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, 1889-03-28

Many cities have failed TO pro-
Gress, because their citizens have
lacked confidence. You cannot ex~
pect strangers to come into your
town and invest, if you, yourselves,
do not by your enterprise and activi-
ty prove to the world that you are
convinced of the bright future in
store for the place. Those who have
business property, and do not i'm
prove, when they are in condition
to do so, are an incubus and detri-
ment to the community. They re-
tard and keep back the prosperity of
4 place.
Be confident in the future of your
place and exert every influence in
your power TO present the advantage
es which your city presents,
Tue large number of fine buildings
contemplated and now in course Of
construction will do more to induce
Investment of foreign capital than
lots of loud talking and no action
Do not talk only about the future Of
your city, but by your work and en-
terprise prove that you believe in
the statements that you are making.
Port Townsend is growing and
Will continue to do SO, but cur cIti-
zens must not lay back on their oars
and idly watch its progress; they
must do all they can to induce capi-
tai to come within our boundaries.
Enterprises of all kinds should So
cure their endorsement, and the citi-
zens should not hesitate to put them
selves to some trouble to assist those
who come here either by aiding
them in finding locations for bust
ness, but if need be, financially. We
need manufactures, and it is the
duty of our citizens to endeayor to
bring them to our city. When a
stranger comes here who eontem~
plates going into business, it is the
duty of the people to aid him all in
their power.
Our Chamber of Commerce should
be for service and not for ornament.
1t should be body composed of the
most influential men of our city; not
only that, but men who arc known
to be public spirited and who will
devote portion OF their time to the
consideration of questions looking TO
the benefit of Port Townsend.
, 1889-03-28

By the middle Of the year, Judging
from the information that we have
received. Port Townsend Will exper-
lence such boom, the like Of which
she has never known. Property in
both Seattle and Tacoma has reached
such high figure that one must pos
sess a step ladder IN order to reach
it. Such is not the case here, and
this fact is becoming known, so that
Eastern capital Is now seeking in
vestment here. The time is not far
distant when both Seattle and Taco
ma will have to give to the Key G ity.
Once the whistle of the locomotive is
heard in our city and then becomes
the speedy advancement of Port
Townsend The railroad Is an as
sured fact, and it will not be long
before we are connected either with
Portland or some other city of SINH
lar Importance.
, 1889-03-28

Some gain has been made in the
amenities of political life since John
Adams left the White House before
daybreak on the 4th of March, 1901,
to avoid witnessing the Inauguration
of jefferson, his triumphant oppo-
nent.
Retiring President Cleveland
dined President Harrison a night or
two before the Inauguration and
showed him every courtesy in his
power, an exhibition of civility which
President Harrison gratefully ac-
knowledged in his inaugural.
, 1889-03-28

The local editor of the Boise City
Statesman has evoked new plan
for getting news. He promises such
citizens as will bring him in items,
to suppress their names when they
are hauled up before the police judge.
The result is that the local depart
ment is boiling oveg with news and
the city editor boasts of many
scoops" Who says "there is moth
ing new under the SUM-" Journal
ism evolves more novelties than any
thing. A notion store at Christmas
time isn't Il circumstance compared
n y
, 1889-03-28

One of the newsies5 and best edit
ed weeklies in the territory is the
EIIensburg Capital. 1t is, however,
in keeping with the place in which
it is published, for Ellensburg is a
lively, go-ahead town, composed of
energetic and enterprising men, and
it will be, beyond doubt, the capital
of the state of Washington. Its cen
tral location makes it the point that
should be selected and for one, we
heartily recommend the selection.
, 1889-03-28

The New York Sun praises Presi
dent Harrison's custom of taking a
brisk walk every day as a correetor
of the tendency of raiddle-aged men
to corpulence and as the best method
of clearing the brain. 1t laments
CleYeland's failure to Professionalism
and speaks of bis toiling at his desk,
accommodating adipose tissue, not
wisdom" We fear that no amount
OF exercise would have saved Cleve.
land The Moses of the Mugwumps
was cursed with conceit which
warped his vision and ciouded his
Judgment. Even failures did not
suffice to show him hi, errors, and if
he ever energies from his present re-
tlrement we may expect to see him
again TO the lovers of free
trade and the epieene Mugwumps.
, 1889-03-28

There is some poetIcal Justice in
the result of affairs in Samoa. The
German company that first instigat-
ed the trouble among the natives
and which has been mainly rcspon-
sible for the bloodsLed of the last
few months, will be well nigh ruined
if the difficulties continue much
longer. Their valuable plantations
have been seriously damaged and
their crops ungathered for lack of
laborers. Ever should peace be
patched up soon it will take months
to restore the plantations to their
former condition.
, 1889-03-28
TAX ADMINISTRATIONS START.

The administration OF President
Harrison has made q good impress
ioROn the country at the start. High
expectations had been formed from
his whole bearing aimee his nomins-
ton, and they have been fulfilled.
The people watched with deep inter-
est the opening acts which do SO
nush to stamp the character and pur
poss of a new administration, and
tAsy are satisfied.
The inaugural has been we'll re-
osivsd on all sides. There has been
ne serious criticism of its tone or
policy in any quarter. One or two
attempts have been made to pick
4aWs, but they were SO feeble and SO
aasifsstly prompted by determi-
Rssioa to find fault regardless OF
fsssoR that they carry no weight. In
The main the inaugural has been rec
sgeizsd by both political opponents
- political friends as a trenchant
soand and statesmanlike address. On
ths body Of the people who are not
STRONG partisaas it has made a Pc
sSliArly favorable impression, not
sAly for its ability, but for its clear,
6sss Of perception, its moderation oi
bsAs and its sobriety OF judgment
Ii bears the impress throughout Of
. asn who has a sound head and ,
ssand heart
The Cabinet has naturally excited
Hers diversity Of opinion, but among
hs great mass of intelligent ant
ksasst people who are chiefly inter
sstsa in good government, there is I
Assling of approval and confidence
II IL evidently . Cabinet which vii
Row on the country. The NOR,
Tat is learned about the member
vhs were the least known the NOR,
ID becomes plain that they were Sc
leeted with good judgment. Genera
Hshls WAS entirely now to the eoun
~ at large, but the testimony which
has come to his high quality as a maj
10 decisive. The same thing is tru,
q some Of the others who were no
n active public life. It is a strong
Cabinet, not so much in its repre-
sentative character as in it's individ
ssi force and in its working capaci
ty. 1t ID made up for administra,
live achievement rather than fol
Iaere political manipulation, and il
]. because the people see and realize
Mis- truth that they look upon it with
ASor.
Tbs administration has thus made
. good start, and enters upon it.
career with general feeling of gooC
will. There is for the time being ar
absence Of strong partisan temper
and it would not be surprising if fol
ssDe time to come there should be
keedom from sharp party conflict
With Ill branches Of the government
q sympathy with the administra.
usn. it eau successfully carry out it,
policy, and as that policy will be
framed 20 promote the practical in.
tsrssta and welfare of the people il
wili secure general approval and
lssvs little ground foG resistance.
, 1889-03-28

The apPointraozt Of Fred Grant
as minister to Austria IS meeting
with universal dissatisfaction. The
press throughout the country speak
IN complimentary tones of all OF Har-
rison's nominations except Grants.
The Oregoniav makes the following
very sensible remarks upon Grants
appointment: The foreign and CO.
mestlc appointments of President
Harrison have thus far, in the main,
been of high order; so much so, both
IN the character and capacity of the
nominees, that we confess TO a sense
OF disappointment in the sending OF
Colonel f. d. Grant as minister to
Austrian
, 1889-03-28

Now that the question of the col
lectorship is settled. the next agony
is, who will be our next postmaster
The dark horses seem to be having
the best of the race so far. There is
no more popular young man than Mr..
\. +. Learned, who is now connect,
ed with the post Office. and we feel
confident that if Mr. Allen respects
the wishes of the people of Port
Townsend he will appoint Mr Lear
ned
, 1889-03-28
The Grand . uFy-

- following is list OF the grand
jury nen and the counties from which
they hall: David Duncan, Arthur Dobbs,
Il Z Lattimor, p L Stockand, Charles
Jensen, L DuEdon, Z Shade, Jeffer-
son county; J. Z. Church, Hamilton
C.a:tam county; p Rollins, NJ V Al
bright, Jas Tul!ock, paniaI Keplar, San
Juan county; AnlTew Peterson, W l.
WeeJen, Island county.
, 1889-03-28
= Narrow Escape.

! fair and buxom widow, who had
buried three husbands, recently went
With Z gentleman who in his young
er years had paid her marked atten-
ton to inspect the graves of her dear
departed. After contemplating them
in mournfGi silence she murmured
to her companion: ''Ah, James, you
might have n that row now if you
had a little more courage"
, 1889-03-28
DiscOuaa ging.

Uncle James-Wcll. Bobby. are
you gaining any prizes at school
nowadays
Bob5y-No, sir, the other fellows
get them all.
Uncle James-But you'll Keep on
trying Of course.
Whats the use? The otheI fell
lows keep on trying too.
, 1889-03-28

President Harrison is reported to
lave said recently that there was no
necessity for an extra session OF con-
sssss TO reduce the surplus, as there
would be no such thing as q surplus
IL our debt were reduced, and that
isshould be diminished as rapidly as
SAs bonds could be paid. and on the
strength of this remark the predic-
zion has been made that a series of
sarehases OF bonds will soon be be-
gun which will reduce the surplus to
4 minimum.
, 1889-03-28

Every state admitted into the
Union in the last half century, e1-
cept Florida, voted the Rdpublican
ticket at the last election. 1t is not
unlikely that Florida Will be Repub-
lean in 1S92-POSt IEteHigeRcer.
Seattle.
Our esteemed friend up the sound
is too sanEuine. The South has not
YET become accustomed IL the new
order of things TO wheel into the
Republican column The only hope
the Republican rar!v has is in the
Virginias. Time expended upon the
other southern states, would be time
lost.
, 1889-03-28
POET TOWNSEND.

4 gentleman recently from Port
Townsend says tha. lis people wear
an air of confidence which Is evident
" genuine. Real estate is in good
demand, business lively. the harbor
in good shape, with ships constantly
coming and going, which gives the
main port OF entry lively appear
anca. The citizens are confident
that the Port Townsend and South
ern railroad, other end Of which does
not appear 10 have been located,
viii be built beyond a doubt. i
will doubtless make close couuec-
tiOEs with the Northern Pacific at
some point. and become q part OF the
iron route that viii grid the entire
Sound shore. Some Cf the Port
Townsend merchants even talk Of
being able to flank Seattle by si9c~
tracking her. hut this cannot be done
so long rs the latter has its eastern
connections via Tacoma. Seattle,
however, will have to divide is
Sound trade with Port Townsend
and WhatCom. In the meantime all
shore line railroad building will tend
| to make Tacoma the center of com,
mercial activity and attraction.
| With the situation and the lac. tiles
that ii has taken years and millions
of money to create, what rival car
hope to compete with her IL the rae.
for trade supremacy? She may vel
enjoy aad encourage the improve
ment and progress of all other cities
for their business success ard activ
ity cannot fail TO contribute to heI
metropolitan Importance.
The above is taken from ECer!
Sunday. one Of the brightest anC
neatest papers that comes to oul
desk. In make-up and general Gp
pearance it cannot be exceIled. w
| wish 1t success.
, 1889-03-28

Words of compliment fall as sweet
ly upon the ear OF an editor as they
do on anyone else, and are often
more appreciated by him. The an-
nexed clipping is taken from the
Walla Walla Statesman: The Port
Townsend ARGUS is now rafting
good paper, full Of telegra phic dis
patches and any amount of local
news and able editorials"
, 1889-03-28

Port Townsend, instead of the cities
of interior forests which are now IL
advance of us, as St. Louis was in
scuauce of Chicago fifty years age.
We believe, from reliable infor-
nation given Us, that the Port Town
send Southern railway Will be COM
pleted in Is months and there will
be such q boom on this peninsula as
has not been known in the annals OF
the country. Time, aud a very short
time, will prove the truth Of our
statement
, 1889-03-28

by seem: as much as y5I ena at she
world Bns eye ysu SET art -.t.grr as a
tourist. comme.cI.I s,g,elas 81 il.-aut
-"h1tLe: you Z" - Taii. steamship or
steamboat, provide yourself v-.a nos
teIier's Stomach BIlters, wlrrh the
;TayelaE EaoIc r,cDGLi.es as tile finest
med.cal saie@ua.d AID preventive of
Sc" sickness with winch Anyone jsurae,-
ing by land or wH'er can be provided.
l,fnrursh $ t" the western pipEeer ade
qnatc protection against malaria. rheu-
in"t.5m aud those disorders OF the
bowels which miasDla :aiuted water be-
get. It's sedative effect upon q stomach
pe1tErbed by the rocking OF Il snip is
trG.y magical, nud it Is "a capital ape
i!l-r and nerve iugiLura,ur. Excellent
Is II for hIih0uSuess and kidney iuGction
and II eoEnteracis, ia al
gree, the effects Of fai1gE,
mental. After wettiuE AL,
!nolement weather, it shci
I preventive.
, 1889-03-28

There should be more harmony OF
action among the states forming
what is known as the Pacific Coast
states. In order to accomplish any
thing in tho future for the benefit OF
this coast, the states must be united,
and If so united can weld power in
the legislation OF this country, that
both the East and South will have to
respect. There should be no clan-
ishness upon the part of any one
state composing the Pacific Coast
states, but all should work for one
common end, and that, the advance
ment of this coast. The subjoined
lines are taken from the San Fran
cisco Alta, and it's complimentary
words will be duly appreciated by
all the people throughout the COM
ing state of Washington.
Tho new state of Washington is
| nearest to us. She needs Federal
Legislation. She is to be the new
Pennsylvania. Her stores of coal
and iron, of petroleum and timber
are exhsustless, and besides she has
excellent agricultural resources. Her
products will complement ours. Be-
tween her and California will be q
large reciprocal commerce, and we
should miss no opportunity of giving
her such support in the infancy of
her statehood as will ally her to Cal
Ifornia in support of that grand
Western policy which is to make a
new alignment in the politics of the
country, and instead of dividing up
on latitude will make the division
upon meridian of longitude"
, 1889-03-28

President Harrison is in favor of
building a very strong and modern
navy. Evidently he does not believe
that American prestige could be
maintained by building a navy on the
lines laid down by Secretary Whit
ney, who thought the chief object in
constructing a ship should be to
make 1t swift enough to escape all
nnrsners-
, 1889-03-28

In naming Miles c. Moore, of
Walla Walla, for governor, Pres
ident Harrison has done an act that
Will be commended by the whole
people of the territory, and by all
others who know Mr.. Moore.-Ore-
gORidR, Portland.
, 1889-03-28

We take pleasure in announcing to
our readers that we have made ar
rangements, 50 that We will be able
to give spicy, newsy letter from
Washington, once week. The let
ter will be replete with all that is
going on in the political and social
world of our nations capital.
, 1889-03-28

This week, March Doth. the new
state of Washington will have its
governor appointed. Watson C.
Squire, of Seattle, is to be the lucky
man.
The above was the prediction of an
exchange. How uncertain are poll
tics. 1t Is not we'll to hang on Princes'
favors. You may get left.
, 1889-03-28
Didn't wish to Sec Him Skip.

Groom 10 bride; they are waiting
for the minister: Hadn't better
skip out and see what Is the matter,
my dear? The minister should have
been here 30 minutes ago, Bride:
No, George, you stay right where
you are"
, 1889-03-28

to themselves, but the community in
which they live. to make q concerted
move toward bringing Port Town
send prominently before The people.
Do not he clanish, ana say: Tint
you-are satisfied with your present
condition" Take interest and pride
in your city, and endeavor to deTel~
on If
, 1889-03-28


The lumber business on the sound
is still practically controlled by the
big mills in the combine" so called.
They manufacture more than four
fifths of all the lumber made on the
sound. Something over 400,000,000
feet was made in this locality last
year. OF this amount abont 100000
900 feet went out of the straits, and
106,O00,O00 feet of this amount, in
round numbers, went to meet the
foreign demand. The remainder
went into local consumption, and
was shipped out by rail. The amount
taken out by rail was, however, very
small. The combine" includes all
the big companies doing business
around the sound The king bee
among these companies is the Puget
Mil company, with headquarters at
Port Gamble, where it has two mills,
and with mills at Port Hadlock and
Utsalady. Their cut last year reahed
the handsome figure Of 1SS,00O,00O
feet This is more than any other
company in the country made.
, 1889-03-28

The Bulletin is the name of new
daily just started at Whatcom. 1t
IS lively, spicy and full OF go. All
the misfortune we can wish its pro
jectors is, that it may continue to
grow and prosper.
, 1889-03-28

1t is said that Judge Gresham will
be given place on the bench of the
supreme court of the United States
as soon as the next vacancy occurs.
, 1889-03-28

This weather is fine enough to
make q man love his mother-in-law.
, 1889-03-28

We haven't time to twist the Brit
ish lions tail. The first thing is to
stop that German eagles scream.
, 1889-03-28

a story is related Of one of the
first settlers in Chicago, who went to
81. Louis. and was there pointed TO
the great buildings and the magnifi-
cence of that great city of the West.
and the idea that Chicago could ever
equal or excel st. LOUIS was ridi-
culed. Now look at Chicago and st.
Louis and the lesson is easily learned
which will prove to demonstration
that when the Port Townsend South
ern is completed, city will arise on
this peninsula as if by magic, which
will eclipse any of the cities of the
Pacific slope. There is a great fu-
ture for Port Townsend, which the
railroad will demonstrate. Here will
be the great entrepot for the teas and |
silks and other articles OF commerce
from Asiatic shores; and here viii |
be the great shipping point of wheat
and other products of the country.
Commerce ceDters in New York; not
Albany, and commerce will center in
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-23
A JAIL DELIVERY.
Four Desperadoes Get Away from the SheriF's
Custody

When Sheriff Hays started on his tour
of inspection of the Jail yesterday morning
he did SO as man might start to look
around his garden after breakfast. He
was at peace with the world and had a
confidence in humanity and the strength
of his Jail bars which lent an added fra
GRANGE to his Havana His peace of mind
was soon to be dispelled but he had no
premonition Of anything being wrong,
and the truth, therefore, burst upon him
with sudden force which might well
have startled man less used to unlocked
for exigencies than Sheriff Hays.
From the east wing of the Jail four of
the sheriff's worst and most desperate
prisoners were missing. The first glance
into the cells had shown him this and the
second discovered the place OF exit, a hole
some two feet square cut through steel
and iron half an inch in thickness. Hasti-
ly summoning the jailers the trail was
quickly taken up and followed from the
cells to the cellar and thence through a
heavy iron door which led to the outer
world and liberty.
Dave Lemon, Sam Baldwin, Mark
Lamb and John Lowe, all United States
prisoners, are the names of the escaped
convictS. Lemon is deserter from the
Fifth cavalry who bolted from Fort Reno
after, it is charged, numbering Sergeant
James Tobener, with whom he had had
some trouble Baldwin, an Indian, is
charged as an accomplice in the Thurber
murder case and Lamb and Lowe were
caught stealing hogs and horses in the
territory.
Two prisoners, John Grindstone and
Ben Grant, who were in the same cells
with the escaped men refused to leave and
from them it was gathered that the work
of delivery had been going on for some
two months. In some way a file and an
old knife were secured and work began.
The knife was converted into saw and
used to good effect on the
steel and iron. The sheet was
cut across and then at right angles and
finally bent inwards allowing sufficient
space for the egress. of the criminals. The
rest was easy Once outside the bars it
was simple matter to prise open the door
which admitted them to freedom.
The sheriff and his deputies are out fol-
lowing every conceivable clue. and the
wires have been kept hot between here and
every point where it is seemed probable
the escaped men might make for. 1t is
thought they viii steer for the territory in
the hope of losing their identity in the
vast throngs of people now in Oklahoma
Wichita eagle., 1889-04-23
FoRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND WORDS.
The Wichita ONCE of the Westetn Union Send.
Them IN an Hour and Half

The splendid work of the Wichita West
ern Union telegraph office last night and
the perfect arrangements of Manager
Hackett and Night Chief Elder will long
be remembered as the greatest achieve
ment OF any office in the state of Kansas
and to the end that the public may gather
some insight into the magnitude and COM
pleteness of the circuit there is appended
below table of the different wires put in
connection with and handed over TO the
service of the Wichita office for the occa-
sion:
One route via. Ellsworth, Kan, Gene
SEQ, Kan, Emporia; Monet, Mo-, and
Joplin, Mo-; via. Wellington over Rock
Island; via. Wellington and Southern
Kansas railway: via. Topeka; via. Missouri
Pacific to TT. Scott and Kansas City Fort
Scott s. Gulf; via. Hutchinson and Nc
Farland, Kan, via. Nickerson and Garden
City; via. Hslstead. via. TT. Scott and
Cherryvale, Kan, via. Pueblo, Col; via.
Carthage: via. Chetopa; via. Monette, Mo;
Including Mr.. Hackett and Mr.. Elder,
who both assisted in sending off the multi
tudinous dispatches TO all parts of the
United States, brought up from Oklahoma
by special correspondents, fifteen ope rators
were at work firing matter into Kansas
City by tie various more or less circuitous
routes, and the result was a total output
of Is, 900 words, sent within one hour and
half, by far the largest number ever sent
out 81 any Office in Kansas.
The direct result TO Wichita of this
achievement will probably be the transfer
of the Western Union office to more COM
arra rh I'D
and approved by the Chicago office but not
yet by the headquarters in New York be-
ing the west room OF the Sedgwick block
Immediately adjoining the ". C. T. Z.
rooms. There will then be ample room
for the expansion Of the Office.