The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-28

tary public, all these and mauy more are
among our duties
Any one who has visited saw mill
has not failed To See the motions or ges-
| lures made by The head sawyer to the man
who sets the screws on the carriage. The
Oregon Mist slys that it is probably not
generally known that there Is LIVING In
| st. Helen the man who devised the set OF
Signals used by the head sawyers in near
| ly all the mills on the coast, 10 indicate
to The screw turner's 10y the movements OF
his hand and nfigers, how far mp, or back
| TO turn the screws of The head blocks on
the log carriage in saving up logs. Mi.
| T. T.. Watts, to whom that honor is due,
commenced at the age of fourteen years
| to handle the saws, and with but few in
termissions has followed that business Tor
the past twenty seven years, the greater
part of that time in the mill at this place
Finding that with the old system the
screw turner's frequently got the signals
mixed, causing delays and frequently
| spelling the lumber, Mr.. Watts invented
his system under which it is impossible
with ordinary attention, for the screw
turner's to make "a mistake, as To the re-
qnired turns to make.
These troublesome times with colds
| occasioned the adjusting of the poctjcal
machine of an exchange into working Or
der once more Here is its first produc
ton of the sasOn: Backward turn back
ward, 0 time in your flight: Give me the
| nose that breathed through last night!
Bring back the smeller that two days ago,
Knew not the torment of continual blow
Wipe from my m0ustache the moisture Of
sneeZe, Put wooden splintS on my poor
weakened knees; Rub my red nose us you
oft have before, with tallow, dear mother;
oh it is 50 sore. Backward, flow back
ward, o tide of the nose | am so tired
from my head to toes; Tired out with
mopping, and coughing and sucezing;
Weary from handkerchicfS constantly
seiZing: | haYe grown weary Of snif11e and
snuff, OF wipeing my bugle until it is
rough, Stick my poor head IN "A big pill
iow-siip, and sew Up, mother, have the
! la grippe.
An exchange says: We suppose many
people think newspaper men are persist
ent duns. BY the way OF comparison let
us suppose that farmer raises 800 bush
els Of wheat year. and sells this cut to
| 800 persons in all parts of the country, a
great portion Of them saying: II will
hand you dollar in a short time" OF
course the farmer does not want to be
small about 1t, and says all right. Soon
his 800 bushels of wheat are gone, he
has little m )ney to show for it and the
farmer now realizes that he has frittcd
away his whole crop, and its value H. due
him in IL thousand little dribbles, conse-
qucntIy he is seriously embarrassed in
his business because his debtors, each
owing him one dollar, treat it as small
matter and of course, think it would not
help him much. Continue this business
year in and year out as the publisher
docs, and how long could he or would he
stand it? A moments thought will con-
vince you.-Ex.
One hundred and fifty men EMPLOYED
in the Pacific Mill company's works
went on strike last week. The trouble
was caused by an attempt to introduce
the eastern system Of paying of the
hands, reducing their wages, and closing
the boarding house, leaving the men to
hustle for boarding places in the small
community. BY the old system each
man was paid so much per month, ac-
cording 10 his worth, and his board, the
company running a cook house in con-
junction with the sawmill. This ar
rdngement is in vogue all over the Sound
country, but in the effetc East it is differ
cnt. There the men receive their wages
monthly or weekly as the case may be
and beard where they please according
to the dictates Of their own conscience
While force Of men were clearing Che
timber along the beach at AnacorteS we
noticed that one of them had cut down a
noted ycw tree, which we had honed
IL ha
foot of this tree VIM. II. Whitwil inform.
ed US that in 1854 he had camped under
it when he had belonged TO the party of
Capt VIM. II. Faunteroy of the United
States coast survey who campeL there
with the party. while on a trip with the
steamer Shubrick. So it may be seen
that party Of Americans campcd under
that tree four years before the Frazer
river gold excitement of 1853 and when
there was no village on Puget Sound
Washington Farmer.
Goodness of seeds."-One lady writes:
81 thank you tor the goodness of your
seeds, which can be honestly recommend
ed and depended upon" Another, 1--WE
don t rec"llect having been without your
seeds since we pat our hands to amateur
gardening. because we have meyer found
any that eXcelled or even approached
yours in reliability. For the last twenty
years your seeds have filled our little car.
den with the choicest flowers" These
aer some of the reasons why you should
send 10 cents TO james Wick. Scotsman.
Rochester, N. Y, for his new Floral
Guide, which amount may be deducted
from the first orper. 1t don't seem nossi-
bic such a work can be supplied for the
money.
The News is requested to call the at
tention of farmers to The fact that owino
to The scarcity and high price of potatoes
Seattle parties are i'm porting large GUAM
titles from the east, which will be placed
on sale in the local market. Farmers are
cautioned against buying these imported
potatoes for seed, as they incur great dan
ger of breeding the potato bug, which is
such pestilencc in the east, and which is
wholly unknown in this state Great
care should be exercised and nothing but
homegrown seed planted A word TO
the wise is sufhcient.-Skagit News.
The prosecuting attorney informs US
that in towns incorporated under the
law which has just been declared invalid,
where saloons have been licensed and
owners are liable to prosecution. Lii
censcs must be obtained from the county
commissioners 10 operate Il saloon out
side of AN incorporated tovn-Vidette.
Tomorrow is the birthday of the man
who. some years ago, owned Ratchet, but
couldn't tell a lie. The Ratchet part of
The business Is often seen yet, but the
other part is rarely met with.-Sumner