The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-08
Editorial Notes.

PETITIONS have been presented to
Cowlitz county commissioners asking
them to disallow salaries for deputies
of any county official.
The Post-Intelligencer has been
sold to a new company, composed OF
the old workers, who have made the
paper the leading one in the state.
F. J. Grant will remain in editorial
charge.
In order to give more time for
thorough organization, the convention
OF the State Taxpayers League at
Yakima has been postponed from
June 2nd to June 80. A rOund-trlp
rate OF one and one-ffth single fare
has been made by the railroads.
THE ship Invincible has just reached
Philadelphia with 100000 feet of
lumber from Port Blakely Mills, after
a run of l51 days. The ship carried a
deckload OF spars, and much OF its
cargo is destined to go into vessels
at the Cramps ship yard.
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THE sale Of big tract Of timber
land in Chehalis county has recently
been consummated, involving a large
sum Of money in the transfer. The
tract consists of about 1 200 acres in
the Humptulips county. 1t was sold
by ID. A. Blodget to Frederick Nehf
and John w. Prestel, of Michigan.
The price paid, according to the deed
on file in the auditors Office, was
$4,000 and other valuable consider a.
tions. The same property was sold
about two years ago for $4,000.
IT often happens in county and
municipal elections that candidates
are placed on the tickets who are
themselves call right" honest OF pur-
pose, and think ing of the community s
best interests; but still they are only
tools in the hands of designing poll
ticians who are unable to get those OF
their ilk in Office, and work these
schemes to hold the balance of power
In this years elections this must be
carefully watched by friends Of good
government, CT the wrong element will
have control of the peoples money.
WAsHINGToNs' first lynching bee
for many years, or since the triple
hanging atiSeattle in 1880, occurred al
Colfax last Sunday, when Ed. Hill an6
George Parker, two murderers, were
strung up. Both were wanton muir.
ders, committed two years ago. Hill
had been fined for simple assault, anC
the Jury was out in Parker's CASE
with prospect of acquitting him
when the Vigilantes stopped the farce
The trials had cost Whitman County
about $4,000 The farcical style 0
handling alleged murderers of late
is the excuse for mob action,-al
though it is:a pity that justice is SC
insufficient at times. Gov. McGraw
has ordered the authorities to make
every effort to prosecute the mob
VIII LIZ the people may be in clos,
circumstances, there is no good reason
why the government need be "hard-up.
From the states and most other sour
ces OF revenue. the treasury receives a
much as it ever did. But we hav,
not had any payments on the nationa
debt since Harrison's time, although
interest is increasing it rapidly. TIL
treasury gold reserve was depleted TO
the first time in years, and $4,000,
600 in bonds were issued in March
The reserve is now about 75,O00,OO
and is still going down at the rate O
five millions Il month, the excess O
disbursements over receipts. Unles
there is change soon. between tn
questions of tariff and finance. tn
democratic administration will swami
the country. They have long ag
demonstrated their unftness for tn
management of offices.
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PORTLAND has suffered severely from
the floods, and although the water i
still going down, all business in tn,
wholesale district, and as far as Thirt
street is being transacted on the sec
ond floors. The river reached the I'm
precedented height of thirty-two fee
above the low water mark, or over ST,
feet above the upper floors of the docks
Fire engines go about on scows anf
traffic is practically suspended. The
Frazer river is also on the rampage
and has done untold damage in Brit
ish Columbia. The Skagit, and al
the streams are flooded by the melt
ing snow, and many acres of farm,
have been damaged, so that light
crops will be the rule this season. Sew
eral of the towns in the low valleys
have also suffered from the freshets
Luckily the Skokomish is not much