The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-07-28

Now for a mouth of hot and dr.,
weather.
The merry whirl of the milk-shak'
is heard in the land.
James Harris Is having a new porcl
built to his house on Seventh street
The special meetings by the Baptis
and Methodist churches are growing
in interest.
The Mcdonald & O'Neill residence
on Front street is being treated to !
coat OF paint.
A. II. Kneeland has moved his fam
lily into the Greytrax property recent
~ purchased by him.
The farmers in the Satsop will have
finished up about all their hayiug
work by the end of the week.
J. r. German is getting together
the lumber to build an addition to his
house near Tenth and Railroad streets.
The public schools will open on the
first Monday in September, for term
of nine months.
Mumps are taking a turn around
town, giving the ''lumpy jaw" to those
who never monkeyed with that un-
pleasant disease before.
Clerk Fisk requests that all who
have any books belonging tothe school
library return them to the library, can
be checked and returned to the school
building.
The steamer City of Shelton took an
excursion to Point Defiance last Sun
day, but owing to short notice and the
report that the excursion might not go
the crowd was small.
Woods fires are getting common in
the neighborhood OF the different log
ging camps, but so far no damage has
been done at any point. The sky is
still quite clear, except for an occasion
al drift of smoke from some big fire.
County Treasurer Fredson's new
residence on Fifth street is now en-
closed and SO far along as to show
what it will look like when completed.
1t will be one of the incest homes in
Shelton when all the improvements
are completed.
Shelton is getting good share of
the travel to Lake Cushman, to the
benefit of its hotels and livery men.
1t is about as cheap and quick to come
this way, Shelton having connection
with the down Sound points twice
day.
Tony Wolf gets the reward of $500
for informing on Evans, the embez-
zler. J. H. Wilson, who had gar
nisheed the money, failed to provide a
bond in time and Tony gets all the
swag, much to to the disgust of those
who know him.
The Marshal has crew at work do
ing some needed work on the streets
in the lower end of town. Whatever
street work is contemplated by
the council this year should be done
before the bad weather begins, as it
can be done to much better advantage
Mcdonald and ONeill have sold 80
Wagons and Buggies of the Studebaker
make, and five moving machines, be-
sides many plows and haying APP
p1iances, all OF which goes to show
that Mason County is good for some
thing else besides logs.
Blackberries are in their prime just
now and all who can are taking advan-
tage of the fact that they are the most
plentiful fruit this season and all they
cost is the picking. The Indians MAX
ing trips considerable distances and
bringing back big loads for sale, and
whole families are taking an outing
with their berry buckets.
The hay-makers are revelling in
their work this week, and most of the
farmers have about gathered their
crop into the barns. The threatening
weather of last week passed off with
but few drops of rain, and no hay
will be damaged anywhere. The hay
crop is good, oats fair with most peo-
pie.
An exchange says that certain
newspaper printed an item to the effect
that a certain resident, whose name il
did not give, had better stop kissing
his hired girl or he might be found out
Twenty-seven men immediatly called
on the editor and stopped their paper,
and accused him of interfering in
their domestic affairs.
The County Commissioners will be.
gin their session as the board OF
equalization on Monday, August 9TH,
and continue for two weeks. This is
the proper time for all property owners
TO take a look at the new assessment
rolls and see if the valuations suit
them, or if any errors have been made
in the assessments. Corrections can
be made very easily at this time, while
if the matter is not attended to until
tax-paying time no one has any RICH,
to complain at his taxes.
The state board Of land commission
ers has sold the timber on several acres
OF land belonging to the state educa
tional, penal and reform institutions
for 1862; the timber on thirty-sever
acres Of land belonging to the scientific
school for $587; timber on school land
for -, 40. All these lands are located