The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-08-23
Local News.

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year, with "WoInankind," for
the ladies, or the American
Farmer and Farm News"
| thrown in.
The Shelton Southwestern Ry. pait
its employees yesterday.
Henry Faubert is building a two
story dwelling on First and Ceda
streets.
| The NJ E Sunday school had picnic
on Shelton prairie, near the spring
last Wednesday.
BORN.-Shelton, Aug. 10th, to thu
wife of Eli B. Robinson, son. Mrs
Robinson is staying Mrs. S. w
Shelton.
The full proceedings of the Boart
of Equalization are published this
week, together with balance of Com
missioner's proceedings.
It is reported that the Nunamake1
boys have taken their thoroughbreds
to Lewis County, where the County
fair will be held Aug. 2s-3Oth.
Cal. Saegar is building a dwelling
for Allie Saegar on his lots near the
Catholic church. Allie and his wife
will leave the farm and he will work on
the railroad.
A bouncing Az pound boy is re-
ported born to the wife of Henry
Crossman, whose home is at the head
of the bay, near Willev's mill, Sun
day, Aug. 18th.
A very substantial subscription for
the relief of Mrs. Thos. White of Cliff
ton was taken over by assessor Robt.
Fairbairn Friday. About $500 was
sent over and more is being raised.
Frank Binns has begun shipment
of his tomato crop, of which he ex-
poets to gather several tons. He has
had neat stencil plate made, and
now his boxes are marked as Shelton
product.
The Shelton ball club, or rather an
aggregation of players visited Kamil-
che, last Sunday, playing a game
in the Mcdonald field. The score was
IS to 80 in favor of Shelton. The
boys had a pleasant trip and were we'll
treated.
The steamer Monte Cristo has re-
turned to her winter schedule, and
now makes three trips each week
between Shelton and Tacoma, via
Olympia, leaving this place Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at s a. m.
Brisk fires were burning On the south
side Monday and Tuesday, endanger-
ing the Thompson, Parish and Fisk
homes, and making the smoke dense
about town. A light, cooling shower
came Tuesday night. laying the dust,
and fires and clearing the atmosphere,
so we can now see the heavens in the
natural state.
We have found and destroyed sew
eral colonies of the tent caterpillar of
late, slaughtering hundreds of worms.
If anyone who notices one of these
nests on the trees will burn the whole
mess. big proportion of the pest will
die abornin'. They are easily seen,
the big web often being a foot or so
long and attached to one or more limbs.
The populists have announced a
grand blowout for Saturday, Aug. 81,
at which Govnor Teats. NJ. D.
Woo1f and J. H. Todd will speak in
the Kneeland Hall, Shelton. at 3 and
7:3o p. NJ. A free dance will close the
evening. In the forenoon a match
running race has been arranged for
between one of Nunamaker's thorough.
breds and either Black Diamond or
the Krise horse.
On Saturday, Sept. Z, the annual
road district elections will be held
throughout Mason County fer the
purpose of selecting road supervisors
for the ensuing year. At this election
the people decide upon the special tax
| and how much they wish to be levied
for the purposes of the roads of their
districts during the year. Auditor
| McLarty is engaged in stimating the
| assessed valuation of the respective
districts, in order to show how much
each district may lawfully vote within
the limit.
The first train of logs over the Pen
insular Railway, since the late wreck
came down Thursday morning, the
work of replacing the burned trestle
having been completed the previous
day. The trains are now running
steadily, the Agnes hauling the log.
| ging trains. VIM. Shorter, who is frs
class engineer and has handled log
ging trains on this and the p. SIG. H
railroads for several years is in charge
of the Agnes. The ''dinkey'' with
Ralph Covill at the throttle, is doing a
little of everything, and will soon &C
to construction work on the new lins
to Lake Newatzel.
N. e. Atkinson who has been a
work at A. II. Hughes cedar sawnil
near Elma, reports the destruction o.
the plant last Thursday, the origin
supposed to be incendiary. Loss, in
Guiding timber holdings, about $1,000
So much timber was destroyed, tina
the remainder will not warrant re
building the mill. Slater & Grange
are rebuilding their cook house ant
other buildings and began running
their single mill this week. Tn
Springer cedar mill on the N. P