The ABERDEEN HERALD is atwice-a-week epitome of the happen-ings on Grays Harbor and in Cheha-lis county. SEMI-WEEKLY

THE 6EMI-WEEKLY HERALDReaches more homes In Chehaliscounty than any other paper published

ABERDEEN HERALDVOL. 27 SIX PAGES ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8. 1913. NUMBER 43

COUNTY TAXPAYERS LEAGUE BECOMES BUSYCLAMOR FOR

COUNTY ROADSIs Met With Financial Condi-

tions that ConfrontCommissioners

RECKLESSNESS, PERHAPS

Present Board ConfrontedWith Depleted Treasury

May Take Action

MONTKSANO, April 7.?(Special )

?That the immediate development ofChehalis county demands immediate

road building will be evident to any-

one attending the sessions of

board of county commissioners. The

requests, petitions and demandsfrom all quarters simply appall the

commissioners. They are so plainlyrequired, and the finances so pitifuihsmall, that, believe me, I would onthose occasions rather be a news-paper correspondent than a county

commissioner.Take the case of the North River

settlers that was up before the boardtoday. Harvey Cabot appeared beforethe board and asked for the buildingof this road; he showed that set-

tlers had already donated over $500ud said that $1,000 more could beraised to build a plank road, the es-timated cost of which is about $16,-MO.

The commissioners have taken avise stand against .any more plankroads, but Mr. Cabot assured themthat a rock bed was on the routethat could be used to make a per-

manent highway. The only objec-tion in the way of aiding this roadvas the fact that just before the«leetions last fall, in anticipationdonthless of the election of Commis-sioner Locke, the funds of this dis-trict were depleted?or dissipated, jAnyhow they vanished into thin air.And, while air may be all right forauto tires, it will not build roads.Mr. Cabot told the board all aboutthe fertile valley of North River, andhow it should be supplying GraysHarbor with produce instead of Cali-fornia and Oregon, but, he got no-

where. There was no money.

In Commissioner Fishel's districta little money was left, and a road

miles long will be built west fromHumptulips, a measure that has longbeen needed.

All kinds of propositions callingfor money come before the board.This morning a petition, signed byschool teachers and many others, ask-ing for the use of the county poorfarm for an experimental station, waspresented, and it is a safe assump-

tion that not one out of ten of thedtgsers could give an approximate

BUM as to what the cost would beper annum, if it was granted. And,ao we go. Clamour flot expendi-tures and growl about taxes. Thewonder to me is how you get any-

body to serve as county commission-er at all. He is damned if he don't,and doubly damned if he does.

There are appeals for money thatsimply have to be allowed, and oneof them was today, when Rev. Chas.MeDcrmoth, of Aberdeen, directed at-tention to the condition of John Sea-bore of Aberdeen. Seaborg is anaged fisherman who lives in a houseboat on the Aberdeen waterfront. Hehas lived on Grays Harbor nearljthirty years, and is almost incapacit-ated. He was allowed $10 a month.

The only other case of looseningtip by the board today was the al-lowance of $20 for the expenses ofthe county physician in attending thestate convention at Spokane.

Tomorrow many of us hope theboard will feel inclined to loosen up

and make a proper appropriation forthe Chehalis county fair, to be heldat Klma. There is no question asto the worthiness of the expenditure,and, as this does not come from theroad fund, it is confidently believedhere tonight that the fair will re-ceive as substantial support as thecommissioners feel the county canafford.

But; and the great BUT that facesthe county commissioners is theShortage of cash. Estimates for thisyear were made by the old board andthe new one is helpless. If the clamorfor money continues, it should beaccompanied by a willingness to payit. In other words, when a personsigns a petition asking for countymoney, they should signify theirknowledge of what it was going tocoat and their ability and willing-mss to pay their share of it.

APPOiiMierrsARE POSTPONED

President Not Likely to SendWashington Names to

Senate Soon

MORE, TIME IS NEEDED

William Hickman Moore'sNomination Held Up Be-

cause of Protests

WASHINGTON, April 6?lt is be-lieved to be doubtful, tonight, wheth-er any nominations of local ini|)ort-ance to the state of Washington willbe sent to the senate by PresidentWilson at the oi>ening of the extr»ordinary session of congress tomor-

row.With the exception of the numer-

ous postofiice vacancies throughoutthe state, the federal judgeship, thedistrict attorneyship and the Seat-tle postmastership are the only im-portant offices in the state which arenow vacant.

Appointments RecommendedNational Committeeman Pattison,

States Chairman Hugh C. Todd andCharles G. Heifner recently recom-mended the appointment of WilliamHickman Moore, of Seattle, to thefederal judgeship; Maurice Lang-horne of Tacoma, as district attor-ney, and F. A. McDonald as postmas-ter of Seattle.

It is understood, however, thatPresident Wilson is not ready to fll!these places and that it will be a anumber of days, and perhaps two orthree weeks, before nominations forthese places are sent to the senate.

Time NeededWith rgard to ithe Seattle post-

mastership, the delay is caused be-cause of the fact that PostmasterGeneral Burleson has not yet hadtime to make a definite decision withregard to that office. He indicatedthis week that he was consideringpostoffice vacancies by etates, andthat the state of Washington hadnot been reached and probably wouldnot be for some time.

Object to Moore.With regard to Mr. Moore, how-

ever, the situation is different. Al-though Mr. Moore has the support

of Mr. Pattison, Mr. Todd and Mr.Heifner, his nomination has broughtforth a number of protests, and thereis grave doubt whether PresidentWilson will abide by this part ofthe Pattison-Todd-Heifner slate.

The appointment of a district at-torney probably will be delayed un-til after the federal judge has beennamed.

GRAYS HARBOR PORTPLANS ARE EXTENSIVE

Work Will Begin as Soon as SpecialTax of $50,000 is

Available

The port commission plan forGrays Harbor, which involve munici-pal docks between this city and Ho-quiam; slips at other points, a freshwater basin and deepening of chan-nels, are to be started just as soot

as the special tax voted last yearand which will amount to $50,000 thisyear is available.

The port commission, which ineludes W. J. Patterson of Aberdeen,Frank Lamb of Hoquiam and A. C.McNeil of Montesano, will also favorbonding the county for notless than $300,000, and perhaps $-r >oo,-000, to prepare the way for the busi-ness that will come to Grays Harborthrough the opening of the Panamacanal.

A public meeting is to be calledsoon for the submission of planß forthe general improvement of the har-bor. The plans were prepared bvVirgil Bogue of Seattle. ,

FISHING PROHIBITEDWHEN INDIANS BALK

Agent Johnson Issues Order WhenQuiniault Tribesmen Refuse to

Construct Reservation Road

MONTESANO April 7?Becausethe men of the Quiniault Indiantribe refused to carry out the ordersof Agent H. H. Johnson, located atPuyallup, and construct a road onthe k-eservation, he has issued anorder prohibiting them from fishingfor Quiniault salmon. The Indianswant pay for constructing the road-way. The Quiniault salmon have justbegun to run and the loss will begreat unless the Indians are allow-ed to resume fishing.

BAY CITY, Ore., April 8.?Four

rescued and 18 dead must be markedup against the German bark Mlmlwhich went ashore on the north spit

of Nehalem bay, February 13, andwhich early Sunday morning, afterseveral weeks' endeavor by an en-gineering company engaged to sal-vage the vessel, was kedged into deep

water, only to overturn shortly afterin the heavy sea and wind which pre-

vailed. Heavy seas washed over thewreck and 16 of those on board werewashed into the sea. None of thebodies of the 18 who perished havebeen recovered.

The saved are:Capt. J. Westfall, of the Mimi.Capt. Charles S. Fisher, of the

Hunting and Fishing AreNow Included in the

One License Fee

TAKES EFFECT JUNE 11

Number of Changes Made inLaws by Last Legislature

in Those Laws

Providing for the creation of a

county game commission and requir-ing a license to fish as well as huijtare the most important changes in

the game laws made by the legisla-

ture at the recent session. Some lit-tle change has been made in the open

seasons on game birds and deer,mountain sheep, etc. and it will bewell for all hunters and fishermen jto be posted on the new law.

The county game commission pro-vided by the new statute is to con-sist of three members resident inthe county for which they serve. Thecounty commissioners will .recom-mend the personnel of this boardand the appointments will be madeby the chief game warden of thestate. The county game commissionwill appoint a county warden whoshall serve at a salary of not lessthan $25 a month or more than $125a month, payable wholly out of fundscollected from licenses, fines, etc. Thesalary will be fixed by the game com-mission.

The licenses provided for in thenew act shall all be issued by thecounty auditors and, by the new law,state licenses will now be issued bythe county auditors. A resident of

this state may obtain a hunting andfishing license at a fee of $1, whichshall entitle the holder to hunt orfish within the boundaries of thecounty. A resident of the state mayobtain a state license, from the coun-ty auditors, on payment of a fee of$5, that entitles the holder to huntor fish anywhere within the state.A non-resident license costa a fee

JUST WAIT TILL THE LONDON SUFFRAGETTES GET AN AIRSHIP.

?Fox in New York Evening Sun.

BARK MIMI WRECKS AT BAY CITY,OREGON, WITH FATAL RESULT

Fisher Engineering company of Port-land.

F. Ludwig and T. Kuchons, sailors.All night long and all of yesterday

and last night the breakers incessant-ly pounded the boat, the elements intheir furry keeping off the Garibaldilife saving crew, which had been sum-moned by special train to go to theaid of those on board. Attempt afterattempt to reach the boat was unsuc-cessful. No boat could get close tothe Wreck and live, and late last nightthe life savers gave up the task, hus-banding their strength for the su-preme effort today.

Six Lashed to Rigging

As darkness closed in Sunday nigh*hundreds of people who had spent theentire day on the beach anxious but

MANY CHANGES OF THE STATE GAME LAWS

powerless to aid, saw six men lashedto the rigging. They were the onlyevidence of life on board. Somehowthe impression prevailed that the oth-er 18 men who went with the vesselon her short journey from the beachto the deep water were imprisoned inthe hold and that on the morrow, ifthe weather cleared sufficiently forthe life savers to board the wreck,some of them might be rescued alive.Indeed, this impression obtained untilthe four men who were rescued bythe life savers reached shore, andthen the awful truth became known.They and two poor fellows who diedduring the night, while lashed to therigging, had been the only ones whohad remained on the vessel after sheturned over on her side, the prey of

the wind and mountainous seas.

of $10 for both hunting and fishing

1 and $2 for a non-resident fishing li-cense. All licenses will expire onMarch 1, following date of issue.That is, all licenses must be renew-ed on March 1, even though theyhave been issued only a small por-tion of a year. A license issued nextDecember expires on the same dateas one issued now. It is provided,howevet, that any minor under six-teen years of age or any woman resi-dent of the state may flsh at anytime that it is otherwise lawful with-out a license.

The Game Seasons: Elk?seasonclosed until October 1, 1925. Deerand mountain Bheep may be killedbetween October 1 and December 1,of the same year, bag limit in oneseason two deer or one mountainsheep. Unlawful to hunt deer withdogs or shoot them while in thewater. Ruffled grouse, Chinese orEnglish pheasants and quail may bekilled between the first day of Oc-tober and the first day of December,bag limited to five upland birds inone day, with the exception of quai!of which ten may be killed. Hun-garian partridge protected until 1920.Open season on water fowl, ducks,geese, brant, snipe, plover, curlewetc. October 1 to Feb. 1. Unlawfulto kill at any time any species ofswan. Bag limit on ducks, geeseand brant 20 birds in any one week.Former law allowed killing of shorebirds, ducks, geese, etc., along beachin April and May no longer appliesafter the new apt goes into effect.Unlawful to catch or kill beavers atany time of year. It is unlawful tocatch any variety of pike or any va-riety of trout, except Dolly Vardenor bull trout, between December 31and May 1, making the open seasonfrom May 1 to December 31. Thiswill put the opening of the seasonjust one month later than the pres-ent law. Open season on black,grey or Oreego Bass, croppie, perch,bullhead or sunflsh July 15 to May1 following. Limit of catch Is 50game flsh In one day; not more than20 pounds and one game fish In aday nor more than 30 pounds andone game flsh in any one week. Game

may not be caught in any man-

ner but by angling for them with hookand line held in hand or attached torod. No trout or bass shall be tak-en from the water less than sixinches in length.

The new game law- does not "go

into effect until nineljy days fromthe date of the adjournment of leg-islature and consequently the old lawsand regulations will hold good untilJune 11, 1913, when the new codewill take effect and all hunters andfishermen will do well to take heedto its provisions and adapt them-selves to the changes. The appoint-ment of the game commission andtheir supervision of the county willno doubt result in a strict enforce-ment of the proyisions of the newlaw and everyone should take heedto the changes.

FILES ON HOMESTEADIN HEART OF PORTLAND

Hoquiam Man Discover* VacantFraction on the Willamette

River and Begins a Contest

HOQUIAM, April B.?Verne Smith,who is visiting here for a few daysis holding down a homestead in theheart of Portland.

Reading of the filing of a home-stead by the mayor of St. Johns, asuburb of Portland, on a strip ofwaterfront the original settlers hadoverlooked, Mr. Smith began a searchof the land office records and dis-covered that a fraction containing3.75 acres on the river front of Port-land immediately opposite St. Johnwas also vacant. This tract has afrontage of 600 feet, and as adjoin-ing property sold at $100 a front foot,Mr. Smith concluded It was worthusing bis homestead right on.

The land office refused his appli-cation for entry, saying the land wasnot open for location. Further In- (vestigation by Mr. Smith showed aman had squatted on the tract a fewdalys before but had not compiledwith the legal requirements, so Mr.Smith instituted contest proceedings.He believes he has both law and pre-cedent on his side, and will win thecase.

ALL PROPERTY MUST LOOKALIKE TO COUNTY ASSESSOR

Assessor Wiley Is Sued to Compel the Listhsof All Property Alike on

the Tax Rolls

TAX DODGERS IN THE LAST DITCH

After Long Struggle, the Matter of a SquareDeal in Taxation Is Placed in Position

for Court Decision

As forecasted in the Herald lastweek, suit was filed in the superiorcourt yesterday to compel AssessorR. A. Wiley to place on the tax rollscertain properties that had been omit-

ted from them. The suit was insti-tuted by W. H. Bush, a pioneer citi-zen of Montesano, and former sher-iff of Chehalis county and was brought

by Attorneys R. E. Taggart and J.M. Phillips of Aberdeen.

While the action is confined to afew forty-acre tracts, its consequenc-

es have a far reaching influence. Itsultimate conclusion means just theend aimed at by the Chehalis CountyTaxpayers league, viz., that every in-dividual piece of property of every

taxable class shall appear on the tax

rolls at the same identical ratio ofvaluation, and stand their just andfair proportion of the burdens ofcounty and state government.

The condition of Chehalis county

\u25a0 for many years, In the matter of fav-, orltlsm In taxation has been notor-

, lous. The state tax commission has

1 by its action in Increasing valuations' for st&te purposes'and in it» imports,I given this county a most undesir-. able reputation in this connection.I Through means best known to them-

\u25a0 selves and hired officials, the tax dodg-

i ers of Chehalis county have almosti swamped one of the richest counties' in the richest state in the union. It

was not so much by reason of thesuih evaded as it was in the debauch-ery of the county electorate, and theconsequent extravagance of officialselected ?not to serve the people, butto stand by the dodgers. It requiredmore than ten years agitation to se-

cure the cruising of the timber ofthe county, although the small hold-ings of the farmer, merchant andworkingman were cruised every year.

And why? Timber was held in largetracts, largely by non-residents, forthe raise in stumpage and every taxevasion was regarded as a legitimateway of making additional profit. Asthe song has it, "Everybody's Doln'It," so everybody Interested thought

It was all right. Those not imme-diately interested were too busy pay-ing the taxes of the dodgers to noticefrom which direction the stones werecoming.

The Chehalis County TaxpayersLeague was organized about a yearago for the express purpose of rem-edying this condition of affairs. Par-ty political lines were not recognizedby the league?any more than theyhad been by the tax dodgers. Andthis obliteration of party politics incounty affairs was the swan song ofthe Ancient and Honorable Order ofTax Dodgers. Thenceforward it wasbut a question of time. The primaryelections did the rest. So long as afew paid agents and aspiring poli-ticians could control nominating con-ventions, the job of controlling localofficials was easy. Elections follow-ed, and tax dodging became almost,if not quite, respectable, the result-ing wasteful extravagance inevit-able.

It should be borne in mind that theLeague had no special class of prop-erty in mind, all were?and are?tobe treated alike. The fact that tim-ber lands are most frequently allud-ed to is due to the prominence ofthis class in the artful act of dodg-

ing the tax man.That the suit instituted yesterday

will be resisted goes without saying,but that resistance will force thedodgers into the limelight?a posi-tion they do not especially care to

(occupy. It is a suit brought by oneof the best known and highly respect-ed citizens of the county, and it isasking no favors. He asks the cou:-tto place other properties on such alevel as the county has assigned hismodest holdings. An absolutely fairproposition, all will agree, but onethat if sustained by the court and

followed by the taxing authorities,will place not less than one miHic .1

dollars worth of property on the ta.:<rolls of the county that now escape:and relieve the other taxpayers ci

that amount in the support of th?county.

Although the space is scarcely per-

missible, we print below the olftciA>papers in the case, in order that n >

mistake may be made on the parrof the readers of the Herald:

Alternative Writ of MandateIN THE SUPERIOR COURT OK

Washington for Chehalis County.STATE OF WASHINGTON, ex r«l V*

H. BUSH, Plaintiff, vs. R. A. » -

LEY, as Assessor of CHEHALHCOUNTY, Defendant.The State of Washington to B. A.

Wiley as assessor for Chehallf GKu-ty defendant:

Whereas the plaintiff in the afeoveentitled cause has filed herein a pe-tition duly sworn to, a copy of vlbliis herewith attached and made a paof this writ, demanding that 70a h»required to place certain property up-on the tax rolls of said County e, -

set out in said petition, and the eou-belng fully advised in the prenriSci.

Now therefore in the name of th -

State of Washington, you the saMR. A. Wiley, assessor of said Couhare hereby directed and command?'that immediately after the receipt 1this writ, place said property npcthe assessment rolls of said Connas set out in said petition or sho *

cause before this court at the eou:"house in the City of Montesano,. Ch -

haiis County, Washington, on tl> ?

18th day of April, 1913, at the ho; -of 9 o'clock in the forenoon of sa ; Iday or as soon thereafter as conns: ican be heard why you should notplace said property upon the asses ? -

ment rolls and comply with tho de-mand of said petition; and hcmYfail not at your peril.

Dated this 7th day of April, l»i".BEN SHEEKB,

JrtKb

PetitionIN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

Washington for Chehalis County.STATE OF WASHINGTON, ex id

H. BUSH, Plaintiff, vs. R. A. WI-LEY, as Assessor of CHEHJJU.iCOUNTY, Defendant.To the Honorable Judge of aid

court:The Petition of W. H. Bush, plala-

tlff herein respectfully shows:I.

That your petitioner at all oftimes herein mentioned has been andnow is a property owner and tax -

er of said County.11.

That the defendant is the dnl"qualified and acting assessor of saidcounty.

111.That your petitioner has demand-

ed of said defendant that he, as sac-hassessor, enter in the detail list ctthe current year for said ChefcalHCounty, property omitted from tba assessment list of the year of 1918 an'prior years, at the valuation of sae'iyear or years, or at such valuatio >as he should determine from pranfing years, the same to be entered Ina separate line from the valuationof the current year namely:

(a) For the years 1912, 1913 anaprior years the timber on S. R. V,of S. E. % Section 32, T. 18 N. P..7 W., shown on the numerical list creal property in Chehalis Coaat--1912, to have been in quantity ft ?1788 M. ft., spruce 48 M. ft. Ceda--165 M. ft. Hemlock 83 M. ft. Dta'60 M. ft., dead down 130 M. ft an 1valued at 90c per M. for fir, sprat ?and cedar, apd 8 c per M. for to-other timh nount per If. as-sessed aga. u.jjMfcrr timber for sai'year which been Or.Thousand Eight FA.idred and PVt; -

five ($1855) Dollars in value; and a'Ttimber similarly omitted from the as-sessment roll.

(b) That for the years 1912, 191".and prior years the unimproved lan Iof the S. E. V4, of N. W. % Sectio 1

31 T. 19 N. R. 9 W. shows on to-numerical list of real property tc-Chehalis County, 1912, 1913 whkbeing 40 acres in quantity and valutat Three ($3.00) Dollars per acr<.the amount per acre assessed agate:'similar lands for said yearswould have been One Hundred ar 1Twenty ($120.00) Dollars, In valatand all unimproved lands similar!'omttted.

(c) That for the years 1918, 1»3

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