Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-02-18
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation of Our Readers.

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nation of Our Readers.
Prospects are bright for six clubs
In the Northwestern Baseball League.
Arrangements are being made to
purchase site for city park at Ken
uewick.
Seattle has been chosen as the meet
ing place for the progressive state
convention.
1t has been decided to retain the
Cascade Interstate Stock show at
North Yakima.
Walla Walla was cut off from out
side communication by floods in every
stream in the valley.
The annual extension course was
conducted at North Yakima by the
state college with an attendance Of
$50 farmers.
Road Supervisor John Morris de-
clares the damage to roads in Car
field county from the late floods will
reach $4,000.
Great Northern westbound fast mail
No. II was wrecked at Rock Island by
running into an open switch. No pas
sengers were injured.
Resolutions condemning the La Fol
lette seamens bill and demanding it's
repeal were adopted by the manufac
tuners association Of Seattle.
Notwithstanding adverse weather
onditions that have stopped logging
nd blocked shipments, mills in
olympia are working full crews.
John Sanki, an engineer, has serious
injuries and the power house Of mine
uulnlser SIX at Carbonate, is in ruins
following slide of earth and rock.
On account of the heavy snowfall
This winter and the fact that they can
obtain no food in the foothills jack
rabbits have appeared in great droves
at Richland.
More than 200 taxpayers of Chelan
county have organized the Chelan
County Taxpayers League, to reduce
taxes-municipal, road, school dis
trict and county.
The Kennewick commercial club has
adopted a resolution favoring the es-
Establishment of government nava!
base of the first class at the mouth of
the Columbia river.
The republican state central COM
mittee has decided to hold the state
convention for election of II delegates
to the republican national calvention
at North Yakima on April 30.
When the registration books closed
at Seattle for the municipal primary
the latter part of this month and the
city election early in March 76,34S
names were on the rolls.
r. C. Bell, of the Columbia Logging
company, has purchased the holdings
Of the Portland Lumber company at
Crays River. This camp is one Of
the largest on the Pacific Coast.
Hay in the Wenatchee district has
reached the highest level in years.
Alfalfa is selling for $24 ton; tim.
thy. whenever it can be procured, for
20 ton, and wheat hay for the same
rice.
Recording gain of $103,1S2, $50 as
compared with 1914, Seattle's water.
borne commerce for 1915 reached a
tnta' of ss57.7s2.3sS, according to the !
annual report of Port Warden A. A.
Paysee.
The actual number of boxes of stan |
dard graded apples shipped from the
Wenatchee district, comprising three |
counties. to date during the current
apple year, is 4456, according to the
growers league
Increase of per cent in the pay of |
all employees of the Tacoma Smelling
@confpany has been announced. This is
che second general advance in the last
half year. 10 per cent having beenadd-
ed about six months ago.
The Pacific Power & Light company
has authorized expenditure of $4,000
In construction and repair of concrete
drains over its Papato canal to pre-
vent surface water from contaminat-
ing North Yakima's water supply.
The city of Seattle in federal court
'signed a stipulation agreeing to pay
$3.50 and costs to the Tacoma Tug &
Issxrus company as damages for loss
Of the company's barge in the dyna-
mite explosion in Seattle harbor last
May.
Hurled beneath an avalanche Of
shifting mud which swept down from
the bluff overhanging their home, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Quincy were killed
at Seattle. Six houses were wrecked
and four persons were injured in later
Aides.
One hundred milliners representing !
Washington and Idaho at meeting in !
Seattle organized the Pacific Coast |
Retail Milliners' association. The OBJ |
ject INF the association is to promote
efficiency and cooperation on the
part of its members.
Plans are under way for the con-
struction of new athletic field at
the University OF Washington. The