The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-22


is seen but the blank leaves OF paper |
upon which to write memOrandums. |
THE L. :. government will begin
the action to foroclose the claim
against the Union, Kansas & Central
Pacific railroads, aggregating SILL
006,5 The government is likely to |
get the railroad properties, and give
the populist theory Il chance to prove
itself
AN anarchist plot to blow up the
Nations Capitol by means OF Il newly |
discovered and powerful explosive
agent, has been unearthed in Wash J
ington. Thc-COXey movement, how
ever, il, not supposed to he at the bot
tom OF the plot
THE official closing OF the Mid |
winter fair takes place on July 4th.
1t has not been Il great success, but
California will undoubtedly be we'll /
repaid for the trouble and expense. |
Many Of the attractions will at once
remove to Tacoma, having secured
space in the Interstate fair. |
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governor MCGRAW has issued or
eers that a sufficient quantity of sew
ing Irvine he manufactured at the |
Washington state ute mills at Walla |
Wal!a 70 supply all actual consumers
who are residents and citizens of the |
state, at the uniform price of ten |
cents a pound. This is an act that
W i'll he appreciated by the farmers of
Eastern Washington, who were COM
PEELED to pay from 80 to 3j cents a !
pound for Irvine with which TO sew
their grain sacks last year.
WELL, what are the logging boys
going to do about it? Let those Brit
ishers in the Antipodes bluff them
out Of many pounds sterling, to say
nothing OF the splendid trip to Tasma-
MIA. Surely Mason County can show
chopper and n sawyer who are ex-
perts, hut not one has come to the
front to date. Two men are wanted,
their expenses viii he paid, and
prospect Of :: better prize than a sum-
mer's steady work at good pay. Read
the challenge published some weeks
ago, and bring somebody to the front
The opportunity will not be open long
THE Tacoma Ledger states that
"Judge I. l.. Stiles positively and alb
sOlutely declines to be a candidate for
denomination to the Supreme Bench
as he desires To return to the practice
of his professi0n.' The Pilot believes
that there is no more competent and
able jurist in the state to fill this posi-
ton than the Hon. NJ J. Gordon, SUI
perlOr Judge OF ThurstOn county.
Lewis comfy. we believe, would be
more than pleased with this nomina-
ton, for Judge Gordon's record on the
Superior Bench shows that he posses
ses the Judicial qualities necessary for
the supreme Court.-Winlock Pilot.
IIIE superior court has decided the
case of the international Wreckinq
company, of Tacoma against the
Cavanaugh Wrecking company. organ
lied some time since in New JERSEY.
tavorably to the plaintiffs. The Inter
national company owned the Grant |
collapsble cylinder patents for raising
sunken vessel and the Grant brothers
ana General CavanaUgh of Olympia
afterwards went to New Jersey and
organized the Cavanaush Wrecking
company with 100000 capital for the
purpose of utilizing the same appa-
ratus. They were enjoined and or
dered to turn over all papers of the
new company to the parent corpora
ton.
The accursed system of issuing war
rants indiscriminatelv in this Western
country in paying of public debts and
o. issuing them even in violation of
the constitution of the state and the
written law o! the commonwealth.
Is bound to bear bite, fruit. saws the
Everett Times. Trusted officials,
when warned not to exceed the lawful
limit OF floating Indebtedness turn a
GEAR ear to those to enter their protests
ana III tantalizing way remark.
well, what are You going to do about
1t! The average public official cares
nothing for the r-burdened taxpav
efs That parsonage can kick up the
aust over heavy taxation if he wants
to hut he must walk up like a little
man AMI '.liquidate" just the same.
There IS failure of Il healthy public
sentiment. in this Western country
which eompcls public officials to res
pect public opinion. 1t is about time
that when a man is elevated to official