The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-09-02

of the statements are very sklllfully
arranged, but careful exam nation
does not fail to find the "nigger.' The
supplement- was ISSUED by the Seattle
Times, a guarantee Of the unreliable
lty Of its figures.
From all parts of the state we re-
ceive information that the three wing
ed proposition of political possibilities
is having lis pm feathers p!ncked to
an extent thWt must make the poor
bird sore indeed. In one county the
middlc-o of the-rOadsterS are getting out
Il ticket, regardless O: "fusion )" in an
other the democrats a"e doing the
same thing, to lie ready for the an
ticipated resurrection oi their party In
1900; and last, in many parts of the
state the "silver republican" are de-
serting their god, as rats do q sinking
ship. Yet the faithful continue to
whistle to keep their courage up
Orchard Independent.
ANOTHER "showing OF fusion econ
nny is made at the expense of the peo-
pie of the state The insufficient APP
preparation by the last legislature al
iprdcd a text fer fusion papers, who
have exploited the savings in the con
duct Of the state government. It Is
coming out in the wash, however, as
the crippling oi various departments
begins to take effect. The office Of
superintendent OF public instruction
is one of the departments thus affected
and now it is announced that letters
to the land department cannot be
answered because there is no money
with which to pay postage. If tee
people OF tie state desire the public
business attended to they must send
III stamps.-ledger.
a PERrssL OF the proceedings Of the
County board oi equalization would
show that The Northern Pacific had
been deliseut in looking after their in
terests and securing hOri zontal re-
ductiOn oi from ID 10 80 per cent on
the assessment oil their lands, large
part being placed at fifty cents an
i 4 IL
n. p. and other corporations seem not
to have such strong enemies among
the "relOrm" forces as populist5 have
led us to believe In most counties
The populiSts appear to have been "easy
victims" to the corporation interests.
The railroad company claims to be
offering its lands at about the price Of
the reduced assessment, and the list
would he good to preserve in case you
are hunting for piece of cheap land.
TIE authority given Superintendent
OF Forestry Reserves Cloes may result
In the correction of some serious evils
that have resulted from the careless
ness In establishing the boundaries of
the reserves. The superintendent will
make thorough investigation and
when lie finds agricultural lands with
IN the reserve, especially where settle
ments have been made, such sections
will be taken ont OF the reserves. That
such action is necessary is we'll known,
Tor large tracts Of agricultural lands,
IN many Instances containing large
number OF settlers are included. The
result has been that no more people
could locate in that vicinity, and thus
development and increase of popula-
ton were prevented. Five postoffices
are said to be included within the
limits of the reserve in Clallam Coun-
ty. DIR. Cloes will look into these con-
dltions as speedily as possible, to the
end that the proper remedies may lie
applied 10y the interior department.
Mining operations will not be materi.
ally interlerred with by the reserve, as
the general mining laws of the United
States apply to the reserves.-Ledger.
CONGRESSMAN Lewis has arrived
home safely and been interviewed. He
thinks the monetary question is still
the issue, "hecause OF the enlarged war
debt, which is so large that ii ali the
gold available in this country were
used Tor the purpose it would not Day
.two-thlrds OF it, This is the way lies
get started. 1t is estimated that the
war has not SO far cost net TO exceed
$ioO,000,O00, and less than SlOO,OCO.-
OOO have been actually paid out. The
last treasury statement issued on Fri
DAY SHOWS that there were $21O,O29,-
600 In the gold reserve, or more than
$l0,Oo0,O00, moie than enough tn 70.
deem The war bonds sold. While it is
true that this gold reserve is not all
available To pay the war debt, there is
something over $450,000,O 900 more of
gold IN this country which is doing
lis ;nil share III the transaction of a
business averaging more than ST. ,O0O,-
UUO,U0O per week Nothing can posi-
bly, be palmer than that if Congress
should wantto give an exhibition oil