The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-01
Local News.

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local post Office.
Turkeys galore.
Did you catch one?
Our Thanksgiving offer is repeated
The County Commissioners NEE
next Monday.
Geo. Draham's school at the WILEY
Mill closed last week.
1t is reported that the Carstairs in
tend to open new butcher shop.
3. S. Barger was out with Bingham
On his Satsop ranch last week ant
brought down a deer.
Bill Wyatt has been s1aughterine
town dogs found chasing his sheer
near Shelton's prairie.
City election next Tuesday. It is
not likely to be very lively, as MOI
more than 120 are registered.
J. H. Baker chased deer down the
south side of the bay the other day
but some "duffer" in row boat got it
Andrew Getty has begun work on
his contract to build section of road
crossing Curt. Beers place, in the
Egypt valley.
The Willie broke down Tuesday
morning, missing the regular mail
trip, but the Doc tor brought the mail
about two O'Clock.
In another column will be found the
application of J. A. Gale, J. K. Taylor
and J. Smith, in the purchase of oys-
ter lands in Oyster Bay.
No school Thanksgiving day. Elk
erciCAS ~Aro IL w Al 40
at which number of the parents and
friends OF the school were present.
Two calves found dead under a stub,
near the Summit, mentioned last week
belonged to Dan. Myers. They were
two valuable Jersey heifers and are
quite a loss.
The tug Zephyr brought down a lot
of boomsticks Wednesday. It is report
ed that all of the Williamson Com
pany's logs will be RATED and taken to
the Tacoma mill.
Ig. Worcester, Mack Draper and the
Williams boys captured a big bear
down the bay last weeK-a big black
fellow, with splendid fur, which Ralph
Potts is now making into rug.
Many of the farmers raised turkeys
this year, and there were more birds
on sale here than ever before. Prices
ranged from $3.50 to $500 apiece, ac-
cording to size.
Albert Insell and J. D. Rengstorff
both brought the editor turkeys this
week, and with a supply of fine cram
berries from Frank Cars bog, the
JOURNAL will be enabled to properly
celebrate Thanksgiving day.
The Washington Southern engine
went out to Bordeaux's new logging
camps to bring in the crew, who have
been engaged in building camps and
skidroads for the next logging work
We understand that the work has been
completed.
Wedding cake is usually very ex-
pensive and mysterious, connection"
OF which man gets a sufficencv but
once here below. While we don't pre-
tend to act as cake-critic for this COM
munity, still this Office is often remem-
bered with samples, of which the last
received is always the best. We neg
lected to thus credit Mrs. Knee1and's
samples of Fruit and Nut cake.
Quite number attended the turkey
shoot last Sunday, and many were for
tunate enough to capture turkeys at
a light expense, while others paid a
good price for their birds, and some
failed to get any birds, though
putting up the price. Angus McDon-
aid made the best shot. hitting the
bulls-eye. The Shorter's carried home
five birds. J. D. Rengstorff will have
another shoot on the Sunday before
Christmas. Better luck next time,
boys.
Sheriff DycKworth visited the Sko-
konlish reservation with a view of
making an arrest, Tuesday,-some ev-
idence being reported by the Indians,
about the alleged murder of Pedd1er
Nadir. The sheriff decided that if
these vague rumors were reduced to
affidavit and sworn to, there would be
some prospect of conviction. There is
poor show of circumstantia1 evidence
and Indians are proverbia1ly poor at
remembering their stories On oath.
We understand that the affidavits are
being made.
The County Commissioners meet
next Monday to appoint delegates to
the state road convention, examine
bids for cord wood and such other
business as may legally come before
them for action. It is to be hoped
that good men can be selected, who
will go to Olympia, and help to formu-
late better plans for the construction
and maintenance of the public roads.
The subject is one of great impor-
lance, and it would seem that some
general system should prevail in all
the counties of Western Washington.
A state road commission is suggested,
but judging from every other state
commission that has been appointed,
it would be difficult to get men appoint
ed who know anything about so com
mon thing as a public road. The
real practical work must be done by a
county.
STABBING AFFRAY.-Two youths
Herbert Johnson and Sammy Forbes
the latter being the larger boy and the
aggressor, fought on the street last
Thursday night. Forbes kicked the
johnson boy and the latter retaliated
by using a pocket knife. Forbes re-
ceived ofour stabs in the back, one Of
which came near the left lung. The
wounded boy was very sick for several
days, but under the treatment of DIR
Beach is getting along nicely. The
Johnson boy, who is only fifteen years
of age, was arrested for assault. but j.
now out awaiting the result of the in
! juries. There are several boys, big
enough to Know better, who are con
tinual1y abusing the smaller boys, ant
this should be stopped. However
there can be no justification for one tc
use knife, and both of those boy.
should be punished.
GOOD ADVICE.