The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-05

three years spent in California, evil
IDENTITY satisfied that there is no place
like Washington.
Gov. ROGERS has an article in the
current number OF the Arena, in which
he declares that revolution is I'M
pending. The governor probably feels
it III his bones, that The uprising will
be in the populst party, and he will
get the worst of it.
WHEAT receipts in Tacoma during
the month OF October amounted to
1922 cars, averaging 754 bushels per
car, a total of | 40 lSS bushels, Just a
little short of round million and a
half bushels. This is Il record breaker
in the history of the wheat trade of
Tacoma.
A CHANGE is announced in the own
ership of the Daily Olympiau, and the
paper has also been leased to Ed. G..
Sulter and Geo. S. Hopkins, both OF
whom are old newspaper men, and
have been corrected with the Olym-
plan for some time past. They both
are workers and will send out better
daily than the field jnstifes.
PRESIDENT Mckinley has issued his
first Thanksgiving proclamation, set
ting apart Thursday, November 25th
for the day of thanksgiving. The
message breathes the spirit of prosper
ity, but il will not be OF full force in
Washington, until our governor has
given us his opinion on the necessity
OF offering thanks this year.
WHEN "ton of gold" is mentioned
in connection with the Klondike news
we who have handled little Of the
precious metal, imagine pile any
where in size up to the Bank building
and valued up in the millions, but {
ton of gold is worth only $4,000
and in Alaska il is weighed out at Sic
per ounce for trading purposes.
A PORTLAND man has undertaken
the shipment of 1900 dozen, eggs tt
Dawson City. The eggs have beer
broken into cans, sealed up and frozen
They will be kept IN cold storage unit
arriving at Dyea, but it is expected
that the weather will be sufficient,
cold after that to allow their transpor
tatlon by dog train over the noun
tains. Christmas is the time set fo
reaching Dawson, and $35 dozen tn
modest price set for the eggs,-W.
Trade.
A STRONG effort is being made to ge
the shingle mills of Western Washing
ton to Close down from Dec. LIST t.
Feb. LIST. These mills for two wear
past, or until this summer, manufac
tured shingles for nothing, now Their
is handsome profit, and the Easter
demand cannot be supplied, but Their
can be little building, during the win
ter months in that section, and it
feared that stocks will be secured b,
Eastern dealers, which will hold tn
price down next spring. If the mill
close they are sure of big prices mex
year, and their employees Will get in
creased wages.
The Union Pacific debt has been ;
great thing for our populist friends t.
harp on, and the complaint is ever
older than the party. The origina
loan or subsidy was about 81 millio,
dollars, and wasconsidered at the tim
as given for laudable object, openin
up the great Pacific coast. In all tn
governments claim was $5S, O65, 74S a
and the reorganization committee BIZ
the full amount of the claim. Thu
claim has been hanging fire for wears
and 1t remained for the Republican
administration to straighten the m at
ter and get the governments claim II
full.
HENRY GEORGE, the well-known sin
gle-taXer, and candidate for Mayor @
Greater New York, of the so-called sill
yer Democracy, died of appoplexy las
Thursday in the midst of the grea
political battle at the country's me
tropoiis. lie was a man Of pronoun
ced views, and remarkable for man
OF his advanced ideas, and led an &C
tive life as IA publisher aud author
The campaign in greater New York. a
against Tammany, has been watches
with interest everywhere, and it wa
generally believed that Henry Geore
would have been elected,
THERE is something of quiet boor
IN land sales by the Northern Pac;f
as over 100000 acres of land hax
been sold so far this year, among III
purchasers. The cash receipts fro,
TINS source during October alone we,
Ssi,i5. Considerably more land wa
disposed OF by the company, than fe
the years 1S93-4-5-6 together Tt
bulk OF the sales this year has bee
made since July lst, and is an ind