The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-12
Local News.
This has been long dry spell.


The JOURNAL until the end of the
year, including the campaign for fifty,
cents.
Cut down the Bull thistle, and the
Canadian thistle wherever they may
be found, especially about town.
The 1. o. G. T. will give an ice
cream social at their hall next Satur-
day evening. Admission tree, ice
cream and cake 10 cents.
The Montesano Club telephoned Fri
day evening that they would be unable
to come, and deferred the visit so there
was only scrub game on the Shelton
grounds last Sunday.
One of the Booth children had a
close call from drowning in Chap
mans Cove one day last week. A
neighboring oysterman heard her
cries and rescued her in time.
L. K. Munson and S. P. Richardson
started Tuesday morning in the direc-
ton of Lost Prairie, where they will
spend week IN fishing, hunting and
camping out, prepared for a good time.
And now is the season when the
Camper goes out, works hard, puts up
with many Inconvenience and literal
1y "grove1s in the dirt in freedom from
conventionality. and calls it fun. 1t is
a change, however.
Elias Johnson, of Twana, brought
us a Crawford peach, that was a
'peach," one of the largest of the va
rieties grown in the state and very
finely favored. It measured nine
inches in circumference.
Win. Taylor is building a new house
on his farm in the Little Skookum
valley, and expects to open it with a
dance on completion. Win. has twelve
acres of oats higher than his head,
which he thinks can't be beat.
E. E. Ellison was taken to the Olym-
pia hospital Monday from Matlock,
suffering from broken thigh, the re-
suit of an accident at one of Simpsons
camps near Matlock. Mr.. El1ison's
family reside in Shelton.
This has been a banner week for
marriage licenses, the Auditors office
having issued the following: David
Charley to Eliza Pulsiter, Mckinney
Pulsifer to Martha Bill, Billy Williams
to Julia Tumtun1, all Indians; VIM J.
Wright and Martha F. Headley.
B. S. Barger, DR.. Kennicott and
Ferd. Stabenfeldt left early Monday
morning for trip to the beach at
Westport tor a weeks outing. The
Doctor started with his patent sail, but
it played him out before he reached
the Lake woods, and he sent it back
by Louis Mayer.
T. G. Morrow, one OF Mason Coun-
tvs pioneers, who has had bad luck
for several years past, was taken in
custody last Saturday on complaint of
Thomas Bordeaux, for having made
serious threats against the latter. On
hearing before Justice Covil1, Grundy
was placed in custody of Sheriff Cald-
we'll for ninety days.
William J. Wright and Martha F.
Headley, of Grove, this County, were
married in Shelton, Wednesday, Aug.
10th, by Rev. F. A. Gregory. Mr..
Wright is a well-known farmer on the
lower Satsop valley, where he has re-
sided a number of years past; and the
bride is also resident of that locality.
The following families are camping
out on the Saeger's Landing grounds,
which has become a real mushroom
boom town: Pool, Hanson, w. H.
Kneeland, Vogtlin, Wilder. Marshall
and Needham. Mrs. J. A. Morrison,
Miss Alice Graham, Miss Inez Will
liams. Miss Stella Day and sister, and
| other visitors from town are enjoying
the hospitality of the camp.
A representative of the Northern
Pacific attended a special session of
the Board of Equalization one evening
last week, with lengthy statement
showing that the assessment on much
of the company's lands in this county
should be reduced. The same effort is
being made in other counties. The
company claims to be offering to sell
any of its lands at greatly reduced fig
ures. and the present would be good
time to get piece of N. P. land.
Thos. Bordeaux met with runaway
accident i'll the vicinity of his ca mp in
the Lake woods last Saturday morn
ing, which might have had more
serious ending. ice Valley riding his
bike came upon the horses suddenly
and the amin al started to run, throw
ing Mr.. Bordeaux out, badly bruising
his leg, and nearly breaking it. The
buggy was badly demolished, but Mr..
Bordeaux managed to hobb1e to the
railroad track and flag the train
bringing the wreck with him. He was
leading two big horses behind hi.
buggy and they did the damage.
The Sixth Annual session of the Ma
son County Teachers Institute will
convene at the Shelton Schoolhouse
Tuesday, Aug 10th and continue un
til Friday. All the County teacher
will be in attendance, and among tn,
instructors, State Supt. Browne. Prof
) Halves and Miss Emma Page, of Olym
pia. Supt. Browne will deliver lee