Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-02-04
NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE


Pacific county, that within the next
30 days their camps would be opened
to full capacity, which will mean the
employment of about 200 additional
men.
Provided with search warrants,
Sheriff Murphy and his deputies made
general cleanup of North Yakima
and vicinity looking for liquor. The
largest quantity found consisted of 80
barrels of fermented grape juice and
other liquor on the ranch Of Louis
Bourbon, in the Selah valley.
County Superintendent A. Canter-
bury of Chehalis county has devised
plans for one-room school building,
which he hopes to see adopted as a
uniform plan for such buildings. State
Superintendent Josephine Preston has
approved the plans, which are recon-
mended highly also by architects.
Ice in the Columbia river, formed
during the last few days, may post
pone the final completion of the inter
state bridge at Vancouver, but to what
extent cannot be estimated. The Pa
cific Bridge company will probably
pay several thousand dollars on &C.
count of the storm in time lost, dam
age done and extra work.
| Work is we'll under way ON the first
unit in Skamania county of the new
North Bank Highway, passing through
Clarke and Skamania counties and
parallel on the Washington shore to
Oregons famous Columbia River
Highway. The road is already built
through Clarke county, and as far as
Washougal is what is known as State
Highway No. s.
| Provisions for the investigation of
the adaptability of all varieties of
trees for hills and in central Wash
ington were taken by the board of re-
gents of Washington State college at
a special meeting. The Investigations
will be conducted by the department
of forestry and the steps were taken
upon the recommendation of Profess
sor Frank G. Miller, head of the de-
| partment.
| Senator Jones of Washington has
introduced bill in congress for the
construction of highway from Cedar
creek ranger station in Skamania
county to euler postoffice at the head
Of Trout lake. An initial apprOpria
ton of $4,000 is asked for in the bill
The distance of the proposed road
would be about 25 miles through a
scenic country including Goose lake,
| Petersen prairie ard the ice and lava
caves.
One hundred thousand dollars in
cash is the demand of Sheriff Robert
Hodge in suit filed in the super
Tor court at Seattle, for the statement
Of w. E. Boeing, president of the
Greenwood Timber company, in claim
filed in which Boeing goes on record
as saying Sheriff Hodge, in his return
If the raid he made January 10 on the
Boeing residence at the Highlands,
failed to account for all the liquor
taken from the premises.
A special meeting Of all the county
attorneys of the state was held at
Olympia, - day, February 1. This
meeting was called by President JEFF
fers Of the State Attorneys associa.
ton, on the suggestion of Attorney
General w. V. Tanner, for the pur
pose of discussing the statewide pro-
hibition law, it's provisions, interpre
.ations and enforcement The object
Of the meeting was to obtain a uni
form Interpretation of the law so that
it's enforcement will be general.
The Washington state highway
commission has awarded contracts for
highway work aggregating 100000.
The contract for clearing and grading
of 10 miles OH Mcclellan pass high
way between Greenwater river and
Summit in. Pierce county was given to
Sloane Bros, Seattle, whose bic was
$4S,S67. The contract for grading, the |
Central Washington highway was Civ
en- to Mitchell Bros, Spokane, for $751;
9G1. Herold & BurdsalI Of Portland,
were the lowest bidders ON three re-
concrete bridges across the !
Yakima river. Their bid was $22,S95. /
Club women Of the state of Wash
ington will take no active stand in
me matter of preparedness, accord
ing to action voted at the nesting of
the executive board of the Washing
ton Federation of Women's ciabs at
Seattle. Assuming that the ma5ter of
is one for the consider
alton of the individual, the board
voted to take no stand in favor Of or
against preparedness propaganda The
most significant undertaking launched
at the closing session of the executive
board meeting was a plan to inaugur-
ate in Washington statewide baby
week. Governor Ernest Lister will
be asked to proclaim March 4 ter II
as week to be devoted by every COM
munity in the state to various phases
Of child welfare and betterment.