Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-06
"FAIRHAvEN HARBoR.

The homeopathic littleness which some
of the Nhatcom and New Whatcom al
legged newspapers are capable of display
Ing, when Fairhaven i the theme. would
be amusing II il was big enough to laugh
at. Lately in an editorial speaking of the
advantages of FairhaYens water front
for the unloading of vessels, the HERALD
said: Captain Leonard has sailed his
vessel 10 all the leading ports of the globe,
and il is his unreseryed opinion that Fair
haven harbor in Bellingham Bay is the
finest he has ever visited" To the |
term 'Fairhaven Harbor" the Whateom |
Bulletin made violent objections and ugly |
faces. and this has inspired the Port
Townsend Leader Ito put in its oar" to
this extent
The application by its FairhaVen co
temporaries of the name of "FairhaNen
liarbor' 10 Rellngham bay i strongly
resented by the Nhatcom press. II Ger
iainly looks a. though there j. cause
for this protest. Bellingham bay com
prehends all OF that body of water upon
which Mhateom. tairhaven and adjacent
cites are situated. Any attempt To force
name in the interest Of one Of these
rival burgs is unhecomng. Instead OF
ton toward unity and harmony. The old
adagc "A house divided against ITSELF.
etc. would apply in this case.
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The HERALD does not propose TO enter
into any Small-sized. neighborlood quar-
rel with the Nhatcom newspapers about
any Of these matters. The game i not
worth the powder. Ii is fact. however.
al, has l.ur in .aIN
ham bay, and very good one, New
whatcom also has harbor. and We wish
it We're possible to say truthfully that
Whatcom has one II can be said, how
ever, that the place viii have harbor
after IL has grown sufficiently further
westward on the piles To reach the point
where Fairhaveu enterprise has built for il
awharf II Is not the fault OF Fairhaven
that Whatcom has no harbor. nor j. il our
fault that WhateOm does not cover the
entire coast of Bellingham Bay. There are
dozeus of bays ia the world which have
many harbors which divisions of those
BAYS are not called by the same general
names as those of the main bays. ana In
this connection the Port Townsend
Leader exposes it, person without further
explanation from ANY other source
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Ii seems that a Nhatcom newspaper
wouldn't really b. Whateom newspaper
If il didn't expend large part OF it, space
saving. IN an aitemptedly smart wav
something about Fairhayen, which is only
successful in being little and mean. Some
of thusc newspapers make a pretense thai
there is a strong feeling in fairhaver
against the towns at the other end of thu
bay. They might just as well say thai
Fairhaven Is Jealous of Lummi or Chueka
nut. Thiseity hasn't got time TO be fooiinl
with such small things as local jealousie-
The people here are engaged In buildtHl
city. which day by day Is showing up s'
grandly all around as to even astonish Tn
people who are doing the work. Fair
haven l. pushing forward enterprise
which are helping the entire bay. Tn
city shows itself To the visitor when b
rounds the point coming from the south
the fame Of Fairhaven j. growing apace
its material structure is spreading owe
the territory allotted TO it by the act 4
incorporation and il i having no troubl
about consolidation with this that or til
other 1t will grow to it, suburbs yer
rapidly aud then OF course take thel
all ia and L.! them be portions OF ID
city. OF such Importance. great or sma
a. they may have in the meantime al
tanned
Unul then. why should the VIVA
CON newspapers persist in thrir fo,lis
attempts To injure this city, There ca
be only Que reason. and that j. simply u
same reason that DAVIS must nave som'
thing To peck al. OF course huma
nature has something to do with u
matter. but il is not cummondable Kin
OF human nature. There exists that 50
of human nature which makes son
penple hate those who help them. ev,
when that help Is done without Osteutl
ton. or because it cannot be avoided
doing good 10 the world. If Fairhav'
should erect at point ON Bellingha
heights the greatest structure
the face OF the earth; one ia
. would attract the attention Of the wor
and bring To visit it millions of poop
even a spiteful an aiiiairas the Whatco
Bulletin could not help saying-or at lea
believing. that Fairhaven had done a 20
thing for all the surrounding country. al
vet the builders Of such structure wOu
probably 20 right on with the work. it
getful Of the fact that there was such
thing as the WhateOm Bulletin, but d.
ing all the time that such a work was pi
crossing. reasonable and fair minded pc
ole would be applauding the builders
this very moment Fairhaven enterpris,
building great railroad right into VIII
com. which will vastly benefit that pla
aud which will shortly give it connect
with one Of the great trans-continen
railroad systems. aud doing many otl
things of kindred character and eife
and yet there are few people-very f
however-in Whatcom who are aw
mad at Fairhaven because these THU
are being done. The newspaper ent
prise which would cultivate such s.
timent is of the kind that objects
Fairhaven having a harbor or to "A +,
haven hose team getting show il
water test after inviting the teams
take part in the races. These THU
will not however. hinder Fairhaven
least little bit In her onward marci
metropolitan greatness and CONNER,
supremacy, nor will it decrease the g
there" of the Fail haven lire boys"
The Spokane Spokesman says: Al
all. there is nothing like having the 1
Of everything. Recently the people
Fairhaven secured the services Of Z
magnetic newspaper brightlight. Colo
Visscher. and attempted to make hin
fNtnre. Immediately the attraction