The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-14

Leap year Ball tonight.
Lent begins next Sunday.
Today is Valentines Day.
Rebekahs meet tonight, to introduce
new candidates.
Public School was closed on Wednes-
day for the holiday.
BORN:-Monday, Feb. 10, to the wife
of Chas. Wiveil, boy.
Did you get valentine? Well, per-
haps you will, it's net too late yet,
The County officers took advantage
of the holiday to close Wednesday.
Taffy-pull, second floor Odd Fellow
building this afternoon and evening.
Sousa, with his celebrated band of
fifty pieces, plays at Olympia tonight.
Prof. A. B. Richmond is endeavoring
to organize class in writing in town.
The infant child of Geo. Morash,
which has been quite sick with pneu-
monia, is improving slowly.
Wednesday, was Linco1n's birthday,
the last legislature having made
February - a legal holiday.
The landing donkey engine in Ma
son County Logging Co.'S. camp 3,
broke down again and is in for repairs.
M. G. King, has moved into the
building adjoining the post office,
where he intends opening up a small
racket store and restaurant.
Hugh Currie was engaged in spray
ing his fruit trees Monday, and from
too familiar handling of the compound
is nursing ten raw fingers.
Tommy Haywood and Fred Rodinger
have finished putting in the polls and
have begun stringing the wire on the
Peninsu1ar telephone line.
Frank Williamson and Receiver Chas
Aver, were in town last Thursday,
paying up the employees of the Will
hanson Logging Company.
The Odd Fellows are having the
modern improvements installed in their
building, and are also arranging for
an organ for their lodge hall.
Don't miss the interesting talks by
Messrs. Tonneson and Ross, on horti-
cultural subjects, at the Court house
next Tuesday, Feb. 18th, at 100 o'clock.
Seven cars of logs ran Off the Pen
insu1ar Railway near the water tank
on Monday, and most of the day was
taken up in getting the road opened
again.
A crowd of sports went out Wednes-
to slaughter few deer. AS it was an
Off-day for game, and not because of
any infraction of the game laws, we
refrain from giving them away.
At 100 Monday afternoon a heavy
detonation caused genuine war scare
and everybody looked toward the bay,
expecting to see an English batt1e-ship,
but it was false alarm--Marsha1
Kneeland dynamiting at the gravel pit.
The w. T. Lake was in Wednesday
with big load of hay for Simpsons
camps here and at Kamilche. She had
ABOUT 500 bales in all, and they were
raised on the Swinomish flats.
Frank Binns has purchased 20 acres
of land adjoining his place, and will
add it to his farm, which he is steadily
improving. Mr.. Binns is worker and
&c q,
business-like way, and is sure to make
it profitable to himself.
Large shipments of hay and pota-
toes are being made for the various
logging camps in Mason County, and
especially to Simpsons several camps.
1t seems as though enough potatoes
and hay could be raised by home far
,ners and sold at satisfactory prices to
both parties.
A horrid man has secured patent
on "bloomers' and now the up-to-date
women will probably have to pay a
tribute to this enterprising fellow, if
they wish to adopt the bifurcated gar
ment. An exchange suggests that
the question will be: "Has she got
her patents on?"
School Sup. Gunderson is conduct
ing teachers examination today as
sisted by Misses Ford and Corey, with
the following teachers in attendance:
Lena Johnson. Lucy Goodman, Ella
Thompson, Anna Bucker, w. o. Wat
son and Edgar L. Gale. Prof Baker
will also furnish his classes the list of
questions to see how they will stand
the test.
Hoquiam is getting notoriety from
her beer-keg bear-traps, as several
big Eastern papers have published &C
counts of the invention. Our John
Davis, the bear and deer slayer, says
he has used that scheme years ago,
and we have his authority for the
statement that he has captured FIVE
bear day-some days.
A private letter from Jos. A. McDon-
aid, from Seattle, states that Judge
Denny, of Kitsap County, has over
ruled the demurrer of the Port B1akely
Mill Co., to the complaint, in the
famous logger's lien case. The Mill
company must now answer the COM
plant, when Mr.. Mcdonald expects
the speedy settlement of the case.
An unusually fine program was
rendered at the social in the M. E..
Church last Friday evening. The
room was crowded and the excellent