The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06
General Notes.

Seattle.
Seattle is to have a $3.50, 00)
temple to Thespis-Tacoma's
grand one is nearing completion.
The Union Pacific has secured
the British steamers to carry Can
adian freight from Puget Sound
parts to Victoria.
A. T. g. Pierson, noted Ma
sonic writer and worker-dled in
St. Paul on the 25th, of Brights
disease. He was aged "a years
and has held all the honors OF the
Masonic craft.
A. S. Hewitt resigned his posi-
ton as representative from Pierce
county in disgust, and new cleo
ton is called for the 10th of De-
cember. Elwood Evans is the re-
publican nominee.
The Tacoma Globe chartered
steamer and sent 5000 copies of
the paper containing an account of
the inaugural ceremonies to Olym-
pia ahead of all its competitors.
A very good stroke of enterprise.
The Minneapolis Tribune build
ing burned last Friday night, and
fifteen lives we're lost, mostly prin-
ters and newspaper men connected
with the various papers with offices
in the building. The loss is about
a million.
The city of Lynn, one of the
large manufacturing cities of Mass
achusetts, suffered from a large
and destructive conflagration.
The territory burned over covers
fifty acres, and the estimated loss
will reach $3,O0O,O0O.
The West Coast Trade says that
the Port Angeles aud Gray's Har-
Dor railroad filed articles of incor-
poration last week. Work will
commence on the road at once,
ann it will pass through some OF
the most valuable timbered lands
in westero Washington.
Montana, Washington, North
Dakota and South Dakota. stand
up and be counted. We hereby
declare you in the Union fully,
making four more of us. You
are now at liberty to go ahead and
pile great and imposing state
debt On your shoulders, like the
resG of us.-San Francisco Globe.
Nearly 10000 buildings have
been erected in Seattle, and over
five and one half millions expend-
ed since the great fire of June.
This is an illustration of western
city building-a wonderful one
when we consider that 112 of the
buildings were of brick and stone,
Of all grades Of cost.
The Congressman from the
four new states, propose to set up
a Northwestern headquarters at
the capitol, where the people can
meet when in Washington, and
where the resources and products
OF the Northwest can be exhibit
ed. Writing tables and the news
rapers of this country will be on
file there.
Some one estimates that getting
born cosls the people of the Uni,
ted States $225,OOO,OOO annually;
getting married, 100000; get,
ting buried, $75,OOO,OOO. From
this calculation it will be seen that
the people of the United States
can save millions of money annn
ally by stopping getting born and
buried, and choosing the cheaper of
the three evils-get married.
"A represen tative has introduced
bill Tor 'home rule" in town
ships, which is based on the New
England precedent. The bill is a
very elaborate one but it is doubt
tul if it gets through, a great OBJ
lection would be the lack of pop
nlation outside of the large towns,
although the township government
is optional with the residents.
Again there is already multiple
ity OF state and county officers.
A good fruit tree is worth fifty
dollars, says an old fruit grower. ii
this is true an orchard of one acre
containing fifty trees should in.
crease the value of the farm upon
which it is situated by the pleas
ant sum of $4,000 less, of course
the original value of that individ-
ual acre. While it may be difficult
to find purchaser who would ac-
cept this valuation, my own ex.
perience inclines me to the belief
that the farmers assertion was not
far from right. A money yield of
three dollars per annum from each
tree would give six per cent. upon
this capitalized value. 1t is a poor
tree that will not average this.
even allowing for off years. and
on years are not so frequent as to
alternate regularly with bearing
ones; ones, a healthy tree, properly