The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-01-20

THE fish trap men are very plainly
in the saddle in this legislature in
both houses, and Senator McReavy is
chairman of the senate committee,
although Rep. Gunderson has intro
duced his bill, No. SO, abolishing fish
traps after July /, 1900.
ONE of the largest lists of passengers
that ever sailed out of Puget Sound,
departed on the steamer City of Seat
tie fronFThursday for the north. The
number is 313. The cargo includes 81
horses, 10 dogs, $50 quarters of beef,
mutton and pork and It's tons of
freight in all.
THE Bulletin says Lucky" Baldwin
has decided to erect an eight-story fire
proof building on the property occu
pied by the old Baldwin Hotel, which
was burned several months ago. The
building will cost 100000 and the
work Of construction will commence
as soon as the ruins of the old building
can be cleared away.
MASON County gets little in the
committee arrangements, although
Representative Gunderson is placed on
the fisheries committee, the education.
al and one or two of minor importance.
The chairmanshlps we're promised in
the speakership contest. AS our rep
resentative was for Guie from the first
he evidently was not considered
worthy of reward.
The official record Of rail shipments
from Washington for 1898, computed
by the West Coast Lumberman, shows
the total lumber shipments to have
been 1929, cars, or 171,664,OOO sect,
as against 1871 cars, or 122,736,00O
feet in 1897. The single shipments
were 1898 cars, or 3 1899 $50 900 pieces,
as against II $40 cars, or 2,SO6, 4OO, 900
pieces in 1897. The total cargo ship
ments for December were 35,S45, Jas
feet of lumber and 5,769,37O lath, of
which S,536,355 feet of lumber and
1882 lath went foreign.
The conditions in the senatorial
contest now on at Olympia are differ
ent from two years ago. Now all the
candidates are republicans and men
ofability, and the legislature will no the
stultified by electing any one OF them.
Wilson In our Judgment is in position
to do the state the most good, Foster
and Ankeny are successful business
men, and both subject to the prejudice
against wealth. Mr.. Ankeny is of
humble origin, raised in Eastern
Washington, and made his fortune by
his own efforts. Those who know him
speak very highly of him, and he
would certainly be elected but that
many legislators are afraid they might
be charged with selling thier votes. So
lar the contest seems to have no taint
OF Doodle and is being conducted h)n-
estly. Let it be settled quickly.
G. F. White, of the Grays Harbor
Commercial Co. Cosmopolis, WASH.
comes back from the East with some
clover idaaS n,o tl,ot :, ,..,
tioning is his opinion anent the hem
lock of the Pacific Northwest. He
says: "Hemlock is valuable for the
same purpose and especially for butter
tubs. You can work butter for hours
on green hemlock board fresh from
the saw and not the slightest flavor
will be impaired from the wood. 1t il
a handsome wood, and is thoroughly
adapted for ordinary purposes. A
poorer quality is used extensively in
the east and brings good price. It.
neglect here has been duo to Tho
abundance of fir, which is the fines,
wood grown. The time has come e
stop tie wholesale waste of hemlocl
and to use it more in our building. TO,
we must save the fir for long ship
nients to the eastern market. Ths
bark contains much high percentage
OF tannin than that of the eastern tree
which is considerable article Of com
merce." He couldn't have stated n.
proposition better in a four column IN
tersiew. Hemlock is coming wood
Lumber Trade Journal.