The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-06
Local News.

John w. Moore received the Work
man degree Monday night.
The young grouse can be legally
slaughtered after the 18th,
The tug'Katy took another raft Of
Williansson's logs to Tacoma mill Wed
nesday.
Robert 7. Shepard, who has charge
OF the Ed. Miller farm, was introduc
ed to Woodcraft Tuesday night.
Miss Ansorge's kindergarten chill
dren enjoyed their Wednesdays lunch
at theCompany's old water dam. +
The Mason County Logging Compa
ny has opened up one side of their
camp 6 and will begin hauling logs in
a few days.
Fair exhibition of lightning and
thunder for this section Wednesday
evening, which resulted in few min
utes rain during the night.
Sealed bids are called for the con.
struction Of repairs for protection of
the Skokomish bridge at Webb's
place. See notice elsewhere.
Geo. Vogtlin and AL. Munson are
each having several thousand brick
hauled from the brickyard, intending
to build cellars under their residences.
Joe Durand has closed down his log
ging camp on Little Skookum bay and
gone to Alaska, where money is sup
posed to come easier than by hauling
logs.
The little tug Este1la came in Sat
urnay evening with a scow load of
lumber from Aliens mill. Olympia,
for the new water f1ume now being
constructed by the town.
= The past few days have been some
thing of scorChers, but the weather
prophet thinks that they are breeding
a rain. Well, good rainstorm would
be of considerable benefit just now.
Mrs, James Forrest and children are
rusticating at the Carstairs farm, Ma
son and Jim is putting in some good
ticks in the meantime, painting and
building new porch to their home on
Tenth street.
Chas. and John Kinney, Joe Crock
ford and Jack Morgan were the only
ones of the Shelton party who have
got away for the North. They man
aged to strike passage on the A1ki,
leaving Monday.
The Board of County Chmmission-
ers is now in session as the equaliza-
ton board. They will probably ad-
journ today until the middle of next
week. All having complaints as
to their assessment for 1897 taxes,
should look the matter up during the
coming two weeks.
The Baptist Sunday School of O1ym-
pia enjoyed an excursion at Point De-
fiance, near Tacoma, Wednesday, in
which the Shelton Sunday School
joined, about IS tickets being sold On
the City of Shelton to connect with the
Multnoinah. Those who went along
report pleasant trip.
The w. C. 7. U. held a reception
and social meeting at the Methodist
Church last Monday evening for sever
al new members. Some very interest
ing papers were read and addresses
made by the members. Refreshments
were served and very pleasant even
ing was spent by those present.
w. H. Costagan, of Seattle, on of
State Scaler Johns deputies, was in
town this week, prepared to scale logs.
After sizing up the situation he decid-
ed that there would be no work for him
here aud returned to Seattle. Scaler
Mark Fredson and his assistant Chas.
Leake. do all the scaling for the local
logging firms, which are not inclined
to take advantage of the state law and
have made no recommendation for the
appointment of deputy scaler.
1t is quite likely that the application
for license for the saloon at Matlock
will be denied by the County Commits
sioners, as the Simpsons and most of
the people in the vicinity object
strongly. Judging from a wagon load
of presumably empty beer kegs COM
ing from that direction, the saloon
might as we'll be licensed and the
county receive the money, as for the
authorities to permit it to run without
license.
Henry Thompson, Frank Wandel
and Will Getty have gone to Seattle
to secure work in machine shop
where number of the regular crew
have gone to the Klondyke. Henry
will be back this week and move his
wife and household goods to Seattle.
Dick Thompson is also at work in the
Seattle shops. The Peninsular shops
are rather short of work at present,
until other camps begin oper atoms.
The Town decided to shut off all the
unnecessary water faucets in order to
increase the water in the reservoir
until the new supply line is comp1et-
ed, and Marshal Wiley did consider
able cutting off, Monday. The new
line is being rushed, and will probably
be completed in ten days. Until this
work is completed the lawns and gar
dens must suffer from the drouth and
the consumers do without sprinkling
their premises. 1t is hoped that the
new Improvement will settle the water