, 1884-01-31

lLg good f0aI 10 COuhcCt SIIiii''~" "'4
with Leland valley we aIe assured |
the settlers will attend to the rest
themselves. The po!iticll purity that !
wants to strengthen its county ticket |
next fall woulG do well to nominate !
On, candidate for county commIs-
sioner from either Leland, Quilcene
or Docaboos. We, of this Journal, |
pledge ourselves right here to use
oar utmost endeIvors TO secure snCh |
nomination.
We are gratiied, II publishing III
bills introduced by Del gate Brents
for the creation of a now land district
with an office at Port TOWNSEND, and
for an appropriation with which to
ere':t a public building gratitied
to know that the move will not stop
at the mere formal introduction of the
bills. These matters will be pressed
before tie attention Of Congress with
vigur and vim such as their import
ance demands. OF course both Of
the great political parties in the pres
ent Congress are very busy making
up their minds about the tariff ques-
ton, and about the old "bloody shnt"
as possible factor in the coming
presidential contest, and that dear
old Fitzjohn Porter (who says he Is
not gully, but won't do so any m ne
il they will only restore him to the
army. or the army to him, as the case
may be); and then there are the rail
raod land grants to be dealt with, and
the thousand and one private joi
all clamoring for attention. Certain
| " it will require unusual effort to
gain the ear of our nstiunal law
makers, even for the meriterious bills
referred to in which the interests q
Port Townsend people are so largell
ideatifed. But long pull an1 a
strong pull may secure the action So
much desired. The new land Office
has long been necessity to the pee
pie of northern Washington, many of
whom have been put to outrageous
expense in travelling 100 to $50 miles
% transact their business at the
Olymnia office. A new district with
IN office at Port Townsend Was long
inca petitioned for, and has been
he subject of memorial by the
Legislature to Congress as well.
Why it was not granted long ago is
.xplainable only from the fact that
wheels of Legislation turn so slowly
hat even the most deserving and
necessary measures are long tin e
n reaching final disposition. AS 10th
natter of a public building for the
Puget Sound custom house, the Port
| townsend postoffice, land Office re
Iuired here, Sc, nothing but short
lighted policy can long delay favor
bic action. It has long since been
IRA tically settled that Port Town
end bay, by its geographical stu
ton and the peculiar advantages it
} ,ssesses as a harbor, is the natural
'ort of entry tor Puget Sound. No
mjuIt of scheming or plannir G,
ven thou n back, d by the most on
eroas influence in the Territory, can
yer succeed in removing the custom
louse and headquarters of the Puget
iou I'd di-trics away from Port Town
end. This fact settled, it is merely
q restion of econSpy and business
,ru len @. Government pays 500
'er month for the poor privilege OF
sng a woodenebuilding for its Gus
pms business, leaving all the invalu-
bic records of that institution con
rantly menaced hy the danger OF
ire. Should they be swept away.
llny of the mos valuable of them
,Ild never be replaced, and the
york osreplaeing others would cost
l)uslnds of dollars. IF the $4,000
tpAnded in replacing burned -ecords
/ the Olympia Ian office had been
sed previous to the calamity of las,
ily in erecting fire proof building
0r that institution, how much better
wou d have been! In the case OF
If lstom houss it would be we'll to
- lit by past experience. As to the
0stoffice, true the government pays
. rent for the building. but it is lit
b less tlan an outrage, certainly
1 injustice to the postmaster, that
'uch is the C lse. To use perishable.
Inserous b1ilding f1r such bnsin' ss,
ven where rent is free, is very ppor
olomy. Let It's have the appropri- |
zion, by all means.
CLIMATE F. INK W.nslow wr.'es |
rom Sc title: L have often thought
nat we who have made our homes Oh
ouget S ,und for the past twenty five
years did hardly realize how mild our
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