The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-09-01
Shelton, Friday, Sept. 1st, 1899.
Personals.

this week.
Finley Cook and Miss Annie Keelty
spent last week at the Beach, and had
a fine time.
Rev. L. ]. Covington left Thursday
morning for a weeks visit to friends
IN Salem, Oregon.
Leroy Jones started for the ocean
beach Wednesday to spend week in
the surf. He goes awheel.
Miss Mary Gonsa1ves will begin a
three months term Of shoot in the Frost
district, down the Bay, Monday.
Miss Mary Scott is visiting Mrs. A.
r. Burt, at Hoodsport, intending to
eturn in time for school next Monday.
Miss Sturtevant, who has been visit
ing Miss Eta Fredson and other
friends in town, returned home last
week.
Prof. G. B. Gunderson visited Olym-
pia Tuesday to secure copies of some
of the laws he made, or helped make,
last winter.
Frank Fredson spent several days
in town last week, visiting the folks
and hurrying up some log orders for
the Blakely Mills.
Miss Esther Callow returned from a
visit to her sister. Mrs. Rucker, at
Port Blakely, and will begin term of
school in the Chapman's Cove dis
trict.
Rev. L. j. Covington and Rev. S. A.
Abbott, and L. l. Hunter made the
trip to Lake Cushman on their wheels
last Monday, and returned the follow
ing day. They report pleasant trip,
although the road in part is poor
wheeling, and say that no one can af.
ford to miss visit to the lake.
Mrs. F. c. Wiley, Mrs. Alex
Marshall and Mrs. John Morrison have
been visiting friends IN the Satsop
valley this week, and their other halves
are "baching" and existing after a
fashion. Sometimes they join the
Munson, Angle and other "lone1ies'
at the Dipman for square
James w. Hall and his big boy
Leon, were id town yesterday to visit
some old-time friends, and haye little
outing. Bro. Hall is an all round
business man in Snohomish, being
telegraph and insurance agent, and
also interested in furniture store
and single mill. Leon graduated
from the Snohomish schools, and will
enter the State University this fall.
Allen Weir returned from two
weeks trip into the Satsop country
bringing Corporation counsel Humph-
ries and his brother, safely back to
civilization after splendid trip ant
lots of good fishing. 1t rained consid.
erably during their trip but they al
had waterproof sleeping bags, and
made the best of the disagreeb1t
weather. They went as far west as
the Wynooche river, where some fine
big hsh were caught. Prof. Humph
ries goes back to his college in New
York soon, and will have some big
tales to tell about the sport in Wash.
ington.
Alfred Gaskell, who has been en-.
gagged in making scientific observation
of our forestry in the western part Of
of the county, brought his party t.
Shelton last Saturday, and moved to ;
new location down the bay. The part,
is examining the growth of the rimber
and determining the length of tim,
necessary to raise new forest in p1ac
of the one we are fast destroying. Or
the old Simmons, Hall and Mill e
places on the bay, are tracts of Ian,
which were cleared by the original set
tiers forty or more years ago, and hav
since partly grown up to new growtl
of timber, and present an excellen
field for study. AS a result of thes
scientific Investigations it probab1
will not be many years before step
will be taken to renew the timber sup
ply of this section, which was ono
considered inexhaustib1e, but whic
will be pretty we'll thinned out TWEEN
ty years from now.
Prof. o. S. Jones, Grand Maste
Workman of the A. o. u. w. of WASH
,ngton, spent several days in tow
visiting the local lodge, and returne
to Seattle Tuesday morning. At a
open meeting held in the Odd Fellows
hall on Monday evening the Gran
Master Workman delivered an address
on fraternal insurance, and especial
that offered by the A. O. U. w. unde
its new classified plan. The hall wa
we'll filled with an attentive audience
and the points made by the speake
convinced number that they coult
not be without some of the insurance
and they haye sent in their names TO
membership. In mutual insuranc
furnished by the Workmen and simila
societies. the members are paying n
high salaries, and are sending thei
money only as it is needed, while j
+he sold line" concerns expenses ar
much higher, and immense reserve
are piled up, all of which the member
must pay. The fraternities are bette
than savings banks, and there Is q
way inswhich better or surer inves
inent of a dollar or 50 monthly can