Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-17


wall mill this morning. | saw one
/ twO-iuch plank four feet wide without
"A knot. There is ship there loading
for Holland 300 900 feet of wide stuff
all perfectly clear That Is business.
You could not get such "A
cargo as that Of clear stuff
m the whole state of Michigan.
This mill is the best managed and
most complete Of any that | have seen
on the Sound. Those people know
! what they are doing. II is run with
much less waste than any other mill
! we have visited. At the Tacoma Mil.
/ Tor instance, we saw everywhere men
! waiting for lumber. Here there is
always lumber waiting for men. find
/ this mill economically managed
MI ShuCk is one of The Weaithipst
men Of Springfield. lie owns miles of
street railway, RUM ny through the
/ heart of the city He began the opera
/ ton Of this line with mules, bat now
I has the Thomson-H0uston system of
electric cars. He took great deal Of
interest in the Fairhavrn and New
WhatCOm street railway.
"G0u have very fine street railway
system said he. "Fherc Is no better
! roadbed la the country than yours. In
my country a street ear line running TO
such lake as yours would DE a fortune.
/ The sooner that strap-iron road is torn
up the better. have had some cx-
Pericnce with strap-ir0H Cars wont
last two years on these rails.n
Mr.. George Scott, Of the Ni4siS5ippi
River Logging Company Of WinoHa,
Mimi, is keen observer Of our timber
resources, ~ am satisfied that now a
! the time 90 make investments here i'm
| timber lands If ! owned timber here
/ would not cut a stick of if now. The
greatest need Of your country j.
AN outlet for your product. You ought
10 fight for the Nicaragua canal.
an our country the day Of the small
operator is past. The business is con-
trolied by large corporations, which
obtained possession OF the timber lands
when the price Of stumpage was low.
a man who has money enough 90 cm-
bark In the lumber business now would
not go into business at all
81 have heard much Of your county,
Of IFS timber and coal, before coming
mere, but was not prepared for any
thing like the reality. A person can
gain no idea Of the timber from "a
written description. At Seattle I met
igremcn. I know the man, and know
what he says is true. lie told me
about q quarter Of a section iu the
~kagit that hc knows Of bis own
personal knowledge has over 1900 900
feet of timber upon IL. / would not dare
To- repeat this in Wisconsin or Mtchi-
gan. ! noticed today on land ON which
the timber had been cut large numbers
Of tall cedar -tumps in which there are
millions Of shingles. | won Ter why HJ
one has uaiizcd this waste. J wouldn't
want anything better than "a shiuglc
mil 10 work on these -iumps can
not help observing how young and
fresh your people took. Compare the
c0mpicNiOnS Of "a man Of our party aud
one of your men Of the same years aud
see h0w much whittier and softer aud /
frcshCr the face Of the PUGET ~Oundpr .
looks. And your lHdIc--Weii, / have /
never seen their cDmpicXiOus cguHllcd. .
The humid atmosphere and iogs Of
Puget sound acts Ike a cream Of beau /
ty. The ladies tell me, however, that .
the fogs are not so good for the baug7.n .
Senator Frank Richards came down I
from seattle with the lumberucn, aud J
enjoyed "A visit with several old time I
friends, among them J. J. Murphy and I
h. &. jefferson and wife .
and James ka--un, who were all resi- .
dents Of Woodstock, H., Mr.. Richards F.
old home, when he left that town for
Washington.
The thank. of the trustees of the !
Chamber Oi Commerce are due to -u- /
perhtcndent Atkinson, 0f the Corn .
wall mill, for 80 generously and heartily .
cooperating IN The plans Of the day; to I
the officers Of both ends and the mid I
die Of The tairhaven ana New What F,
com electric railway for placing /
two cars at the disposal Of
the Chamber for the trip To Lake /
WhaicOH; and to Mr.. i. :. Mundy for I
the great assistance rendered 10y him ,
both in having fairhaven included la /
the itinerary Of the party and ia the /
Of the plans for their enter
tainmeHt.
The president aud five other trus-
tees and the secretary and seven other I
members Of the Chamber Of Commerce .
The wonderfully liberal and friendly /
spirit evinced by New Whatc0m and /
the Great Northern railroad manage
mcnt excited considerable comment
Help along the new hospital by I
being at the house warmJng next Fri /
day Grand Central hot1, New What
COM. Tickets to suD6er aud dance,
81, for sale int all Eadiug stores Of
tairhayen anh Sew Whatc0m.
Everybody ShouldBly one.
st. JAmos Parish Choir
EDITOR or THE HERALD--ir-
Kindly correct a siiVht iuaccura,.y ia /