The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-04-21
Shelton, Friday, April 9th, 1899.
Personals.

Editor Lotz made trip East of the
mountains this week.
Sam. X. Taylor was over from
"Hardscrabble'' on business Wedn es-
day.
Mrs. Prentice Dunbar has gone to
Tacoma to visit her mother, Mrs.
Young.
Miss Georgia O'Bannon, night oper-
ator in the telephone Office at Olympia,
spent couple of days in tow visiting
Mrs. w. G.. Rex.
Mrs. Mel. Hilton, Mrs. John Knee
land. Mrs Jud. Becker and several
other ladies' have been suffering from
grip this week. (,
John Callow, of New Kamilche, has
perfected an improvement on the old
fashioned ship anchor, which he is
having patented.
James Harris moved his family into
town last week, from the Brazel place
near Lake Isabella, having purchased
the Baldwin dwelling.
Mrs. Greytrax, one of Mason Coun-
tvs pioneer women. has been quite
low during the week, suffering from
the ravages of a cancer.
Joseph and James Carstairs were IN
from the Satsop Tuesday and took out
James Forests household goods to
Matlock, Mrs. Forrest and the family
completing their moving Wednesday.
A young son of ]. A. Gale, of Oyster
Oyster Bay, accidentally shot himself
in the hand, while playing with a
small rifle about week ago, and as
blood poison was feared, the lad was
brought over for treatment Wednes-
day.
Mrs. w. M. Beach and children left
this morning for Oakland, Cal, where
they will spend a short season visiting
at Mills Seminary, which is Mrs.
Beach's Alma Mater. Her sister, Miss
Sadie Morgans, is shortly to graduate
from this well-known seminary.
De We're Utter, leaves this morning
for Carbonate accompanied by Mrs.
Utter, he having received a call to a
more desirable position in the coal
mining town. They leave numerous
friends to regret their departure. Mr..
Matlock takes Mr.. Utter's place be
hind the grocery counter Of the L. M
Store.
L. X. Munson, S. P. Richardson ant
his phew, Pedro Richardson, of Taco.
ma spent several days this week on a
fishing trip to the upper Skokomish
RIVER. The river was too high for goot
fishing although they caught a mum
Der of fine trout, and enjoyed the trip
IN spite of the rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Forbes have beer
visiting the latter's parents at Alder
ton this week. Bert has left the L. M
store and will move to the John Forbes
farm in Little Skookum, where he ant
his father will devote their attention
to stock raising on a large scale
There is big money in it,
Frank Binns left Tuesday mornin.
to return TO his work at Port Ludlow
after spending a few days lookin,
after his place near Shelton. MI
Binns says he will move his famil..
back again before another spring, an
feels well satisfied that he can max
his place profitable. He has severa
thousand fine young grated fruit tree
IN his nursery, that are better thai
what is usually sold by outside nurser
ies
a letter received from H. J. Wehne
states that Mrs. Wehnes and the chi
dren will start for Shelton before long
but he expects to stay where he is unit
August. He says he will have to shaw
aman free if he comes back by Octo
Der, one year from the date of leaving
but he is willing to do that, if the pee
pie will let him return. The childre
have all been sick and the East ism
what it used to be to them. Thos
who leave the Sound always com
home to roost.
Chas. Wiss returned last Saturda
evening from Tacoma, where he l1a
been in attendance upon grand lodge
A. 0. U. w. He reports very inter
estlng session, the main feature bein
the adoption of the new classified a.
sessment plan, which promises to a
tract new membership AS will be Of
served by an article elsewhere, eac
member will pay more under the ne
plan for each assessment, but it is est
mated that not more than seven a
sessments will be necessary each yea
10 pay the death claims.