Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-06-10
HUNTING A SCRAP
HOQUIAM ACTS THE PART OF A
SPOILED Child.
Wants to Fight Creation Of Second
judicial District Unle IS u Gets the
Whole Pie. rOrQets When %
Turned Down Opportunity to Sc
cure the County Seat.

~Os~ sU~ NVOUSY 0(0Us
There Is a small but noisy ele-
ment in Hoquiam that is never hap
py unless engaged in voicing
crouch at Aberdeen. A great majori-
ty Of the citizens of our enterpris-
ing neighbor on the west are wise
to the plain fact that neither place
can be favored or injured without
having like effect on the other, and
it is safe to say that this grouchy
exhibition has done more to retard
the development of Hoquiam than
anything else.
Just now the little bunch is at
it's happiest over a promised squab-
BILE about the location of the sub
courthouse. 1t may be all right for
our sister city to work for it's To-
cation where it deems best. but,
when our eXcitable neighbor rears
up on it's hind legs and protests"
against the creation of the second
district, and clamors about It's
rights" it becomes childish. When
the news of the action of the coun-
ty commissioners, designating Alb
erdeen as the point for the sub
courthouse Monday night, the
grouchy bunch got busy, rustled up
meeting and passed the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the citizens of Ho-
quiam do hereby protest against the
creation of a second judicial dis
trict with Aberdeen as the place of
holding court"
In addition, the meeting appoint
ed a committee to appear before
Judge Irwin to emphasize the protest,
and another to proceed to the east
ern end of the county to frame up
a job against Aberdeen.
All this scrappy talk is pure twad-
die. Hoquiam has been treated more
than fair by Aberdeen in all matters
pertaining the procurement of a
court house on Grays Harbor, while
this same grouchy bunch at Ho-
quiam were working overtime to de-
feat the location of the county seat
in their own town. About three
years ago Aberdeen started a move
ment to bring the county seat to
the Harbor, Offering free site and
$4,000 bonus to help erect the new
court house. Hoquiam asked that
it be allowed the court house on the
same terms, which was granted.
The people of Aberdeen labored
hard and spent their time and mon
ey freely to accomplish this object.
which owed it's failure almost solely
to certain citizens of Hoquiam-
who are now shouting themselves
black in the face about their
rights" Aberdeen, out of vote of
1896, gave 1908 in favor Of Ho-
quiam for the county seat, "a per
cent of the total vote cast. While
they were doing so, Hoquiam gives
but 734 votes for removal out of a
total vote of 964, nearly 80 per cent
voting against making their own city
the seat of all Chehalis county.
Right there Hoquiam forfeited all
rights" to further consideration
from Aberdeen in courthouse mat
ters, and the present clamor is un-
seemly, to say the least.
The press of Hoquiam has much
to say of "a square DEAL" and the
keeping of pledges" by Aberdeen
that look well in print but will not
bear scrutiny. When did HoQuiam
tote fair with Aberdeen in the en-
tire struggle to establish court
house on Grays Harbor for the con-
venience of its people? Had Hoquiam
stood true to Aberdeen-and Itself
there would be no courthouse discus
sion now. Hoquiam would have been
the seat Of county government for
more than two years. Had our squal-
ing neighbor kept faith with Aber-
deem the whole matter would have
been settled long ago. Was this
grouchy bunch giving Aberdeen a
square deal" when they attempted
this spring to make lineup with
Montesano to place the sub-court-
house in Hoquiam? The less Ho-
quiam-or rather the small coterie
that is making the present howl
have to say about keeping faith and
giving a square deal the less atten-
tion will be given their pefrfidy in
every move to secure the convenience