The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-01-15
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The Chicago Inter Ocean.

The JOURNAL,
The New York Tribune.
The Chicago Inter Ocean.
Bert. Daniels is on the sick list.
A light skift of snow Tuesday morn
ing.
Sharp frost Thursday morning an
nounces change of weather to colder.
January 1st came in on Friday and
some of us have lost our rabbits foot.
H. J. Wehres has moved his family
into the Taylor cottage vacated by O..
c. Hanson.
Miss Minnie Pierce began term of
schoo1in the Ed. Callow district, Little
Skookum, this week.
Populism took full charge of the
state at high noon Wednesday and the
next morning the sun rose smiling1y
on, us all.
Edwin G. Taylor has purchased forty
acres of land of c. C. Simmons near
Oyster bay and intends to make Mason
County his home.
Superior Court has been in session
this week, with Judge Hodgdon, pre-
siding, and adjourned until next Tues
day to hear the receivership matter.
The new city council met Tuesday
night and organized, but left the
selection of its appointive officers un-
til its regular meeting on Saturday
evening.
Accommodations in the Capital city
are crowded and there is much of in
terest to be seen and heard while the
senatorial fight is on. Shelton is we'll
represented during this week.
John Redfern, a logger at William
sons camp got caught between two
logs last Friday, and his lower limbs
were badly bruised. He was taken to
the Olympia hospital for treatment.
Advices from the seat of war state
that Farmer Todd is circulating freely
among the legislators, and pulling the
wires in favor nomina11y of Dick
Winsor for senator. He is leading
member of the third house.
Boat thieves visited the apple bouses
of Capt. Ed. Miller and D. W. Roder-
ick, down the bay last Saturday night
and secured few boxes of fruit at
each place. It is probable that the
thieves will get caught about the next
move they make.
A number of teams of Satsop folks
followed the remains of Thomas
Taylor to their last resting place in
the Shelton cemetery last Friday.
Rev. F. o. Lamoreux, went out by
way of Kami1che and conducted SER
vices at home and at the cemetery.
James Neal and Bert Kneeland are
engaged in hauling 200 piles from the
side bill, north of town to the tide
flats, where they will be driven as
tenders along the little trest1e. The
Peninsu1ar pile driver has been refit-
ted and will begin the work next week.
Other repairing will be done on the
railroad trest1es during the spring,
Sc far as we can observe, or get
information, no young fruit trees in
Mason County were injured by the
November cold snap, and buds are
already swelling on all kinds of fruit
Fruit growers are hoping that we will
have enough backward weather dur
ing January and February to keep the
fruit trees from getting too far along.
A week ago Saturday night an at
tempt was made to break into Me-
Donald & O'Nei11's store on First
street, but it was unsuccessful. The
lock on the front door was broken, but
it did not yield, AMI the back door was
almost forced open, when it appeared
that the thieves were frightened away.
Their store was cleaned out of about
$1,000 worth of goods in 1889.
Notice is given by the Land Office
at Olympia, that plats of fractional
townships twenty-one (21) North
Ranges six t6) and seven (7) West Will
lamette Meridian have been received
from the Office of the U. S. Surveyor
General and will be placed on file in
that office on Thursday, February II,
1897 at 9 O'Clock a. m. from and after
which time applications for lands in
said fractional townships will be re-
ceived A number of Shelton people
are holding claims in these townships.
The new county officers have drop
ped easily into their duties and the
county business is running along
smoothly. Clerk Hanson, Treasurer
F'redson and Auditor Dunbar are do
ing their work we'll and promise to
make good officials. Miss Ansorge
and Mrs. B. c. Kelly continue at work
in the Auditors office finishing up the
big recording job for the N. p. Tie
new board of commissioners held their
first meeting Monday, organized by
electiug D. M. Duckworth chairman
and disposed of the remaining bust
ness.
Beginning next week, the JOURNAL
will publish the first installment of a
splendid serial story, for the enter
tainment OF its readers during the
winter months. The serial is one of
the latest stories andiwill prove worthy
reading. Don't miss a number. "a
Case in Equity" will continue about