The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-04

OF twelve blocks square there remains
but little uncleared land, and Shelton is
visible to the incoming passenger, for al
most mile back from the bay. The new
buildings are rapidly filing up the va
cant spaces, and giving the little city
prosperous appearance. The houses ay-
erage very well in appearance, and
those who build in the future should plan
neat and attractive homes. A few i'm
provements and ornaments often make
great difference in the appearance of
plain or common house.
One of the biggest corporations in this
country is the Puget Mill Co, with head
quarters at San Francisco, Cal. The 10
cal office for their great saw mills In this
state is at Utsalady. This corporation
owns over 100000 acres of land situated
in different sections throughout the state.
Much Of this land has been logged and is
of the very best quality for farming pur-
poses, but until quite lately none Of their
lands were for sale at any price. Last
week, however, to the surprise Of every
body. $50 acres near Seattle were dis
posed of, this being their first bona hde
sale. A great many are anxious TO know
| if they intend to follow up the good
| work and dispose of their "hoarded up
and cheaply purchased lands" to actual
settlers at anything like reasonable prices.
I-Ex.
The Tacoma Mill Company, which
for some time past has been running on
short hours, will run for six weeks on full
time, crowding their mill to its utmost Ca
pacity. The cause for this unwonted &C
tivitv is the fact that the company has Sc
cured large contract from the Port
Townsend s. Southern Railroad Company
to furnish ties for the entire line, and the
mill began saving them this morning.
The production of these ties is carried on
very rapidly. A log is squared to the size
of four ties, sawed once in two each way
| and passed on to the trimmers, where
they are rapidly cut into the required
lengths and forwarded through chutes TO
the wharf where they are loaded on
barges and schOOners for Port Townsend.
| The barge Lawton will be the first one
loaded, others following rapidly until the
contract is ompleted.-News.
Owing to the scarcity of currency
many Of the employees of the Satsop
company failed to get paid up before
Wednesday. Consignment of coin being
delayed, H. A. Pittman and A. F. Metzger
went to Olympia on horseback Tuesday,
| and brought back load with them, so
those of the cOmpany's employees who de.
sired to spend the Fourth elsewhere,
could have their coin and leave on the
steamer. Over $4,000 was given out to
the logging boys, to celebrate the holidays.
While great deal of this money will be
worse than wasted, the boys are entitled
10 enjoy their earnings as they see fit.
even if the proverbia, rainy day. is lost
sight of.
why don't you run a newspaper like
| that?" said merchant to a publisher
throwing down blanket sheet daily.
"Why don't you run store like that?"
said the publisher of the country sheet as
he turned the paper over and pointed to
| full page advertisement that brought
the city publisher $3.50 an issue. Just
then the country publisher presented a
bill of S., and the merchant began to
talk of economizing by cutting down his
| advertisements and stopping his paper.
He did both and the sheriff is now doing
his advertising for him.
| A casual glance at newspaper will
showa list of men who helped to build
up the town. If you see good sized,
live advertisement in the paper by each
of The principle merchants, and card
from each of the small ones, you need
not enquire as to the prosperity of the
town, it's solid. But if you and the
most extensive merchants are not adver
Using their business, then you put it
down as fact that those who do try to
push their business and the town with
its interests. have hard time and an up
hill journey all the year round,-Ex.
| Nearly seventy laws passed by the last
legislature went into effect on Thursday,
June 25th. The state constitution pro.
vides that all laws, except such as con-
tain an emergency clause and appropri-
alton bills, shall go into effect ninety days
after the adjournment of the session at
which they were enacted. About thirteen
bills were sent to the governor tor his
signature when the session adjourned.
Two of these he vetoed, and the balance
became laws at the expiration of ten days,
as provided 10 the constitution.
For a few weeks past. pending tie set
Element of the Port Townsend Southern
route through town, real estate has been
dull, the owners holding at good prices.
During the past week several good sales
are reported, and number of investors
have been in town looking over the situa
tion. Shelton is all right, the town is
growing fast in good buildings and popu-
lation, boom or no boom.
NOTICE The Pioneer store at Shelton
Point is now run on cheap for cash ba-
sis. and it will pay you to call and exam
inc the stock of general merch andise.
Prices at bed rock.
| ELLSWORTH FREEBURGER.
| A settler near Clifton killed three bears
Saturday. and on Monday lie wounded
another bear and killed a deer. A bear
was killed across the bay from Allyn one
day last week.-Allyn Times.
At a recent clambake near Port Town.
send Judge Kuhn swallowed 1911 bivalves,
but was defeated by Capt. Plum, whose
score was 203. Haye our pioneers lost
their appetites?
NOTICE is hereby given that have this
day revoked the appointment of w. D.
aldwin as Deputy Sheriff.
d. M. DucKwoRTH.
Shelton June 80, 1890. Sheriff Mason Co.
NOTICE All persons knowing them
selves indebted to the undersigned will
call and settle, either by cash or note be-
fore thirty days. DR.. w. M. BEACH.
DENTIsTRY:-B. R. Freeland has bought DR..
Carlyon's Dental Office in Olympia, and is pre-
pared TO 90 al KINDS OF DenCa1 work at reason
able rates. Office in Rogers Photographic Gal
lery.
A gold watch and chain was Inst on the
road to the prairie two weeks ago. Finder
will be we'll rewarded on its return to
this Office.
A genuine Calfskin shoe, the hest in the
worlds what they say of the Sunset So. 90
shoe, at Mcdonald s. O'Neill's.
Miss Cora Pittman, sister of H. A. Pitt.
man, arrived Yesterday from Iowa. on a