The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-07-21

Surveying carefully tho playful
tricks and fancies OF the atmos.
phere 10 which We have been treat.
ed OF late. aud the fitnul haromotric
sommersaults with which We have
been RECALLED. II is n parlous and
perilous undertaking 20 nrognosti.
cate tho weather this summer
Much less can one hazard n guess
as TO the coming autumn.
Wherefore. II YOU should be but.
tonholcd one of these midwintry
July days by brave spirit who
will tell YOU that the state of Wash.
ington will wake mp the mornin.
Of September l3 TO find itself swept
by Frost. let II not seem farfetchcd
As previously limited. there's no
telling these DAYS what weather
may strike MS.
Jack Frost at Head OF Il
And. indeed. there seems To he
considerable plan afoot to give us
Frost this fall
Jack Frost himself Ia at the head
OF tho plan.
Harking back to tho days when
We first emerged from swaddling
clothes 10 the period ~ manuiac
turing mud pies. We can recall some
OF the terrors which Jack Frost In.
spired when tho head OF the house,
hold threatened 10 call him In for
the purpose OF visiting unusual pun
ishment upon unruly children.
We had him pictured. then. %
grumpy sort OF an old "kiil-joy."
Hes a Regular Fellow
hut that myth no longer dis
turbs us
Jack Frost ia no longer capable
OF inspiring terror. and. what In
more. he does not seek to do so.
lie seems quite regular fellow.
who shakes hands as affably as
most candidates for governor. and
better than some. who chats pleas
antly and lntelligen,ly. who used to
be lawyer and reformed. who wan
ed to go 20 congress four years
ago. but would rather move into the
governors mansion At oiyu.
next year.
John y. Frost. In other words. IL
one OF the seven. eight or ninc can
didates for governor in the rcpub-
lican primaries.
Hos exactly so years Of age. and
knows what he's doing
Ae Knows His Olympia
Having been appointed in 1895 TO
flli a vacancy In the state auditors
office. and "a 1905 a. member OF
the newly created state tax com.
mission. Frost has spent consider.
able time In Olympia. knows the
habits thereof. and feels he can
stand four more years OF life there
Jack Frost. as his friends all call
him. has had q varied lot OF cr.
perienccs- being governor.
they and he thlnk. wouldn't DO him
any harm.
He was born In New York. and at
an early age he moved TO Pennsyi.
vania. where he worked in saw.
mills. lumber camps. coal mines.
railroad construction.
One season he carried the hod
and studied nights.
Came Here In 1889
At rs he was foreman Of rail.
road construction gang Al % he
managed a department store.
Finally he was admitted to the
practice OF Law, and came to Wash.
ington In 1889. lie located in
Eilensburg. But he did not stay In
tho law business. aitho he was
rather successful
He acquired arid land. organized
the Cascade Canal Co. and super.
vised the construction OF one ~ the
largest irrigating canals in Wash
ington.
AS tax commissioner he wrote
many articles now used as texts In
leading universities. lie WAS in
strumental in great measure I'm
securing the enactment OF Law
permitting idle funds OF the state
10 be invested.
For the past four years Frost has
been engaged in the logging bust
ness in Seattle.
When he ran for congress- four
years ago the bull moose showed
him under
This year he expects Frost to be
on top.