Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-19
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST

Lumber cargo shipments from Grays
Harbor for April totaled 2S,760,O00
feet and were carried in 3S ships,
making water shipments for that
month the best since June, 1915.
At joint meeting of good roads
boosters of Winlock and Vader, plans
were made for residents of the two
towns turning out May 16, Good Roads
day, for work ON the road connecting
the towns.
Twelve million feet of timber is to
be removed from the site of the
kaches reservoir in the Cascades, by
w. w. Pettijohn. Pettijohn has en-
tered into contract with the govern
nient to do the work, which is expect.
ed to occupy two years.
Captain John L.. Anderson, head of
the Anderson shipyards at Seattle, has
stated that he had been requested by
Seattle and Portland men to submit
figures for building four lumber car
riers of auxiliary power schooner type
to carry each 100000 feet.
President Wilson has signed the pro-
clamation opening to entry more than
100000 acres on the COlville Indian
reservation. Those desiring to take
q chance at the land lottery will reg
lister at Spokane, Wenatchee, Wilbur,
Omak, Republic or Colville.
The Yakima county game commits
sion has declared a closed season on
sage hens for three years, beginning
this year, and has directed Game War.
den Frank Bryant to secure supply
Of hens to replenish the stock, which
was nearly exterminated last season.
A floating drydock, capable Of hand
ling ships up to 5000 tons, will be
constructed by j. F. Duthie & Co.,
shipbuilders, in the east waterway Of
Seattle harbor, at a cost of 100000.
Plans have been completed, and the
dock will be in operation within five
months.
The J. J. Kelley drugstore, ct 1913
First avenue, Seattle, and the adjoin-
ing soft drink establishment, also own
ed by Kelley, were wrecked by squad
of police armed with sledges, axes,
hammers and picks. Damage estirn-
ated at about $4,000 were wrought
by the wrecking crew.
John L. Watkins, years old, whose
mother is dead and whose father aban-
doned him, was operated on at North
Yakima at the county's expense for
an injury to his head. The child has
given the authorities considerable
trouble and physicians advised an op-
Grafton to cause a moral change.
At Marcus, 100 miles north of Spo-
kane, the postoffice and two general
stores were robbed. The safes in the
postoffice and stores were blown open
and the total amount obtained by the
robbers was 1925 in cash and notes
valued at $1,000. 1t is believed the
robbers escaped in an automobile.
Work on the Northern Pacific ex-
! tension from Grandview to Gibbon is
under way Large crews of men have
| pitched camp at the lower end of the
work and are busy The branch line
is to be ballasted this summer, and
with the heavier steel ordered, will
be capable of handling mainline traf-
fic.
Governor Lister has said that he
would remove two and probably three
members of the state industrial in
surance commission, which has been
much criticised because Of the alleged
lax management of the commissioners,
as a result of which more than 500 1000
was stolen from the commissions
funds.
Six Austrian fishermen held in Gus
tody by Lummi Indian police ON the
reservation were released under prom
Use that they will appear before the
Federal Court commissioner May IL
to answer to the charge of fishing H.
legally in reservation waters. Such
charges were preferred against them
by the Indians.
Frank J. Miller, chairman of the
Oregon public service commission,
and H. H. Hoven, chief engineer of
the commission, were in Seattle to
assist Chairman Charles A Reynolds
and Engineer T. H. Phipps. of the
Washington public service commits