The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-05

the person had received an intimatiOn
that he was wanted and could not be
found. The government is usually
very strict in the enforcement of it's
laws against furnishing liquor to it's
Indian wards, regardless of the good
intention of the person giving the
liquor, and it is the best policy to re-
fuse to either sell or give an Indian
liquor.
The campaign season is drawing
near. The JOURNAL after now until
Jan. LIST, for fifty cents.
Oscar Brown, brother of Theodore
Brown. arrived in Shelton Monday
evening, direct from Dawson. He has
made fair stake during his absence
of year, but has an injured shoulder,
received during a struggle with his
nurse while in the delirium of fever,
which will always be with him. He
left Dawson on June 3Oth, and reached
Seattle on the Gath of July, having
made a quick trip. Theodore and his
brother have gone to Seattle to look
after some business matters, and have
some nuggets changed into shining
doub1e-eag1es at the new assay office
in Seattle.
E. B. Brockway, graduate of the
State University of Iowa, and also
from the law department of the Uni
versity, hiss decided to locate in Shell
ton and hang out his legal shingle.
Mr.. Brockway was accompanied by
his father, H. N. Brockway. of Garner,
Iowa, who is spending the summer in
Washington at Grays' Harbor beach.
Attorney Brockway has also read
law one year with Senator Stanton
Warburton, of Tacoma, and assisted
in the preparation and briefng of his
| cases. He has been admitted to prac-
tice before the courts of Iowa and
Washington and the u. S. District
Court and feels,that Shelton is a prom
ising place to grow up with,
A personal letter from Johnny Hud-
son states that he is not with the Idaho
boys at Manila, rejected on account
of defective eye, but his martial
spirit is as strong as ever. Johnny has
been engaged in shocking grain and
says It's awful hot work. On politics
(of course, Johnny still talks politics..
81 rather look for republican victories
this fall, but the silver people will be
on deck in 1900. The political pot has
| commenced to simmer, but fusion
don't stick here; the pops caused the
trouble
ed an excellent temperance address at
Kneeland's Hail last Friday evening
under the auspices of the local Good
| Templars ledge. Although the audi
ence was not large, the speaker made
| a very interesting address on temper
ance subjects, and received marked at
tention. Mr.. Kanouse gave some very
interesting experiences with the pris-
ouers in the Dakota state prison, of
which he was warden several years
ago.
! Friday, Saturday Sunday and Mon
day were genuine scorchers for this
country, with the thermometer regis
tering anywhere in the nineties in
town but lob degree was reported from
one point in the country. We have
the consolation Of knowing that we
are getting off easier that the East,
and the certainty that the night will
bring the comfortable and cooling
| breeze
Willis Bailey, settler on the lower
Satsop valley, left Monday morning
with his family for Dakota, believing
that he would be a better success as
farmer on the prairies, rather than
in this tinbered Western country.
George Champlin and H. H. Martin
brought in the family and household
goods with their teams Sunday. Mr..
Martin reports a splendid crop of hay
this season and that they have about
fifty tons safely housed for the winter
M. D. Stewart, who recently sold his
farm near Pickering to Messrs Boyer
and Longaback, young men who re.
Gently came out from Ohio, is now
making his home at Detroit with his
family. Mr.. Stewart is looking for q
location of few acres of good land in
the vicinity of some Of the Sound
towns, the big farm being too much Of
contract.
The Peninsular machine shops is II
the midst of a big job with the locomo
tive received from Chicago. The from
end of the boiler has been sent to the
boiler shops for rebuilding, and prac.
tica1ly every piece must be overhauled
Leander Butt, optical specialist o
Seattle, is coming to Shelton for {
few days, watch for date. Eyes ex
: anined free by him.
Waterme1ons, apples, pears, plum:
and peaches are in the market at reas
enable prices.
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