The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

Otdt0S Will b1 visited by PAID anu &C
credited officer of the government and
asked TO give statistics IF his farm crops,
stocks, etc, Tor the previous year-that is
the Year 1889 The sensible suggestion
has been made that, in order to be pre-
pared II give the censn5 taaer accu rate
Information, farmers should begin now
to keep correct accounts of all farm oper-
ations, and keep il up through the yerr.
In this way only can the agricultural sta
tistiCS Of the census report be made to
have any practical valde.-EX. 4 good
feature Of the compilations will be sta
tistics regarding mortality and vitality,
which it Is hoped VIII lie secured through
co-opera:on Of tie physicians. The rec
ord Should he kepl for the fiscal year
from June LIST. and for this purpose. they
will be furnished with registers, and
irankcd envelopes for these returns.
Physicians not receiving these registers
should send their names to the Census
Office at Washington.
The Town Board met on Monday even
! Ing but did nothing further than audit a
few bills, and other routine work. Their
intention vii. be 10 grade all streets as
far as the property holders will clear
them. Fourth street and Gotta 10 Sew
enth will be ordered cleared and fully
| opened. The workmen and teams
reached Fourth street on Wednesday,
but have had TO lay off 10 await the
clearing of the balance Of street. 1.-THE
clearing on Railroad street was dore,
especially that filling to the Satsop
| Company, outlying the railroad track. the
teams could be at work on that street.
Property owners, on Railroad, Gotta and
Fourth streets should not wait longer
than necessary, as these streets are 10 be
opened, and must be cleared.
| Jeremiah Myers has about finished
his contract on the Shelton building and
expects to leave next Tuesday for his
wife and home in Pennsylvania. He
wants to return by the Southern Pacific
in order to see the country. He is not
sare whether he will return or not, but
it is likely that he will have "han-ker-
in" that way when the first pleasure Of
the homecoming Is over, but then, to
make sure, if any one has bill he
had best hand it in before Tuesday
next.
From Days Camp On the Satsop Rail-
road an extra large log was brought
down the other day 1t was exactly 100
feet IN length and y inches at the top
end, thus measuring by Doyle's rule,
about 5000 feet. Day had another
OF larger diameter. but on falling, it was
found to be partly decayed and it was
cut down to IS feet IN length. At Will
ley's camp. on the Port Blakelv Com
nanys imber, they are getting out much
timber that is considerably above the av-
erage in size
The man who was so anxious to wres-
tie the wooliy bar fhe other evening has
changed his mind and thinks he is not
as good man as he posed for, the reason
OF this sudden change of mind is that one
Shelton's fair ONES has knocked liA out
in the first refund with bore from din
ing room table. The people OF our little
town are much pleased that our obliging
dining room girl can get away with a
Two hundred and forty pound bear wrest-
lcr.-XX.
It will be noticed by time card in an
other column that the steamer Josephine
Eow makes daily trips, between Shelton
and Olympia, leaving Olympia at 2
O'Clock every afternoon, arriving here nj
., departing at and reaching Olympia
at abGut $50. This makes travel very
convenient once more. The Josephine
sill continues her opposition route 10 KaH
mllchie and is getting a big share OF the
Traffic.
I G. F. White, president of the Pacific
Mill Company has resigned from the
mana sership Of the Satsop Railroad
Company, and has sold his entire interest
in this company, which is one OF the
largest logging concerns on Puget sound,
to 3. b. Healy, Of Lacrosse, Wis. 4. H.
Anderson. wh0 has been cOnnec ed with
the company for some time, now fills
The vacant position.
Below SeaDcck, on Hoods Canal,
lana hunter accidentally shot himself
with rife, while cruising for a home.
His companion managed TO get him to
to the beach, and he was taken 10 Port
Gamble, where he died The ball pass
ed through his hand and entered the
right shoulder, from which wound he
bled to DEATH
On the Clara Brown Friday evening
was large passenger list About thirty
men arrived and left for Kan ilche, Satur-
day morning 10 go TO work on the exten-
sion OF the Puget Sound and Gray's Har-
Dor Railroad TO Montesano, upon which
a large number of men are now employed
and the work is being pushed.
An itinerant tourist, who is the possess
or of a docie bear, Of color that mi ght
once have been clean. entertained a
crowd on the streets lasr Friday evening.
Bruin found it "nliddlin" hard to board
his master in this village. bur he went
through the performance as though it
was not an old chestnut.
Tom Armstrong, one of the proprie:orS
OF Z Seattle saloon, was arrested last
week for playing dastardlv trick on
drunken man named Pat Whalcn. He
stuffed his mouth full Of paper and set
it On fire. The inebriates mouth WAS
hurled drcadGully and he has been sent
to the hospital.
David Shelton is in Olympia this week
attending lie Pioneer meeting which
convened there Thursday. a large at
tendance Of the Pioneers from all parts
OF tie Serfitory is in Olyrnnia, and we
presume they are cnjoving themselves
swapping-yarns of Aud Lang Syne.
An extension 10 the Mason County
] Central Railroad of alout mile is being
kmadc cut This week. and that section viii
ie built rs seen as possible This is be-
ING made TO accommodate the new works
Or Thos Bordeaux. Speed Shelton and
iparty arc doing the work.
as will he seen by the call for bids in
another column, the Commissioners will
shortly oreipr a vault constructed at the
Court House, according TO plans and spec
ticatons already furnished. 1t will be
strong, tiftproof and give ample room.
Another of Inc FIVE nespapers published
in Chchalis County, the Chronicle, pub
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