The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Chinese Granted Permission to
Remove Their Dead.
The Harvest of Oregon and Washington
Cereals Said to be the Largest
Ever Known.

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L. III. Bartlett, an absconding embez-
z3er and bank cashier from Fort Morgan,
Col, has been captured at Seattle.
The water supply at Spokane Falls is
inadequate, and three houses were burned
there, principally owing to that fact.
F. Stevenson a Canadian Pacific ticket
agent at Victoria, B. c., has gone down
the Sound defaulter to the extent of
$500.
L. D. Smith of Reuben Creek, Joseph
inc county, Or, went prospecting recent
ly and came home with a nugget worth
$3.50.
In consideration of the location of an
academy at Milton, Or, by the Adventists
the people Of that town raised $1,000 as
starter.
Census Supervisor Mosher computes
the population of Los Angeles county at
10l 400. The population of Orange coun-
ty is 1890.
1t is commonly believed in Alaska that
the missing Lord Boyle, one of those
who went up the Yukon in search of
gold, is still alive.
Mayor Gum wants the enumeration
at San Diego to be taken over. The pres
ent returns show population of Is, 700.
The Mayor claims "a 900.
Postmasters have been appointed: ::
Montana-J. G. Sherman, Flat Willow,
Fergus county. Wasbington-J.D D. Dean,
Hoquiam, Chehalis county
The wrecked steamer Sardonyx will he
turned over to the underwriters. The
crew of the vessel, who have been living
in huts at Skidegate, have returned to
Victoria.
Eureka, New, has granted the petition
of Chinese to be allowed to 60 there and
disinter their dead. The petitioners
promise to depart as soon as their work
is finished.
The following postoffices have been es-
tablisbed: Washington - At Rangau,
Lewis county, 7. ]. Long, postmaster; at
Chester, Spokane county, Alvin 7.
Church, postmaster.
The Santa Clara County Board of Su-
pervisors has made report charging the
Sheriff with appropriating to his own use
half the money allowed by the county
for the support of prisoners.
The Southern California Editorial AS
sociation, which has been in session at
Santa Barbara for four days past, ad-
journed yesterday. Madame Modjeska
delivered an address to the association.
The A. 0. q. w. Grand Lodge of Ore
gon and Washington, which has been in
session at Astoria, Or, has adjourned
until the third Wednesday in July, 1891,
when it will convene at Victoria, B G..
Three hoodlums st Jefferson, Or. en-
tered a Chinese house and held the Mon
golians outside the building while they
robbed it of $500, and with coal oil
started blaze that destroyed the build
ing.
A Hunt sank an artesian we'll 180 feet
two miles from San Bernardino recently.
The water rises thirty inches above the
top of the casing, and stones of eighteen
pounds weight are occasionally thrown
out.
The land suit of the State of Washing
ton against John G. Mcbride for lands
near Tacoma is developing bold scheme
of land grabbing. although mining ex-
perts testified directly opposite to each
other.
The harvest of cereals in Oregon and
Washington will be the heaviest ever
known. especially in the Inland Empire,
where crops were short last year. There
will be magnificent crops of apples, pears
and peaches.
A large acreage of timber land in Ber-
nalillo and Valencia counties, N. NJ, has
been purchased by Michigan lumber
merchants, and system of saw mills is
to be established. The property is on
the Atlantic and Pacific road.
Work will be commenced this we on
thirty miles of new 70 d for the South
ern Pacific railroad through Cow Gre elk
canyon Or, that is to replace the road
damaged and destroyed by TIE big land
slide OF last February, and including two
short tunnels about $50 feet long.
Chief Engineer Kendrick of the North
era Pacific railroad at Tacoma says that
the road will be extended from Grand
Coulee, the presf mt western terminus ct
the Washington Central line, to the Co
lumbia river at point near the mouth
of the Okanogan river before the snow
flies.
Judge Kibbey at Phoenix, A. T., holds
that the twenty-four Chinese In arrest
there canuot claim the privilege of ha-
beas corpus, they being aliens and being
in the country illegally and in direct vio-
lation of a Congressional enactment
The Chinese will be sent to San Fran
cisco for shipment to China.
1t is semi-officiaIly announced that the
assessment of Los Angeles county will
show about $67 ,O00, ,0CO worth OF property.
This is decrease of $17, ,0OO, 900 over the
assessed valuation of two years ago. This
decrease is due to the fact that Orange
county has been detached from Los An
geles since the last assessment.
Major Blakeney, Superintendent OF the
life-saving service, hiss received lnstruc-
tons to have three new life-saving sta
tons established on the northern coast
one to be located at the mouth OF tfe
Umpqua river, one on Coos bay and the
third at the mouth of the Coquille river.
Bids will be advertised for, to be sent In
on August 8.
Henry Bucey, President Of the Tacoma
and Seattle Air Line railroad, eays that
he construction of the line will begin as
soon as Congress passes the bill giving
the company the right OF way through
the Indian reservation He Is IN receipt
of letter from Senator Dolph Of Oregon,
in which the latter says that In his opin-
ion the bill wiz psss without opposition.