The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02

mas just published his annual repo1
OF statistics secured by the state boar
of health, for the year ending Sept
3Oth, 1898, and the figures present in
teresting matters for study. The per
centage of deaths according to eacl
1000 of population in the state, wa
SO; while for the u. S., this averag
is ten persons for each thousand O
inhabitants. In birth the percentag
, was 9.15, while the average for tn,
country at large is %. BY comparison
we find that Mason is one of the mos
, healthful counties, its death percen
. tage being 2.12, or considerably les
than the states average. AS has beer
frequently remarked in Shelton, thi
!, county is chiefly celebrated for it
logs and it's babies. Only two coun
ties in the state show a higher birtl
: average than Mason, which is 1876 PEI
thousand of population, or "A birth.
reported for the year. In health fig
ures, consumption is the highest ratee
disease. the average for the state being
900, while in Michigan the average i.
1863 and for the y. S. 1868, which
shows that Washington State is below
the average for consumptiye deaths
although the state has probably {
proportionably larger number thar
other states, of people who have come
west in search OF better climate
Taking the list throughout. in com
parison with similar data from MiCl1i
gan, the figures are favorable to
Washington, except in two instances
out of total of twenty-five diseases
7 TIT FOR TAT.-For some time past
the County commissioners have been
very careful to allow no improper bills,
and especially those for articles
which come within their contract with
this paper, hence several have been
rejected within the past few months.
some Superior Court blanks. In
compliance with the law, the Commits
sioners presented claims for services
outside Of regular sessions, to the Supe-
r1or Court for allowances; and a re-
1nonstrance was presented, through
II. ). Tremper, against the allowances
| of these claims. Sometime after, in d
similar case in Thurston county.
Judge Gordon decided the law to be
unconstitutional, Diminishing the suits.
Following these lines the local board
requested Prosecuting Attorney Nc
Donald to dismiss their suits, pending
here, with the intention of allowing
their claims in their own court, here
after, as before. The cit" is the
judgment entered up against the COM
missioners in the dismissed suits, $40
for attorney fees and two dollars
for Clerks fees in each case.
INTERESTS SHOWN IN THE FIGHT.-
Considerable doubt was expressed.
says the O1yn1pian-Tribu over the
probability that Corbett and Jackson
would fight in Olympia next June and
many said that influence would be
brought on the governor to stop the
mill, if it was secured. The governor
has not yet returned and could not be
seen in relation to the matter. The
promoters of the contest, however,
have mo- fear if the executive does in
terfere as they will Immediately trans
fer the fight to Steamboat island
which is owned neither by the nation
nor the state. It is situated i'll Puget
sound a few miles from Olympia and
shows on no official maps, having been
entirely overlooked in the coast sur
vey. It is more than large enough,
even at high tide, to hold the throng,
and the pugilists would thus be beyond
the limits Of legal interference.
PROSPECTS, H. Knee1and re-
ports a better feeling outside, and
trade conditions generally are bright
ening. In Shelton. Williamson has
several new orders for logs in. and
has begun work i'll his camps. The
Granger Lumber Co. and the Mason
County Logging Companies both anti
cipate orders, and as soon as enough is
in prospect for steady work, the
Washington Southern trains will
again be running. If nothing pre-
vents, logging will be going on a bout
as usual by the end of this month.
However, present prospects do not in
dictate anything very startling for
this year.
OFFICERS INSTALLED.-Th following
officers were installed in Shelton Lodge
No. 81. A. o. U. W.: T NJ Cooke P M
w; Chas Wiss, NJ W; Andrew Getty,
Foreman; d Butts, Overseer; L J
Morrison, Recorder; Vim Beauer, FL
nancier; L X Munson, Receiver; Albert
| Wright, Guide; Robert Sheedy, I
Watchman; James Mel, o Waterman;
G H Wells, Medical Examiner.
| The Susie is to go On the Tacoma
North Bay route, alternating with the
Blue Star, leaving Allyn at "a. M,
| returning at evening.
The supreme court of Iowa has de-
cided that the owner of a dog is res
ponsible in damages for injuries caus-
ed by the barking of the animal. A
dog barked suddenly and vicious1y at
a horse ridden on the public highway.
The rider OF the horse was, in conse-
quence, thrown and injured, and,
suing tor damages, recovered from the
| owner Of the dog. This Judgment
the supreme court of Iowa has affirm
ed.
Many Of the vessels in the lumber
carrying trade have been laid up at
San Francisco for a long time, on &C
count of no charters, The foreign
trade is picking up, however, and
number of these vessels are coming
or have arrived on the Sound for car
goes. The Palmyra, one of the latter,
is TO load at Gamble for New London,
South Africa. Her Master, Capt.
Keller, is ali uncle of the Munson
Bros.
| A correspondent writes to the Ocosta
Pioneer for information as to this
novel method of falling trees, which
he clipped from an Australian paper:
"a chain of compressed cakes of gun
cotton tied around the trunk of the
largest sized trees and exploded will.
by the action of their violence, cut
down the tree instantly and as smooth
1y as though done by an ak in the
hands of an expert woodsrnan Tim
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