The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18

HARRY w lLSON. DioCiiCl vi Co""'OA
Wilson, has, been appointed minister
to Chilli
The Steamer Queen sailed from Ia
coma last week with its first list OF eX-
cursionists for Alaska. The party con-
sisted of $50 Fasteners to see the
sights.
SEATTLE and Tacoma have estab-
lished the entente cordiale, and Ia
coma agrees to stop guylng the
"ditch," while her sister city is to refer
to Mount Rainier as seldom as posi-
BILE.
The Bradford manufacturing dis
trict in England, which sent us about
q million dollars worth of goods a
month during the existence OF the
Mckinley law, sent six million dollars
worth in April and four millions In
March of the present year in anticipa-
ton of the protective increase in the
tariff-Ballard Union.
On the first of this month the Pa
cifc Jurisdiction, Woodmen of the
World, consists of three hundred sew
enty camps with membership of
twenty-six thousand, one hundred and
seventeen. During the month of
April there was paid out of the benefit
fund $4,000. For a seven-year-old,
the above is surely wonderful record.
Pacific Woodman
GREE text books and supplies" re-
ceived very small vote in Shelton, as
it did in nearly all places, only a few
districts in the state carrying it. 1t
is we'll, however, for number of the
districts to try the experiment, and
the people will then be better able to
judge what changes are required to
make free text books a success, and
then frame proper law.
THE confirmation of Messrs. Scobey
and Deckabach. the newly appointed
land officials at Olympia, Is being held
up in the senate at the request of SEN
ator Turner, who is at Spokane look
ing after LIE Roy. 1t appears to be
merely matter of Senatorial courte-
sy as it is hardly possible for Turner
to defeat their confirmation, in order
to injure Senator Wilson, his formid-
able rival at Spokane.
The election of Mr. A. w. Frater of
Snohomish as Grand Master of the
Free Masons of this state calls atten-
ton to the fact that in the forty years
this Grand Lo dye has been in exist
ence but six lawyers have been eleva-
ted tn the Grand East. They were
Elwood Evans of Tacoma, the late
Gov. Ferry, w. III. White of this city,
N. S. Porter of Olympia, J. E. Edmis-
ton of Dayton and Mr.. Frater. This
is simply coincidence, showing the
cosmopolitan nature of the order.-Se-
attic Times.
TACOMA deserved and got tea in
spector. Ii the great tea-importing
port Of Tacoma did not have the first
right to That special officer what city
did? Her tea trade is expanding,
while that of great, big San Francisco
is declining. Look at the figures of
imports: Tacoma, season ending
April 80, 1895, $50, 1S5 packages; 1896,
624,O24 packages; 1897, $4,000 pack
ages. San Francisco, 1895, 426,S37
packages; 1896, 34S, 4O3; 1897, 275, 900.
On yes, Tacoma is getting both tea
trade and tea inspector. She earned
the former, she deserved the latter
Washington State Monthly.
The fretful Aberdeen Herald wants
to know why the republicans don't
pass the new tariff act, if it is going to
be such blessing. The Herald will
recall that the republican branch Of
congress passed the tariff bill in lust
nine days from the time it was con-
vened in special session for that pur-
pose. Even the petulant Herald must
admit that this was reasonably prompt
In the mugwump branch of congress
it has been necessary to ascertain how
many senators might prove to be
patriotic enough to stand .with the re-
publicans to pass the tariff act. This
has consumed some time, but the
progress reported from day to day il
quite acknowledgements.
WHILE it may be regretted, because
generally not a necessity, the bicycle
has come to stay. One of the first
fruits of their growth is general agi
tation for better roads, and thus the
city joins hands with the rural popu.
iation to that end. In the future ia,
more attention will be paid to the
country roads and their improve
ment In a better manner than hereto.
fore. In many states the bicyclists
are in the majority and bicycle paths
are constructed along the county
roads; but in this section the roads
are generally barely wide enough fol
wagons. However, some not very ex.