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FERGUSON
WINS RACE
Hoquiam Minister is Elected
Mayor of that City Over
Lawyer.
COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN
Ferguson's Victory Attrib
uted to Combination of
Church and Labor
HOQUIAM, Aug. 2.—The Rev. Har
ry Ferguson, pastor of the Baptist
church was elected mayor of Hoquiam
Monday by an overwhelming major
ity, defeating Sidney Moor Heath by
a vote of 820 to 573, and William B.
Ogden, treasurer and N. P. Willis,
present street superintendent, won
the election for the office of commis
sioner, defeating John T. Beach and
r. S. Combs.
Tiie election was a landslide for
the three winning candidates. While
many predicted Ferguson's election
early in the day, others were just
as positive that Heath would win and
backed their judgment by placing mon
ey on him.
The victory for Ferguson was the
combination of the labor and church
vote. Labor leaders worked for Fer
guson from the beginning and it was
their vote that won him the nomina
tion at the primaries.
Active work of the Ferguson follow
ers after the primaries gave him the
lead. His friends went into the vari
ous wards and labored for their can
didate. The forces were well organiz
ed and Ferguson himself was busy .all
the time, showing a determination to
•win.
On the other hand, Heath seemed
content to "let George do it," making
no light nor giving his friends any en
couragement to go into the battle for
him.
Sidney Moor Heath, defeated candi
date fo rmayor in a statement Tues
day, said:
"By an overwhelming majority the
voters have selected as their first com
mission, Harry Ferguson, W. B. Ogden
and N. P. Willis and their majorities
are so large that they can but fee!
that they have an untramelled oppor
tunity to make the government a suc
cess. We private citizens, 011 our part,
must, by our efforts, encouragement
and cheerful acquiescence, th.
commission in every way, to make our
city the best governed and managed j
in the state.
"The problems to be solved by the
commission are many and complicat
ed and the commissioners should have
otir full and unqualified support."
COPPER IN OLYMPICS
Seattle Prospector Finds Rich Copper
Ore. Would Open Reserve to
Prospecting
HOQUIAM, Aug. 2.— F. H. Stanard,
o f Seattle, a practical mining man,
who has spent a number of months
in the Olympic mountains, returned
yesterday to Hoquiam after two
months' trip in the vicinity of Lake
Quiniault, and reports finding some
extremely rich copper prospects. He
left last evening for Seattle and will
later return to some mining claims
lie has in northern Mason county,
which he says are the richest copper
prospects ever discovered.
Mr. Standard is interviewing the
officers of the Twenty-Five Thousand
club, in reference to the attempts to
secure the opening of the Olympic
monument park to mining. He states
that lie has been working on this
thing almost sinoe it was first made a
park.
Among the samples Mr. Standard
brought back is quartz running about
1" per cent copper, copper sulphide
running about 30 per cent copper and
a small piece of Oxidized native cop
per.
PROPERTY OWNERS TAKE
UP SEWER ASSESSMENT
IIOQI'IAM, Aug. 2. —Twenty prop
erty owners Interested in the re-assess-
nieut for the sewer on Fourth and I
streets, met last night, with City En
gineer McCrossen and discussed the
assessment. City Attorney James P.
H. Callahan and Judge C. \Y. Hodgdon
■were present and threshed out the
legal end. The assessments were
found to be entirely legal. Most of
Jhe property owners declared that
tliey were satisfied with the assess
ment.
USE AUTO TRUCK
HOQUIAM, Aug. 2. —A huge two-ton
Graham rapid delivery auto truck was
received yesterday from Portland by
tlie Union Meat company. The car
■was put to work as soon as unloaded
from the flat car on which it was
shipped and was not run into the
Kighth street auto garage, where it
will be stabled, until 9 o'clock last
evening.
The truck is of about forty horse
power, and the first of its kind on the
Harbor. It will be used in wholesale
and retail delivery of meat by the
Union Meat company, which recently
established headquarters here.
DOES WHEELBARROW STUNT
UOQI'IAM, Aug. 2—H. Hayes paid
an election bet at 7 o'clock last night
when he wheeled a friend in a wheel
barrow from the corner of I street
down Eighth to K. Hundreds of peo
ple watched the performance, and Mr.
Hayes was the butt of many good
natured jokes. On his back he wore
a sign, "I voted for Heath."
The bet, made prior to election, was
not generally known, but the story
leaked out yesterday, and a large
number were on hand to watch the
wager settled.
TACOMA MAN TO MAKE
TRIP TO THE OLYMPICS
HOQI'IAM, Auk. 2.— H. K. Wilson,
a Taconia capitalist, and C. L.
Willoughby, also of that city, were
in Hoquiam yesterday on their way
to Lake Quiniault and t lie Olympic
mountains, where they expect to spend
several weeks in an outing. While
here the two men spent several hours
with Lachlan Macleay, an old time
friend. The two left last evening for
Humptulips City, and will go from
there over the trail to Lake Quiniault.
MONEY FOR INSTITUTE
County Commissioners Make Appro
priation for Holding Teachers'
Institute This Year
MONTESANO, Aug. 1. — County
Superintendent of Schools N. D. Mc-
KiUip, will be able to hold a teachers'
institute this year the same as form
erly despite his announcement to tlie
contrary. The county commissioners
today appropriated money for the in
stitute and notified Superintendent
McKillip of their action.
The commissioners complained of
the cost of the last institute, and Su
perintendent McKillip went to court
to force the payment of the salaries
of the instructors.
Bids on tiie old court house were
to have been opened by the board to
day, the meeting being an adjourned
session, but as 110 bids had been sub
mitted, they were ordered advertised
for again.
EQUALIZATION MONDAY
County Board of Equalization to Hold
Sessions in the New Courthouse
Next Week
MONTESAXO, Aug. I.—The count"
commissioners, with the county a*
sessor and county treasurer, will si»
Monday as a board of equalization of
county taxes. The session of the board
of equalization will be held in the as
sessor's office in the new court house
building.
It is expected that the work of the
board will occupy about three weeks
this year, and it is anticipated that
a number of matters relative to taxa
tion will be gone into thoroughly. It
is likely that committees represent
ing various commercial organizations
of the county, besides I lie commit
tees of the varous city and town coun
cils, will appear before the board.
SMALL FARMS IN DEMAND
MON'TESANO, Aug. 2. —Small farms
are becoming in demand more and
more. Last week Hinig Remke. who
lately came from Wisconsin, bought
an 11-acre tract just adjoining the
town, and a transfer has now been ar
ranged for a tract of 28-acres several
miles east of here. A deal is pending
which, if carried through, will open
the two best and largest farms in this
section to the small farmer.
ABERDEEN GIRL GETS MEDAL
MONTESAXO, Aug. 2.—At the fold
niedal contest held at the Christian
church Monday evening, under the au
spices of the W. C. T. U„ Miss Mar
garet Keifer of Aberdeen was award
ed the medal. The contest was a
close one. The judges were liev.
Gates of the Presbyterian church, liev.
Lake of the Episcopal church and Miss
Olga Davies.
HARVEST PICNIC IS HELD
IN EAST END OF COUNTY
OAKVILLE, Auk. 2. —The eastern
end of Chehalis county held a harvest
picnic last Sunday in H. H. Balch's
grove on the Chehalis river, near tlie
mouth of Garrard creek. The farm
ers living on Garrard creek and those
living in the Chehalis and Black river
valleys in the vicinity of Oakville.
grthered together in the beautiful
grove for a day in the woods clos<>
to nature. There were a number of
short addresses by Mayor O H. Fry
and other pioneer settlers of Chehalis
ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON THURSDAY AUGUST 3, 1911
All Grocers
county. In the afternoon there was
a ball game and other amusem.r.ts.
This will most likely be made an an
nual affair called a "picnic of the har
vest."
CITY MESSENGER COMPANY.
TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGED
The City Messenger company has In
stalled two telephones, Nob. 5931 and
>941, one of which is always open.
Call eKher number and "Central wll)
get us." K. L. ZEEK. manager.
CROSS STITCH.
Bome Hints Far Making Thi« Bimpl«
Yet Effectivo Embroidery.
Cross stitching may be done on can
vas of several different degrees of
fineness of luesh, a fact which Is fill,
of meaning for the worker who wishes
to lessen or iticrea.se a pattern with
out harming the symmetry of the do
sign.
The stitches must, of course, be
counted on the material Itself and on
the printed pattern, but by making
due allowance for greater or less
coarseness in the canvas the above ef
fects can be obtained.
A blunt pointed run noodle nnd mer
cerlzod cotton, which cnn be doubled
When the pattern demands It. are the
best Implements to employ.
Of course n great deal of the nt
tractlveness of this work depends
upon the color effects, due to the color
of the cauvas and the thread. !n gen
oral quaint chintz-like shades are best
—dull reds, blues and preens, such as
tho<e used for Unitarian embroidery.
It Is easy and charming work for a
long summer afternoon on the porch
or In the hammock under the trees.
Live Stock Notes.
Horses that are used exclusively on
the farm and do no road work should
go unshod.
A fa telling animal should never have
more tnod placed before it than it will
eat up eagerly.
If you keep your hogs in a pen all
(he time don't expect to make any
world astonishing profits. The hog is
a natural grazer.
If dusty hay is fed sprinkle with
water and it will save the horse much
annoyance. Better still, don't feed it
at all if you can help It.
If corn is scarce sheep will beat hogs
on pasture, provided they get plenty
of corn, but when the hogs get plenty
of corn they will range pretty wel!
with sheep.
Experiments show that many tons of
valuable hog go with the peanut crop
and that after the peanuts have been
gathered hogs can he turned in on the
ground and fattened for market on
what is left of the crop without other
food.
How fond lious are of milo maize is
demonstrated by ihe fact that if u
drove of hogs is turned on a field plrnt
ed in Indian corn. Katlir coin and lu'la
they will devour the entire milo cro;
before touching either of the othe'
grains.
No Annoyjnce.
The wile of u vit.> n it.ibie landlord
in Ireland once re e,v-d a letter from
a disaffected tenant warning her that
her husband would ■ irrainly be shot,
but that nothing would b,» dune to in
Jure or annoy li -r in the least.—London
Telegraph.
A Financier.
"I hear Spendit has not paid for his
yacht yet." "No; he regards it us a
floating debt."
ALBERT P. NIBLACK.
Naval Commander Attached to
U. S. Embassy at Buenos Aires.
CHEESE IS HEALTHFUL
Government Put# Official O. K. on
Welsh Rabbit.
After conducting experiments wHh
I cheese as a food for se\<-r.. 1 weeks the
j C"nlted States d.'p.irtment of agrlcul
ture has olliciallj indorsed cheese at:
| 11:1 s declared that 'be Welsh rabbit i
i much maligned dish. Secretary <>;
Ajirii ulture Wllsou lias just Issu'ml 11
formal bulletin giving the results ol
the experiments and singing the praises
of American cheese.
"Cheese can no longer be dlscrlml
j nated against." says the department's
bulletin, "because of a suspicion that
It Is not a healthful food. The abso
lute lack of any disturbance of the
general health of the subjects used in
the experiments Is proof tliaj cheese
can Le~eateu Tu large q'Uantitles with
out danger to health."
The secretary's bulletin, whlcb Is | re
pared by C. I l '. Dome, assistant dairy
man of the department of agriculture
deplores the fact that cheese Is used
by Americans chietly as a matter of
flavoring. Tills Is all wrong. It ought
10 be consumed In larger quantities
according to Secretary Wilson. Eat
mure cheese is the general refrain of
l!i!- re|H>rl. The consuming public, os
ivcially that part of It which needs
j tu practice economy in buying food
I would do well to turn its attention a
! little more toward cheese are the de
i partuient's own words In regard 10
I 'Ills matter.
The fact Is brought out In the re
| port that many of the volunteers who
1 were caged and stuffed with cheese
: were Wesleyan university students ir
: .Mlddlerown. Colin "The work at Mid
• dletowu." says the report, "was plan
| ned to Include green and ripe cheese
I or cheese as soon after it was made a
i it was possible to ship samples to Mid
j lleiown. and cheese In all stages of
I ripening up to the point where it wa
j brewing, unfit for consumption.
A total of fourteen cheese expert
inonts were made at Wesleyan. anil
sixty-live human subjects, the most ot
them college students, availed thorn
selves of an opportunity to tilt up on
free cheese. Each undergraduate wh>
applied got at least a three day diet
of cheese, but one subject Hked It so
well that ho submitted to tourteen ex
perlnients of throe days each, a forty
two day cheese debauch. The depart-
Tent's report says that the students
ranged from the ages of nineteen to
thirty-two years, indicating apparettflj
that some graduates or solemn look
ing professors also folnorl the cheese
testing brigade
The students were not held down ah
solutely to cheese They got a few
slices of bread with tile crust reruov
ed. some bananas and now and then
as a treat, a dose of charcoal. The
charcoal was taken In capsule form,
and everything else possible was done
to make the tests novel and pleasing
For Instance, the students were not
compelled to bite into a lump of the
cheese, for It was cut Into small pieces
at.d then run through a finely gradu
ated meat chopper. When the students
received It it bore absolutely no re
semblance to the cheese that Is eateu
with a pretzel, but looked more like a
dish of breakfast food.
The report says that a pound of
cheese has nearly the same food value
as two pounds of fresh bi>ef or any
other fresh meat. It is worth as much
as or more than a pound of ham and
is more digestible and is equal to two
pounds of eggs and three pounds of
tisli In price good cheese costs about
a third more than round steak and
twice as much as the cheaper boll
iiig beet and costs practically the
same per pound as smoked hint or
bacon. The department says that the
only way to account for the compara
tively limited demand for cheese is on
the basis of custom and lack of knowl
edge.
Do Women Eat Too Much?
"Girls have more food and less work
than is good for them." said Mrs. El
len 11. Klchards, Instructor in sanitary
chemistry in the Massachusetts Ins!!-
ttie of Technology, in an address re
cently. "The result is," she added,
"that grandchildren fail. It is not
overeducntion. but overnutrition. that
threatens race extinction Women do
not seem to realize that overnutrition
as well as undernutrition weakens the
body aud subjects it to evils that
make It Incapable of survival. Wives
who overeat and who ure especially
fond of rich, starchy foods rarely are
mothers. Formerly It wns the under
fed who failed to survive, but now. I
believe firmly, It Is the overfed nrnong
whom the elimination Is taking place
The abundance of food Induces men
and women to eat and drink more
than their systems can care for. T'le
woman who makes her luncheon of a
medley of croquettes, salads and
■sweets. which never can agree, and
dishes dressed over so that the ori"
nal Ingredients may never be reveled
really is paying from f>o to 7."> cent- f.c
the next day in lied "
Better Than Glue
Loose knife handles tire the nhotnl
nation of the kit'-hen. But an excel
lent remedy is to he had by tilling tli
•avlty In the handle two-thirds full o*
mixed rosin and brick dust The s! .!
of the knife should then be hen'eil
and while hot It should be preyed 111r
Its place. If held tint! 1 firm I v set ti
more trouble will be experienced wit
that knife handle.
Ea»y
The very tv-nic <t • l« r •
stairs that have tread* •— '■ ■ *
teen inches broad end riser* f" 1
seven inches high. The run >r «'
tance in most houses is too short t
allow of this, but they should Tie ;
near It as the architect of the h<u«t
will permit. It is so easy to cllmi
such stairs that one hardly is uware of
onv effort.
INDIAN BASKETRY.
Pretty Work Done Years Aga by
Aborigines.
PLAYED A PART IN RELIGION.
Woman Expert Suggests That Modern
Women Might Profitably Take Up
the Accomplishment — Real Art
Treasure* of the Beautiful Handicraft
Are Seldom Seen Except In Museums
"Indian basketry is a fine art and
gives expression to the ideas, asplrn
tions, religious feelings, poetry and
mythology of the Indian sfjuaw Otiual
ly with the beautiful paintings, build
ings, pottery, etc., of ou]' o'vu and
many other countries." So runs tin
opening sentence of a manual on tlii>
ancient aud Interesting handicraft and
its adaptation to modern uses, by Is
abel A. Otty (Mrs. Wllilamsom. recent
ly published by E. J Arnold & Son.
Among the American Indians has
kets from the very earliest times piny
ed un import.! 111 part, not only in ev
A OLOVK It ASSET ADAPTED FIIOM INDIAN
COILED UABKKT WEAVIKO.
eryday life, but iu religious, wedding
amJ other ceremonies, for which they
were woven with wonderful art and
skill. Among the Apache Indians the
best baskets uever saw the light oi
day till a death occurred, being hidden
'tway by the squaw who made them
utid ouly brought out at her obsequies,
when, after the death dance, perform
ed around a huge Are. they were
thrown into the flames.
The Ute Indians, too. used basketry
for mortuary purposes. "The dead
mau or woman was covered with a
large carrying basket, and all around
were laid with loving care the finest
specimens ot the craft" Then there
were dance baskets used tn the dances
that celebrated an abuudant harvest
and woven with designs of grotesque
dancing figures; "mush," or cooking
baskets, so closely woven that liquid
food could be cooked in them; pa
poose baskets for carrying the babies,
and burden baskets, both of which
were carried by the women by means
of leather bands placed round their
foreheads, and innumerable other va
rieties.
Many of these ure still in use among
the scattered remains of tlie American
Indian tribes, but they are becoming
rarer and rarer, and the real art treas
ures of Indian basketry are hardly
ever seen except In museums, where
collections of them are priced at a
very high value. Studying these thor
oughly. grasping the significance of the
characteristic patterns and ornaments
that have been handed down through
countless generations, Mrs. Williamson
has evolved an adaptation of the coiled
basket work In which they were made,
which provides a delightful and artis
tic occupation for our own times. By
means of excellent Illustrations and
diagrams allied to clear and concise dl-
A BUTTON BASKET.
rections as to the various weaves—the
"simple coil," the "lazy squaw,' the
"Samoan" weave, and so on, she sug
gests to her readers a handicraft that
is full of attractive possibilities.
Her book is compiled for school use,
and the work described is so simple
as to be quite suited to the capabili
ties of young childreu, while it Is eon
tinued by means of carefully and sys
tematlcally graded exercises to work
suited for much older learners, who
may elaborate it to any extent. The
materials are inexpensive, and no tools
are required except the special "squaw
needle," so the occupation commends
itself ut once as home art that fulfills
a most useful mission, educationally
as well as from a decorative and prac
tical point of view.
Hints For the New Housekeeper.
• ••■•»« • vi tue "»»»» > luuocKCcpcri
If uew tinware Is rubbed over with
fresh lurd and then thoroughly heated
In the oven before it is used It will
never rust afterward
The same is true of all iron cooking
utensils, such as muffin pans, skillets
and kettles.
Unfortunately comparatively feu
new housekeepers use Iron cooking
utensils, which cook more evenly and
are better for many things, but nearly
every housekeeper has at least one
Iron kettle. If she wants this to be
smooth and forever rustless let her
try greasing It and setting It away for
awhile before she cooks in It.
Mixing It Up.
T*a — I I .. t J •
Us—Come right in. old man. and see
yiir new baby! There'. Isn't be great'/
lie—Ofi. yes; line! Well, they say
homely babies grow up to be hand
some that is. you can be thankful—or
-well, how t'Mt >i he looks like his
mother. I LUean. — Toledo Blade.
MRS. RUSSELL
SA G E has
ad no u need
herself a pntron of
aviation So Inter
ested is she In the
doings ot the fly
men thai she took a
motor spin to Mine
ola, where the Aero
n a u t i c society
houses a dozen men
and biplanes in a
bis red shed, and
looked over all the
engine driven birds
@19u; by Lazarnlck
MRS. R. BAC.F.
Especially was she Interested In the
big biplane being built by Miss E. I.
Todd, the woman aviator I'he plane
Is a large one, but Mrs. S;ii;e went
over its every detail and showed by
her questions to Louis Adams, an In
ventor who was showing tier round,
that she understood a great deal iilmui
air craft.
"It la very gratifying." snlil Mrs
Sage, speaking of Miss Todd's effort.
MIRfl B r.*ri!A TODD.
"to see women take up these tilings,
and I am always willing to encourage
anything that is done by a woman.
"I have watched Miss Todd's prog
ress with much concern and hope she
will succeed In making a successful
flying machine. If she needs any more
help I am willing to give it to her.
"I am receiving so many letters from
people who want help! Yesterday I
received four letters from ambitious
aviators or aeronauts—which should I
call them? I would be willing to help
any woman to accomplish something
that is worthy, mucb more than the
men."
If Mrs Rage should decide to help
tbe woman aviator:) she would already
discover a flock of them who have en
tered the Held, some of them wives
or sisters of the "man birds" who are
flying and others who are determined
to bo woman birds without waiting for
any mere man to lead the way.
Miss E 1.11 urn Todd of New York
is probably the first woman In the
world to design and build an aeroplane.
This was a collapsible device, which
she first made known to tbe public In
tbe summer of lUOB. /t that time.
MISS K ATFTKRTVK WMOFTT
while giving no detailed description of
the machine, she said it called for a
spread of forty-five feet, with a width
of seven feet. The plane was to stand
six feet in height and to weigh several i
hundred pounds less than any other I
aeroplane of the time. The engine was I
to he of special design and of exceed '
ing lightness and strength. j
Miss Todd not only designs her aero
planes, but. being skilled in the use
of tools, is her own model builder.
It is believed that Miss (Catherine
Wright, sister of the Wright brothers,
was the first American woman to make
a flight in an aeroplane. This she did
on Feb. 15, 1909, at I'au, France, wheu
she made an ascent with a brother.
Mr. Wilbur Wright
Women were one of the big features
of the aviation meet at Los Angeles
last January After M. I'aulhati hud
performed some of his startling feats
he took Mine Paulhan in tils machine
and Hew away with her to Hcdondo
Beach and back again, a distance of
thirty tulles The (light lasted thirty
six minutes
To Mm#. Raymondi' do Laroebe. who
Is a I- ronch baroness, belongs the dis
tinetion of Ijeinu itic pioneer woman
avintor of Prnii'-e. althouch seven oil!
or women liavc been licensed ns ulr
pilots by the Prench Aero club Sin
was one ol the tirsi women to take a
practical interest in aviation and soon
after tlit tlrst International eu|> event
at Rheltns purchased a Volsin biplane
and later was an entrant for the prize
of 5.1RH1 francs offered the votnan mak
tac the best time for ten kilometers.
Her efforts at the meet resulted In
one of the most distressing accidents
In aviation She was drl> Ing her bi
plane at a helcht of fifty meters when
she suddenly loot control of the ma
Chine and foil with It to the ground
Eler lep< ami arms were broken and'
her wholp hodv terribly bruised.
Carpet Mills.
The first carpet mill in America was
not established until after the clnsi
of the Revolution. It was in l"!'l at
Philadelphia, that carpet making as an
industry was born In t!i" t'nltcd States
Since then, however. thiT"country lias
become rre-oniinent tn carpet making