The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-05-12
Local News.

Hall, Friday and Saturday night.
Marshall & MORRISON have built 4
new set of skookum wheels for the
Webb bus.
Mail Carrier Richardson has small
pair of mules in service carrying the
Satsop mail.
The County Commissioners and SUI
perior Court were in session this week.
See proceedings.
Henry Thompson got thumb caught
n the p1aner at the machine shops.
Monday, and lost the nail and some
flesh.
The Peninsular Railroad company is
building a house up the line for the ac-
commodation of the upper train crew
during the summer.
Colds, and that grippy feeling gen.
orally, seems to be taking another
turn around town just now and will
probable continue until the warm
weather comes for good.
Mark H. Draham returned from
Seattle Tuesday with span of fine
large horses for his logging work.
They are well matched draft animals
and weigh, about $500 pounds each.
1t is now less than two months to
the Fourth, and we presume Shelton
will, as usual, arrange for some sort of
celebration, and suggest that it is
time to begin thinking about it.
While it was an error that the cur
few bell was rung at eight O'clock at
first, still it was good thing, and was
appreciated by most mothers. The
bell is rung at 9 p. m. during the sum-
mer months. It is success in Shell
ton.
The annual school election will be
held on Saturday. June 9th, at the
school house, directors to be elected to
succeed James Forrest and M. Fred
son, also the clerk. It is a good idea
to begin thinking about some good
material for the positions
Among the realty sales of the past
week are the following: Hunter &
Eaton to james Rule, brother of Mrs.
F. w. Walther, a half lot on Pine
Street near their house for $50; Nellie
Freeburger to Capt. Tew, house and
lot at the Point, for $500 cash, the
Capt. desiring home more conven-
lent to the Steamers dock; Hunter
Bros. TO j. H. Deer 40 acres Shelton
prairie $500. There is still considera-
BILE inquiry tor property, and several
other sales are on the tapis.
A deal was consumma ted this week,
whereby the interests of the Willeys
in the Wiley Navigation Co. owners
of the steamers Multnomah and Aber-
deem, was sold out and they leave the
concern. S. G. Simpson was the own
er of a fourth interest in the line, and
it is reported that Mr.. Simpson and A.
II. Anderson are now IN complete
ownership. The consideration of the
sale is said to be $40, 900. This sale
has considerable to do with Shelton,
being our water connection with down
Sound points, but there will probably
be no change in present arrangements.
:. The era of the new hen uas well as
that of the new woman seems to be at
hand. Our poultry breeders are all
complaining of a scarcity of setting"
hens this season, amounting to almost
a famine. The fancy varieties bred
for laying have been crowding out
the old breeds, until poultry growers
find themselves with hens disinclined
to assume the cares and responsible
ties of maternity, and perfectly con-
tent that the burdens of perpetuating
their species should be relegated to the
incubator. In defense of the new hen
| it may be said that she is more indus
trious and more profitable to her owner
than her prototype. If she could only
be made to think little more of her
posterity and little less of being al
ways free to enjoy the frivolities of
life unencumbered by brood: If the
opport unities for meditation aud in
trospection which come to the ''set-
ting" hen had more attraction for her
and selfish pleasures less; in short, if
she should bear the burdens aud cares
that nature and the moral law have
planned for her and cease her rebel
lion against destiny, she would be an
ideal fowl. from both the unitarian
and moral stand point.-Coupeville
| Times.
Died.