The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-11-17
Local News.

has Caved III, making the road impaSS
ible.
The residents of Kami1chie enjoyed
a masquerade ball at the old town las
Saturday night.
Are you working? The County
wants fifty ricks of stove wood. ReaG
the business locals.
Berie Wiley is engaged in hauling
gravel and filling up few of the inut
holes in the City streets.
Everybody register, now, for the
books close on Saturday, the 18th inst
See the Clerk notice elsewhere.
A social clam-bake is to take p1ace a
Arcadia, Thanksgiving, to which al
are invited. The Sunday school is il
charge.
It seemed like old times ag ain te
hear the Band last Saturday night
The boys are making good music, and
practice regularly.
Geo. Morash has been engaged in
delivering a big order of fruit trees
among the farmers of the county
about 500 worth.
Geo. Champ1in, is going into the
fruit tree business, and has arranged
with several Oregon nurseries to furn-
ish him the required stock.
Everybody is talking about that big
tide we prognosticated for the day be-
fore christmas. LeFranc says it will
be twelve feet higher than usual. We
quit.
Read the business locals. That col
un1n tells of the new goods and special
barg aims Of the business people, who
invite your patronage, as we'll as add
bits of hunor.
Patronize the JOURNALS advertisers.
At any rate, don't send dollar to
outside advertisers if you can help. It
is worth ten cents to spend your dol
lar in Shelton.
The cranberry crop on the Ka1nilche
marsh near Oyster Bay was very large
this year. Chas. II. Burr has picked
about $500 gallons, and has quite a
crew yet at work.
Three big RATS, aggregating nearly
two million feet of logs were in the
Williamson Logging Connpany's booms
Sunday, but the Zephyr has since
taken one away to the Tacoma Mill.
The tug Zephyr towed out a raft of
logs for Williamson Tuesday, the first
for two weeks. The booms are now
quite we'll filled with logs, the camp
turning ont about fifty thousand feet
per day.
The Postal Telegraph Co. has had a
new steam launch, Telegraph, con-
structed, which will be utilized this
winter in making repairs and keeping
up the line along the shores of Hoods
Canal.
Only one teacher was presented at
the Quarterly Examin alton before Co.
Supt. Brumbaugh last week, Miss
Mary O'Nel1, who is now teaching at
Arcadia. She secured second grade
certificate.
This Office has had a small rush Of
job work during the past week, which
including a 32-page brief to the STU
preme Court for Lawyer Hartman, in
the appeal of Tacoma Grocery Co. VS..
Mark Drahanl.
The oystermen of Oyster Bay, learn
ing of the government plan to plant
eastern oysters iii the Willapa harbor.
have petitioned the department to
make trial in Oyster Bay, which will
probably be done.
A Thanksgiving Ball will be given
in Kneeland's Hall on the evening of
the 3Otl1. The committee promises
good music and prompting, and an eX-
cella1lt spread at the Hotel Webb.
Tickets, including the supper, only
81. so.
We understand that the tax payers
have fled demurrer against the claims
of Commissioners Rodenburger and
Ca1low for extra services. There APP
ed; only that the law is unconstitu-
tiona1.
We neglected last week to express
pleasure over the improvement in the
post-office. The face of the enclosure
has been painted and the boxes re-
numbered. In the former unfinished
state these fixtures were an eyesore to
Shelton.
Hereafter, commencing Nov. 9th.
next Friday afternoon, the ladies of
the w. c. T. u. will meet at the
home Of Mrs. L. E. Rex, as the ladies
find it hard work to build fire and get
the church building comfortable for
their meetings.
There is something of an epide mic
of scarlet fever around Eln1a, in
Chehalis county. The board of health
has published notices prohibiting
school, or any public gatherings, and
asking the citizens to visit each other
as little as possible. Several deaths
have occurred in the past few weeks,
and number of children are sick.
The following school districts of
Mason County have notified Treasurer
O'Neill to extend special levies on the
tax rolls, i'll addition to the regular
County levy of twenty mills: Districts
No. Il, 10, 20, "a. each five mills, %,
two mills and district, Fl, ten mills.
These districts are the only ones that
will have any special taxes for 1893, so
far as known.
The entertainment in the Hall last
Saturday night, while very poorly at
tended, was quite good, 1t was com
posed of vocal and instrumental music,
recitations and was quite interesting
and amusing at times. Local talent is
generally pretty well patronized, but
the small attendance was probobly
due to short notice and poor advertis
| ing. The Band was out and furnished
some fine music.
| Joe Doyle has finished work at his
camp on the SKokonish river and
| moved his family into town Tuesday.
| Joe Deer has moved into L. McPhail' S
dwelling on Gotta street. and Joe
Doyle occupies his Franklin street
residence. Doyle had about a dozen
men working on the drive and the
| logs are now safely in a boom at the
mouth of the river.
| The town Council met last Saturday
night, but transacted no business
further. than the necessary. proceed