The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-08-03
Local Notes.

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| Brad Brazel is building his house O.
9Th and Railroad streets.
i A cooling shower relieved the dr.
situation Wednesday morning an
quit.
The sewer has been completed an,
W. D. Baldwin is at work putting il
the connecting sewers.
Several homeseekers were in tow
this week looking after lands, and ar,
inspecting places about the county.
the cut worms are beginning t,
leave us, and it is not likely that the,
will come again for another Is years.
The old Freeburger store building
occupied by Wiley & Wood has beer
newly shingled, and the roof painted
F. w. Walther has had his barn
moved to his lot across the alley, to
the Improvement OF his residence prop.
erty.
By the way, are you registered?
Only those who have registered have
the right to vote at the Republican
primaries Saturday, August 4th.
Preserve the Auditors Animal
Statement, published this issue, for
future reference, after posting your
self on where ''the money goes"
The A. o. U. w. will meet in their
new hall next Monday evening. The
Red Men and the Modern Woodmen
will also move to the Workmen Hail.
Watermelons and cantelopes are in
market and getting down to reasonable
prices. This season they seem
to be much better than California
melons usually are few bad ones being
drawn in the lottery.
Republican Caucuses today, Court
house at 2 n. M, Council rooms at 7:3O
p. IN. Primary election in Shelton
from 2 until p. m. Saturday for the
election of delegates to the County
Convention. of Aug. IL.
w. G. Rex has rented the William
Shorter place up the Valley, including
stock, farming implements and cream
cry outfit, and will move out shortly.
Wallie intends to handle his own
places, the slaughter house ranch, and
the Beria Wiley ranch, in connection.
Dock. Swarthout has again taken
charge of the old meat market, which
will be freshly stocked and reopened
in few days in charge of a first class
cutter, while Dock. looks after the buy
ing and butchering.
]. W. Blackwell, Supt. of the Skoko-
mish Fish Hatchery, was IN town Mon
day, on his way to Tacoma. He states
| that the hatchery has about 300, 900
steel-head fry ready to be turned out,
and the plant is IN good shape for the
fall run of silver and dog-salmon.
Thousands of the measiy worm
pests have been dropping into the
sewer ditch dug through town, where
the picking was pretty poor, and a
small garter snake fell in near the
Dipman the other day. The worms i'm
inediately fell upon the latter and soon
nothing was left but the skeleton,
every bit of meat being picked clean
Pearl Wiley, well-known young
woodsman, was seriously in a wreck
on George Simpsons logging railroad
at the head of the bay, Saturday.
-Four loaded cars left the track, and
Wiley, who was brakesman, was
caught by the flying logs. His right
hand was mashed, hip dislocated. and
he was badly bruised all over. He was
brought into Shelton, where DR.. Wells
dressed his injuries, and sent him t.
the hospital at Olympia, Tuesday.
/ r. b. Giles, jeweler; ]. H. McNichol
tailor, and W. A. Johnson, bicycle re-
pair man, have moved into the cornel
store room of the A. o. U. W. building
| and Theo. Brown now occupies the ad
joining room, while the remaining
store room has been engaged by Mrs
9. L. Tew for her millinery shop
The Workmen lodge is also installed
in its new lodge home and several o.
the local lodges are arranging t.
change their meeting place to the new
building.
| Fire along the Shelton Southwestern
Railroad near Draham's logging work
destroyed fourteen bents of a trest1,
last Monday night. The Democra
came down to the water tank fol
water, and sparks from its stock Sc
fires in several places. AS the railroa,
is not running, no trackwalkers ar,
going over the road, and the damag
was done before the fire was discover
ed. The trestle will be repaired a
once so that hauling logs can begin a
soon as the camps have orders to star
s. up.
The excursion given by the Wood
men and Circle of Olympia to Skoo
KUN Point last Sunday, was yer,
successful affair some us people SOM
from Olympia and over 200 from Shel
ton, accompanied by the local Band
The weather was fine, and the picnic
: ers scattered over the shore and waite
in the pursuit OF amusement an
games. The Shelton visitors ha
about four hours on the grounds
while the Olympians got the benefit O
/ two hours longer. The Olympian.
! and Sheltonites made the most of thei
visit in social intercourse, and viii