The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-02-08
Editorial Notes.

ousstsrm "tramp." The legal status
of this American nomad ought to be
fixed, 50 that rogues may be taken
care Of by the authorities and honest
men given chance.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to get a big
petition signed by a majority of the
voters in the western ends of Clallam
and Jefferson counties, asking the leg
islature to make Il division and form
IL new county. The division line pro-
posed is the township line dividing
ranges nine and ten, which would cut
Clallam county in two in the vicinity
of Twin rivers.
The man who knows the most
about running newspaper, says the
Skagit News, is the one who has made
q failure OF his own business affairs.
So with the the man that knows the
most about the finances Of the gov
eminent. He has been too lazy and
INDECENT to accumulate anything for
himself, and wants to help hatch a
scheme TO ferce his industrious neigh
Dor to divide
THE little Quiniault lake, forty miles
north OF Hoquiam, has the honor of
producing the finest fish in the United
States, il not in the world. According
to the secretary OF the state the sal
mon caught there last year brought 80
cents per pound at wholesale. How
is this for high priced eating? Most
of the fish taken from the lake last
summer were shipped to New York
where ii readily sold for 81 per pound.
The State Of Washington has
twelve public properties, having an
aggregate value Of $2.453 1880, in
Guiding the Walla Walla penitentiary,
Steilacoom and Medical Lake asy-
lums, Seattle university, Pullman
agricultural college, Vancouver school
for defective youth, Chehalis reform
school, Orting soldiers home, Ellens-
burg and Cheney normal schools, state
capitol at Olympia and state fair
grounds at North Yakima.
1T is reported that the school book
trust has agents at work at Olympia
trying to influence legislation so that
it can get another five years grip upon
the people of Washington. The legis-
lators should look out for the school
deal, and prevent any such steal as
the present. The people are forced to
use certain books, for which the trust
charges exorbitant prices. In pres
cribing the text books used in the
public schools, the state should fiz
the prices at about half the present
figures.
The business men OF Vancouver are
talking Of recognizing the board OIL
trade with the design Of attracting
immigrants. Among the improve
ments made during the last year are a
number of handsome buildings. Both
the brewery and creamery have added
to their plants, and the pay roll, Of
these two institutions puts into circu.
lation i'll the city and county annual
ly upwards y: ss0,o09-5esides the
money realized from the sale OF their
products. Prune culture which is
already an important factor in the
production of wealth and employ
ment in Clarke county, will in few
years it is expected, form the princi.
pal industry.
The New York legislature is earn
estly at work endeavoring to abolish
or'at least construct so far as possible
the system Of government by commits.
sionsrs which has grown to enormous
dimensions and involves an extrava
CANT outlay in that state. There is a
field for legislative work in Washing
ton on similar laws. The expense O.
the numerous commissions having
supervision of various administrative
branches of our state government are
out of all proportion both to the nee
essity of their existence and the dutie.
supposed to be reformed. The legisla
ture can wisely abolish some, consoli.
date others and reduce the expense.
of those deemed necessary to be re
tained.-P-I.
The seal industry is probably more
valuable to Great Britain than to Tia,
the United States. A large share O
the Alaska seals are caught by British
Columbia fishermen, and the skin,
are dressed in London, giving employ
ment there to some $4,000 people
The population of Representative
Dinyley that the United States 90 t.
work and eliminate the seals in Berinf
sea because Great Britain will not ioir
in any adequate measures for this pro
lection is about as sane suggestion
as has been made in congress ON this
subject. The sooner the United States
abendons these expensive attempts te
preserye the seals and turns attention
to the more valuable food fsheries 81