The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-02-02
Local Notes.

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BORN Shelton, Jan. 18th to the
wife of James Neil, a boy.
Taxes are now due and payable at
the County treasurer's Office.
The Municipal registration books
are now open at the Clerks office.
Weddings have been scarce since the
holidays, but we believe one is billed
for next week.
After long delay the shipment of
Angle lamps has been located and will
arrive tonight.
Several limitations il the A. o. u.
w. are on for next Monday night and
full attendance is desired.
Local items seem to be quite elusive
this week. In most lines January,
February. and sometimes March, are
the dull months Of the year.
The tug La Conner brought in a
big scow loaded with one hundred tons
Of hay from the Webb ranch, Skoko-
mish river, for the L. M. Co., Monday.
Bert. Kneeland has begun the ship
inent of cedar poles from his Newatze1
camp, and is piling sticks several tiers
high on the logging cars.
The weather this week has very
good, cool and frosty the first three
days, and raining Wednesday night.
No snow as yet, and conditions could
readily bring either snow or rain.
Mrs. Stova1l and Mrs. Badgley have
dissolved partnership and the Shelton
Hand Laundry business will be con-
tinued by the former.
The Peninsular locomotive No. 4,
left the machine shops yesterday
morning. the work on her new cy1in-
ders being completed, and the engine
looking spick and span in a new coat
of paint. The 3-spot will probably go
into the shops for an overhau1ing.
The new pews in the Methodist
Church attracted full attendance last
Sunday, and Rev. McMll1in's sermons
are interesting enough to hold his
audiences. The pews are very neat
and comfortable.
Capt. Tew's steamer Northern Light
has been inspected after many delays,
and is now on the route. The Shelton
will lay off in few days for thorough
oyerhauling. The former steamer
passed good inspection and promises
to make good time.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress to provide for the pensioning of
the veterans of the Indian war of
1876 in this state, and number of
old pioneers would be glad to avail
themselves of Uncle Sans bounty for
the trials of those early days.
! The Tacoma mill shut down last Sat-
urday and will remain closed until
Monday. The mill is closed down for
a week or more every year in order to
clean up and give the machinery an
overhauling. 1t has been rather a
hard matter to find convenient time
for closing the mill this year on &C
count of the many ships coming for
lumber.
A night lamp IN Needham's store
caught fire about nine o'clock Wednes-
day evening, and might have done
considerable damage, but for the time
ly passing of Angus Mcdonald and
Frank Ironsides. They forced in the
front door and threw the blazing lamp
out in the street. This is a case OF
"breaking in" for which the store
keeper is thankful. The safest lamp
is none too good, and an incandescent
lighting plant would be welcomed in
Shelton, even if there is some danger
from the electric wires.
1t took a ribbon of paper four feet
wide and 255 miles 1ong-turther than
from Philadelphia to Boston-to print
the January Farm Journal. You
should have the Farm Journal. It
fairly bristles with good things. We
have clubbing arrangement by which
we will send it tor nearly FIVE years,
the remainder of 1900, and all of 1901,
1902, 1908, and 1904 to every one who
pays up promptly for the JOURNAL;
both papers for the price of one.
The community, or that part which
has had dealings with B. Wiley, the
liveryman, were considerably.surprised
last Friday to learn that he had left
for greener pastures, leaving a we'll
filled mourners bench. It developed
that he was owing over $1,000 un-
provided for, H. Martin, OF Olympia,
took charge of the livery outht under
a bill of sale. About year ago Will
ley took a contract to furnish the
Peninsular Railroad, wood and it is
said that this contract involved him
in difficulties from which he thought
he had best ''pnll OUT
i OE the first page will be found
statement of our weather for the past
tour years, and it is worth knowing.
Those who never pay any attention to
the weather except to grow1 that it
"rains all the time, will be surprised
to know that many sections of the
country have more rainfall than Pu-
get Sound, and some sections get more
IN one day than we do in our wettest
months. The statement shows that