Recommended Citation

[Matt McElroy, formerly of Samish, but now of Seattle, from which place he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention . . . we are glad to observe, doing effective service in that body] (Aug. 10, 1889) , Anacortes Progress (1889), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/waconst_news/14

Authors

[Matt McElroy, formerly of Samish, but now of Seattle, from which place he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention . . . we are glad to observe, doing effective service in that body] (Aug. 10, 1889)

Journal Title

Anacortes Progress

Story Number

1

Column Number

1

Keywords

washington constitutional convention, public lands

Type of Submission

Article

Newspaper

Anacortes Progress

Abstract

Reports on an independent elected member of the Constitutional Convention proposal to sell the timber on "the school lands" to the highest bidder and allow the state to retain control of the lands, in order to generate greater revenue and to avoid idle land.