The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-28


/ False zlszM called out the hose carts
Thursday zfteraoon MAXWELL wants
to know who did It.
The w. c. r. @. ladies' sent Christ
mas box as Donation to the White
Shield home In Tacoma
The Christmas night dance has been
postponed until New Years on account
of the death Of Mr. McPtzir-
The Masonic fraternity gave open
Installation and banquet last night. TO
vhich few friends were invited
Union. two hearts and two .uhscrip-
tons, still We dou't kick Anyhow.
that isn't as bad a. having 4 uu1cg1
choke Us off altogether
L. K Muzsoa gives ticket to every
purchaser Of so cents worth Of goods,
which entities the holder to one cha nee
IN splendid S. album
1t seems fate that our holidays be
marre6, the funeral Of B. 2 Rocerick
occurred On July 4sh, and that Of
Lzchlin M-Phzl On Chri stuzs day
| Thos Daniels Is engaged IN cunstruc-
ting 4 big barn for WILEY & Fretzon
On the formers farm 1t the head Of
the bay, where they Will probably do
their Strengthening fer the Market IN
future
Tie JOURNAL wishes its readers 4
Happy New Year. frzught with espec-
al prosperity to zen all knowing frrl1-
we'll IT. welfare Is along the same
lines a. that of the people waife
there was EEcE TO BE thankful fer. It
IS TO be hoped that SO has better
things IN store
The logging Camps On the W s. road
closed for the holiday week. wsiIe
Williamson ouIy allowed Monday. srud
TIE Ioggers were working Christi mas
day taking advantage Of the spell of
good weather. all the logging c1raps
In the county so far as We have heard
Will resume work At o1ce, and cont arc
through the winter
schedule SO As 70 include Seattle She
leaves Shelton At q o'clock TUESDAY.
Thursday and Saturday, going through
70 Seattle touching at Olympia The
Crixto makes good time ana IS also 4
pleasant boat to travelled Capt Gus
tzfsOn IS now II charge and the boat
Is doing good freight and passenger
business
J. 4 Cole informs rs that the deal
Calling for new Logging road at the
head of the bay, Is OF. MeSsrs. Sol
Simpson, and Sam Wiley have fuve%
tigated the timber IN that vTciuftv
and hzYe decided that rurch of Il
was too small to warrant the constrrc-
ton of railroad At this time There
are several extensive tracts of fine
p1Eug timber II that section, and at
some later time the project NAV go
forward
AhoGt three hundred Of the Journal
pretty little Thznk.xivinx pictures
were given out 70 Ttx readers who took
the pains to clip the coupon and were
we'll repaid, and large number were
mailed to points all ever the countrv
from Maine to California Nzuv
readers Within the coozty did not coz
slider the effort of --cffppsng" worth
making until too late The s.chrcuorr
couidn't be duplicated IN the stores.
and many were used a. Christmas
presents
Public school re-opens Moudzy. Jan
nary .. giving the school chir6rcn two
weeks holiday vzcatiou- The teachers
are also enjoying rest Misses Todd
and McCzliagh went home to Union
City Miss Ready stayed in town, and
Profeszor-he took = LITTLE trim out 5r
the country for Christmas The chill
dren gave their teachers several sub-
stzntial tokens of remembrance and
appreciation, and are unznfnous IN
voting the present. corps of teachers 4
success
The holiday trade hzs proven verv
satisfactory 10 local rzerchznts- znd
shows improvement over last Christ
mas Shelton now supplies the bulk
of the goods used at ether points IN
m the county, and Is becoming a.
trade centre of considerable import
ance- Prices m many respects are
lower than at other points on the