The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-08


Farmer and Farm News
thrown in.
Stereo, Views, Knee1and's Hall Sat
urday night.
A short session of Superior Court
will be held next Tuesday.
Franklin Street has been fixed in
good shape, now Gotta street is deserv-
ing attention, also Railroad Avenue.
The young peoples prayer meetings
at the Baptist Church, have been
changed to Sunday evenings at {
o'clock
Several fine big Columbia River
8 llmon have been caught in the bay
this week, some weighing about %
pounds.
Chas. Norton is engaged in trap
ping on the Gosne1 creek and has
already secured several large beaver,
the skins being worth about $40 each.
Doc. Simmons, Chas. Griggs and
Orman Hunt1ey have been hauling
lumber over to Oyster Bay, where
Pete Peterson is building a new log
ging camp.
Read over Hunter & Eaton's late
corrected price. list this issue, and
note the reductions in prices which
have been made. Preserve your copy
for reference when you want goods.
This must be spring time. The sea-
son of the year when sulphur and
molasses for the youngsters and other
blood purifiers are in order, to tone
the system down to the change of sea-
SON.
The Pine street sidewalk to the
Point is now an assured thing. The
town and the property owners will
cooperate and make the necessary i'm
provements, the preliminary notice
appearing in this issue.
This Office can furnish Marlin Rifle
or Pistol or a Winchester Repeating
Rifle or Shotgun, as fine as one may
choose, direct from the factory, at a
considerable reduction,i if any of our
readers are in need of a first class fire
arm.
r. w. Shaw is doing good work
in clearing up that part of the S1o-
cum tract lying north of the creek,
which he has sub-1eased from G. w.
Freeburger. Several acres of trees
and small fruits were set out last
year and promise to produce we'll
this season.
1t is reported from Union City that
w. S. Brown and VIM. Pharris have
been rewarded for their prospecting,
by the discovery of very fair claim,
two pans washed out yielded over
twenty co1ors, and the prospectors are
finding out what they have in store.
Union City is ready for gold fever.
Don't miss the Stereoptican enter
tainment at Kneeland's Hall next
Saturday night. Scenes from for
eign lands are always interesting,
especially when properly shown.
Messrs Swain & Schofe1d have the
best instrument in the state, project
ing views clearly on canvas ten feet
square.
The JOURNAL. has received letters
from the Galloway Central Relief
Commit tee, asking for the contribu-
ton of money for suffering farmers
in western Nebraska. Usually such
things benefit lot of schemers, and
the gifts do not reach the proper par
ties, but no doubt there is severe suf-
fering in Nebraska, and persons so
disposed can read the letters.
w. G. Rex is engaged in finishing
up and improving his Railroad street
building. Wehnes, the barber, will
occupy the building, as his present
quarters are too cramped for his ex-
tensive custom. The building will be
nicely wainscoted and papered and
| will make splendid roomy shop. on
the main street, convenient to the
public. Wehnes will make speciality
of ladies work in his new quarters.
The new pile bridge across the
Go1dsborough creek on Seventh street
is now complete and the road opened
! through to the Kami1che road,
although some grading remains to be
done. The new bridge is one of the
best in the county, 8 bents of good
cedar piles each, IA inch green fiji
caps and hewed stringers of the same
size, four abreast. The bridge is put
| in to stay, and furnishes direct outlet
from Angleside. Considerable other
improvement will be made on tina,
side of town this sumner
The weather has been SO fine that
nearly every body has the Spring fever
to begin cultivating and putting seeds
into the ground. 1t is all right to get
your garden land in good shape dur
ing the good weather which precedes
the real spring but it does not otter
hasten things to plant seeds this early
Two weeks yet, provided the weather
holds good and takes the chill out OF
the ground, and the chances for ar
abundance of garden sass are much
better and it will be fully as early
because the seeds terminate quicker
the plants get a better start and grow
much faster. But this weather i
enough to give anybody the Spring
planting rever.
| A number of patrons attended thu
closing exercises at the public schoo