The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-30
Local News.


The Episcopalians will have fort
nightly services in the future.
This has been the best fall for ten
years past. Beautiful weather.
The o. E. S. will give an entertain.
ment and ball on Christmas night.
The improvement is on the city dock
has been completed by Capt. Tew.
Munson has the latest novelty, Nc.
Kin1ey and Bryan canes in silver and
gold.
The weather now is dampener on
the candidates, but they have had
splendid weather until now.
The Discovery and the Fayorite took
RATS of logs to Blake1y, and the Katy
one to Tacoma the first of the week.
The Republican National Committee
has issued a request that ali Mckinley
men hang out the flag next Saturday.
c. S. Dunbar adds two big apples,
which are name1ess, 22-inch sugar
beet and some big carrots to our col
lection.
Mcdonald & O'Neill are having a
porch built over their freight entrance.
Messrs Daniels and Wyatt doing are
the work.
The Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
will give Bail at Knee1and's Hall
Election night. Tickets $1.50; supper
at the Dipman.
The Ladies of the Methodist Church
will serve hot lunch on election day.
Coffee, Soup, Sandwiches and Pie
served in the Church all day.
S. M. Rolf is building a raised
freight platform between the L. M
Store and the hay warehouse for con-
vienence of shipping hay.
Election next Tuesday,-probably
about midnight parcel of the candi-
dates will be removed from the anxious
bench to the mourner's row.
H. H. Martin and his son Henry,
brought in drove of fine cattle from
the lower Satsop this week, for the
Mason County Meat Company.
The campaigners have enjoyed
splendid weather all through their
canvassing until Wednesday, when
the rain came; and from this time on
their lot will not be avery one.
This is the closing issue of the
JOURNAL in the present campaign, and
we are as heartily glad Of it, as we
presume big share of our readers are.
Hereafter, news will be our principal
aim. Complete election returns will
be published next Issue.
Don't miss hearing Tom P. Fisk,
one of the leading sound money speak
ers in the state, at the Court house
Saturday. 1t will be the closing meet
ing for the republicans, the Band will
be out and the speech will be enter
tanning.
The populists imported w. H. Abel,
who thinks he " i'll be elected prescott
ing attorney of Chehalis County, and
Prof. Miller, of Olympia, to expound
populist doctrine. Mr.. Able admits
that it is not free silver but free
paper that they want.
So far no fruit grower of the County
has produced fye varieties of apples
to beat our five, but several fine speci-
mems have been added to our collec-
ton. Eli Robinson brings pair of
King apples that are beauties. w. M.
Kerdrick the we11-known Hartstein
Island grower, adds the genuine Idaho
pear, the first we have seen; King of
Thompkins County, several kinds,
Grayenstein and Baldwin apples. The
Idaho pear is an oddity and is all that
is claimed for it; it equal the old stand
ard Bartlett.
Our popocratic friends, that's, the
candidates and their hackers, are
making strenuous efforts to get all
''free silver" men who expect to vote
for Bryan to vote straight, hoping to
get some of their candidates into office.
They were organized on principle, p
which extends no higher, however
than getting a few county offices.
The populist county ticket is receiving
little encouragement along that line;
and the strongest efforts are being
made to elect their representative.
There are two speakers billed for
Shelton Saturday night, Mr.. Merrill,
the popocrat, spoke here recently. and
in order that the crowd would not be
divided, that all might hear both
speakers, and have good big crowd,
the republicans desired to divide the
time, but w. H, is evidently afraid to
let Merrill get on the stage with Fisk
and declines, so the Republican meet
ing will be held at the Court house and
the Shelton Band will furnish cam.
paign music. The republican meeting
would have been changed to Monday
evening but Mr.. Fisk could not get
home on election day, so the separate
meeting is the best we can do. We
imagined that the popocrats would
jump at the chance to pulverize Mr.
Fisk on their way to glory, but they
don't seem to banker arter it.
The Republican candidates for pre-.
cinct officers in Shelton are worthy
men, wEo will render good service. il
elected. In precinct No. 1, G. W. Fisk,
candidate for justice, has been a resi-.