The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
Local News.
"When are you goiug?"

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But those who can't go to Klondike
will stay at home and grub for lily
! ing.
Ralph Potts recently caught young
fawn which is quite pet at his home
BoRN.-Big Skookum, July 9th, te
the wife of D. W. Roderick, daughter
Several cases of whooping cough
are reported among the small children
about town.
The Zephyr took raft Of Mason Co
Logging Co.'S. No. 2 logs to Tacoma
Mill Monday,
/ The 3-spot is out of the Peninsular
: Machine shops thoroughly rejuvenated
and ready for work hauling the log
trains.
Excursions, camping parties and all
sorts of summer outings seem to be
the order of the day. Anything for a
change and to get out of the shot and
busting city,
The Shelton school board met Mon
day evening and selected the former
corps of teachers, Prof. Collins, Mrs.
Thrash, Miss Hattie Callow and Mrs.
Frank Todd.
The City of Shelton has been max
ing trips to Kamilche this week, and
carrying the mail in place OF the
Doctor, and is late in reaching Shell
ton in consequence.
BORN.-At Skokomish river, Sun
day, July 18th, to the wife of Prof. A..
]. Collins, new male scholar for the
Professor to practice on during the
nights and the vacations.
Our Yellow Transparent and Red
Astrachan apples are ripe, and the
tree of the former is loaded with fruit.
The farmers in several sections report
that they have fair crop Of apples.
Geo. Brazel has a small crew of men
at work at the Mason County Logging
Co.'S. camps, building new skid roads
and landings. The company has not
decided as to the time they will resume
logging work.
Mains Circus at Olympia Tuesday
attracted about score of Shelton peo-
pie, who report the circus about as the
ordinary circus. The parade was es-
pecially fine and they had a band of
splendid looking horses.
Owing to the fact that some of the
school clerks have been dilatory in
sending in their annual reports, the
apportionment has been delayed, but
Supt. Gunderson will announce the
aoportionment next week.
Ho, for the K1ondike! First the
good news of the big gold discoveries
in Alaska, then from letters and now
comes Vic Lord with the yellow stuff
itself, and number of the boys are
getting excited enough to start for the
K1ondike in the morning.
Mrs. Capt. Winsor sends us a sample
of new kind of huck1eberries, which
she says she never saw anything like
them during her fifty years residence
in Western Washington. They are
larger than the black huck1eberries
and of different habit of growth, the
vines being creepers.
A train load of lumber for the L. M.
branch store and other new buildings
at Matlock, went out over the Port
Blakely road Wednesday. There were
seven cars of the lumber and Matlock
will have something of a building
boom this summer
Mcdonald & O'Neill's delivery horse
started to run away yesterday after
noon, and in going over crossing,
Eddie Armstrong was thrown out of
the wagon and had his arm broken.
DR.. Beach soon fixed up the injury
and the little fellow will soon be
around again.
The ball players had a practice game
Wednesday evening and will put in all
their spare time in getting into shape
to put up a game that will call for
some good work on the part of the
visiting clubs, if they win the prospec-
tive games. Our home people should
turn out to see the match games. AS
the ground is not enclosed no admis-
sion can be charged and it will cost
nothing to see the games.
Through the generosity of Capt.
Tew the children of the Methodist
Sunday School enjoyed an outing at
Saeger's landing last Wednesday af-
ternoon, the City of Shelton taking
the excursion down and returning in
the evening. Unfortunately the steam
er was late on the noon trip and an
hour or so was taken from the outing
making it all too short for the young
sters. About eighty took part in the
excursion, and they all report splen-
did time.
The Town Council met in special
session Tuescay evening to discuss
measures for increasing the flow of
water to the reservoir, the presen
sources seem to be inadequate to sup
ply the water needed. Marshal Viii
ley and Speed Shelton have been at
work surveying out a line from the
big springs to the City dams, and
some plan will be arranged to get
more water as soon AS possible. At
present the water is quite low in the
reservoir, and in case of fire, might
prove Insufficient so so,,,a+hs,,o, .,,..s+