The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-18
Local News.

xhe New Ork xflDune.
The Chicago Inter Ocean.
BY the way have you registered fol
1896.
Mckinley club meets Saturday
night.
Our sick and injured ones are all
improving.
The Semi-Weekly Globe Democrat
3 mos. for is cents.
Millinery Opening at Mrs. Eaton's
next Wednesday and Thursday.
An unusual lot of correspondence
forces the omission of considerable
local matter this week.
S. M. Rolf and his force of six car
penters had to rustic to complete the
big barn in time for the dance.
The tug Favorite, side-wheeler like
the Polly, was in the bay after Blakely
logs, in place of the latter boat which
has been laid up.
The registration books will be closed
on Oct. 18th, so you had better take
the first opportunity to register if you
are a voter in Shelton precincts Nos l
or 2.
Don't miss the opening meeting OF
the debate Saturday night at the Court
house. Two meetings have been ar
ranged for, and others will follow as
often as convenient
The Sons and Daughters of the
Pioneers of Mason County will give
their first annual ball in Shelton on
Election night, of which particulars
will be announced later.
The school board calls for bids for
80 ricks of 2O-inch wood and also fol-
cleaning the school house and grounds,
in readiness for the opening Of school
on Monday Oct. 5th, See notice.
"The True Christian" will be the
subject of Pastor Webster's morning
discourse at the Baptist Church next
Sunday. Evening subject "Honor to
whom?''-A cordial welcome to all.
It is generally found upon investiga-
ton that those who are parading their
deep interest in the welfare of the
1aboring man, are in practice the hard
est pills the 1aboring has to deal with.
William Callow is getting his crew
together to open up his logging camp
on the Southwestern Railroad on a
body of timber for Williamson. He
expects to begin logging next week.
Last Saturday afternoon the long dry
spell was broken by cooling shower
of rain. Lighting, during the after
noon, interfered with the telephone
line, and gave Frank Tue11 quite a
shock.
Messrs Schofe1d and Savage have
their materials on the ground for the
new bridge across the Satsop River
and L. L. Hunter went out Tuesday to
examine them, to see if they are up to
contract
DR.. Beach's stallion Lori1ad was
taken to Tacoma Monday and entered
in the races for 3-minute horses, at the
Pierce County fair. This race, with
others takes place this afternoon, and
several intend going down Friday
morning and returning Saturday
night.
Mason Co, Logging Co.'S camp 8,
which has been at work this summer
clearing up some timber, remaining
along the cut-off, finished the claim
last Saturday, and was shut down for
the present. A new camp may be
opened near Lake Newatzel this fall
by this Company.
Dent forget, when you are in town
to visit the Republican club head
Iquarters, exchange ideas and select
some good pieces of literature, to pc st
up yourselves and your neighbors.
You can't hope to master the finance
question in month, but you can get
posted enough to decide which is best
for the country.
| For the benefit of some who can't
tell the difference between a 'home-
print newspaper, and one with a
''patent outside" we will state that
the JOURNAL is wholly printed in Shell
ton and has been for over three years.
1t is the only home-printed paper in
Mason County. It carries the news.
The speaker the other evening
squelched his first questioner rather
harder than was necessary. Some
oficious person had informed him that
populist would be present to disturb
him, and this accounted for it; al
though there was no reason whatever
for advising the stranger that he or
any other speaker, would receive any
thing but courteous treatment in Shell
| ton.
Recently an article appeared in a
Seattle paper stating that at meeting
Of the Mckinley club at Union City the
officers and 10 members arose and
stated they would vote for Bryan.
Advices from the City, state that the
article was incorrect. The president
of the club, which, by the was organ
lied before either of the national con-
ventions, rendered his resignation at
the meeting in question, at which but
eight members were present. Several
of the original members have since
withdrawn, but the club is still organ
lied and has upwards of 20 members,