The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-03-26

the agencies of the n. p, q. N. and y.
p. roads over the traffic to Trail Creek
mining country, and for time the
rate was cut to $l3.
OUR bright legislature refused to
make any appropriation for the states
"tin soldiery,"b as they failed to re-
peal the law, the people will dig up
their .OOO15 for military fund, and 1t
can't be used for any other purpose.
We feel relieved.
The difference in cost to the people
between the legislature of 1898 and
the reform institution Of 1897 was
about $4,000, and this saving is &C
counted for by knocking out few
iunketing expeditions in which the
members of the house wanted to IN
dulge.
INVESTIGATIONS at Seattle have
brought out the fact that about SlO,-
600 OF funds collected from delinquent
taxes by the sheyiff's Office, were not
accounted for while Ex-Governor Nc
Graw was sheriff. The matter has not
been Strengthened out, but the ex-
Sheriff says that his clerks evidently
got away with the money.
IT was IN the mOngrel platform, to
make it penitentiary offence for Of
ficials to use passes, but as soon as the
boys got to the capital, with passes
good for a year slowed away in their
wallets, they forget this, as we'll as
other promises, and passes are still
legal tender among the fusionists,
while the state is mulcted for mileage.
Great is "resorm."
ONE of the last acts of G.. Cleveland,
ESQ.,, was to set out about half OF
Washington as forest reserves, In
which bounds no lands or mineral
claims could be taken up. Among
the reserves, one of the largest was the
Olympic reserve, which takes in all OF
the Olympic peninsular and nearly all
of Mason and Chehalis counties. All
of Mason County west of Range !
West is included in the reservation
The effect of this preposterous move
will be to retard further settlement
and development; it will prevent min
eral searches in the Olympic noun
tains, and is another great big blunde1
for which our late president was cele
brated. Senator Wilson is working
hard to have this action rescinded by
President Mckinley, and protests from
the cities and commercial bodies o.
the State are flooding into Washing
ton. Prompt action is necessary, if
the states lands are to be released
from this hastily considered tie-up.
IT is said that there are few popu
lists in Olympia just now, and they
are holding down state jobs. Since
Gov. Rogers vetoed the Capitol bill
and then hied himself to the dense
stiffness of Pi-all-up. till the storm
blew over, as J. Watermelon Reding
ton would say; the churches are tax
ing rest from their efforts to SHOW
Olympians the "better and pure1
way" The Governors main objection
is 10 the States guaranty of $1O,OO|
annual interest, but as the rent, insu
rance, ETC., of the state offices reache
nearly that sum, that excuse is to-
flimsy. There is a movement to ge
the capitol on wheels, and then anoth
er expensive fight is in prospect. Sen
ator John McReavy worked hard OF
the proposition, and his bill was YER
safe and reasonable way in which t.
utilize the state lands granted for tina
purpose; but the Governor evidentl
has another scheme in view, and pre-
fers to see the new founda ton crum
BILE.
The newspapers OF the State Q
Washington have received pretty hars
treatment at the hands of the aggre
cation of political curiosities who hav
recently separated for their severa
homes. Many of them richly deserv
the kicks they have received from tn
creatures into whom they have blow
the breath OF political existence. TIL
populist newspapers are the worst sui
ferers, as this was the time in whic
they might have hoped to reap tn
fruits of victory-and now these fruit
are but Dead Sea apples. In attempt
ing to furnish snap for the Stat
Printer they have created monopol
from which every county must bu
its blanks and supplies, leaving prat
tically nothing for the county printe
BY doing away with the ADVERTISING {
the delinquent tax list mans prope
ty can be confscated without his b,
ing any the wiser. The Washingto
Press Association asked for the passas
: of three laws of minor important
which would have helped the countl
newspapers of the state without regal
to their politics. and without placiu
onv bt,r<lo,, ~, Tho y,cov,lo Thov ocl