The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-12-29
Local Notes.


The Workmen will install officers
and finish up candidate or two next
Monday night, if it is New Years.
Hunter & Eaton are about ready to
launch their new sawmi1l project, and
have already secured the 1umberyard.
Most all of us can make one GOOD
resolution which would be to our bene
tit, but to stick to it--aye, there's the
rub
All the County schools are closed fol-
the holidays and the teachers have
scattered for visit to their respective
homes.
Most people will agree with Josh
Billings that the 10Th of December, 5th
of July, and other "after holidays
should be abolished.
The L. M. Co. is engaged in the an.
nual job of stock-taking and the store
is closed at 6 O'Clock each evening un-
til the work is completed.
Henry Clay disposed of his chickens
by the shooting gallery method, and
the fowls cost some sports about fifty
cents a pound, including feathers.
A new boiler has been placed on the
unloading machine at the Peninsular
dumping grounds, giving power
enough to handle the largest log.
We have few double ones left OF
the second insta1lment of The Angle
Lamps, but will have a big stock OF
one, two, three and four burners on
hand about January 10th, at this Of
fee.
Town has been rather quiet since
Christmas, but the logging boys who
went away to spend the holidays, are
coming back again, and things will be
lively for another few days until the
camps open up.
Local business men say they have
had this Christmas the best trade in
their history; that the people general
ly were well supplied with money, and
their purchase limit was considerably
higher,
Some of the 1oggers remained in the
various camps and enjoyed a quiet
Christmas. They are ahead in none
tary sense, and probaly feel better
than those who celebrated in the old
way, and had fun, while it lasted.
Capt. Tew's steamers, City of Shell
ton and Northern Light, did a big
business last week in handling the
loggers bound out for the holidays,
carrying 300 in one day, last Friday.
It is probable that the return business
will be as good
The Good Templars and Baptist
Church had nice Christmas trees on
Saturday night, and the Methodist
church Monday night. All were we'll
'patronized" and dispensed gifts
beautifully to happy yohng folks.
Mrs. Eaton is closing out her millin.
cry and will go out of business as soon
as her stock is disposed OF. Mrs. Eaton
has been in business about ten years
and has always enjoyed profitable
trade.
The town has purchased eight street
lamps, four OF which haye already
been placed at dangerous spots. The
lights are such benefit to the public
thatiit is wonder they allowed the
town to go without so long.
| The weather has turned cooler with
several frosty mornings, and the pros
pect of snow. So far not ''color' O.
snow has fallen in Shelton, perhap.
the ''old Indian" who predicted milo
winter, will hit it right.
The camps will be ready to beglr
work again by next Tuesday, ant
most of the loggers are back agar
ready to work. The trains have no
been running during the week, excep
one engine with construction crew
The pay roll of the loggers employ
ed by the Shelton logging companies
amounted to between $4,000 and $40,
600 this Christmas. $21, 900 was check
ed out at the local bank, and the bal
ance at banks in Olympia and Seattle
all of which pass through the Shelter
Bank.
A 2-year-old child, daughter OF Mrs
Nellie Smith. widow, fell from tn,
second story window in the Craig
building at Olympia Tuesday after
noon. The child was picked up in al
unconscious condition though still
alive, and the doctors are unable t.
tell et'whether her injuries are fatal
Sheriff Vogt was called to Rogers
camp on Oyster Bay last. week and re
turned with Andrew Larson, who wa
committed to the Insane Asylum a
Steilacoom last spring. July last hi
chum visited him there, and was allow
ed to take him away. Lately Larsol
has been getting bad again, and tn,
Sheriff has taken him back to TIL
Asylum.
sWhy don't You run a newspape
| like that?'' merchant said to report
er the other day, throwing out Chi
cago daily. For the same reason
that you don't run store like that,
the reporter replied, pointing to full
page advertisement of a Chicag