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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10
SUNNY SIBERIA.
All Of the Land Is Not Bleak and Desc.
late az Generally Supposed
Vegetation Is Luxuriant.

Thomas G. Allen, Jr., who, some
years ago made a tour of the world
awheel, has written an article on .'The
Boys of Siberia" for ST. Nicholas. Mr.
Allen says: AS dreary and cold as
Siberia is an expression that has come
to be almost proverb. The very Fame
has always conjured up scene Of desc
lation and perpetual winter, enlivened.
perhaps, by band of criminal eXiles
plodding along some lonely highway CT
practically buried alive in some gloom.
mine pit. In imagination we have even
heard the -clanking of prison chains.
the moaning of suffering men, and The
sobs of distressed women. And yet.
however dispensing the picture which
the name of Siberia never fails to con-
vey, its mysterious and melancholy u.s.
soeiations have ever eXerted a stra nge
fascination. must confess that have
been no exception to the general rule.
At very early age developed the de-
sire to visit this mysterious country,
and to discover for myself. if possible,
some Of its terrible hidden secrets.
1T has been my good fortune. on two
recent occasions, to crafty his way
ward ambition; and from. what | saw
aud experienced can assure by youth
flu; reader tina. his general s .ccnly-ro-
ton about the land of SNOW ;.i;, exiIes'
is, in the main, incorfect--tEat here is
another and very bright side to the
Siberian picture.
'Not raising the question Of the de.
plorable Siberian exile systcrA | WIT
impress upon the reaGer that Siberia
itself ii its southern pcEtcn at least.
is IL region where the vcsstat;cn Is as
varied and luxuriant, whc:: -. Lire
warbie just as sweetly w!-e., 81. chill
dren play and the peo,,se iln.t and
sing just as cheerfuily. is il II cwn
country. In fact. that pcitol: Of ST.
IBERIA which is now reached Ey he Few
Trans Siberian railway might vFry JUST
~ be called the northern promised land
of milk and honey for in its tccmin2
soil, genial summer climate. and lab
ulous mineral wealth it is second TO
none in the world.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10
CHILD.

old signs are written In thy tender face.
Desires, regrets that thou hast never
known:
Thou art the heir Of thy aspiring race.
Heir of a troubled throne;
OF hope that hardly dost portend the morn.
And sadness. that hast scarcely guessed
at pain.
God takes the characters of fate outworu.
And writes them fair again.
Those little feet that scarce the light turf
press.
Those little hands. 30 brown with wind
and sun,
God grant they tremble not for WEAKNESS
Before thy course be done.
And thou shalt love. and learn what love
Is worth,
And thou shalt trust and learn to value
men,
And :.M the sudden mysteries Of earth
Shall open to thy ken.
What, wilt be flying? Am I. then. too staid?
Can 1 not smoothe the meditative brow,
Flash through the sun and futter through
the shade,
AS birds from bough to Dough?
What. dost thou linger? All. my dear. how
much
Thou givest, couldst thou only under
stand!
The kiss Of childish pity. and the touch
OF thine absolving hand.
Arthur Benton, in Atlanta Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10
FARM JOURNAL
lQIuIFrom Now o Dee. 1908
lOll<tsl Nearly Five Years

!Z<[<ZZN
To every paid up subscriber OF the
JOURNAL. We still have few sub
descriptions for disposal under this Of
| fer.
By special arrangement made with
publishers of the Farm Journal we are
enabled to offer 5-year. subscription
to that paper to every new subscriber
who pays for the JOURNAL one year
ahead and the same offer is made to
every old. subscriber who will pay all
back dues and one year IN advance
both papers for the price of ours only.
In order to get the FARM JOURNAL
as premium for advance payment it
will be necessary to walk right up to
the captains Office, for we have only a
limited number of 5-year subscriptions
TO dispose of. The FARM JOURNAL is
on solid foundation and perfectly
trustworthy.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10
TUltRILITE CHICKEN RANCH, I;
!: JAMES CONN.
!: PROPRIETOR.


Did you drive all these nails with
stones :" queried Sam.
No, indeed" laughed Jim, shaking a
new steel-faced hammer perilously near
Sans nose, but shall never be sorry
that drove the first ones So"
Providence helps those who help
themselves, you see, SAM" said Miss
Lamb.
Yes" sighed Sam. Jim struck it
rich before even got started for
klondike, and if l don't get some sort
OF move on me he will beat me getting
bicycle yet"
Struck it rich-that's pretty good,
sam. Yes, it was literally rich strike,
that OF the turrilite on the rusty nail. !,
Chicago Daily Record.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10


The editor receives many inquiries
from people in-all sections OF the I'm
ION, assto Industries, wages, lands, ETC.,
and tosobyiate the necessity of writ
|ikg letters, the following general re-
plies have been prepared. The Editor
will add further information, but en-
quirers should always send stamps.
WAGES,
Logging camp wages range from "
$3.50 per day, and the employees are
charged board.
Carpenters So to So per day.
Ordinary labor $3.50 to So;
Woodworkers $1.50 to So;
Farm labor $40. to $25. per month;
The nature Of work, the skill OF
workman, and condition of the mark
ct makes difference in wages.
RENTS.
A house in Shelton rents from IS
to $40; some poorer buildings are
cheaper, but good comfortable d vel
ling brings So to $40. Houses are
scarce here.
There are some farms and ranches
which can be rented cheap. and one
or two places, which can be had for a
year or two for keeping them up.
FUEL.
Wood is burned almost entirely.
Fir wood sell at 80 cents to ST.. per
rick (half cord) delivered. Hard wood
alder and maple will cost little more.
On the ranches and away from town
wood costs the cutting.
LIVING.
The cost of living in section is very
moderate, very few things being much
higher than in the East, and many
much lower.
Best -four is 80 cents to ST.. per sack.
Butter, Is to 80 cents, according to
season.
Eggs, Is to 80 cents according to
season.
Potatoes and other vegetables, Is to
30 cents per bushel.
Fruits and vegetables are becoming
very plentiful, producing heavily, and
are within the reach of all.
LAND PRICES.
Practically no good vacant land
convenient to settlement, is available
for homesteaders. The Northern Pa
cific and the Mill companies own large
bodies Of logged-off lands, some of
which are we'll situated for agricultur-
al purposes, which are offered for sale
at prices ranging from 81 to SIS per
acre on the 5 and 10 year contract
plan, which is very reasonable.
We advise homeseekers that the
best and cheapest plan for them is to
find partly improved ranch and buy
it, where they will find everything
ready to begin making a living This
is good section for workers, and idlers
and people who are not willing to
work are not wanted. There are good
openings for milling, or other business,
or intelligent farming in Mason Co.,,
but no one should come without suffi-
Gent means to secure start.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-10

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Tenant You call our fat the Klon-
dixie because they are so cold m winter
and 20 hot in summer, T suppose. Ha,
ha!
Landlord No; because there's no
such money ia them as people think.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10
THE LEGISLATURES.
Some Bill. Passed by the Illinois Sen.
ate-Dotngs of the Michigan
Legislature.

Springfield. ILL.,, Feb. s.-Several bills
were passed by the senate Thursday,
among them the Campbell bill exempting
law students who began their studies prior
to the adoption of the supreme court rule
requiring a three years course from con-
forming to that restriction. The vote was
AZ to 2, Senators Funderburk and Hamil-
ton opposing 1t. Senator Rnsse's bill per-
hitting the Lincoln park commissioners to
make their own tax levy mot exceeding
100000 was also passed Representative
Curtis offered a resolution in the house
Thursday providing that no bills shall be
introduced after March without unan.
imous consent or suspension of the rules.
Representative Redfield introduced the
Chicago educational commissions bill il
the house Thursday. and Senator Milchrisl
presented i. in the senate.
Lansing, Mich, Feb. 9.-Senator Smith
of Lake Linden, has introduced bill to
amend the law governing the incorporation
OF mining and smelling companies, increas-
ing the maximum capital from 81, SOC, 900 tc
S5,0n0, 900.
The senate on Wednesday adopted res.
olution congratulating Gov. Pingree on his
sudden solicitude lest pubic funds be ex-
travagantly used and directing its COM
mittee on supplies and expenditures to in.
Vestigate the expenditures of the executive
office during the Pingree administration.
The committee Is empowered to send for
persons and papers, examine witnesses
etc. 1t has been repeatedly charged that
the expenditures during the Pingree regime
have been fully five times as great as those
OF any previous admnistra tion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10

cepted. From the army he went to West
Point. graduated, and then returned to
active service, In November. 1874. he was
dangerously wounded at Sunset Pass. He
fought through the Big Horn and Yellow
stone campaigns of 1876, but in 1879 the
opening of his old Indian wound forced
him to retire from the service. He then
Joined the national guard of Wisconsin, in
which he has since been colonel.
Thomas H. Anderson, until he became a
brigadier general, was the senior colonel
of the regular army. Like Otis. Gen. An
derson is Ohio born. He was a lawyer
before the civil war. but left the bar to
enlist as private soldier in the regular
army He served throughout the war,
fought in Is battles and was wounded four
times.
Arthur Macarthur was the last Of the
brigadier generals of volunteers ordered
to Manila when Gen. Merritt was organ
izing the American forces there. During
the Spanish war he was at Tampa and
Chickamauga, where he assisted in the
mobilization of the army. He served in
the civil war as first lieutenant and ad-
jutant of Wisconsin volunteers. At the
end of the war he was brevet colonel of
volunteers. He was appointed major and
assigned to the adjutant generals depart
ment in 1882
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10
Zero Weather Prevails from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic Coast
South Nipped.
COOLEST IT HAS BEEN IN MANY YEARS,
Some Deaths Reported-Much suffer-
ing Among Poor of Large Cities
Live Stock In Rural Districts Surfer
Serious Condition of Affairs at
Mines at Leadville, Col.

Washington. Feb. 9.-Under the di-
rection of Willis l.. Moore, chief of the
weather bureau. special weather bull
letin on the present cold wave has
been prepared. Morning advices show
that freezing temperature occurred in
Florida Wednesday night as far
south as a line traced from point
little south of Tampa to the Atlantic
coast just north of Jupiter, Tampa
showing minimum temperature of
30 degrees and Jupiter minimum of
36 degrees. At Jacksonville a mini
mum of 2s degrees was reached.
The temperature continues abnor
mally low in all districts east of the
Rocky mountains, the eastern Dakotas,
Minnesota, western Wisconsin and the
region to the northward being embraced
within the area of lowest temperature,
where the readings range from 80 to 36
degrees below zero in the states named,
and reached so degrees below zero at
Alinnedosa, Manitoba. Zero tempera-
ture extends to line traced from cen
trail Virginia over Tennessee, northern
Arkansas and southern Oklahoma; and
at Cincinnati the low temperature rec
ord has been broken with reading
OF 16 below zero, the lowest pre-
vious temperature ever recorded by
the weather bureau at that place be-
ing. 12 degrees below zero, February 3,
1895, and on January 1, 1886.
The outlook is that there will be
marked though gradual rise in tenn
perature east of the Rocky mountains
after Thursday.
In Florida the cold period will be of
brief duration, and return to the
normal temperature may be expected
in that section by Friday night.
Among stations showing low tenn
peratures were: New York, bellows
Washington, below; Cincinnati, 16
below; Pittsburgh, 10 below; Buffalo,
below; Chicago, 90 below; Milwaukee,
% below; Duluth, 80 below; ST. Louis,
16 6below; Kansas City. 30 below; Omaha,
"a below; Bismarck, 36 below; Charles
ton, 26 above; Jacksonville, 2s above;
Jupiter, "a above; Tampa, 80 above;
New Orleans, 26 above; Galveston, IS
above.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10

Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis fought the Sec
ond battle of Manila with staff of re-
markable men. When the insurgents made
their onslaught, trusting to find the Amer
leans 'unprepared and an easy prey, they
faced. besides the gallant commanding Of
ficer, five great American soldiers They
were Macarthur. Harrison Grey Otis, An
derson, King and Miller Every one of
them was in the fight. Every one of them
was waiting for it,
Gen. Marcus r. Miller came out of West
Point in 1873 and fought at Malvern Hill,
in the Winchester campaign. and at Din
widdie Court House. He was brevetted for
his services in these engagements cap
tain. major and lieutenant colonel Dur
ing the war with Spain he was with the
Third artillery and in full charge of the
defenses of San Francisco. His Al years.
service in the army has been almost
continuous one of service.
Brig. Gen. Harrison Grey Otis record in
the civil war was 49 months in the field,
10 engagements, two wounds in battle and
seven promotions He was brevetted a
major on the recommended ation of Maj. Gen
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Charles King, brigadier general, is the
well-known soldier-author of Wisconsin,
who at the age of 16 volunteered for the
union cause in the civil war and was ac-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10
FATE OF RIVER STEAMER.
Down River and Burns-Fate
of Passengers Unknown.

Evansville, Ind, Feb. Capt. Lee
Howell, owner of the steamer p. D.
Stages and who lives here, has just re-
ceived the following telegram from
Capt. Dick Morrow, Danville, Tenn:
''Ten of the Stages rousters have just ar
rived. Boat struck Johnsonville bridge
about midnight and sunk to boiler deck.
Fate of some of the crew in doubt. Wreck
foated by her before daylight. Pilot house
and everything above roof raked off Capt.
Jones and wife got ashore ct Reynolds
burg island. Cargo consisted of lumber,
stock, peanuts and cotton. Men here were
taken ashore by raftsmen some miles
above. Clerk Bob Scott thought to be
lost No officers or passengers have
reached here"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10
CRITICAL SITUATION.
Leadville Running Short of Coal,
Which Will Mean Loss to Mines.

Leadville Running Short OF Coal,
Which Will Mean Loss to Mines.
Leadville, Col, Feb. 9.-Nothing but
the most heroic efforts on the part of
the railroads entering Leadville will
prevent the fires from dying in the
smelter stacks and under the boilers
of the mines that are forced to pump
constantly, and in which the drawing of
the pumps would cost months OF time
and enormous sums of money.
Seven cars of coal, remain for the
pumping association that is unwater-
ing the downtown mines, and aside
from these the bins of every coal deal
er in the city are practically empty.
A week of open track would be neces-
sary to supply Leadville with coal and
coke. and even with the lines open and
with an assured supply it would re-
quire this length Of time to fully re-
ieve the situation.
Trains are moving on the Denver &
Rio Grande, but should the storm con-
t;nue that road is liable to be again
tied up. There has been continuous
snowstorm. with few short intermis-
sions, in the vicinity of Leadville for
IS days.
The supply of provisions is running
short in Breckenridge and Kontoma,
which are shut off from communication
with the outside world by rail. In Ko-
homo, hams sell at one dollar per pound,
and other meats in proportion. There
is no butter left in the town.
Hundreds May Perish.
Leadville, COL, Feb. 9.-The snow
storm continues with unabated fury.
The situation here is critical. A meet
ing of mining, smelter and other busi-
ness men to discuss measures of relief
was held Thursday. It was agreed that
If steps were not taken to break the
railroad blockade hundreds of lives
may be lost. 1t was decided to put all
available men to work opening the rail-
road between this city and La Malta.
Col. George w. Cook will head party
of 1000 snow shovelers. No trains are
running on the Denver & Rio Grande
west of Salida, and the Colorado Mid
land is completely tied up.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10
Hot Fire on a Cold Night.

Webster City, Ia, Feb. 9.-With the
mercury down to "a degrees below zero,
a disastrous fire broke out in the town
of Williams, Is miles east of this city,
at seven o'clock at night. 1t started
from defective fue in the post Office,
and before the flames could be con-
trolled six business blocks in the heart
of the town had been reduced to ashes.
The total loss is estimated at $4,000
in buildings and goods, with only about
one-fifth that amount Of insurance.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10
rres,asnt~ uolng to boston.

Washington, Feb. 9. The president
will leave Washington at seven D. m.
February is on a special train for Bos-
ton, where he will attend the banquet
of the Home Market club. He will not
decide until he reaches Boston whether
he will address the Massachusetts, legis-
lature. Mrs. Mckinley will not take the
trip. Several of the speakers at the
banquet will be of the presidential
party.
..-s. r,ovvers from heroes ,araves.
Havana, Feb. 9.-Commodore B. ].
Crowell, commander of the United
States navy yard here, following the
instructions received from Charles 81.
Allen, assistant secretary of the United
States navy, caused a large number of
flowers and potted plants to be placed
on the graves of the victims of the de-
struction of the United States battle
ship Maine. Three days after, every
flower had been removed by memento-
seeking visitors. Strict orders have
been issued to prevent soldiers from
selling portions of their rations to
storekeepers and Others who speculate
in such supplies.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10

OF MaJ. Nen. WaQe, SOl. george w. Ia
Wis, Ninth infantry, and Col. Gillespie,
corps of engineers, now stationed in
New York.
Text of the Order.
The order for the court of inquiry is
as follows:
"War Department. Adjutant Generals
Office, Washington. Feb. 8, 1S99-Special
Orders.
1.-THE following order is published for the
information of all concerned:
war Department, Washington, Feb 8.
1s99.-In accordance with the instructions
of the president of February 8. 1899, a
court of inquiry. to consist of the following
named officers. is hereby appointed to meet
in this city on February Is, 1899.
Detail of Court.
Detail for the court:
MAI Gen. James F. Wade. U. 8. A.
Brig. Gen. G. B. Davis. u. S. v.
"Col G. L. Gillespie, corps of engineers.
u. S. A.
Lieut. Col George B. Davis. deputy
Judge advocate general. U. s. A., recorder.
Courts Dulles.
1.-The court is hereby directed to investi-
gate the allegations Of the major genera!
commanding the army in respect to the
untitness for issue of certain, articles OF
food furnished by the subsistence depart
ment to the troops in the field during the
recent operations in Cuba and Porto Rico
In addition to it's findings of fact the
court will submit an opinion upon the mer-
it's of the case, together with such recon-
mendations of further proceedings as may
be warranted by the facts developed in the
course of the inquiry.
1.-THE officers named will repair to thi.
city for the purpose herein indicated. and
upon the adjournment of the court. wi.
| return to their proper stations. The trave
| enjoined is necessary for the public serv
| ice.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-10

Cincinnati, Feb. Q. Fire in the
Tenth district school on Elm street
threatened the lives of several hundred
children, but by the cool work of the
teachers and the general discipline of
the school all the children gots afely out
of the building..