The Oct. 6, 1910, issue of the Aberdeen Herald was jam-packed with news stories for everyone. Here are some of the more interesting items touching all corners of the county.

A BOLD HOLD-UP — Clardberg is Held Up on Prominent Corner Monday Night; Loses Over $100

One of the boldest hold-ups ever reported to the local police occurred Monday night when three men pointed their revolvers at G. Clardberg, a plasterer, and relieved him of $100 in gold and a small amount of silver. The robbery took place in front of the Congregational Church, at the (S.W.) corner of H and First Streets, at 11:30 o’clock.

The affair was conducted in a businesslike manner. After the robbers secured the money they told Clardberg to run. He lost no time and after running about a block met a policeman. He told the story of the crime and the two went back to the scene. The robbers noting the approach of the officer ran down the street and disappeared in an alley, where all trace was lost.

A report was made to the station and Detective Church was assigned to the case. He hunted through Aberdeen and visited Hoquiam without obtaining any clues to the robbers. The only description that the police have of the men is that two of them wore overcoats while the other one did not. Clardberg was much excited over the affair, but joined in the chase of the robbers, when they fled at the approach of the officers.

Clardberg has been engaged in plastering work on the new Dabney-Mack (aka The Smoke Shop)

building in this city.

APPARENTLY INCORRIGIBLE — Stanley Yuca, a Polish boy 12 years of age, was arrested Tuesday charged with stealing a savings bank containing $28 from a neighbor of the Yuca family. He admitted the theft and told that he had given $6 of the money to a companion and the balance to his father.

The father of the companion made his boy tell him where the money came from and restored the $6 to the owner. Just why the father of Yuca did not do the same will be explained in the police court this afternoon.

It is not long since the Yuca lad robbed a grocery store and was allowed to go free upon his father making good the loss. This time he is apt to be sent to the training school.

HAD HAND MANGLED — Montesano — James Dunn, employed on the new bridge under construction across the Chehalis River, met with an accident last Saturday in which his right hand was badly mangled. He was taken to the City hospital where Dr. Marcy found it necessary to amputate one finger, with a possibility that another will have to go. Dunn was in charge of a donkey engine and received his injury on that machine.

A VALUABLE DOG — Montesano — “Swan” the noted hunting dog made famous by work done under the ownership of Jack Beckwith, has been purchased by J.J. Ladley, who thinks he has a bargain, although he had to pay one hundred dollars for him. Mr. Ladley now has two of the best dogs in the state.

JAIL STEEL ARRIVES — Montesano — The steel for the tanks and cells for the new $65,000 county jail, under course of construction here, arrived yesterday and is being placed. Owing to the stormy weather of the past few days, both street work and work on the court house have been delayed.

WORKING ON ROADS — Montesano — Six men are working on the county road between Montesano and Elma at the insistence of those in authority at the court house. The gang has a month’s labor ahead at this point, A transfer will then be made to the highway between Montesano and Aberdeen.

BURGLARY CHARGED — Montesano — Charles Barker, arrested for burglarizing the home of J.W. Wright in this city, is being tried before a jury in the superior court today. Baker was arrested in the restricted district by Deputy Sheriff S. Mathews.

LARGEST LOGGING ENGINE IN THE WORLD — What is said to be the largest cylinder logging engine ever turned out by the Willamette Iron & Steel company of Portland, and the largest cylinder engine of its kind manufactured anywhere, has just been received by Carlson & Callow Logging company, of Hoquiam. The measurements of the cylinder are 14×14, which is, to say that the engine has a 14-inch stroke and a 14-inch piston. The usual dimensions of a logging engine cylinder are 8×10 and 12×14.

RUN OVER BY LOGGING TRAIN — Hoquiam — Alex Winworth, a logger employed at the Little Logging & Mercantile company camps, had a narrow escape from death Monday when he was run over by a logging train from which he had fallen. Winworth threw his body from under the cars, but the trucks passed his legs, mangling them and making amputation necessary. He is in a critical condition.

MOCLIPS-BY-THE-SEA — Mr. A. Werner, the real estate magnate of Hoquiam, with his wife, are sojourning at the beach for a few days, in their new cottage just recently built.

The Quiniault Indians are shipping some fine catches of black salmon from Moclips daily — salmon are higher this season than ever before — bags of ducks are being brought in. Black salmon are netting the Indians 60 cents per salmon.

D.S. Bechtell has opened a neat meat market in the shop formerly occupied by W.G. Cullen.

GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND SQUATTER CLASH — Hoquiam — A.V. Higley, pioneer and postmaster at Quiniault, and for eight years a squatter on a tract of government land located on the south side of Lake Quiniault , was forcibly ejected from the land several days ago by United States officials.

Higley was in Seattle when the officials arrived at the lake and began moving his personal effects off the property. Everything was moved except the post office, which the government officers did not molest. Higley’s son was present when the officers began their work and he started for civilization and returned with his father, who has refused to leave the post office.

A suit will follow. Higley leased the land from the government for a number of years. Some time ago he made applications for it, and after several law suits was beaten in the courts. The government desired the land for other purposes and has platted it. Application for lots has been made by Harbor residents.

Roy Vataja is the son of Finnish immigrants and always on the lookout for local artifacts and documents to further the understanding of Aberdeen history. He can be contacted at billygohl@yahoo.com.