Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-13
EXECUTIVE INCAPACITY

Fair act each county Of the state is en-
titled to one commissioner, and ]. G.
Mofiat was appointed such commits
sioner for Whatcom county. Mr.. Moi
fats business has necessitated his alb
sence from the county for several
months, during which time our county
has been practically without repre-
sentation on the board The time for
preparing the state exhibit is rapidly
drawing to a close and the opportunity
for making creditabIe showing with
the other counties of the state in the
great Fair will soon be gone forever.
The interests of our county demand
that some steps be taken at once to
have the vacancy filed. The follow.
ing communication forcibly illustrates
the neglect of our county's interests
under the existing state Of things:
Having sent sample of the best
iruit I'm my orchard, / was surprised to
md, upon subsequent inquiry at Fair
haven headquarters, that il had been
spoiled, and not preserved, owing to
the want of suitable jars, for which,
however, the gentlemanly curator, l..
l.. Bird, was in no way to blame, as
i learned from him that il is now over
six weeks since he notified his super
Tors in Office of the necessity of furnish
ing more Jars. During this time he
has written and telegraphed frequently
Tor more jars' without results, and
he had been compelled, upon his own
authority, to purchase inferior Jars,
INTO which some of the fruit exhibits
would not fit. This neglect of our re-
quirements Is entirely inexcusable, and
can only be attributed 10 gross incom-
petence and acknowledgements Of the ex-
ecutive officers, or worse-an invidious
discrimination against our county by
Tacoma influence. This idea Is the
more plausible, as the party primarily
at fault is Mr.. Henry Bucey, of Ia.
coma, who is general superin tendent
of the horticultural division, and at the
same time member Of the executive
board and chiefly identified with
Tacoma and its interest. In fact so
much mismanagementa and inef1iciency
has been exhibited I'm regard to the in
terests OF the Fairhaven district that il
became matter of general comment
that our local district superintendent
OF horticulture, Mr.. +. l.. Won G0hren,
oil East Sound, was so Disguised with
the general management that he sent
III his resignation, and was only in
duced to Withdraw il at the urgent
request Of Mr.. II. BUGGY. This neglect
in the matter of jars is the more in
excusable, as Mr.. BUGGY claims to he
an experienced horticulturist and
fruit expert, and consequently must
know at this season of the year, above |
all Others, when perishable fruits are
rapidly ripening, a single days delay |
IN furnishing proper requirements |
should be provided against. Instead |
of this, We have had already a SIX I
weeks delay during the very height
OF the fruit season.
"Whatconr county has been particu-
larry unfortunate IN its connection
with the Worlds fair commission, i'm
that the commissioner under the act.
MIR. Motlat, was called away by his
business arrangements aud no provis-
ION was made in proper season to sup
ply his place. Had there been new
commissioner appointed much of the
Encouragement already shown might
nave been prevented, as "A live, agrees
sive commissioner would have seen
$500 ~ AAhNANoA' VI w ldlibDl county
received due attention. Even now il
is not too late to take action. Under
the law the executive board have
the power TO fill vacancies, and a petit
ton should he gotten up to appoint
some good, active man to the position.
The Chambers of Commerce of Fair
haven and New Whatcom should COM
bine on this matter-if combination of
such incongruous bodies is possible.
Fairhaven has already done something
IN furnishing the room for headquar-
tiers, while New Whatcom, Achilles
like, has suiked in his tent, growing
and scratching his sore head because
Fairhaven gained the inside track in
having the district named the "Fair-
haven District" while they slept on
their oars, when they might have had I
II named the "Whateom District. /"
Again, when Fairhaven had already
furnished the building for headquarters {
and thereby attracted the attention of {
the Boston excursion parties to view l
the exhibits in that town, representa-
tive men in Whatcom said: tThey
have the headquarters over there when
Whatcom could have furnished two
rooms or more.n No doubt. there are !
enough vacant rooms there.
-of all the sad words OF tongue or pen.
The saddest are these, IL might have been"
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