The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-01-21
Local News.

oyster land commissioner.
This office has received a small lot of
government seeds for free d1stribu-
ton.
A ten per cent dividend has been de-
clarcd TO creditors of the defunct First
National Bank of Olympia.
School was held in Mrs Todd's room
last Saturday to make up day lost
last week by the teachers illness.
BY a mistake of the printer, The
JOURNAL last week knocked 100 pounds
off Tom Frazer's weight. It is 2O5
pounds.
VIM. Wyatt is building large ware
house on Front street for McDon aid &
O,Neill, to be used for storing farm
implements.
a four ton coil of wire cable, to be
used with one of the new logging ma
chimes, arrived for the Simpson Log
ging Company last week.
Mason Co. Logging Company sent a
raft of about 100000 feet of cedar logs
to the Taber Mill Company at Tacoma
this week. which will be cut into
shingles.
Next Saturday evening is nomina-
ton of officers for the ensuing quarter
IN the l. O. G. Z. and a full attendance
is desired. The local lodge now num-
bers about 20 members in good stand
ing.
The Shelton Fire Department held
its annual meeting last Thursday
evening, and the old officers and work
ers were continued in office, the fates
having given them little to do during
the past year.
The State apportio nnent of school
funds has been postponed until the
10Th, in order to get returns from
County Treasurers, and the apportion-
n1ent will be much larger in conse-
quence.
The County salary fund is alb olished
after February 1st, and thereafter the
county officers will take their place in
line with other creditors of the coun-
ties, and take s per cent warrants IN
payment for their services.
Now that the Northern Pacific has
put on an afternoon train from down
Sonnd points, the Wiley boats will
probably be forced to give the public
a fairly decent service from this time.
On their account the Shelton steamer
is anywhere from one to three hours
late.
Joe Doyle is now doing splendidly,
and will be around again in few
days. Drs. Wells and Beach removed
the tube from his throat, and report
the wounds healing nicely. Joe has
had a lucky escape, and Shelton can
congratulate itself on having two first
class doctors to look after the sick
Marshal Wiley has crew at
work with the pile driver repairing the
First street bridge. Three bents will
be replaced and fender piles driven to
protect them from logs and the drift.
The caps and stringers of the present
bridge can be used but the p1ank1ng is
unsafe and will be replaced with new,
The bridge will be passable by Satur-
day, and the repairs will not cost as
| much as first anticipated.
The Shelton School directors are
facing a serious problem. The school
building s crowded, and the teachers
are hearing as high as twenty recita.
tons every day, and the teachers can
not do justice to any of the scholars
j The board is endeavoring to secure an
! other room aud will probably employ
another teacher, to relieve the pressure
on the present corps of teachers
About $50 pupils are now in attend
ance, and there are a number of other!
who should be going to school ant
would go if accommodations were pro
vided. AS each scholar for every
months attendance, adds $50 to the
funds which this district will draw
next year. it is good Judgment to EN-
p1oy the extra teacher, and encourag'
the attendance of every child in TIL
vicinity of Shelton.
Hillderbrand again figured in cas-
this week, being arrested for oyster
ing without a license, on complaint is
sued by the Prosecuting Attorney. o.
trial before Justice Baldwin, and
Jury of six Wednesday night, Hillder
brand was acquitted, and his reporte
efforts to get back to Jail thwarted
The County boarded Hillderbrand TO
. some time, before he was discharge
, in the former case, and now auothe
: cost bill of $50 is saddled on Maso
; County. We have been informed tina
the trouble arises from an attempt 9
? Hil1derbrand to secure title to som
, oyster lands, after the land commi:
y sloners decided against him, and to c
i it at County expense. 1t is high tim
Y this foolishness was stopped, befor