The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-01-14
Local News.

me tugs hdty, w dlker and tavOrite
towed log RATS away this week.
Don't forget the social at the Bap-
fist church this Friday evening.
Commencing next Sunday the Bap.
fist Church will hold special revival
service, to continue through the week.
The new municipal Council took
; charge Tuesday evening, and are
ready for business. See proceedings
A marriage license was issued in
Chehalis County last week to Edward
Chalmers aud Miss Nellie Endicott, of
Satsop.
The logging camps on both the
Penlnsular and Shelton Southwestern
Railroads are hard at work, and the
demand for logs is fairly good for win
ter.
Now that there are some people who
cannot tempt fortune in the K1oudike,
they might be tempted to bite on
"green goods" which circulars are
again going the rounds.
A pleasant evening was spent at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. D. r. Myers,
on last Friday, by a party of young
people who gathered there to celebrate
Miss Ada's 14th birthday.
Simpson Logging Co has commenced
to get out an order of 400 big
spars over 20 inches at butt and about
90 feet. Mason County Logging Co.
has just completed an order of big
spars for the Tacoma Mill.
L. x Munson has an order for IS
Crescent Bicycles on the way and will
only handle that make in 1898. He
offers his stock of last years wheel at
prices ranging from SIS to SIS, and
there are bargains among the lot.
Auditor Dunbar has been comparing
the vital statistics for 1896 and 1897.
There were SO births against 43 for
1896. The deaths were the same for
both years, IS; while last year furnish
ed IS marriages, against 10 the previ-
Gus year.
Ralph Potts has not yet moved his
house, as plans are being considered
to construct an abuttment, in which
the town and railroad companies are
to join. If the land is not protected
the creek would eventually reach the
tracks in the vicinity of the 18th street
In drawing up your New Year reso-
lutions do not forget to add one pledg-
ing Yourself to better support the
newspaper that helps you and all the
community by helping to build the
place up, and to its attractiveness,
footing its horn, and keeping the best
foot forward.
The Shelton public school opened
last Monday after two weeks vacation
with a considerable larger enrolment
than ever before, there were ISL pupils
divided as follows: Prof. Collins IL;
Mrs. Trash IS, Miss Callow As, and
Mrs. Todd 65. The scholars have set
tied down for the last four months of
the term.
The Shelton club has begun work on
its new ball ground On Franklin street.
The block has been plowed and level
led, and will be packed by the winter
rains so it will be splendid when the
season opens. The club proposes to
play bail" next year in earnest, and
hopes to get up a combinatio that
will be a credit to Shelton.
BY kind permission the Episcopalian
services will be held by the Rev. H. L.
Badger. Director of ST. Johns Church
of Olympia, in the NJ. E. Church of
this place both morning and evening
| at the usual hours. With the exception
of the class meeting at 10 a. m. and
Sunday School at 1915 there will be
no Methodist services next Sunday.
We have received a briet note from
Miss Nina Hunter stating that they
are having fine weather in Los Ange-
les, and have already begun TO make
garden by planting spuds. She feels
sorry tor us that are having so much
rain, and thinks that we would enjoy
some of the beautiful sunshine. They
are glad to get the JOURNAL. We have
had a very mild winter so far, all we
lack to have equalled California
weather, is more sunshine.
Messrs. Hunter and Eaton have ar.
ranged contrivance for the purpose
of economizing heat and fuel in the
ordinary heating stove, which is doing
SO well that they intend getting it pat
ented. if possible. The arrangement
consists of double-T joint placed in
! the stove-pipe and a circle of pipe
brought down nepr the floor. The T
| openings are placed far enough apart
to allow the working of an air-tight
damper which closes the main pipe
when desired and forces the smoke and
hot air Though the circuit. An ordi-
nary damper above the upper opening
controls the draft. The JOURNAL
which knows good thing. has in
fringed On the idea, and believes that
its big Office stove gives twice the
heat with third less stocking up"