The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-02-01

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Valentine Day is coming, Thursday
February 18th.
The revival meetings still continue
at the Methodist Church.
County Commissioners meet to orga
nize, etc, on Tuesday, Feb. 5th.
| The big bass drum is now used a
the Shelton School to teach the schol
ars time in marching.
The steamer Monte Cristo is engag
ed in hauling big lots of cement ant
materials for Capitol construction, t.
Olympia.
The A. Q. U. w. concert and ball or
the p will be the social event of the
season, and furnished splendid must
cal entertainment.
The JOURNAL has fine corps Of
correspondents, and the various neigh
borhoods of the county are generally
represented in its columns.
Although the snow left us two weeks
ago, small patches are still in sight
Our splendid weather still continues
but it is too good to last long.
Jos. Bordeaux's camp. Granger
Lumber Company, started up on Mon
day, with small crew, making roads
and preparing for spring work.
Rev. S. w. Beaver will hold the
usual services in the Baptist Church
next Sunday. Special church meeting
for election of officers, next Saturday
evening.
Williamson is making preparations
to start a new camp on the Shelton
S Southwestern, a crew of men having
gone out to make reads and get ready
to haul logs.
Asmus announces some more snaps
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where money talks. His stock of fresh
garden seeds, onion sets, etc, have
also arrived.
Mrs. w. B. E atom is mourning the
loss of her fine canary bird, a splendid
singer. The bird was the same age as
Glen, ten years old, and was brought
out from Iowa by Mrs. Eaton.
Hunter & Eaton are busi1y engaged
this week in taking their annual in
ventory, and marking goods at the
bedrock schedule. Their usual monthly
price list will appear next week, with
several new attractions.
Our report of Senator Dolph's re-
election in Oregon, was previous.
Although receiving the required majo'
rity in caucus, and also on separate
ballot of the houses, he lacked two
votes on joint ballot, and the dead
lock is still on in Oregon.
Our Hood Canal correspondent fur
nished several newsy items this week,
one regarding the change of affairs
on the Skekomish, where Agent Eells
turns the government property over
to the new superintendent, the office
of Indian agent having been abolished
Planting time is expected to come
around early this year, and L. K.
Munson has already received big lot
of vegetable and flower seeds, includ-
ing, clover, grass, vegetables of al
kinds in bulk at reduced prices. The
way for farmer to buy cheap1y is t.
get bulk seed.
| Congressman Doolittle writes tina,
he will shortly forward the JOURNAL
some seeds from the agriculture de-
partment. Also that he is still work
ing to secure mail service with Tace
ma direct. Now that the Cityo1
Shelton is on the route, it is~frobable
that the present service>will be more
conveniently arranged.
The old steamer/ Clara Brown was
sold in Tacoma ~ the U. S. Marshal
on Monday, tt pay a lot of labo,
claims against the craft. Haskell
Crawford, of Old Town, purchased
her fer $3.50, about the amount of the
claims against her. That was pretty
cheap buy, -only dead" steamboats,,
or those not on profitable run, are a
drug on the market.
Arrangements are being made fol
two new school districts The Stewart
district is to be divided, the northern
end being set apart for new district
and a school district, is to be
located on the road between Shelton
and Union City taking parts of both
districts. J. H. Todd says that ;
school house out near the cross road.
would be handy to hold 'populist meet
ings in.
The JOURNAL has in preparation thu
series of printed abstracts to the sey
era1 additions to Shelton, and can fur
nish complete abstract to any cit,
property at greatly reduced price.
Every property holder should have ar
abstract of his property. Any irregu
; laties in instruments affecting tn
title to property may be more easil,
remedied now than ten years hence
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ABSTRACT.
Lawyer McDona Id is spending tn
. winter on his ranch, dropping easil.
; into granger ways. Cougars hav
been bothering Mac for some time
ma his dog freed one of the "va1