Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-04-04

THE EASTERN sTORNs.

ington awake to a realization of the
unusually favorable weather condi-
tions in which they live. Nor is this
by any means combined to the resi-
dents of the Puget Sound counery, for,
as the Colfax Commoner puts it, Pa
louise country residents have been COM
planning bitterly of the continued cold
weather, with its snow storms, freez-
ing and discomfort. 1t is disasreeable
in the extreme but we have little of
which to complain. When one thinks
of conditions in other places the Pa
louise country seems to be favored by
weather conditions"
Residents of Western Washington
naturally think theirs the most favor
ed section and agree with the editor
of the Quilcene Megaphone when he
says: Hereafter when you read the
Megaphone's kicks against the lapses
of the Incompatible Puget Sound
weather you may attribute it to
grudge against the groundhog." The
Benton Independent comes in with a
little humor when it remarks: Its
about time for some Republican or Bull
M0oser to bob up and charge the ad-
ministration Of Woodrow Wilson with
being responsible for the floods and
storms that have devastated the Mid
die West and East"
And so, when inclined to grumble
Just little about this moderately cool
weather." as the Island County Times
says. pick up daily paper and con-
sole yourself with reading about the
less Of lives and property in the East
and Middle West. It's a good thing to
be here" I'VE may and do generally
grumble at the weather we are hav-
Ing" says the Castle Rock Independ-
ent. but this is paradise compared to
the terrible cyclones Of the East and
Middle West"
With dwellings destroyed and fam
lilies separated, more distressful condi-
lions, save in war times, are seldom
encountered" says the Columbia River
Sun, epitomizing the general belief
that the disasters are the most appal-
ling in the nations history. I'VE of
the West who are prone to grumble at
. little chilly weather can now realize
our blessing" In the opinion of the
Benton Independent. when we know
OF the misery and suffering in the
stricken East we can but think of our
fortunate lot in this favored land
where storms never reach destructive
proportions and where floods never
hiring about. wholesale destruction of
lives
Horrors succeed horrors in the Gen.
trail states" says the Fairfield Stand
ard, and I'VE - must admit" adds
the Chewelah Independent. that after
all our complaints are nothing" The
Gle Elum Echo carries this thought a
Ktle further and says mo matter
how dissatisfied people may be with
their own lot = they can hardly
fail to forget it in giving ear to the
cry of the thousands that have been
overtaken by misfortune who are ask.
ing-not for money because they have
no use for it--but for food and cloth.
ing. The touch of pity of the kind
that makes the world kin is present
and apparent"
1.-THE aspect of mans weakness when
confronted with the forces of Nature
appeals to the Mabton Chronicle and
then it adds: "Destitution, suffering
and sorrow follow in the wake of such
appalling disasters as the world is call
ed to look upon in the Central states
today. yet out of it grows a closer
brotherhood and the earth becomes
brighter because of it. From every
part of the globe the helping hand is
stretched forth and the bond of sym
patty becomes entwined around every
heart"
ut QtldilS vi the lNO great ulSdS
tiers of the month. as the facts are
slowly becoming known, indicate" ac
cording 10 the Mason County Journal
that the wreck of the Titanic was a
minor affair, either in loss of life and
property or in the hardship and suf
fering of the victims. Puget Saunders
- s,,l 4. L T.
same comparison the Reardan Gazette
adds: at matters not whether on land
or sea the elements can reduce the
work of man TO atoms in the twink
ling of an eye"