The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-06-23
Local Notes.

| Ills SSSmS 10 De great weather To-
Conventions.
BORN, Matlock, June 10th, to wife o:
William Parrish, boy.
| Marcus Knight has had his house il
the West End plastered.
William Shorter has purchased thu
Ryan farm up the Valley, and ha.
serious thoughts of turning rancher.
Ralph Potts has sold several of hi.
cows to VIM. Putnam, of Lake Cush
man, and gone out of the dairy bust.
ness.
"Curfew rings at nine," in Olympia
nowadays, as it does in Shelton. The
penalty there, however, is on the par.
ents, as it should be.
Arthur Fredson has ordered a chain.
less Victor Bicycle with a % inch
frame. 1t is not likely that many will
attempt to ride his wheel.
The Shelton Instal1ment Suit Club
reached the eighth drawing last Sat
urday night, Chas. Morff, of Draham's
camp, drawing his suit.
| New Kami1che residents announce a
grand free-for-a1l basket picnic for
their Fourth celebration, to which the
| only entrance fee will be a well-filled
lunch basket.
Frank Drake had a narrow escape
from drowning while swimming in the
bay last Friday evening. While a
half mile from shore he was taken
with a cramp, and managed to hang on
to log until rescued by a boat from
shore.
The L. M. Co. now have their
freight landed at the Railroad wharf
and stored in the big warehouse,
bringing it up as desired in box cars,
or by push car. Bob. Taylor has the
job of wharinger and chief freight
roustabout.
The tickets for the Shelton excursion
to the Iowa at Port Orchard next Sun
day were disposed of within an hour
after opening. and number got left.
1t is probable another opportunity will
be offered to see the battleship, which
will remain till August.
D. w. Roderick from the old Walter
place, which generally supplies most
of the cherries in this locality, says he
will hardly haye 500 pounds this sea-
son, and must keep up warfare with
the birds to get that much of a crop.
Apples, pears and plums short crop.
The Fourth is close at hand, only a
week from next Tuesday. The ar
engagements tor Shelton's celebration
are about completed, and the commit
tee promises good showing for the
money subscribed.
The following applicants were
granted certificates, as result of the
last quarterly teachers examina alton.
Sylvia Bryant, Mrs A. ]. Clay, Mrs. F.
Charnplin, Nellie Daily. Cecil Dunbar,
Mrs. Minnie F. Decker, Abby Fry,
| Lulu Hinton, Amanda Linn, Francis
Smith.
The former on forger Evans was
one Tony Wolff, who will be remem-
bered by some Shelton 1oggers, as hay
ing beaten them out of advance pay
ments on suits. One half CT the re-
ward, or $3.50, goes to Wolff, and he is
hot after it, but J. H. Wilson has at
tached 500 of the reward on an old
debt, and perhaps enough others will
pounce on the $3.50 to deprive the
willy Wolff of its benefits.
Jacob Happily and Geo. Jackson
drove over from Clifton to the county
seat this week. Both are old timers
who came very soon after the Canal
was dug. Mr.. Happily says that the
road is in good shape and suggests to
those who were thinking of riding over
to Port Orchard on their bicycles that
they had best start Saturday afternoon
and spend the night at his farm, going
on next morning. They can take the
steamer back home, or wheel back. if
there is anything lett of those who try
it. The distance is close to a. miles.
The smallpox patient in the pest
house had very light attack of the
disease and will be discharged this
. week as cured. Several cases of var
: ioloid, three of the Provoe children.
and two of the men in the wood camr
!: from which the original patient was
: taken, developed this week, but in a
very mild form, all the parties hayine
been recently vaccinated. So far nc
cases have developed outside the wood
camp, aud reasonable precautions have
been taken by the physicians to con.
!. fine the disease to the camp.
Strawberries are now coming freely
from all directions and offered at
four boxes for quarter. The frs,
berries of the season came from Hart
, stein and held at Is cents box fol
; the first week. 1t the weather does
5 not turn off too dry, or rainstorm
does not put in an appearance straw
5 berries will be with us for severa
/ weeks. Raspberries and cherries will
be in the market by next week, al
though the latter fruit is short crop
They set full generally, a blight i.
t thinning out the fruit very consider
t ably with most growers. The E1 ito
has picked few ripe cherries and en-
S joyed some new potatoes this week.