The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-03-19
Local News.
The JOURNAL,
The Chicago Inter Ocean.

Superior Court meets in jury term
on the 18th.
The Rebekahs enjoy a Smoker" at
their pleasant hall tonight.
The battle of the pugs was lively
topic about town Wednesday.
The JOURNAL and the Post In
telligencer one year for S., that is
good combination.
st Patrick's Day was remembered
by numerous stray bits of green rib
bons about town.
In the intervals of good weather the
gardens are getting raking over in
readiness for the summer crop.
The City of Shelton leaves at 7
O'Clock sharp Saturday evening for
the Masquerade Ball at New Kamilche
Fare ST.. per couple.
One of the f1ues in the Peuinsular
round house burned out Wednesday
afternoon, and caused the boys to fly
around for few minutes.
This week has proven more disa-
greeable than usual in the weather
line, with just enough patches of sum
shine to accent the other kinds of
weather.
BY brilliant management this term
of court has proven an expensive lux
ury for the county, considerably out
of proportion to its good results. The
criminal cases will cost the county
about $500.
W. H. Maxwell is arranging to ex-
tend the front of his dwelling adjoin-
ing Needham's store, to the street and
arrange good. sized store room. It is
probable that c. H. Stone will occupy
it with his sample room, in order to
get in better location than at pres
emit.
The Alaska fever is taking hold of
of many persons this year, and the
North bound Steamers are crowded in
spite of the mining attractions in
other directions. Solomon Alberts,
Frank Breau, Sam Lewis and others
from this vicinity intend going to
Alaska shortly.
The Shelton Southwestern pile dri-
yer, which had been temper arily plac-
ed on an old scow for some work
about the trestle. turned over into the
bay the other day, by the scow filling
with water and sinking. It will be
some little trouble to raise the driver
and get it in working order again.
While driving home yesterday after
noon Mrs. J. B. Ritner's horse and
wagon went over the bank on the
Seager road up the hill. Mrs. Ritner
was walking at the time and was not
in danger, but the rig went down
about twelve feet. The shafts were
broken but otherwise no damage was
done.
The State Bank of Shelton has just
received the splendid burglar and fire
proof time-look cash vault formerly
the property of the defunct Seattle Ma
in the bank vault this week and ad-
justed, and now it will be impossible
to get at the Banks cash before a
stated hour in the morning. The
bank now handles large amounts of
cash and the old steel chest was hardly
safe against the expert craftsman.
| Do;
ly put third train at work to handle
the increased output,of logs, when the
new Mason County Logging Co.'S.
camps begins work. The little engine
will handle the empties, while the IS.
| spot" will bring out the logs from the
various camps and make up the trains
and the Agnes will handle the trains
on this end of the line, as usual. This
years output of logs will be much
larger than ever before, and an i'm
provement in the price would make
logging very profitable business.
| The local bank is and has for year
or more past, been forced to ship in
about $4,000 of cash every month, a
large share of which is in silver. The
query now is: Where does this large
amount of cash go to. Surely ali of it
is not packed out of Shelton by men
leaving for other points; and among
the several hundred men employed in
| the woods and at other work, most of
them must have more or less money
laid by. There is ample money in the
country, just as there is here, although
it may not circulate very freely.
A travelling troupe exhibited at the
Kneeland Hall on Saturday and Sun
day night, but departed without taking
any money with them. Their band
was parading the streets Sunday just
at the church hour, and disturbed the
church meetings. It seems to us that
auction sales and shows of this char
acter should be stopped from using
Sunday for their racket. We are will
ing that all people should make such
use of Sunday as they may see fit so
long as they do not disturb or infringe
upon the rights of others, but it seems
quite heathenish to allow these shows
on Sunday, and besides, is con-
trary to state law, just as it is for
saloons and some other class of places
to be open on Sunday.