The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-07

Taxes are coming in slowly.
Valentine day next Friday the 14th.
Drummers have been thick in town
this week.
Washington's Birthday comes on
Saturday this year, February 22nd.
The Peninsular No. is being STALL
ed in the machine shops, while the
round house is being repaired.
Public school was dismissed Tuesday
afternoon, that the scholars might at
tend the funeral of Gordon Butts.
According to Receiver Aver, the as
sets of the Williamson Logging Com
pany are S1s,171, and liabilities, ST.
7s8.
Next Friday night is the St. Cecilia's
Ball and Supper. If you don't care to
dance, the supper will only cost a
| quarter.
The o. E. S. entert ainment and ball
will take place at Kneeland's Hall on
the 18th of March, and a good time is
promised.
c. II. Springer, who is now sole pro-
prietor of the Olympia Door & Lumber
Co.'S plant and business. was in town
this week, looking after the spring
trade.
Don't forget the Social at the NJ. E.
Church this evening. A fine literary
and musical program will be rendered
and refreshments served. Being Is
cents for admission to the whole.
The L. NJ. Co, contemplates putting
in the cash carrier system to save the
clerks shoe-1eather, in travelling to
| the cashiers den. Shelton is taking
on metropolitan ways pre- tty fast.
While using the fire hose in scrubb-
ing out the Athletic Club quarters last
week, section burst-as the hose cost
So a section, and was guaranteed for
three years, the hose has been return
ed and the company asked to replace it.
Sunday, February 2nd, was rather
day of mixed weather, some rain and
enough sun to cast the groundhog's
shadow, providing he came to take
survey of the weather prospects.
In another column will be found a
financial statement of the States edu
cational department for 1895, as COM
piled by State Superintendent Bean.
It contains many features of interest.
as for instance, that all of the 1865
school districts in the state, except 81,
have school houses.
AS we have said before the Leap
Year ball on St. Valentines evening
| will be swell affair. This
Office has gotten up neat program
and order of engagements, supplied
with cord and pencil, and sweet little
cherub beseiging a nice young man
quite apropos.
John Forbes, of Kami1che, was in
town Saturday. He has been keeping
tab on the rainfall since Dec. 18th, and
finds that about thirty inches haye fall
len during that time, or about two
| ShAA0 Va lhO usual aAhadA
the season has been unusually wet.
Crossings have been constructed
across First street on South side of
Gotta, in Cyphert's addition, and in
various other needed places, and the
council is proceeding to enforce the
construction of the gap in the Gotta
street sidewalk near Tenth.
While now and then we hear that
1.-THE County is over produced and you
can't sell anything" yet the local stores
find it hard to get home produce and
must ship stuff in, while the L. NJ. Co.
advertises to take anything and every.
thing brought to them, for camp sup
ply.
The JOURNA L has added to its club
bling list the Puget Sound Lumberman,
of Tacoma, a mon thly publication de.
voted to the lu1n bering interests. This
will be furnished to our subscribers fol-
so cents a year or half the regular
price. Cali and get sample copy.
To illustrate how fast the prune trees
mature in this section, Doc. Simmons
says his crop for 1894 was only SOC
pounds. but last year he secured about
four tons of green prunes from his 15C
trees, which were six years old. He
has successfully dried his crop and
been offered six cents pound for the
crop, but is selling locally for ten cents
a pound.
Services of the Episcopal church will
be held in Masonic Hall, Sunday Feb.
9th, Rev. Roderiek J. Mooney, oficiat.
ing. Morning prayer and sermon a,
IL A. NJ. Sunday school class for all
at P. NJ Evening prayer and sermon
at 7:30 P. NJ. Subject of evening ser
mon: 1.-THE Ethics of Christian life
All are cordially invited to attend
these services.
A small crowd gathered at the court
house last Saturday and organized the
Mason County Immigration Society
with Frank Binns as chairman, and
G. c. Angle secretary. I. W. Woods,
was selected as local member of the
State Society. After discussing thu
objects Of the gathering COMMITTEES
: of three consisting of 81. C. Hunger.
ford, 81. S. Tremper and G. c. Angle
Iwere selected the write up the advan
!tages of Mason County, and the meet
ling adjourned subject to the call Of