The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-22

ma have passed the law abating the
high theatre hat nuisance
THE New York Sun is bereft of its
veteran editor, Charles i. Dana, who
died in that city last Friday. Pull
man, the palace car magnatc, also
died this week.
CHIEF JUSTICE FIELD, of the United
States supreme court has resigned, at
ter continuous service of thirty-four
years on the supreme bench, the long
est of any of the Nations justices.
The salmon pack of the State of
Washington for 1897, is about 100 per
cent larger than for the previous year,
being about 100000 cases. The rul-
ing price is 81 per case, and will bring
fully 100000 into the state. So
much for the "sockeye," and the
"steelhead"
II now appears, says the Olympian,
that Deep Creek Jones drank whiskey
with Rogers to make him solid with
the saloon vote and Clark Davis stump
ed around in the congregations with
him to gather in the church vote. And
now Rogers bounces one because he
drinks and turns down the other be-
cause he prays.
THE movement of Washngton's
wheat crop for September to the three
state inspection points was as follows
Tacoma 1871 cars, Seattle los cars,
Spokane 1872 cars, a total of 2O6S cars.
The average Northern Pacific grain
carrier transports a small fraction un-
der % tons. which would indicate a
total OF approximately 100000 bush
els. With the shipments made to
Portland and the amoudt used by in
terror mills, and still held by buyers
at interior poents, the total passing
out of growers hands during the peri
cd of top prices makes q very good
showing
GOVERNOR Rogers and his little ma
chete are doing considerable execu.
ton among the fusion forces, and the
last Tell swoop decapitated Regents
Fay, Davis and Hayden of the state
university. Fay and the Rev. CLARK
Davis are new blown pops, of more or
less n0toriety, and some influence.
They are now camping on the Govern
or's trail, and say they will hold the
fort as regents. The new appointees
are Ex-senator John B. Allen, Pop.
Wlnsor and Senator yesterday, the
former refuses to accept and the two
latter are considering the matter.
THE reports which come from Alas
ka confirm the statements that there
Will be a considerable shortage of grub
at Dawson this winter. Already navi-
gatlou has closed aud the waters of
the Yukon river has been so low this
season that no steamers have reached
Dawson with supplies since early in
the summer. Then the supplies con-
sisted chiefly of liquor to the exclusion
of necessaries. 1t would be but tardv
justice if the miners at Dawson, in
case their supplies run short before
spring, should place the fellows who
brought in that liquor instead of grub
where they would not cut down the
food supply any further.
The Vancouver Columbian gives
some sensible advice to farmers which
they should heed. 1t says: because
wheat is high this year it is no reason
why it will be high next year." and
then says: "Raise some hogs, cattle
and also diversity your crops. Any
farmer that sticks to one product veal
IN and year out will in the end meet
with failure. The time has come
when farming requires brains, ano
without them it is useless to think O
success. The successful farmer Of
these times keeps abreast of the time.
by keeping track OF the latest improve
ments in his business and then keep
close eye on the market report O
the products he has for sale.-Ken
Journal.
WHAT a marked contrast exists be
tween the conditions in the United
States to-day and those of the CORES
ponding period of President Cleve
lands last term. Four years ago
with low tariff staring the manu-
facturers of the country in the face
business was going to everlastin,
smash, banks breaking, railroads 90
ing into the hands of receivers, facto
rles closing, and workingmen throw
out OF employment by the hundreds q
thousands. Now hundreds of thous
ands OF workingmen are finding add
tlonal employment, railroads are OF
dering thousands of new cars to NEE
the demand upon them for transpor