, 1888-12-06

.0olz You have sinnad away your {
lay OF grace politically. u
The supreme court of the United
States has again decided that the
travellers tax is Hncon-
sUtutional. The recent decision was
on II case appealed from the Texas
courts. 1t is a good decision. We
are glad the Constitution can stamp
out such nonsenslcaI laws.
The people of this Territory love
the name Washington, and the proh-
abilities are that the new state will
bear the Iame the Territory has
borne. Some one tried to get up Il
scare few days ago by writing from
the national capital that the name
was to be changed to Tacoma,
4 North Yakima man gathers
black walnuts from trees of his own
planting. The walnut tree seems to
flourish in the Yakima valley, and
this Is an evidence of the fertility of
the soil. 1t is common saying east
that wherever the walnut tree is
found growing the soil is fertile.
Residence property lots in Port
Townsend are as cheap as they are
in the majority of the fourishing
towns of 1000 inhabitants east. And
Port Townsend is destined, because
of her location and tributary resour-
ces, to make large city. There is
money in investments here now.
There is a probability that the
Territorial Legislature will meet in
January. 1t is now said that an eff
fort Will be made to secure an ap-
preparation from congress for the
expenses of the session. One of the
things that will likely be settled if
there is a session in January is the
capltdI q QueStlOn.
The smallest county in Washing
ton is Wahkiakum, on the @ olumbia.
1t contains $50 square miles of land.
Island county comes next, with 250,
and Kitsap with $50. Klikltat coun-
W is what may be called shoe string
county, after some of the shoe string
congressional districts where the ger-
rymanders have been at work.
The action of California in the
school book matter is one that other
States would do well to pattern after.
The text books are to be published
by the State, and furnished at a great
ly reduced price. This makes the
books uniform throughout the State,
and does away with the changes that
are so frequent in many of the States.
Outside of San Francisco Harri-
sons plurality was greater than
Blaine's. We like very much what
the Oregonian says concerning the
change that made it less in the city:
THAT change was brought about by
the persistent beating of the old
Chinese tom -tom-d fact not credit
able to the Intelligence Of the city"
Mt. Rainier is distant from Port
Townsend little over 100 miles in a
direct line, but the view of it is a very
beautiful one Mr. Baker is distant
65 miles There is no mountain
scenery on the coast that equals the
view had of Mt. Baker from this !
place. This mountain is often seen !
by moonlight many hours after sum
set.
Washington Territory was for
some time regarded as good lighting
ground for both the Republican and
Democratic parties. 1t will not be
so any more. The Democratic party
has lost it grip here. Had the DeL.~
ocratic party done its duty to the
Territory on the admission question
it would stand in better favor in our
borders than it does to-day
The whole east side of Puget
Sound is aglow with railroad pro-
jects-and ere long it will be covered
with a network of competing lines,
for both local and inland traffic. The
west side, in pushing its railroad Ell
terprise rapidly is merely keeping
pace with similar deveopment else-
where. In this age of high pressure
growth it takes a remarkably early
bird to get the worm
Rev. DR.. Driver, the eminent di-
vine who has spent a lifetime on the
Pacific coast, who has been around
the world, and is noted for keen, far
seeing judgment, says that within
three hundred years the largest city
in the world will be on Puget Sound.
According to his demonstration the
third and last center of population to
be established in the civilized world
will be in the Pacific Northwest.
Mr.. Cornwall; of San Francisco,
owner of the Black Diamond coal
mine near Seattle says: "Washing-
ton Territory is all coal; you can
find it anywhere" Mr. Cornwall ,
further says that the output of coal