on the treasurer
The idea of Aberdeen paying clerks
nearly $700 month! Does Ho
quiam do it? Well, l guess not. w.
who have to foot the bills have &
kick coming and we are going tt
kick"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27

When Henry Drum was chosen
warden of the Walla Walla peniten-
tiary, it was prophesied that he would
make good. We felt that Henry Drum
would be an ideal man for the posi-
ton and from the tone Of the papers
in the state, some of the others are
now seeing what we predicted would
happen. Below we give an editorial
from the Pullman Herald, an indie
pendent paper. You will note that
Mr.. Drum realizes that he is there
to do all in his power to give the
men and women in his charge good
food and something to occupy their
time.
Few people in the state realize
what great work is being accom-
plished at the penitentiary in Walla
Walla by Henry Drum, the new war
den Not only is he making prepara-
tions to save the taxpayers a good
deal of money, but what is better,
he is inaugurating methods which
will result in making good citizens
of many of the inmates.
The penitentiary has 100 acres of
land, but for some reason good deal
of it not occupied by the buildings
has been allowed to lie idle. Mr..
Drum is arranging to put every foot
of this land in cultivation. He is
having it leveled so that it can be
irrigated and is removing the debris
from the site of the old brick yard
and jute mill. This reclaimed and
will make a splendid place for vege.
table garden and potato field, where
most of the vegetables used in the
institution can be raised. The war
den has also planned and has con-
structed an up-to-date hog raising
plant, where enough pigs can be pro-
duced to supply the inmates with
fresh pork and ham and bacon. He
proposes to use more smoked meat
and less fresh beef in the peniten-
tiary diet. A we'll arranged and up
to-date poultry plant has also been
constructed, and the herd of COWS Of
the institution will be enlarged and
improved. All these improvements
are being made in thoroughly prac-
tical way at very little cost, except
for the concrete and small amount
of new lumber used in the construc-
ton. The warden proposes to make
the farm paying proposition, where
up-to-date methods are used, but no
costly experiments are tried.
But Mr.. Drums greatest work is
being accomplished by the reforms
which he is inaugurating within the
walls of the institution. He is q
strict disciplinarian, but believes that
a square deal and a little sympathy
and encouragement will make good
citizens of many of the inmates, who,
because of inexperience or weakness,
have made mistakes, which required
punishment In his opinion there are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27
COUNTY TAX STATEMENTS

MONTESANO, Feb. 26.-There is
going to be an awful rush for tax
statements during the next week or
two and those who want to get them
before their taxes go delinquent
would do well to get their orders in
in a hurry. Taxes go delinquent
March Is. Taxes paid prior to that
time on real estate get a rebate of
3 per cent. After April l all taxes
draw Is per cent interest. Treasurer
McGillicuddy says that there has
been a great falling off in demands
for tax statements lately although
only a few, comparatively, have been
sent out.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27

RAYMOND, Feb. 24.-John Berk.
shire was fearfully slashed about the
face and head at the Hotel Raymond
tonight and M. l.. Hull, guest in
the house, is under arrest charged
with the assault. One cut extended
from the left eye to the chin, anoth-
er across the face and third is an
ugly cash across the forehead. Four
teen stitches were needed to close
up the gaping wounds
According to Mr. Berkshire's state
ment, he learned that Hull had a
woman in his room. He told Hull
that he must have her leave the
house or he would call an officer. Hull
refused and Berkshire went to call
an officer. While he was at the
desk, Hull called from his room and
asked him to come up. as he wanted
to talk. Berkshire consented and he
claims that Hull attacked him with
the knife as soon as he reached the
hall. His clothes were also cut in
several places.
Hull was arrested by Officer Ches-
ter and later turned over to a deputy
sheriff, who took him to South Bend
He is an advertising solicitor. and
has been in town for the past month
getting out telephone card.
Berkshire formerly conducted the
Olympus and Donnelly hotels in Ia
coma and the Mitchell in Olympia.
He opened the Raymond hotel two
years ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27

All the news all the time in the HsratA-e
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27

The Herald tells II al.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27

Continued on page u.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-27
HULL USES KNIFE
ON HOTEL MAN
Advertising Man Well Known
On Grays Harbor Slashes
Raymond Hotel Man

M. L. Hull, an advertising man
who made Aberdeen his headquarters
for several months, leaving here about
January l, with few wiser if sad
der men as his creditors, has got in
to serious trouble in Raymond, ac-
cording to the following press dis.
patch:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-11-05
THE .JEFFER SONTAN
PAGE NINE
The PIG Into Which gERe Politics
OF Georgia Have Fallen.

I AWLESSNESS breeds lawlessness
When public opinion condones one
crime, another is halfway promoted.
Not the severity, but the certainty of pun
ishment is what deters the evil minded.
Honest newspapers, holding maefactors up
to public odlum, are as powerful as the courts
in preventing wrong.
A pulpit which is fearless, and which lashes
vice Of all sorts, making the rich criminaL
feel touch Of the wrath which no hush
money can assuage, is boon to any CON-
munity.
Ever since returning to my old home IN
1876 to hang out my shingle as a lawyer, and
to enter in earnest the fight of life, I have
been interested in politics.
AU citizens sh0u5d BE- In a self-governiEg
country, all men are responsible for the goa-
eTnn2ent
AS soon as I could vote, I began to do 1t.
AS soon as | had any opinions, Slogan 10
talk up for them. That was my right and
1t is yours.
From the gubernatorial convention of 1889.
down to that of 1914, [ have noticed with a
live citizens keen interest, what was going
Candor compels me to say that politics III
Georgia are on lower plane than I have ever
known them.
We split all to pieces in 1880 on the ridicu4
lous Two-thirds rule. which lost Champ Clark
the Presidency 80 years later.
had seen what that fool rule could do;
and everybody should have remembered whaE
it did to us in 1860; but Champ Clark was
true Bourbon Democrat, and lie refused to Re
EARNED.
While our Convention of 1880 split up,
there was no charge of fraud, none of bribery.
none of trust-betrayed.
voc on bo.,nct c,,1oy1o1 o,,1 q fair Hot
In the subsequent Conventions, we never
heard of notwithstanding.
We never heard of such a faxed tie-vote, as
was stacked on j. j. Brown in the Convention
Of 1912
We never heard of a minority -represenf-
ing $4,000 white Demonstrating refused
recognition and voice ON the floor of a Demo-
cratic Convention, as Hoke Smith refused il
to the Joe Brown men in 1910.
We never heard Of Credentials Commit
tee operating a steam roller, like that of the
Republicans at Chicago, and changing the
makeup of the Convention, as was done att
Macon, this year.
Wenever heard of that new rule of morality
that authorizes a County Chairman, who is
an enemy to the successful candidate, to ap-
point delegates who are also enemies to the
successful candidate.
In other words, we never before knew that
a candidate who fairly carried certain coua-
ties would have to depend on his enemies i'm
those counties, when he came to the Stale,
Convention.
That morality was first announced by little
Badly Harris in 1912.
Little Badly is the asiduous ape of HoSa
Smith.
Under this new dispensation, we have seem
the will of the people contemptuously defed~
The bosses meet in Convention, stack the
cards, deal to suit themselves, and then defy
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-11-05
Let Us Talk Sense, About For
efgn Missions.

1t IS the season of casting up accounts, to
see where we stand.
LII we have been spending beyond our
means, we must face the facts bravely, and
save the situation by cutting down the outgo.
Above all, we must try to see things as they
are, and not as we would have them
1t IS not to the advantage of any man, any
church, any nation to persist IN dezess5on.
we saw all Christendom 90 crazy for more
than 200 years, on the subject of capturing
the empty tomb of Jesus Christ
1T was delusion, acasn't it.?
We saw the world hunt witches from CEN
tury to century, and burn them without
mercy, by the hundreds
1t was a delusion, acosn't H9
we saw the religious fanatics get together
In bands, and 90 bowling from place to place
IN Europe, fogging themselves cruelty, until
the blood dripped to the ground
1t was delusion, aoas,et 1T?
We ourselves are children of the same flesh
and we are just as prone to 60 astray
ALL OF us n0aO see that the Puritans of Salem
should not have hanged those witches, but the
Pur1tans couldn't see it.
All of us noeO see that those Crusades were
wild, useless waste of life and treasure, but
the Crusaders couldn't see it,
Will we ever realize that we ourselves have
OAe1Ay
leges, gymnasiums, hospitals. zindergartens
and orphanages for colored races, beyond the
wide seas?
God in Heaven! When wretchedness. ig-
norance, irreligion, vice, crime black despair
are all around us, what do we mean by leaving
our own kith and kin to die in squalor and
gloom, while we go philandering up and down
the far distant nations with our charities our
educational institutions, and our civiliZing
care?
Ten thousand poor boys in every State beg
and plead for help toward an educational up
lift, start in life, and we harden our hearts
to these boys while we gather up the ducats
for the Chinese.
Ten thousand ambitious girls knock at the
doors of normal and training schools in every
State in this Union, piercing the closed por-
tails with petitions that are enough to make
the angels weep, but we deafen our ears to
these girls, while we pile up the money that
Is to educate and train the daughters of the
Japs and the Hindus!
IF that kind of thing isn't a delusion, then
tell me what can be?
The destitute young wife of a Chnaman,
in China, feeling the approach Of the ordeal
of childbirth, sees the open door of the Mis-
sion hospital and goes there for the critical
hour in every mothers life.
The destitute young wife of an American,
IN America, sees no such rest and refuge, no
such free hospital to help her through the
awful hour; and the consequence may be that
both mother and child perish for lack of care
and comfort
There was sent to me few days ago the
Mss. of book which learned Hindu gen
teman has written on Foreign Missions, as
he has known them in india
This gentleman lives at Bombay, and is so
prominent and honored in his own country
lnn, l.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-11-05

Able Dubois, Roman Catholic missionary.
1t is composed of series of letters, qcritten
from Bombay, In the year 1915.
Isn't is marvellous thing that this Catho-
lie missionary who worked long and faith
fully on the Hinous, q hasndred gears ago,
should give exactly the same evidence as that
given by impartial travellers of today and
by the Hindu gentleman whose book mean
to publish?
What better testimony could the case admit
Of? What more do you need2
My coUntrymen let me tell YOU this:
The only evidence favorable to the present
scalp-bonnty system are the missionaries, the
Boards, the subsidized papers, and the dupes
who believe these interested acit1eesscs
Globe trottino politicians don't count: they
only pay pop call at some station where due
preparation has been made to show them the
fine condition of the school, the kindergarten,
the print-shop, the experimental farm, the
hospital and the free medicine dispensary.
Miss Laura Haygood. after her last visit
to the home folks IN Georgia bluntIy said
that living was more comfortable in China,
and this good lady missionary hiked right
back to where she could hire three Chinl
servants for half dollar day, and pay them
with mission money.
Young j. Allen lived as sumptuously
abroad in the Mission field as any .. S. am
bassador; and it was not long ago that a
Z. S. officer, on visit to Georgia, told some
of my relatives that he had meyer been en-
tertained more elegantly by anybody, than by
this great missionary, Young J. Allen.
Brother Allen paid for it out OF the mission
funds
Much discussion has followed the report Of
the failure of the foreign mission work IN
France.
The Christian Standard, of Cincinnati,
published the report. and the paper deserves
great credit for its honesty in doing so.
Missionary Alfred E. Seldom made the re-
port, and he deserves great credit for his
honesty in doing so.
What was the gist of that report?
It was, That the mission fa3ed, 2cAom the
money gaze ont.
Brethren, all this foreign mission work is
rotten to the core.
The people who give the money are honest,
but dezuded
The local preachers who beg for the money
are honest, bat dezuded.
The denominatonal papers are not honest,
because they know the whole system is reek-
ing with greed fraud and failure-adld these
papers q00nt publish the t'uthr as. reported
bv honest missionaries like DR.. Crawford Dr.
Milburn, Dr. Carpenter, DR.. Bauer and Rev.
I. t. McCrea.
The Boards are not honest, for they keep
on trying to perpetuate the delusion. when
they know that the system is a CHASTITY fail
ure.
The foreign missionaries who write those
rosy reports in to the Boards and the papers,
are not honest, because they best Of al know
that those rosy reports are packs of lies!
Excuse nae for being plain spoken: it is
sometimes best
''Socialists and Socialism" by Thos E.
Wotc0n. hoc q. vast amount of nf0rn1a tiOn of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-11-05

socialists and Socialism, by Thos E.
Watson, has a vast amount Of information of
interest and value to those who think they
know what Socialism stands for. Price Soc
The Jefersonian Pub Co., Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-11-05

The Handbook of Politics by Thos. e.
Watson, is book every American citizen
should read. Contains every party platform;
fourth edition. almost exhausted Price, SOC.
The Jefersonian Publishing Company,
Thomson, Ga.
The Detroit times., 1914-09-17
BOARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE
Detroit, Sept IS. isia
NOTICE. PAVING.
ASSESSMENT
Paving Notice No. 1893.
KING AVENUE.

To Jacob Breitmeyer Mrs. c. r..
Moore. Jas, II. Yates. Allan saunby]
w. H. Linaburg. Hugo Soherer, George
X Bates. Edwin y. Adams, Jacob H.
holcomb, Mrs, None coullsh. Paul G]
Foss. M. Ida Todd. Fred ". Knack.
Jas. =. Holden. Harry o. stewart, Ed
Newton +. j. Seller. sophia Kraus 4
mann. Jesse l.. Willis, Nm. McCor1
mick. Frank q. LATER, Chas. Geist, Geol
A. Taylor, w. l.. and A. Casweii Geo
w. Hartman. Nicholas Lapinski. &. RI
Boldrick. Flora ID. Van Witzleben. I'll
II. Barnard. and To all other persons
owning, occupying or otherwise Inter
ested in any OF the lois and premises
fronting on King avenue. I'm said City|
OF Detroit within the limits hereinafte1
mentioned. The Common Council Of
the city. OF Detroit. having ordered Sd
much or King avenue. from the ca 81
line OF Beaubien street to the west
ffne of Oakland apenue,-to-be-g radef(
and paved, notice IL hereby given thai
an assessment has been made upon all
the lots and premises fronting on said
King avenue and liable to be assessed
for said Improvement under the prod
visions OF the city charter, and that 4
roll OF said assessment Is now conf
pleted. and Will remain at the assessl
ors' office I'm the city OF Detroit fronI
the date hereof until Sept. 20, 1914. fo}
the inspection OF all persons concerned
therein.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
By Daniel l.. Dilworth.
A-S61 President.