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


coma's defaulting treasurers, Krug and
Boggs. The governor is certainly in
the race for e-election, but his way
of getting votes is questionable, and
rather hard on the honest element of
the public. Still it is on par with
many other acts of the model fusion
state administration, otherwise known
as reform"
The land department OF the Northern
Pacific railway has again broken its
records for land sales in the western
district, comprising Washington, Or
egon and Idaho. The fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1898, established record
which it was doubted would ever be
reached again, the sales for that year
exceeding the combined sales of the
six previous years. The year ending
June 30, 1899 establishes new record
the sales aggregating $751; acres.
THE Northwest climate is as condu
Give to longevity as that of any country
in the world, and it is not uncommon
to read of people who have outlived
their allotted "four score years and ten"
Barbara Jameson who had been resi-
dent of Lewis County for 26 years,
died at Centralia last week aged 80
years. She left five children, seven
teen grand children, twenty seven great
grand children and one great great
grand child, all residents of Lewis
County.
A CONSIGNMENT of thirty car loads of
tobacco on the way from Eastern oper-
ators to Tacoma for transshipment to
the liners of the Northern Pacific
Steamship Company. This is said to
be the largest single consignment of
tobacco ever shipped from the North
west coast across the Pacific, and is
only made because the new and higher
tariff on tobacco will go into effect in
Japan next month. All dealers in
that product are rushing their goods
through to arrive in Japan before the
law becomes effective, and it is believed
that when the official figures are made
for the first six months of 1899 it will
be found the largest half-year in the
shipment of tobacco ever known in the
Western United States
CONGRESSMAN Eddy, of the seventh
Minnesota district was a visitor this
week, says the Olympia Standard, and
his admiration of our fir forests finds
at once tor him warm place in the
hearts of our people. He finds our
pineries to be entirely beyond compar-
ison with anything Minnesota ever
had. "Our forests" he said, have been
logged over three times. The third
time they took everything down to six
inches in diameter, requiring frequent
ly II or l5 16-foot logs to measure
1000 feet board measure. Timber
that is used here for telegraph and
electric light poles would there be saw
ed into lumber. These forests of fir
are magnificent. Their value cannot
be estimated.
The announcement from Washing
ton that the president has determined
upon an aggressive campaign in the
Philippines and will place 10000 men
In Lnzon by September l, the end of
the rainy season, will, it is to be hoped
put stop to the thoughtless demand
that immediate reinforcements be sent
to Gen. Otis and President Mckinley
knows what they are doing. In respon-
Sc to sentiment that was shared hy
many, a peace commission was sent to
the Philippines to inquire into and
ascertain if hostilities could be termin-
ated by peaceful means. These efforts
have proved unavailing and the only
course to pursue is to place such force
at Gen. Otis command that the rebel
lion must be brought to speedy close.
This is about to be done, and 10y the
end of the rainy seasun Gen. Otis will
have not only the reinforcements
needed, but supplies and equipment
requisite for successful campaign
P. !.
Our position in the Philippines is
stated with clearness and force by the
Atlanta Constitution, the leading DEM
ocratic newspaper OF the south, in
these words: Americans never have
retreated on fire they never will When
Aguiualdo shed American blood there
remains but one duty. and that was
to crush him! He we'll knew that the
Americans were there by the fortune
OF war, and that, left TO themselves,
they would have retired in due season.
but he was after loot, and hence his
hostile attitude In such a presence,
where is the American citizen who
would ask the American soldier "a
turn his back TO the foe? Let the
answer be direct, aud not evasive. The
politics of the situation belongs r
another time and another tribunal