The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17
The Mason County Journal.
G. c ANGLE, Editor and Proprietor
City & County Official Paper
Editorial Notes.

THERE was considerable tempest
wrought up in Tacoma, over the two
chinese servants, but the COMMITTEE
of fifteen" triumphed, the heathens are
gone, and Mr.. Riggs must wrestle with
the "hired girl
THE Supreme Court has decided
that Pierce county cannot call jury,
as there are no funds to pay for the
service, the limit of Indebtedness being
already exceeded. Thus another clog
is added to the wheels Of justice.
AMERICAN-BORN Chinese are citizens.
So decides Judge Morrow, Of San Fran
cisco. The case goes to the United
States supreme court for final settle
ment. There have been other similar
decisions, but they have never been APP
pealed to the higher court.
The insurance law passed by the
last legislature has had the salutary
effect of making the office of the in
surance commissioner more than self
supporting. Receipts of the office for
1895, 81 ,43S.3 80; miscellaneous expense,
$3.50; salary of deputy, 81 ,525; excess
of receipts, $2,S93.8O
THE Associated Press gave matter to
the extent of three and One-half col
umns in the daily newspapers, on the
occasion of the elevation of Satolli to
the rank of cardinal, or comforting the
cred hat degree" This big news
monopoly is not so liberal in giving
the news Of other organizations, and
its political dispatches have become so
VIGOROUSLY unreliable that most peo-
pie wait for the facts to "come by.
freight"
THE Land Department at Washing
ton is taking some cognizance of the
miserable land office service in this
district, and it is said that one or both
the present incumbents will have to
so. 1t seems to be the very general
opinion that this move is proper one,
at least so far as the Register is con-
cerned, and that it will be extremely
difficult to find man who will not
give better Observation-Disclosures
Standard Oem.)
GREAT CAESARS ghost! Where are
we at? Not a pound of eatable butter
to be had in Elma! Yet Elma is
located in the midst of the very finest
grazing section of the State. It is but
another illustration of the impractical
bic ways OF lots of our people. It is
ineXcusable on the part of all of us,
that such state of affairs should ex-
ist as to cause us to import our butter
Why one said on. the street the other
day that at the rate we are now going
we will soon be importing our potatoes.
If we are to have prosperity this kind
OF thing must stop. Let the farmers
make more butter, raise more poultry,
more eggs.-Elma Chronicle.
THERE was such a demand for the
New Years number OF the White Ri yer
Journal that it had to print half sheets
of MANILA paper for the exchanges
We wager that business in Kent is good
and that business men are prosperous.
Show us town that takes pride in its
newspapers and patroniZes them well
and we will show you progressive and
steadily advancing communicated
fax Commoner.
If we understand it right. the Com
moner is a trife mixed The White
River Journals New Years number
may have been splendid, but what
sold out the stock, was racy scandal
in which Rev. G. z. Fulmer was mixed
up. The people may recognize worthy
special editions, but it's the sensational
matter that strikes the public generally.
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