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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14

yIYANTED- FAITHFUL MEN Or
w Women to travel for responsible establish
ed house in Washington. Salary $3.50, payable
$l5 weekly and expenses Position permanent
Reference. Enclose self addressed stamped en-
velope. The National, Star Building. Chicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14
Millinery:

~ Stamped Linen Coed
Silk Pushes, Surahs,
Trimmed and Untrim' d
HATS
Ribbons and verifying kept
in a frst-class Millinery Store.
"a Special attention given to
retrimming.
Mrs. w. B. EATON,
Shelton, Wash.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14
Shelton P0st.Office.

Mail. close for the East daily ct II 80 A. n.
Nails close for the North daily at A. NJ
Nails arrive daily 1880 a. n.
General Delivery open from A. N. to II NJ, I
tsIPH and to I'm.
Nails leave for Matlock, Mason. Juno, Grove
and satsop At . m every Tuesday and Friday.
Money Orders and Postal Notes issued.
J. E. SLIGH. Postmaster.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14

Gus. Werman announces ball at
the Occidental Hotel, Union City, Sat
urday evening, May 22nd.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14

A. W. Guis1er, the former Dewatto
logger. who is now located further
down the canal at Brinnon, at black
srnitfling, had two fingers of his hand
smashed by a misstroke of his helper.
The bones were broken by the blow
and amputation is necessary.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14

IN THE JUSTICES COURT, W. d. BALDWIN,
J. p, MASON COUNTY, STATE OF WASH.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
State Horticultural Society.

Yesterday at Orlando the Florida
State Horticultural Society convened
in it's tenth annual session, and the
most intelligent body of horticulture
lists in the United States are now dis
cussing matters of supreme import
-uoo :1epun sIelleu eql 9sneo9q '9ouu
sidera ton pertain to the cultivation
of fruits, chiefly semitropical fruits,
and if South Florida is anything at
all it is a fruit section; hence all mat
ter pertaining to fruit culture must
be of vital interest to our people. We
do not mean to infer that South Flor
ida can grow nothing but fruit, nor
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

ure from the soil and in measure
saves the need of irrigation in a dry
time.
1t unquestionably makes the trees
put on a good appearance. One of the
most serious objections to this plan
is the great danger from fire caused
by the mass of dry grass or leaves, as
the mulching has to be very thick to
keep down all vegetation. When it
is piled under and about the trees
leaving alleys bare, midway between
the rows as safeguard against fire,
the result must be the massing of
the feeding roots under the mulching
and near the trees ultimately choking
them more or less.
1t odes not build up the soil to any
any great extent as it adds only the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, May 5, 1897.

was accompanied by very frequent
narrowing or shallow blowing.
Groves on good land with fair fer
tilizing thrived wonderfully under
this treatment for few years.
The frequent stirring and conse-
quent aerating of the soil renders the
plant food it contains readily avail
able.
The very shallow stirring and fning
of the surface retards the evapora ton
of moisture in a dry time. After
time the weed seeds becoming nearly
all killed, the cost of cultivation is
considerably lessened.
The objections to this system are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

not mean that the business is yet re-
duced to an exact science and that
there will be no further progress or
development.
This condition has been brought
about by the untiring labors of the
men who are members of the Florida
State Horticultural Society land the
society itself has contributed much
to the happy condition by the dissem-
ination of the knowledge acquired by
it's members during their years of
work.
All honor and praise to the Horti
cultural Society and it's earnest, patri
otic members.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

serious. The organic matter in the
soil is rapidly oxidized, rendering it
in time nearly sterile and so inert
that it does not readily respond to
applications of commercial fertilizers.
The frequent shallow cultiva tion
packs the ground below the thin sur
face stirred bringing the orange tree
roots very near the surface, where
they are more susceptible to injury
from long drouths and even frost.
The exhaustion of the organic mat
ter in the soil renders it much less re-
tentive of moisture and facilities, the
teaching away of soluble fertilizers.
Another plan which has largely
prevailed is that of more or less fire.
quent plowing, commencing in the
winter and continuing into the fall,
but plowing under grass, weeds or
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

duction of oranges. When the society
was organized more than a decade
ago, orange culture in South Florida
was indeed an infant industry, and
those who engaged in the business
were practically walking in the dark.
Eevry step was experimental. AS
may be imagined the road these
hardy pioneers travelled was full of
stumbling blocks and pitfalls. There
were many failures, but few were
discouraged.
AS a result of these years of labor
and experiments order was brought
out of chaos. The man who now
plants a grove knows what to do. He
knows the best varieties, the kind of
fertilizers, the methods of culture,
the best plan of working, etc. We say
these things are known, but we do
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Orange Grove Culture.

For the FLORIDA Agr1cultur1St.
Orange Grove Culture.
[ suppose every orange grower asks
himself the question, how can [ cul-
tivate my grove to the best advan-
tage?
There are various systems of cultiva-
tion in vogue, all having merits and
demerits.
I propose to criticise some of them,
pointing out to some extent the adj
vantages and disadvantages of each.
Clean cultivation has been longest
followed and was perhaps most gen
orally adopted up to the time of the
freeze.
By clean cultivation 1 mean,> keep
ing the ground absolutely free from
grass and weeds the entire year. This
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05
81 per AnnQm, in advance
cow peas at each working.


There are objections to this method.
The plowing under of much green
vegetation sours the land, and Injuries
the trees. After time the land gets
so thoroughly seeded with grass, and
the growth is SO heavy that such deep
blowing is required to turn it under
that the orange tree roots are liable
to be badly cut. 1t is an expensive
method, requiring hard work from
man and beast during the hottest
part of the year.
The advantages in contrast with alb
solutely clean cultivation are, viz:
The humus in the soil is increased
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

by the decay of
t h e vegetable
matter p l O w e d
under, ultimate
ly making it
more fertile, and
more .retentive Of
soluble fertili-
zers, as well as
moisture.
If cow peas or
beggar weed are
plowed un d e +
the store of nj
trogen in the soil
is materially in
creased. Mulch
ing, without cul-
tivat1on is the
plan followed by
some.
Under favor
able conditions
this is a compar-
atively C b e a p
method. 1t saves
all cutting of
roots that is LA
BILE to occur in
cultivation. 1t
retards the evap-
oration of moist
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-05

to discoura sc
those who have
attempted t h e
growing of gem
eral field and
garden crops, but
it is generally
admitted t h a t
fruit growing
is the industry
for South Flor
ida, and Upon
it more than
all others com-
bined depends
the futllre we'll
being of this Sec
ton.
The members
of the Florida
State Horticul-
tural S oc i e t y
have devoted the
OeSb years Ol
their lives study
ing the vexed
problems t h a t
from time to
time have con-
fronted them on
matters pertain
ing to the pro-
d11otiou of OranCnS
The herald., 1897-06-25
ODD FELLOWS


\ Orange Grove Encampment exalted
four candidates to the Patriarchal de-
gree last Friday evening. Tomorrow
night special meeting will be held for
the purpose of comforting the Golden
Rule and Royal Purple degrees upon
four candidates. A banquet will follow
the work.
Enterprise Encampment will meet
this evening and degree work is ex-
pected.
Los Angeles lodge 35 has four candida
tes for initiation next Wednesday eve
ming.
Good Will lodge conferred the second
or covenant degree last evening.
Hofer lodge go has degree work next
Monday night. Hofer announces a
grand picnic for the Fourth of July at
.verdugo park. There will be program
of games, races, tug etc, during
the day and a grand illumination, fire.
works, tableaux, etc, at night.
F.J. Wall, sr., of Los Angeles has been
elected superintendent of the Odd Fell
lows home at Thermalto.
The funeral of c. E. Pitman, late vice.
grand of America lodge, will take place
Sunday afternoon at o'clock under the
auspices of America lodge and the re-
lief committee, from the late residence
of deceased on Franklin street. Rev.
W. A. Knighten will preach the sermon
The herald., 1897-06-25
FoREsTERs OF AMERICA

Court Olive SO is having boom In
membership. Several candidates were
initiated last Monday night and there
will be more at the next meeting.
Court Sunset will receive the prize
banner at its meeting next Monday, at
which time the court will entertain all
Foresters of the city who may wish
to attend. After the presentation of the
banner there will be music, dancing and
refreshments.
The relief committee will hold its
monthly meeting Sunday. July 4th.
Court Dante 139 expects to have a
public installation of officers, followed by
a ball, the first week in July.
Court Columbus, the only Spanish
American fraternal organization in this
city, which has over 125 memlNars, held
its semi-annual election of officers last
week, resulting as follows: B. n. OH
vas. past chief ranger; A r. Zuniga
chief ranger; ]. M. Fuentes, S. c. r.; A.
q. Rivera, recording secretary; Dye
Patterson, senior woodward; j. ]. AL
varado, junior woodward; c. Z. Lugo
senior beadle; E. Romero junior beadle
Frank A. Mauricio has been appoint
ed deputy grand chef ranger of the
state for the ensuing year. Bros. A.
Orfila, A. G. Sanchez and A. G. Rivera
were appointed a committee to confer
and act for their organization with the
Fourth of July committee, and will as
sist in every way possible to make the
occasion a memorable one.
Laurel circle 100, Companions of the
Forest. will give a social dance Friday
evening, July 9th. at Forester hall, 1071a
North Main street
The herald., 1897-06-25
LYCEUM LEAGUE
Second Annual Convention to Be Held
Saturday


The Pacific Lyceum league holds its
second semi-annual convention on June
26th in the Normal auditorium. The
league is an outgrowth of the lyceum
League of America, which was estab-
lished by the Youths Companion in
1891. The Youths Companion fostered
the league for time and then placed it
in the hands of an able board of direct
ors.
The Lyceum association of Southern
California was ever progressive and
wide-awake association, so when the L
L. A, owing to mistake in it's organi-
Zation similar to that which embar-
raised the ConfederateG Colonies, came
to practical standStill. the local league
withdrew and formed the p. L. L.
Saturday the city will be filled with
P. l.. l.. delegates. The convention will
transact business at it's morning session,
but in the afternoon the assembly will
listen to an oratorical contest. The best
six orators among the young people of
Southern California will contend for a
gold medal. Last year young lady
carried off the prize; this year the men
are determined to have the honor
The crowning event of the program,
excepting the banquet, will be a debate
on Resolved, that state division would
be to the interests of the people Of
Southern California" State to be divid-
ed beginning at the Pacific ocean on
the northern line of San Luis Obispo
county and running thence due east to
the eastern boundary of the state.
The debaters are we'll prepared and
are striving for the gold medal Appear
ances all point to the most spirited and
instructive debate Of the season.
The herald., 1897-06-25
THE REBEKAHS

Columbia Rebekah lodge initiated two
candidates Monday night.
Una Rebekah lodge have two candi-
dates for initiation Saturday evening.
At the recent session of the grand
lodge of Manitoba, Olive Branch lodge
initiated sixty candidates at one meet
ing.
Eureka lodge 12S will go to San Pedro
OH July 10th to exemplify the beautiful
floor work for Ocean Queen lodge There
will be several candidates for initia-
tion, also installation of officers.
Ocean Queen lodge 81, at San Pedro,
gave grand reception to Brother Lewis
Iverson and his bride, a fair Rebekah,
whose former name was Helena Lang,
on Saturday night. The lodge united
in hearty congratulations to Brother
and Sister Iverson. Refreshments were
served, followed by a dance.
Says the National Rebekah of Mime
apolis: "California Rebekahs are never
slow in the performance of good deeds.
The grand lodge assigned to the assem-
bly, the task Of building and equipping
the new I. o. o. F. orphanage, and dur
ing the past year they have collected
the following contributions From Re-
b4kah 1o1pas. <9EcAAE: subordinate
The herald., 1897-06-25

A new company of the Uniform Ranl
was organized at Redlands on the 17tf
by Col. Nerney of San Francisco, as
sistant inspector general, and Captain
G. S. Adolph of Los Angeles company
20. The new company will have mem
bership of about thirty.
Col Arndt Of San Diego and Captain
Routzahn of this city expect to visit
Santa Monica today to look over the
grounds for the coming encampment.
Captain c. S. Adolph of this city will
muster In the new company, U. r., at
Santa Monica this evening. assisted by
the members Of his company.
The Sir knights Of Los Angeles COM
pany % will leave on the Santa Monica
electric at sos tonight. Captain Adolph
took over the new uniforms for the San
ia Monica company Monday The uni
forms are of the latest pattern and very
handsome.
Marathon lodge 1872 conferred the Es-
quire rank Tuesday evening and will
have the same work next Tuesday.
The city lodges have decided to hold
joint installation of officers the first
week in July 1t will not be public.
Purity temple 2 Rathbone Sisters, is
having an ante-encampment boom. A
special meeting was held Monday after
noon to initiate new members and four
candidates will be initiated Saturday
night
The Pythian Courier says that in or
der to be good you must join the Rath-
bone Sisters. Also, that the kindnesses
o fthe women of Hanford was only ex-
1,E- hci
1t is expected that the session of the
grand lodge will be held at Red Bluff.
The herald., 1897-06-25
INDEPENDENT FoREsTERs

A thanksgiving service in honor of the
twenty-third anniversary of the l. o. F
will be held by the courts of Los Angeles
at ST. Pauls Episcopal church at 8 p. m.
on Sunday next The Royal Foresters
in full uniform will act as escort from
the temple, corner First and Spring, to
the church. The sermon will be preached
by Rev. Brother B. w. r. Tayler, past
supreme chaplain. Members of the city
courts are expected to report at the tenn
pie at 1870 p m. sharp.
Court Temple $40 initiated one candi-
date Tuesday evening.
Court Palmetto had initiatory work
Wednesday night.
Court Los Angeles 422 initiated several
candidates last evening and received a
number of applications for membership.
Under good and welfare" there was a
smoker and social program.
Court Gardena 625 will hold a special
meeting on Saturday evening for the
purpose of initiating twenty candidates,
which will bring the membership of this
progressive suburban court up to 101.
This is a remarkable showing for Gar
dena.
Court Burbank will give High Chief
Ranger McElfresh reception on the
occasion of his official visit next Mon
day night.
Court Angelina 1922 initiated two can
didates al their meeting Wednesday
evening at West End hall, Temple street.
The high chief ranger will pay an Off
cial visit to Court Magnolia at Santa
Ana this evening.
Court Palm City of Ventura celebra-
ted the twenty-third anniversary of the
order in appropriate style on the 18th.
After the anniversary ceremony the
Foresters were treated to fine banquet
by the ladies.
The herald., 1897-06-25
CLEANING THE STREETS
HOW 1T IS DONE AND WHAT IT
COSTS HERE
A Comparison With the Same Work
in Other Cities-Suggestions as to
New Methods Of Cleaning

While the matter Of street cleaning is
not SO important as that of street paw
ing in Los Angeles at the present time,
it is of sufficient interest to attract con-
siderable attention. Whether or not the
work of street cleaning is being done
we'll, it is most certainly being done
very cheaply as compared with the cos;
in other cities.
In Los Angeles, as elsewhere, only the
paved streets are swept. The work is
done by contract and l. w. Hollings-
worth is the present contractor The
city pays at the rate of $59S mile. This
street sweeping force starts out every
night at 1880 p. m. ard concludes its
labors about 6 a. m. In the main bust
ness district sweeping begins at p. m.
but further out it is possible to begin an
hour or so earlier The force and its
apparatus consist of three brush street
sweepers, three drivers. four wagons,
with eight men to gather the dirt after
it is swept up, sprinkler with driver
and four horses, a foreman, blacksmith
wagonmaker, cook, broom maker and
mules enough to keep things moving.
Besides this six men are occupied in the
daytime, six days in the week, to clean
the cutters of the streets.
The down town business streets are
swept every night and the other paved
streetsevery two or three nights. Inspec-
tor F. 7. Mcclellan, who oversees the
work for the city, is of the opinion that
the work is we'll done except on streets
like Spring and Upper Main, which are
so full of holes that it is impossible to
do good work. MIR. Mcclellan has so
arranged the work of inspection that he
can tell where the street Cleaning force
was at work at any hour of the night on
any day.
Contractor Hollingsworth sweeps on
an average 64% miles of paved streets in
a week OF seven nights. Thus it costs
the city about $400 a week for cleaning
the streets, or something like $4,000 a
year. If the work is well done this is
very cheap by comparison with the same
expense in other cities. Some COM
plants have been made and various sug-
gestions have been made. One is that
the asphalt paved streets be washed
with hose and hydrant water and thor
oughly cleaned in this way. That plan
The herald., 1897-06-25

was tried in Denver for time. 1t kept
the pavement cleaned, but it was
claimed that the action of the water
disintegrated and rotted the paving and
the plan was finally abandoned.
1t is understood that the Manufac~
turers and Merchants association would
like to have the streets cleaned on the
block system. This has been tried in
several cities and has worked quite
well. A man is given one or two blocks
to care for and with broom and big
scoop" on wheels. by faithful care man
ages to keep the streets in good condi-
ton, too This plan also keeps the streets
cleaner and in better condition for
sprinklng.N
sweeping done cheap as compared with
the price paid in some other cities. Still
Denver has appropriated as low as $12,-
900 a year for street sweeping and made
it answer. The question of cheapness i
relative one and the quality of the
work done must be taken into consider
alton.
A year or two ago it was costing Buff
falo 5 cents per capita to get its streets
cleaned Chicago paid cents per cap
ita, Cleveland 19 cents, ST. Louis 2S cents
Brooklyn 20 cents, Philadelphia 81 cents,
Boston 80 cents, Washington 81 cents
and New York II cents. Los Angeles,
with its population of 100000 and assum-
ing that the cost is $4,000 year, pays
20 cents per capita. Chicago and Buff
falo get the work done much cheaper,
while the cost is much less than in some
other cities.
Inasmuch as the per capita cost does
not represent the whole state of the case.
for the reason that not all of the streets
in any one city are cleaned, perhaps a
fairer comparison may be found in the
cost per mile. Thus Buffalo shows a
cost of s94 per mile; Chicago, SAB; Cleve-
land, $1O7. and ST. Louis, s119. Contrasted
with these figures the cost per mile in
Brooklyn is s247; in Philadelphia, $246.
in Boston. 1886; in Washington, s26S, and
in New York $3.50.
1t is understood that the cost of street
cleaning has been decreased since that
time, while the quality of the work done
has improved very much.
The herald., 1897-06-25
UNITED woRKMEN

ST. Elmo lodge 2SS conferred the JUNO,
degree on one candidate and the Work
man degree on two candidates at its
meeting Monday night.
Judge Bahrs of San Francisco, grani
overseer. arrived by steamer Wednes-
nay morning. In the evening he visited
Los Angeles lodge 55. He has also ar.
ranged to visit all lodges in Southern
California
On the evening Of July 18th public
meeting Of all the lodges in Los An
geles will be held at Turne7 hail. 1t
will be in the form of a reunion, enter
tainment and social. Judge Bahrs, the
grand overseer, will deliver an address.
The new lodge at Adams street and
Central avenue conferred the Junior de-
gree upon several candidates Tuesday
evening. The membership of this lodge
promises a large increase in the near
future.
University lodge 3O4 is growing rapidly.
A public entertainment will soon be
given by this lodge.
The herald., 1897-06-25
IN A NEW ROLE
Ferd G. Gottschalk as, a Song Writer
and Composer

Some time ago the Boston Traveller
instituted prize contest, open to the
world, of unknown song composers, the
conditions of which were that the songs
We're to be sent to that journal, when
they would be passed upon by compe-
tent judges, and the highest in each
class, descriptive, sentimental and
comic, would then be published and ad-
vertised free of charge to the composer,
who would receive the royalties, upon his
work. Fred c. Gottschalk, license in
spector in the city tax collectors office,
submitted his song, "Teddy's Letter. un-
der the nom de plume of Frank Gaylord,
complying with the conditions that the
words and music must be by the same
composer, and yesterday received notice
that he had been awarded the first place
is naturally highly elated over his sue
cess. He is an accomplished musician,
and has frequently composed the words
for songs, but never before essayed to
set them to music, that part being gem
orally turned over by him to his brother
Lou Gottschalk, who is also a fine mu-
sician, and has national reputation as
an orchestra leader. According to the
Traveller several thousand songs were
submitted, and they came from all parts
of the United States, from which it will
be seen that the honor is no small one.
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All prices of wall paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom 234 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-06-25
KNIGHTS OF MACCABEES

Los Angeles Tent had a good meet
ing Wednesday night, the attendance
being large. One candidate was ini-
tiated, one elected and three applica-
tions received. The newly elected Off
GERS of this tent will be installed July
14th
The degree team Of Tent will confer
the degree for Pico Heights Tent next
Monday night.
The degree team of Banner Tent 21
did the initiatory work for Pico Heights
Tent 25 last Monday night in satisfac-
tory style. A large number of visiting
Sir knights were present The rich
Oriental costumes add to the natural
grandeur Of the initiatory scenes, and
the lessons conveyed are not soon for
gotten