The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-23
THE STATE PRESS.

Tacoma Ecrs: sTen yeau ago The whole
Of Southern California Wa an ana vaste. One
mIghs ride for hours without seeing aay vexeta-
tion other fh1n the forbidding cactus ard the
dreary sags Hush. Those few who attempted
70 draw suatenAnce from th1 ed lived In pow
erty and measured the length Of time thsy kad
lived there not by years or months but b. their
indebtedness They were shiftie0 and lazy as
became those who hnd confessed Themselves de-
feated In the struggle against natura1 difficulties
Today tie land 10 covered with orchards and
vineyards, oranges, fruits, and rsisins grow in
profusion. Handsome rssidenosss gardens Gilsd
with fragrant blossoms, the dark green leaves Of
the orange dotted with the golden fruit beaufify
the landscapa Last year one county alone IN
this region, where there was nothing but cactus
and sasebrush decade ago, received 3,ooa.00o
- the proAt on the product Of In orchards and
fected b. irrigation The introduction Of water
has transformed the desert into garden In
Eastern Washington there are Thousands Of
acres that may be converted in this ssme man
ner. In Yakima county alone there are l,7u0O0
acres that might be rendered productive by
irrigation Other counties hsve ~ much more.
south Bend Heu,d: .Ths killing OF Rose and
Edwards It the county jail of this county. on
the night Of April II, b. . band Of about forty
masked men is IN event much 70 Be deploFed
BY al good citizens, and win long remain
stain upon the fair name Of Pacific county. We
care nothing for the guilt q innocence Of the
victims: of that we have no opinion 70 express
1t this or any other time, but Ne DO care Tor
and have the very highest regard for the
decision Of the supreme court Of the state OF
Washington That high tribunal has decided
in no doubtful terms, and for more good reasons
than one. that Rose and Edwards were not
properly and fairly convicted, and granted them
. new trial That decision should have been
respected"
Pacific Journal. att is matter of regret that
the satisfaction Of justice had to be administered
by the people themselves rather than by the
duly authorized officers Of the law. Lynch law
we cannot and do not uphold, but there seem
TO be some cases in which It would almost APP
pear justifsble and . necessity, not alone for
the purpose of administering punishment, but
which also serve a. q reminder to those in power
that the people who put them there are the law.
and that justice must be administered regard
less of dollars and cents Thus In the past two
weeks no less than four rebnkes have been given
in this way to our courts Of justice In the Cnited
ststes"
Asotin sasfael: "Around the Sound the lear
Of hurting railroads rendered many members of
the late legislature lukewsrm in support of any
restrictive laws intended to help out the people
OF the interior of the state Now. when grain
goes East for but . third more freight than 70
the finest body of water In the world, and
measures are on foot that bid fair to secure an
open river, change Of heart seems likely 10
overtake the people over therewho are not hope
iessly tied up with railroad interests All the
people want over here Is immediate relief, and
the tide-water people who extend the most reci-
procity to that end are their best friends"
Skagit Ners: "Anacortes has offered sub
sidy of 100000 for the location Of the steel
barge works Marysviiie has doubled this
amount making 1t s6Oo1o0a Now III. Vernon
proposes to see Marysville and 60 one-han bet
ter. Yes, as II II only . question Of lacking on
few ciphers to the valuations OF corner lots.
we viii give $I2ooo.o0o Tor the location OF the
steel barge works ct this point NaIysville
must put up or shut up"
The Fairhaven Herald thinks the fun.making
at the expense Of the typewriter is doing great
injury TO many deserving women who make
their living BY this trade. 1t adds: ave read
not long since Of an editor who never permitted
Joke on . woman to appear In the columns Of
his magazine. II there were more men in the
world like this one it would Be all the better
for it,
Walla Walla Journal: "Thanks to Al Cold
man for . new Panama hat All such milk Of
human kindness keeps our pastepot from smell
ing sour, and the ink from drying up in our ink
stand. What we want now is q baseball suit"