The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-29


this week.
AT meeting on Sunday OF Debs'
Social DEMOCRACY, the president of a
branch horsewhipped another "lady,"
who was president of rival branch.
This is the "fraternal love" organiza-
ton which was to drive all the "rot"
out of the constitution of the state of
Washington.-P.-I.
SENATOR Jones says that If Bryan
had been elected wheat would have
been twice as high as it now is. A
fair estimate may tie placed on the
value of the senator's remarks if we
consider that wheat is little more than
three times as high as he said it would
be if Bryan was not elected.
PRESIDENT Mckinley has decided
to place large portion of Alaska I'M
der control of the military department
OF the government. This will be much
better than the scheme to place it I'M
der the control of the North American
Transportation & Trading company
Led er
THE boss squash of the town, if not
OF the state, says the Seattle Trade
Register, is on exhibition in the show
window of Knox & Love, grocers, at
S13 Third avenue. It's circumference
is 6 # II in, and its weight is 145 lbs.
The jumbo was grown near Redmond,
just east of Lake Washington. Can
any one do better?
SOME valuable mineral has been To-
Gated on the Alaskan coast, without
the hardships of an interior trip. J.
f. Smith, who has been prospecting
on salmon creek, thirty miles north
east of Wrangel, brings down some
ore which would run 100000 to the
ton. The coast will undoubtedly re-
ceive much attentio next season, as
it is easily accessible and apparently
rich diggings can be found.
The American Fish Company, of
Tacoma, has entered into contract
with japanese firm to furnish 1000
tons of sailed salmon, to be shipped
by the Nippon Yusen Steamship Com
uh oh
tie. In order to fill this order the
company finds it necessary to erect
another warehouse, and also to hire
100 men to fish. 1t is expected to
make the first shipment of the big
order about November 18th.
WHILE the farmers of eastern Wash
lngton raise forty bushels of wheat to
the acre, which sells for seventy cents
per bushel, fruit growers of western
Washington show thirty tons of prunes
from three acres. There is a good
market for both OF these products as
well as for Washington lumber, fish
and cattle. With such advantages in
volume for products and a small per-
centage Of loss from climatic effects,
Washington is rapidly coming to the
front as an agricultural and horticul-
tural paradise.-Ledger.
The unfinished top of the light
house at Wesport may be seen from
Hoquiam above the tree tops any clear
day, II one knows just where to look
for it. There remained, last week, ten
feet of brick-work to be added to the
top, and then will come the iron work
consisting of two stories. The iron
has all arrived, and been delivered on
the ground. The whole structure,
when completed, will be one hundred
and twenty-three feet from the foun-
dation.-Aberdeen Herald.
The Port Blakely mill, dusing Sep
TENDER, shipped to foreign ports g.
3o2, 24O feet of lumber and to Califor-
MIA 2,293,257 feet. The Puget lumber
Company shipped respectively $685.
4Sl and 1,513,2S7 feet; the Tacoma
Mill Company, 1895, 500 and .2.516.-
$40 feet; the st. Paul and Tacoma
Lumber Company, '961, 800 and $751;
OOO feet; Stimson Mill Company, g.
$4,000 and 1,170,OOO feet; Belling-
ham Bay improvement Company, g.
696,233 and 664,7S9 feet. The total
shipments OF l3 leading cargo mills in
washington for September we're, to
California, 1S,507.7SO feet and to for.
eign ports, l7,4740l7 feet.
DIR. N. G. BLALocK of Walla Walls
is manager of the largest orchard in
the Northwest. The farm covers 5O(
acres of which 400 acres are in bear
ing fruit trees. In all there are 60.
oOO trees-3O, 900 prunes, 10000 pears
lO,OOO apples, and the balance miscel
laneous fruit. He said 1--WE are nov
employing from IS to 100 men, WON
EN- and chiidred in the orchard, anf
are shipping out from 10000 to IS,
QUO lbs. daily, besides drying from Is,
oOO to 10000 lbs. day. The crop i.
very satisfactory, but at present the
markets are flat, and we have decided
to hold all orr fruit in cold storage