, 1888-12-06
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pine shingle of Michigan. This alone
would give thom the eastern market
wherever laid down at fair prices. !
But the timber of Michigan is be-
coming limited in quantity, and the
time is not far distant when shingles
from the Pacific coast i'll command |
all the markets of the East. Our |
forests here are silver and gold. |
Michigan men know this and are in
vesting heavily in several localities. |
Large tracts have been purchased |
recently in both Oregon and WASH !
iDgton. Among the noted Michigan
men owning logging camps in this
Territory is ex-Gov. Alger. The
camp Of Gov Alger is near Edison.
About 100 men are employed and
from $4,000 to 100000 feet of logs are
gotten out each day.
Some Democratic papers are great
ly alarmed just now. They fear that
Blaine may yet become President.
1t has come to mind that the electors
may vote for whomsoever they please.
If Gen. Harrison should die before
the meeting of the electoral college,
in all probability MIR. Blaine would
be given the vote of the electors
chosen. Yes, it is a fact that only
one man stands between Mr.. Blaine
and the presidency. However, we do
not think that Blaine will be Presl~
dent. We certainly hope not in this
way. But whether he ever ascends
to this high position or not, his name
will go down in history as that of the
greatest statesman of the latter part
of the nineteenth century. The lus-
tire of Henry Clay's brilliant career
was not dimmed by his failure to
reach this position; nor will that of
Blaine be dimmed by like failure.
Without question Port Townsend
is one OF the healthiest places in the
United States. We sometimes have
considerable of moisture in the air.
But able physicians say that ''it is a
wet soil rather than a moist air
which is injurious to health" In re-
cent copy of the United States Medic
al Investigator we find the following:
"The air from the ocean, that great
equalizer of climate is beneficial in
many diseases though it is essentially
damp; but if the soil in the vicinity
is bad it is unhealthy" Around Port
Townsend there is no bad soil to
produce disease, and our rain fall,
though the air be moist at times, is
not sufficient to render the soil damp.
Physicians and statisticians say
that there are few places at and
below the level of the sea noted for
the absence of consumption. We
believe that Port Townsend is des-
tined to become known as a place
comparatively free from this dreaded
disease. Persons with throat affec-
tions will also find relief in this cli-
mate, the mildness of our winters
making this region preferable in
this respect to the harshness of the
climate uf most eastern aud middle
states. The salt air is decidedly
beneficial In catarrhal troubles.
This city has also been remarkably
free from typhoid and other fevers
which in various parts OF the coun-
try have during the last few years
been almost epidemic. Many per
sons who have come here during the
last decade have renewed their
youth. The fountain for which
Ponce de Leon vainly searched will
not be found here, but one of the near
est aprroaches'to its virtues may bs
confidently expected.
The prompt acquittal of Col. j. G.
Haines by the jury which tried him
at Auburn, N. Y, occasions much
qualification among that gentleman's
numerous friends all over the Terris
tory. Col. Haines was accused of
conspiracy in the Gardner opium
cases-conspiracy to defraud the
government by substituting wooden |
blocks in place of opium, and thus
destroy evidence against Gardner
whom Haines was defending. The
result amply justifies and bears out
the statement made by the ARGUS
that the whole thing was done for
political effect It was desired by
the democrats to smirch Col. Haines'
character if possible, because he was
chairman of the republican territo-
rial central committee. He was put |
to enormous expense labout $4,000, |
We learn) in attending court held |
three thousand miles away, and was
subjected to every indigrity and hui
initiation possible. He waived ali
technical points, and insisted upon a |
trial of the case upon its merits. His
aequittal under the circumstances
was magnificent vindication.
1t is said that Supt. Kimbali has
not yet decided in favor of life-sav-
ing station at Point Barron on the |
Alaska coast. He is however in favor
of harbor of refuge at some point |
along that coast, which will be thor