, 1876-03-11
Thr alorthrru Star.
SATURDAY, MARCH, II, 1876 \
The Centennial.

MANY communities seem determined TO
honor shemse Ives In celebrating our Ccnseu-
nial anniversary in creditanle manner.
We are informet. that IN very short time
upwards Of three thousand dollars was raised
In Seattle towards celebrating the day. We
do no. know how much this has been in
creased since but from our personal expert
ence Of the public spir, OF the leading COM
mercisl centre of the Sound, we doubt not
.ha, ample funds will b. provided, and July
4th, 1876, will be celebrated in u manner
worthy of the Centennial Jubilee. Our Cit
izrns have now great mary public enter
prises they are carrying forward in good
shape. Our time as community has been
SO absorbed in these, that we have not been
able 10 make any decided move towards our
home celebration of the great Jubilee. Yet
We are certain suitable arrangements will I've
made for the proper celebration Of the day.
While the prospec, in THIS respect is 50 goo'l
for Seattle and SnUnomish, what can We
say rs 10 the part to be taken by our citi'
zens in the great Centennial AZ Philadelphia :
Can any Of our exchanges tell, or will any
of our public officers inform US What steps,
have been taken to have our interests prop.
erly represented, there Thus far we have
been able to learn nothing The import
ancc Of being well represented there is
universally conceded. The citizens Of our
Territory are not excelled in patriotism or
liberslity, yet why ia nothing donc' So far
we have been able to receive only words Of
compliant. Now 1t is, that the officers
appointed are not gifted with suitable quail.
ties to work up such a matter; again, that
the legislature failed to provide funds for
the occasion. However the facts may be,
little has been done except by Judge Swan
in representing our Indian Tribes. Our citi.
zens feel like acting in this matter, and it
there are no public officers having charge of
the matter, or sufficiently interested to take
care of the interests Of the SnohomisI, then
doubtless they will find some private citizen
who will attend to the matter, and will sup
port him as they are used to support other
public enterprises. So far not even circu
lar has been received by any Of our people
from any Of our Territorial Centennial Com
missioners telling them what ia wanted, or
giving them any information how we may
be able, at our own expe Sc to represent
ourselves. We suppose the same is the case
all around the Sound. Therefore we ask for
light TN this matter. Our columns are open,
we wish to know what our authorized
officers propose to do. If they wish to 60
ahead, only need financial support, let
them inform us whit they wish lis to do
what support they wish from the snohomisb.
Let them apRealto our people; We feel cer-
tain they will have ali the. support they
can wish from the liberal and enterpsising
people around Puget Sound. II they have
no interst in the work, love only tue name of
office, but lack skOokum sumtnm in the
matter, then our people aill have plenty of
time to thoroughly work mp the mqtter,
find those who will 20 ahead and amply
support them, as we expect they will do, and
by such efforts make Washington Territory
one OF the best represented regions of the
Uni'eh States at Philadelphia. Onr citizens
are willing to do more than their share
all they wish to know is who to support,
and who is going ahead in the matter, and
what is wanted of them. Will some one
answerf