The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-18
Friday, April. Is, 1890.
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS.

American
Farmer Free.
Read the Special Notice.
More new hats at Mrs Eaton's.
G. ~. Williams, painter, see his card.
A well selected stock Of wall paper at
II unson's.
McKanlass MINISTRIES are to show here
Saturday night.
Call and get pair of Sew Downs Man
ufactured AT Asmus & Sargison's.
Microscopes, CompasSes, Spectaclcs of
all kinds, and Yankee notions at Stones.
Henry Faubert returned, Friday, from
Vallcytield, Quebec, where he spent the
winter.
The Key West Beauty. fine ten cent
CT gar, Stone sells them for only a nickle
Try them.
This is surely no false alarm, Summer
is here Catch onto the summer suits
and straw hats.
G. Noschka was in town this week,
with his samples. taking orders from the
boys for new suits.
They all say the JOURNAL is good pa
per. Those who have not subscribed
should do SO at once,
What is the matter with stirring up the
Fourth of July question. OF course
Shelton will celebrate.
Mrs. Cans tone was visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Frank Munson, last week
She lives in Lewis county.
We were disagrceably surprised to see
the slight fall of Snow, which met our
IT,, "A Low
David Shelton has gone over to Oregon
TO renew acquaintan ces with several OF
the early pioneers, of the Willamette val
ley.
The steamer Clara Brown was on
the gridirons at Olympia to have her
bottom scraped and be repaired. She re-
sumed her run Wednesday.
A pleasant social dance took place in
NJ ,nson's Hall last Friday night, which
wis well attended. The dance contin-
ued until mid night, and good time is
reported.
Everybody, that is. those who have lots
OF good soil, is gardening, planting spuds
an ii wedding the strawberry beds. Catch
them paying three cents for poor spuds
after this, not much.
For Plain AID Fancy DISSEMINATING
and embroidering, call upon Mrs. Stack
house, who has opened parlors in the
green Shelton building, On Third street.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 2w.
Mr.. and Mrs. FredsDn were over from
Kamilche this week. They think Shell
ton has grown wonderfully, and wish they
had cast their lot with MS when they left
Oakland two years ago.
Arthur Nccdham and J. w. McKeehan
killed large cougar near the formers
place Sunday Old Sprite attacked the
animile before he was dead, and wears
chewed ear in consequence.
Tom O'Neiil, while down to Tacoma
laying in a new stock Of goods for Nc
Donald and O'Neill's store, purchased a
light spring delivery wagon, in order to
properly handle their growing trade.
Last Sunday, while Mrs. Ieake was
away, visiting at Wehb's on the Skoko
mish, and harlic was at work, some
sneak thief broke into the house, and af-
ter ransacking everything took some
money, and other small trlnkets, as me.
mentOeS.
j. w. McKeehan representing the WASH
ington National Building, Loan and In
vcStment company, Of Seattle, who haye
Shelton, was here last week He is also
interested in a land deal, which we may
hear from later on.
THE Palm Tree, and Cedar of Lebanon"
will be the subject of Rev. G. E. Luce's
morning discourse, at the NJ. E Church,
Sunday April Goth. For the evening, the
subject will be Saul's conversion. Sab.
bath school at Pm, All are invited to
attend the services.
II pays to have stumps blasted. Paddy
Roman. the powder man has been officiat
ing with the explosive this week on the
Editors lots, Seventh and Gotta streets
Twenty very effective shots were fired,
saving months work at grubhing
Among the last, a 20-pound fragment of
cedar stump flew about block, and
crashed through the porch of Tom
ONeill'S, doing a few dollars damage.
which will be repaired at once.
Another whistle has been added TO the
industries, and tOotS the hours of labor
and rest, for the Satsop company. The
new machine shop is almost ready for
operail"ns. The power was steamed up
lhls week, and most of the machines are
noled 10 their respective positions, and
the Shatting and pullcys in place. The
CUNNING HHC ulaCulueTy
make this shop one of the finest on the
SOUND. The new LOGON olive, the Will
liam Shorter, was out Wednesday, and
moved the construction camp to the end
OF the road
we observe the trains passing down fire.
qnenily during day, loaded with seven
cars OF logs. but perhaps fail to note the
number OF daily trips. During this week
the trains have made an average of
N'elve trips bringing down from the
camps total of about 25O. 900 each dav
LII Tour days the output would lie mill
non leet, or about seven million feet OF
r"sS each month The camps on the Sat-
sop railroad are by no means working
.hclr best, as nearly all of them can al
most double their output, if necessary.
DOUBTLESS before the summer is over both
our railroads. together will he putting in
a'mut half million of feet daily. This
WI WI go 10 supply more than one of the
nis mills OF The Sound. as we'll as our
nome mill, and those which are among
."e probabilities tor this SIMMER.