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Let Us Have the County Fair.

If there is anything tnat will make
the merchants happy next fail and
will liven up the farmers of this county
and make them take pride in the
agricultural profession, it will be a
good counry fair, says The Tacoma
News.
Everybody is more or less tired of
expusitions. but an old fashioned fair
with displays of fruit and grain, and
big vegetables and record breaking
dairy products and half mile track
where the young man from the conn
try with the covered buggy, can speed
his colt that he knows can beat any
thing his neiglibor can produce, and
the fat cattle, and the p"rker., and
poultry, and the crazy quilts and
fancy work-vhy, it would do more
to make everybody happy and content
ed and make them lose any lonesome
feeling they may still possess for tile
days back east, than anything else
that can be dome But TO put Il coun-
ty fair in motion the first year requires
lots Of work and generous subscIip-
tions and the work cannot De com
menced too soon. We are bound to
have more or less politics this wear,
but politics should not interfere with
the county fair In fact ii can lie
made an additional attraction by in
viting the candidates for governor, and
for senator and for all the other uAices
to come and speak. There could be a
free silver day and & gold bug day and
a day for democrats and a day for
populists and one for republicans and
the band could play and the people
could cheer and everybody be happy
while Nle gate receipts would be cor
respondingly heavy. BY all mra MS
let concerted action he taken for the
county fair
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-04-24
Railroad Lands Must Pay Taxes.

WASHINGTON, April 20--Justice
Brown delivered the opinion of the SUI
preme court today in the case of the
Central Pacific Railway company VS..
the state Of Nevada, involving the right
of the state to tax the lands of the
railroad company. The case came to
the supreme court from the Nevada
supreme court on a writ of error sued
out by the railroad company. The
state courts held that the state was
entitled to levy taxes upon patented
lands, and also for lands which had not
been patented, but which had been
surveyed and upon which the cost of
surveying had not been paid. Justice
Browns opinion affirms this decision.
off" he said, "the railroad had a
possessory claim to the lands, they are
taxable under the statute of Nevada"
Remarking upon the plea that the
land could not be taxed where the
government reserved mineral lands
f'om the grant, he said:
"If the railroad has no possessory
claim, because the lands are mineral,
it certainly cannot be injured by a sale
of the lands to pay the tax"
He did not think it possible that the
railroad company's enormous land
grant should remain untaxed until the
character of the lands as to minerals
could be determined.
Justice Field dissented on the ground
that the reservation of mineral lands
from the gran! made it impossible to
determine what lands could be proper
ly taxed against the railroad company.
The cases involving the Mormon
church property, which was confscated
under the Edmunds act, were sent back
to the supreme court of Utah for final
disposition in conformity with the
rint resolutions of congress approved
March rs last, restoring this property
to the church. The decision of the court
below was reversed for this purpose.
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Secretary of state.

In 1860 the assessed valuation of
Washington was 81 ,394,73 with a
population of 1l,649; in 1870 the valu-
alton had increased 20 $10,642,6o3,
with $3.50 population; in 1880 the
valuation was $23 sic, 693, with 75,1 JIG
population in 1892 the valuation was
estimated 100000 600, with $4,000
population. Today it is estimated
S45O,O0O,OOO, with the population
estimated by Gov McGraw at 415 ,OCO,
january l, lS96.-W ashington Immi-
grant
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The current humber Oh the Scien.
tlfic American gives an account of one
ol Edlson's late discoveries in connec-
ton with-the X rays. By the means
OF an apparatus, designed by himself
he was enabled to see all of the bones
In human body, without the neces.
sity of first securing photograph.
Nlckola Telso has even exceeded this
having been enabled to see thrnugi
the bodies of three assistants placed il
a line. In face of these great discover
les, one cannot help wondering wher,
it will all end.-News.
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Date OF first publication April 3.-6w.
W. L. FOREEsT. { ON PnhIic lanls
Notice OF Application to purchasa
Tide Lands.
Office OF Commissioner of puhl;cIo,6o


Once OF Commissioner OF Public Ioufs
OLYMPIA, Wash
Nntlce Is hereby given that Edward Miller nj
Sheiton, Washington, has fled an auplirafinn
IN tnlS ONCE to purchase the following described
llde Lands OF the third class. situate in Moson
COUNTY, ashingt0n. tn-Nit: Al OF tine lido
iand OF the third class situate in front of ahut
ing upon and aljageHt TO a portion Of the Al.
1eru Hal! Donation Land claim and all of lnt-
IN See y twp. 20 n, 4. 3 West. " NJ: the
meanHer line of sain upland b rdcring ON said
tlde land being describaG as follows: Begiunjng
at the intersection Of the OF iine brtWepD lnts
ana 8, SAID Sec. twp. ana rsage wiz, the meunder
Ilne OF Hemmersley'S inlet. which is n MONT 10
I9 chains east anG rs chains n0l;h Of the mo-
ander corner 10 fractional sections p and ~.
thence with the meander> OF Henmcr~!ev's In
let; n. 10 deg E., 0.42 chains: 81 dee T. oqO
chains; n. 53 deg +. ~ chains to III" \ " cor
ner OF the Aiferd Hall D II. land claim; thence
with the meandeTS along the north bonndry OF
SAID claim; n. c3 deg L, los chains: y II ier
e., 2.23 chains; 5j deg +. SO chains; y 50
deg f., 10 chains to a point i2.il chains north
and 34.O6 chains east Oi tie first described mo-
ander corner, having q toia frontage Of 1850
Grains as shown by Tie certified copy of the c.
8 Gov. field notes
Any person may appear and protest against
Saln Application far the purchaS. OF the above
Described tide land at any time within five
weeks from the date OF first publication of this
notice. - ''''
Date OF first publication April 3, Gw.
w. /. FORRE-T, Com. Publ" Lands
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sections 10 and Is bears n. % deg co min W.
1854 rs feet; thence n. 81 deg II min E.. 4S37S
feet TO & 81 AXE; thence south 60 deg SO min E.
S73.lS feel TO Il stake; thence s, 4 deg OS min W.
594 feet to stake; thence S IS deg O3 min w
23l feeI to a stake; thence n. So deg 90 min W
Oh feet to stake; thence 81 deg % min W
23l feet t. the place of beginning, containin
1850 acres, more or less. as shown by the plat OF
survel of said oyster land filed in this office or
the 18th, CAV OF April. 1896
During the next thirty DAYS following the
last publication OF this notice contest may be
'ed in the manner provided in See. 5, page 81
Session Laws OF 1895
This notice will be published in four success
sive issues of this paper
Date OF first pub April 81, CIV
w. I. FORREST. Com Public Lands
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Collg IN

and nothing seemed to do her any good.
happened to read about Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and had her give it trial. From the
very first dose she began to get better.
After taking few bottles she was COM
pletely cured and her health has been the
best ever since" MRS. ADDIE PECK.
II Railroad Place, Amsterdam, N. Y.
81 will say that my mother has not
stated my case in as strong words as
would have done. Hoods Sarsaparilla
has truly cured me and am now WE'LL
CORA PECK, Amsterdam, N. Y.
Be sure to get Hoods, because
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Reward! Reward!

Wilbur's Puget Sound Cough Cure
positively cures la grippe, coughs,
colds, hoarseness, whooping cough,
lung and throat trouble, and consump-
ton. Can be taken by the most deli
cate female or child. Every bottle
guaranteed to cure. Price so cents,
Sold by Druggists.
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Notice Of Application to nprcbaso
Eide Lands '0
once OF Commissioner Of Public Land,

,-... CiNHlpIa, NaSnlngtun
Gitmhpla, Washington, nave filed an anpIicatiio M
al MS ~; once 70 pure iSe the following dcScrh.
Ell llde Lands OF the tnird class. >itl1Ir i' NJ ~
son COMFY Washington. to-wit: All of The ti ,
. .auu OF me hird class situate in front of nhnt.
ing upon and adjacent 10 all of in, .. = nor.
OF the southwest quarter of the souInenst a"d
portion OF the jacob O.. Ecer Donation snd
liam, oil III See 81. Twp. y n K. 5 West W NJ
tne government ineander line Of said INLAND
oornderlhS On said tide land being Described nc
loiiows: Commenting at the meanucr corn"r
on the oth standard paJaIel, 500 chains west Of
,ne Standard corner 10 sections 81 and 81 twn 81
N r. west, ". NJ. thence with the meanders
Oh Hemmersley's Inlet west 24.G3 chains 70 mr1
ANGER corner on 9Th standard para lel % -
chalns west OF the standard corner to sections ~
ana 90, Twp. u \. Il. west, having total front'
age on said meanGer line OF 24.63 chains Nc
SHOWN 6y the certified copy OF the t. S Cow
field notes of same N'''
Any person may appear and protest against
sald application for the purchase of the ahoye
described tide land at any time within FIVE
notice. "''''i Vi uS
Date OF first publication Arril 3.-6y
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-04-24
Summons For Publication.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT..OF THE sTATE
3 OF WASHINGTON FOa MASON CIUYTYi.
The NortherH Counties Investment FruSt)
Qimited) corporation, Plaintiff
rs. }No4r
Augustus c. Turner. j. cob Wingcrt, Rose
M1ngert, August Wingelt, ana Frank
Hagerman, Receiver OF Lombard IN.
vestmeht Company. a corporation.
The State of Washington 10 the snid Anpus
tus c. Turner. Defendant:
You are hereby Summoned to appear within
sixty 0aXs alter the date al the first Justification
OF this summons, t0wit. Within sikh; DAYS alter
the 18th day OF March. 1886 ana defend fine above
entitled action in the aiiuve entitled conrt AID
answer the complaint OF the plaintiff at his
Offlce belo stated ami iii case Of your failure 50
to DO. judgment viii be rendered against vou
according to the demand Of the c0rnpailt.
which has been fled with the CLERK Of said court.
The object OF said ac'i ion is to forpclo,e rer-
tam mortgage executed on the LIST Gay Of August
1889, by Augustus G. Turner aud Jacob Wingert
10 Lombard investment COnIanl recorded on
page 6I IN BOOB 90 OF the mortgage records "a
Mason county, Washington Territory (nnw state
of Washington securing the paA m mt of a prom
issOry note for fifteen hundred dollars f$i;O0 of
the same date, AID the interest thereon AMI to
procure a Judgment thereon for the sum OF fi-
teen hundred twenty and ~ 100 dollars i$l5.0I9l.
with interest ON fifteen hundred dollars ($l500)
thereof at the rate Of tWeI, rer cent per annum
from the LIST day of August 1894. and with inter-
est on twenty and 1910 dOllafS GOLD thereof
at the rate or twelve per cent pes annun IRON
the 9TH day of February, 1885, aud for further
sum equal to twenty t20j per cent OF said
amounts. with interest, a an attorneys Zee for
services in this acti II. ana Tor costs. and de-
cree directing the sale of the real estate described
in said MORTGAGE. toWlt:
Lot two and the southwest quarter OF section
twenty-five 90, TOWNSHIP, twenty one ~ norm
of range two ~ west OF the willamette Meridian,
containing In all one hundred ana ninety-slX
(196) acres, more or less. according to govern
menf survey, TO satisfy said Judgment.
The service of this simmons shall be deemed
complete at the expiration of the time for us
publication, the date 81 last publication beng
the oath day of prl, 1886
o. G. Ellis, PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
P. O. address: k.ioin so, National Bank OF
Commerce Building. Tacoma. Pierce Co.. WASH.
WANTED several Trustworthy gentlemen or
III ladies to travel III Washington, for estao-
lished. reliable house. Salary $3.50 and expenses
Steady position. Enclose reference and selfad-
dressed stamped envelope The Dominion Com
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Office of Commissioner OF Publ. lands

Once OF COMMISSIONER OF Public iGndsI
Olympia. Wash.
Notice is hereby given that 4. Smith. of
Kamilche, Washington, has lied an appliration
in this office To purchase the following described
Tide Lands, of the third class, situate in Mason
County, WaS' inglon. TO Wit: All tie tide land
OF the third class situate in front OF. abutting
upon and adjacent to a rOrti0r o. lot . See 81
Twp. 10 n. X 5 West ". NJ. the m(ander line
of said portion o. said lot bordering on said tide
land being described as follows: Commencing
at a point on the meander line Of Totten Inlet
which is 5. e. deg w, % chains; :. 66 (cgW.
0S0 cheins. S. 81 deg W. 0.95 chains from the
meander corner to lots and ,, Sec, q, Up 10 y.
r. west; thence with the npanders OF Totten
Inlet; S. 81 deg W., zoe chains s 20 deg w. 23l
chains; s. f5 deg H.. l5S chainsS 81 deg ", $50
chainsto point or said meandcr line, having Il
total frontage OF SD chains as shown by the Ger
tilted copy OF the 7. 5 Government field notes.
Any person may appear and protest against
said application or may file an application for
the purchase OF the above described tide land at
any time within five ks fron date of first
publication of this ns tice
Date of first publication. April s. 1896 CIV.
w T. For EST. Com Public 7 ands
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Notice Of Application t. Purchase Tide
lands.
NJ <)dZ--
Office OF Commissioner OF Public Iands.l
OlVlrlI-ia Wa.b

Office of Commissioner OF Public Landsl
Olympia Wash.
Notice is hereby given that Edward Miller. of
Shelton, Washington has flied an application in
this office to prci a>e the following esrribed
Tide Lands, OF the tlir,l class. situate in Mason
County, ashiugtOn, tO-Wit: All of the tide
land of the third elias situate in front Of abut-
ting upon and adJarent to a portion OF lots and
2, of Section %. T"r. 20 Norm, Range 3 West. w.
M; the meander line OF said portion of said lots
Dor 'ering on said TIDE land being described as
follows: Commencing at a point S. II deg W,
200 chains from the intersection of the ot line
between lots and ,, aforesaid section. Twp and
range; thence y. y 1eg T., ZOO chains to a point
n. Y deg E., 90 chains from the intersection of
said lot line between lots and aforesaid; hay
Ing a total frontage Of Z GO chains on said mean
der line as sho"n By the certified copy OF the U.
S. Government field notes
Any person may appear and protest against
said application or maF file an application for
the purchase OF the above described tide land at
any time within FIVE weeks from the date of
first pu rlication Of this notice
Date of first publication, Mar. 20 '9G-6w.
F, Essr
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-,o,ice of Application 10 Purchase
Oyster Lands.
NO. Z0Il-
Office of I0nn naiScionnrnf I

Office OF commissioner of Public Lands,}
Olympia, Wash.
Notice is HEREBY given that Anders Swanson,
of Shelton. ashingtOn, has filed an application
i'll this office to purchase the following DESERT ed
oyster Lands, situate in Mason County, Wash
ingt"n. to-wit; Beginning at stake 1924 feet
west and 947 feet north OF the One-fourth section
North, Range 8 West, w. Nj thence running n.
deg II min W., 1872 feet to a stake from
which the meahder corner between fractional
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m others

Anxiously watch declining health of
their daughters. So many are cut off
by consumption in early years that
there is real cause for anxiety. In
the early stages, when not beyond
the reach of medicine, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla will restore the quality and
quantity of the blood and thus give
good health. Read the following letter:
"It is but just to write about my
daughter Cora, aged 10. She was COM
pletely run down, declining, had that tired
feeling, and friends said she would not
live over three months. She had bad
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-04-24
Notice OF Application 10 SIR.
chase Tide Hands. al
Office OF Commissioner Of p,,,,;.
Olympia Wash '-"''"S,

OF! HIpId, wash,
Notice ,cs is hereby given that 4. Gale Of Nam
in this ocs to S pnrshas has fd aprcao%S
Toe Lands, OF the third class, situate GrSGrloed
County, Washington, tolvit: All "f ~ :, Mason
,dma OF the third class situate in front | OF oh6 Ge
t~p 5 i Hl5 u "af ~ Il: a" Gi lot See IS
age OF A. chains measured on ti ",aL FONT
me OF sald lot horderias on said ta ''It oH
shown by the certified copy OF Tie T. x G oa as
iiie nv h nn no'ts Oh s'ld mea'der line.
Any person may aprra, ana l,rotrst ,,o;..
salo Application or ay Gle an amirst%;eS'ai l9 a
tne purchase OF the above de,ciibr tin Tor
any time within dye weeks from tbe d i%nn at
ilrst publication of this uofi.e INC uale of
Date OF first publication Aprii = ,oe &C..
W. i. EORnl,Sr ~. n.I wv.
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The Lumbermen'S Mercantile Co.

Our space is considerably taken up
with advertising matter, but the pres
sure will be oyer after next week.
Phenix. American And Pennsyl-
vAniA Insurance Co.'S, see G. c. Angle
for rates.
Shelley's cough syrup is selling as
fast as ever though the weather is
warmer.
The u. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all others.
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J. D. RILEY, Manager

Everybody is rushing in their spring
: rda.u
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The Mason County Journal.
J. c ANGLE. Editor and Proprietor
City & County Official Paper
Editorial Notes.

THE big bicycle trust just formed
proposes to cut the prices of high grade
bicycles from 500 to $65. It's about
time they chopped their prices in two,
or down to a reasonable profit.
J. +. ALsOP was arrested in Seattle
last week on tie charge Of numbering
Lena Olsen for her money in Duluth
several years ago. The detectives
must have been on the right track as
Alsop hung himself with blanket strips
in the Seattle jail last Friday. Justice
generally orcrtakes the evil-doers even
if the United States is a big country.
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Notice Of Application 10 Purchase Tide
lands.

Date OF first publication April 3, Gw.
W. I. F0ReE-T, Com. Publ" Lands
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WANrED Several Trustworthy gentlemen OF
III ladies to travel i'll Washington, for estaD'
lshed, reliable house. Salary $3.50 and expenses.
Steady position. Enclose reference and seliaa-
dressed stamped envelope. The Dominion COM
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OUR PRICES RND AMERICAN SUGAR

II MOTHER thing we would
] | like to suggest. Don't
spoil your fruit by using China
sugar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-27
First Sign of Consumption.

DR.. c. w. Ingraham says: A rise of
of from one-half to one de-
gree at some period of greater or less
duration every "a hours may be re-
garded as the first symptom Of. pull
monary tuberculosis, occurring previous
to every other symptom, and before the
general health of the individual is in
fiuenced to a noticeable degree. The
temperature will be most elevated fol-
lowing bodily fatigue. Excluding other
morbid conditions that would cause a
similar elevation of temperature, it is
safe to diagnose the case as one of pull
monary Tor laryngeaD tuberculosis when
this temperature has persisted for a
period Of two weeks and is associated
with loss of weight and vitality, even
though there has been no accompanying
cough or expectoration and though phys
ical examination gives negative results.
New York Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-27
The Atmosphere.

The general causes which act on the
Of the atmosphere are defined
by Professor Cornu, in an address lately
delivered before the British Royal insti-
tute, as gyratory influences, and, when
once the movement is set going, it con-
tinues of itself and sometimes increases
in amount. In the first place, Professor
Cornu declares, the movement of the
Of the earth is to be cited,
which always brings with it a small
component of rotation for a displace-
ment Of a gaseous mass in latitude or
altitude, and, in the second place, and
as decisive q cause the solar heat,
which warns the air near the surface,
or the clouds. Thus related, and as the
ascending tendency Of the heated gas
cannot be equal over the whole surface
exposed to the rays of the sun-as much
because Of the nature of the ground as
because of its inequalties-thee quilib-
rum is upset in parts and gaseous COL
umns ascend. When once gyration is es-
tablished, the causes producing 1t keep
it up and augment it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-27
whieh?-It Cannot Be Both.


The paradoxes and fallacies Of The
free silver advocates are plentifully il
Illustrated in the interesting letters ot
workingmen to The World.
One set stoutly maintain that there
would be no cheap dollar or 90 cent
dollar under free coinage. If the white
metal were given unlimited coinage it
!. would instantly rise, they say, to 81. 90
an ounce The present price of 68 cents
they attribute to the characterization in
1873, though silver dollar was then
worth more than a gold one, and none
was coined or in circulation.
Another and the more numerous class
at the south and west insist that what
the country needs is a cheaper dollar.
The good old gold dollar of Jefferson,
jackson and Benton has been "foroed
up" in value, they say. They want a
dollar of about half its value to increase
the price of their products and to enable
them to pay their debts at half the pres
ent cost and trouble. As Mr.. Bryan
put it in his letter to The World, they
would restore the parity between
money and property" by reducing the
value of the dollar.
: Now both OF these theories cannot be
true. They are fatty contradictory. If
silver would appreciate under free coin
age, there would be no cheap money.
Prices would not rise. Debts could not
be scaled down. If it would not appre-
ciate, the workingman's saved dollars
would be reduced one-haf in value, the
cost of his living would double and his
wages would not increase in anything
like the ratio of the increase in his ex-
penses.
Why is the best money too good for
wageworkers? What is the matter with
the highest standard of value in a coun.
try where the highest wages and the
highest standard of living prevail? The
World begs the workingmen to think q
little deeper and little further on this
vital subject New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-27
The Yellow Jacket,

The yellow jacket of the great Chi.
nese statesman Lii Hung Chang il
more of vest than a jacket. 1t is made
of rich yellow satin, has no sleeves, fits
the wearer closely, and reaches little
below the waist. 1t does not fasten in
front, but at the side, with small but
tons, and on the front is embroidered
the royal dragon of China. Only five
men in all the empire of China are en-
titled to wear it, and you may guess our
recent guest, the wise and kindly Ii
Hung Chang, enjoys his high privilege.
New York Times.