The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-11-25

doctors and cure before calling in our
medicos.
The geese have not been very nu-
merous in this vicinity this fall, but
Lou Sanderson managed to get one
Tuesday. Some of the geese have
gone South, and the sports are not
likely to get many this winter.
The Good Templars will give an en-
tertaintnent and supper at the hall
next Saturday evening. Birthday in
vitation cards have been issued, in
which each recipient is asked to bring
change to equal his or her years.
Turkey, chicken, or any other kind
of a roast will be just as acceptable to
the thankful heart as the Kings dish
Few, indeed, are those who cannot
this year give thanks for the blessings
showered upon them with cheerful
spirit.
Taxpayers should not forget that the
second instal1ment of their taxes is
due Nov. 30th, or they become delin-
quent and penalty and interest attach.
AS the Treasurer's Office is generally
rushed during the last week, it is best
to hand in your payments IN good sea-
son.
Turkeys were pretty scarce this
week, Joseph Carstairs, of Mason, had
lot which were disposed of at Mat
lock and Grundy Wyatt had the mo-
nopoly of the local trade, with not
enough to go around. Chickens were
also in good demand. I. W. Woods
went East this fall and did not raise
his usual crop of celery, so our Thanks
giving Dime is short of this relish.
The holiday season is fairly opened
and there is no need to go out of Shell
ton for anything this year. The gen.
eral stores have everything needed
for the table, or>for wear, and what
is out of their line is carried by Mum
son, who has "a larger Holiday stock
than ever before. The person who
cannot find something in this array is
indeed hard to suit.
F. F. Williamson suffered loss of
about $500 in the burning of the cook
| house and contents, at his Shelton
Southwestern logging camp, Tuesday
night. No one knows how the fire
caught but probably from the stove
! pipe. Most of the supplies were saved
! and the cook house at Swans camp is
now being used until new quarters
can be built. Mr.. Williamson has
also had two bad accidents to his dom
| key engines within the cast month,
which have caused considerable ex-
pense.
"We,' remarks Missouri editor,
"are getting little tired of this life
insurance business. When a man dies
nowadays the first thing they ask is:
Was he insured. aud for how much?"
The papers also generally wind up
the obituary notice with the amount
of insurance. Soon the obituary no.
tice will read something like this:
Peter Jones died and left a wife and
two children. Loss fully covered by
Insurance. Or. if deceased is not, it
will read as follows: John Smith is
dead. He leaves wife. Total loss,
no insurance."
i George Cyphert, who has a tract of
about 1000 acres around Lost Prairie,
taking in the lake, is preparing to
make quite ranch out of it. He will
build comfortable buildings and make
other improvements at the lake and
. start into stock and goat raising, hav-
ing exclusive splendid range. By
fencing in large body of this land.
he ought to be able to find very prof
table business in raising cattle for
market, as beef will never be much
cheaper than at present, now that most
of the large range sections in the prai-
! RE countries are being taken up and
, devoted to farming purposes.
II Representatives of Eastern capital.
| lists have lately been investigating the
merits of the iron mines abeve Lake
Z Cushman in which Hoodsport and
Shelton parties are interested, ant
! seem fayorably impressed with thu
: proposition. They examined thu
( ground carefully and say that a roat
from the mines to tide water on tn,
!. Gael - ~.n~fe~<1~ fo.e:1,1o ~. :. 300.