The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-13

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trip down and went to the bottom OF
the sea. However, all hands were
saved, but it would have been much
more serious if she was on her up trip.
crowded with miners and their freight.
We hope the crowded steamers now on,
the way will get through all right.
THERE are in the state of Washing
ton 236 saw mills. 207 shingle mills
and ~ Woodworking factories having
n daily output Of about 100000 feet
of lumber and 100000 shingles. In
Oregon there are 1877 saw mills and 60
shingle mills having daily capacity
of 1850 900 feet Of lumber and $780,
600 shingles. In British Columbia So
saw mills and 26 Single mills turn
out 1,575,0O0 feet OF lumber and l.
100000 shingles per day.
THE United States is the only great
nation Of the world that expends more
money for education than for war.
France spends annually 81 per
capita on her army, and 70 cents per
capita on education; England, 1912
for her army and 60 cents for educa-
ton Prussia, 500 for her army and
so cents for education; Italy. S1.52
for her army and So cents for educa-
ton; Austria, 81 3G for her army and
62 cents. for education; the United
States, 80 cents for her army and $1.35
for education. England, six to one
for war; Russia, seventeen to one for
war, and the United States three to
Onegfor education.
The old. Eliza Anderson has sailed
to Alaska, carrying 50 passengers who
have paid 5000 each for fare to Daw-
son City. They are allowed 1900
pounds each OF provisions, paying $12O
for freight. Accompanying the An
derson is the tug Holyoke, towing the
sceooner w. J. Bryant, with 81 pas
sengers; the old Russian gunboat Pol
itkofsky, built into q barge and carry
ing 100 tons of fuel and 100 tons of
freight, and the steamer w. X. Mer-
win. TO the latter vessel will be
transferred the freis Int and passengers
of the Anderson and Bryant at St.
Michaels. She will then proceed up
Che river to Dawson City, and if the
river does not freeze up she will push
forward to Stewart river and up that
stream as far rs possible.
LOAFERS are enemies to society, for
they do not suffer the loss Of moral
backbone alone, but they flash the dis
covery before their fellows that it is
possible to scramble through the world
without much effort. AS Mrs. Jose
phine Shaw Lowell says, ''The world
is divided up into two great classes,
not the rich and the poor, but the
workers and The idlers" The frowsy
beggar of sturdy frame whining at
your door and the child of the wealthy
killing time in every conceivable fash
ion, belong to the same lazy, idle, do
nothing class. Dirt and daintiness,
rags and responsibility, blend in one
common downfall of all that is best in
human nature The race has hitherto
gained solely by the sweat Of the brow
in some form or other, and we who
toll see no other way to assure further
progress. But these easy -goers tell rs,
IN effect, that we are fools and they
are always gaining fresh listeners.
You whe are hating between two
opinions. strong IN capacity, but weak
in will, undetermined whether to ex-
pend the minimum of effort in this
world, or whether to give of your
capacity in full measure, be the gain
yours or not-let toiler speak to YOU
out OF a full heart. Work. Fairhaven
Herald.
FLAX culture experiments on Puget
Sound are recalled by a Washington
dispatch announcing that Lsborn,
Ireland, firm Of linen manufacturers
: has reported to the agriculture depart
ment upon the result of scutching
samples of flax grown on Puget Sound.
The manufacturers comment favora-
bly, upon the results of the treatment
and upon the favorable conditions
here for inauguratlng the flax raising
industry. Special prominence is given
the fact that the experiment. proves
the much doubted assertion that flax
seed and fibre may both be produced
from the same plant, feature which
ought to insure the profitable incep-
ton of flax culture, because it gives
this section an advantage over Others,
which cultivate flax for either the fibre
or seed alone. 1t is asserted that the
rate OF seeding is also low-from one
and one half to two bushels per acre
while the seed product from fibre flax
IS fourteen bushels per acre. 1t is a
notable fact that manufacturers in
Ireland are taking live interest in