The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-23

court having decided the law unconstitu.
'iOnal under which most of the towns
had been Incorporated, the legislature un
dcrtook to provide for these and for al
future interpretations In one BILL In Sc
doing they lost their legal bearings, and
the supreme court is likely to be called
upon to find them. In speaking upon
the subject Prosecuting Attorney Smell
said THE city of Puyalup will present a
petition to the board of county commits
slonerS for its incorporation ignoring the
corporation. which was adjudged uncon-
stitutiOnal by the supreme court. The
question now is whether cities incorpOr
ated under the law declared unconstilu-
ilonal can be incorporated by the board oil
county commissioners calling an election,
or whether they should incorporate by q
vote of their own city under the provis-
ions of another section of the law. In
| order to to test the matter have advised
the board of county commissioners TO re
fuse to call an election under the petition
This furnishes an opportunity to test the
matter by mandamus from the supreme
court against the county commissioners
1t is desirable that a construction of the
law be had before they incorporate, as
1t would be very embarrassing TO incOr-
pOrate and afterwards have it declared il.
Legal"
Look out for sharper who travels
through the country selling An improved
plowshare. or an improved something
else, which he loans to influential far
merS who will recommend it to their
neighbors. He takes an article of agree.
mtnt, which is written with peculiarly
| r1 of0H fOt1 pfa in fh0ra h0ip tuyC
compartments in the holder. One OF
these compartments contains ink that
| fades away in short time, while the ink
in the other is permanent. With the for
mer he writes the article, and changing
the pen he hands it to the farmer who
| signs his name with the latter kind. The
fade and the sharper has piece OF blank
of note at a neighboring bank. Don't
want to get into trouble.-Ray.
An accident that came very near ending
the earthly career of human being, oc-
cured to man by the name Of Tucker
working in Johnson's logging camp, on
last Thursday He, in company with an
other man, was standing on spring
board, chOpplng down a tree, and they
were up about twenty feet from the
ground, when the tree began to fall.
Tucker gave leap and fell to the ground,
but seeing the tree was about to strike
him he lurched to one side rolling into q
slight depression. The big fir Came down
with crash, exactly across his body, the
but end striking exactly in the spot where
he first alighted. Strange to say the man
was not killed, but badly bruised. ard for
time it was thought he had sustained
fatal internal injuries. However, DR.. HOye,
the attending physician, reports him slow.
ly recovering. 1t was very narrow es.
cape indecd.-S.aughter Sun.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Renton, the second wife
of the late Capt. William Rcnlor, who is
so widely known by the pioneers sof this
state, died OF her residence in Port Blake
ley last week. Mrs. Renton, at the time
of her death, was surrounded by her fam.
lily. who had been at Port Buckley tor
several days. Her death was due princi-
pally 10 old age, she being in her seventy
eighth year. The immediate cause, how.
ever, was cold recently contracted which
settled upon her lungs. Mrs. Renton
leaves two dau Shters, Mrs. Mary Gaffney
and Mrs. d. j. Sackman. She died leav.
ing an estate valued at fully $2,OO0,OOO,
which comprises property in Washington,
Baltimore. Md, Sacramento and San
Francisco, Cal. Her death will be mourn.
ed by large circle Of friends and &C
quaintances.
The latest discovery in Oregon was
made this season by Mr.. William E. Ro-
finOt, of Caltskanie. He has sample of
syrup made from the heretofore consid-
cred worthless vine maple, which is clear,
of good consistency and of fine flavor.
The syrup had begun to crystalline at the
bottom and sides of the glass bottle con-
tanning the syrup into fine grained su-
gar Syrup as we'll as sugar has been
made from the ordinary maple to some
extent in this State, but the average su =
gar maker never once thought of getting
a prime article Of the commodity out of
the much despised vine maple. The vine
maple tree may yet prove a formidable
competitor of the sugar trust.-St Hell
ems Mist.
A Nebraska man has invented a cow
tail holder. If his invention prove a
success the 9th commandment will not be
broken as often as now, for if anything
will cause a man to forget his religion, it
is the Tapping Of cows candal appen-
dage around his neck while he is milking
A man near Stanwood met with ia.
tai accident last week while fighting fire
in the woods, a limb from a burning tree
falling and striking him on the he'd
killing him Instantly We have been un
| able to learn his name.
DAILY MA1L:-It is with pleasure