Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-07
S9LONS GETTING down TO WORK
In LAST DAYS.
Money, Credits and riOrtgageS Ex-
empted From Taxation. Senator
COtterilI Holds His Seat. Ross In
veSfigatiOn Reveals Some Strange
Land Deals. piper'S Sharp Practice



OLYMPIA, March 5-The bill for the
destruction Of noXious weeds, II. B. A :,
called up some discussion in the senate.
Some of the worthy gentlemen were in.
clined to grow facetious, as though it
were joke for the agricultural interests
to have the nerve to ask for legislation.
But they thought of their gubernatorial
booms and boomlets and the farmer
vote in time and not vote was recorded
against it.
February % set new record in both
lbouses, and business was accomplished
with neatness and dispatch, especially
dispatch. The house passed 90 bills and
defeated 3; the senate passed IL and
sent to their long home. The large
percentage passed does not indicate any
thing like that proportion OF the hun.
dreds OF bills introduced will become
laws. a large number OF them will be
left in the junk heap when the clock
strikes IL on March IA.
No more must the man OF means put
his money in sock on March and for
get it or swear himself stone blind, for
money, mortgages, ETC., are exempted
| from taxation.
OF Importance to the capital city is the
bill of Representative Rice, OF Thurston,
| which gives the board of control super.
vision over the capitol and grounds, in
stead of the secretary state, as at pres.
ent.
Both the senate and house committees
that visited the Soldiers Home condemn
the buildings and grounds, but the sem
ate committee reports in favor of imme-
date removal. and the house committee
does not. The sole objection of the house
| committee is the expense, and as 1t is
conceded that the estimate for the next
two years will break all previous records
it is not such bad grounds. Still, it may
be false economy in the long run, to say
nothing of the comfort of the veterans
which some foolish sentimental people
think the real consideration.
Senator Piper almost caught his COL
leagues asleep the other day, and they
woke up just in time to prevent the in
definite postponement Of the direct pri-
mary bill. So far as the senator from
King is concerned, his constituents ts
should take the will for the deed.
The ballot boxes of Senator Cotterill's
district did not look good to the commit
tee that went down to investigate them
with the view of bringing them to Olym.
pia for the purpose OF recount. Evil
dence OF their having been tampered
with was so plain that the committee
took advantage OF instructions as to the
proper course in thai event and dropped
the contest like superheated spud.
The Ross investigation committee has
been given eleven days more time and
will, to all appearance, need it. Land
appraised at $3.50 per acre by the state
cruiser for which an application at 5000
per acre (found not to be technically cor.
rect) was made, was cut to 500 and sold
at that figure without competition. As
it was almost Immediately re-sold at
81 ,0C0 per acre, no one has arisen to dis.
pute the naive belief of Mr.. Ross as ex-
pressed to the committee that he was
"buncoed." A reliable forecast of the
committees report indicates the exonera-
ton Of Ross-and the recon- m endation
OF legislation so that it won't happen
again. BIGE EDDY.