The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-05-25
Local News.

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w. H. Kneeland has purchased the
Thos. Moran place on the Shelton
Southern Railroad.
The tide land appraisers will go out
for the selection of the State reserve
land about June LIST.
| The Willie has discontinued he1
double daily trips, making only the
mail trip for the present
What about the Fourth, better at
tend the meeting in the Odd Fellow
building next Monday evening to see
what can be done.
tertainment Saturday night, and get q
copy of the Washington State song.
The County Commissioners meet
June 4th to let the contract for the
new Skokomish bridge, if all is salts
factory.
| 1t is now the season of ''1Ong-run
outs" or extreme low day tides, and
| Geoducks, our monster clans, are ex.
posed to capture.
w. R. Early is now the sole owner
of the Shelton-U City stage line.
and has also secured the mail contract
for the next four years.
The steamer Rainier on the Seattle
Union City route, broke a rudder
Tuesday, and did not get away from
the City until this morning.
The ''Y' w. c. T. U. meets tonight
at Mrs. Will Baldwin's, and all mem
bers are requested to be present as an
| excellent programme is arranged.
The little steamer Monte Cristo is
is now giving the residents of Allyn
an excellent daily mail service with
Tacoma, laying over night at Allyn.
Shelton must celebrate for the coun-
ty this year, and we should get up a
programme of athletic sports if
| nothing else. Come out Monday night.
Wiley & Fredson's butcher shop
is now installed in it's new quarters,
corner of Third & Railroad streets,
after having been over a week on the
way.
I. w. Woods will supply free tobacco
plants in small quantities, to persons
wishing to experiment with them. He
also has fine celery plants for sale.
See his notice.
VIM. Shorter is making a splendid
home on the North side, one of the
new features being an 8-foot pond
with a fountain, supplied with water
from his own system.
Public school closes today for a
3-months vacation. There will be no
exercises at the school, but an enter
tainment given at Kneeland's Hall,
Saturday night instead.
Let us hear from the expert sawyers
and choppers in Mason County, and
this Office will gladly take the steps to
put their records before the committee
of selection. 1t will be a great trip,
expenses paid.
Doctors w. A. Newell, Robert Kin
caid and 1. H. Mitchell have been ap-
pointed examining surgeons by the
pension bureau of the government, at
| Olympia, to succeed Doctors Adams,
Riley and Armstrong.
This office is preparing neat pictorial
cards, with suitable printing for use
as reward of merit, promotion card
or souvenir for school children. Dis
trict school teachers who desire such
cards for their scholars will be furnish
ed in lots to suit.
| Pres Bordeaux last week disposed
of a 10-section raft to the Had1ock
Mill, and another order of 2,000,O
to Fred Drew, for the Port Gamble
Mills, most of which were No. logs
The situation appears to be brighten
ing for the loggers.
The annual election in the various
school districts of Mason County &C.
ours on June 18th, and generally two
directors and clerk will be elected.
In the Shelton district one director and
| clerk are to be elected. We have
heard of no special taxes to be voted
in any of the districts.
| DR.. J. Brown Dentist will remain
until June 1st. Teeth without plate
Crown and Bridge work fine gold fill
ling and Aqozpa Enamel filling for
front teeth, which more closely resem-
b1es the nature tooth structure than
any other filling and is permanent.
Office room 2 Hotel Webb.
The VIM. Potts general mer chan
| disc store will be moved into the east
half of the McLarty-S Shorter store.
Since Wiley & Fredson's butcher
shop has been moved up town, Will
| Freeburger has been casting about
for a location on Railroad Ave,
which promises to be the main bust
ness street.
The secretary of the state land COM
mission has notified the local board of
tide land appraisers that in conformity
with the recent Supreme court decision
in the case of Smith VS.. Forrest it was
the duty of the board to proceed with
the survey and plating of'the natural
oyster beds of Mason County and they
will proceed with the work at once.
Judge Irwin will be over Monday to
hear the Treasurer's application for
judgment on delinquent taxes of 1891.
Judge Langhorn of Pacific county has
decided that the law allowed the post