The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Los Angeles Chinese Vegetable
Dealers Forming a Trust.
Interesting Paragraphs Concerning
the States of California, Ore
gon and Washington.

ShCO Pot'OA'
S ockton has Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Animals.
Wild geese are going northward. This
is one month later than usual.
The 300 Chinese vege table dealers at
Los Angeles are said to reforming a trust
to control the businf SIS.
Three Angora goats owned by Mr.
Hickathier Of Drain Or, We're sheare
recently, whose feeces weighed 1876
pounds.
Lieutenant Seton Karr, an English
man, has started to explore the head wat
ers of several Alass an streams where
white men have never been.
The Marshall Monument Commission
ers have decided TO have the unv ling of
the statue at the grave of J. w. Marshall,
the gold discoverer, take place May 3.
A workman at the Treadwel mine in
Alaska, with hot iron attempted to thaw
ice out of drill-hole, but put the iron
into TIE wrong hole and found giant pow
der. He is in critical condition.
President Marvel of the Santa Fe road
is said to be about to arrange for a line of
trdnspacific steamers to meet his road at
San Diego. Important developments in
the Santa Fe system are expected.
The Secretary of the Interior has trans
mitted to the House bill proposed to be
introduced, prepared bv the TER torial
Educational Board of Alaska, providing
for compulsory education in that Terr::-
tory.
Pho Pico, the last Mexican Cover or of
California, now nearly y 90 years of age, is
a pauper, and has been notified to leave
his old homestead. Nothing remains OF
the great wealth this old Inan once pos
sc sSed.
The Carson Appeal, the leading Re-
publican paper of Nevada, advocates an
open revolt in 1892 of ali the States west
OF the Missouri river if free coinage bill
is not passed during the present session
OF Congress.
The Oregon Railway Extension Com
pany, which is backed by the Union Pa
cific Company, will file at Olympia,
Wash, supplementary articles u'horiz-
ing it to build about 5000 miles of line in
the Northwest.
E. Powers, switchman, was killed in
the railroad yard at Latbrop, Cal one
day last week He endeavored to step
on the front end of the engine, hut
missed his footing, went under and vas
terribly injured.
Attorney General of the United States
Miller has been making strong efforts TO
have the prosecution of Beecher, ex Co..
lector of the port at Port Townsen !, dis
missed. Miller believes Beecher was po-
litically prosecuted.
The case of Nagle vs.. Comstock at
Sacramento has been dismissed at the
solicitation IF ex-Mayor Gregory, who
said he would not accept the Office OF
Mayor, even if the recount showed that
he had defeated Comstock.
The water in the Bear Valley reservoir,
one of the largf st artificial lakes IN the
world. and which supplies water to irri-
ga te thousands OF acres of the best land
in San Bernardino county, is 10 be low
cred to forty feet, at teing perfe tly
safe point.
The Senate act granting the right of
way to railroad companies over lands be-
longing 70 the State and the Sanate a t
prov; ding for hrirgin navigable streams
outside the line of navigabIe waters are
to be returned unsigned to the Secretary
OF State by the Governor Of Washington.
At San Francisco McCIesrey is practic-
ing for his coming match with Schaefer.
The forfeit money of ST 900 side is de-
posted in San Francisco, and the stake
money will be put up on May The
match is for 81, GOO side at straight bill
iards, Schaefer to discount McCleary. 1t
will asst three nights, 1,000points played
each night.
News from Victoria, B. c., states that
the catch of the sealing fleet up to April
was: Minnie, 225; Mollie Adams, 20S;
Black Diamond, 205; Ariel, 19S; Tri-
umph. 1872; Maggie Nc. 1853; Bee trice,
142; Sapphire, 100; Adele, 90; w. P
Sayward, 80; Letit;a. 58; Teresa, 81;
Juanita, AZ; CITY of San Diego, %; Peue-
lope, 1S; Mary Taylor, 16; Ollie Alger, IA.
Arti les of incorporation have just been
filed with the Secretary Of State of the
Kings River Storage and Irrigation
Company, which has appropriated 500,-
900 miners inches of water 1t is pro-
posed to build an immense dam for stor-
age purposes near Kings River canyon
where all the surplus and food water
will be held and the waters belonging to
the canal companies let pass.
Mart Manson and Sig Johnson, two
Swedes. while unloading barge of lum
Der on the banks OF the Duwamish rive,
eli 1t miles from Seattle, were drowned,
and their todies have not yet been re
covered. Manson fell into the water ac-
cideni ally, and johnson heroically
plunged in to save him. The swi ur
rent rried both away from the barge,
and they sank in full sight of dozt n
wo,kmen. Neither OF the drownei men
had been in this country very long, and
were unmarried.
The twenty second annual session OF
the Grand Lo lge o. California, knizhts
Of Pythias, has Just opened at San Fran
cisco January ] !, 1870, there were fifteen
lodges in the State, with a membt rship
of over 1,2Oa, and in 1SSJ the Site had
lis 10 iges, with not less than 900 mem
hers A fund of $50, ,G05 is on band arc
inv. sted, and fourishing endowment
and uniform rank. From reports iron
last years session it appears that l6l
ledres in the State we're then existing
and represen ed, and that six new lodges
had been organized The to4al member
ship on Janua.y /, 1889, for the State OF
California was 1O,l71, and it is exceed
ingy probable the present session will
r, port membership for the first day OF
the current year of not less than 1900.
There are 1855 lodges to be represented at
the present session,