Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-07-21

Admissions at the state reformatory
at Monroe we're only 80 for the first
six months of 1916, as compared with
1872 for the corresponding period of
1915, said w. H. Cochran of the state
board of control
DIR. A. Royal McKeown of Leaven-
worth, accused of unlawfully issuing
prescriptions for whisky to laborers
who engaged in a drunken brawl near
Leavenworth on June 20, was acquit-
ted before Justice MARI.
According to an arrangement made
by Frank H. Lamb, chairman of the
Elks parade at the state meeting in
.. Hoquiam next month, the place of hon.
or at the head of the procession will
be given the Elks from Portland.
Elaborate preparations are under
way by the Aberdeen lodge of Elks for
helping the HoQuiam lodge entertain
more than 1000 visitors expected on
Grays Harbor August II, IS, and 10,
for the annual state reunion of Elks.
Paul Dethoor, one of the most wide
ly known Jesuit missionaries in the
Pacific Northwest and for several
years assistant rector of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, Seat
tie, died after an illness of several
months.
With a monster elk head attached
to the head of the locomotive, and
hundreds of yards of purple and white,
their colors, special train from Van.
couver will bear Vancouver Elks to
the annual state convention next
month In HoQuiam.
Members Of the Seattle police de-
partment are preparing for threat.
ened upheaval. following the charge
Of Mayor Hiram c. Gill that evidence
Of cowardice and failure to perform
their duty on the waterfront had been
lodged against the officers.
Milan r. Dump, a Spokane boy, and
graduate Of the old South Side high
school. has become chief engineer of
the Doherty syndicate, owning gas pub
lie utilities plants throughout the
United States, among them the Spo.
kane Falls Gaslight company.
Two men were shot, but not danger
ously wounded, and q third was sc.
verely beaten, during fight between
Is non.union longshoremen and strike
sympathizers at the Pike Place public
market in Seattle. Several other men
received less serious injuries.
Three townsites have been laid out
on the Colville Indian reservation and
will be sold by the government in par.
cells. The townsites are situated at
Omak. Nespelem and Aston, and the
lots comprising them will be offered
at auction sales early in August.
The old settlers Of southwest Wash
ington are to have their reunion and
picnic August 10 at Rochester, in
southern Thurston county. A big fea-
ture of the day will be the picnic din
ner. Governor Lister and other prom
inent men Of the state will speak.
Pullman is promised a large manu-
featuring plant by "RYrgett,s IRcor-
porated," an organization perfected for
the purpose of manufacturing kitchen
knives under patent secured by Ar.
thur R. Burnett of Seattle, a son-in-
law of Charles E. Maynard of Cotton.
May Barnard Wiltse, of Spokane,
who claims to have discovered pro-
cess for transmitting silver into gold,
with the aid of Senator Jones secured
authority to conduct experiments and
demonstrate her process in the labora-
tories in the mint bureau at Washing
ton.
An order was placed by Lincoln
county for $4,000 gallons of fuel oil
with which to oil 10 miles of perman-
nent highway. The stretch between
Davenport and Harrington, a three
mile stretch east of Davenport and an
equal length from Reardan west will
be oiled.
Residents of Klickitat county
across the river from The Dalles, Ore,
are receiving liquor shipments in Ore
gon, according to the affidavits filed
with the county clerk at The Dalles.
Whether any of these residents also
receive liquor in Klickitat county is
not known.
The sixth annual Pacific Coast con-
vention Of the Baptist Young Peoples
societies held its first formal meeting
in Spokane at the First Baptist church.
A. R. Heron of Los Angeles presided
and Mayor c. A. Fleming, assisted by
Miss Spokane, gave the city's address
of welcome.
Although the opening day for filing
declarations of candidacy to federal
and state offices fell on Friday, the
18th, the ominous day had no terrors
| for score of candidates for nomina-
| ton, including one for governor, two
for United States senator and several
| for congress, the first installment re-
ceived containing 13 names. Only one
democrat filed, this being George E.
| Cotterill, candidate for representative
| in congress for the first district,
which is composed largely of Seattle.