The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-11-29

year, WITH nkluu, IOI
the ladies, or the american
Farmer and Farm News"
thrown in.
Quite heavy showers during this
week.
The post Office, bank and all public
offices were closed Thanksgiving.
A boy is reported at the home of
Fred Taylor, New Kamilche, last
week.
Union thanksgiving services were
held in the Methodist church yester-
day.
Chas. Needy shot big elk on the
Satsop last week and elk meat has
been for sale in the local market.
The 3-year old son of F.. J. Kane,
Union City's druggist, broke his arm
one day last week and DR.. VIM. Beach
dressed the injury
Geo. Shorter's new barn is built on
the same principle as the railroad
wharf warehouse. It, looks good and
is roomy and conveniently arranged.
The JOURNAL. is trif1e short on To-
cal this week, in order to get to press
| early, and lie ''long' on the wild goose
! the editor killed the other day.-This
is Thanksgiving.
A raft of Mason County Logging
Co.'S logs broke loose Tuesday, and
gave several of the boys a chance to
earn money for catching the logs,
which were all found.
Don't forget the horticultural meet
ing at the Court house on Saturday,
the 80. c. H. Ross, the inspector, will
be here and very likely one of the pro-
fessors in the st ate agricultural col
lege at Pullman
]. H. Todd will speak at Kneeland's
Hall next Saturday evening, on the
"Moral phaze of the political conflict "
from a populist standpoint. After the
speaking free dance will be given in
| the hall.
That big Northern Pacific patent
has reached Thurston County for re-
cord and the fee is $50 the instru-
nent contains 14O pages of written
matter and is i patent for 972,O75.25
acres of land. Mason will probably
get it next
Several of the W. A. P, A. ladies
have rustled among the members, and
forwarded large box of canned fruit,
clothing and other supplies to the Sc
attic General Hospital, charitable
protestant institution recently opened
in that city. Also 81 cash.
A party left Olympia last week,
bound for South Africa. They are
Matt Grandlund, John Rank, William
Sundberg, August Carlson, John Dahl
beck. John Sundberg and Chas. San
ders. They have been working in one
OF Simpsons camps and will engage
in mining in Africa.
The young son of Mrs. Thos. Parks
fell from the second story window at
w. H, Kneeland's the other day and
alighted on his head. The boy suffer
ed from conclusion of the brain, but
DR.. Wells reports that he is now about
out of danger of any serious effects
from the fall.
Owing to the rains of the past few
days, during which the logging camps
were taking a lay-off, the logging
trains on the local railroads were both
idle. The train service at present,
keeps the landings at the various
camps clear of logs, and when the
camps lay off there is no work for the
trains.
Some of the logging boys were in
town this week, having a little cele-
bration. Denny Dewan, Jimmy Dill
lon, Hank Crossman and Fred Bai1y
were gathered in Wednesday for dis
orderly conduct on streets, Dillon being
fined SIS and the two latter $40 and
costs which they paid. Dewan was
released without fine, not being at
fault.
In comparison with former years the
county is saving considerable money.
For illustration, it cost $131 to extend
the tax rolls last year, this year but
$50. For clerk hire during the first
ten months of 1894, $3.50 was paid, but
this year only $87 was paid for help.
These are the times when economy
should be practiced in public as we'll
as private business.
Free advice from an exchange:
LET every victim of the liquor habit
eat tomatoes sprink1ed with salt, con-
Stunning as much each day as possible
Let the eating of tomatoes and salt to
excess be continued for several DAYS
and the tomato eater will find liquor
offensive, or if drank, ungratefu1 to
the stomach, so that it will be thrown
up. This is the cheapest gold cure
yet heard of and it is said to be effec-
tive
C1osson & Ke1ly's new branch of the
Seattle Drug Store is now opened for
business next door to the post office.
They have a large and we'll selected
stock of drugs, patent medicines and
the usual notions handled by the city
drug store. Their advertisement on
opposite page announces some general
reductions in the staple prices cspeci-
ally of proprietary medicin es. Mr..