The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-11-15

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showers during the week
And now comes the alright cook
stoves which use but one third fuel.
No mail came last Sunday but the
Shelton brought in a special mail
Monday morning.
A young brother of Mrs. VIM. Forbes
is down from Olympia, and has devel-
oped case of dyptheria.
The ladies of the o. E. S. will give
an Entertainment and Ball on Xmas.
night. Programme later.
J. d. Rengstorff will give his usual
turkey shoot on the Sunday before
Thanksgiving, Nov, oath, and we will
all get turk.
Frank Tue11 now has a complete
stock of drugs and patent medicines.
Considerable additions to stock having
been made of late.
Fine new seven plank crossings have
been put in at Second and r. r. streets,
and the Gotta street crossings are also
being laid this week.
Two rooms of the public school we're
closed yesterday and today, while Prof.
Baker and Mrs. Morse were attending
the quartr1y examination.
A special meeting of the Shelton
Council, A. P. A. will be held at Odd
Fellows hall tonight. Friday, Nov. Is
at which full attendance is desired.
The poll tax cases of Mason County
VS.. Sol. G. Simpson, were argued be-
fore the Supreme Court at Olympia
last week and decision is expected
shortly.
The city of Champaign brought
from the lower Sound big cargo of
oats, wheat, flour and feed for the
L. M. Co., this week. 1t comprised
nearly seventy tons of freight.
A new post Office has just been es-
tablished at Mason Lake with Mrs. L.
W. Specie as postmistress 1t has been
! named Twana, in an effort to find
some name that was not already COPY
righted.
The w. c. T. U. will meet on Satur-
day through the winter at 2:3O P. M.
sharp. Saturday 16 inst will be parlia-
mentary and petition work, hope all
will feel interested and come out and
work in this good cause.
Rev. Mooney will hold Episcopal SER
vices in Masonic Hall Sunday at11 a.
IN. and 7:3O p. m. Subject of morning
discourse "The Episcopal Church,
what is it," and of evening "Pub1ic
Opinion" Music will be rendered by
the young ladies club.
| The editor has been notified to get
ready if he intends to go to the Nation
al Editorial Association meeting at
St. Augustine, Florida, in January.
Financial and other considerations
will cause us to forego southern trip
for our health this winter. Regrets.
There will be a special meeting of
the Mason County Horticultural Socie-
ty on Saturday, Nov. 3Oth, '92, at
O'Clock p. H., to discuss the market
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of the last meeting. 1. w. WOODS,
Secretary.
The pile driver owned by the Port
Blakely Company, at Kami1che, has
been working in this bay for the past
two weeks, driving piles for S. G.
Simpson & Co.'S. booming ground and
doing some railroad work.
Lew Moon, Chinese oysterman of
New Kanilcbe, has made application
to the governor for a return certificate
which will enable him to return to the
United States after leaving it. He con-
templates visit to China in the near
future, but wants to be sure of getting
back to Olympia
About two miles of new road is being
added to the Peninsu1ar Railway for
new camps which the Simpson Log
ging Co. proposes to open as soon
as possible. In regard to recent
lot of spars which came from the new
grounds, ]. Campbell says they are the
best ever shipped from Port Blakely,
Six applicants put in appearance
Thursday for examination for certifi-
Gates to teach: Mrs. Hattie T.. Morse,
Miss Cecil Dunbar, Miss Krissie Knee
land, Maud Peacock, Miss Miles and
H. F. Baker, and C. S. Hungerford
The examining board consists County
Superintendent G. B. Gunderson,- Miss
M. Ford and Geo. Draham.
The Clark & Hayden Dramatic Com
pany are playing four nights in the
Shelton Opera House, giving Abduc-
ton Wednesday; Comrades Thursday;
Clemenceau Cnse, Friday; Mountain
Wait, Saturday. This company gave
a fairly good show last night, although
the attendance was not very large.
UNCLE Frank Anderson is down
from his Mason county ranch, says the
| E1ma Chronicle, and, the other day,
, speaking of big vegetables, said:
s'Your Colorado potato, Satsop cab
bage and rutabagas and sup the
: branch cucumbers are pretty good
, stories; but when it comes to. white
/ turnips, you'll just have to admit tn at
4 the southeast corner of Mason county
that's where / 1iye) knocks the per-
. simmon. l was at Jack Pratt's ranch
|, Saturday, and near the barn saw a