The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-05-13
Local News.

H. l.. Alden is devotilg his spare
time to training his trotting mare for
the Fourth.
DR. Beach was called to Matlock to
attend Mrs A E Leroy who was quite
sick the frs. Of the week.
Don't forG that you must be regis
tered IA order TO vote. Only another
we'.k eft Better register NOW.
Dor frederick has been confined TO
HI ranch for tae past few days. being
laid up with fever; but is now improv-
ing.
herrieS. pears, plums, have set full.
and if nothing happens, apples also
will furnish an immense crop this
year.
The ultuonall broke her CRANK
last Friday evening. and the Aber-
deem has taken her run until repairs
are made.
Proprietor Dipman is having the
Hotel Dipman thoroughly renovated,
reprinted inside and outside, and it
presents a neat appearance.
A subscription list circulated Tues
day evening soon realized $40. and
enough will be added to purchase big
Is foot flag for the school house.
We have enjoyed the superb special
twelve page number o the Fairhaven
v orld Herald received this week. It
makes good showing for its town.
Contrary to the usual order at this
time of the year, we have not had any
rain for a month, and growing stuff is
beginning to feel the need of moisture.
Stra wberries are now in the down.
Sound markets at 20 cents box. The
local berries have not vet come II, but
the first crop viii put IN au ai,peara zee
betnr, t~.' We hs are past The crop
will b. unusually large, the vines set
ting full.
Small birds are picking destructive
insects out of the fruit blossoms which
if left undisturbed would breed disease
and endanger failure of the coming
crop. Don't go for the birds with a
shot gun under the mistaken notion
that they are destroying your fruit
Vldette
basket supper will be given at the
home of w. D. Hudson, at New KAN
ilche, next Saturday evening, for the
belefit of Pastor Gregory. Shelton
folks are invited to go and have a
good time. Music, singing, games
and the graphophoue.
A subscription list is being circu-
lat, about town to raise funds to pur-
Chase large new flag for the school
house. the cid one is getting de1ap1dat-
ed. Now that we have a splendid big
pole, Shelton ought to have the largest
flag to be had. The school district
will add what money is necessary out
side the subscriptions secured.
Shelton has generally c, LIBERATED the
Fourth. but this year it seems as
though grind patriotic celebration
is in order everywhere By all means
let us cele citrate the victories of Aneri-
Can arms the coming Fourth, and give
patriotic exercises d more promln emit
place on the program than is usual. It
i time to think about it.
A telephone has been placed in the
JOURNAL office, and the local exchange
now includes, Shel'on Bank, L NJ Store,
Vogtlin barn, Wharf, Wiley barn,
Hotel Webb, Shelton Southwestern Of
fee and Mason County Logging Co.
The telephone service is quite con.
venience to the business men about
town, and phone should be placed in
the Court house, where it is especially
needed
The tax settlement with the North
ern Pacific has been completed on the
Same lines practically as offered by the
company last fall The kicks made
| by the people were in effectual. F H
Gloyd, representing the company, is
in town settling the delinquent taxes,
and he has also paid the first half of
1897 taxes. making the t. easury about
$4,000 better off.
Savage & Schofeld's pile driver and
crew were down from Olympia Satur-
day putting in a floating dock for the
Marguerite, Capt. Deming's boat
Thus fcom an unexpected source, the
ranchers from down the bay secure
what they haye asked for during sew.
eral past years. suitable boat-land-
ing. The floating dock is built in a
street on the tide lands, and extends as
far as the old dock. Those who use
row-boat transportation are pleased.
The county superintendent has con
cluded to postpone the holding of the
annual tea hers institute from the
last week of June, the usual time o.
holding it, to the 10Th of July, for sew
erdl reasons. First, there is a large
number of schools that continue til
June 3Oth, that institute at that time
int rferes with much school work
Second, that the committee to fOrnu
; late a new and more systematic plaI
and program for institute work, which
. was appointed at the County Superin
tendent's convention at Seattle il
April. is to report at the Teachers AS
!, ISOLATION meeting at Tacoma, June d
makes postponenent a necessity a