Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-07-07

Of Washington and Alaska elected Of
ficers at the encampment at Spokane
and passed resolution calling atten-
ton to the alleged conditions at the
state soldiers home. William A. Null
Inns, Of Tacoma, was elected depart
ment commander.
AS result of a family quarrel near
Pearl, IA miles southeast of Bridge
port, Claude Tinker killed his mother
and his brother, Frank. He also at
tempted to kill his father, who is a
} well-known rancher in that vicinity,
but did not succeed. He was captured
and lodged in jail at Waterville.
Strikebreakers to the number of $50
have been gathered up in Inland EN-
pire cities and sent out of Spokane
during the last few days to employ
ment on the waterfront at Seattle and
Tacoma, where the labor struggle now
wages over the efforts of stevedores
and longshoremen to secure higher
pay.
J. E. Corlett a9d w. E. Waldo, who
recently purchased the railroad now
being built east out Of Chehalis, have
filed with the secretary of state
amended articles increasing the CAPT.
tai stock of the concern from 100000
to $1,000,0O0 and the name was chang
ed to Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cascade
railway.
Crop conditions at Pacific northwest
points were improved in most Of the
grain centers during the week. The
principal benefits we're secured in the
light land section. Some aid was also
given crops in the so-called heavy land
districts, but in none of these are re.
turns expected to reach those of the
record of 1915.
Attorney General w. H. Tanner has
started suit against the Mountain Tim
Der company, of Kalama, to enforce
the collection Of the industrial insur-
ance fees. The company has fought
the payment of these fees, and, follow
ing verdict against them in the
state court, carried the action to the
United States supreme court.
Regulations for leasing mineral land
on the Spokane Indian reservation
have been approved and the work of
passing on the hundreds of applica-
tons from all parts of the state has
begun. Leases will be in units of 20
acres, no more than four units to one
lessee, except that when a producing
mine is developed four additional un-
its may be leased.
Preparations made by the secretary
of states office for publishing and U.s.
tributing initiative and referendum
measures and one constitutional
amendment to be voted upon this fall,
together with arguments for and
against, forecast the production of a
campaign volume of approximately 200
pages at fixed cost of 5000 per page
for an edition of 100000.
A large mortgage, covering nearly
100 printed pages, was filed for record
with the Clarke county auditor at
Vancouver. 1t was given by the Crown
Willamette Paper company to the Con-
tinental & Commercial Trust & Saw
ings bank and Frank H. Jones, trus-
tees, of Chicago, to secure the issu-
ance of 100000 in bonds, due at
various times between 1917 and 1896
The Puyallup valley was swept by
the worst electric and rain storm it
has ever known Friday. 1t became so
dark just before the storm broke that
street lights we're necessary and the
heavy thunder, lightning and high
wind were accompanied by rain which
flooded fields, streets and easements
and laid low raspberry bushes, pota-
toes and small trees. Forty-four hun
dredths inch of rain fell in Is minutes
A plan for insuring the school dis
trict against payment of damages for
injuries sustained inside or outside
the public schools, on playground ap-
paratus or otherwise, for an annual
premium Of from $1,000 to $500, &C.
cording to the exact terms of the pol
icy, is under consideration by the
school directors of North Yakima, and
If accepted, will result in the restor-
ing Of the playground apparatus and
continuance of school athletics.
Fire on pier II, known generally as
the Oriental dock, at the foot of Vir-
ginia street. in Seattle, destroyed the
pier and its warehouse, which was &C.
cupied by the United States army quar-
termaster's department, and w. F.
jain & Co.. dealers in building mater
ial, hay ana Srain. Large quantities
OF army supplies in the warehouse
were destroyed. An unidentified boy
about II years old, standing in front
of the state armory on top of a bluff
a block distant, watching the fire, was
struck by fragment of a bursting
shell and instantly killed. The finan-
cial loss Of the fire is estimated at
100000.
Cranberry Apple Sauce.
A French Canadian guide came into
camp greatly excited. He had hand
full of wild cranberries. which he ex.
hibited with pride.
"You know the n'P cranberrie?" he