Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-01
Reservations Made in Deeds to Land Are
Calculated to Prevent Their Improve
f1ent for Many Years to Come
TAX D0DCINC IS BUT ONE OF ITS OFFENSES
The Herald Gives Its Reasons for the Selection
of the Chief Offender in the
Tax fydding Business

and dishonest officials elected whose
mismanagement resulted in wan
tom extravaganza with the money OF
the public so that the resident tax
payer, the man whose little all was
n plain sight of the taXgatherer was
caught coming and going. He paid
the taxes lodged by this corporation
and paid again for the mismanage-
ment of officials he would never have
placed in office if this foreign concern
had kept its hands off the elections
Another reason the Herald insists
that this concern be placed on a par
with the other taxpayers, is that every
dollar it receives in Chehalis county
goes from the county forever. 1t
pays out nothing here but it's taxes,
and it certainly should be compelled
to pay its just proportion of them.
1t not only carries away the money
received here. but has adopted a
policy of reservations in the sale OF
it's lands that is we'll calculated to re-
tard the development of this country
for many years.
The constitution of this country
prohibits any law of entail, yet the
system adopted by this concern
amounts to practically the same thing.
The reservations it makes in deeds to
the lands sold are so many and SO
arbitrary that no person of ordinary
knowledge would purchase with
view of improving them. Note those
reservations. The following is taken
from the form of title given by this
company to the land it sells:
Monstrous Reservations
The party of the first part
hereby expressly saves, excerpts
and reserves out of the grant
hereby made, unto itself. it's sue
Cessors and assigns, forever, all
oils. gases. coal, ores minerals
and fossils of every name, and
which may be in or upon said
lands above described, or any
part thereof. and the right to en-
ter by agents, attorneys, SER {.
wants or otherwise upon said
lands, or any part thereof, to ex-
plore the same for such oil.
gases, coal. ores, minerals, and
fossils, and it also hereby ex-
pressly saves and reserves out OF
the grant hereby made, unto it.
self. its successors and assigns.
forever, the right to enter by it.
self, or its agents, attorneys and
servants upon said land, or any
part or parts thereof. at any and
all times. for the purpose of open
ing. developing and working
mines thereon and taking out and
removing therefrom all such oils.
gases. coal ores, minerals and
fossils, and to that end it further
expressly reserves out of the
grant hereby made, unto itself,
its successors and assigns, for
ever, the right by its or their
said agents. servants and attOr-
neys at any and all times to erect
construct maintain and use all
such buildings, machinery, roads
and railroads. sink such shafts,
remove such soil, and to remain
on said lands or any part thereon
for the business of mining, and
to occupy as much of said land
as may be necessary or conven-
lent for the successful prOsecu-
ton of such mining business,
hereby expressly reserving to
itself. its successors and assigns,
as aforesaid. generally, all rights
and powers in to and over said
lands, whether herein expressed
or not. reasonably necessary or
convenient to render beneficial
and efficient the complete enjoy
ment of the property and rights
hereby expressly reserved"
1t will be seen by these reservations
that a purchaser would acquire title
to little more than the right to clear
up the land and pay the taxes upon
it. And should any of the numer-
Gus underground products so careful
ly reserved. be found on the premises,
the Timber company. it's agents or
assigns would have the right, under
his deed, to enter upon the land and
proceed to erect the required build
ings upon the clearing the man had
spent the best years of his life in carv-
ing out from among the big stumps.
OF course. no person of sound mind
would buy land with the intention OF
improving it under such a title, and.
equally of course. if the owner of
such land discovered traces of a
valuable deposit. his interest would
lie in conceaing his discovery. In
either case, the reservations operate
to retard the development of the
country.
When it is considered that this COM
panys holdings equal almost one
fourth of the acreage of Chehalis
the Indian and for
est reserves-the enormity Of this
policy becomes apparent This cOun-
ty. in common with all of Western