The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-26


THE Independent, from Issaquab,
King County, is the latest to fill an
aching void in that promising coal
mining town.
WOULD-BE Representative Roberts,
the mormon, is in hard luck. The
committee is divided. The majority
recommends excluding him, and the
minority would permit him to be
sworn in and then fire him. The SEN
ate committees are also expected to
report adversely on Quay, of Penna,
and Clark of Montana.
A FEW weeks ago several Boston
wool buyers, says the Ellensburg Capt.
tai, visited this and other wool grow
ing states of the west, contracting for
the crop of 1900 at an advance of sew
eral cents over last years price.
Wool men predict that next years
price of wool will be higher than ever
before, and that premature sales will
be a: loss.
TRUE to his desire to misrepresent
the people of the state, Senator Tur-
ner made speech in the senate Mon
day on the Philippine question. AS
in his attack on the administration on
the Cuban question he represents but
very few of our people, and his
course reflects no credit upon man
OF Turner'S acknowledged ability. He
is playing his part too we'll.
The young women of the present
time are in hard luck, for science has
played the sorry trick says an ex-
change. Although four years ago,
1896, was leap year, this year of our
Lord 1900 will not be, and the spin
ter's privilege will have to wait for 1904.
Scientists, ignoring sentiment in favor
OF facts, demand that to keep the cal
endar straight there must be occasion
al lapse from the rule, and 1900 is
lapse. There will be but % DAYS in
February, and young men cannot be
proposed to without violation of
common custom.
The Island County Times changed
heads last week, e. G. Earle selling to
ID. G. Pearson, in order to take up his
work on the Fairhaven Herald, which
he recently purchased. He will add a
Linotype type-set.ing machine, and
the Herald will soon blossom out as
daily. The Bay Cities are beginning
to feel prosperous enough for daily
newspaper. Editor Pearson is the
present auditor of Island County, be-
ing elected the year he attained his
majority, and ought to take to news
paper work as naturally as a duck to
its element.
REFERRlN TO the article of Geo. HI.
Emerson, of the Northwestern Mill
Company, at Hoquiam, dealing with
the wastefulness and extravaganza of
l"ggers in leaving in the woods every
thing but the perfect logs, we believe
that the writer has taken the wrong
horn of the trouble, that he should
score the mill-men of the state,-per-
haps not forgetting to take a small
dose OF hls own tonic. Judging from
the conditions locally, it will not nav
tie loggers TO put on their landings
anything poorer than fair grade of
No. 2 logs, which must be sound and
not too lull Of knots. With a rail-
road freight of about 81 .50 per thous
an from landing 10 the looms. and
the prospect 0! scsl;ng roor log out
OF sight altogether, the average logger
Is not taking chances by touching the
poorer stuff. When there is demand
Tor logs slightly rotted at one end.
"'nd-sfaken or "konky," for c. dar or
heniock, biitt-cnts, roots, etc, the
ioggers will be ready and willing to do
Their part towards stopping the waste
now going en-. The mills have been
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