The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-05-18
Local Notes.

ganized last month at Matlock.
Will Neal cut slice from the flesh,
part Of his lett thumb Tuesday Will,
trimming ''shims'' for the trestl.
crew.
Clint Hodge came in yesterday, af
f1icted with bleeding at the nose
which resisted the usual home treat.
1nent.
The Shelton Band has taken a new
lease of life, and the boys met Monday
evening for practice. The Band needs
encouragement.
The Woodmen are arranging for a
visiting Woodman of note to address
them at the Woodmen Memorial exer-
| cises June 3rd.
Washington Pioneers reunion at Sc
attic, June 9th, and a good time is pro-
missed to all the old pioneers who take
the interest to attend.
Bark is now slipping, and the peel
ing brigade is stripping the logs when
the train is left on the track at night,
getting their winters bark.
The first strawberries of the season
were brought in last week and another
week OF sunshine will bring them in
from the grower in quantities.
M. Schumacher has purchased the
property now occupied by the family
on First and Grove streets, the consid-
Grafton being $500 for the house and
four lots.
The rains of the past two weeks have
generally proven very acceptable,
especially to gardeners and farmers,
but they are now ready for some dry
warm weather.
The baseball players should begin
their practice in earnest if they expect
to do anything this season. 1t is time
the club was organized and in playing
order, taking advantage of the new
material.
F. M. Grout is Dragging over pair
OF big double-yolked hen eggs, weigh
ing ounces each, and eight by six
inches in circumference. They will
have market value when eggs sell
by the pound.
We are reminded that Shelton should
have fire-bell of sufficient size to give
general alarm in case of fire. Some
funds have already been raised for
the purpose, but the matter has drop
ped into 1nnocuous desuetude, as usual.
The Peninsu1ar road crew is at work
replacing stringers on the long trestle
at the dumping grounds. The timbers
and ties come from Hunter & Eaton
mill aud are said to be the best the
Company has ever had for this work,
being sawed true and made from good
timber.
1t is said that owing to the meagel
compensation offered census enumera.
tors it will be somewhat difficult to find
men who will undert axe and carry
through the work in some of the
sparsely settled districts. In Jeffer
son county several of the appointed
enumerators have refused to serve.
Common wood ashes are an excellen,
remedy for lice. When the parasite
infests the foliage of currant, goose
berry, and the rose, dust over the plan,
in the morning or evening when the
leaves are moist with dew. The green
caterpillars must be hand picked and
destroyed.
w. H. Kueeland has received pair
of large horses from California, fol-
his ranch. They are of good stocl
and will be an improvement ever much
of the stock in this section. It costs M
more to feed good animals than scrubs
and then you have something worth
having.
Rose bushes should be kept free from
pests if fine flowers are wanted. Fol
rose aphis use warm soap water, from
los to 40 Fair, apply with spray
pump. Kerosene emulsion is ais,
good. Carbollc acid and soap; on,
pint crude carbolic acid one quart O
soft soap, Q gallons of hot water-mi,
this well to be used for eorers, apply
ing with cloth or swab.
w. G. Rex this week closed the dea
for the purchase of old Beria Willie,
lands, which includes the 'sslaughte
house ranch' on Scott's prairie ant
eighty acres of fine farming land, abou
BALI being cleared and in hay, nea
the Maxwell ranch. The considera
ton for both tracts being $500. Nj
Rex intends to gradually work int
stock-raising and having good hay an,
gazing lands, ought to find it profita
bic.
It is now pretty generally under
stood that the threatened shut down o
the logging camps was ruse Wit
some purpose in view, and there
little prospect of the camps closin,
except for week at the Fourth. A
any rate it had the effect cof ysendin,
some Of the best 1oRgers over to tn
Gray sHarbor camps, they anticipat
ing the rumored shutdown by goin
where they are assured steady work
AS there is a fair demand for logs
and prices are good. there seems n
reason for closing down the camps.
The new p1aner was hauled out t
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