The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-04-05

allegiance. Now we wonder if he will
be good.
NUNSTON's reward came quickly, he
has jumped over the heads of many old
officers to brigadier-general. Two
Washington boys who helped to capture
Aguinaldo, Capt. and Lieut.. Hazzood,
of Lewis county are also to be promoted.
THE bubOnic plague seems to have
reached San Francisco, and 80 deaths
have been reported, entirely among
chinese as the plague thrives amid
squalor and unsanitary conditions.
Government officials are taking steps
to suppress it.
ROGERS vetoed the GundersOn bill,
providing for the selection of school
textbooks, after the session of the
Legislat ure had closed thus making
effective his desires in the deal which
has foisted upon the, State for five years
a selection of books made by either
fools or knaves. Could better have
been eXpected?-Olympia Standard.
THE Robertson Raft Company, which
is now operating at WestpOrt, will
build 10000, OOO-feet raft for shipment
to Shanghai, China. This will be the
largest raft ever built, and if it arrives
at its destination in good shape will
mean small fortune to Captain Robert
son. This last raft Captain Robertson
thinks he will be able to get off about
the middle of next year. The logs
when they arrive at their destination
will be worth about $50 per thousand
feet.
APRIL LIST, marked the taking effect
of the general appropriation bill
passed by the recent legislature, and
i'm consequence the effect on state bust
ness will be somewhat marked. Some
of the present state officials will also be
affected by the fact. The present state
board of audit and control went out of
existance, succeeded by the recently
created board of control. The trustees
of the Washington School for Defective
Youth at Vancouver will also retire, so
that institution will be placed under
the management of the board of con-
troll. Best of all for the minor officials
standpoint, there will be general raise
of salaries, which the legislature in the
appropriation bill provided for.-Olym-
plan.
SEATTLE is to have new republican
morning daily of metropolitan order, as
evidence the recent incorporation of the
Washingtonian Publishing Company,
capitalized at 100000. 1t is reported
that l.. S. j. Hunt, the very popular
editor of the Pr. in the palmy days of
the Queen City, is the chief factor in
the new venture. Mr.. Hunt was at
one stage a millionaire, but went
broke" with the boom, but has since
recouped his shattered fortunes by CD
erations in Korea. He has been in Sc
attic for several weeks past and has
has hunted up and paid in full, with
interest, all the obligations he left eight
years ago, even to those who suffered
through his influence. Jundging from
this and the fact that he is in daily
proposition, Hunt mustlhave money to
burn, as the saying goes.
THE bill passed by the last legislature
with reference to the leasing of land for
the purpose of prospecting for gas or
Oil has been signed by the Governor and
is now a law. This law provides that
lease may be issued to an applicant
for state land, but no applicant can re-
ceive lease for more than section.
The applicant shall pay $25 annually
for every quarter section, and when oil
or gas is discovered upon the land the
applicant shall pay the state 10 per
cent gross product. Parties holding
agricultural leases will have sixty DAYS
in which to make. application; after
that time any oil or gas lands belonging
to the state areopen to anyone wishing
to lease for that purpose whether al
ready under an agricultural lease or not.
THE advance in price of lumber for
Eastern shipment, made at the associa-
ton meeting last week, marks, we be-
lieve, new era in the lumber trade of
this state. 1t has been conceded on all
sides for years past that the splendid
forests of the state of Washington were
being slaughtered for mighty small
return. Owing to the very low price
made to the Eastern consumer, caused
by competition for the trade by the
manufactures, and with the Eastern
classes of lumber, the prices of our fir
and cedar lumber have been kept down
to the lowest notch, even sometimes
under that. Labor, both i'm the woods
and in the mills, has borne the major
share of the burden; stumpage was low.
the lumbermen and the millmen re-
ceived small profits, and the railroad
companies reaped the greatest benefit.
These conditions are fast changing,
lumber is not now so accessible as
formerly and the base of price, stump.
age,-is doubling and trebling and
whether labor will be better paid o.
not, the price of lumber is never likely
to again go below the figure just set.
Keep Your Bowels Strong.
Constipation or diarrhoea wher
your bowels are out Of order. Cas-