The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-06-05
shelton. Friday, June 5th, 1896.
Personals.
IL weather.

This j. picnic weather
Allen r. Lewis became Workman
Monday night.
Hartford lark is steadily improving
aid gaining strength.
T,c,c Jack Baldwin was in town
this v,et for the first time this year.
Mrs. 5. shelton and Mrs. Mary E.
CIPHER spent d day in Olympia this
wee.
Loui, Never was in from Matlock
thi, week with his eye in sling-bee
sting
Mrs. Hug. of Whatcom, spent last
week visiting her sister Mrs. F. Christ
man.
Rev. I II. Webster and Alex Mar
shall are the latest converts to Wood
craft
Rev F. II. Wheeler spent several
days in Tacoma this week visiting his
daughters.
Iona Leake suffered a relapse of
hcr scarlet fever attack but is getting
safely over that.
Speed Shelton returned last Friday
from Orting, where he has been engag-
ed ii surveying work.
". u. Kendrick was up from Hart
stein Wednesday to become better &C
quainted with Odd Fellowship.
Mrs: Marcia Bateman has sent to
Albany, Oregon, for her sister, Miss
Stella Day, to keep house for her.
\. Is. Howe, of the Pioneer Bindery,
of Tacoma, was in town this week
misleading and trying the early trout
fishing.
Chas. Johnson inflicted an ugly ak
wound in his left knee, at Williamson.
camp last week, and has gone HON,
to Olympia for repairs.
Harry Ashfeld has purchase
Stephen Harrington's ranch on tn
Union City road, and has moved GU
with his wife to become farmer.
Brother Early brought us a big
boquet of rhododendrons from thu
vicinity of Union City, which seems te
have the monopoly of the beautiful
flowers this year.
Mrs. Lew Munson expects to NEE
her aunt, Mrs. Emery, in Portland
who will make Shelton her home fol
the sumner and expects to open /;
dress making shop.
Jas. Neal has given up his position
OF section foreman on the Peninsular
Railroad, and has leased the company
farm for 4 term of four years, aud will
Try Turning for change.
:. Il. Van Dusen, representing tn,
True American Citizen, and the Stand
ard OF Tacoma, was in town Wednes
Gay. looking over this section fol
business and pleasure.
port Friday, and visited the JOURNAL
tie say the road, to the lake is all
right Tor bicycles, and the trip from
one.ton can be made easily.
~uT'n NcReavy returned to hi
nome IL Union City last week on tn,
summer vacation from the STANFORD
Oa'Yersity in alifornia. the fines
educational institution in the west.
Nh and Mrs. ST Tullis, returned t,
Nhe.ton after a four years absence
spent III their former home in Iowa
1neY came west by easy stages ant
found nothing to beat Shelton, any
Where Oh their travels.
Nh Ed. Storey. a cabinet maker
aNo furniture dealer of Montesano,
was III town over Sunday, looking out
Iof al opening in his line. He wa
accompanied by Barber West, O
A."la' and both rode over on their bi
cycles.
Mrs Q. L. Tew, Mrs. B. c. Wiley
MISS Nina Hunter, the Misses Ev;
1e"' Grace Baldwin, Eva Long, Liz
Ae' Grace and Blanche Wiley, an,
..'e Aessrs George Emmott, Elme
ie|' and Roy Simpson. spent yer,
peasant day on Johns prairie las
Saturday.
Inc state pioneers are holding al
interesting session at Seattle this weel
''''S we'll treated by the city, Tn
report OF the historian shows a dozel
more of the old pioneers gone t
'"e'f last resting place, and those VIII
we're present show evidence of TIL
1'c'lning years. Shelton was repre-
1''ed by one of the oldest of them all
lava Shelton. who has been a prom
en1 hgure at this end of the Souns
~ nearly half century. We ar.
s'4a Their meetings are made pleasan
'u Tie opportunity given the pioneers
- meet again and talk s'old times