The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-06-28
Local News.

Blackberries are ripe.
Get ready for the Fourth.
90 in the shade yes terday.
Now the hot weather is upon us.
RasPberries and cherries are in the
market.
Cal. Saegar has been bringing in q
lot of hay.
The County Commissioners meet
againt next Monday.
/ L. X Munson has the only stock Oh
FIRE works in town.
The new Shelton Southwestern en-.
CINE is now expected most any day.
| ]. III. Todd has been secured to pull
the Eagles tail for us On the Fourth.
| Don't miss the public mass meeting
at Kneeland's Hall, next Sunday.
Music, songs and an interesting speech
| The sociable arranged by the male
| portion of the M. E. Church last Sat
urday evening was fairly profitable
| netting about S16.
Joe Doyle has succeeded in getting
all his logs out of the big jam on the
Skokonish river, and they are now
being run down to the boom.
Every town in Mason County will
be represented at Shelton on the
Fourth, and we anticipate the largest
crowd we have ever had here.
Arrangements are being made to
start Populist paper in Shelton in
readiness for the campaign a year
hence. J. H. Todd will be its guiding
light.
Several of the loggers have issued
orders that there will be no stopping
for the Fourth but many of the boys
will be sure to go out even at the risk
of losing their jobs.
While the Tribune is kicking about
the mails, why does it not mention
the delays made by the Webb buss in
waiting after the mail boat is in for
the arrival of the other boat.
GOeducks are ripe. Steve Ferris
captured a lot of these big clans down
the bay last Saturday. By the way,
the scientific name of the animal is
Glycimeris generosa, meaning bitter
sweet.
Last Saturday, the 22nd, was the
longest day of the year. The days
have grown from short to long so fast
this year that we hardly kept pace
with them, or appreciated the fact that
year is half gone.
The JOURNAL will be issued on Wed
nesday of next week, as the Fourth
comes on our usual printing day.
Shelton will have lively celebration
this year, and the force might not be
in working trim the following day.
The steamer Jessie towed up a scow
load of lumber from Olympia
Wednesday, which will be used in the
construction of a new school building
in Dist. 9, Chapman's Cove. Leroy
Jones is teaching at present in the ole
log school house.
Messrs. Curry and Bordeaux have
decided to remove their fences from
First street and make their sidewalks
conform to the line. While it is quite
a hardship to make the change, it
will be decided improvement to have
the Jog corrected.
Treas. Maxwell has collected and
turned over to the City treasurer con-
siderably over half of the Shelton
municipal taxes for 1894. AS many
only paid half their taxes last month,
this shows that only small percen-
tage is really delinquent.
The lecture given by Mrs Irons, in
the M. E. Church were fairly we'll at
tended. Mrs. Irons is an interesting
talker and she had considerable to say
against the fashions of wearing birds,
and other traits of cruelty to animals,
in which we indulge.
The Monte Cristo is bringing up a
lot of freihgt for Ellis & Reeds logging
camps in Chapman's Cove. Hay, feed,
supplies and six head of splendid
horses came in Wednesday. About 13
men are at work putting in skid roads
and grading for the tram road.
Every precaution should be taken
daring the heated season to prevent
fire. AS a preliminary, look to your
fiues, clean out all old papers and rub
bish from under your premises and
| about your side walks, and look out
for fire at all times. Watch the fire
crackers on the Fourth.
Bert Sheldon and Hank Vilburn,
two cripPles who have received injur-
les at williamson camps this spring,
are arranging to open up the Central
Hotel, before the Fourth. The boys
think they must do somethin 6
until they are able go into the woods
again.
Such speeding as 2:48, 2:54 and ESQ
is being done on the Shelton race
track this week. This looks as though
our assertion would hold good-that
the winning trotter will do ESQ or bet
ter on the Fourth. Considering that
the track is a half mile circle and in
poor condition, this is very creditable
trotting and the races promise to be
exciting.
Mrs. L. B. Tappan, who represents
N -.
sends us a generous box of excellent
Strawberries from her homestead in
Sec. "a. d. 3. near Cranberry Lake.