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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
President Mckinley as intermediary

A dispatch from Washington saws
President Mckinley has consented to
act as Intermediary between the South
African Republic and the Orange Free
State on the one side and Great Brit
ain on the other. President Kruger
and President Steyn requested the
President to transmit to Great Britain
their terms for a peaceful settlement
OF the trouble and the immediate
cessation Of hostilities. President Nc
kinney consented and the state de-
partment has been instructedto trans
init the communication from the
South African republics. This news
was followed by the statement from
London that the British government
would not consider the proposition on
the terms asked of them.
The fact is that tho bulk of public
sympathy in this country is in favor
OF the Boer, partly because they are
the weaker people. The Beers are un-
; douhtedly illiherai in their govern
ment toward the .suuslanders," but
England has shown itself 10 lie even
more grasping in its treatment IF the
American miners in its Northern ter.
ritory. In the United States we find
that "bl"od' directs the sympatl,ies oi
the people, but they can go no further
than Offering to mediate between the
helligere..ts.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
A Handsome Showing.

The short month of February made
a showing in Treasury receipts special
ly gratifying. The receipts from Gus
toms ran up to the splendid figure of
about $2O,OO0,O0O, keeping pace with
the receipts from internal revenue.
Notwithstanding the large pension
payments, amounting to more than
$l2,OOO,O 900, interest payments OF near
~ 81 5000 and expenditures on ac-
count of the war and navy aggregat-
ing about $15,O 100000, the excess of re-
ceipts over expenditures brought a
good balance to be added to the sur.
plus OF receipts for the current fiscal
year. Compared with February of a
year ago the customs receipts showed
handsome increase amounting to
nearly $4,000, OOO-American Econo.
mist.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
After Washington Land.

There are more inquiries for gov
eminent land in this state than / have
ever known at this time of the year,"
said J. B. Scobey, receiver of moneys
at the Olympia land Office, yesterday.
He was at the Donnelly during the
day and left last night for Seattle.
"The inquiries from the east are be-
coming more numerous" he continued
"and l expect to witness quite move
ment in this direction.
eff the recommendations of Forestry
Superintendent ID. B. Shelter are
adopted and the townships in western
Jefferson and Cla!lam counties are
thrown open to settlement I believe
they will be quickly settled by people
either from this state or the East.
Of course, there is the danger that
lieu land holders will 'gobble' them
up.
"There is the Quainault reservation
in Jefferson county: that should be
opened by the federal government.
There are eight or ten townships there
and not more than forty Indians, to
enjoy them. Let the government
adopt any policy in desires regarding
these Indians, and tine rest, for that
matter-give them farm, tools too
operate it but open the reservations"
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
Site for Eastern Oyster Bed Chosen.


State Fish Commissioner Little will
establish his Eastern oyster plantation
on small arm OF the Sound above
Port Orchard. L. E. Mayhall, state
superintendent OF construction of fish
haicleries, is getting the material on
the ground for the FIRST hatchery and
propsgating station Tor the, new beds.
The new oyster beds will he about
thirty acres in extent, cut off from the
sea by = dyke. On the shore of the
pond the land station of about seven
acres has a water frontage of about a
thousand feet, and on this land The
buildings Of the station will be erected.
In the water floating tanks and
other adjuncts to first class oyster
hatchery will be provided. AS soon
as the station is ready to receive them
two carloads of eastern oysters will be
shipped to stock the station. Seattle
Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
copies.

WE always thought that the Demo
Gratis had mortgage on all the patriot
Ism of this country, for they told us so,
but the placing of their national COLI
vention on July 4th, at Kansas City,
is an exhibition of unusual gall for a
party whose patriotism requires to be
labeled
THE new battle ship Kersearge, the
queen of the navy, has been placed in
commission, and will be sent over to
France to represent the United States
ut the Paris Exposition. She is pro-
badly as good as anything afloat, and
if she stands the test like the Oregon
she will he all right.
THE Port Orchard Independent, Kit
sap County's only newspaper, com
menced new volume last week, being
eleven years old. The Independent is
a good county paper, and has been
working side by side with the JOURNAL
all these years. Messrs. Thompson
and Brooks are putting new vigor into
their paper in readiness for the lively
times in store for the Sound in the
near future
The JOURNAL knows of fully doz-
en- good old democrats who feel lust
like c. Donovan, of Whatcom, does on
some of the issues the party is taking
its position on, and several of them
say that they will consider themselves
republicans in the future. One of the
things which the good citizen Demo-
crat finds it hard to reconcile himself
to is the anti-expansion, or so-called
''imperialism" cry of his party. He
knows that the good citizen upholds
his government in every crisis against
an outsider and he also knows that
this people will never have any other
hsrm of government than the present,
the best and most liberal in the World
He knows that there will never be a
standing army in this country larger
than necessary to preserve peace
wherever we he interested, and that
the people will rally around the flag
and fight whenever necessity calls.
In fact, he knows that this "antl-"
business is all buncombe, nothing but
wind, and he IS sick and tired of the
whole thing.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

The recommendation o. President
Mckinley IN his special message that
the revenues collected on importations
from Porto Rico todaie, amounting to
s$z.OVO,OOO, shall be placed at the dis
posalsof the president TO be used for
the relief OF Porto Rico, was quickly
formulated in a bill and passed the
house. That it will pass the senate
there can lie no doubt, and the presi-
dent will have it in his power to ex-
tend reliefto the suffering people of
Porte Rico. Not only the physical,
but ti.e political, effect OF this action
Will prove most gratifying. While il
will relieve the wants of the SUFFERING
!, people, it will also convince them. in
connection with the clause in the
revenue bill making it temporary, that
they have no reason to anticipate any-
thing but Justice and generosity from
the people of the United States. that
they will be treated as citizens and
brothers rather than as colonists.-Ta.
coma TPdver
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
Point No Points Signal. c

Navigators on Puget Sound will be
pleased to learn of the new order made
by the light house board as regards a
change in the fog signal on Point No
Point, considered one of the most
troublesome menaces to navigation on
the Sound. The notice reads;
"On or about April |, 1900, the fog
signal at this station, on Point No
Point, westerly side of Puget Sound,
ahout d miles to the southwark and
eastward OF the entrance to Hood
canal, will be changed from bell
struck by machinery to a Daboll
trumpet to sound, during thick or
foggy weather, blasts of seconds dur
alton separated by alternate silent in
tervals of 3 and 81 seconds, thus
Blast, seconds; silent interval, 8 Sec
onds; blast, 3 seconds; silent interval,
81 seconds"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

BRYAN is coming to Washington,
and will make several speeches on his
trip. The date set for the speech in
Tacoma was April 4th, the day of the
city election, and the fusionlsts were
anxious to have it changed to the
evening before election. Now they
are frantic to have it day later, be-
cause Tacoma will give the republi-
cans as big a majority as Seattle did,
and the fusionists know that it will he
an awful black eye to Bryan, if it
should come after his visit to that
city. Troubles never come singly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
Growth Of Fishing Industry.

The sudden and heavy expansion IN
the fishing industry Of the state has
not passed unnoticed, but until the re-
port of the fish commissioner of the
state was published few realized that
it had reached its present enormous
proportions. 1t appears that fish alone
bring into this state one-half as much
money as is produced by all the great
wheat farms, which are themselves
among the richest and most pToduc-
tive in the world. With the opening
of the remaining vacant land, and
with more diversified farming, the ex-
IRENE limit of wheat production will
be reached within a comparatively
brief period; but the fishing il dustry
is just entering upon it's stage OF rapid
development, and its prospective ex-
pansion is limited only by the market
which can be found for its product.
Wheat, coal, lumber and fish, whose
production can be expanded to reach
as great figures as can be shown by
any other state, are sufficient alone to
build an empire here. Precious met
ais, it now appears, we have in as
great abundance as any of the states
which rely upon mining as their great
resource. Iron ores but wait the erec-
ton of furnaces, quarries are sufficient
to meet all local demands, if second
Chicago is to be erected, and minor
resources exist in profusion. Add to
this that an Oriental trade is in sight
which has its only present limitations
IN the inability to find tonnage suffic-
lent to carry the offered cargoes, and
that the demands of the Alaskan trade
alone are sufficient to support good
sized city, and it may readily be seen
why the people OF the state of Wash
ington, and of Seattle in particular
have firm and abiding faith that
here is destined to be one of the great
cities of the world before the present
generation has run its course.-P.-I.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
||Fdrm Journal
Five Years.
This Paper
One Year,
Pay up and Get Both Papers for the
Price Of One.

We want to get 500 new subscrib-
ers to our paper and are going to do
it if we can; we therefore continue our
arrangement with the Farm Journal
by which We can send The JOURNAL
and the Farm Journal the remainder
of 1900 and all of 1901, 1902, 1903 and
1904, both for $3.50. And we make
the same offer to all old subscribers
who will pay all arrearages and one
year in advance.
You know what our paper is and
the Farm Journal is a gem-practical,
progrcssive-a clean, honest, useful
paper-full of gumption, full of sun
shine, with an immense circulation
among the best people everywhere.
You ought to take 1t. See sample
copies.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

SURPRISING a woodchopper in the
Maine forest is told to get out a mast
for yacht. He knows that he must
find tree which is straight for 60 feet
below the branches It would be very
troublesome to climb trees and meas
ure them with tape measure, so he,
without knowing it, uses practical
trlgonometry. He measures off 60
feet in a straight line from the tree,
and then he cuts a pole, which, when
upright in the ground, is exactly as
tall as himself. This he plants in the
earth his own length from the end OF
his 60 feet. For example, If he is six
feet tall, he plants his six foot pole
81 feet from the tree. Then lies down
on his back, with his head at the end
of the line and his feet touching the
pole, and sights over the top oft. He
knows that where his eyes touch the
tree is almost exactly so feet from the
ground.-Weekly Bouquet.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

A. r. De Fluent, editor of the Jour-
nal, Doylestown, Ohio. suffer for a
number of years from rheumatism in
his right shoulder and side. He SAYS
"My right arm at times was entirely
useless. tried Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive re-
lief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been a constant companion
OF mine ever since and never fails"
For sale by G. V. Dunbar.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

For SALE.-An eighty-acre and a
forty-acre tract, 2 miles from Matlock
and one mile from Coles Camps, house
and other improvem ents on both
places, is acres improved on the form
er and on the latter. Bargains for
some one who wants small farms.
Apply to ). X. German or the JoURN-
AL.
Two quadruples and a lot of double
and single Angle lamps are in stock
at this Office. Have you investigated
the saving and convenience of the
new light.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
For Nothing? Sure!

The Bon MARCHES eattle's
leading department store is
printing a monthly magazine
of its own. Its just full of
Fads, Fancies, Fashions and
Fiction for women, is hand
somely illustrated, quite equal
to the Ladies Home Journal
in point of usefulness and in
terest- strongest part of it is
the fact that you can have it
sent to you for three months
for nothing "a postalcard with
your name and address is all
that is necessary. After you We
had it three months you can
pay SOC for it or stop it as you
choose.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
Call for County Convention.

The Republican County Convention for Ma
son County is hereby called, pursuant to an or
der of the County Central Committee, to meet
at the Court house in Shelton, on Saturday,
March oath, 1900, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ.
for the purpose of electing six delegates and six
alternates to the State Convent on, meeting at
Ellensburg, April 9Th, next and for the transac-
ton of such other business as may come before
the convention.
The basis of representation will be one dele
gate at large from each precinct, and one dele
gate for each ten votes or majority fraction
thereof cast for W. L.. JONES' at the general
son County being entitled to delegates as fol-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16


The several precincts of Mason County, out
side of Shelton, will hold their primaries on
Saturday, March 18th, at the hour of p. NJ.
and in the usual places, unlesssthe hour or place
be changed by precinct committeeman, and
due notice given. For the purpose OF this con-
vention. precincts may authorize one delegate
to cast their full vote.
IN SHELTON PRECINCTS,
the primaries will be conducted according to
the Primary election law, on Saturday, March
18th. The primaries VIII be open from l until Z
P. NJ in Precinct. No l, at the Town Council
rooms and Precinct No. 2, at the Court house.
Caucuses will be held on the Friday preceding,
No. l, Council rooms, at $50 O'Clock p. m. and
NO2 Court house, at O'Clock p. m. by the
vualified electors for the purpose of placing in
nomination at least double the number of per-
sons actually required as delegates, from the re-
spective precincts. to be voted for at the primar
les following, and also to select judges and
clerks of primary election.
All qualified and registered voters, including
all persons who are disposed to support the Re-
publican nominees, are invited to participate in
the primaries.
Attest: GRANT G.. ANGLE,
AL. J. MUNsON, Chairman.
Secretary Rep. Co. Cen. Com,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

PRESIDENT Mckinley in a dozen
words took the force from the c,y of
"militarism," saying the "qulck re-
spouse Of the people to the country's
need taught us that large standing
armies are unnecessary when every citi-
zen is a minute n."-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

Sing1e-burner Angle Lamps for
kitchen and workshop $3.50 and So,
still have an assortment of other kinds
in stock Call at JOURNAL Office
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-16

WHEN Jefferson bought the great
region west of the Mississippi it never
occurred to him to ask the consent of
the inhabitants. He took it for grant
ed the change would be greatly to
their advantage, and it was.-Ellens-
burg Capital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
The ramnhnc or Tomuhawk.

Tamahac eventually came to desig-
| nate the war Ratchet" of the Indian
| supplied by thse military commanders
warriors on the many expeditions In
which French and English were con-
stantly engaged, and was furnished
the Indian allies of the English in our
war of independence.
This weapon was either in the form
of spear or Ratchet blade on one side,
while upon the opposite side there was
tending into the eye of the weapon, in
to which a tough handle of wood was
fitted IS inches or two feet in length.
The handle was perforated almost it's
entire length, and below the hollow of
the bowl it was bored at right angles
to this perforation, a suitable stemhole
for the passage of the tobacco smoke
when the implement was in use as
pipe.
The tomahawk pipe was not only at
tractive and popular in trade, but, like
the earlier trade pipe, was given as n
present at councils and Publications of
treaties. 1t was a pipe, Ratchet and
n mace or hammer all in one and an
swered an important military require
ment in lesseping the weight and in
cumbrance of the warrior, who other
wise would have tenaciously held to
the stone pipe, which in itself was
heavier than the tomahawk. - Smith
sonian Institution Report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
SCENES ON THE. MIDWAY.
An Interesting Exhibition That is Show
ing In Rock Island.

An Interesting Exhibition That is Show
ing In Rock Island.
The Oriental Carnival company's
shows. under canvas at the corner of
Fifth avenue and Twrnty-fourth
street, drew large crowds last night,
all expressing themselves as sur
prised with the magnitude and varie-
ty of the entertainment. which, drop
ping in on US SO suddenly, was
looked upon at glance as quickly
gotten together affair. 1t is only JUS
tlce to the management to say that
those who took it in were agTeea bly,
disappointed. The show will remain
tonight and tomorrow night, alter
which it will go to Milwaukee.
The feature of the carnival is the
animal collection. 1t would do credit
to a much more pretentious organiza-
ton. The numerous animals are
grouped about in cages, presenting a
unique, neat and interesting picture.
Efficient trainers of both sexes enter
the cages and for fully a half hour
there follows a series of performances
that are entertaining to the highest
degree. concluding with sensational
exhibition between Boccacio, a train
er of worldwide repute, and an I'M
tamable lioness. Boccacio first enters
a safety cage, and after much effort
invariably succeeds in getting into
the den, at the door of which the
ugly beast stands and growls, appar-
ently intent on devouring the trainer
if she can get her claws on him. The
lioness makes vicious lunges at the
trainer, who jumps frem one side of
the cage to the other too quick for the
beast, and finally makes a hasty exit
from the den. 1t is thrilling scene.
The other shows consist of Esau.
the snake eater. who was seen at the
Moline street fair last fall, and who
was later reported dead; Lunette, the
flying lady, a hypnotic study under
the charge of Prof. Rockburn; the
cinematagraph; old plantation scenes;
opium den, and Turkish dancing
girls.
Dandy" the diving horse, is an
nounced to positively make his sensa-
tional dive of some thirty feet
from a platform into a tank of water
on the show grounds tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Good Records,

In Eugene Field school the follow.
ing pupils were neither absent nor
tardy during the year: - Seventh
grade, Otto iindenstruth. Roy Moore
sixth grade, Clara Bleuer; fifth grade,
Albert Langhenricks. Carl Mueller;
Dora Schlueter. Mabel Schlotfeldt,
Florence Stees; third grade, Edward
Herman. Willie Porter, Blanche
Rhude. Ralph Rich, Charlie Schleuter;
second and third grades, Willie
Brown, Mabel Ehmke, Elwood Fry,
Henrietta Horblit, Henry arson,
Charlie Moore, Jennie Myers; first and
second grades, Celia Fry, Elsie
Schlueter, Harriet Bancroft; first
grade, Bessie Porter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
SpeciaI Service.

In addition to the four daily trains
the c., r. l. & P. has between here
and Colorado points, for the excur-
sions of June 50. July 0 and II, and
Aug. 1, the Rock Island route will
run special train on above dates.
leaving Rock Island at $40 p. m,
arriving at Colorado Springs at sos
and Denver at 9:15 the next evening.
This train will consist of through
coaches, chair cars and sleepers. Re-
member excursion tickets are good
on all trains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
TO START NO. FROM HERE.
D., X. L. s n. w. Says 1t Wants to Give
Rock Island q Fair Shake.

Ever since the D., r. l. & N. w.
railroad opened tor business there has
been a disposition on the part of GER
tain of our neigh bors on the other side
of the stream to prejudice the compa-
ny into giving Rock Island the
worst of it whenever it was possible
TO do so. There are people here who
have felt, whether rightfully or not,
that this spirit was succeeding,
as witness the company's depot
among other things And then the
new time card that became effec-
tive Monday of this week, starts
train No. 4 from Davenport at noon
for Clinton and returns as No. Z at Top
M, cutting Rock Island, out entirely,
it being necessary for people from
this side wanting to travel out on that
train to go from here to Davenport by
street car or ferry boat, or walk. This
arrangement was looked upon by pat
rons of the road here as discrimina-
ton against Rock Island. However.
the assurance comes from General Pas
senger Agent l.. f. Berry that the
company in starting No. / from the
clhCL cldC vi LhC L4NCI hdA III
of acting unfairly toward Rock Island.
mo sir. not much, said Mr.. Berry
to an ARGUS reporter. Our COM
pany has been treated well over there
and we do not propose that Rock ISL
and shall be deprived of the advant-
ages enjoyed by other towns on our
route. We have three trains out of
Rock Island daily for Clinton, and
supposed that was enough to accom-
modate you folks. but we have dis
covered that we guessed wrong, and
suppose we will begin shortly to
start No. from your side"
Rock Island people will keep their
eyes on No. A.
Mr.. Berry stated further that the
company expected to resume its
through night sleeper service the lat
ter part of the month. The road bed
is becoming settled and travelling is
more pleasant over the new road now
than it has been. In addition to the
sleeper, which will go through to Chi
cago, coach will be put on aud will
accompany the sleeper to Chicago and
return
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

teachers in the two cities by Young
& McCombs. Miss Newton was born
at what was formerly Bowlesburg in
South Moline. When quite young her
parents came to Rock Island, where
she has resided ever since. She re-
ceived her education in this city. first
attending the grammar schools and
afterward the high school. from which
she graduated in 1882. Soon after
her graduation she secured position
as teacher. For seven years she
taught in the country towns sur
rounding Rock Island. teaching in
South Rock Island for the last three
years of that period. In 1889 she
taught in the city for the first time
having charge of a room in the old