The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-07
Local News.

only Is cents
This Office will take a few tons O.
hay on subscription account.
James B. Shelton is putting the fin.
ishing touches on his house. Watch
him
Ferd Stabenfe1dt has purchased
John Wyatt's place, miles north oi
town.
Business must be looking ND in
Shelton, several new stores are being
talked of.
DR.. Beach is having good sized
barn built on his lots. to comfortably
house his stock and hay.
John Knee1and is hauling lumber
for the erection of dwelling on his
block at Gotta and Eighth streets.
The pedestrian as well as the steam
ers travelled under the slow bell last
week on account of smoke and fog.
Treasurer O'Nei1l has been engaged
this week in the sale of lands for de-
hnquent taxes. Buyers were few, but
considerable land was redeemed.
If you want all the news read the
JOURNAL, it furnishes as much inter
esting matter as any county paper in
the state. For trial, send Is cents
for our campaign offer.
Monday was Labor Day, but it pass
ed without notice in Shelton Labor
day is not general legal holiday, ex-
cePt III such states a. have recognized
Sept. 3rd by an act, like Washington.
A M. Frost sends us a fine lot of
green corn, raised at his place down
the bay The ears are plump and
sweet, showing that the best green
corn can be raised here with proper
care.
The winners at last Saturdays dem
ocratic primaries were considerably
elated, and it is said that more than
one shutter was brought into requisi-
tons during the night to tote" ce1e-
brants home.
The Indians residing on Mud Bay
have prepared an exhibit for the Ia
coma fair, consisting of basket work
and model Indian house. The latter
is of ceda. zhakes tied together with
hazel witches.
The Oyster Bay oystermen are in
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this season, the first orders having
come IN this week. During the dull
season in Clustering considerable
trade in CLAIMS has been done.
Tuesday and Wednesday brought
fine showers, heavy enough to saturate
the ground and start the growth of
fresh grass. About Shelton the graz
ing is pretty short, but stock are said
to be doing well On the ranges.
We want a daily mail direct from
Tacoma, and the best way to secure
1t, is to have delegation of our bust
ness men confer with the chamber of
Commerce of Tacoma, and it will
come quickly Who will go down.
Lew K. Munson, has been appointed
agent for Mason County for Thos.
Kane, School Furniture Company, and
is now prepared to furnish desks or
any kind of school supplies to any of
the districts in Mason county at low
rates and terms.
Frank Tuell has the best appointed
drug store to be seen outside the
cities. Toilet and medicinal articles,
stationery, periodicals, school books and
supplies, fine wines and cigars and
notions complete the well selected
stock of this store.
Hop pickers are beginning their an
nual exodus TO the hop fields of the
Pnya11up valley and East of the
mountains. A few of our local Ind
ians intend picking hops this year, but
not as many as formerly, On account
of the low price, Is cents box, which
it is said will be paid this year.
The steamer Susie came in Tuesday
direct from Allyn, and will run here
after, making the round trip each
Tues and Friday, fare S.. This will
make it very convenient and cheap
for Allyn people to visit Shelton. and
our home merchants should make an
effort to induce them to trade here.
Frank Binns, the enterprising gar
dener, is now shipping lots of fine
well as supplying the local market.
Mr.. Binns devotes his a ttcntion to
small fruits and vegetables, and
al ways has the earliest of everything.
His experience demonstrates that
small farming pays.
For leader the Freeburger Store
has fine basket fired tea for only
twenty cents a pound. This is the
cheapest price for which any good
quality of tea has ever been sold in
Shelton In fact, our local merchants
sell as cheap as any Tacoma or Seattle
firm, and save freights, and nobody
sends away for goods nowadays.
/ Last week brought the smokiest
weather we have had for six or seven
years, probably since 1855, and when
IT was becoming positively unbearable
kind Providence sent wind storm or
Friday afternoon, which partially
cleared away the clouds of smoke, and
Saturday blew up light shower which
purified the atmosphere and left rs the
usual invigoratiug ozone TO breathe