The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-15
Local News.

week.
W. K. Stewart announces an inova-
ton at his barber shop, that it will
not be open on Sunday hereafter.
! Messrs Shepard and Hodge have
opened their new butcher shop in the
building adjoining the Shelton market
The Shelton Southwestern engine
Bertha is undergoing an overhauling
and the road is not working very hard
at present.
}. w. Lott was exhibiting another
fine lot of Hartstein Island strawber-
ries this week, and here it is the mid
die of October.
Supt. George Simpson took in the
tournament at Montesano last week,
; driving oyer from Mat1ock behind
lively team of blacks hitched to a road
cart.
Owing to the breaking of the drum
on the road donkey engine at the Ma
son County Logging Company's camp
Wednesday, the loggers are taking an
enforced lay-of for day or so, until
the break is repaired
The tug Favorite, while taking
large double-tow from the "Rollway"
to Port Blakely last Saturday. pulled
the raft in two on Steamboat Island.
Most of the logs were recovered, al
though several days were spent in
picking them up.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Theophi1 Bordeaux,
parents of the Bordeaux brothers, aud
Mrs. Henry Faubert. left last week on
the return trip to their home in La
Prairie, Canada, after spending the
summer in Shelton, which they have
thoroughly enjoyed.
Jack Frost and thin ice made their
appearance Thursday morning as a
reminder that winter is almost here
and the woodsheds should be filled.
There have been several light frosts
before, but that of yesterday morning
was frigid enough for anybody.
School teachers seem to be IN de-
mand in many counties of the state,
as the superintendent are advertising
! for teachers. This is something un-
usual, as there is generally two or
more pedagogues for every school
Can it be that the surplus school
marms have gone to the Klondike?
The City of Shelton has been un-
usually late for the past week, being
delayed awaiting the Aberdeen, which
| is taking the Multnomah's place while
that steamer is laid up for an over
| hauling. The traffic seems to be quite
heavy just now, and taxes the Aber-
deem to make her run in decent hours.
The New England supper given by
the w. c. T. u. was quite a success IN
giving the society a nice lift to help in
! building their new hall and reading
| room, next to the Baptist parsonage,
! for which the lumber is already on the
ground. The patronage at the supper
was SO good that every thing eatable
was disposed of and turned into money,
netting over $12, at Is cents plate
J. F. Riley has received word from
his brother John, at Salida, Col. that
he is getting along splendidlyI has
gained considerable flesh and feels
we'll. He expects to remain where he
| is, however, until spring, and will
come back to Shelton an entirely new
man, the dry mountain air being just
suited to his condition. all of which
his many friends will be glad to hear.
The logs have been coming in pretty
lively over the Peninsuiar Railroad for
the past month or so. but as the bay is
getting full of logs again the prospect
is that there will be some 1et-up before
long, as the demand is not so good as
it was a short time ago. From some
quarters an attempt is being made 10
get many of the logging camps to shut
down for the winter, so that the log
supply will be low when spring opens
and better prices can be secured.
This week our fruit exhibit has re-
ceived several additions. Chas. Nc
Claim brings us several big branches
of wild blackberries, with fruit ripe
green and in blossom, larger than in
their regular season two months ago,
and says he can gather quart at the
same place. Hi1ny Norton adds a
branch of domestic raspberries, and
Rev. Covington some Seeding peaches
from tree in the parsonage yard. AL
are evidences of what Nature some
times does out of season in this coun
try.
The Rutledge Brothers from Little
Rock brought their traction threshine
outfit up the Satsop river and have beer
threshing for a number of the farmer:
during the week. Their largest jot
on the upper Satsop was at Carstairs'
: where they handled nearly 700 bushel.
of wheat, oats and peas in one day
: They haye good outfit and can handl,
a lot of grain. This is the first trip O
: steam machine in this section an(
the farmers have not been in the habi
of raising much grain, but in the flu
. ture larger fields will be sowed as thi
machine will visit this county eacl
season. The outfit passed through
Shelton Wednesday on its way hom,
and was quite novelty. The Traction
engine travels we'll over ordinary roads