The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25
Local News.


The Chicago Inter Ocean.
Debate Saturday NIGHT.
Now for some other kinds of weather.
Register now, as the books will soon
close.
Mckinley club meets Saturday
night.
The Semi-Weekly Globe Democrat
3 mos. for Is cents.
The Bryan club has opened head
quarters in one of the Asmus store
rooms.
BORN-Near Lake Isabelle Sept. D.,
to the wife of Claude Elson, another
young log-roller to help on the farm.
A card from Geo. E. Buell., at Port
land Oregon, advises the advent of a
ten pound boy at his home on the 10th.
A. w. Fredson bought several head
of beef cattle at the reservation sale
Tuesday. for the Mason County Meat
Company,
Scraping and grading work is being
done along side the L. M. store, and
the grounds will be graveled in shape
for winter traffic.
The Forbes threshing machine and
power went over the Skokomish river
Wednesday to thresh the oats on the
Webb and Reservation farms.
The tug Katy brought up some kiln
dried flooring for the Webb Office and
bar room, and took raft of M. C.
Log Cos. logs to Tacoma Mill Tuesday.
The w. G. T. U. will hold Demorest
Medal Contest, at Kneeland's Hall
some time next month, and an oppor-
tunity will be given to the young folks
to show their progress in elocution.
The JOURNAL furnishes its readers
this week supplement which contains
much interesting matter, and will re-
pay study by every voter. whether he
favors go to u or "bi-metalism.''
The old question has again been put
Does the twentieth century begin on
January l, 1900, or January 1, 1901.
It has two sides, but the last named
date will be generally accepted as The
dividing line of the centuries.
The government stock remaining
on the Skokomish reservation was
sold by the superintendent on the
ground last Monday. Most of it was
purchased by Thos. Webb, but James
Harris went over and bought one COW.
Parting Words" will be the morn
ing subject at the Baptist Church next
Sunday. In the evening. a special
Harvest Home Programme will be
rendered under the auspices of the
Sunday School.
Farmer Todd was considerably dis
gusted to use mild term, in regard
to his treatment by the fusienists.
He left Saturday morning for other
points, and it is said that his campaign
ing will be done in other fields this fall
Hiram and Chas. Dunbar and Chas.
Norton got on the scent Of a bee-tree
near camp 8, one day last week, and
cutting it down found that the bees
were all yellow jackets who were not
working at their trade of making
honey this year.
Messrs Nunamaker and Wyatt are
evidently not satisfied with the results
OF the 4th races, for they are hard at
work training their running horses for
match race to be run for a purse on
the prairie grounds shortly.
| It is almost time to plant trees. and
the JOURNAL hopes that good many
of our enterprising citizens will go to
the trouble of planting naples or some
other kind of shade trees along the il
side walks. In a few years we will
have beautiful little city.
The bids for furnishing school house
80 ricks of wood were as follows
J. D. Ringstorff, II; F. Spencer, 7o
N. Campbell, 7oH; Allen Lewis, $1.OO
and the former got the contract. Chas
Mcdonald was awarded the the work
of clearing the school house for $40. So
The delegates from out side points
to the democrat and populist conven.
tons, mainly left for home Friday
afternoon, thoroughly tired out by the
thirty hours of pulling to get ticket
in the field. Few felt in the hume,
to enjoy ratification meeting, ano
none was had.
Welcome Chapter, o. E. S. is arraug
ing to receive the Olympia Chaptei
next Thursday evening, Oct. 1st. and
to give the degrees to fiye new candi
dates. After the work has been done
supper will be served on the lower
floor Of the Masonic Hall, and some
time spent in social session.
Some of the democrats are not overly
pleased over the representative nomi
nation and there is some talk about
putting straight democrat in the field
but they will find this impracticabie-
its choose between popu1ist and Z
Republican. The turning down Of
Assessor Fairbairn is also sore spot
among his friends.
James Harris has leased George
Brazels place, on the Shelton South
western Railroad, and will try farming
for while. He moved his family ant
goods out this week. Mr.. Braze1 and
family have gone to Olympia, to reside