Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-10-15
POLITICAL HISTORY
Of GEORGE Il. DAVIS. WRITTEN
By FRANK |. THURBER.
Some Interesting SidelightS Thrown
on the: of Davis for
County Commissioner for the
Third District. Tax Dodgers Line
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The Grays Harbor News chides |
the Herald for reprinting the Thur
be letters that show the total unfit
ness of Geo l.. Davis to hold the Of
flee of county commissioner, and mis- /
take only believes they are published
because this paper is at a loss for Or
iginal arguments against his cleo
tiOn, and cites the result of the pri-
maries as evidence of the futility of
Mr.. Thurber's literary efforts.
The futility is not quite clear.
More than 1,400 Republican voters
apparently believed the statements
which have never been seriously
disputed. The Democrats have nam
ed "a candidate from the Third dis
trict whose record is clear. Charles
Mcintyre, a pioneer citizen of Che
halls county for thirty years, and
with a record of four years as county
commissioner that any man would
be proud of, offers the voters of Che
halls county an opportunity to elect
II lldH w nose lOHS Ille Ill tIe county
has been noted for level-headed,
straightforward business. A man
who will do what he believes to be
the equitable thing by all men, and
who will be controlled by no special
interests or petty political pirates.
Such a man offers his services to the
county, but will kow tow to no man
TO secure the position. If the peo-
pie want him, he will serVe: if they
prefer Davis they will deserve just
the treatment Mr.. Thurber says
ply giving the matters publicity,
that voters may see Mr.. Davis rec
ord from an undisputed Republican
source. But, let Mr.. Thurber talk
CHAPTER I'll.
Who pays the greatest proportion
of taxes according to his wealth, the
big grasping corporation or the poor
man? This is the question for the
voter to answer next Tuesday, when
he casts his vote for commissioner
of the Third district.
The wealth of this county is in it's
standing timber and it should be
crrised and assessed like any other
property. so that just tax will be
paid into the county AMI the poor
man not be compelled to pay so high
an assessment on his home and small
farm.
Now just stop and think for mo-
ment. The records show that over
$1,500,00 was added to the assessed
valuation of Pacific county by the
cruising of the TIMBER lands of
that county, and yet Geo. l.. Davis
always has been and is now opposed
to cruising the timber of this county.
He is the candidate of r. F. Lytle ct
al, who in the committee room at
the recent Republican convention
held in Aberdeen, changed the plank
in the platform to read: I'VE recon-
mend the cruising of timber when
: conditions warrant it,"
Now l would like to ask the voters
of Chehalis county if conditions do
not warrant it? If not at this time,
they never will. Let this corporation
tool come out from behind his
RECORD, for that is all he claims
to stand on, and give the poor man
a square deal.
Remember that it is the duty of
the board of county commissioners,
sitting as the board of equalization,
to pass upon all taxes as assessed by
the county assessor.
Now l would like to ask the voters
if Geo. l.. Davis record as county
commissioner is one to be proud of?
He was elected by the people to rep
resent honestly all the people, but
has always managed to adjust all
county affairs to the satisfaction of
the large timber owners-the corpo-
ration-and his own interests. The
small property holders and farmers
have been compelled to carry the bur-
den of taxation, SO as to make the
already rich, richer.
Is this honest? Is this a record to
be proud of, and on which to ask the
voters Of this county to support him?
AS to Geo. L. Davis business meth
ods, l would like to ask the public
what business he has ever INDUCED
in other than the holding of large
timber interests, which made him
rich and on which he has never paid