The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-01-14


DURANT was hanged, and has been |
officially pronounced dead,-and that's
the end ont
THERE'S evidently nothing the mat
ter with Hanna, as he was reelected
Senator by the Ohio legislature Tues
day, and ratified in joint ballot We'd
nesday.
THE fifty per cent. settlement OF the
Northern Pacific taxes was brought up
in Superior Court this week and a de-
cree signed ordering the Treasurer to
accept the settlement. While it is no
use to discuss the matter further, few
taxpayers have been found who favor
the settlement at such low figures, and
we believe that most counties will do
far better than forty-one per cent. of
the gross taxes, which will later repre-
sent the amount Mason County has
lost. According to a late decision it
is said that the state can only demand
it's pro rata, which will relieve the in
Justice somewhat.
IT has been difficult to procure ex-
act facts and figures relative to the
fruit crop of the state on account OF
the lack of systematic methods for OBJ
tanning reports from growers aud ship
pers. 1t seems, however, that all pre-
vious estimates have been too low and
that 100000 instead of about &c..
100000 was realized for the crop.
State Horticulture Commissioner Ba-
ker says of the fruit crop: 81 estimate
that the fruit growers of Washington
will realize 100000 from the crops
this year This, | think is a conserva
tive estimate, and If it is anywhere
near true few seconds in thought
will make clear to anyone the benefit
the crop means to state with a pop
ulatien of $4,000 or 375,0O0.-W. C.
Trade.
CoLFAX, in Whitman County, had a
lynching bee last Saturday, in which
Chadwick Marshall met summary
justice for the suspected murder OF
Orvill Hayden last November. The
gathering quietly forced entrance to
Jail and hanged their prisoner from
the court house window. Others
attempted to secure another suspect,
being unable to reach him shot him
through the cell door. Lynch law is
to be regretted, but there are probably
dozen murderers lying in jail in
various parts of the country, sentenced
to be hanged, but who have managed
thwart justice so far, by the work of
lawyers to discover legal technicalities,
and invent alibis, and other lies.
Some are nncharitable enough to
think that if few of these Lawyers
were disciplined, it would have
wholesome effect.
MINING development in the future is
not to be confined to Alaska and
Northwest Territory, it seems, says
w. G. Trade. The state of Washing
ton will receive it's share of attention,
and If all the various companies that
have filed articles of incorporation
each perform even a small amount OF
development work it will form an i'm
mense aggregate. No record is yet at
hand of the number of mining compa-
MES incorporated during the year, but
the list is long one. During the
closing week of 1897 eight new min
ing companies filed articles " it'll the
secretary of state, and if this average
were maintained during the year the
total would reach about 416. Howev-
er, this number was doubtless largely
exceeded and there is little doubt but
that it exceeded 500. Not all of these
companies were formed for operations
in this state, but large portion were,
and there will doubtless be unusual
development of the mines of the state
during the year.