The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
Local News.

accommodation of Chehalis County
farmers.
The steamer Clara Brown has form
ed combina alton with the Mary Per
ley, and will handle freights between
Shelton an6 Snohomish.
A Pennsylvania glass factory;
! which makes speciality OF fruit jars,
and employs 200 hands, is looking
for location at Olympia.
w. B. Haines discontinued his whole
sale oyster, clam and crab business,
in Seattle, June l, during the close
season, and open up again Aug. i.
A three months term of school has
began in Dist. %, u short distance
down the bay with Miss Martha Hodge
in charge, seventeen pupils were en-
rolled Monday.
A new theory in trolling is said to
be successful III Lake Washington for
the big trout; that is to weight the
line so as to run about thirty feet
below the surface, where the water IS
clearer.
Grand Lodge K Of P. meets III
Olympia next Monday. Several divi-
sions of the Uniform Rank Will be
there for the competitive drills, for
which $500 prize is offered. Thos.
McLarty will represent the local lodge.
The laws of this state give the fran
chise to women OF lawful age III school
elections. Their chance to vote will
come on June 18th. Ladies', don't
miss it, if for no other reason than the
novelty of taking part in the election.
Following is the list of grand jur-
ors for the July term Of U. S. Federal
Court at Tacoma: Lewis Munson,
San1. Ogg, James 3. Shelton, Geo.
II. Wamsley, Geo. D. Kennedy and
Ed Rex. The last three named are
not in the County.
A gang of graders on the Cutoff
quit work Saturday and struck across.
the country for Port Orchard. The
contractor refused to re-purChase the
tools the men bought to work with, it
is said, and the crew destroyed them
before they left, axes, borrows, sliov-
els, picks and all.
The E1ma Chronicle says: George
Simpson, superintendent Of the ?. S.
& G. H. r. R., has exs III ned the steel
rails that were taken from the Aber
corn wreck, and are now at CosmOpo
lis, with a view to purchasing them
for his company Mr.. Simpson ex-
poets to build several miles OF new
track for future logging operations.
The Elma Chronicle thinks: THE
assessor of Mason county is rust1er.
He makes the assessment of the
county single handed, and will pre-
pare the roll with the assistance Of
one clerk ChelaIs County has
quite a force of deputies IN the field
for this work, but Mason County is
considerably smaller, and the assessor
can do this work within the allotted
time.
School days are over and the pupils
have a long three months vacation
before them. Let them keep fresh
the lessons learned during the past
term and not let their books rust from
disuse. A lesson learned, and saved,
need not be learned over again, and
when school re-opeus i'll September
the pupils will be in trim for advance
ment. Each year should witness a
better idea of the value of school ad-
vantages.
photographer Baker and the Editor
drove over to franklin Purdy's place,
| about three miles up the Sio1o1nisf
| river, last Sunday, and enjoyed
splendid trip, although the river was
too high for much success at fishing,
Mr.. Purdy is Z pioneer Of the carly
sos, and his farm is second only to
the Webb farm. Mr.. Purdy claims
that a road can be constructed from
his place to the Johns Creek bridge
| distance of about three miles, at
slight cost and Il good easy grade up
the hill secured This would reduce
| the distance to Shelton, for the ranch
ers of that vicinity, considerably.
Mr.. Purdy has some very fine
stock, and altogether 4 place that
should be very profitable.
HORTICULTURAL MEETING.-Secre-
tary Tonneson, Of the State board of
| horticulture writes that himself aud
Mr.. G, H. Ross will hold 4 meeting in
Shelton on Tuesday, June 12th at
p. M, and at Satsop on the 18th at
about o'clock They expect to ar
rive on Monday afternoon, hold a con-
ference, and visit several orchards in
this vicinity. We hope that every
fruit grower will be present, and that
some enthusiasts will be prepared to
take the visitors to their orchards.
They may be assured that the time
will be spent most proftab1y, as
Messrs Tonneson and Ross have
studied fruit growing, pest eXtermina-
tors, etc, in scientific as well as practi-
cal way. Let our Satsop farmers
turn out in force also; since the board
has Kindly consented to visit this
county, we hope everybody will come
out and learn.
Lin Town Council.