The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-21

in the papers OF late, from which 1t
would appear that they were all bad
lot, in a political sense.
Mrs. JULIA MCCARvER, for fifty years
pioneer of the coast, and widow OF
Gen. McCarver, the Indian fighter.
died in Tacoma last week, aged 73
years. She had the distinction of be-
ing Il pioneer in four states.
AUGUST DEMANGEON, master me-
chanic of the Tacoma Mill Company
has been uperintending the building
of saw mill for the Lingham Timber
& Trading Co. South Africa. 1t is
about ready to ship. 1t is safe to say
the mill will be a skookum one.
WE regret to note that Bro. Pattison
has found himself unable to keep up
the Enterprise at Cosmopolis. 1t ex-
pired last week, shouting for the chest
town on the Harbor," to the last. 1t
was lively country paper, and its
discontinuance will be loss to the
community.
JOHN A. MCCARTNEY shot his wife
and then himself in Tacoma last Sun
day, while the couple were returning
home from Catholic church services
No cause is known, except that Nc
Carthy had been out Of work for some
time, and had been drinking consider.
ably OF late.
JIM HILL says, that 30,000,0O0 bush
els OF wheat will be converted into
flour and shipped from the Pacific
coast to the Orient this year. The
trade Of this coast has made enormous
Jumps the last five years, but none so
big as IN this particular respect, Be-
fore many years wheat on this coast
will command as big price as on the
East coast. II is rapidly becoming an
industry OF mammoth proportions.
POSTMASTER General Gary favors
postal savings banks. In fact, the
idea Of their establishment is meet
ing with favorable attention in many
quarters. In nearly all countries
where they have been tried their work
ings have given great satisfaction, and
1t IS not unlikely that the system will
be established in the United States
within comparatively few years.
Pr.
WE notice that visit to the lum-
bering railroads and camps of Mason
County, is not included IN the timer
airy of the visiting Eastern lumber
men. This is to be regretted, as here
are to be found the largest logging
railroads and camps in the state,
using the most modern methods OF
handling logs. Mason County has
the big logs and its logging is done on
big scale. Its annual product equals
that OF the rest Of Puget Sound COM
blned, and yet the visiting lumber
men will be piloted by the Committee
to sections where but "one-horse" con-
Germs are operating.
AS Mr.. Anderson reported, after his
recent visit to California, the market
tor our lumber in that section is
glutted and the trade paralyzed, fo1
which the large shipments from
British Columbia are largely response
BILE. However, the coastwise trade
has been small for several years past
and the main dependence of the large
mills of Puget Sound has been in the
foreign shipments, which hold good
and promise to afford an increased
trade this summer. 1t will be wear
after the prospective tariff shuts out
the Canadians, before the California
trade will be of much benefit to this
state, judging from the vast stocks
piled up in the yards.
THEY may talk about the "great
car" but the fact remains that Speak
er Reed is one of the brainiest men
that ever occupied the seat of presid-
ing officer of the House of Represen-
tatives. He undoubtedly has his
faults but his virtues and great abili-
ties are recognized by his worst enc
miles, In his refusal to appoint COM
mlttees he has the support of his par
ty and majority OF the minority.
This session was called for specified
obJect-the raising of sufficient reye-
nues and the protection of American
labor and industries. Every RepubH-
can platform last fall demanded pro-
lection, and neglect or failure to at
tempt to carry 1t out would be worse
than suicidal.-White River Journal.
The new log scale law passed by the
state legislature of the state of Wash
ington goes into effect June 18th. 1t
provides for two scalers-one for Dis
trict No. l, comprising the western
portion of the state, and one for Dis
trlct No. 2, which takes in Eastern
washington. Mr.. e. Johns, OF Puyal-
iup, has been appointed scaler for the
first district, but so far no scaler has
been appointed for the second district.
Mr.. Johns. appointment is not hailed
with delight by the loggers, who are
OF the opinion that a practical logger