The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-06-26

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thrown in.
Warm days.
Week from tomorrow and the eagle
screams.
The County Commissioners meet
July 9th.
Plenty of dust, and while the roads
are dry. it makes heavy bicycling.
BoRN.-Wednesday June "a to the
wife of William Barrett, daughter.
Mud Bay Indians are making ready
for grand good time on the coming
Fourth.
Monday, June 22nd, was the longest
day of the year. Did it seem eighteen
hours or more long?
w. M. Kendrick took the ''royal
third in Odd Fellowship Wednesday
night, and went home happy.
Grass cutting in the door yards is
the order this week and the air is fra
grant with the agreeable odor.
Attorney Shields has bought the
Shelton house formerly occupied by
VIM. Bauer, and has moved in.
Mcdonald & O'Neill's price list for
July appears in this issue, and should
be preserved for future reference.
Some of the Kamilche boys are ex-
pected over to play ball next Sunday,
and practice up for the Fourth game.
The theatre orchestra gave a dance
at Kneeland's hall Thursday evening,
and furnished some excellent dance
music.
Shelton will have the usual good
time on the Fourth, and there is room
for everybody to come and help us eel
citrate.
The street work on West Gotta street
is about completed, the scarsity of
funds stopping street work for the
summer.
Capt. Tew is now the owner of the
Shelton wharf and tide lands in the
vicinity and Elmer Tew is wharf
manager.
1t is easy to tell that this is presi-
dental election year, because the winds
have blown most of the time so far
this year
w. T. Buding secured the contract
for carrying the mail between Shelton
and Twana, at Mason Lake, at 800
annual payment.
What is richer than a bowl of big
luscious strawberries sliced up, with
sugar and cream, and served like
peaches. Mason County grows the
big ones,
The chi1drens' day exercises at the
Methodist church last Sunday event, e
attracted good attendance and the
children furnished an interesting pro-
gram.
Frank Binns has a crew of pickers
at work, and is shipping part of his
strawberry crop to down Sound mar
kets. Other growers are also shipping
when the local market is full.
A shade the finest Strawberries we
have yet seen, came from the Frost
place, below Shelton. They were not
the Sharpless. but fully as large, one
measuring six inches in circumference.
| The JOURNAL regrets that the ex-
egencies of ''press-day" prevented its
being represented at the Draham-
Kneeland reception, but we were kind
ly remembered with samples of the
wedding cake
| An invitation picnic was given at
at Saegar's landing last Sunday, ar
ranged by the Misses Saegar and
others. Shelton was we'll represented
by its young folks and they had a
splendid outing.
Beria Wiley started for Union City
last Friday afternoon with a colt in
the buggy. Beria met with mishar
on the Asmus hill, and made a fresh
start, while team was sent out TO,
the pieces.
A circus has made the rounds of the
Sound, and between the general fake
and the numerous thimble-riggine
games. left sore lot of gudgeons in
its wake-mauy of them people wi, {
ought to know better.
| A. E. Cowan, brought in a fine lot
of big Sharpless berries from his Hart.
stein Island ranch for the L. NJ. Store,
and gave the JOURNAL a sample
lot of berries, which ran about Is to
the box. The well ripened Sharpless is
a fine strawberry.
! The employees of the Peninsula,
Railway Co. will give picnic at Lake
Newatzel next Sunday. making up .
train to take the party out to the lake
which will leave town about O'Clock
All who wish to visit the Lake are in
vited to bring their lunches and have
a good time.
| D. E. Berger, who lives in the lisa
bella valley, above Chas. Saeger's wa.
unfortunate enough to lose his barr
| by fire last Friday. Fire caught from
some brush piles he was burning neal
by, and he was unable to save much
but severely burned his hand in the at
tempt.
DIR. Beach was called out to Jack
Coles camp at the end of the Por,
Blakely railroad, Wednesday, to at
tend an injured man. He found thu