The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-01
The Mason County Journal.
G. C ANGLE. Editor and Proprietor
City County & Official Paper.
Editorial Notes.

Editorial Notes.
THOSE fellows will persist in violat-
ing the JOURNALS contract with
Mason County. We observe instances
frequently, but the public can see the
road notices now published in the
Tribune.
#*#
THE State Bank at Buckley is de-
funct, the president and cashier hav-
ing abstonded with the funds, said to
be about $4,000 The losing stock
holders offer reward of $500 for their
capture, which the governor doubles.
1t is said that the abscOnders are old
hands in the business of bank wreck
ing
CENTRALIA, which was re-incOrpor-
ated under the special provision of the
new law, is in the same boat as the
town of Denver, whose Incorporation
was declared void by the Supreme
court A number of towns of the
fourth class are also effected, and
bonds, warrants, assessments and 9TH
er municipal acts will probably cause
considerable trouble in the future.
GENERAL WEAVER said: "The AL
mighty gave you your head for you to
use. If He had intended that some
body should use them for you, He
would have put handles to them. u
The Almighty certainly intended for
us to use our own heads, but He evi.
IDENTIFY knew what this world was COM
ing to, for He put the handles on just
the same, probably to make sure thai
the heads would be used.
ado hard times create disposition
to gambler" asks the Montesano vi
dette. "a friend observes that they
do, although the stakes are usually
small of necessity. One would natur-
ally think that at such times men
would not indulge in such risky bust
ness-running chances of losing what
little they possess. besides cultivating
Il habit from which nothing good eau
come"
LAST year the citizens, including the
democrats, joined in nominating a
ticket for town officers, and then the
democrats held little caucus of their
own and placed a straight ticket in
the field. This was to be the scheme
again, and the republicans concluded
to select ticket and not be caught
mapping again. Partisan politics
should cut no figure in municipal mat
tiers, and doubtless will not on the
coming election. The caucus selected
first class ticket of fair'and represent
tative men, who will doubtless be
elected on their merits.
Now that the Worlds Fair is ended
newspapers of the various states are
figuring up the contributions to the
Worlds Fair City. Minnesota claims
that $5,0O0,O00 was taken out of thai
state directly for the Worlds Fair
Wisconsin comes in for $15,O0O,OO
and other commonwealth near Chi.
cago have kept up their end of the
contribution with wonderful evenness
Coming as the fair did during hard
times, the states have suffered dOtlbly
on account of the great drain of the
circulating medium caused by the ex-
position. Chicago has some 800 pei
capita, while the rest of the country is
struggling along on less than 500 per
capita. Washington, considering the
distance to Chicago, contributed a
large amount of ready cash, and is
likely to further impoverish herself by
blowing in at the Midwinter Fair what
few dollars were left from the Chicago
eXpositiOn.-Queen.
Xxx
REFERRING to the difficulties which
settlers on unsurveyed lands exper-
fence in getting the surveys made and
accepted, the Willapa Pilot says:
In the first place when a town gets
pretty well settled upland it is not
only desirable but necessary that it
should be surveyed-the settlers are
coolly informed by the surveyor sener-
al that it will be necessary for them to
put up" several hundred dollars as
the surveying cannot be done at gov
eminent prices. When in the course
OF years the time for proving up rolls
around, the settler finds that the sur
vey has not been accepted and is
again informed that it will be necess-
arc to "put up" a few hundred dollars
IN order to secure its acceptance. We
have not yet learned whether he is ex-
pected to 'put up" for his patent OF
not, but we do know that his shantv
and little clearing is regularly assessed
and he is expected to "put up" for the
taxes