The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-02
THE STATE PRESS.

Bellingham Bay Express: "one of the great
| drawbacks to the development of the farming
| part of the county is the holding of l60 acres
| and more-land by actual settlers and specula-
tors. The actual settler, with 160 acres is just
| as much to blame as the epeculator; being on
/ the ground, he knows the value of neighbors
| and improvements, but he hangs on 70 his
quarter section, pays taxes, growls, works hard,
cusses the roads, and says he cannot see why the
| country does not settle up faster. If every man
| in the county owning 100 acres would sell forty
| acres to some man who would live on and i'm
| prove it, the result would be that four more
| settlers would be located every section, four
| new houses, four new barns, four more
clearings, more fences better school facilities,
more men to work on the roads to keep them in
repair. he four men in every section, who
would sell at reasonable rates forty acres
apiece, would have the money they received to
put into improvements. The trouble with the
average farmer is that he is like his city brother
he wants the whole earth. The theory that
only wild land should be taxed has some
rafting good features. The mossbsck and
avaricious man, who does nothing but hold on
with bulldog tenacity, would receive blow
that would cause him to wake up and shake
himself. Sell forty acres apiece. The balance
has more ground in it than some of you will
ever set foot on
Spokane ReVfew: "Dr. Briggs, of the Presby-
terrain church, has been placed on trial-not SO
much for the doctrines he has been preaching
as the sharp manner in which he has gone about
scraping of the moss from the root of the
sanctuary. In other words, the advanced
thought of the ministry lie with him, though not
approving the mode of his enunciations In
truth DIR. Briggs seems to be a character more In
influence with reforms coming out of the clash
of opinion than changes to be wrought by the
growing liberality of the age and the general
drift of the times toward common center. The
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slow for his impulsiveness. Very likely his eff
forts to lay on the lash viii result in more harm
than benefit arousing az il does all the stub
borness and combativeness of the conservatism
within the fold"
Spokane Spokesman: awhile absolute re-
ligious and even irreligious freedom prevails In
this coyntry, yet In some respects there is more
genuine religion in the United States than in
any other nation in the world There being no
state church and no law to enforce religion, the
respect shown TO religious observances is all the
more creditable and praiseworthy because it IS
entirely voluntary. Yet there is not national
holiday which is not celebrated with religious
features; there is scarcely public occasion,
even political convention, which Is not opened
with prayer"
Pomeroy East WdshiagtoRidn: "Self praise Is no
test of self approval-indeed those who are not
insistent on their own commendation are
frequently the least confident in its justice Of
ten IL Is the consciousness or fnferforfty which
makes people thus struggle to prevent others
from depreciating them. He who is pure in de-
SIRE noble in character, rich In good deeds, has
no need TO proclaim IL. He is content TO wait
till others find 1t out, and will not be much cast
down If they never do"
Oakesdale Sun: "The Sun prefers not to Be
considered a kicker, but then it must enter a
protest against the low fines imposed on those
who violate the town ordinances by getting
mi and Narlw A E1o 81 g. l.. l.
proportionate TO crime against our laws. Let
! the punishment be made three or four times az
| great, so that offenders will not consider IL a
| luxury 70 get drunk"
Spokane Rerietr: efforts to prohibit Sunday
| ball playing are efforts 10 increase Sunday vica
| OF grosser kinds. Where harmless amusement.
| are denied vicious ones will be substituted
| This truth will be clearly demonstrated where
| ever the experiment Ia tried"
Shelton Sentinel: "Ths people who make the
most noise are not the men who generally
| accomplish most in this world"