The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
Local News.
The JOURNAL,
The Chicago Inter Ocean.

week.
Elmer Tew's new buggy catches the
girls, allie same, sticky fly paper at
Ke11y's.
Haying is beginning, as the dry
weather has matured the hay crop
earlier than usual.
The lower floor of the Shorter build
ing, occupied by Frazer & Parsons
saloon is being repapered.
Strawberries and gooseberries are
on the decline, currants come next and
raspberries are getting ripe.
Doyle & Elliott have purchased
Ellsworth Freeburger's piano, to add
to the Harmony Orchestra music.
Williamson's camp started up yes
terday morning, the Peninsular No.
being secured to haul over the switch.
Wallie Robinson captured two young
bear cubs this week, and is endeavor-
ing to dispose of them to some city
park.
Donnie O'Neill has a new bicycle,
the smallest in town. and he is proud
err than most big folks of his acquisi-
ton.
The ladies of the M. E. Church will
serve ice cream on the Church corner
Saturday, School election day. GIVE
them a call.
There are now very few persons in
Shelton, of either sex, who have not
taken the bumper degree and master
ed the wheel.
Last Friday was regular quarterly
pension day, when the pensioners
gathered in town to have their vouch-
ers made out.
The usual week of rain at this sea-
son of the year has not yet come and
everything is suffering for rain, es-
pecially the hay crop.
The annual Childrens' Day service
will be held at the Methodist Church
next Sunday evening, and a special
program has been arranged.
The townspeople are taking advan-
tage of the bark-slipping season to
bark the logs on the loaded cars
which stay on the track over night.
The demand for logs being little
slow at present, Mark Draham closes
his camp this week till after the Fourth,
giving his crew about months yaca-
ton.
A white frost greeted early risers on
Wednesday morning in most sections
of the county, nipping the tips of
be ans and potatoes, but doing little
damage.
Wednesday was observed at the
Methodist Church as ''F1ower mission
day." with appropriate exercises, and
splendid boquets of flowers were dis
tributed among the sick ones and in
the business houses about town.
A pleasant outing is reported by
those who went on the B. Y. P. u.
moonlight excursion Wednesday even
ing. The night was chilly, but the
crowd was lively enough to keep
warm. New Kamilche was visited
and the jewellers along the shores
were treated to a musical serenade.
Refreshments were served on board
the boat.
A. E. Cowan brought this office the
best sample box of strawberries of
this season, of the Sharoless variety,
one of which was nearly two inches
across, and all unusually large for this
variety. He also brought in the first
home cherries to the local market
A scrub game of baseball was play
ed on the prairie grounds last Sunday
for practice, the first of the season.
The youngsters who have been doing
more or less practicing during the
spring, did much the best playing and
cleaned out the older players badly.
The camps of the Mason County
Logging Co., and the Simpson Log
cling Co. will close down June 10Th,
for the Fourth. AS no vacation was
given at the Chris tmas holidays a
longer vacation will be acceptable to
the 1oggers, providing it is not too
long.
Two coach loads of picnickers from
Shelton visited Mason Lake last Sun
day, ostensibly for fishing, but clubs
were the main fish. The party con-
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs. X. B. Giles, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Dean and family, Mrs.
Schumacher and children, Grace Lott,
Mary Curry and Henry Lott. They
report good time.
1t is suggested that meeting of all
the wheelmen in this vicinity be held
in Shorter's Hall next Saturday even.
ing at O'Clock, for the purpose of or
! ganizing a Bicycle Club. There are
now several thousand dollars worth
of bicycles in Mason County, and by
concerted effort, the wheelmen can
secure needed improvements in the
| roads, and arrange a bicycle path
| about Shelton. There are other ad-
vantages that can be secured and it is
expected that every bicyclist will turn
out and join the club Saturday night
at Shorter's Hall.