The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-06

VIC to"H III tuc people, should have an
eye on any and every matter that is prop
or and of interest, and do everything that
VIII tend to increase the value of town
property-their own among that of others
Just now an essential to our progress
and convenience is the sidewalk They
should he ordered around each block in
the central part oftOwn, Out Gotta to Sew
enth, out Railroad 10 Sixth, and on
FOURTH from Gotta to the Courthouse. and
any where else that the people are willing
to lay them. The regular meeting of
the Council was TO be held on Monday
evening, but as only David Shelton and
George Cyphert out CT the five comprising
the board. were present, the meeting went
by default and special meeting was
called for next Monday-at which we
hope to see quorum without fail, es-
pecially as the sidewalk question has
been dalled with far too long for the
comfort or satisfaction of the public.
On Wednesday evening of last week,
one &. h. Green was robbed of drafts to
The amount of about $4,000, valuable
watch and chain, and $160 in cash. The
thief entered the victims room by picking
the lock, and cleaned the gentlemen ouI
OF their valuables. Two characters were
under suspicion, and, upon their leaving
for Shelton on the following morning
word was sent to shadow them. This
was done, and several actions made bv
the parties were considered enough ito
warrant their arrest. They were arrested
and examined but nothing of very sus-
piclous character was found upon them,
SO they were released. They are be-
lieved to be slippery citizens, of which
great numbers have been driven from Sc
attic and Tacoma and fiocking to OIym-
pia. and points in this vicinity OF
course the people should he on the watch
Tor suspicious characters.
One of best attended and most enjoy.
able affairs, which has taken place III
Shelton for long time past, was the
Thanksgiving Ball, given by Freds on
| and McPhee, at the Kneeland Hall. Be-
| sides the attendance OF the dancing p1b-
| lie OF Shelton, ten couple were brought
down from Olympia by the steamers De
troit and Willie, for the occasion. The
music was furnished by Tyke Woods
leading, with guitar and cOrnet for ac
compartment, and Woods calling and
"chlpping in" appeared to enliven the
dancers. and put them all in Il good hu-
NOR. Supper Was furnished at the Rail
road Hotel, which had IA large contract
to feed SO many people. About eighty
tickets were sold. The party broke up
in the early morning, and the Olympians
left for home On their steamers. The De-
troit made short trip to the head OF the
Bay before leaving for Olympia.
|. A Nebraska paper narratcs this ed
ucational incident: A high school girl,
class A, being told by her teacher to
pasc the sentence, "He kissed me-" con-
scented reluctantly, because opposed to
speaking Of private affairs in public
HE" she commenced, with unnecessary
emphasis and iOnd lingering over the
word that brought crimson to her checks,
us pronoun, third person; singular
number. masculine gender, Il gentleman,
pretty well fixed; universally considered
good catch. Kissed is verb, transltivu
too much so; regular-every evening,
indicative mountaineering affection,
first and third person, plural number and
governed by circumstances. Mech, ev-
erybody knows me, "and down she went.
Oglc s. Swarts, of Puyallup, secured
the prize of $500 from the American
AgriculturaliSt for the best acre OF pota-
toes. They produced 45O bushels 10 the
farms on the upper Puyallup either one
of which could have won the prize offer
ed by the agriculturalist very easily.
The showing made by Ogle d Swarls,
while fairly good as an average, does not
represent the vigorous productiveness OF
the Puyallup valley soil by any means.
From $40 to $50 bushels of potatoes are
rails ed there to the acre without special
effort.-W Washington Barmcr.
An Exchange paper gives this sensible
advice: Give peddlers the cold shake
Their Interests are of no concern 10 you.
They take money out and leave none.
They have no business reputation to sus-
tain and are more likely TO skin you
than not. There is absolutely not one
single advantage in buying from ped
dler, therefore give the itinerants the
shake. There is not an article they sell
that cannot be bought Us cheaply of the
dealers in your own town, who pay taxes
and help to build it up, while the ped
oilers do nothing for US. Trade with tn
merchants aud let the peddlcrs go.''
The Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor
Railroad Company refused to pay the
road poll tax Tor number of their en-
ployces who evaded payment of the tax
To supervisor Carr The Commissioners
in the last term Instructed G. w. Hart
man 10 take steps 10 recover the amount
due. He began suit against the company,
and as no one appeared for them at the
trial held before justice Cyphert Wcndes-
day, the case vent by default, the county
getting judgment for $40.
An Eastern exchange gives the fol
l., f,,J Il
that for which it was written: "Instead
OF standing around the streets complain
ing because there are no sewers, 60 home
and clean up your back yard and alleys
The drainage may be bad, but keep the
health, and diptherla will not have so
much chance to get in its work.
The Bucoda Enterprise says that Mr.. F.
D. Spencer has succeeded in erecting
his building at Tenino, and has opened a
saloon, in spite of the efforts of some
railroad officials to prove that the ground
on which it stands belongs to the COM
pany. The courts have probably not
seen the last Of tue case.
The work Of track-laying on the new
street car lines, in Olympia, is we'll along
and it will not be many days before me NJ
bers of the legislature and other state
officers will not have to foot it through
the mud or be tilted in uncertainty with
in the one-horse tWp-wheei busses drawn
by tired horses.
The golden pen, diamonl tipped, with
which President Harrison signed the adj.
mission proclamation OF the state of
Washington, has been presented 10 Gov