The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-01

on tne new SONeTnHlolC uIy uOOh t1o
Port Orchard for an overhauling. The
dock has just been completed and the
Monterey made the trial test which
proves the structure is all right.
The best informed Democrats now
admit protection is necessary for the
prosperity of the country, but the
country will look to the natural party
of protection-the republicans-for
the proper protective legislation
MOntesano Vidette.
FIRE destroyed four blocks contain
ing the business center Of Cripple
Creek, the Colorado mining town last
Saturday. Being all frame structures,
the fire burned itself out, causing an
estimated loss of SIO00,O0O, many
merchants and others losing all they
possessed. Pneumonia is also raging
in Cripple Greek, becoming epidemic.
THE annual encamDment of the
department OF Washington and Alas
ka, G. A. r. will be held at Tacoma
June 1919 Extensive plans are be-
ing arranged for the entertainment of
the Veterans who are expected to in
wade the city about 500 strong, and in
addition will be the Sons of Veterans
and Woman's Relief Corps delega
TONS
EIGHT persons were killed out right
and seventeen others injured, and con-
siderable property destroyed, by a
cyclone in Clay County, Kansas, Sun
day. It's history was the same as that
of the regulation cyclone-everythi
in its path was destroyed. 1t has
rained considerably on Puget Sound
the past week, but the people are all
in evidence, and we'll try to stand the
moisture.
WITHIN ninety days we shall have
had SIX national conventions. The
Prohibition party will be the first in
the field, holding convention in Pitts
burg May q. The Republicans. meet
in st. Louis, June Is, the Socialists in
New York July 4, the Democrats get
together, or apart, in Chicago July Z
the Populists meet in st. Louis July
20, and the Silverites follow them two
days later.-P.-I.
Xxx X
The Anderson WOOdenware com
pany of Tacoma, has received an order
from Kansas City packing house fol-
200 car loads of ware, to be manufac
tured from the woods native to Wash
ington. Several days ago the company
received orders from Kansas City
Omaha and other central eastern stat,
packing houses for woodenware, aggre
eating 200 carloads. The last orde
swells the list to 400 carloads.
CONTRACTOR GOss expects to begil
work on the State Capitol Immediately
with force of about $50 men. H
received notice from the state capito
commission that arrangements for tn,
sale OF the capitol warrants had beer
completed and the contract was read
for signing. His information is tina
the warrant purchasers are to pay
100000 on May 10Th, and $4,000
each month thereafter until all tn
warrants are taken. They are to re
ceive and pay for the last numbere
warrants first as guarantee that the
will purchase the entire issue. TIL
contractor has added all modern ma
chinery for the work-and Olympi
rejoices.
X
OFTEN tie mistake is made in tn
laudablc effort to assist in the develop
men. of the various sections of tn
state of creating the impression tina
to all classes OF people the opening o
fered is alike promising. This i
many cases bring men into the con
munity who find their particular lin
of business fully represented an
creates the feeling that they hav
been misled. The Aberdeen Heral
seeks to avoid this, and alter settin
forth the fact that there is room i
this country for men who have suffit
lent means to embark 10 the variou
lines incident to rich timoered IT
sources, agriculture, fisheries, etc.,
enumerates the classes who will nc
find desirable openings. They are
Boomers. Subsidy seekers-althoug
sites may be had for legitimate enter
prises. Retail stores, bakeries, sho
shops, clerks, bookkeepers, stenograph
ers, lawyers, newspapers, laborers-
there are now more than enough to d
all the work to be done, men withou
means