The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-09-24
Local News.


Beautiful Indian summer weather
warm and comfortable.
The. Zephyr and the Favoite were in
the bay for logs this week.
Gilbert Bordeaux has been quite
sick, but is now out of danger.
: BoRN..Shelton, Sept. 21st, to the
wife of George Woodford a girl.
BoRN.-Shelton, Sept. 21st, ,te~the
wife OF Chas. 'Endicott, daughter.
The Peninsular 2sspot is ont on the
road again at construction work.
DR.. Mccartney is in town from Ed
nonds visiting his daughter, Mrs,
Dave Horton.
Salmon trout are biting pretty well
IN the Skokomish river, aud take the
salmon eggs readily.
The L. NJ. Co. has sent the safe for
merly used by Needham, to Matlcck
for the branch store.
The log market continues dull, and
the camps on Shelton railroads are
not working full capacity.
Mart. Shelton has moved into town
for the winter, and is thinking of get
ting an early start to Alaska with a
drove of horses in the spring.
The Baptist Sunday School will pro-
vide special program in the church
next Sunday evening, in lieu of the
usual services. All are invited.
A substantial abuttment and other
improvements have been made for the
protection of the 9TH street bridge, f
which expense the town stands $40 and
those interested the balance
The open season for quail does not
begin until October 18th, 1900, the leg
islature of 1895 having closed their
hunting for five years. So it will not
be lawful to hunt quail for another
year or two.
Judge Hodgdon has ordered Receiv-
er Kneeland to pay the wages due the
employees of the Shelton Southwestern
Railroad for last December. amount
ing to over 500. This is about all of
the old Indebtedness owing to the en-
plOyes On the road.
John Kubik and Lars Larson. with
Robert Brakeman and F. F. Potter,
for witnesses, and William C. Gush,
of Dewatto, with G. Bennetsen and
George Wooten, witnesses, made final
proof on their homesteads before U. S.
Commissioner Angle this week.
A. NJ. Richardson and Dan. Freezer
icks have been engaged in building
30-foot bridge across Johns Creek on
the Allyn road. The latter met with
an accident Wednesday, cutting his
instep badly while hewing logs for the
bridge, and will be laid up for some
time
Pat Vance's steady old horse took
fright at the "bulgine" up Gotta street
last Friday morning. and took run
down Railroad and up the Asmus hill,
but was stopped before doing any
damage, and Pat, did not lose any of
his load of potatoes.
Messrs. Aydelotte and Forrest, of
Chehalls are at work fitting up their |
photograph studio next door to the !
JOURNAL office, and will be ready for
business by Monday. They are first
class artists, as their work demon
strates, aud their photos will be fin
ished in the latest styles at moderate
prices.
While no new houses are being built
just at present a great many minor
improvements are being made, such
as barns, outbuildings, brick CHM
neys, and repairs generally, fitting up
for the coming winter. This is in it.
self an evidence of returning prosper
ity, and that the people are becoming
to think that life is worth the living.
And we will be willing to overlook the
cause, so long as the effect is here.
The Mason County Logging COM
pany has a crew at work laying about
1000 feet of track, in preparation to
reopen their Camp S. Camp is work.
ing ''one-side," hauling about % cars
of logs day. While the company has
quite supply of logs in the bay, they
have no logs of the quality in demand
just nov, good flooring stuff, and the
timber at Camp is what is marketa-
bic at fair prices. No. 2 logs are not
in much demand at present, but there
is noticeable improvement in other
directions.
Mark Draham resumed his logging
work this week with small crew of
men, finding it hard to secure the num-
Der of good 1oggers he required to
make up his complement of crew In
fact there is general scarcity of log
gers on the Sound at present, because
many of the old standbys have scat
tered in various directions and to the
Klondike, in search of something bet
ter than logging camp wages, less
board, have been for several years
past. 1t is probable that better wages
will be paid by the loggers in the flu
ture.