Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-06-29

To THE EDITOR: I have noted with a
good deal Of interest the various reports
from time to time as they have appeared
in the columns of the Post-Intelligencer
of those who have visited the Worlds
fair. In commenting upon Washington's
exhibit, while they have generally been
flattering in their tenor, dwelling at length
upon oui wonderful farm products, fruits,
etc., and the universal admiration and at
tention they were attracting, they have
all, without exception, deprecated the
meager and shabby showing in our for
estry exhibit.
To the lumberman in this section the
condition of this exhibit comes as sur
prise, not to say an evidence of bad faith
on the part of those who were particu-
larly jealous in soliciting donations of
lumber and timber from the mill men
and loggers in this county.
In all probability Chehalis county do
mated as much if not more lumber. and
timber than any other county in the state
toward the construction of Washington's
Worlds fair building. The lumbermen
responded almost to unit and enthusi-
astically donated. what was wanted. 1
am told that this was the case all over
the state.
Now, in view of all that had been given
by the lumbermen, and in view of the
fact that the timber isterests are by far
the greatest interest in the state, the lun-
bermen had right to expect that full,
complete and comprehensive exhibit of
our forestry products should have been
on display at Chicago. Were there such
an exhibit now at the Chicago fair in the
hands of a practical lumberman, it would
be of untold good to this state in adver-
Using our timbers to the thousands of
lumbermen who will visit the fair from
all sections of our country, some Of whom
have but recently placed sample car loads
of spruce and fir in their yards in compe-
tition with the products of their lumber
districts.
This Eastern lumber trade on Grays
harbor has given great impetus to the
lumber business, and the Grays Harbor
Commercial Company, of Cosmopolis,
and the Northwestern Lumber Company,
of Hoquiam, are crowded with orders,
while all of the mills here at Aberdeen
are perfecting arrangements whereby
they may enter at once into the same
trade. We believe that this Eastern
market will be the salvation of the lum-
Der business, and in the light of these
facts it can be easily seen the urgent
necessity and the immense advantage it
would be to the lumbermen of this state
to have had at Chicago a good display of
our timbers in the hands of live, prac-
tical lumberman, who, being thoroughly
apprised of the present status of the
Eastern market, could have fostered and
strengthened it in it's infancy at place
and time such as we may ne7 sgain
have an opportunity embrace ---.s---s'-
tis iost pposJl.ssssgss iec.'f' which there
can -hs no excuse. There was demand
made in behalf of the lumbermen of this
county that we be allowed representa-
tive in the forestry department, and the
fairest kind of promises were made. 1t
is needless to say that the request was
ignored. 1t is very evident to our people
that there existed in the minds of the
commissioners the idea that we are of
little or no Importance. There are other
sections of the state that have some two
or three representatives, while we have
neither display nor representation. A
gentleman was telling me day or so ago,
who has just returned from Chicago
that he saw a teredo-eaten pile on exhibit
ton. did not learn whether it was in
the forestry or fisheries exhibit of Wash
ington, or whether if in the fisheries ex-
hibit It was labeled species Of shellfish
that infest the waters of Puget Sound.
OF what earthly good the exhibit Of that
shell-encumbered pile can be is not ap-
parent at this distance. The question
was put to the gentleman in charge if
this species Of shellfish was found in all
the Washington harbors and he imme-
diately replied they were, whereupon a
gentleman standby hearing the CONVEX
sation said: "Do you mean to state that
this teredo is found in Grays harbor p
when he promptly replied they were, to
which the last questioner replied: II
know d. site better. They are not p
| simply relate this as sample of the
manner in which We are getting repre-
sented.-A Gray's Harbor Lumberman
in the Seattle P.-I.
One Small Bile Bean every night for a
week arouse Torpid Livers. sc. per bottle.