The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-18
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Chinese Being Struggled in from
Lower California.
Crops in Central Washington - The
Olympian Beats the Kingston
in Race.

Albuquerque, N. NJ. has voted to put
IN sewerage system.
Crops in Central Washington promise
to be the largest ever known.
At Alama, Lower California. potatoes
cannot be had short of Is ceuts pound
Work is to begin on the Stanford uni
verslty at once, says d Mayfeld dispatch.
The saw-miD men of Portland and
Vancouver have effected combination
A. A. Cushman has heen appointed
postmaster at Woodiuville, King county
Wash.
The first synagogue erected in the State
of Washington is to be built at Seattle
this year.
Salmon fishers are making from $25 to
$40 day on the Fraser river, SAYS the
Victoria Times.
Ivan Petrof, who took the census of
Alaska in 1880, has been appointed to do
the same work this year.
1t is rumOred at San Diego that the
Cuyamaca will soon constitute part of
the Southern Pacific system
The Puget sound boat companies lave
combined on an advance of about 80 per
cent. on freight and passenger rates.
Sheriff Gray and posse of Phoenix, A.
T., overlook two horse thieves near Ca
risa, killed oue and captured the other,
and recovered the stolen animals.
Governor Waterman of California rec
monde fhot Eovornor - ".
ingtOn appoint W. u. Mansfield of San
Francisco Commissioner of Deeds.
w. f. Bourne, a Southern Pacific
brakeman, was run over and killed B an
engine at Alhambra, Cal. He leaves a
wife and two children in Los Angeles.
The United States survey steamer
Ranger, which is in rickety condition,
will probably be ordered from the South
ern California coast to Mare island for
repairs.
All the cottonwood trees at Phoenix, A.
t., are swarming with caterpillars, and
the people are threatening to destroy
every tree if the town authorities do not
take some action.
Well-known capitalists at Portland
have Incorporated a company to secure
the right of way for and to construct a
ship canal between the straits of Juan de
Fuca and Puget sound.
A number of children of Geronimo's
tribe have been placed in the school at
Santa Fe, and Apache chiefs who went
with them t. see how they were treated
have gone home well pleased
The Prescott Courier says: w. X.
Meade is, we believe, the first United
States Marshal Of Arizona o he's me
forth from Office without charges OF any
kind being tossed against him.
H. J. G. Wall & Co., perambuating
firm, now said to be at Spokane Falls,
9dvertises in the East to furnish tua-
tions for 81, the applicant to receive one
months wages-$S5-in advance
A race between the fast steamer Olym-
plan of the Union Pacific line and the
new Hudson river steamer. City of Kings
ion, of the Northern Pacific Company to
Seattle from Tacoma resulted in the de-
feat OF the City of Kingston.
The Mexican General Fenochio, fight
Ing Apaches, is waiting at Tombstone for
the San Carlos agency to get permission
rom Los Angeles to tell him how many
rt&.skins are absent from the agency be-
tore he crosses the line and resumes his
campaign.
Captain r. R. Thompson, formerly of
Portland, proprietor of the Artesian Wa
ter Works, is dissatisfied with rates fixed
by the Trustees of Alameda, and refuses
to allow any more service pipes to be
connected with his mains. This is Great
ing much feeling.
John Callahan, formerly an employe
of the Oregon and California Railroad
Company, has entered suit in San
Francisco against that corporation for
$4,000. He alleges that he was perma-
nently injured by blast while working
at Cow Creek canyon.
Frank Burke and George Davis tried to
cross the Gila liver in a skiff They had
$l5, 600 in bullion from the Harqua H sla
mines. When half way over, the boat
capsized. Davis held to the bullion until
he struck bottom and lodged the treasure
behind big bowlder. The boat was soon
righ'ed and the treasure safely recovered
William Walker, proprietor of small
hotel at Redondo Beach, has been ar
rested on charge OF atteml ted black
mail. Mrs. F. G. Ryan of Anaheim, he
claims, owed him bill for board, and it
is charged that Walker in an anonymous
letter made threats that he would pub
lish the lsdy's private character if she
didn't pay the bill.
Steps are now being taken to organize
baseball league, to be composed of
teams at Baker City, Walla Walla, Pen
dleton and La Grande All the points
are favorable to it and working for it ex-
cept Pendleton. At a meeting at La
Grsnde it was determined to incorporate
and prepare and inclose grounds, and
steps are now being taken to raise the
n oney he. essary, which is estimated at
81 900.
The Northern California Press Associa-
ton is endeavoring to secure some uni
formity in advei tis'ng rates. The report
of the Committee on Revision of Bylaws
was adopted by the convention at Sa. ra-
mento A provision requires knowledge
by tte association of the individual cir
culation of newspapers represented and
an agreement by publishers to stand By
schedule advertising rates fixed by the
association.
The e'ectr:c light plant has arrived at
North Yakima, Wash, and it will MT be
long before that city will be brilliantly
illuminated The company is meeting
with considerable trouble in getting the
right of way for the water-works main.
The works when completed will give the
city plenty of water for all purposes. To
make surety doubly sure that the city
shall be amply supplied, there will be
two double pumps with a capacity of
l ,250, 100 gallons each.