The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-04
Local News.
The JOURNAL,
The Chicago Inter Ocean.

1t is now perfectly safe to invest in
straw hat, and the local stores have
an endless assortment.
The Shelton harbor is now full of
logs, it being literally possible to walk
across the bay on the water.
Will Sargison's milk route has
grown tc such proportions as to call
for horse and buggy for delivery.
Several cooling showers the early
part of this week, but hardly enough
to satisfy the rancher with hay fields
! or the garden.
: Closson & Kelly have received a
soda generator, and can charge soda
fountain tanks, saving the expense
and delay of sending tanks to Tao oma
for charging.
Veterans W. W. Smith, the drum
mer, and M. E. Jones, the ffer, were
invited to Olympia Monday to lead in
the memorial exercises in that city,
and returned Tuesday.
the market, from Binns' and points
down the Bay as far as Hartstein Is
land, and they are superb. They are
down to 3 boxes for 8 cents.
Howard Cyphert is still making i'm
provenents at the old Shelton orchard,
now enclosing it in a neat picket fence.
He will make good living from the
orchard and ground in the future.
Saturday and Monday were busy
days for the tax collector. Treasurer
Fredson has been hard at work during
this week making receipts for cash re-
ceived for taxes during last week.
The Tumwater Brewery sent the
| Shelton Band a keg of beer the other
day, in appreciation of their playing
at the park during the excursion; and
we presume they didn't do thing to
the keg.
NJ. II. Cooper was in from the Sat
sop Valley and paid his respects to the
JOURNAL. He is opening new ranch,
which is rapidly becoming self sup
porting, with the market the logging
camps offer for products.
Claude and Jesse Rodenberger
rowed to Olympia last Saturday night
with a piece of iron work from one Of
the Shelton Southwestern engines, for
which a new casting was required be-
fore the locomotive could be run.
Judge Hanford. Of the U. S. District
Court, has announced the appointment
Of number of new Court Commission
ers throughout the state, G. c. Angle
receiving the appointment in Mason
county, in place of W. r. Lott, whose
term expires june 31st.
Grain, the Gem Studio, Tacoma, has
has rented the gallery next door to the
JOURNAL, and is doing hrst-class
Photographic work. He is now enjoy
ing a ''run'' on his gem pictures,
especially with the babies, at so cents
a dozen, but his rates for fine cabinets
are cheap.
Misses Bertha Robinson and Mol1ie
Snider have opened a refreshment sa-
lon in the Draham building opposite
the L. M. store, where they intend to
serve Ice cream and Strawberries and
cream Saturdays and Sundays until
after the Fourth, if the boys show
the proper appreciation of their in
dustry.
Fire was discovered in the barn on
the Webb property adjoining the Dip
man house Wednesday evening. A
wad of paper was burning in a
manger, but bucket of water put out
the fire. It is not known how the pa
per caught fire, but possibly children
or a tramp touched a match to it. 1t
reminds us, however, to keep a sharp
lookout for fires.
A social dance will be given at
Kneeland's hall next Saturday even
ing, to raise funds for the benefit of
the Shelton Military Band, which is
expected to furnish music during the
day of the Fourth celebration The
Harmony Orchestra will furnish the
music without charge. Tickets Is
cents. The o E. S. will furnish the
refreshments. Raise good purse for
the boys.
Joseph Carstairs brought in several
hundred pounds of wool last week,
and sold it to Tacoma parties. He Sc
cured 20 cents per pound for his goats
wool and ten cents for his sheep wool.
Considering that tons of foreign wool
are being shipped into the United
States to get ahead of the protective
tariff bill, and that the market for
wool will be demoralized for year or
so, Mr.. Carstairs preferred to let his
clip go.
The main object of the free text
book proposition is to supply children
whose parents cannot afford to pur-
chase the needed books. There are
very few people in such circumstances
! and even they manage to keep their
children supplied, as it is very rarely
that application is made for books for
INDECENT children, which can readily
be secured upon proper showing under
| the law now in effect. 1t seems to us
that the supplying of text books would
better remain In the hands of the in
dividuals. rather than by pablic funds
raised by taxation.