The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-18

IoOO and Hawley 1900 out of 1900. Their,
were others who lost almost all their cat
Tie anu sheep. In Mason county several
small stock owners lost few head, bu
on The whole, the stock came out in ex
Geiient shape, considering the season.
rat Vance, on the SkOkomish, is report
ca 10 have lost seventeen head out OF
thirty. The season is now over and the
STOCK has been turned out to get theiI
own living from this time Farmers
should be provided for such emergencies
and not sell off all the hay they raise
There is always a profitable demand for
nay In the spring, in case their stock
does not need it.
Almost every city or town of any note
has issued ciculars, or other printed mat
ter, and this office is now engaged in get
ting up an SPACE pamphlet, which will
contain diagram of the town and its
surroundings, and also late view, if we
can have the work done The expense
will be borne mainly by the Skeletons.
but there are numerous other property
owners, who could we'll put in a few
dollars, and we would like TO have their
aid, giving in return all the pamphlets
they can make use Of We want them
scattered broadcast, and we all. indiyid-
ually and collectively, will reap benefits
ten fold.
We have received from Crawford and
Conover, the most enterprising real estate
firm in the State, an illustrated book of
sixty pages, entitled, Washington. the
Evergreen State, and Seattle, its metrop-
oils" While giving great deal Of solid
information about the state in general
the book is mainly devoted to Seattle
The cuts are of its prominent buildings,
excepting one, which shows the advan-
tageous position of Puget Sound in re-
gard to the foreign trade. AS for the
sobriquet, "The Evergreen State" we
can think of no other commonwealth
which merits this title any more than
Washington, so let it he adopted to our
especial use.
L McPhail resumed the management
of the Commercial hotel last month and
with his assistants has been busily cngag-
ed since in renOvating the establishment,
and getting it In first class order, as we'll
as furnishing eight new rooms, in the
new addition. The Commercial now has
over thirty rooms and can accommodate
eighty guests. Attention has been given
to the culinary department, and the din
ing room is clean and pleasant. The
Commercial sets an excellent table, first
class meal for 20 cents. A verandah has
been built on the front CT the building,
which improves its appearance consider
ably. The Commercial is first class h,,-
tel.
The stock company owning the big
Pacific mill, one OF the largest and best
on the Sound, are in very hard lines fl
nancially, and last week mortgages
amounting to $3.50 600 were filed against
the property. A large share of the pa
per is in favor of the Satsop Railway
company and lis officers, who are part
owners of the mill, while the National
Bank of Commerce hollis claims mount
ing to 100000. Smaller claims are also
held by Tacoma merchants. 1t is thought
that the company will make an assign
ment for the benefit of creditorS.-Pioneer
Several new houses are proposed this
week. Chas. Norton is building dwell
ing near the school house, Miss Ansorge
will build near there, on Gotta street. Da-
yid Shelton will build several new houses
this year; one of which will he built near
the Fourth street bridge Immediately.
New dwellings are going up in all parts
vi INV II anu tuC saw uilil Is CION ucQ WIFI
orders THIS is activity, and although
there may not be as much money around
loose as in boom, it gets there in excellent
shape. But don't forget that onr time is
coming, so look out for another moon.
Remember my son, says Robert Bur-
dette, you have to work, whether you
handle pick or Il pen, a Wheebarrow
or sci of books digging bitches or ed
iting paper, ringing an auction bell or
writing funny things, you must work. If
you look around you will see that the
men who are the most able to live the
rest of their days without work arc the
men who worked the hardest. Don't be
afraid of killing yourself with overwOrk
They die sometimes, but it's because they
quit work at P. 81. and don't 60 home
until 2 A. NJ. 1t is the interval that kills,
my son.
The legislature of Washington has es-
tablished the weights of grain and other
commodities, ar follows: Wheat, clover
seed, potatoes, 80 pound per bushel; Rye,
Indian corn. flax, Sc; oats, SO; barley, 4S :;
buckwheat, 40; dried apples and peaches,
%; green apples and pears, 30. County
auditors are made scalcrs of weights and
measures, and they must prove all scales.
A curious escape is reported from the
district lying on the line between Thurs
tou and Lewis counties. A little girl
named Ada Lynn had great tree fall
apparently right on top of her, but the
limbs parted on each side of her and
left her unframed Her father who fellcd
the tree, was almost paralyzed with fright
and has been unable to work since.
The Allyn Times shouts out as follow ::
"Allyn needs blacksmith shop, hard.
ware store, brick yard, sash and door
factory, fish cannery. stationery and
book store, jewelry store, hotel, boot and
shoe store, and all kinds of manufactor
les" Now if Allyn needs all those nee
cessaries, We would like to know what
on earth they have got.-Pioneer.
There is not a vacant house in town
Every day families are inquiring for
houses TO rent. 1t would be well for some
of our property owners to erect some
more houses to accommodate the rush
which will occur TO this place within the
next three months.
One of the irst acts of the new board
should be to see that the sidewalks, pro-
vidcd for by the defunct organization are
built, with but little extension of time, as
we'll as The walks needed in addition. We
propose to begin agitaling the question
early, so that they will be built by next
winter.
By offering inducements Slaughter gets
a boot and shoe mandatory. capable of
turning out 400 finished pairs of foot
wear daily. They have also secured other
industries. Let US get the single mill in
operation and it will be the means of
bringing other manufactures into our
midst.
When P. T Barnum slid farewell, to
weil-known English circus m mayer the
latter remarked: I'VE shall meet again
in heaven, my dear Barnum." The