The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-29
Union Services.

Union Services.
At II a. m. there will be Union ser
vices at the Baptist Church.
Union services at the Methodist
church 8 p. m. Rev. D. w. Thurston
will preach at both services.
WILDLY Island in the vicinity of
Coupeville, has some splendid roads,
which are attracting many visitors to
spend their summer vacations in wheel
ing trips over the Island. That county
owns one of the road-grading ma
chimes, which constructs roads cheaper
and better than by the old slow method
OF scraper and shovel, and the work
when completed is uniform, With
such machine in Mason County, and
with the expenditure of much less
money, our roads, in a few years time
could be put in splendid and perman-
ent shape. On the gravelly uplands,
especially, this work once done would
never require further attention. AT
the present rate of progress it will be
many years before Mason County has
a perfect system of roads, and it will
always require heavy tax for road
purposes. The road machine is sue
cess in Island County, which has hard
1y one-third the road mileage of Mason
County, and we imagine it would pay
for its cost, (about $780, the first year
of it's use The commission ers should
look into the matter.
The town council held a meeting
last Saturday evening for the purpose
of considering the bids for the Colds
borough creek improvement. Four
bids were presented; one for the lump
sum of $1,000 to make pile and brush
entertainments, cribs, ETC.; two others
specifying prices for material and
labor, but making no limit as to price,
while the fourth was for crib work
alone in unprotected places. None of
the bids were satisfactory, especially
as all were considerably over the sum
at the disposal of the Council. The
matter has been laid over, and the
request will be made of the County
Commissioners. to secure some of the
funds collected from the municipality
for road taxes. The board seems dis
posed to grant this money for the inn
provement, under the direction of one
of their number.
E. L. Moody, convicted at the last
term of court, of murder in the second
degree, for killing Mrs. H. J. Bum, at
Eltna in July, 1896, was taken to Wal
la Walla, Tuesday, to serve his twenty
year sentence in the penitentiary.
Sheriff Creech and Deputy Bernier
accompanied the prisoner. If Moody
earns all the time possible for good
behavior, he will have to serve twelve
years and four months, so that he can
be released in 1910, and possibly, can
! get a further reduction of the two
years which he has spent in the comfy
! jail.-Montesano Vidette.
On and after July l, 1898, the follow
ing provision of law from an act of
cong ress, went into effect: "That
second, third and fourth class mail
matter shall not be returned to the
sender or remailed until the postage
has been fully prepaid on the same;
provided, that in all cases where unde-
livered matter of these classes is of
shall be notified of the fact of non-de-
livery, and be given the opportunity
of preparing the return postage.
The railroad between Elma and
Summit, known as the Elma branch,
is being reconstructed. It will be put
good condition and will handle the
product of the large single and saw
mill now being built at Buck prairie
by Sol. G. Simpson & Co, as well as
the numerous smaller mills now in
operation along the line. This road
will doubtless be continued to Shelton
in short time.-Aberdeen Herald.
The school population of Mason
County has decreased u since last
census, being 927 against 999 last year.
The school districts are now in better
financial condition than ever before,
many districts having more than 500
to their credit. The figures of the
superintendent annual report will be
I given next week.
DR.. Kennicott, Dentist, is making
sets of teeth from 81 to SO set. On
1y high priced teeth used.