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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE

OiyiHPld, WtSu, July 70, 1917,
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions OF the act of Congress of June 8,
1873, entitled IAN act for the sale of timber lands
III the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and
washington Territory as extended to all the
Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892,
RICHARD l.. DOWNEY,
of Ballard, county of King State of Wash. has
this day filed in this Office his sworn statement
No 523, for the purchase OF the Ell of Ne1I, NeI
Township No "a n, Range No 3 w, and will offer
proof to show that the land sought is more
valuable for its timber or stone than for
agricultural purposes, and TO establish his claim
to said land before the Register and Receiver of
this office at Olympia. wash, on Friday the
18th day of September, 1892
He names as witnesses: C. C. Gilbert Of
Brinnon, 4. Fl. Osgood, Albert Schaneman. both
OF Seattle, Albert Schoufler, of Brinnon, Wash
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 10Th day of
September, 1899.
FRANK G. DEcKEBAcH, Register.
list pub Aug A, '99.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25

AS mercury win surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, Is the
damage they win do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co,
Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Il taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying HaI11
catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. II Il
taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, b.
F. c. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. price 75c. per bottle.
Halps Family pills are the best
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25

On motion of Councilman Beach the
marshal was instructed to make an
estimate of cost of REMOVING all
stumps and logs from following streets
and report at next meeting:
Fourth street, from Franklin to c.
dar. Pine street from 1st to 5th.
On motion council ordered 5000 feet
OF 3x12x20 plank for bridges OF Wiley
& Wood. {. w. FISK,
Clerk
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Commissioners Proceedings.

| SHELTON, WASH. Aug. Is, 1899.
| a.
| Board of County Commissioners met pursuant
to adjournment.
| Present-Full Board.
Appeared Benz. Cook Sup, Rd. Dist. No. aud
upon settlement was allowed sl2.46 from Dist.
funds and $72 "a from Bridge fund.
| II. C. Ashfield Sup. Rd. Dist. No. 4 upon set
Element was allowed $500 from Bridge fund
| and $12. so from Dist. fund.
VIM, Banks was allowed s2,25 from funds of
Rd. Dist No. Is per labor on Swanson Bridge.
On motion, Board adjourned until 9 a. m. to-
morrow
Aug. l6, 1893 A. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
| Present-Full Board and Clerk.
| Upon petition of Geo. I. Barron and others
| for division of Road Dist. No. 5, the following
change was made: Transferring the 8 a Sec. q /,
all of Secs. Is 20 81 -33 TIP. 20 N R. w and Secs.
2-3-4-5-S-9-1O- 11-12-14-15-16-2l-22-23 and a
Sec. II, TIP 10 N. r. 8 w. from Dist No. to Dist
| to be known as Rd Dist. No 10 and Robert Bar
lehman was appointed Supervisor for Dist. No.
| 49,
Board also made the folio wing change in Rd.
Dists. upon petition of E. T. Dahlstrom: Trans
| ferring Secs. 25 and &c TIP. 81 N. RIA. W. from
| Road Dist. No. Is to Road Dist. No. A.
| The following change was made upon petit
ton of T. C. Gosser and ]. w. Gosser: Transfer
| ing Lot Sec. 2 TIP. 20 N. R.. w. and sWL See.
36 To 81 N R. W. from Road Dist. No. is to
Road Dist. No. !.
| Appeared j. w. Moore, Sup. Rd. Dist. No. 5
and upon settlement was allowed $6.75 from
Bridge fund $l3.0S from Dist fund and 1862
| from Genl. Road fund.
Board took recess of one hour and reconven-
! ed at P. M.
| The petition of John Ali and others for a
County road from Hoodsport in north easterly
direction to tie line between Mason and Jefer-
| son counties, presented. The bond being ap-
proved J. S. w. Shelton, /. w. Specie and Gust
Werman were appointed viewers for same.
| On motion, Board adjourned until . A. NJ, to-
| morrow.
Aug. II, lsss-sAM.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
| Present-Full Board and Clerk.
1 The Applications of Thos. Bordeaux and c. P.
Nutter for reduction OF back taxes were referr-
! ed to Pros. Atty. and upon his advice board de-
cided it had no jurisdiction in the matter at
this time.
On petition of v. r. Furness and others for
division of Road Dist. No. IA. the Board made .
new Road Dist. with the following boundaries:
Beginning where Twp. line between TIPS. % and
% il,tersects the West side of Hoods Canal, run
thence West to s. w. corner of Sec. 8 Tp q N.
r. 4W, thence north along section line to north
line of Mason county; thence east along north
lime to Hoods Canal; thence southwest along
Hoods Canal to place of beginning. Said Dist
| To he known as Road Dist. No. 70 and &. 8. ORA
- x.ras q mo, !, tcd Sunaryisor for Dist No 10
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LAND OFFICE At OLYMPIA WASH.

July 18th, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the folIcwir1c NAM
ed settler has filed notice OF his Intention 10
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Grant C.
day August 18th, 1899, viz: -
JOHN CHRISTENSEN.
OF Shelton. Wash, Id Z. No 777 Tor the Nell.
Sec 10 TIP II Mr. w - - 49,
He names the following witnesses to prove
lis continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, VIZ: I. Z. Hughes, Samuel Schu-
macher, Ferdinand Schumacher. ali n Shelf@,,,
Wash, Harry Emonds of Amelia. Wash.
FRANK G. DEcKEBAcH Recisfor
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25

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 G..
Angle, q. s. Comr. at Shelton, Wash. on Fri
day, September 18th, 1899, viz:
NARY RULE, widow of James w. Rule, deed,
of Hoodsport. Wn. HID: Z. No. 6Sl for the Nel4
Ne1<. Sec. III, Tp. %. N. K. w. W.M.
She nameslthe followingjwitnesses to prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz. Thomas Rule, Nels Christian
son, Ben Johnson, all of Hoodsport, Wash, F..
Hanson, of Lake Cushman.
FRANK G. QECKERAcH. RePisfRr
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Notices for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, WASH. +,

LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, WASH
July 9th, 1899. !
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Grant C.
Angle o. S. Comr. at shelton, Wash, on Satur-
day, September End, 1899, viz:
CHRISTOPHER P. GRINDROD,
of Arcadia, Wash, Hid. E. No. 551 for the Lot 3,
Sec 20, TIP 20, N. 4. West.
He names the following witnesses toprove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz: Leo. Anderson, Shelton; F. w;
Edgbert, William Malpass, Henry ]. Wilson. all
of Arcadia. Wash.
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F. G. DEcKEBAcH Register
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, WASH

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 Fri
day October 9th. 1899. viz:
THOMAS JACKSON.
of Arcadia, Wash, HID. Entry No. 1341 for the
Nw1z of swL & Sw14 of Nw14 Sec. 2 TIP. 20, N r 2
west
confinnons Radiance mon and cnltivation o" Of
said land, viz: Preston Lott, lillian Morris.
Raymond Haskell and Albert Mckay, all Of
Arcadia, Wash.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA. WASH. ,

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his Intention
that said proof viii be made before Grant G.
Angle, U. 8. Comr. at Shelton, WASH. on Mon
day, September 18th, 1899, viz:
ANDERS SWANSON,
Eof MatlOck, Wash. Hid E. No. 1852. for the NelI
Of Swl4. Nwl4 of sel4, 81 of Sell, Sec. II, ne.
II, N. K. 6 w r.
bis continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz: Niels Peterson, A. j. Ander-
son, Nels Hansen, Thomas Taylor, all OF Nat
F. G. BEcKEBAcH Register
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Aug. IS, 1854 M.

Board met pursuant to adjournment.
The following bills allowed from Current Ex-
pense fund:
L. w. Specie, days attend. 3D. Equal. $1,000
W. D. Hudson, Supplies Co. Poor. 11.5s
J. Hauptley & Son I" % sc 2I.9O
Mcdonald & O'Neill . g 21.O7
Jail LAO
J. B. Shelton, Sign boards Is so
Wiley Wood, Coffin Co. Poor, 10. 40
L. Derosia, Dig Grave 500
B.Willey, Livery 800
w. r Lott, Co. Printing cut from 50.75 to 47.50
The following bills were allowed from the
Institute fund.-
F. B. Halves Z" $500
Good Templars, Rent of Organ, $50
Mrs. Schumacher 90 Piano $50
Bills of F. B. Hawes for $500 for board
and travelling expenses, rejected.
Appeared +. G. Wyatt Sup Rd. Dist. No. s and
upon settlement was allowed 50 81 from Bridge
Fund
The minutes of eutire session read and APP
proved after which the following allowances
were made:
b. NJ Duckworth days, Is miles $3.50
Henry Latham, 3 8 20" $500
ThOs. O'Neill 9 $3.50
Board then adjourned sine die.
Attest. D. NJ DUcKwoRTH,
A. L. BELL, Clerk. Chairman.
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The boat stolen from H. r. Gale at
Olympia on Friday last has been dis
covered, as has also the parties who
made away with it. Mr.. Gale found
the boat down the bay quite distance
from his hotneson the Eastside, but it
was almost useless to him, as it had
been otsfuitof holes. The boat had
been taken away by malicious boys,
who had rendered it useless by firing
the contents of guns through its sides
and bottom.s. For time Mr.. Gale was
in a quandary as to who did the dam
age, but finally ascertained who the
boys were. On condition that the
boys parents repair the damage done
and give the youths sound threshipg
Mr.. Gale will not prosecute them.
Olynpian.
At twenty, when a man is young, he
thinks he knows it all; he likes to wag
his active tongue and exercise his gall;
he struts around in noble rags the
world is all his own; he laughs in scorn
the world of age. and lists to self alone
He wears window in his eye to see
his mnstache grow; he thinks the ladies
pine and die because they love him so.
| AT forty, as you may suppose. he buck.
| les down to biz; but its not till sixty
that he knows how big fool he is.
L. L. Belong raised this year on his
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25

Shelton, Aug. 18th. 'oo.

Shelton, Aug. 18th, 'o9.
Council met in regular session, and
adjourned to meet Aug. 18th.
Friday evening: officers and full
board present.
Following bills read and approved:
Charles Fisk. labor on streets 50 40
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-25

Our Fall wash goods are in. L. M. Co.
DELINQUENT tax payers will do we'll
to take notice that the special act
passed by the last legislature provides
that all costs, penalties and interest in
excess of six per cent. are RENTED on
taxes which become due in 1897 and
previous years, if the same is paid on
or before November /, 1899. The re-
port has gained publicity that the
date prior to which payments may be
made and the taxpayers receive the
benefit of the remission is Dec. /,
which is incorrect, The date is Noy.
1. The second installment of 1898
taxes. however, can be paid on or be-
fore Nov. 80.
Big drop in dark Outing Flannels at
L. M. Co.
CARD OF THANKS We desire, through
the medium of the newspaper, to
thank the kind friends who gave us
help and sympathy in the funeral of
our baby, and to the choir for their
kindly services, assuring them that
these acts are deeply appreciated by
us. Mr.. AND MRS. THos. BROWN.
Don't fail to see our line of Ladies
& Misses Underwear.
Mcdonald & O'Neill.
The wholesale and retail oyster bust
ness hitherto conducted by S. K. Taylor
on East Fourth street, will after the
LIST be under the management of S. K.
Taylor & Son. Mr.. E. B. Taylor be-
ing admitted to partnership in the
business.-Olympian.
Give us 1ook-over when down town.
L. M. Co.
Don't miss the bargains in Shoes
and dry Goods al Hunter and Eatons.
CALL FOR BIDS.-The directors of
School District No. /. Shelton, ask for
bids for furnishing sixty ricks of good
green fir wood, 20 inches in length,
delivered and piled on the grounds,
said bids to be filed with the clerk on
Tor before Aug. 10th.
/ 6. W, EIsK, Clerk.
I We will save you money on baling
Iwire & baling ties,
| Mcdonald & O'Neill.
| The farmers along the west side of
Hood Canal, from Hoodsport to the
county line are to have a road, some
thing they have badly needed. as their
ouly means of getting out was by
boat. This will give them the oppor-
tunity of putting their road work
where it benefit Them little.
Some novelties in Kid Gloves, Green,
RED, Dewey Blue, Corn. They are at
L. NJ. Co.
Eleven hundred thousand feet daily
is conservative estimate of the
.amount of logs being put in the Sound
now from Thurston and Mason coun.
ties. OF this quantity the Sirnpso
Logging company furnishes about 45o,.
900 feet daily, and the Mason
County Logging company, $50 ,ooo.--
Olympian.
i Did you ever see such silks ia Shcl
ton? Where are they? At L. M. Co.
/ FoR SALE Or TRADE for cattle, fou,
head of horses, also one single buggy
and horses. Here is chance for some
one. Call on James Neil at the Com
pany farm.
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Methodist Services,

Class meeting, 1915 A. M, c. w.
Fisk, leader.
Sunday School, 12:15 P. NJ, A. J..
Putnam, Supt..
Epworth League us p. m.
Morning sermon. II A. M. subject
1.-The Astounding Promises of God to
Him that Overcometh"
Evening sermon. 8 M. subject
"Mary Magdalen e.''
BAPTIST SERVICES.
Preaching Sunday, August II, at II
a. IA. and 8 p. m. Morning subject:
"And He turned and looked upon
Peter
Evening subject
Men especially invited. Everybody
welcome
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Board met pursuant to adjournment.
The following bills allowed from Current Ex-
, 1899-02-03

speaks, is proprietor of the Orinoke
mills in Phil eelphia, one of the largest
and most successful mills, m~anufactur.
ing the finest class of curtains and up
holstery goods, entirely under his per.
sonal supervision. He has had a thor.
ough practical education in the best
technical schools in Glasgow, Scotland,
is familiar in all the DEPARTMENTS, and
success has steadily followed his worthy
efforts since his coming to this glorious
country eighteen years ago.
John Taylor filled his ice house
yesterday.
An application of Il warm gray color
paint upon the exterior of the Weldy
House is a great improvement over its
heretofore brownish appearance. Cap
tain Hewlett Brewer is welding the
brush.
Captain Samuel a. Buck went to
Ocean City last Saturday to look after
the steamer Ocean City, which is
still aground III Great Egg Harbor bay.
A channel has been dug from the shoal
where she lies to deeper water, and it
is thought that she can be 1oated in
some high tide. They do not consider
the steamer in a dangerous position.
Washington Hilton has sold his
house on Fourth avenue to Chris.
Weldy. Mr.. Hilton expects to build a
house in the new extension at Wild
wood and move there.
The Holly Beach Fish company was
organized on Tuesday, Jan. 81, 1899, in
the Office of w. H. Bright at Holly
Beach by the election of Christine
Weldy, of Anglesea, president; Philip
Stanton, of Hazelton, Pa, secretary;
and John Taylor, of Anglesea, treas
urer. The company is organized under
the laws of New Jersey, has a charter
and is capitalized at $1,000. The pur-
pose of the company is to operate a fish
pound similar to that at Stone Harbor.
a Luiiding will be erected to be used
for an office and to be occupied by the
eight or ten men which the company
expect TO employ. The nets and poles
have been bought and it is expected to
have the industry in operation by next
April.
, 1899-02-03
1Elixaheth Cromwell.

Cromwell legends are SO ubiquitous
in EnglsD I'D that it Is a real relief to lay
ones hand upon a bit of solid fact re-
lating either to the protector or his
family. Elizabeth, the second and IA
vorite daughter of Cromwell, married
John Olhypole of marlborough, and
appears no have spent O considerable
portion kf her 10 years of welded life
in his Substantial fourteenth century
house. Earlyle asserts Elizabeth Clay
pole to have been "a graceful, brave
and amiAble woman" and of her home
that it 1s "now ruined-patohed into
q farmhdxse."
The second statement is not charac-
terized ID his usual accuracy, and the
first probably needs some modification,
for Eliza4 eth Olaypole is credited with
some turning Of her head over her IA
theirs elevation. and at a wedding
feast is Reported to have exclaimed,
when asked why the wives of the major
generals Were absent, "Ill warrant
YOU, waS Dhg their dishes at home, af
they USED to do" Not a particularly
"amiablE sentence that.
Cromx ~. seems TO have had SOM
, 1899-02-03
PRICE 3 CENTS
Wildwood.

JOHN Newcomb made a trip to Vine
land on Tuesday.
Mrs. w. G.. Gross, of Philadelphia,
was down Oh Tuesday and took dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. VanHorn. MI.
VanHorn is fitting up a bath room and
making other improvements in the
interior of the Gross cottage on Pine
avenue, formerly the Ware property.
For eight years previous to coming to
the seashore d. J. Meara, the barber,
lived at Pittsburg. When he came
here last October he was in poor health
and suffered with rheumatism in the
arms. lie is now free from the rheu-
matte trouble, and has gained consid-
erably in flesh. Mr.. Meara doesn't rue
the day a bit when he first came to
Wildwood.
Mrs. Severn and Miss Severn re-
turned home last Saturday evening
from the extended trip TO their former
home in Pennsylvania. They We're
away three weeks, and no~twithstand-
ing their warm welcome in Pottsville
and Mahanoy City and other places,
they were glad to get back to Wild
wood.
For Sale.-Small pavilion opposite
station. Mrs. w. d. Cowen, Wildwood.
Miss A. G. Bower has returned TO her
home in Philadelphia after spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Keefer, who occupy John n. Reeves
cottage on Oak avenue. Mr.. Keefer Is
building a house for Miss Bower in the
new Wildwood extension.
Mr.. XbnIIorn is fitting up a bath
room I'M Ipl. ID. 2. Browns house o.
, 1899-02-03

have received so many grateful letter.
from those who have been benefited
and cured Of the various diseases of the
Kidneys, Liver, Bladder and Blood,
Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and Chronic
Constipation, and all weaknesses pecu-
liar to women, that they willingly send
trial bottles to all sufferers.
Upon investigation 1t was found that
81 per cent. of those who had used the
trial bottle had received such benefit
from it that they purchased large sized
bottles of their druggists.
1t matters not how sick you are OF
how many physicians have failed to
help you, send for a trial bottle of this
great medicine, it costs you but a DOS
tel card, and benefit and cure will most
certainly be the result.
Put some urine in a glass tumbler
and let it stand "a hours, if it has a sed-
iment or if it is pale or discolored, milky
or cloudy, stringy or ropy, your Kid
neys or Bladder are in a bad condition.
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
speedily cures such dangerous symp-
toms as pain in the back, inability 10
hold urine, a burning scalding pain in
passing it, frequent desire to urinate,
especially at night, the staining of linen
by your urine and all the unpleasant
and dangerous affects on the system
produced by the use of whiskey, wine
or beer. DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy is sold at all drug stores at
81. 0 for a large bottle; six bottles for
$500.
, 1899-02-03

with another one. The first, shipped
BY mistake, was adapted only for warm
climates where no frosts interfered with
its working.
Mr.. Half, of Philadelphia, who is ad.
justing the gas machine for Captain
Downs, is stopping at the Pancoasl
cottage.
The Philadelphia papers announced
the death on January 2Sth of Katha.
rine Conrad, nee Leonhardt, daughter
of Jacob and the late Pauline Conrad
aged thirty-three years. Miss Conrad
and her father were frequent visitors t.
Holly Beach every summer and were
at one time residents of this place. Mr..
Conrad still owns a cottage here.
For Sale or Rent.-The Holly Cottage,
Rio Grande avenue, Holly Beach, 19
rooms; annex, 5 rooms. Inquire OF
VIM. Paul, on premises, Holly Eeach.
! Dorothea Louisa Hoefer, wife of John
Hoefer, aged fifty years, died at her
late home in Holly Beach last Sunday
afternoon, Jan. %, 1899, after suffering
for over sixteen weeks. Mrs. Hoefer
was a very industrious and hard work
ing woman, being the first to produce
vegetables and flowers in Holly Beach
and Wildwood. Her vegetable and
flower gardens were her pride and dur
ing the season she worked in them
early and late, rain or shine. During
the summer a great many people were
accustomed to call on Mrs. Hoefer to
buy plants and to see her flowers,
which she was always pleased to dis
play. She will be greatly missed, and
Mr.. Hoefer and the daughter, Miss
Mary Hoefer, have the sympathy of
the whole neighborhood. The body
was taken to Philadelphia on Monday
and funeral services held Thursday.
Feb. 2, at one o'clock at the residence
of John A. Franks, AL north Sixth
street. Interment was made at North
wood cemetery, Philadelphia. Mrs.
Hoefer was the daughter of Henry
Eggers, of Holly Beach.
Report of Holly Beach school for
month ending January 81, 1899:
Total number enrolled, 70; number
days taught, 20. Percentage of atten-
dance, 81.
Primary-Number enrolled, 40; visi-
tors, /.
Grammar-Number enrolled, SO; Wis
itors, q,
Those neither absent o tardy were
Retta Forcum, Alexander Hart, Bur
nett Dowler, Harry Anderson, Walter
Ludlam and Eleanor Hart.
HI. G, CRESSE.