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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23

The Shelton left at o'clock and
reached Shelton at s, the ball team
receiving an ovation for their victory,
the credit for which is really due to
the excellent battery, Walter Woods.
and Will Daniels. The Olympians are
anxious to have a third trial, and an
nounce that they will be down next
Sunday to play on the Shelton prairie
grounds in the afternoon. The game
will be for .'blood'' on the part of the
O1yfnpians and will be the best of all.
Evidently the fame of our local club
is spreading, as several propositions
have been received from other places.
Montesano, which has the best team
on the harbor, and has been playing
ball for the past three months wants
to come oyer and play on Sunday,
August 1st. If that arrangement is
made, the game will be worth seeing.
Our boys realize that they must have
practice if they wish to keep up their
record.
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S0lOmon's Letter From the KI0ndike.

DAWSON Cry, Alaska, June %, 1897
To my brothers of Shelton Lodge, No.
81, /. o. o. f.
have finally arrived at the end of
my journey after very long passage
of ten weeks. Everything went very
fine after we passed the summit and
we travelled 12O miles a day on the
river. We brought down small raft
of logs from the Pelly river, distance
of $50 miles, but you don't have to
push them. We have been offered $50
per thousand for them. The work in
the mines is slack just now, they have
been s1uicing their winter digging and
last week they say over one million
dollars in dust went out of here on the
first boat; but there is plenty of work
around town. They are building up
as fast as they can get the timber and
lumber. Everything is very high, we
can sell all our bacon at 90 cents per
pound if we want to. Restaurant
meals are 81 so and everything in pro-
portion, but bacon is the only thing
that is scarce.
The wages here are from ten to fif-
teen dollars day, and at Circle City
they say there is not one man to be
hired, as they are all up here to Klon-
dixie. We haye not made up our minds
whether we will prospect or work for
wages yet, but we haye plenty of grub
to last year. About ten or twelve
hundred people have come into this
country this spring. 300 registered at
Fort Selkirk on their way down and
there are about $50 yet on the road be-
hind us.
have met Joe LaFond, Max Land.
reville and Lamoreaux, but Alex. La
Rock and Albert Grant are not here
yet. I will possibly see them this sum-
mer.
The mines of the K1ondike have not
been exaggerated. This is undonbted-
ly the richest thing ever found any
where. We recently had visit from
some of the Mine-owners from Shell
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MASON COUN.
TY. STATE OF WASHINGTON.
In the matter of the estate of
WILLIAM PORTS, deceased
Order Appointing Day for Settlement Of Ac.
count and Directing Notice to be Given
Ralph w. Potts, administrator of the estate of
William Potts deceased, having this day render.
ed and presented for settlement and filed in
this Court, his final account of his administra-
ton of estate of said decease
IT is ORDERED, that Wednesday the 18th
day of September, 1897, at 9 o'clock a. m at the
Court House of said county, be and the same is
hereby appointed for the settlement of the said
account; and that the Clerk give notice thereof
by causing notices to be posted in at least three
Of the most public. places in said County, at
least twenty days before said day of settlement,
according to law, and publishing the same for
four successive weeks Immediately prior to the
date of the said hearing name1 above in the
MASON COUNTY JOURNAL, a weekly newspaper
published in the town of Shelton.
WITNESS. the Hon. Charles W. Hodgdon.
Judge of said Superior Court, this 18th day of
July, 1897.
LIST pub. July 23rd.-4
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Notice Of Sherif'S Sale.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, MASON COUNTY
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
ERNEST h. BAILEY, Plaintiff
WILLIAM H. AsMUs and C. M. AsMUs No 469
his wife, GEORGE w. FISCHER and
FRED +. FISCHER, co-partners as
FISCHER Bros, Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION.
Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue of writ of special execution in the above
entitled cause to me directed, duly tested and
dated July LIST, 1897, upon judgment in said
cause dated June 80, 1897 in favor of plaintiff
above named and against said defendants,
William H. Asmus and c. NJ. Asmus, for the
and interest on tia same at the rate of ten per
cent per annum, from the LIST day of January,
1897, and further sum of Fifty 5000 Dollars
Attorney g fee, and costs of suits amounting to
$2L60. have levied upon and will sell according
to law, the following described real Estate, to-
wit:
Lot Number Five 81 in Block number Fifteen
Q5) in Frances SheltOn's Addition to the Town
OF Shelton, Mason County, Washington, except
twenty-five feet off the North end thereof,
with all and singular the tenements, heredita-
ments and appurtenances thereuntO belonging
or anywise appurtaining thereto.
Now therefore on Tuesday the 10th day OF
August. 1897 at 10 o'clock a m. said day, at
Court house door Shelton, will sell at auction
for cash the said described property or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said judg-
ment, costs, interest, increased interest and In
creased costs as by law directed.
1907.
1stpub.>July. ., '97-5w.
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MeSsrS Merceir and Protear

ton Messrs MERCER and Proteaux
went out on the first boat to St. Mich
aels with about SIS. 900 a piece.
You can tell any of your friends who
intend coming up here to buy Yukon
Guide, it is very useful thing, if only
to get out of the Lake. There are
several places on the road that are
dangerous, especially the White
Rapids. 1t is better not to take too
many chances, as it would be hard to
get. another outfit. The Grand Canyon
is not quite SO bad. we rode that
without taking a bit of water, but we
have skiff % feet long and eight foot
beam. Lumber here sells at $3.50 per
thousand. The boat is ready to GO
and l must close, but will write again
at the next opportunity.
Your Brother,
SOLOMON ALBERT,
+. S.-The weather is just as hot
here now as in Washington, the noun
tains are all on fire and the mosquito,
Lord!
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THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
CT R Sta. Shelton Wash.
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Excursion and Ball Game.

Last Sunday the Shelton ball club
and a number of others went up to
Olympia with the Band Excursion on
the City of Shelton, to play a second
game with the Capital city's club.
Game was called at p. m. on the
old Fair grounds near Tumwater.
About 500 persons witnessed the game,
among them anumber of excursionists
from Tacoma. The game was very
close and exciting until Shelton's last
inning, when our boys were behind,
and made final struggle for the lead,
getting in a run of SIX scores, and the
game closed with the score of Is to
nine in favor of Shelton. Our club
went UP with two players short, and
two CT the band men were pressed in
to service, which placed the club at
considerable disadvantage. However,
the game was worth seeing, and those
who witnessed it feel repaid for their
trouble.
Following is the score by innings:
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Notices for Publication.

LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, WASH.(
July Dist, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Grant C..
Angle U. s. Comr. at Shelton, Wash on Satur-
day, August 18th. 1897, viz:
o. W. PARRISH,
OF Matlock, Wash, HID. No. 1lO1 for the VIZ g
w Sec 10, TIP. 20, N. r. CIV
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
David Kelly, VIM White, ali OF Matloci ''
f. G. DECKEBACH Register,
July 2S-6
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he Winner

of one of those $Eoo prizes got
her yellow tickets in this way.
I. BY using the tea herself.
?. By asking some friends
who use the tea ITO give her
their tickets. -,
8. By inducing; saIne friends
to try the tea and give her their
tickets.
One Of her friends kept a
boarding house, and sent her
lots of tickets.
Haven't you some friend
who keeps a boarding house or
a restaurant, or who has In
fuence in some hospital OF
other public institution? They
need good tea there.
Rules of contest in large advertisement
about FIRST and middle Of the month. IA
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July 2S,-6
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA. WASH. ,

LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, WASH
July 20, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Grant c.
Angle, U. s. Comr. at Shelton, Wash, on Satur-
day, August 28th, 1897, viz:
NATHANIEL PHILLIPS,
of Shelton. Wash. HID. No. 1877 for the VIZ Sell
and E1a Sw14 Sec 10, TIP 20, N r. 5W
He names the following witnesses to prove
Of said land, viz: M. f. Sharp, John Matthews,
D: c: Fredericks, Henry Winsor, all of Shelton,
Wash.
F. G. DECKEBACH, Register.
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shelton, Friday, July, 23rd, 1897.
Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Alden spent a
week in visiting among their Satsop
Valley friends.
ID. Riley is in Seattle completing
arrangements for the L. M. branch
store at Matlock.
William LeCompte spent a week at
the Olympia hospital for the treatment
of his injured arm, and is getting
along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. W, r. Lott spent last
Sunday at Union City, riding over and
back OH bicycles. They came back
sore, as it is quite trip for novices.
William Bauer, the shipping clerk
at the l.. M. store, will have charge of
their new branch store at Matlock and
expects to move his family out as soon
as the building is in readiness for
business.
Rev. F. O. Lamoreux will exchange
pulpits next Sunday with Rev. Brown
lee, of Chehalis, who will preach the
usual services in the Shelton Baptist
Church next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sko1field and children
arrived from Portland this week to
spend their usual summer vacation on
the old Hall donation claim, adjoining
William Walters which is the property
Of Mrs. Skolfield. The ncighbors
along the bay will gather there next
Sunday for a picnic.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Parham and
two children arrived from Kansas last
week, on a three months visit, and
possibly to remain permanently if the
country suits them. Mrs. Parham is
a sister of A. B. Frost's and Mr.. Par
ham a cousin to Clinton Hodge, so the
visitors have several families of rela-
tives to make them acquainted with
Puget Sound.
Mrs. Frank C. Wiley left on the
early boat Monday morning on he,
journey to her former home in the
Pine Tree" state, expecting to be
gone about three months, and do LOT
of visiting among her relatives and
friends. In the meantime Mr.. and
Mrs. o. L. Thompson will make their
home at Mr.. Willey's and keep him
from being lonely.
Mrs w. NJ. Beach and the children
surprised the Dr., arriving from Black
Diamond last Saturday evening. to
take up their home in Shelton again.
They have evidently enjoyed their
long visit to Mrs. Beach's parents but
are glad to get back 10 Shelton. For
the present the family will make their
home at the Dipman Hotel, where Mrs.
Beach has installed her piano and the
regular boarders are enjoying the
music.
The following delegates and others
from Shelton attended the district and
grand lodge conventions of the I. o.
G. I. at Olympia this week: Herman
Shcedy, Clarence Fisk, Chas. Fisk,
Mary Curry, Geo. Emmott, Nina Hun
ter, John Galley, Lena Swain, Chas.
Edit and Prof. Gunderson. They re-
port splendid reception and an inter
esting meeting. About seventy-five
Good Templars took the Grand Lodge
degree.
Those who are either seriously think
ing of going to the Klondike, or are
about ready to start, as far as we can
get the list, are Chas. and John Kin
ney, Jack Gordan, Hank Vilburn, Geo.
Draham, ]. J, Doyle, Ed. Latour, Jas.
Bourgeois, Max. Landreville. Sr, Or
lin Stanhope and Mrs. Stanhope,
Louis Simon, who may or may not go,
". H. Kneeland who is down Sound,
has arranged for passage for eight
persons on the steamer leaving Aug
ust End
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Shelton POSt-Office.

,,.;,s close for the East daily at II 80 A. NJ
M SIaiis close for the North daily at A. N.
G M%icT delivery open from A. M. to Il NJ
to- r r. NJ 1co%a for Matlock, Mason. Juno. Grove
Mai Ists 500 at m every Tuesday and FRIDAY.
am NAV 3@v Orders and Postal Notes issued: .o,
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Farmer Todd and Governor Rogers.

A correspondent from Union City,
who is evidently disgustedofusionist,
perpetrates the following acrostic on
his "accidency:"
Getting mad and making roar,
On Farmer Todd with whiskers hoar
Very soon proves that you are hard hit,
Enough to show an ornary fit.
Remember that it's out of place,
Nor adding to your supreme grace,
On this old pop. to vent your spleen,
Ringing in innuendoes mean.
Right or wrong if his charges be,
Of your private life naught says he.
God knows it makes us blush to see
Executive lose his dignity.
Rise up and show the people true,
Some act of good you yet can do.
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| ~ 90.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF oLEDo} IS
LUCAS COUNTY
FRANK J., CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm FIJI. CHENEY & Co.
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALL's CATARRr CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of Decem Der, A. D. 1896.
A. W. GLEASON
SEAL Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for Testimonials, free
Address FL. CHENEY Co.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall s Family Pills are the best.
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"Have tried others, but like Ayers
best" is the statement made over and
over again by those who testify to
the benefit derived from the use of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Disease never
had greater enemy than this power
full blood-purifier. 1t makes the weak
strong.
Plats of Shelton, containing the
four Shelton additions, printed on fine
bristol board, for sale at this office, Is
cents each, or for fifty cents. They
are worth framing. Also plats for
abstracts or for sending in the mail to
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The Mason County Journal.
CONT G.. ANGLE, PROPRIETOR.

7--e17suEp EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
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Correspondence And County Notes

HOOD CANAL, July 81, 1897.
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Notice of Final Settlement.

F. G. DECKEBACH, Register.
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H. L. Bryan and wife returned about
ten days ago, after their wedding tour
and have gone to house keeping in the,
house lately occupied by J. Bond aud,
owned by T. Webb.
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Claren ce L. Powers.

The Milwaukee Telegraph, in its last
issue, contains an article upon Clarence
l.. Powers, who is now with the Jour
nal, but formerly was a resident of Cen
tralia, this county, where he is quite
well known. He is about to issue a
history of the Wisconsin regiments and
batteries in the late war. The Tele-
graph has the following about him:
We have long wondered and deeply
regretted that substantial movements
had not begun long ago to secure the
writing of and the publication of histo-
RES OF the Wisconsin regiments and
batteries III the last war. 1t is work
that is due to the state and coming gem
erations, if it is not due to the men who
composed those regiments and batteries.
The histories of few of the regiments
have been written, but there has been
no concerted action for history of all
of the commands. We have reason to
believe that within the next year we
shall witness the growing up of an en-
terprise whose chief object will be the
presentation to the public of history
Of Wisconsin soldiers in the great war
Mr.. Clarence L. Powers, who as a bov
of 10 served in one of the best regi-
ments that left the state, one that was
plunged into battles as soon as it reached
Virginia, and didn't go out of hearing
of battles or contending guns until the
war was over, has decided to prepare
and publish history of his regiment.
He is we'll equipped for that service.
He was for ten or fifteen years after the
war a teacher in the public schools and
since then has been actively engaged as
a journalist, being at present on the
Milwaukee Journal. He is a member
of the Grand Army and takes deep in
terest in Wisconsin soldier history. He
is a graceful, vigorous and careful writer.
and his historical work may be de-
pended upon as in every respect credit
able. We present in this issue a good
picture of Mr.. Powers, native of Wal
worth county, aud bespeak fol him the
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chimes. He is usually in his highest
delight when the machines are running
regularly turning out some of the finest
paper used in the market. This is how
we found him on that day.
Few of our readers probably, COM
prehend the magnitude of this institu-
ton. At present they have 800
men upon their pay roll. 1t requires
200 carloads of Hemlock wood every
month to feed the sulphite mill; 10 car
loads Of poplar and spruce every
month for the pulp mill; about 10000
cords per year of cordwood for fuel
about one-half of which is purchased
from the farmers in the immediate
vicinity of the mill. Tuesday one hun
dred and thirty farmers had each de-
| llvered a load Of wood on that day for
which they receive a check and the
10Th of every month they get their
cash. Imagine if you can, the money
this firm distribute every month among
the laboring classes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gurdy of Waupaca, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Lapham
this week.
Miss Fannie Nanny and Mr.. S. Nc
.Farland are among the sick with
measles this week.
John NIcol, who has been very sick
the past week, is improving slowly.
Geo. Hinkley's child is very sick.
The through mail and express SER
vice on the G. M. & st. P. Ry. now, is a
great convenience to Nekoosa people.
The farmers are interested in the
erection of telephone line from H. E.
| Davis place in Adams county to
| NekoOsa a distance of miles. This
will give them connection with the
Wood County Telephone exchange in
the twin cities.
THE Wood County REPORTER will
have representative in Nekoosa one
day each week to gather news items,
obtain new subscribers, job work, etc
Local items, orders for job work or
subscriptions left with VIM. Hooper or
A. E. Lapham will be promptly at
tended to. Editor
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The pulp mill, under the manage,
work, making fine quality Of pulp and
lots of it.
The Company is receiving daily into
the yards from Is to 20 car loads OF
pulp wood. Monday 81 carloads were
set in.
The strangers brought in as experts
are very genial gentlemanly fellows and
think we'll of our little town.
A jolly party of little folks from the
twin cities passed through here Mon
day.
John Smith came here to visit Z.
Eichsteadt and look over the plant.
John is an old employee of the CON-
pany's and notes many improvements.
One paper machine has been running
since the LIST Of March and the company
is very well pleased with the result.
Thus far they have been running very
slow making only about seven or eight
tons a day. 1t is running night and
day.
Miss Retta Cleveland is out again
after slight attack of the measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. St. Louis have
reason for rejoicing in the advent of a
II pound baby girl at their home last
Thursday.
Mr. E. Eichsteadt arrived home on
the midnight freight last Friday from a
trip to MillstoWn, Wisconsin.
DR.. Hougen was here Monday al
tending his patients.
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Council Room, March / 1897.

Council Room, March /, 1897.
Council met in regular session, Mayor
Baker in the chair.
Aldermen present: Gettslaff. Nilsson,
Nash, Abel, Gaynor, Schroeder, and
Martin
Minutes of last regular and special
meetings read and approved.
Petition of VIM. Love, asking the
council to reimburse him for time lost
during quarantine of himself and fam
lily, was presented
Moved by G. H. Nilsson and seconded
by c. Getslaff that the petition be re-
jected.
Moved by J. A. Gaynor and seconded
by w. NJ. Martin that the above motion
be amended, allowing Vim. Love to
withdraw his bill. Carried.
The following ordinance was then
presented:
can ordinance to adopt the provisions of
Chapter so of the laws of Wisconsin. of the
year 1889, entitled An Act Dividing Cities into
Glasses and Providing for their Incorporation
and Government, as amended by Chapter 3D. of
the laws Of the year 1893, for the government of
the city of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, in place of
its existing charter.
The common council of the city of Grand
Rapids do ordain as follows:
SECTION l. The provisions of Chapter $50 of
the laws of the state of Wisconsin of the year
1889, entitled An Act Dividing Cities into
Glasses and Providing for their Incorporation
and Government as amended by Chapter 80,
of the laws of the year 1898, are hereby adopted
for the government of the city Of Grand Rapids
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Public services Sunday March I, 1897.
Morning worship, 1880 a. M; theme:
Fasting sermon for Lent.
Sunday School, y o'clock; subject of
lesson: The Ethiopian Convert. y
Acts S:26-40.
Y. P. s. c. E., Gas; subject: Copper
tunities to do Good-Seeing Them,
Using Them. John 4:5-15; l Cor. 8:
1922.
Evening worship, 80 p. M; subject:
John Philip Melancthon-T The Scholar
of the Reformation
Evening musical service as usual. 4
cordial invitation is extended to all
strangers in our city and those without
a church home to worship with us.