The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-09-10
Local News.

we now h ave better assortment Of
| weather.
Motion term of Superior Court Sep
TENDER 18th.
The Chehalis County fair will be
held at Montesano Oct. /. !,
Quite a number of young people
from town attended a dancetat the
heaG or the Bay last Saturday night.
MRS. Graves, the w. c. T. u. 1ectur.
er will speak again at the Baptist
Church next Tuesday evening. No
one should fail to hear this lecture.
AS many editors throughout the
state are attending the Press Associa-
ton there must be more ''devils" than
editors at home.
A daughter is reported born to Mrs.
Joe. Durand, at Kamilche, August %.
Mr.. Durand has gone to the Klondike
TO make fortune for the youngster.
The editor and wife left Wednesday
morning to attend the Press Associa-
ton at Vanciaver, Washington and
expect to return Saturday night.
The safe in the County Treasurer's
ofhce "bucked" last week and refused
to be opened for several days, al
though all the experts in town were
called in to doctor it and still buc king.
The Good Templars admitted several
new candidates last Saturday evening:
Mr.. and Mrs. Thrash, F. NJ. Grout,
Harry Dean, James Wilson, Grace
Wiley. Sahawamish Lodge is getting
to be strong organization, now NUM-
bering over fly members.
The B. Y. P. U. convention was
held at the Baptist Church Wednes-
day afternoon and evening. Rev.
Sawin of Olympia and Rev Miller, of
Puyallnp were in attendance. They
report an interesting and profitable
time.
1t has been decided by the state land
commissioners that all payments on
contracts for the purchase of the tide
lands due March 1, 1897, are to be ex-
tended sixty days from September /,
at which time contracts on which
money is due will be cancelled.
The salmon trout are taking the
spoon very readily in the bay, and by
the way the fish are being brought in,
the fall run must have begun in earn
est. We may soon expect our annual
visitation of the dog-salmon, which
generally appear soon after the first
rains,
At the Road Supervisor election held
Saturday Sept. 4th, so far as heard
from, the following were elected:
District No. 5, Chas. Griggs; No, 4.
A Nj. Richardson's; No. 8, Lester Ad-
ans; No. 10, w. T. Buding; No. u,
Chas. Wivell; No. 16, VIM. Banks; No.
IS, VIM. Foster.
Among the appointments and as
signments made Of ministers at the
annual Conference just closed we no.
tice that Rev. F. NJ. Wheeler is assign
ed the Hoqulam charge, J. M p. Hick-
erson at Sumner, and L, ]. Covington
here. Rev. S. S. Sulliger is still Pre-
siding Elder of this district.
John Palmer has sub-let his Shell
ton-SatsOp mail contract to Hermon
Thrash, who made his first trip over
the route Tuesday morning. John
has been reliable mail carrier, who
gets there if it can be done, but he
has caught the Klondike fever and is
getting ready to go in the spring.
AS announced in last weeks JOURNAL,
Mrs. Graves spoke at the Baptist
church last Sunday evening, Her
subject was Social purity, which
she presented in a very able address
which was highly appreciated by all.
She and MissAnsorge are now at work
in the county meeting their various
appointments.
The JOURNAL would be pleased to
hear from any of the farmers who
secured sugar beet seed from this Of
fice last spring, with view of get
ting samples and having analyses
made. to ascertain if this section is
especially adapted to beet culture. If
the samples and information is given.
we will do the rest.
! Joe Trainor, whose home in the
Little Skookum valley was recently
burned, has settled with the insurance
company, and begun the erection OF
his new house. He secured most of
his lumber from mill in the vicinity
of Elma, paying about 81 a thousand
for rough lumber. This is very cheap
but the long haul almost makes up the
ordinary price.
School has, or is soon abont to COM
nence in a number of districts in the
county taught by the following teach
ers: District No. 1, Prof. A. J. Collins,
Mrs. FL. Thrash, Hattie Callow, and
Mrs. Frank Todd; No. 2, II. L. Bryan;
No. 4, H. Minnie Ford; No. z, H.W.
Durboraw; No. 8, Samuel Wyatt; No.
IL, Frances L. Galusha; No. %, w: o.
Watson; No. Is, Blanche Woods; No.
20, Ella Thompson; No. 81, Mrs. A. J..
Clay; No. %, Mamie Draham; No. 80,
! c. w. Fisk; No. 80, Lena Johnson.