The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
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liflSc ucSCTNtS SuCC6SS IL Is
that oil the West Shore. To publish such
an elegant. high class illustrated weekly
on the Pacific coast must take greater
supply of brains, hard work and persc
verance than would be required in the
more denseiy populated portions of the
| country. West Shore will celebrate its
ing It's page to admit of better artistic eff
fects. This enlargement will be made
August IL, and the paper, printed in five
colors will be the peer of any colored
illustrated journal in the world A new
department will then be added for Boys
and Girls, conducted by Emily A. Kel-
logg, lady well known as a writer for
Juvenile publications. Ella Higginson,
editor of the Woman's Department, has
acquired a national reputation as a poet
and writer, and her work in West Shore
is her best. The original humorous de-.
partment is contributed to by the bright.
est wits OF the country. It's independent
and pithy editorials are giving it an env-
able reputation in newspaper circles ev-
erywhere. The Pacific coast has reason
to be proud of West Shore, and it
should be found in every house and place
of business.
The newspaper that does its duty in
protecting the public interest, says the
Chchalls Nugget. is sure to make enemies
But what of that? Enemies rather help a
newspaper than do otherwise, especially
when their hostility is generally known to
arise from an independent and public
| spirited course on the part of the journal
that incurs their displeasnre. The paper
that stands by the public interests is on
solid ground, and the people will heartily
support 1t in It's advocacy of their rights
In every small town or city there are per-
sons who think themselves entitled to
control everything, and that opposition to
any of their proceedings is an offense
akin to personal grievance or affront
| They want to boss the community, news
papers included. They lack arprehen-
sion or understanding of the true func.
| ton of newspaper in its relation to pub
| lie interests, and if they could have
| their way tt e local press would be simply
the organ Of their private interests and
aims.
An Olympia special says:-The piling
is all driven and the stringers are laid for
the Port Townsend Southern from the
junction of the narrow gauge road to the
Schneider property on the Westside. AT
ter reaching this point. the road bed will
| be built along the embankment bordering
the bay, and when near Buffers cove it
| will swing around to Mud bay. Camps
| are to be seen at various points along the
line. The Oregon Improvement Com
pany will ship a locomotive to Olympia
by rail and another to Port Townsend by
steamer. The former is to be used in
construction work and the latter in Oper-
ating the load to the end of the track on
Port Discovery bay. One passenger train
will run each way.
Many men of very moderate means,
some with no capital save a fair salary
have founded fortunes on real estate spec
nations by beginning in small way.
There are always opportunities for the
investment Of few hundred dollars
| where the returns brIng moderate profit,
| with little if any danger Of loss, it is by
watching for these opportunities to invest
| thot the wide awake poor man makes a
| start as real estate speculatOr Agents
often reap the benefit of such deals, but
! as a rule they look first at the commits
| sions and are keen to sell and resell and
| let the purchaser reap what benefit he
can. Agents often sell property where q
profit was almost a certainty and advance
the purchase money to their cOstumcr TO
consummate the deal.-Banner.
Edward Ii. Curran, of Tacoma, with
his witnesses came down to go over his
timber claim Sunday. Geo. Colvin went
out with them, but the claim he had filed
on was an entirely different thing from
what the locator showed, and he consid-
ers it not worth while TO 60 ahead, cOnse-
quently he is out his expense so far and
locator is $50 ahead. Tacoma and Seat
tie are full of land sharks who do not
scruple to fleece by some means or other
the strangers. Good timber claims
to be got nova days are few and far be-
tween, and way out as well, and there are
few, it any. reliable locaters to be found.
Grant G. Angle. publisher of the Shell
ton JOURNAL, published in Mason County,
where great trees and many Of them
abound, was in Seattle this week and in
formed the Lumberman correspondent
that he had long since grown accustomed
to seeing big trains of big logs being
hauled past his Office toward tide water.
Frequently the big saw mill companies
of the Sound send orders to Shelton for
special cuts of big logs or long logs for
exhibition purposes. or for the construc-
tion of some special object. He thinks
the lumber specimens to be exhibited by
this state at the worlds fair at Chicago
will come from Shelton.-N. w. Lumber
man, Chicago.
Mcdonald and ONeill have just re-
eiued fine line of Boys, Youths and
Gents clothing Of all grades and prices.
which are displayed on tables the length
of the store. Now is the time to get fall
clothing at Tacoma prices, while the
stock is complete. Hats and fine So
shoes. will complete a cheap and lasting
outfit Inspect their line of goods.
John A. G. GosewisclI, the special cen
sus agent in the division Of homes, farms
and mortgages, was in Shelton last week,
and has completed his work in Chehais
and Mason counties. He found til at dur
ing the last ten years 1856 mortgages
were recorded in Chehalis county and 152
in Mason county MT bad showing for
the general prosperity of this county.
CT. White has taken the general man.
agement of G.. A. Hooper and Co.'S. in
tercst in the Northwest, which includes
the Oregon and California Lumber Com
pany of Portland, where his headquarters
will be. From his connection with the
Satsop Railroad, Mr. White is well-known
by the lOggers and mill men Of the Sound
Judge Dunbar has been engaged in TAX
ing testimony in the land contest case of
VIM. Potts. against A. II. Kneeland. 1t
appears that the latter filed on land up
the valley some time ago, but had not
lived On the land to the requirements of
the law, hence the contest.
Among the instruments filed in the
auditors Office of Thurston county last
week, was patent for 640 acres of land
in township Is, range two west. The
patent was issued January Is, 1864, and
was signed by Abraham Lincoln. 1t was
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