The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-05

ITO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN"


No more extraordinary public docu-
nent has been issued BY any governor
since Sancho Panza was governor OF
the island Of Barataria, than that put
forth frorl Olympia by the extraordF
nary parsonage who may well be called
the Sancho Panza OF Washington poll
tics. Every citizen of the state who can
read should study this wonderful pro-
auction:
Olympia. wn.. Dec. 3. 1881.
70 Whom 1t May Concern:
am reliably informed that home-seek-
ers can obtain good government home
sseads in the region between Grays mar
Dor on the south and the Straits OF Fuea
on the north. I am told by those VINO
have recently come from this region that
good lands can there be found which are
not difficult to clear That II Is possible
for a person TO go there during the fall or
winter and clear enough land and raise
enough crops the folio wing summer TO
support a family during the second year.
The timber is not attractive 10 ioggers,
fine soil Is good and everything. am Told,
Is favorable to the honest worker who Is
seeking for a home upon the soil. The
would be first to Aberdeen, Chehalis
county, thence north to the lands In ques-
ton.
Write Il. A. McDougaiI, 17s5 f street.
Tacoma, enclosing. say, % cents. for par
tieulara. ]. r. ROGERS.
What is this thing? 1t reads like a
mixture OF missing word contest"
with real estate business and confidence
games.
What Is its purpose? Is II to procure
for Mr.. Il. A. McDougail sundry sums
of money. SAY 70 cents" from a guile
less public? Is IL 10 discriminate in
favor Of chehalis county as against
stevens or Whatcom or Yakima, or any
other county? Ii II a secret bid for tim
Der claim jumpers 10 come forward? II
any citizen Of the United States wishes
to come to the state of Washington to
settle. why not let him settle where he
pleases and not advise him to send Mr..
i. a. McDougall. of Tacoma. SAY %
cents" before making a choice, as our
delightfully."- unconscious governor ad-
vises him to do?
IL Gov. Rogers recommends Mr.. r. a.
McDougall. of Tacoma. as the pos
SCISSOR of the wonderful discovery of The
fact that there Is good land on the
western side Of Puget sound we hope
that he will not refuse to recommend
so earnest supporter Of his in Seattle
as say the Rev. Jack" Thompson. as
a person who could give people points
about land In King county for--we will
not SAY 3 cents" as Col Thompson's
knowledge is worth more-say ST.
or Il not Col. Thompson. then his for
n1er copartner. Gen. Eugene Way; or
Senator John +. Fay. for instance.
Why does the governor discriminate
against Hoquiam or Montesano or Port
Angeles or Port Crescent as cities of
entrance &c his promised land. and why
but there Is no end to the why's, as
there Is evidently no end to Gov Rog-
ers' lack of that saving sense of hamor
which should prevent a man In his pc
sition from issuing such an utterly alb
sura document.
We recommend to Gov. Rogers that
he read Don Quixotc. and especially
the statement of Gov. Saneho Pauza
who said: IL know no more of govern
ment than a bustard: and. IL you fancy
the devil viii have me. IL am governor.
would rather so Sancho To heaven
than q governor 20 hell"