The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-04-24

Sunday is the 18th annlv erSary o.
Odd Fellowship in America.
Public school was closed today. Ar
Dor day, and legal holiday.
Fred Burdette was made more of (
Woodman than ever Tuesday night.
Arthur Needham is arranging t.
move his store into the Maxwell cor
ner.
L. X. Munson and Vim. Barrett were
cut to their claims on fhe Wynoochie
this week.
Read the ordinance relating tt
nuisances. 1t is the proper time tt
clean up your premises.
Now that the streets are becoming
good, bicyclists should take to the
street as much as possible.
Messrs Rex and Wood have begun
work OH Tailor Walther's new house
on Fifth street and the lumber is being
hauled.
Capt. Ed. Miller says he will have
his steam launch lola, about fitted ur
by Monday for his trip to Cooks Inlet
Alaska.
D Williams captured devil-fish
| measuring about feet from extended
tentacles. in Little Skookum Bay, one
day last week.
This is the last month in which the
new series of school books can be ex-
changed for the old, or sold at intro
ductory prices.
Jack Little has bought out the in
terests of his partner John Grinley,
in the saloon business, aud will con-
tinue it himself.
1t looks rather good to see a big
wagon load sof brick go by, the pro-
duct of our Shelton brick yards. Now
for brick block.
The Ladies of the Eastern Star will
give an ice cream festival at the Ma
sonic Hall on the eve of May End.
Everybody invited.
The Politkofsky was i'll the Bay
yesterday for raft of logs for Blake
ley Mill. Shelton will see considerable
of the Polly this summer.
Mcdonald & O'Neill's price list for
May, appears i'll the JOURNAL this
week, with some changes in prices and
should be preserved for reference.
The delinquent tax list of Mason
county, published in this paper, is
about the smallest we have noticed,
even if it has lot of boom town lots
on the list. Several smaller counties
have much larger lists.
L P. Berry, son-in-law Of Jack Bald
win, was in town yesterday to see
"Uncle jack" but found he was way
out on the Port Blakely railroad, be-
You'd reach. He is now living at
Spokane and says that Mrs. Haidee
Berry and daughter will visit Shelton
in about six weeks.
w. H. Kneeland has hired the Knee
land Hall, and will give the public a
talk On the money question next Satur-
day evening and throws down the
gauntlet to monometalists and interna-
tional bi-1netalists. Mr.. Kneeland can
hardly get up All argument with us on
that score, as most of the people in
this section are in favor of the free
coinage proposition.
The entertainment for The benefit of
| Mrs. Wheeler, at the Methodist Church
last Friday evening proved quite in
teresting, the singing and recitations
were very good. The instrumental
quartet consisting of four young girls,
Lulu Dunbar, cornet; Cecil Dunbar;
organ; Nellie Tre,nper, mandolin and
Mabel Gertnaine, violin, was fine, and
showed considerable talent on the
part OF the young performers. Re-
freshments were served and a fair
sum realized.
The Republican County Central
Committee met in Shelton last Satur.
day for the purpose of arranging for
the coming county convention, which
| will be held at Shelton on Nav 9th
and the primaries are called for Satur
day, May ?, in the various precincts
The representation of each precinct
and other information will be found
in the official call published in another
column. Eighteen members of the
committee were present and consider
! able interest was manifested in the
work of the committee. Those presen,
were: John Price and Geo Weymouth
Dayton; L. w. Specie, Pickering; Geo
Webb, Union City; J. D. Dow, Vincent
Finch. Hoodsport; J. A. Gale, VIM
Callow. Kamilche; Joseph Sparr, Sko
komish; T. w. Daniels, w. B. Eaton
S. Caldwell, Hugh Morrison, Al ]
Munson, 1. W. Woods, G. c. Angle
Frank Binns and C. S.. Brumbaugh.
The right-of-way of the Port Blah ely
railroad crosses the county road nea1
Carstairs, about Is miles from Shelton
The surveyors under lilly Brown are
camped near by the crossing. Robt
Simpson is working a large crew, a
few miles to the south, engaged in
throwing up the grade aud construct
ing track. while j. A Coles crew is
above the crossing where the end Of
the track will probably remain TO,
several years. His crew is at worl
putting up camps and building til,