The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-04-14
shelton. Friday, April 14th, 1899.
Personals.

f. Riley and S. P. Richardson
upre on trip down Sound this week.
Mrs Carrie Covil has gone to Taco
~. 70 visit her mother, Mrs. S. g.
Young.
George Simpson has moved his
family to the head of the bay, near the
new railroad and logging camps.
Miss Julia Cavanaugh, daughter OF
Postmaster Cavanaugh, of Olympia,
is visiting at Mrs. T. L. Browns.
Miss Mary Scott and Prof. Francis
Smith took the regular quarterly
teacher's Exanin alton last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Riding from Chehalls
County, parents of Mrs. Dan. Myers,
are visiting at the Myers farm this
week. ~
Mrs. S. Scott from Redding, Iowa,
has come out 10 Washington to spend
the summer in Shelton, with view OF
locating here.
George Lovelace ran a car wheel
over his foot in the machine shops last
week, and is laid up for repairs and a
general overhauling.
Rev. F. A. Gregory was in town this
week, and says they are nicely settled
at their new home in Puyallup. Mr..
Gregory IS now organizing Yeoman
lodges.
Chas. Wiss is in Tacoma this week
attend grand lodge, A. O. U. W. repre-
senting the Shelton Lodge. He expect
to come home full of new ideas of in.
terest to Workmen generally.
Miss Mary Scott closed a six months
term of school in Hoodsport Friday
and goes to the Upper Skokomish te
begin three months term on the 10th
Miss Sylvia Scott returned to Dist. %
beginning school last Monday.
W. S. Covil has resigned his posi-
ton as clerk of School District No.
Shelton, and the Superintendent. Mrs
Decker, has appointed G. w. Fisk t.
succeed him. Mr.. Covi1 is now employed
on the Black Hills railroad, now being
constructed by the Mason County Log
ging Co., and his work takes him from
Shelton.
Attorney ]. E. Sigh came up from
Whatcom this week to attend Superio
Court, looking after a couple of hi
cases remaining unsettled. The cas-
involving interests of the Shelter
Southwestern was not heard this term
but the Northern Pacific tax case wa
argued Wednesday morning. No de
csion was entered but Judge Hodgdol
minated that he was inclined to sc
aside the former decree entered b.
Judge Millett, allowing the settlement
between the County Commissioners
and the N. p, but Judgment was nc
entered at this time.
Albert Johnson, who has been cor
nected with the Peninsular Railroad
In some capacity, for the past eigh
years, and general manager for tn
past three years, has accepted the pos
ton of uperintendent Of the Puge
Sound & Grays Harbor Railroad, fol
merly filled by George Simpson, an
will assume his new position the hrs
Of the coming month. His long e.
perience with the charge of the locs
railroad, makes him we'll fitted to loo
after the larger concern, and while h
will remove his family to Matlocl
they will still be in close touch wit
Shelton. 1t is not known who wi
succeed Mr.. johnson on the Peninsula
Railroad.
Il, S. Trenper spent several days
town this week, looking after his pro-
erty interests. He recently visitt
Port Angeles, interviewed Manage
Atkinson. of the Port Angeles & Eas
ern Ky. and inspected the work alrea6
ooue- lie says the railroad peop
mean business. They are building Il
railroad Southwark to Quilcene ar
notmakiug much noise about it. Eas
eFn men OF wealth are behind Il
SCHEME, and they are right on Il
ground with splendid suite of Office
aud making their homes at Port A
seies. The Victoria people are large
interested and are helping the probe
out. The subsidies call for Eastei
Nailroad connection within two year
ana Shelton can be assured it W
'Ome, and its people should make eve
effort and offer inducements for t
road to come here. 1t will mean mil
alo open up an Eastern trade +
eneiton. 1t is noticeable that there
'dcklng the old booming" methods
connection with this work, hut the
. no doubt about the coming Of =
's'if0ad. Be ready to push 4 along.