The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-11

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out the spirit of the law.
You can't vote in either of Shelton
Iprecincts unless you are registered
Don't lose your franchise by failing te
register.
Make an effort to hear johnson
Nickeus tomorrow night, and hear an
able presentation of sound republican
doctrine.
Silver-sides are now running, and il
will soon be time for the dog salmon
to make their appearance. The first
rain will bring them.
The farmers throughout the county
are baling their hay crop, and John
Forbes is getting ready for his trip
with the threshing machine.
Edwin Clark has purchased a piece
of land near Hunters point, in Thurs.
ton County, and expects to move down
this fall and try ranching while.
The old familiar tug Politkofsky,
which has towed RATS from Shelton
for many years, will be but memory
in the future, as she is now out of
service and laid up.
The Peninsular Railway Co. has a
crew at work cleaning up all the rubbish
and burning up the old ties scattered
along Railroad street, giving their
premises general clean up.
Grundy Wyatt brings us sample of
Italian prunes from the Potts place,
which are z inches in circumference,
and he has the boss pumpkin, which
will soon be ready to show.
The Mckinley club have arranged
with W. H. Kneeland, for the Bryan
club, the terms for the joint debates.
The meetings will be held at the Court
house, beginning Sept. 10Th, and as
often as convenient thereafter.
Those who purchased land or lots,
sold for delinquent taxes of 1891, in
September, 1894, would do well to pro-
coed at once to make their application
for tax deed, or they will be too late
to hold their lien. See notices in
another column.
| Doc Simmons is gathering his prune
crop on his Oyster Bay farm, and es-
Inmates that he will have a ton of
green fruit. This is much short of
last year. but many other growers
have no fruit at all. He is now mar
keting the Petites.
Hop-picking will begin in many Sec
tons this week. Less than half the
usual acreage was cared for this year
and the crop in this state will be short.
Adyices state that both the Eastern
and English crop is smaller than
usual, and good prices will prevail.
j.. P. Hammond has completed his
dry kiln and other arrangements in
readiness for extracting the oil and
grinding dog salmon into fertilizer, on
contract for a San Francisco firm.
He expects to do big business in that
line this fall, and open up a new in
dustry to work up some our "raw ma.
teria1''
The Olympia Whee1men will give q
big ball at the Olympia Hotel tonight
which will be free to all Shelton PEG.
pie who will attend, and if reason
able crowd will go, the City of Shelter
will make special trip and rates. A
II. Christopher was in town yesterday
extending a general invitation to take
in the ball.
The Olympia Standard says
Charles Munson, aged 26, who ha.
been Lying with his uncle at Hunter.
point, is missing and is feared thai
some harm may have befallen him
He has, his relatives say, been acting
queer of late, and it is thought he may
have wandered away in the nigh
while mentally unbalanced"
The JOURNAL received a crate o,
musk melons from the Fisk Bros, a
North Yakima, this week, and the,
struck the right spot in the Office force
: and elsewhere. The Fisk brothers are
doing an extensive shipping business
ia melons and peaches this year, oul
local dealers handling some of theil
product, and we hope the boys are max
ing some money.
"Marah; or The Bitter Water,
Sweetened," will be the morning sub
ject at the Baptist Church next Sun
day. In the evening Union Temper
ance service will be held at the church
under the auspices Of the w. C. T. u
Pastor Webster will preach the annua
sermon on, "Some Phazes of the
Liquor Problem." All persons ar,
invited to join in these services.
Rey. F. N. Wheeler. who has helt
the passionate of the Methodist Church
: in Shelton for the past two years, has
asked to be sent to the Southern Cali
fornia conference, in the hope I
changed field will benefit Mrs. Wheel
er's health. Rev. Wheeler is an earn
est preacher and has 1abored hard il
Shelton for the good of the cause.
The announcement of the new as.
signment has not yet been made.
; Just as We go to press the Ere alarm
calls out the department to Harr,
DurrelPs house on 18th and Cot:
streets. The FIRE was not discoyeres
until the house was beyond saving, AMI
none Of its contents were saved. Mrs