The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-05
Local News.
Public school closes today.
The sap is beginning to run.

NAY Otn.
Farmer Todd says he is going to
move in shortly to mingle with us in
town.
The new lessee, Joseph Deer, as.
sumed charge of the Webb hotel las,
Sunday.
1t has rained just enough during the
week to interfere with outside carpen.
ter work.
Thos. O'Neill is planning an addi-
ton to the family residence on Front
and r. r. streets.
Public School closes today, and the
pupils of the higher Grades have been
taking the exams
VIM. johnson and the Purdy brothers
are preparing to do some logging this
summer on the Skokomish' river.
The offer of the JOURNAL sent to
Eastern addresses three months for Is
cents, will not hold good after June LIST.
A raft OF logs was taken to the West
Side Mill at Olympia yesterday by the
Marguerite, from Christy's camp across
the bay.
Randolph Elson is at work hauling
wood to town with four horse team,
to fill his contract for so ricks for
Hotel Dipman.
Trout fishermen are having ordinary
luck, and there are some big Dolly
Warden trout to reward the good angler
in the Skokomish river.
Hanford Clark got an addition to
his house in short order, by buying a
small house of Alex Marshall, and
hitching il on, so the job was done
quickly.
DR.. Beach visited the Skokomish
river last week and reports having
assisted Mrs. Pat Vance from bed for
the first time since the accident to her
hip last winter.
Frank Drake, the rustling custom
clothier is visiting the camps this
week to close upEh his suit club of one
hundred, in readiness for the first
drawing Saturday night.
Sheriff Vogtlin has appointed Chas.
P. Nutter, the Union City mail carrier,
as deputy Sheriff, who will look after
the peace and dignity of the North
end of the county.
Photographer Sheane has received
new light camera, designed especial
ly for view work and will visit the
camps shortly and make up good
line of logging views.
Fredscn & Chambers have built a
dwelling at their slaughter house, on
Shelton prairie and David Horton will
move his family there this week to
take charge of the work there.
The town council met last Friday
afternoon, and approved the saloon
licenses of Doyle & Elliott, Frazer &
Parsons, J. H. Wilson, Fairbairn &
Setter, Joseph Deer and o. A. Bailey.
The town treasury was enriched to
the extent of $500 last week, by the
payment of license fees by the six
saloons doing business in Shelton, all
of which have renewed their license.
The fruit crop seems to be in fairly
good condition at all points on the salt
water, although some growers awy
from the bay report the early fruit
more or less damaged. AS whole the
fruit crop promises to be about as
good as usual.
The Favorite came in Monday with
a large scow loaded with the 1ocoino
tive for the Shelton Southwestern Rail
road, and two donkey engines and a
lot of railroad iron for Geo. Simpson
at the head of the bay. Machinist
Wiss is putting the new locomotive in
order, and it will soon be doing its
turns on the Shelton Southwe stern.
Shelton has bonded debt of $40, 0O(
for it's water sistem, no warrant or 9th
er debt, while the town treasury ha.
So, 500 to it's credit. Its water system il
more than self-supporting and gradu
ally adding to the sinking fund for tn,
payment of the water bonds whei
they become due. So there is nothing
the matter with Shelton as solid lit
tie town.
The May Day dance, given by tn
SchuIze Orchestra, at Kneeland's Hal
Monday evening, was quite we'll at
tended, and those who participated en-
joyed good time. About fifty mum
bers were sold and the floor was com
fortably filled with dan GERS. TIL
Schulze orchestra furnished the usua
good music, and Mrs. Bateman pro
vided supper in the hall.
| The good weather seems to hold Of
we'll, and the season is about as back
ward as any during the past FIVE year:
While it has not rained steadily Q
heavily, the intervals of CROWN
weather have been few and tar b.
tween, and those who did not get thei
crops in early are considerably benin
in their spring work. A long dry spe
is promised when it does come.
Fredsou & Chambers hav recent
received power sausage mill, an
other large equipment for the prope
handling of their extensive meat busi
ness. Their sausage machine will b
run by water power, a water mote
beng among the machinery. At pres