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VOL. 25
FORMING THE
PORT DISTRICT
Frank H. Lamb Tells of Ben
efits to Accrue from the
Organization.
INCREASED TAXES LIGHT
Developement of Grays Har
bor Will Quickly Offset
the Cost
Frank H. Lamb, of Hoqulam, who
has made an exhaustive study of the
Port District bill, is writing a series
of articles on the subject for the
Washingtonian that are of great i«
terest just now. Chehalis county will
be called upon to organise me u.o
trict of Grays Harbor on December
12, and every citizen snould post nim
-self in the matter so as to vote in
telligently. The first article is re
produced below:
On Tuesday, December 12, 1911,
the voters of Chehalis county will
.have the opportunity of expressing
their opinion on the advisability ot
«stablisning a port district for Grays
Harbor.
The Question of Increased Taxes.
At the outset it can be said that
the only objection cited against the
proposal is the cost. The district
has the power of levying a tax for
liort purposes of two mills on all the
property of the district. It is axiom
atic that nothing doing can be ac
complished without some cost; con
sider what this two mill tax will
mean to the taxpayers of the dis
trict, on the present valuation it will
return $40,000 per year. This sounds
large in the aggregate, but to the
individual is a very small matter. A
valuation of $1,000 for taxation pur
poses is an exception. On $1,000 the
additonal two mills would mean $2.00.
This is more than the average home
•owner would have to contribute to
wards the support, of the port district.
More than one-half of the tax of the
county is paid by non-resident own
ers, the profits and proceeds of the
bulk of this property go elsewhere
than to Chehalis county. Therefore,
the residents of the county will con
tribute less than $20,000 annually, or
little more than 50 cents each on the
average.
The port district can also raise
funds for work by bonding to the ex
tent of 2',£ per cent of the taxable
value of the property of the district,
paAOJiklß si ansst puoq eqi SuipiAO.nl
by the voters, but this will mean no
-cost to the taxpayers as the proper
ty acquired or work done by tile
funds derived from bonds must be
either self-supporting or else paid
from the funds arising from the two
mill tax. The only other method of
providing funds is by the formation of
local port improvement districts in
which the cost is borne in whole or
in part by the property owners in
terested. This, therefore, can con
stitute no further burden upon gen
eral taxation.
Necessity for Port Development
The experience of practically every
port of consequence in the world is
that no matter how perfectly nature
has done her work, in order to prop
erly accommodate commerce the port
must be scientifically developed. In
fact, many of the best ports of the
world are wholly or largely artificial
harbors. Take for example the great
est of ports, London. The Thames
river without dredging and other im
provements would have accommodat
ed only the very smallest of mod
ern steamers. The narrow river
would not afford room for the miles
upon miles of wharves, docks and
ware houses. Hence London has
maintained, in the Thames, a depth
that would accommodate practically
any boat, and by excavating she has
provided the basin and shore line nec
essary to accommodate her vast
shipping and to provide room for her
wharves, docks and other port neces
sities.
Then consider Glasgow and the
ports of the Clyde. Within the mem
ory of young men the Clyde was lord
able below points where now the ship
ping of the world is accommodated
and where many of the great ves
sels of the world are built. Take all
the great harbors of the world and
nine out of ten have been practically
created through money spent by the
local authorities under engineering di
rect ions.
In America, look at Montreal, with
its $t!00,o00,000 of shipping annually,
located fifty miles above tide on the
St. Lawrence river. Ten feet was
the minimum depth. Today a thirty
foot channel is maintained and vi' Mi
, is available to make it thirty
live feet. l)n the Pacific coast we
have a few natural harbors, but see
what Los Angeles is doing; she is
preparing to become one of the great
ports on the coast. Without any nat
ural harbor she is proposing to spend
at San Pedro, a total of $16,000,000
of which the United States furnishes
$0,000,000, and the Port of Los An
geles $10,000,000. Los Angeles will
be one of the great ports of the Pa-
(Continued to page four).
ABERDEEN HERALD
DOVE OF PEACE
IS HOVERING
Over Aberdeen Since Forced
Departure of Undesir
able Element.
HOBO CAMP AT MALONE
Westbound Trains Scanned
and "Workers" Warned
to Omit Aberdeen.
The I. W. W. war is over the citi
; zens have returned to their various
duties, perfectly satisfied with the
work accomplished by sending more
1 than 30 members of the organization
! from the city, with advice not to re-
I turn.
| Although there has been no pub-
I lie demonstrations on the streets
! since the citizens, joining the authori
| ties, compelled the law breakers to
leave the city, yet the patrol each
uigut manages to catch a certain
; amount of tramps and members of
I the I. \V. W. in its drag net and they
i are taken over the long bridge and
! told to keep going.
That the I. W. W. movement to
! take Aberdeen has been squelched
| for the present, there Is little doubt.
| The organization may attempt to send
; in a few members at a time, but as
soon as these men strike the city,
they will be picked up and sent on
their way, and In this manner the
citizens hope to be able to have the
matter in hand at all time.
That the members deported from
; Aberdeen last Saturday, are warning
i members not to come here at this
i time, is learned from an interview
; with three young lads, who arriv
j ed in Aberdeen Tuesday evening.
: The men were picked up by the
; patrol squad and taken to the city
jail—two gave an account of them
i selves, both being residents of Ab
i erdeen, who been in Centralia look
ing for work and had ridden the
brakes home.
They said that at Malone, east of
Elma, members of the I. W. W. call
ed to them, asking if they were mem
bers and if so to get off the train, as
a big meeting would be held there
that evening. It is certain that the
deported members are stripping the
trains of their members, as a matter
of protection to them, realizing that
a trip to Aberdeen at this time means
trouble.
An international convention has
been called of the I. \V. \V. to convene
in Seattle February 12. at which time
Aberdeen is expected to get its scold
ing and probably erased from the
map, but no one seems to worry con
cerning the actions of the conven
tion.
1 The citizen's police has been crys
: r.alized, and has been divided into
; squads to do duty each night for a
i year. The squads are under differ
ent leaders, a new squad working each
night. This squad meets ail incoming
; trains and does patrol duty about the
; citv until dismissed for the night.
While many are willing to work,
lat this time, their services are not
needed, and it is likely will never be
; needed, as the authorities have the
i matter so well in hand that further
| trouble is not anticipated.
ELKS MEMORIAL
LODGE OF SORROW
Local Order of Elks Pay
Annual Tribute To
Dead
The memorial services of the local
order of Elks, will be held at the
| Grand theater Sunday afternoon at
! 2 o'clock. The main address will be
made by Brother C. O. Bates of Ta
coma lodge Xo. 174. The program is
an excellent one and the public is
I invited to attend them. The services
I are in niemoriam for 19 members of
the order. The program follows:
March Orchestra
Double Quartett . . . ."Flee as a Bird"
Harry Phipps, \Y. (). McCaw. O. R.
Austin. Emil V'fund, Allan Austin,
\Y. \V. Scott. W. 11. Tucker, .T. E.
Stewart,
Opening ceremonies .... The Lodge
Andante Ueligioso . Orchestra
Response . . Officers of the Lodge
Opening Ode The Lodge
Invocation Rev. R. K. Cooper
Double Male Quartett. Abide With Me
Solo "God Shall Wipe Awav all Tears"
W. K. Paull
Address C. O. Bates
Tacoma Lodge No. 174
Selection The Dying Poet
Orchestra.
Closing ceremonies ... The Lodge
! Hymn . ."Nearer My God to Thee'
Benediction ... Rev. R. E. Cooper
The Herald tells it all.
SEMI-WEEKLY
ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1911.
HIS MAJESTY. KING TURK:
ABERDEEN TOOK
RIGHT COURSE
In Dealing With Imported
Disturbers Is Opinion of
President Case.
WERE SEEKING TROUBLE
In Frustrating Their Desire
for Martyrdom Aberdeen
Played Strong Card
C. R. Case, president of the Wash
ington State Federation of Labor, who
has been in Aberdeen this week, ar
ranging the MeXamara meeting, is
of the opinion that the citizens here
took the proper action in the recent
1. W. W. demonstrations—if action
were necessary at all. It is his state
ment that the 1. W. W.'s have nothing
in common with the labor organiza
tions of Washington or in any of the
states in which they operate.
"The Federation of Labor does not
recognize the I. W. W.'s officially,"
he said. "They are really an out
growth from labor unions composed
of men disgruntled over various con
servative policies of our body. They
get a large following over the Unit
ed States by playing the role of the
martyr and thus make an impression
on the more ignorant and unskilled
laborer who really lias little know
ledge of the organization he is go
ing into. I have never made it a
policy to oppose them as some of the
more intelligent after studying the
I. W. W. methods for awhile realize
that they can derive more benefit
from a bona fide labor organization
and then come into ours.
"Their policy is non-resisting. They
wish to be arrested. That's the way
they get a following. The many ar
rests in Spokane were just what they
wanted and were a serious mistake on
the part of the city officials. I warn
ed the mayor to pay no attention to
them and thus quickly end an ac
tion that would and really did ter
minate in a long struggle. It cost
the city of Spokane $125,000 and the
(Continued to page four).
MILLION DOLLAR
BONDS TOO MUCH
Chehalis County Not In Po
sition to Use More Than
One-third That Sum.
WOULD EXCEED LIMIT
Albert Johnson Represents
Grays Harbor at National
River-Harbor Congress
The appointment of Albert John
son as a delegate to the National
Rivers & Harbor congress which con
venes in Washington, D. C., next
month, was the most iniportan mat
ter acted upon before the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel
Washington Tuesday. The appoint
ment was well received and funds
| pledged to defray the expenses of
the trip.
The committees having in charge
the Westport road, and the Quiniault
burn, asked for more time, as they
were getting data to be furnished at
the next meeting.
Claude A. Clay, newspaperman of
Spokane, sent here to report the
"war" praised Aberdeen in his speech
for its progressiveness and the way
in which the citizens handled the
I. W. W. movement.
E. B. Benn stated that the cos' of
a road as planned by the committee
| in charge, from Ocosta to Westport.
| provided a ferry was installed, would
;be in the neighborhood of $25,000,
jor a bridge could be built for an ad
ditional $10,000. He said the "ominit-
I tee had two plans for building the
road, one being to incorporate a com
pany with sufficient capital to build
the road and bridge, and make a toll
road out of it, the county at a latter
date to purchase the road, or to or
ganize a company with nominal capi
tal. and charge the county a rental
for the highway to pay the interest
on the investment until such a time
as the county took over the road and
bridge, thus maintaining a free road.
(Continued on page 4)
T iNKSGIVING
OBSERVANCES
Aberdeen Takes Day Off To
Give Thanks For Many
Blessings
TODAY TURKEY IS KING
Festivities, Athletic Sports
and Family Gatherings
End With Charity Ball.
Thanksgiving Doings
Store and markets closed pll
day.
10 a. m. —Soccer football game at
park.
10 a. m.—Second annual poultry
show at Hoquiatn.
10:30 a. m.—Union services at
Baptist church. Sermon by
Rev. Marion F. Horn.
12 M. —L. H. Burnett's third annu
al dinner to the newsboys at
Fairmont hotel.
2 p. m. —Football game at Electric
park.
7::>•» p. ni.— Moving picture shows
open. High class vaudeville at
Bijou.
s p. m.- MeXamara demonstration
at Finnish hall. Addresses by C.
R. Case and Charles Perry Taylor.
!' o'clock—Charity ball at Electric
pavilion.
Thanksgivng day in Aberdeen is be
ing fittingly observed, the people of
the city taking a holiday, as has been
the custom for years. In many homes
dinner parties are being held, and in
instances are family reunions, the
first in years.
Today turkey is king. Tomorrow
the scraps will be used as lunch and
by Saturday, all will get back into
the machinery which makes up the
daily routine of life.
The estimated amount of turkeys
sold in Aberdeen during the past few
days is said to be 1500, at an aver
age cost of $2 each, the people of
(Continued to page eight I
COUNCIL HELD
QUIET SESSION
City Fathers Do Big Amount
of Business in Very
Short Time
REJECTS DAMAGE CLAIM
Bids For Four Contracts Are
Awarded. Canvass the
Election Returns.
The rejection of the claim for dam
ages of Mrs. J. Zarichison and the
awarding of bids for several import
ant street contracts were the import
ant features at last night's meeting
of the city council. The claim of Mrs.
Zarichson was not considered, City
Attorney Graham giving an opinion
that the holders of a heating fran
chise were responsible for any dam
ages, but not the city.
A resolution fixing the date for as
sessment of the Terrave avenue im
provement was passed.
Ordinances authorizing the mayor
and city clerk to issue local improve
ment binds on districts 361 and 378-
were passed.
The franchise of the Mutual Heat
ing company, was laid over one week
on request of members of the com
mittee.
The city council allowed election
officials at the recent election $3.50
each for their labors. The bills for
the election in the section to be an
nexed were held up one week.
The council agreed to furnish old
lumber for the making of a sidewalk
on North P street, provided the prop
erty owners furnished the labor to
make the improvement.
The city attorney was instructed
to draw a resolution for the improve
ment of Custer street.
The city clerk was instructed to
purchase a carload of oats from the
Chehalis Produce company at $31.80
per ton.
.T. G. Sorenson asked permission to
erect an annex to the kitchen of his
quick lunch house.
Pire Chief Tamblyn reported that
one of the fire horses had served
1 his usefullness as a fire horse and
the matter of turning the animal over
to the street department was refer
red to a committee.
The petition for the improvement
of Railroad avenue was referred to
the streets, wharves and bridges com
| mittee for one week.
The bond of M. Hoganson was ac
, cepted and filed.
W. C. Albee, to whom was sent a
letter by the council, asking that a
safety bell be installed at the rail
road crossing at the foot of H street,
informed the council by letter that ho
did not consider such a improvement
a necessity. The council, however,
ordered the railway company to makf
the improvement, to lessen the
chances of accidents.
The matter of the transfer of John
Gronow's saloon license was referred
to the license committee.
Fred Hewitt and S. Jacobson were
both given saloon licenses for one
year.
The street superintendent was in
structed to ascertain what right the
American mill company had to Mar
ket street. ®
The Standard Transfer company
was awarded the contracts for the
improvement of Randall street and
the alley in Block 4.
The Simpson avenue improvement
was awarded to J. Holmlund, while
the Eleventh street improvement,
was awarded to Ilaukli and Hegdalp.
The council canvassed the recent
election returns and declared th'-
commission form of government los>
and the annexation of Union addi
tion carried.
BURNETT DINES THE
HARBOR NEWSBOYS
L. H. Burnett's third annual dinner
to the newsboys of Grays Harbor,
with the publishers as the guests,
is being held today at the Hotel Fair
mont. The guests number in the
neighborhood of AO and the table,
are artistically decorated for the oc
casion.
During the meal, the music was
furnished by an orchestra, and Miss
Katherine Barr of Portland, deligb'
ed the people with a number of s<
lections.
The menu follows:
Cream of Celery, a la Grays Harbor
Post; salad, a la Grays Harbor Was!
ingtonian; roast young turke.
chestnut dressing, cranberry sauce,
la Aberdeen World; early green pe;
a la Aberdeen Herald; mashed p.
tatoes, a la Grays Harbor News.
English plum pudding, hard brand l
sauce, a la Gregonian; candy and co:i
fections, a la Post-Intelligencer; spir
ed cakes, a la Tacoma Ledger; spong>
drops and cranberry tarts, a la Seat
tle Times; coffee, tea, milk, Sawyer
style. "The power of the Press is a;
strong as the Nation. The Newsbo
of today may be the Publicist of to
morrow."
The Herald tells it all.
NUMBER 14

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