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


Governor. The subject of re-Incornoral.
ing Shelton has been thorouobly discuss.
ca within inc past week. and the general
sen.iheht Is In favor OF letting the mat
.er 30 LOT TWO or three months, and for
'nis main reason In incorporated cities
anu towns the new law provides that
sucii ianos shall be sold to the highest
oiuuer, and this might work TO the disad
vantage OIL shelton. David Shelton's or
iginal donation claim now includes
considerable portion Of the tide flats,
put II incorporated, he would practically
nave no mold upon them, unless he pur
chased the land by bid. As IT now stan is
Ine committee to be appointed by the
governor will appraise these lands, and
he VIII be given sixty days in which to
purchase them. His policy so far has
Decn generous one, giving liberal loca-
lions 10 any industry that came along,
ana ne would be more likely to continue
mus policy than capitalist. who would
purchase Tor direct gain. Again it would
De 100 late to secure the liquor licenses for
pubic Improvement. II might perhaps
take until July to get the water front
matter settled, but in the meantime it
would be policy to look up good set of
officers. Municipal offices are thankless
ones at best, but we hope, for the good of
Shelton, that competent business men will
0e prevailed upon 10 fill the various of
fees.
The County surveyor will lay out a road
to Allyn from Mason Lake. The road
from the latter place to Shelton needs
considerable improvement made, as there
is now quite settlement On and around
the Lake, which furnishes considerable
trading 10 Shelton. A school district
polling place and post Office should be
given the people there this year, which
would be a good induccment for other
settlers TO locate there and make a pros
porous settlement
once there was man named Berry,
says the Sumner Herald. He sent in
bill before it was due. The person who
received the bill wrote in reply as follows:
Here's pretty null, Berry; you have
sent in your bill, Berry, before it was due.
Berry. Upon my feelings you rasp, Ber-
ry, your father, the elder Berry, would
not have been such goose, Berry. But
you needn't look so blue, Berry, for l
don't care straw. Berry, and if you write
again before June, Berry, I'll maui you
until you are black, Berry. This was
not Jim Berry.
There are persons in every community.
observes an exchange, who like to see It
newspaper attack public abuses, denounce
monopoly, expose corruption, attack their
enemies and praise their frierds-all at
its own expense. These same people
often borrow the paper to see what it has
to say on such topics. When it comes to
hao ~ I'll
ken journal with liberal patronage these
gentlemen are generally non come-at-ibus
in swampo. or words to that effect, and
we desire TO add that it relates an unim-
peachablc truth in that paragraph, says
the Oracle.
Information wanted of Byron S. Brown,
who left home, COPYRIGHT, River St. Clair,
Ont, Canada. in May. 1880 His age is
now about % years; height, it. liz in;
dark hair; brown eyes. He is SUPPOSED
to be living in this locality. and anyone
having seen or heard of aim would con-
fer a kindly favor by communicating
with his parents. Photograph will be
sent to anyone applying. Please address
E. G. Brown, London P. O., Ont.
One J. c. Williams, an employe at the
Port Blakely Mill, struck Fred Freeman,
chief tally man. last week, with piece
Of pipe, inflicting injuries from which he
died soon after. The murdered man
came to the Sound in 1856 and has been
connected with various mills since, being
with the Blakely mill ten years. His
murderer is in custody.
The Central Hotel has been sold to
Amasa Jones, of Ohio, the purchase price
being $1,000, so we understand. Mr.
Jones has had plans made to fit up a
third floor and add other rooms to the
building. The Central has been very
profitable, and under Mr. Jones' man.
agement will prove satisfactory invest
ment. He will be valuable citizen
to Shelton.
An exchange gives new wrinkle about
the age of horses which may obiige the
horse dentist to give up his trade. 1t is
said that after horse is nine years old a
wrinkle comes on the eyeld at the upper
corner of the lower lid. and every year
after he has we'll defined wrinkle to each
year. If horse has three wrinkles he is
twelve; if tour he is thirteen and so on.
Members of the Catholic denomination
have secured piece of land on north
First street. and were soliciting for sub
scriptiOns this week, to aid in building a
church. Perhaps by next year several of
the differen! denominations will be rep
resented by churches, besides the Meth
Odists.
The Aberdeen Herald comes ont in
new head and splendid illustrated
descriptive issue last week. The Washing
tonian of Hoquiam, now sports a cylin-
der press and steam power, and two adj
ditional pages of matter. The Gray's
Harbor country is growing.
The Seattle Insurance Company has
gone into bankruptcy. 1t was incOrpor-
ated in November 1888, and lost heavily
in the fires of last year. These small
companies are not very safe or reliable.
Get policy in a safe company, like the
State of Oregon.
Another victim of the tobacco habit is
the case OF Matilda Ruby, of Kentucky,
who began chewing at the age of 10 years
and kept it up for 1875 years, when it killed
her. All bad habit needs is plenty of
time and it will get the best of the most
robust constitution.
What is to be done about base ball in
Shelton this summer? There is material
here for a first class club. and some one
ought to give the enterprise starter.
There is scarcely an individual but what
enjoys good game of base ball. Count
US in.
The new locomotive. William Short,r,
No 3, arrived this week. and is being
cleaned and put up in the Satsop Com
pany's round house. 1t will probably be.
gin work on Monday, and relieve the
Agnes from duty tor while.
A man by the name of Gus Mcmillan
was taken 10 the hospital at Olympia, last
week, from Kamilchie. lie was working
in logging camp and while driving an
OK team one OF The animals kicked him
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