Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-06-16
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
The U. S. Public Health Service has reduced
typhoid fever 80 per cent in some communities
Peddng whisky side line to the express bust
ness bids fair to be nipped in the bud in this city.
A new commandment give unto you, that you
do unto others you would have them do unto you
but do them first.
There's party in Hoquiam by the name of St.
Peter in the hotel business. One wonders why man
with St. Peters reputation should want to get tangled
up in Hoquiam He will find it quite different from
acting as doorkeeper at the entrance to the New
Jerusalem. Perhaps he has been reading some of the
literature published by the Hoquiam Chamber of
Commerce.
THE PEOPLE DOWN THE BOSSES.
God, man and the devil hate liar, and it takes a
very smooth article to be successful in this role The
building of our new water project certainly has been
the aabsorbing topic of the day and the meeting at
the City Hall Wednesday night will long be remem-
bered
The question in nutshell is as follows: When the
question was agitated for water supply, there
was very much difference of opinion and both sides
had sane and sensible arguments the question The
one great argument that really caused the bonds to be
carried and the election to win for the water project
was that our oaVn people aOere to be employed by dan
tGoor ON the project and every dollars acorth of goods
should be bought as far possible IN Aberdeen Thus
to the writer, 1--WE shall have the new water supply
and the money too and we said good biz, go ahead"
Now the following persons knowing all this, have
deemed 1t proper and wise to ignore these ante elec
reasons for doing so
j. M BOWES
w. J. EGERER,
A. S. BRECHT,
J. D. WALKER
j. EMPEY,
w. H. McWHINNEY
Of course there was large size senegambian
concealed in the woodpe." The lumber interests
openly and under cover fought the idea of paying day
labor for the project former promises and agreements
not 6other.g them where the dollar is Concerned
The reason for their bitterness the fact that as
is to be the day wage, the mill will have to paw the
same wage or go without help and their $3.50, $175
and S2OO day wage will 60 a glimmering. The
statement by the mill men that they are hiring all men
as they apply for work is moonshine and piffe The
TACT the lumber industry fast heading to the point
IN this section where they will not have single friend
IN the community and as usual the water question had
to be fought to make suit their interests but nh;c
opinion was aroused and the plain people won here is
the roll OF honor those who stood by their prediction
promises:
MAYOR ]. M. PHILLIPS,
: JNO w. FRASER,
JAMES McMASTER,
= A. J. GRANT, . .-.'-r
~~ E. c.. MCKNIGHT,
E. E. WEILAND,
ANTON PISTA.
1t is widely known that te-up of all lumber in
terests is anticipated in the near future There's
bad strike condition ahead of U.S. and this water pro-
Ject would seem prOvdential occurrence to tide us
over a distressing period.
The argument that it will cost more by day labor
is subterfuge, there's particular howl at the thou
sands of dollars Of interest being paid for money not
used then why such righteous howl about our work
ing men getting few dollars in wages, out of the
project When will capital realize that the great wage
working class has rights well as themselves It is
about time that the expressed statement ito hell with
Aberdeen all we want is logging camp and saw
mil was changed by the mill men and capitalists to
something more reasonable and right.
In conclusion the remarks by Geo. j. Wolff that
we all forget our differences and pull together for our
City's good is timely and wise.
We are glad that one minister of the Gospel had
the temerty to stand up and say few words for the
right and the people, viz. Rev. T. H. Simpson
of the Presbyterian church
At the time of the election the opposition got out
some printed matter and it is surprising how almost
all the questions involved in the points they made have
arisen, the day labor item being one Of them.