The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-29
The Mason County Journal.
6 C ANGLE, Editor and Proprietor
City County & Official Paper.
Editorial Notes.

'DuSteu the buckley bank ana most
of its people, has been captured at
Baltimore and is on the way back.
Beals, the "sporty" cashier of Coupe
ville's "busted" bank, is lying in Seat
tie Jail in default of bonds. It's cheap
err to do right, if it isn't so funny.
Xxx
THE city council has passed its clos
ing ordinance for this year, in No. 33,
which prohibits riding or driving over
the town bridges faster than walk, or
upon the streets faster than five miles
an hour. A greater speed would prob
ably be impossible just now, but that
would be rather a slow pace to impose
for the summer season.
The WATER SYSTEM
Supt. Caldwell has succeeded in
making close collections, and the wa
ter system is almost self-supporting.
Since March LIST he has collected 500
for services. His salary is SIS per
month, and is about the only expense
attached to the system. The balance
over his salary will almost liquidate
the annual interest on the bonds, and
whatever must be appropriated by the
council can be charged to the value of
having city fire protection. A fine
new hose cart was purchased this sum-
mer to which the city appropriated
$75, the fire company securing the
balance by entertainment. The only
thing desirable to improve the system
is to improve the "in-take" at the
spring, which should be done before
summer comes again.
The PUBLIC LANDS
The annual report OF the commits
sioners of the general land Office for
the past fiscal year, shows that IL 1871 )
.43 acres of public domain has passed
from the government, 6,6O8,791 acres,
or more than half we're on homestead
entries, state and railroad selections
taking the next highest amount. In
Washington patents were issued as fol-
lows: Northern Pacific, 14S 1859; ag.
ricultural college, 1O,115; normal
schools, 1l,163 public buildings, 1919
and SSS acres of private land claims
and Indian attachments.
During the year 507 ,457 acres o
land in the state were examined ant
accepted, and $45, 900 was apportionet
for the surveys. Following is the APP
proximate amount of vacant public
land in this state: Surveyed, 5,414,
246; unsurveyed, Ii, 400, 1865; total, Is,
S15,OI1 acres.
FOOTBALL IN OUR COLLEGES
Stanford's university football team
is now playing match games on tn
Sound. The college boys, owing t.
their superior practice and coachin
are winning about all the games
Football is one of the most brutal a
well as dangerous Of athletic games
little above the sport of the priz
ring, and the JOURNAL wonders VIII
the game was not abolished in tn
colleges years ago. Hardly a mate
game, but some of the players ar
more Or less seriously injured, and it
common to find college graduate.
otherwise fine specimens of menta
and physical manhood, who have re
ceived permanent injuries and vii
carry the results with them to tn
grave. Baseball is less dangerous
fine sport that exercises all the mus
cles, calls for quick judgment; anc
outside of the gymnasium, should b
all that is required for the students re-
taxation; with rowing, where practic
able.
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1T MUST Nor EFFECT Them
The free traders of the United State
are very anxious to see the Wilson bill
become law-but with few pro
vlsos. The amendments suggested
however, by the numerous and variet
sectional interests of this great countr,
would, if adopted make stronger pro
lection document than the presen
Infamous" Mckinley bill. Iron ant
other manufacturing industries ar,
sprlnglng up in the South, and thu
Southerners are organizing to oppos.
the repeal of the duty that protect.
those especial industries. The flock
owners of Indiana are rallying to figh
against free wool, and the hundreds o
other interests all over the country arc
protesting against the removal of the
tariff as far as each interest happens tt
be directly concerned. If we must
have ''free trade" let it be on all alike
Give it fair trial. In this great CLASH
OF sectional interests, however, it is
quite probable that the child will be 8
woful misformed thing, which none
Will care to father--much less the dem.
ocratic party that proudly builded its
platform in Chicago last year.
Xxx
THE Northern Pacific in it's monthly
report for October, presents figures
which shows that Notwithstanding the
troublesome financial conditions pre-
valllng during the past season, the
shlngle business of the Pacific North.
west has shown an increase, which
though not large enough to be worthy
OF comment in ordinary years, is, un-
derexisting circumstances-with build.
ing operations almost at standstill
throughout the country and other
manufacturing districts showing large
decilnes-a very favorable showing, es.
peclally considering the fact that the
Great Northern shipments will bring
the total exports up to largely in ex.
cess OF previous years. The Northern
Pacific carried 5,541 carloads of shin.
giles during ten months ending October
3lst as against 5,2S7 for the CORES
pondlng period of 1892. Shipments
during the fore part of the season were