The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-07-14


:. SPECULATIVE land deal in connec-
ton with the Olympic forestry reserve
is stated as being engineered by Ben
son & Co., California syndicate.
Settlers holdings are being bought up
at from $500 to $3.50 quarter section
for the purpose of taking advantage of
the provision allowing an exchange
for public lands in this or other states.
The California people are interested in
a scheme for retaining large areas of
desert land in California and hope to
thus secure title to property there.
THE silver service to be presented to
the cruiser Olympia by the people of
this state is now on exhibition in Seat
tie and will he sent July 10 to New
York, from whence the government
will take it to Dewey, the presentation
to be made at sea before the Olympia
touches home shores. The set includes
30 seperate pieces of solid Washingto ton
state silver and 48 cut-glass punch cups
aggregating in value $1,000, the
punch bowl alone costing $3.50.
TEN yards of silk for quarter was
the inducement offered Susan Light
foot, Chicago negress. to part with
her money, and it proved sufficient.
Susan read a statement on the subject,
given her by a white man who called
at her house some few days ago, and
listened to the mans smooth talk.
Then she parted with the quarter.
Yesterday she received the 10 yards of
silk from Baltimore. 1t was about
ten yards of spool silk, and worth, ac-
corcing to the injured woman's esti-
mate, about one cent.
STAMPS on documents have produced
more revenue to the government the
past year than was received from the
tax on spirits, beer and other fermen-
ted liquors, being estimated to amount
to $44, 600, 600 by July l, says the Tao
oma Ledger. The tax on legacies
produced million dollars, while ban
kers paid three millions extra beside
the stomp tax. With the proceeds of
the war revenue tax and the extra ex-
penses Oh the war eliminated from, the
account, the surplus for the past year
would have been over $2O,OOO,OOO.
If words mean anything, the state
ment recently made by Governor
Rogers in an interview with q news
paper reporter would seem to indicate
a change of view in regard to expan-
sion. He is quoted as saying "There
is one thing do know now, even if /
did not know it before, and that is
that it is idle and useless to talk or
work against expansion, or the holding
of territory conquered by the military
branch of the United States govern
ment. After seeing the reception
rendered to the officers and men of the
Iowa at Tacoma yesterday, it is pre-
posterous TO talk against expansion.
Why, the people simply went wild
over them, and they were cheered to
the echo and called The heroes of
Santiago Even the goat came in for
his share OF praise, the people believ-
ing there never was such goat before,
and that there never will be such a
one again."
The National Editorial ASSOCIATION
convened in Portland, Oregon, on the
9Th Of July with 447 accredited dele
gates, coming from every state in the
Union. Many of the delegates were
accompanied by wives, and the whole
party aggregates about seven hundred
persons, travelling by special train.
The closing part of their Western
itinerary includes visit TO Seattle
and Tacoma, and return East over the
Canadian Pacific Railroad. All points
visited are making best efforts to en-
terrain the visiting newspapermen,
and show them all points of interest,
which means thousands of columns
OF advertising for this section, which
could not be secured in any other
manner. The Washington State
Press Association also held it's annual
session in Seattle this week, and winds
up its business in season to spend the
time OF its delegates with the Eastern
representatives. In fact, this has
been the newspaper mems week to
shine.
Two Score Are Dead.