The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-26
Local News.

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Several fine showers of rain fell dur.
ing the latter part of last week, and
relieved the drought.
A lawn social will be given at the
Grout home this friday afternoon.
| Ice cream and cake.
Win Tay1or's new house in Little
SKooKum will be opened with dance
Saturday night, and number of Shell
ton friends will go over.
The Veterans and others are expect
ing Col. c. H. Stone back again in a
few days, as was predicted.
A wedding is billed for September
LIST, and cottage built for two is be-
ing repaired for occupancy.
You can now shoot ducks, geese and
all kinds of game birds, except quail
until Jan, 1 next, if you can borrow
gun and can shoot.
The excursion to B1akely next Sun
day will be fine outing, and the ball
game will be worth seeing, as the
Blakely team is a crack club.
H. L. Alden and W. w. Smith have
Levi Shelton's new farm house up the
valley about completed, and it will be
the finest and best IN the valley.
The Shelton Public school opens for
a nine months term, Monday, Sept.
5th, and the district begins the new
school year in better financial condi-
ton than eyer before
Sheriff Caldwell has a bad eye,
which looks as though he had been in
a scrap, but is really the result of an
encounter between AK and c1othes-line,
in which Sam came out worst.
The business of the Mason County
Meat Company has grown to such an
extent that ST. Tullis goes out on the
road rustling for cattle, and VIM.
Cooke goes behind the block.
Frank Ironsides was brought down
from Joe Simpsons camp, Tuesday,
with an injured thigh, caused by fall
ing between the trucks in loading cars.
The injury will lay him up week or
so.
Hewett Musettes showed in Knee
lands Hall, Saturday and Monday
company consisted of two players and
a dog, and gave fair show, for a
small one.
The saloon-keepers annual picnic is
now in progress at the Island Lake re-
sort, the supplies being hauled out
Thursday. A number of outside visit
ors have also arrived to enjoy the
"open house."
An Acetyline Gas plant has been in
stalled in the Hotel Webb. 1t is a
comparatively new discovery, and
seems to stand the test of use fairly
we'll. The oil monopoly will be seri-
ously affected if Acetyline gas comes
into general use.
The Good Temp1ars and their friends
have arranged for an excursion to
Johnson's Point, next Sunday, on the
Marguerite. Tickets can be secured
at the Lodge Hall, Saturday night.
The boat leaves at o'clock Sunday
morning.
The Shelton public school will open
Sept. 9th. Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus
knight, Misses Draham and Walsh
were the teachers selected, but it is
said that Mrs. Knight will probably
remain in Whatcom, and another
teacher will take her place.
Some Of the sidewalks about town
are getting in pretty bad condition,
and the stringers on some of them are
marked by row of nails sticking a
half inch aboye the walk. A little
work on the part of each property
owner would fix up the nuisance, 9TH
erwise the to IN should keep down the
nails.
Rev. + A. Gregory was over from
Kanlilche Wednesday and reports his
meetings at the Forbes school house
success, the house being crowded each
evening, and considerable interest
manifested. Win Taylor's new house
is we'll under way, and the farmers in
the Little Skookum valley are just
| winding up a successful harvest.
The new houses for Doc and Mrs. J.
NJ. Elson, and for J. A. Cole and his
family, on the Elson farm are about
completed and painted, and are a
splendid improvement. The Elson
place boasts of more buildings than
any other farm in the county, there
being eighteen separate structures on
| the farm.
Mrs L. w. Specie brought IN a
wagon load of fine plums from the
| Mason Lake place, but as they only
brought cent pound, the need of
canneries or dryers for our surplus
fruit is emphasized. Every farm in
the county with an orchard has an
abundance of fine fruit going for hog
feed.
An excursion will be given on the
City of Shelton, next Sunday, August
%, to Port Blakely. The Shelton Base
Ball club has arranged for game
with the Blakely club on that day, and
ample time will be given to visit the
big mill, which Shelton has been sup.
plying with logs for many years, and
not many of our people have visited