The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-03-18
Local News.

Thursday was the day iyr,the wear
in of the green"
Spring must oe here, peddlers and
gnats are getting thick.
. Jim Getty is hand logging for cedar
around the Point, North of town.
BoRN:-Shelton, ST. Patrick's DaY,
: to the wife of Thos. Read, a son.
The Rev. L. J. Covington will
preach at Chapman's Cove Sunday, at
3 P NJ.
VIM LeCompte, has purcha sed a.
team and gone into teaining on his
| own account.
Ed. McReavy is nursing a badly cut
finger on his left hand, the result of
an encounter with an axe
The fine weather of the past two
weeks has brought the old bicycles out
OF winter quarters and turned peoples
attention to getting new wheels.
The Union City mill is hard at work
getting out big order of material for
the construction of big canuery at
Blaine for Ainsworth and Dunn.
The Mason County Neat Company
have made several shipments of hogs
to the Pacific Heat Company, Seattle.
shipping fifteen carcasses Monday.
Ed. McReavy has moved out to the
farm for the summer. A number of
nlovings are contemplated without
waiting for the coming of May day.
The several quite frosty mornings of
this week have held the fruit back to
some extent. but it is still too early in
the season for the safety of the fruit
crop.
The Shelton Ball Club met Monday
evening to arrange for finishing up it's
new grounds and for it's May Day
dance, to raise funds for the seasons
expenses.
The town coop has had an occupant
during the week, drunk who had
been gathered in and preferred to
board out his fine.
Juc Todd brought over a pet deer
from Union City Wednesday, which
was placed in the grove, with two
others. Jud reports the fishing to be
the main industry on the Canal at pres
ent, shipments ranging as high as SIS.
Several youngsters, among them the
children of George Motley were roll
ing blocks of wood down the side hill
from the cemetery road, when a block
run over one of the Motley children,
breaking his arm and damaging his
nose.
Miss Daisy Dean gave Hat trim
ming party last Thursday evening,
nine couples taking part. The first
prize for hat trimming was given to
+ Schumacher and the BOBBY prize
falling to w. Il. Forbes. A very en-
joyable evening was spent
II. c. Hungerford is arranging to
leave the Collins place opposite Area
dia for Alaska, and offers for sale
cheap. all his furniture, household
goods and farming implements. Mrs
Hungerford and daughter, Lulu, will
go east to visit relatives.
The Mcpherson Brothers have big
contract for furnishing several thou
sand cords of brush for filling in tide
lands at Seattle, for the Great North
ern Railroad Company. They are get
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| ting out part of the brush at Skookum
Point below Shelton, where crew of
D men and several teams are at work.
The brush is loaded on two big lighters
and towed to Seattle by two tugs
| which are in attendance.
Antonio Siiveria, was in Shelton this
week from Lilliwaup. He says that
letter has been received from Victor
Furniss, who went to Skagway with
| Thos. II. James, to erect some build
ings, stating that he would return as
| soon as james, who wds taken down
with the prevailing fever, could get
away, as there was not much prospect
of escaping the prevailing plague, if
| he stayed.
Williamson's Logging crew struck
this week for shorter hours and reduc-
J ed board. The work has been some
distance from camp and more than ten
hours required of them, which were re-
duced 10 ten for days wore. Board
WAS cHt from SIS. which is the prevail
ing figure, to 81 MIR. Williamson is
conceded to be the most liberal of the
employing loggers on the Sound, yet
he seems to have been selected as the
victim for the opening strike.
The damage suit of Marcia Bateman
Us Peninsular Railway Co, was hard
fought during last Thursday and Fri.
day. The jury was sent out about
noon, and shortly returned a verdict
for $4,000 for plaintiff, the amount
sought for being SIS, 900. In the mean
time, evidently under the belief that
the three damage suits would &c
against the Company, application was
made in Seattle for the appointment
of receiver, aud Sol G. Simpson
was appointed.