The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-09-08

PETER ]. PRIMROSE, one of Kitsap
Countv's old pioneers, and promin-
ent citizen, died at his home in Port
Madison last week.
The Northern Pacific has made q
special rate of $3.50 for the round trip
from Tacoma to Yakima, for the bene-
fit of hop-pickers, several hundred
people going over from the Sound
every season. The rate will continue
during next week.
A DULUTH joker is offering to buy
cheap lands within the limits of any
forest reserve and he don't care how
worthless they are. Of course not.
His little graft is to get title for little
or nothing and then swap with the
government for scrip which will cover
good government lands in any part of
the country without further cost.
That is another mighty bad feature of
the forest reservation law, which is of
benefit to none but spectators, and
should be promptly stopped.
A FEW years ago range horses in
Eastern Oregon and Idaho were of so
little value that factory for canning
horse meat was established at Port
land in order to make some use of
them. They were even shot down on
the range in order to preserve the feed
the more profitable cattle. The de-
manG for horses has become 50 brisk
of late that with advancing prices
these wild horses are being hunted by
spectators and sent to the markets
where they are most in demand. Many
OF the herds are as wild as deer, and
being unaided and unclaimed, anyone
who can corral them becomes their
lawful owner.-P.-I.
The straight-ont populists and the
middle-of-the-roade who have sized
up the political situation in this state
during the dull season, have about con-
cluded that fusion Is gone, and 10th
ing tangible Tut the old democratic
party is lett. The state administra-
ton, or all but two of the officers, in
Guiding Governor Rogers, are consid-
ering themselves democrats, and ex-
pect to be renominated. The demo.
Gratis imagine that they tided over the
bad season and think they are able to
make winning fight on their own
account, and they never had any uee
for populists, anyway. It looks as
though there was nothing left for the
populist voter to do but go back to his
old party, or take his choice between
the democratic and the republican
parties. With some it will be q quest
ion whether they will support their
party Or their country.
MAGNIFY your personal interests as
much as you will and then take fair
view of the situation aud you will find
that the one great aim of every citizen
OF this state should I've to develop the
resources OF the soil, says the Elma
Chronicle. You cannot afford for a
moment to go on with the one idea
that timber is the Alpha and Omegs
OF our business and enterprise, for the
time will come when the last log il
cut and the last board is sawed, then
with large population all must turn
to the soil for support and nourish-
ment and unless we begin at ono,
with a most complete system Of exper
iments on all classes of our soil, hard
ships OF the direst kind may confron
whoever survives until that time
With proper experiments begun nov
there is no reason why our prosperit.
should not lie accelerated rather tina,
retarded 10y the disappearance Of th
mile. One says that this or that sol
is of little or 40 value for agriculturs
purposes. but Why isn't the govern
ment pointing out the way TO use th
greatest possible advantage The var
Gus kinds Of soil in the state BY : :,
ries of experiments much more elab(
rate and far-reachinR than d the Wor