The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-24
Local News.

4hOmas Hughes is having an add
ton made to his shoe shop for living
quarters.
The sale of lands for delinquen
taxes 1891, will be begun by Treas
O'Nei1l on Sept. 3rd.
j, A competent teacher desires a dis
trict school to teach. Leave word o.
address at this Office. 2w.
The notice of the sale of schoo
lands in Sec. 36-21-2w appears else
where. Sale by the Auditor on Sept
10Th.
Connie, the u year old son of Benny
Wiley fell and dislocated his left ell
bow last week. DIR. Beach repaired the
damage.
Receiver Crowe1l has been empower
ed to issue certificates of Indebtedness
to claimants against the Shelton
(Railroad Company.
John Kneeland is having the lumber
cut in the local mill for the erection OF
a dwelling on his block corner of Gotta
a4adSeventh streets. -
The JOURNAL has just received two
line tanning mills, with selves, for
cleaning all kinds of seed, for Chas.
Saeger and Joseph Carstairs.
| 6. A. Georke is having lumber haul
ed for the erection of a neat house on
his ranch. Randolph Elson is deliver
ing the lumber from the Shelton mill.
The JOURNAL. can furnish cheap a
S5O certificate for tuition at the Annie
Wright Seminary in Tacoma, if one
of our young ladies wishes to attend
that institution.
w. H. Maxwell is having the old
sheds in the rear of his business lot
torn down to make room for small ad-
ditions to both the dwelling and Hun
ter & Eaton store.
Tom Chapman and Fred Ferris cap
tured big sturgeon, over seven feet
long, in the bay last Friday. Schools
of these fish are said to frequent the
The Baptist social last Friday even
ing was decided Success. The
grounds were pleasantly arranged
and splendid social evening spent.
The proceeds were about SIS.
A pleasant social dance was given
at Atkins place down the bay last
Saturday evening. A number of
Sheltonites, and the logging boys en-
joyed themselves at the dance.
In order to place the JOURNAL in
the home of every taxpayer and voter
in the county, during the campaign,
special low rate of Is cents is made
for this paper until Dec, LIST, next.
Those DESTROYS of 1iquidating sub
scriptions due this office by cutting
and furnishing wood, should do so in
the next few weeks. Any premiums
can be arranged on the same terms.
Proprietor Setter, of the Occidental
Hotel at Union City, gave a free
dance last Friday evening. Shelton
as we'll as the Canal points were we'll
represented, and the visitors report a
fine time.
Now is the time for candidates to
announce themselves and give the
people ample time to look them up,
and see what manner of men they are.
Taxpayers will want to know all
about it this year.
Frank Knee1and has secured the
contracts for constructing bridges
across Johns creek near the Wiley
Mill, and at the new Cutoff crossing
near Shelton. The lumber is now
being cut at the mill.
The board of equalization has COM
p1eted it's 1abors, and listened to the
few complaints brought before it. Not
many changes were made in the assess
ment rolls. The changes made will
be published next week.
At the teachers examination last
week the following received third
grade certificates: Althea S. Corey,
Martha Hodge, Ethel Brown, May R.
Ready, Mrs. A. J. Clay and E. E. Tay-
1or. One applicant failed.
VIM. II. Asmus announces that he
wants all kinds of farm produce in
exchange for all kinds of store goods,
at prices of mutual benefit. He also
has several fine Wheeler & Wilson
sewing machines for sale cheap.
c. w. Blackwell, a logger near
Aberdeen, reports that elk in the
O1ympics are slaughtered wantonly
and out of season by miscreants who
go up the coast into the mountains.
The matter deserves the attention of
the game authorities.
+ In another column will be found a
card from the Puget Sound University
at Tacoma, of which Rev. c. w. OAR
row, A. M, formerly in charge of the
NJ. E. Church in Shelton, is one of the
faculty. This school furnishes ex-
cellent facilities for education at
reasonable cost, and have been very
successful.
W. H. Asmus by diligent work last
Sunday has re-arranged his store
rooms, changing counters and she1v-
ing, and cutting an arch near the
front for the convenience of custom
ers having business in the opposite
department. His store is now large
and conveniently arranged to do an
immenSe business