The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-11-24
Local Notes.

Have you registered yet?
Haye you paid your taxes yet?
Have you begun a Christmas
ssstake?"
1t is a little quiet IN town of late,
everybody saving their surplus for the
holidays.
Frank Kinnaven has bought out the
Stovalls and now holds forth at the
Eagle Cafe
The Woodmen hold their annual
election of officers next Tuesday, and a
good turnout is desired.
This has been another wet week
very little being done in the logging
camps, and only a few trips being
made by the trains.
The ladies committee states that
those who provided cakes for the re-
ception, and whose plates are missing,
will find them at the post-offlce.
The surveyors for the Port Angeles
Eastern are still at work in this yicin-
ity and have run several preliminary
lines through town, with the view of
securing the best route and grades.
The Penlnsu1ar Railroads 1ocomo-
tive No. 4, is in the machine shops
with pair of cracked cylinders, and
new cylinders have been ordered. The
''two-spot" is taking her place yard
ing out on the upper section.
o. Frisch and several oystermen
having beds on South Bay, in Thurs
ton County, recently gathered some
200 sacks of seed oysters from the beds
at the head Of the bay, to stock their
beds.
1.-THE Antlefs," at Lake Cushman,
the finest and best appointed pleasure
resort in the Northwest, is lighted with
The Angle Lamps. The old style
lamp is an expensive and dangerous
nuisance. One of The Angle Lamps
would make your wife happy. Call
and examine them at the JOURNAL of.
fee, when the shipment arrives mex,
week.
An old piece of County scrip turned
up the other day, and was paid by the
treasurer. 1t was an old county war
rant for $7.55 ISSUED in 1874 to ]. H.
Houghton. who recently died in Taco
ma, and it was found among his eff.
fects. It is signed by A. F. Chapman
as auditor, and the County seat was
then located at Oakland.
Postmaster AL. J. Munson recently
finished weighing the outgoing mails
for period of IS days, with the fol
lowing results: First-class mail, 13i
pounds, IL ounces; I'd class, 239 pounds;
county mail, 172; 3rd and 4th class, Is
pounds; sacks, 1860. Total weights OF
all mail handled during the period,
227o pounds.
For some time past there has been 4
report in Sound railway circles that
the Port Angeles road was being bull,
by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
seeking through it an outlet to the
Coast and that some time in the distant
future junction would be made with
the western terminus of the road
There is only for authority the fac,
that Burlington brokers placed the
bonds.
While some of MS who wanted to see
the sights got up time or two during
the early morning hours OF last week
to see the shower of the Leonids, we
were disappointed, and it is now re.
ported that the meteoric showers are
not due until 1900. However, observ-
ers in different parts of the world have
reported seeing minor star showers,
and savants seem to be divided on the
question.
Heuritzi, the man who was on trial
at Olympia during the past week fol
the alleged sailing of coal mine
at Bucoda, has been released. This
issue was the result of a ruling that
the land was not a mineral claim,
hence did not come under the provis
isons of the statute under which sui,
was brought. While it is evident tina,
the claim had been salted by some one
there was no evidence that Henritzi
had done the job
The Farm Journal is unlike any
other paper; for one thing it prints nc
quack medical advertisements; for an.
other it takes fiye-year subscriptions
and gets the paper to its subscribers
the full time if they are anywhere on
this planet, even if they move two or
three times; if they die their heirs get
Fit. Now we are going to combine with
the Farm Journal and send The JOUR-
NAL one year and the Farm Journal
years, (ali of 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905 and
1904 to every advance-paylng sub
scriber, new and old, to. this paper.
THIS great offer had better be accept
ed before it is withdrawn.
The Shelton Southwestern's new &C
commodation coach, painted brilliant
red hue, has begun its service over the
road, and attracts considerable atten-
ton. The Olympiau has been making
fun Of orr passenger coach, Is evidence
the following: 1T is said that when
It il travelling through the woods the
natives win drop their work and gaze
At il II wonder and appear fascinated
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