Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-28

Inc greatest ueSlTc Ol Iic human ho"''
is to own home, yet how few OF the
millions of our land own the roof that
shelters them, and the fault is. perhaps,
not theirs, for how can the laborcr, the
mechanic or small, ira 'esman ever hope
to own that which they most desire un-
less they remove TO more favored To-
cality, where opportunities are greater
and competition in their respective lines
is less; away from strikes and the in
huence OF labor disturbances, where
peace and plenty reign supreme and
where each man is a king among kings /;
where nature smiles upon the industri-
GUS and where wealth crowns the efforts
OF all those who labor.
All over the eastern and central por-
ton OF our land thousands are looking
with disconnected faces at the unsatis
factory and unsettled condition OF affairs,
and the despon'ent prospects for the
future. In tn colder communities of the
East all trades are overcrowded and ex.
listing avenues filled; all resources fully
developed and, to the head OF growing
family. the prospect OF a pleasant home
ard prosperous future for his children
gloomy reflections. He has seen the
chosen home of his early manhood de-
velop from wilderness through all the
various stages of modern progress he
hoC Ln1 10 intt hI1I Ii
. schools, churches and factories he has
seen one door after another open and
new ideas take the place OF the old order,
and as the man OF fifty years of age al
lows his memory to turn in retrospective
view, remembrance awakes with her
busy train ard he is dumb with amaze
ment to think that his brief span OF life
has witnessed so wonderful a transition.
And with such thoughts will come the
other. Is there left a place, a country,
where the development Of ew empire
will give to coming generations FIELD
for successful effort, where it is not too
late to Law icr his children the founda
ton for new homes that will promise
prosperity and comfort; a place where
he can make for himself home in which
to pass his declining years in peace and
plenty surrounded by his posterity? For
him we answer EYES," there is such a
place. Read on.
Washington is called the Evergreen"
state, because its forests are practically
composed of fir, hemlock, cedar and
spruce. The different species rank in
the order named in quality and value
The largest and best body OF timber
now standing in the world is that Of the
Pacific Northwest, and the densest por-
ton of this marvellous body OF timber is
tributary to Grays HarbOr. Professor
Henry Gannett, chief OF the forestry
division OF the United States, Depart
ment OF Agriculture, estimates a total Of
l95, 6S7 1856, 900 feet b. NJ. OF timber now
standing in the state OF Washington.
This is more than the combined states Of
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota,
and more than in all the yellow pine
states OF the south.
OF the one hundred and ninety. six
billion feet of timber standing in the
state of Washington twenty-seven billion
feet is in Chehalis county, and Grays
Harbor is the natural gateway for the
shipment Of fifty per cent of the remain
der by water in the state. The reason
why this forest OF wealth will 60 to mar
ket by way of Grays Harbor is told in a
table OF figures, thus: Distance in tow
age for sailing vessels from
Tacoma to the Ocean .....120 miles
From Portland to the Ocean .ll6miies
From Grays Harbor points. ...
...fr from 10 to Is miles
Grays Harbor is admirably situated
from geographical standpoint, and is
bound to be one of the leading harbors
on the Pacific coast. This body OF water
is almost an inland sea, covering an area
of seventy.five square miles, situated
forty miles north OF the Columbia river,
and ninety miles south of the Straits Of
Fuca, and is now rival OF the leading
harbors on the Pacific coast for the COM
merce OF the world. The Importance Of
Grays Harbor will be better understood
when compared with the leading ports
of the state, and it is needless to say that
all others are left far in the wake. For
the year 1902 the following shipments OF
lumber were made from the following
ports, in feet, board measure:
Aberdeen (Grays Harbor). -. los, 900, 900
Hoquiam (Grays Harbor).... 10000, 900
Cosmopolis (Grays Harborl 5000, 900