The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-08-23
Editorial Notes.

School," Will visit this state soon, ana
is expected to deliver several pepulist
addresses.
Now eight poker devotees may play
in comfort, with good-sized "widow"
to draw from Some bright man has
added the eleven and twelve spots of
each suit to the deck making sixty
cards.
AN expedition has been organized
in Port Angeles to climb Mount Olym-
pus this month. If some of these AL
pine tourists would expend as much
muscular energy in useful pursuit
they would probably be better off.
THE fog and smoke combined make
a very unpleasant atmosphere, but the
month of August, 1877, witnessed
very much worse visitation of the same
nature. In that year the steamer
Alaska was fogbound at Olympia for
thirty hours and in Seattle for sixteen
hours.-Ex.
WESTERN Washington now has an
experiment station ready for operation
in making experiments for the benefit
of farmers and fruit growers in this
part of the state. 1t is located at
Puyallup Oh lands donated by c. H.
Ross, member of the state board of
horticulture
TIE following figures show that the
lumber and shingle business of Wash
ington is more than double what it
was last year. Railroad statistics show
that the total shipments by rail for
the month of June were SIG cars OF
lumber, containing 7,74OOOO feet, and
Lilo cars of shingles, containing
227 100000. In June, 1894, there
were shipped 312 cars, containing 4,
$4,000 feet of lumber, and SAG cars
with S7O36,OOO shingles.
Four big brothers, each over 60
years OF age and weighing over 200
pounds, met at Tacoma last week.
They came almost from the four cor
ners of the Earth and were together
for the first time in forty-two years.
Samuel Bass is a wealthy resident of
WhatcOm, where he owns the Boss
brick block and other property.
Alexander Bass came from San Do
mingO, where he has made several
millions in sugar. T. J. came to San
Francisco, founded the Boss Hunter
Paint Co. and has amassed splendid
fortune, while the fourth, Charles, re-
manned nearer home and built up an
ample fortune in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Another Brother, Albert, is in bust
ness in Brooklyn, but was unable to
join in the reunion. The meeting of
these four brothers is something out
OF the usual. They parted at Potts
vile, Pa, in 1892.
The Ledger says that Gov. McGraw
has expressed himself as out of poll
tics, and will not be Il candidate for
reelection or for the Senatorship. In
King County u tirst-class fight is pro-
missed, as Senator Squire will spare no
effort to hold down his seat, if there is
anything i'll his recent preliminary
work III that direction, and that would
prevent the Governor from having the
united support of King County. And
another factor in this decision, accord
ing to the Ledger, is the free silver
and A. ?. A. elements, which, in COM
blnatlon at any rate, is practical
dominant. The former opposes the
governor for his antagonism to their
cause, and the latter for that reason,
and also for the character of some of
his appointments. In fact there are
numerous great surprises in store for
some of our late politicians and some
apparently unimportant factors will
be moving wide swath in their po-
litical aspirations next year.
ACCORDING to the Olympian the
prosecuting attorney of Kitttas coun-
ty says he is sure he knows the leaders
of the Ellensburgh mob and he believes
he can arrest them and secure their
conviction. Mr.. Graves sh ould not be
too enthusiastic. The task he proposes
was never yet successfully accomplish
ed. His statement is very similar to
that Of the officers of bursted bank.
The next day after the failure they al
ways expect to pay dollar for dollar.
If they pay ten cents on the dollar in
the wind-up the depositors are FORUM
ate. When Mr.. Graves secures his
jury to Try the lynchers he will probab-
ly have half dozen men in the panel
that pulled on the celestial latch-string
attached to the necks of the Wilson's.
Better call it bad job, Mr.. Graves,
and let it drop. Correct. But Mr..
Graves says the elder Vinson was only
guilty of manslaughter, and would
never have been hung by process of
law. That's just the trouble, the law
and its officers are letting the majority
of murderers either escape on techni-