The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-11-24
News of all Sorts.

tie the other day, and the driver was
killed by being thrown into the bay,
striking a railing in his descent
James Hughes, one of the oldest pion-
GERS of the Pacific coast, died at Stella
COON Sunday, aged 76 years. Hughes
settled on Yelm prairie in 1851, and
afterwards moved to Steilacoom.
About seventv-five teams and over
200 men were engaged last week in
clearing and grading the state fair
grounds at Yakima. The track it is
claimed, will be the best in the state.
Ellensburgh Capital
The West coast Lumhe:man pro:
poses to issue splendid statistical
number in good time for the coming
spring trade lively summer is ex-
pected for 1894, and good lumber
prospects for several years thereafter.
Uncle Sans new cruiser, Columbia,
promises to be the gem of the ocean.
At trial run at Boston, the other
day, she made speed of 22.S1 knots
an hour For all speed over 81 knots,
the Cramps, her builders, get $50 900
for each quarter.
The latest from civilized Japan say
that during September last, 5O4 mar
riages and 1879 divorces were registered
in the fifteen urban districts of Toxic,
showing an increase of three marriages
and II divorces over the returns of the
previous month.
The Tacoma Ledger has imported a
colony of rats" from California, to
work their typesetting machines and
promises to become interesting therea-
bouts LATER-All hands went out,
and Immediately started the daily
Printers Union, while the Ledger came
out on poster sheet on Wednesday
morning.
Only the wheels of the mail trains
are turning on the Lehigh Valley
system in Pennsylvania, on account of
general strike of trainmen. Those
who are at work are very foolish to go
on strike with a hard winter in
prospect; and merit little sympa thy
from the people.
The Lewiston Teller says: give
men worked week on the river bars
above Asotin, with one of the new gold
saving machines, and then made a
clean up. After the dust was divided
each man received for share twenty
two and one half cents. The machine
has to be invented yet that will save
flour gold
Explorers have recently visited the
wild Olympic mountains in Western
Washington. They report that the
timber line disappears at about 5000
feet, and at the base of the highest
peak, on the 5000 and 5000 foot level,
is a system of meadows and lakes
where grass and flowers grow in great
MISUNDERSTANDING Eagle.
S. w. Childers has forty acres of al
falfa land near Columbus, on a bench
about 800 feet above the Columbia
river, from which he cuts three crops
annually, aggregatlng an average of six
tons to the acre. The alfalfa grows
without irrigation. Mr. Childers is ex-
perimenting this year with a sixteen
foot silo, into which he has put about
forty tons OF alfalfa and corn fodder.
The city council of Tacoma has
found that the water works deal leaves
them in the hole 81 100000. The city
bought the plant of C. B. Wright for
VI, 100000. They find upon careful
investigation that the plant is worth
but S74O.SS6.47, but still they have no
water to drink and "father" Wright
has evidently got the city in a bad
box
A threshlng crew near Reardan is
composed entirely of members of the
Salvation Army, and they are said to
be "hummers." They only came into
the field recently and are doing splen-
did work, live right up to their con-
tracts, but won't turn wheel on Sun
day. What's the matter with a log
ging camp crew of salvationists-but
material is scarce about these diggings.
, While eggs are 30 cents dozen, and
butter worth the same price per pound
IN Chehalls, we must respectfully but
hrmly decline to sympathiZe with the
,, farmer whose bazoo is attuned to that
N""Noi'N "INiooy dUOuC Tile country
being on the high road to hades.
There is demand enough in this one
community for fresh eggs and good
butter to make several farmers indie
pendantly rich in a very short time
Nugget.
: Enterprlslng persons have been rob-
2 nlng the cotton trains in Texas bv
casting graphing hooks upon the open
cars and dragging the bales to the
$ ground, to be transferred thence to
some nelghboring town and there sold
!, ny honest farmers as the product of
, their own broad acres. For excite
, ment, profit and spice of danger. bob
blng for cotton bales beats whaling all
hollow and it is great pity that the
exhllaratlng sport has been rudelv in
terfered with by the sheriffof the coun-
ty most directly interested.
The skagit News SAYS of the new
road building over the Cascade. that
at the present rate of expenditure it.
Will take between 100000 and 500 900
to get the Mount Baker trail in condi-
ton to lead a horse over it. This trail
reminds one of a contract let wears ago
&c construct wagon road from What
com to Seattle. One if the conditions
was that wagon should be taken over
the route. To fill this stipulation the
wagon was taken to pieces and packed
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