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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920 THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL I n--  ........... PAGE THREN [ [[[I l / 3 i i / i: i i I: 'i i ¸¸ i, I / , GREY NOTE MAY HELP TO RATIFY Recent Letter Believed .to Imply Britain .Will Accept Reservations. Washington.--A renewal of senate debate on tile peace treaty next week was regarded as virtually assured when Republican leaders decided to join wifh the ])omocrats in the move- ment io bring tile treaty back into the opql senate. The letter of Viscount Grey, former British ambassador here, to the Lon- don Times, in which he aid Ameri- can reservations to the peace treaty were justified from an American point of view, will hasten ratification, it was believed here. Senators who favored reservations held that Gray's letter took the ground out from under those members who were against any reservations what- ever, and who have sall that the allies would not accept them. It was pointed out that Britain, the principal asso- ciate of the United States in the war expressed through Grey a willingness to accept many of the reservations hich have been proposed. The former ambassador's letter represents the official policy of Great Britain towards American ratification it is understood here. While in Wash- tngton he consulted with many sena- tors and "sized up" the sitttion at first hand, went home and reported to his government and shortly thereafter wrote his letter to the London Times. Honuments Call and see Our large stock or write for prices. We erect Monuments anywhere. PUGET SOUND MARBLE & GRANITE CO. 2006 First Ave., Seattle, Wn- (Established 1874) TACOMA GUN STORE Tacoma, Wash. Largest stock of Hunters an Trappers Supplies in the North- west. Especial attention to mail orders. Send one cent stamp for catalogue 3-12 I S H E LT O N INDEPENDENT Auto Stages i Leave Shelton- Leave Olympia 7:30 a.m. 8;00 a. m. 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a. m. 2:00 p.m. 1:30 p. m. 4:45 p.m. 5:30 p. m. Shelton to Old Kamilche.. .50 Shelton to Snlder's Prairie .75 • Shelton to Olympia .... ...$1.00 Olympia to Sniders Prairie .50 Olympia to Old Kamilche. .75 Olympia to Shelton ..... 1.00 Leaves Olympia from Braeger's Place, opposite Bus Station OSCAR AHL AND FRED THOMPSON Headquarters: Shelton, Hotel Shelton. Olympia, Knox Garage RAILROADS COST U, S, $700,000,000 Washtngton.Operation of the rail- roads, Pullman lines, express com- panies and waterways, unified under federal control, has cost the nation approximately $700,000,000, according to official calculation, since they were taken over two years ago. Figures made public by the railroad administration revealed a net loss of $594,200,000 from railroad opcrath)n alone in the two years. Statistics, gathered from official sources as to operating costs of the Pulhnan lines and waterways and express companies while operated by the government show the addition of $100,000,000 to the transportation costs. Heavy losses of November and De- cember are charged to the coal strike, in a statement by the railroad adminis- tration. A deficit of $111,500,000 was shown for those two months. Much of the loss during 1919 should be charged to the first six months of the year, according to the official axe flanatlon. The stamment shows that of a loss of $349,200,000 for the 12 months, $228,700,000 came during the first six months wken there was "a prolonged slump in freight business following the signing of the armistice." It adds that "if the rate increase which went into effect in June 1918 had become effective the previous January, the loss for the two years wSuld probably not have exceeded $104,000,000." FARM ANIMALS DECREASE Falling Off in Numbers and Value Also Shown. Washington.--Farm animals of the United States were valued at $8,561,- 443,000 on ,January 1, compared with $8,827,894,000 a year ago, the depart- ment of agriculture announced. Horses numbered 21,109,000, a decrease of 1.4 per cent from a year ago and were valued at $1,992,542.000. Mules numbered 4,995,000, a decrease of 1.1 per cent from a year ago. Their value was $734,779,000. Milk cows numbered 23,747,000, an increase of 0.5 per cent over a year ago. They were valued at $2,021,681,- 000. Other cattle numbered 44,385,000, a decrease of 4.2 per cent from a year ago. Their value was $1,914,575,000. Sheep numbered' 48,615,000, a de- crease of 1 per cent from a year ago. They were valued at $511,654,000. Rwlne numbered 72,909,000, a de- crease of 8.7 per cent from a year ago and were valued at $1,356,212,000. Many Women Stowaways from Europe • New York.--Women stowaways have become so numerous since the war ended'that immigration ofcials cau- tioned all steamship companies in this port to have their vessels carefully searched before departure from Eu- rope, Six Hundred Slnn Feln Arrested. Dublln.--Slx hundred arrests were made in the natlon-wide raids against the S'lnn Fain by the British military authorities. Geese'nor Cox a Presidential Candidate Columbus, O.--Governor James M. Cox officially announced his candidacy for the democratic presidential nora. inatlo. THE MARKETS. Portland. Oats--No. 3 white feed,,$61 a ton. Corn--Whole, $66; cracked, $68. Hay--Wlllamette valley timothy, $20@28 "per ton; alfalfa, $31.50. Butter Fat--59@60c. EggsRanch, 50c per dozen. Poultry--Hens, 30@34c. Cattle---Best steers, $11.50@12.50; good to choice, $11@11.50; medium to ood, $9.50@10.25. Hogs--Prime mixed, $15.50@16; me- dium mixed, $15@15.50; pigs, $12.50@ 14.50. Sheep--Eastern lambs, $16.50@17.50, valley,lambs, $14.50@16.50; ewes,, $9 @10.50. Seattle. Hay--Eastern .Washington tlmotllY, $38@39, per ton;, alfalfa, $35. Butter Fat--63 @65c. EggsRanch, 48@52c. PoultryHens,, heavy, dressed, 43e; light, 40e. Hogs--Prime, $15.75@16.25; medium to choice, $15@15.50; pigs, $12@13.50. Cattle--Best steers, $12.25@12.75; heifers, $10.50; calves, $7@1& 11 i SECRETARY HOUSTON David F. Houston, formerly secre. tary of agriculture, who was recently appointed secretary of the treasury. i i BOLSHEVISTS USE RED CROSS PASSES London.Bolshevist agents entrust. ed with messages regarding sensation- al widespread red plans have been for a considerable time traveling between Berlin and soviet Russia on false cre- dentials, it is stated in official quarters. The credentials they carried are said to have described them as delegates of the American Red Cross mission in Berlin to conduct investigations re- garding the exchange of German prisoners from Russia. These couriers, it appears, were carrying dispatches between Moscow and bolshevist organizations in other countries, including the German Spar- tactsts and the Swiss communists. Lithuanian authorities discovered the illicit traveling after Lithuania's borders had been crossed many times, and a number of arrests followed. Not all the couriers were provided with American papers, - but such forged credentials were found on sev- eral of the prisoners. 36 I. W. W. CONVICTED Taooma Jury Brings in Verdict After 58 Hours. Tacoma, Wash.Aftev being out for 58 hours, the Jury in the cas e of 36 alleged I. W. W., charged with crim- inal syndicalism, returned a verdict of guilty. In the recommendation returned with the verdict it was asked that the court exercise as much clemency a possible, as it was the organization rather than the individuals which had been on thai. The defendants ware arrested in Ta- coma shortly after toe Centrlta out- break last Armistice day. Portland Postmaster Will Not Resign. Portland, Or.Frank S. Myers, Port- land postmaster, who wa requested be resign by the postoffloe department, has declared he will not resign, and announces his determination to fight to the last ditch before he will a'ell- quisll the office. St. Louis Schools Closed. St. Louls.--There were 430 cases 'of influenza reported here Sunday, bring- ing the total since January 19 to 3578. A H public and private schools closed at noon Monday. War Insurance Can Nof be Reinstated. Washington.--b:x-service men may reinstate their war risk term insurance at any time before July 1, 1920, under a new ruling of the bureau of war risk insurance. ]xtenslve lflahs afh "being nmde by the Clarke county Prunartns to in- troduce to delegates to the many con- ventions scheduled for Vancouver this summer the Clarke county prune. John C. Peter, John Wilkinson and George B. impson are collecting tested prune recipes, which will be used and pub- lished. The Selah Fruit Growers, Inc., an organization of about 250 Selah or- chardists, took over the cold storage plant hitherto operated by the Selah Fruit and Cold Storage company, which it has purchased. The consid- eration is not made public, but the plant was valued at $200,000 wiles bu!!t two years ago. MY.,/V - HOW ',H £ TIM: DOE--T"'THAT" S iGHT iT IS LEAP YE, AR! I "(E , TtF,' USe J | FL'Y-FEBRpARY I ALREAOV [ [[[.-SAX RSWA)U'f ,'T!-I)0FOLB "1"O - BUT NOT L I upoN 05- OLD LEAP YEAI. I , ,11 SH0ERS TO THE SIO-G(O YA.- THiS SWEET,# [1[ [1[ - I.1 V "/ -- ]TREASURY TO REDUCE DEPOSITORY LIST Washington.--Drastic reduction in the number of natiinal banks designat- ed as government depositories is being made by the treasury department with the result that less than 400 of 1341 such institutions holding federal funds on June 30, 1919, are expected to escape the pruning knife. Chang,s in tile government's finan- (,ial situation, brought al)out by war's fiscal operations, it w'ls said officially, have made it necessary to abolish hundreds of the depositories and revise the plan for distribution of government monies among banks employed since prior to 1912. Practically half of the banks to be deprived of government balances al- ready have been eliminated from tire rolls and outstanding balances thus have been reduced from $52,000,000 to $27,000,000. With the establishment of the fed- eral reserve banks and branches, gov- !ernment payments have been made ;more and more through them and thus abolishment of the national bank de- positories represents a furth'er lean- ing of the treasury on the reserve banks in carrying on the nation's busi- ness. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Official figures given out show that the British national debt on April 1, 1919, was £7,481,000,000. Day laborers employed In the plants of the United States Steel corporation have been granted a 10 per cent wage increase. An extensive survey of living costs in tile principal cities of the country will I)e started this week by the de, partment of labor. Samuel Adams of Chicago, editor of the American Fruit Grower, has an- ,nounced his candidacy for the republi- can nomination for vice-president. Mrs: William B. Leeds, widow of the American tinplate magnate, was married by'civil ceremony to Prince Christopher, younger brother of former King Constantine of Greece, at Gene- va on Saturday. Louis W. Hill, chairman of theboard of directors of the Great Northern rail- road, and son of the late James J. Hill, announcgd that he will retire from aetl:ve management of the road shortly after it is restored to private owner- ship. All N.ew Eng! and and,,New. York state early in the week were in the grip of the coldest weather of the win- ter new records for low temperature being reported in many communities. The thermometer registered from 8 to 42 degrees below zero. "I Don't Need to Tell You" , says the Good Judge I Why so many men are going to the small chew of this good tobacco. You get real tobacco sat isfaction Out of this small chew. The rich taste lasts and lasts. You don't need a fresh chew so often. Any manwho uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put In Two $00les RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco _$  Lolion--Murine for Red. ma JL ' ne., Soreness, Granule- J and Avoid l -1 t/,.. '/ ( Uon.Itching and Burning IUU rlEOof the Eyes or Eyelids; " Drops After the Movies. Motoring or Golf will win youT confidence. Ask Your Drugsit oMurine when your Eyet Need Care. MurtnO ]ye ]Remedy' Co..ebb, agO m. SHELTON-OLYMPIA Flail Stage Line L. M. STEWART, Prop. Daily Schedules Leave Shelton 8:30 a.m. 3:00 p. m. 11:30 a.m. 4:45 p. m. Waiting Room and information about all con- nections at Johnson's Garage. % Leave Olympia t 7:00 a.m. 3:00 p. m. 11:30 a.m. 6:30 p. m. Headquarters at Central Bus Station Waiting Room and Lady Atfendant. Phone 22. € BUY NOW WHILE DELIVERIES ARE POSSIBLE Buy your Ford car now while deliveries are possible. There is only a limited, specified number of Ford cars allotted to this territorY. YOU will be wise to buy one now while we can get cars to deliver. A signed order with us is your ptection. Even our small allotment of Ford cars is not shipped us until  we have bonafide orders $or them. This is because the demand for Ford ears all over e country is greater than the supply or prdduction. So don't depend on spring delivery. Only so many Ford cars will be shipped into this territory; only s 9 many will be able to get Ford cars. If you would be forehanded and plan ahead, you will have us deliver you a Ford car as soon as possible. Then you will have it to use whenever you want it. The Ford is an all year utilitY-Tin your home or business, lts ser- viceability, its ease of operation, its low cost of maintenance has made it such. It will serve you the year around. Spring and summer, autumn and winter, it is your servant; always ready to do your bidding. WALLACE JOHNSON MOTOR COMPANY Insist on Genuine Ford Parts i 'EAR? L II Is c No SIOWR $.-'DEAR l.'NO '5OwEIS- TdF WI40LE NAris4'4 5 re, HI :/ i 1,2,,