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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-13
GOOD ADVICE.

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personal effort and influence to increase
the circulation of his home paper which
teaches the American policy of Protec-
ton. 1t is his duty to aid in this respect
In every way possible. After the homo
paper is taken care of, why not SUBJ
scribe for the AMERICAN ECONOMIST,
published by the American Protective
Tariff League? One of its corrcspon-
dents says: "No true American can
get along without it. Iconsider it the
greatest and truest political teacher in
the United States"
Send postal card request for free
sample copy. Address Wilbur F.Wake-
man, General Secretary, r35 West 23d
e.. New York.
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Jack Pratt's Farm

Is For Sale on good terins-1S miles
from Shelton in SW corner of Mason
county, miles from Elma, and a
short distance from Summit; good
roads. Farm contains $50 acres, about
100 cleared and under fence. Fine
stock range and best hay farm, II
mich COWS, other stock and horses
good house and barns hay rake, reap
er, wagons, and all necessary farm ma
hinery; fine springs of water; good
bearing orchard. In fact, one of the
finest farms in the county. The right
party can get it on good terms. APP
ply at this Office, or j. w. Pratt, Ell
ma z. O., Wash.
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The Market Report.

The following are the prices paid to farmers
ana producers by Seattle business houses for the
articles named, goods delivered in Seattle This
report is corrected weekly and can be used in
local trading:
HAY-Puget Sound, SO (d IA II ton
HOPs-New crop 10 "a il cts
GRAIN-Oats, $23; Barley. $40; Wheat $40:
Corn,$25; Feed meal, SIS (g 20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. new Puget Sound.
SIS and S17; Carrots SD.
BUTTER-Creamery, % cts; California, IS "a 20;
choice ranch,15 a. o.
EGGS Eastern, Is cts t. doz; Ranch, IA "a I6.
PoULTRY-spring chickens. 81 "a 4. doz;
mems, So:50@ 8; Ducks, IS al: Turkey - n ID,
SO cts; Sheep, "A cts; Hogs, & cts; Calves too
:. HIDES AND PELTs-Heavy sailed steers, 6 cts;
light, "a AZ cts: calf, M3 cts. green hides,
ct les, dry cts. Dry Elk, 10 "a 16 cts; deer.
summer, 80 cts, winter, %; sheep skins, IS cts,
full wool, 81 Ia 40, wool, IA "a Ii cts.
L0Gs-Llght demand, Fir, superior quality.
$450 "a $50 &, NJ choice cedar, $3.50; common
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4 Smash Down i'm Prices.

SHELTON, MARCH 10, '9f.
On account of the hard times and for the bene-
tit OF those suffering with that dreadful disease,
Asthma, haze resolved from this date to sell
my Asthma cure at60cts per bottle to be in or
bottles only This is safe and sure cure for
children OF all ages, infants TO adults and
speedy relief, and in almost all cases Il perma
llent cure for adult
Manufactured and sold by the Proprietor and
by Tuell, Druggist at shelton, Wash, Usual
commission allowed TO all dealers and druggists
STEPHEN +. VALLEY.
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Went on picnic
Fourth o. July;
Home past midnight
Tired 'nOugh t die.
Fireworks little
FireWater some;
Headache s'mOrning-
Had lots of fun.
AOw'S This

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh cure. +. j. CHENNEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney
for the last L. years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnan-
cially able TO carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST s TRUX, Wholesale Druggists. ..
WALDING, KINNAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Testimonials sent free Price 75c
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
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Attention, School Tea cheers.

Proposals will be received by the School Board
of School District No. Is, Mason Co., until m
August /, 1894, for teaching a (6) six months
school,. Teacher must hold 2nd grade certifi
cate, Board can be obtained for $12 per month
Prices must be in accordance with the times.
School to open Sept. 5, 1894. Male teacher pre-
fered. Board reserves all rights. Address
j. W. ROBERTS,
Arcadia .Iuy |. 1894 School Clark
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Call for Town Warrants.

Notice is hereby given to all holders of var
rants OF the Town OF Shelton. issued prior to
May lst 1894, that the same will be paid on pre-
sentation TO the undersigned. Interest will not
be allowed after June Goth. GEO VoGTLIN.
Shelton, June Is. 1891 Treasurer
MISUNDERSTANDING Canyasser of good All
dress. Liberal salary and expenses paid
weekly. Permanent position. BLOWN BROS.
CO., Nurserymen, Portland. Oregon
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shelton POSt-Office.

Mails close for the East daily at l. A. NJ.
Malsclose for the North daily at l. NJ.
Mails arrive daily y A. NJ
General Delivery open from A. NJ. to P. NJ.
Mails leave for MatlOck, Mason, Juno, Grove
aud SatSop at IN every Tuesday and Friday.
Money Orders and Postal Notes issued.
j. f. SLIGH. Postmaster.
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New Meat Market.

". .. + LIE Eb u hGEk
Has opened a new Meat Market at
the Stand formerly occupied by Car
stairs Brothers, and expects to merit
a share OF your trade by low prices
and fair dealing
~ Give me trial
G. S. FEEEBURGER, Prop.
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HOLLY July 9. 1894.


Divine services were held at the
Holly school house July LIST a full
house appreciated an excellent sermon
delivered by Rev. M. Ee11s. Independ-
ence day our neighbors turned
out and joined us in Happy valley
under the spreading sh ady maple trees
close to Anderson creek and enjoyed
an excellent dinner. Young America
monopolized the pies, swings and all
the sports and enjoyed it hugely espec-
tally making the girls run races by
means of tirecrackers-patriotic boys,
long live our Republic.
Rev w. E. Young of Lil1ewaup
made lis d call OIL his way to Brinnon
Call again Bro. Young. We have excel
lent weather for making hay and our
farmers are taking advantage of it.
]. B. Marsh l. Thomas and B. F earle
made a three days trip into the Olym-
pics last week They came back very
enthusiastic over the grand view they
had of the Sound country. MURPHY.
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Correspondence and County Notes,
NEW KAM1LcH1E July II. "a

-
Mrs. Fred Cummings was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Roberts last
week.
A man named Rogers, hook-tender
IN Sol Simpsons camp, had two of his
fingers pulled eff last Friday, and
went to Olympia to have the injury at
tended to.
A certain rancher in this district
had been to Seattle to spend the 4th,
returning via Shelton, walked home,
so that it was quite late, or rather
early in the morning when he arrived
at his ranch. He preceived some dark
object in his potato patch and securing
his gun fired at the intruder. Groans
and frantic leaps followed; then quiet;
and instead of big bear, our friend
discovered great sleek neighbours
hog in it's death throes.
The installation of officers for the
ensuing term by the Odd Fellows of
Kamilchie, last Saturday evening, was
a perfect success, large delegation
from Olympia were present, and the
bright eyes and winning smiles of
many d 1assie gay, enlivened the
scene
After the installation d banquet was
served in the dance hall, followed by
dancing, until the Wee sma' hours,
when the shril1 whistle of the steamer
Doctor called the Olympians to return.
The participants were full of praises
and wishes of prosperity for Kainilchie
Odd Fellows, No. 140. OBSERVER.
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Business Locals.
THE COURT HOUSE GANG.

Who sit in high-backed office chairs,
Wear stylish clothes and put on airs
Who in these hard times draw heavy pay
For working sometimes half the day?
The court house gang.
Who own the county. run it, too,
And tell the people what to do?
Who have one hand ON the countys throat
The other lingering its last bank note
The court house gang,
Who hate to hear poor mans groan
And build the paupers hut of stone9
And gain by this some honest (?) dimes
To aid themselves in duller times?
The court house gang.
Who anxious for the county's veal
Love themselves well enough to steal
Three salaries for single man?
'Tis said for fourth one now they plan.
The court house gang.
Whom do the people highly prize
And laud unto the very skies,
Yes, love them now so very we'll
They'd like to see them deep in h
The court house gang.
-Publicus in the Kent Advertiser
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-13

SHALL THE REPUBLIC DO ITS OWN WORK?
is the title OF the famous speech of Hon. j. p.
Jones L.. S. 5. OF Navada, which has just been re-
issued by the American Protective League. The
speech makes pamphlet OF a6 pages, and is OF
great value. Send stamps TO cover cost of print
ing Address w. +. Wakeman, General Secretary
No. 135 West Twenty third Street, New York.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-13

FAhlha ICCI SOlION Va
cOuraged over Il slight improvement III
the price of sheep. Several very flair
sales have been made of late, among
them being 1000 head of range sheep
which A. McAllister disposed of to
Victoria people at $3.50 per head; and
several thousand head which w. IL.
Peatross of Prosser, shipped to Chicago.
Fortunately for the owners they arriv-
ed at their destination just ahead Of
the floods, and melted him $40 a
head.
A Chehalis comfy correspondent
says: There will be an immense crop
of blue and red huckleber1ies in this
and Mason counties The whole
country between Shelton and Union
City will be black with them. The
woods are full of salmon berries rasp-
berries, blackberries, gooseberries and
all other sorts of wild fruits. Wild
berries grow to perfection on this coast
region. Many introduce them into
their gardens and by cultivation make
them about as fine as any domestic
sorts. This is the native home of the
dewberry. They grow large aud are
sweet.
OWING to the tie up on the North
ern Pacific, merchants at Centralia
have run low on their stock and now
have teams making overland trips
from Olympia, with provisions.
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DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
City of Shelton.
SOME FACTS OF GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT

SOME FACTS OF GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT
Us.
The County Seat.
Actual population, $50.
One Saw and Shingle mill, but abun dant site,
power, material, and facilities for dozen others.
Two of the largest lum bering railroads on
Puget Sound, eight and fourteen miles in length,
with new extensions now being built, when one
OF these standard guage roads will be within
two miles OF the Northern Pacific. Daily log
feet. Equipped with four locomotives, freight
cars and over one hundred logging cars.
Well equipped machine shops.
Surrounded and the outlet of untold thousands
of feet of logs, all kinds, qualities, and of big
sizes
A first class banking institution, the State
Bank of Shelton.
Center of a good agricultural region, cOmpris-
ing several fine valleys and several thousand
acres OF improved farming lands, tributary
Splendid gravity water system, and adequate
fire protection.
Fair streets, buildings, sidewalks, and other
Permanent Improvements.
An excellent graded public school.
Three Churches, and all secret societies.
Located on extreme Southwestern arm OF
puget Sound, nearest Grays Harbor. and II
| miles from Olympia.
Daily mails aud excellent water facilities 1ol
| travel and freight. Connection with Northern
| Pacific for freight service, only two miles off,.
No other city can offer such Inducements 1oi
| the location OF mills and factories, and the peo
| pie will do the liberal thing.
Good Hotels. and pleasant place to live ana &c
| business.
| Our main industry, numbering, brings us from
$1,000 to $1,000 day i'll fair times, and we want &c
our other woods and work up some OF this vas
| product in Shelton, and save tOwage.
| For any further Information take pleasure
trip to Shelton and see for Yourself
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Call for School Warrants.

Notice is hereby that the following school
warrants vii be paid upon presentation to the
office of the Treasurer of Mason County Wash:
Dist. /, Nos. 2lS to 23l inclusive.
s. IL and 80.
-
IL
- II - % to > inclusive.
Interest will not be allowed thereon after July
10th 1894 THOs. O'NEILL Co. Treas
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SHELTON WASH.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-13

The famous document entitled american
Tariff from Plymouth Rock to Mckinley (96
pages), published by the American Protective
Tariff League, has just been revised and reissued
1t should be in the hands of every person who
wishes complete and reliable information upon
the Tariff. Sent to any address for 10 cent.
Address Wilbur F. Wakeman, General Secretary
No. 135 West 23d Street, New York.
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Bids for School Building.

Bids are hereby called for the erection of
school house in Dist. No. "a, Matlock, Mason Co.
Wash. For specifications &c, call at JOURNAL
office in Shelton. Bids must be in the hands of
the directors by July 18th. All rights reserved.
THOMAS TAYLOR, Clerk.
LEW. X. MUNSON NOW HAS AN ASSORT
ment of spectacles and glasses, and Mason
County people can be fitted at very low prices
A BIG LINE OF STRAW HATS, CLOTH ING
Dress Goods and Ladies & Gents Furnishing
Goods just in at Mcdonald & ONeills. Were
bought and will be sold at hard times prices.
FINE SPLIT BAMBOO AND LANCE WOOD
trout rods, are very cheap this season. a full
assortment Of Flies, Leaders, Hooks and Spoons
at Al. j. Munson. ;.
| SUMMER is HERE. WANT THAT ROOM
| repapered this housekeeping time? Well,
Wall Paper is awful cheap this year. Call and
examine the lot just in at Tuell's Drug Store,
latest patterns and bargains.
! FOUR NEW SHOES FOR $50, AND OTHER
work in proportion at Keefe's Blacksmith Shop
PLYMOUTH ROCK TO MCKINLEY
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AFTER THE FOURTH
MILLINERY AT COST
AT MRS. EATON'S
NEW MILLINERY IN AT THE RACKET
HOUSE TO RENT. APPLY AT THIS OF
FICE.
FINE FISHING TACKLE AT L. h. Nun
sons.
SUMNER DRESS GOODS AT MCDONALD {
O'Neill's
suffered from billiousness, indigestion, etc
Simmons Liver Regulator cured after doctors
failed.-W. d. Bird
It's nice to sit and think and fish.
And fish and sit and think
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The bark r. X. Ham Port Blakely
lumber vessel went ashore on Dunge-
ness Spit Sunday night, while enroute
from San Francisco to Port Blakely
for lumber, will be total loss. A
heavy westerly swell and stiff breeze
have embedded the bark deep in the
shifting sands. Four tugs made an
unsuccessful effort to tow her to deep
water All the movable furniture and
fixtures will be saved.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-12-19
Poultry Requires Attention.

When one enters poultry raising
as a business and is dependent up
on it for a living, he must give it
the utmost care and attention. 1t
requires but little time and atten-
ton to manage a small flock, but if
it is Intended to 60 into poultry
raising as a business, it means work
and plenty Of it. Hard work is nee
cessary to grow crops, to conduct a
dairy, or to manage stock, and the
same of poultry. In the winter
time there may be huge drifts of
snow to shovel before the hens can
get out Of the coops, the droppings
must be removed, the quarters
cleaned, the fowls fed, and the water
cans filled. The eggs must be col
lected frequently, in order to pre-
vent them from being frozen, and
the surplus poultry and eggs must
be shipped to market. All these
details call for labor, and the larger
the number of fowls the greater the
amount of work required. Wewish
to impress this fact on our readers
as we seek to give solid truths in
preference to theories and imposi-
BILE inducements. Farmers Union.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-12-19
Be Good to Yourself.

"Be good to yourself" | was
standing in the Grand Central Sta
tion when | heard these words and,
looking up saw q bluff young fell
low who was evidently about to
start on journey, bidding goodbye
to a sweet little girl, his sweetheart
| knew as soon as saw her. "Be
good to yourself were his last
words as he swung over the moving
coach and was gone, while the lit
tie woman stood watching it sadly
for a minute, and then went away.
| don't know why it was, but that
goodbye kept repeating itself to
me over and over, and as my train
pulled out, | fell to thinking Of
how much those words might mean,
and | wish that all the girls in the
world could remember them. Be
good to yourselves, girls. IL you
are, you are sure to be good to every
one else. The girl who respects
herself is in position to command
respect from others. You may be
a jolly good girl and have as much
sport as is good for you and at the
same time he good to yourself and
act like womanly woman. There
is nothing so attractive to men gen.
orally as womanly woman, who is
at the same time a good comrade.
In these days the ideal woman is
not one who faints at a mouse and
languishes idly i'll her room day af-
ter day. A girl who begins in this
way is only laying up grief for her.
self in after life by inviting illness
and the early decay that brings
wrinkles and bad temper and all
those unwished-for things that are
to be held off as long as possible.
Be good to yourself by leading a
rational, active, health-encouraging
life. Take exercise enough to pro-
mote health and induce muscular
growth, and the strength that comes
with this. You need not be loud,
nor fast, nor wild to do this. Walk,
ride, drive or ride wheel as much
as you will; you may do all these
things, and at the same time culti-
vate kindly spirit, a cheerful tenn
per and a joyous disposition much
more successfully than you can if
you neglect exercise or work of any
kind. Be good to yourself by so
living that any man may be proud
to win you, and all men be proud
to know you. The young man gave
his sweetheart pretty good advice.
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MONAGHAN & CO..
CROCERS.

fruit trees and the crop, the change
able weather of the early spring.
time destroyed the fruit buds and
caused the failure. While the GEN.
tral markets are well supplied with
apples, at the present time, the gen.
eral distribution is unequal to the
demand, so that many farmers and
the consumers in country towns
must be content with short supplies
of what should be staple commod-
ity. Along the northern border of
the fruit belt of the Mississippi
valley, the apple crop would have
been large only for the premature
dropping, owing to the extreme
drought and heat of summer.
While the demands for fruit must
be OH the increase, the number Of
trees for the entire country, at the
present time, do not compare with
those of twenty-five years ago by
more than fifty per cent. This
should encourage the average farm
er and fruit grower, to protect the
few trees which are left and to set
new orchards to meet the increasing
demands. Because the orchards
have suffered in the loss of larger
proportion of the trees is no reason
why we may not again have long
periods of successful fruit growing.
The manner in which the average
orchard has been treated would
kill almost any trees. But few for
est trees endure the tramping and
exposure to the domestic animals.
and live. If from any cause fruit
trees become weakened in vitality,
they are attacked by insect enemies
of various kinds, and unless care
fully guarded, soon succumb to their
ravages. At this season of the
year the young trees should be pro-
tected from the rodents, such as
mice and rabbits, which often be-
come destructive during the time
heavy SHOWS lie on the ground, by
making meal now and then from
the bark Of the trees. A little pre-
caution along these lines may do
much to preserve the orchards and
to increase the supply of fruit
Farmers Union.
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Difficulties have for their object
and end the shaping of mans char
acter, and he who comes through
them without losing his courage,
who can rejoice in obstacles con-
quered, and with quiet pulse and
more watchful eye await the next,
who can truly say, "Sweet are the
lessons of adversity"-has learned
his lesson we'll. To him the gain
has more than compensated for the
toll along the way, and any other
difficulties which may rise before
him will be undreaded and unfeared
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-12-19
Difficulties.

Afterall, difficulties are but friends
ip disguise. They come with formi-
dable mien, and to meet them men
must summon to their aid every
faculty of brain and body; they
must make fight, and whether
they win or lose they are the gain
ers. Success is not always measured
as the world measures it, because
the men who sometimes fail most
signally are those who have met
difficulty most courageously. The
man who is honest and true to his
own convictions of right and duty
is never a failure, though the world
may write him such. Difficulties
decide who is the fittest to bear the
heavy responsibilities Of life. The
men who cringe and yield to them
are the failures and are not equal
to the task Of doing great deeds,
nor even to bear the daily round Of
toll.