The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-18
Local Notes.

The county roads afford splendid
wheeling after the late rains.
Andrew Getty Is buiiding celia,
|, under the Doyle & Elliott building.
81 The County Commissioners will CON.
ciude their.labors equallzing taxes to.
day.
J. The interior of Doyle and Elliot's
saloon is being remodeled, and paper
ed and painted anew.
Between excursions, nud-fiats, and
heavy oyster shipments the steamer
has been rather irregular of late, and
the mails uncertain.
The Shelton took an excursion party
to Olympia Tuesday night to attend
the Rice musical entertainment, about
forty persons going up.
| The gravelling on some of the town
streets has put damper on some of
the good bicycle runs, but IT will be
all right by next season.
The JOURNAL. is little short-handed
this week, one typo having vacation
and another the mumps, but Prof.
Gunderson is filing the voids.
A note from Port Ludlow reports
the birth of a new boy in the Binns
family July. 10Th, and they will not
move back to Shelton until spring.
A telephone has been ordered placed
in the Court house, and several new
phones will be placed about town,
increasing the list to about twenty.
| A. Emmott has moved into the
house vacated by the Hungerfords aud
and the family of d. Keelty now oc-
cupy the Asmus house on Second
street, having vacated the Central Ho-
tel building.
The Mason County Logging Compa-
ny is opening up new camp to re-
place their old Camp S, and Henry
Faubert is in charge of the crew. It
will be some time before the new camp
is ready to haul logs. IS
1t is reported that the excursion
from Port Blakely has been called off,
because the people Of the mill town do
not care to buy steamboat for the
trip. 1t is just as well, however, as
this is an off-year with our baseball
club.
r, Sheane had his shotgun re-bored
by w. w. Smith, and it shoots
splendid pattern, putting the shot as
evenly in the circle as it could be dot
ted with pencil, Smith understands
making guns shoot we'll.
The Olympian reports that a one
legged corn doctor has been too famil-
lar with small children in that city
and was run out of town. The same
fellow was in Shelton some days ago,
and evidently needs watching.
| Charles Saeger, who has been very
unfortunate in having the trains
Slaughter most of his stock this sum-
mer, lost fine heifer, the animal be-
ing hung APP in the woods and was
not found for three weeks, being so
starved that death followed.
VIM. Walter last week brought in
some of the finest cherries we have
yet seen in this section. Large Royal
AIMS are common, but his new variety
of black cherries, the Bon-bon, is a.
wonder. 1t is a firm large fruit, sever
al being 81 inches in circumference.
Another splendid rain fell last Sat
urday night. and continued on Sun
day. Two such rains in the month of
August is something very unusual,
but coming at this time. does lots of
good to the root crops. However the
wheat and oats are about ready for
harvesting and the farmers are will
ing to have it quit at this.
Frank G. Wiley was in Olympia
this week and purchased big stock
of lumber and all building materials
from the Westside mill, and will open
a yard IN Shelton. They now keep in
stock everything needed to construct
house, and are prepared to make sat
isfactory prices. See their ad on this
page.
A portion of the cavalry destined
for the Philippine Islands arrived at
Seattle this week, where they will re-
main in camp until the arrival of the
remainder of the Third Cavalry. Five
transports are now in preparation at
that place to be used to transport them
to their destination. They are of the
regular army and some of them did
service in the Cuban campaign.
The Port Gamble Mill company is
making extensive improvements in
the way of enlarging the capacity Of
its lumber yards aud Installing an
electric light plant, to light the mill,
store and other buildings, The mills
are running with an average cut, per
day, of zs0, 900 feet. The company is
saving, under government contract.
2, 600, 900 feet of lumber, to be shipped
to Mauila, where the government will
establish an ice refrigerator plant. A
fleet OF sixteen vessels is enfoute to
that port to load lumber.
| The County Commissioners are call
| ing for bids for several pieces Of road
work. Com. ONeill will receive bids
for the constructions Of ~ miles Of the
Booth road, at the Daniels road inter-
section, August 22nd, At p. m. Also