The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-22
Local News.

| 'AS "a NOuSIt E<li1Ott, son.
BORN Shelton, Thursday, Oct
18th, to the wife of L. J. Morrison,
son.
BoRN.-Shelton, Friday, Oct. 18th
to the wife of Thomas McLarty, a sot
and herr :,
/! Three boys came to town since las,
issue, pretty good week for boys.
/ John Dynan received the third de
gree IN Odd Fellowship Wednesday
evening.
Sheriff Caldwell covered the county
pretty generally the latter part of last
week, getting his jury list together
l.. K. Munson can supply you with
any parts for any make or style Of
sewing machine; also needles and sup.
plies.
). M. Rolf recently brought us sam.
pies OF sugar beets, and the JOURNAL
desires samples from another grower
to send to the Pullman College. -
| A big coil of wire cable, weighing
o,OOO pounds was taken to Simpson,
camps at Matlock last-week, to be used
IN connection with the new gripwhee1
arrangement for hauling logs.
The Mason County logging Co.'S
camp is hard at work on some new
orders for long stuff, and the drum fol-
the donkey engine at camp having
arrived, work will be resumed there
next week.
Eli B. Robinson adds some speci.
mems of his big King of Tompkins
| County apples to our collection. They
measure about 10 inches in circumfer.
ence, are nice looking, and he had
twenty boxes of them, disposing of
| most of them to L. r. Munson for the
retail trade,
A letter from Robert Sheedy states
that the family is com fortab1y domi-
c1led next door to the McKeehan's at
Northport, and that he has been ap-
pointed roadm aster On the Spokane
Falls q Northern Railway, and the
several lines operated by the same
company, covering about 800 miles
of railroad. The system is in a noun
famous country and he says he has
his hands full, but is we'll pleased with
his situation.
1t is reported that Capt: Ed. Miller,
who is one of party which has spent
the summer in cruising among the
islands on the ALASKAN coast in a
schooner, has struck som ething pretty
good i'll the mining prospects, but we
have not learned particulars. The
party was under the guidance of an
old miner who had visited that country
mineral.
The Satsop Valley must have been
short handed" this week on account
of the large number of residents call
ed as witnesses On the Bailey and Vim
cent cases. The Satsop people are
we'll pleased over the abatement of the
saloon nuisance in their vicinity for
the peace And morality of the commu-
nifty. In the Bailey case the costs and
fine will Amount to over $500, And
will likely deter anyone from further
attempts to sell liquor in that vicinity.
r. Lambert, one of the Lambert
Brothers who started the brick yard in
Shelton last year and got into difficult
ties, has struck it rich in the new min
ing district in the vicinity of Mount
Baker, in Whatcom county. He has
several good claims and according to
the newspapers the rock assays SOL to
the ton There is very little silver in
the quartz, but copper is abundant.
1t is evident that the county will re-
ceive considerable amount OF money
from delinquent tax collections, dur
ing November. Payment of delin-
quent taxes before November 3Oth will
save to the taxpayers, on 1892 or prior,
at least 81 per cent; on 1893 2Sz per
cent; 1894 taxes, II per cent and on
1895 taxes II per cent. This represents
the difference between the accumula.
ton OF penalty and interest, computed
at the old rate, and the six per cent
conditional provision of the curren,
revenue act.-Ex.
Fred Beland, a logger who has beer
in the employ of Bordeaux for several
| years past, has been ''bucking'' the
old Louisiana lottery, which is now
located in Central America, and it is
reported that he has received notice
that he has won $1,000 from the game,
This is a good piece of luck and better
than undergoing the hardships of Z
trip to the Klondike for gold. How.
ever, we would adyise people to let the
swindle alone, as it is ali in the hands
of the operators, and bats are coca
siona11y distributed in various direc.
tons as an advertisement, but too
seldom to pay. The Louisiana lottery
is such a notorious swindle that it was
driven out of this country several
years ago and now operates only by
stealth.