Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-10-29

Ine Aberdeen Herald Is making a
big howl about the cruising of the
timber Of the county, and holds that
as a fixed charge against George L.
Davis, candidate for county commits
sioner, ignoring the fact that he has
announced himself in favor of the
cruise at this time, The question of
cruising timber is new political
factor since Mr.. Davis was formerly
a member of the commission, and
today he is strongly in favor of that
work being done. On the other hand,
what information is there touching
the stand Mr.. Davis opponent may
have taken? Has Mr.. Mcintyre yet
expressed himself on that subject?
Has 1t ever been put up to him?
Probably not, but possibly Brother
Carney will dictate the policy of the
prospective commissioner, and can
guarantee that he will have the tim
ber cruised, whether the rest of the
board are favorable or not. But
will he have chance? In politics,
Brother Carney-like our local CO.
temporary in most things-gives a
very good illustration of Don Quixote
| fighting wind-mills. Mr.. Davis and
Charles w. Arland stand so high in
the estimation of the voters of this
county that it seemh almost waste
of time and material to attempt even
a general denial. Their opinion was
so we'll expressed at the primaries
that the election seems almost super
fluous. .'-Hoquiam Washingtonian.
AS usual, our Hoquiam friend
starts out with a false promise and
proceeds TO t.ni1 his lit.se serm, IT
The Herald has made no nowl abunt
The cruising Of timber lands. eI'lis
paper has merely printed the letter.
Ol Mr.. DAVIS Republican opponent
at the primary election, copying them
f,cm the Washlngtonian. This a.
tempt of Davis to evade the serious
charges agiins. him by noticing only
Thurbers compfint about timber
cruising, is useless, he must face
them all. Su far as the Herald is
concerned t. would not care to see
the timber of Chehalis county cruisrd
for assessment purposes under the di-
rection Of Chae. w. Arland and Geo.
l.. Davis. Their record as to taxing
large property holders is such as to
encourage fear that the cost of the
cruise might be wasted, without any
relief to the average taxpayers, who
are not favored with a ten per cent
valuation.
AS to Mr.. Mcintyre, he has done
better than express himself. He has
acted, and I'll. MS speak louder tina /
words. Mr.. Mcintyre has a record
as county commissioner that the
Washingtorian and Messrs. Arlard
uY Davis kno.s to be without flaw.
and he stands La1ore the people today
without having sandbagged anybody
or offered to purchase anybody, CO
secure a place on the ballot. The Of
fetal record oe Mr.. Mcintyre shows
that during his term of office the
beard of equalization supported IN
honest assessor, w. r. Crawford, in
placing a fair "a: uatiOn on the hold
Ing of the large as well as the small
taxpayers T.. ollows that the assess
inents were resisted in the courts;
tnat McIntyre ard his colleagues
stood by the assessor, and won. Tho
assessment Iolls FOR the years 1897
1901 will show the only period in
25 years in which an effort was made
t. distribute :he burdens of county
government failly. The insinuatioE
that the editO' of the Herald would
dictate the rOiicy of Mr.. Mcintyre
will be amusing to those who enjoy
his acquaintance. We would dislike
very much to be in the position of the
individual that would attempt to
dictate to Mr.. Mcintyre the policy he
should pursue in any public position
I-particularly so should that dicta-
tiOn involve an act of mora! turp1-
.ude.
The conclusion of the Washington
ian article is rather unfortunate for
both Davis and Arland. Theic high
stHnding as expressed at the prim-
a. les" will result in the defeat OF
both of them if repeated next Tues
day. Arland fell 296 votes short of
polling a majority of the Republican
Votes cast for his office, while Davis
comes out apparently strong with a
ma Jority over Thurber of 76l votes.
BIT. an analysis of the Davis vote
betrays his weakness. He ewes !73
votes to Montesano and CosmOpolis,
received as a reward for his treach-
ery to Grays Harbor in 1905, fact
that should of itself be sufficient to
turn him down on Grays HarDoi mex.
week.
Note the vote in Aberdeen and Ho-
quiam, and 6gure up tho high
standing" of those two candidates.
Remember, Davis was running
ahainst a man particularly weak in
both cities, yet after having sand
bagged DR.. Watkins out of his way
he gets but majority OF la the