The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-12
shelton, Friday, July II, 1859
I0CAL AND COUNTY NEWS.
Stone is in Tacoma.

G.. II. Stone is in Tacoma.
CT. White was in town on Wednesday.
Short form mortgage blanks, for sale
at this Office.
Locals are somewhat scarce this week.
Too much Fourth.
The Paul Boulon Co. may return to
Shelton, to put i'll vacation.
Sells Bros show has SO far reaped
rich harvest in this territory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berry are visiting at Da-
yid Skeletons for a short recreation.
The tug Rip was in the Bay Sunday
far a raft of tie Mason Co. Central logs
for Pt Discovery.
The Shelton buildings are receiving the
last coat of paint, which improves their
anDearancc considerably.
The DELINQUENT Tax list is published
this week. 1t is very short, showing
that the number of delinqnents is small.
All parties wishing to have an en- joy
able time, will do well to attend Mr.. AS
mus Dance on Saturday evening July 10.
The tug Boydcn removed a tow o f
about 1909 piles for Ship HarboF, near
Whatcom. They were froin the Satsop
Company's Booms.
Mis-. DR.. Armstrong arrived from San
Francisco last Monday, and the Doctor
has his office and residence Oh Second
and Franklin streets.
The weather has been quite warm at
times during the past week, but the nights
are cool ana the days generally tempered
with the cool breezes.
Nothing has been heard from Barnard
the slick sheeney, who absconded with
about $500 worth of watches and jeWeiry
belonging to Alex -Larock.
The vicinity of Seventh and Gotta streets
is being considerably opened up, aud tn G
Baptist lets present the only intervening
trees to the view Of the Bay.
A Dance will be held in Munson's Hal l
en- Saturday evening July 18th, under Til C
auspices OF Asmus' Quadrille Band.
Dance to commence at 80. Tickets 80.
Now that David Shelton has cut his
crop of hay, the Court house street will be
opened straight rough to the Point, and
Fourth will also be opened to connect
with it. The road supervisor will begin
NOrk Shortly.
B. b. Healy has team at work Oh his
tract hauling the old logs and rubbish III
to the creek bed, which will also stop lis
cutting away. lie will lay out the tract
TO conform to Shelton's additions.
Grand Chief Templar Jonas Bushnell
OF Seattle, was to have delivered a lee
ture in Shelton in June, but the date has
been change.l to Saturday and Sunday
evenings, July Goth and .-2iSt. The
meetings will be held in the Methodist
Church. and all are cordially invited to
hear the truths he may set before you,
The following sto nv has been fioatin 3
around the territory for month, bu
this is the first we have heard Of it
~. S. Musseter, formerly editor of the
Seattle Press, is interesting Tacoma cap
italists in bank which he is starting a,
Shelton. The capital stock is nearly al
subs cribed
The Shelton Post Office is unsettled
just now. We want to see the POstmas-
ter question settled, so that the money or
der office will materialize aud efforts b.
made TO secure direct mail facilities. The
mail Was forgotten on "Wednesday ant
came up by Josephine at O'Clock. Sev
eral reioimS are badly needed.
From an actual canvass of the Shelter
School district the following figures ar
obtained. Number Of children OF schoo
age, between 3 and II years; males Is
females, 50, total Isl. Those undo
school age are males, 20, females, 8!
total 20. The total number OF childrel
n the district who are under twenty on'
years, is216. q more females in the dis
triCt than males
The Port Blakely mill began working
day and night immedi ately after th
Fourth, and the Pacific Mill is als'
working doubls time as well as others o
The big mills on the sound. Pc ri Blakel'
tompany's works at Little Sko okum al,
10 run full blast flom this time on.
Is about time the depression was raised
ana are heartily glad 10 note This fore
runner OF good times.
A correspondent from Silsby's camp
Lille Shookum, says: "One word TO til
"SSers. We have one OF the best team 5
WtS on Puget Sound iu our camp, and w
are glad to let it be known. | have seer
moSt oi the transfers on the Sound a
WORK, but Henry Whitaker beats then
al. l have seen him start 1880 fee
WIN Jour yoke OF oxen, On the skidS ant
ll'lie shade up hill, too, and he can &c
noiG luIl out CT a team than any team
Ster ever saw"
g. WITH the June number of The Yves
e"ofe Magazine is issued splendid col
Ieu supplement- giving scenes in Seattl,
immediately before, during and after the
are shown 6 the Tacoma relief tent. bus
; ;mess tents, burning blocks, the train bear
lnS Tue Portland fire engine, etc. AS
direction ma Of engravirgs of that mos
Of ,i event, the destruction by firs
c;, .ne business portion of the larges
~, ,n on tuget Sound. entailing loss 0
iuliy 9l5O00,000O 90, 1t will become NOR,
a ,o'a, more valuable as time passes. Sucl
Wal destruction of business and suci
o - energy and quick recuperatior
tI - oeing shown render Seattle one o
; ,,e inarVels of the age, and these engrav
TS rs ar are valuable souvenir of the event
i,nv, west Shore is published monthly a
ren, .iaia, Oregon, at So 80 year. or ?;