The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-11-23
Shelton, Friday, November %, 1900.
Personals


Olympia Sunday.
Miss Mattson, stenographer tor at
torney S. P. Richardson, returned to
her home in Olympia Saturday.
Eddie Armstrong broke his arm at
the school house Monday while scut-
fling in the snow with jennings John
son, and is laid up for while.
Thanksgiving will be observed in
union services by Shelton Churches.
n c,e service will be held at the Baptist
church at IL A. M. Rev Ms. fAnder-
son pastor of the M. E.. Church to
preach the sermon.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Fisk, of Orting
spent last week visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
C. w Fisk, returning home Monday.
The visitors are the parents OF Miss
Lucy Fisk, who is known to Shelton
young people by past visits.
w H. Norman, Herbert Cummings
and Ernest French were over from
Kanilche Monday night, to join the
Workmen. Dave and Ellison,
Joe Trainor and Gunder Ordal came
over with the initiates.
Michael Russynick who has lived for
the past summer on the Perry place
north of town, died in Seattle last week
and was buried there. He was on the
way to Canada to remain with relatives
he being a sufferer from tunor which
formed in Dawson last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Johnson, of New
Kanilche, request that we extend the
thanks of the Johnson. family to their
friends of Karnllche and vicinity for
friendly Offices during their recent be-
reavement in the death of Grand
mother job nson.
T. w. Daniels has so far improved
from his recent contact with the buzz
saw, that he will return to his home
across the bay this week. HIS forearm
is healing nicely and the extensive
wound is doing we'll for IAN old man.
as he says.
The Hoquia,n Washing tonian states
that Bob. Elliott who has been sick so
D long with typhoid fever, has taken
\ f~eumonia. but is getting along nicely.
y ]. f. Doyle has uade frequent visits
to Hoquian, and retdrned Thursday
! night from the last visit, reporting
Bob doing well, with every prospect
of early recovery.
Charles Carder,a donkey engineer
working in Green's camp on the Wish
ka river. above Aberdeen, was killed
instantly on Wednesday OF last week
by being hit on the temple with the
wire cable. Deceased was formerly
employed in the camps in this vicinity
but has been working on the harbor
for the past year. He was IS years of
age, and a member OF the knights.
The remains were shipped to his rela-
tives in Kansas.
The snow on the ground Sunday
morning was a surprise to all, and es-
pecially the old timers, who stale that
anything except very mild furry is
unusual in tbs month. Four years
ago we had a cold snap in November
which caught the sap up in many fruit
trees and did much damage to orch.
ards. That winter the snow remained
on the groaud for nearly two weeks
or from November last to December
Ind, and the thermometer got very
close to zero. Pioneers say that in the
winter of 1902 there was good sled
ding for nearly three months, but O
] late years good sleighing snow tor
Jweek is seldom seen.
Jack Little, Sammy Woods and W
B. Busby, are IN town this week, al
having recently returned from TIL
!, North. Little has been away from
Shelton three years most of which ha
been spent in Dawson, coming hom
by way of Nome, where he spent tn
past summer. Mr.. Busby spent a cou
pie of months at Nome, and found tina
rustliug gold center 'overdone. Sam
my Woods spent the summer on LAX
Bennett and in the Atlin Mining coun
try, and found quite steady employ
ment.f He thinks all these section
will produce gold in paying quantitie
but in spite of the noise very little res
development work has been done an,
q where. All the returned Klondiker
lhave fund of stories to tell OF thei
experiences and general conditions i
the land Of the midnight sun.
The Success Gold Mining and Mil
ing Company, syndicate of Shelto
business men, who own a group Q
mining claims near Loomis, in Okar
agon County, are feeling very muc
encouraged oyer the weekly report
they receive from there. A small bs
of sample rock comes from the min.
every week. and proves that ii
quartz rock is showing better color ;
the tunnel goes ia. The Shelton DO.
who went over last fahs Ben Schum;
IL cher, Hiram Page w alter Lee ar
II Bradbury Bros, have finished the 4
~ sessrnent work th<1 contracted to
i and have asked to oontiuue work du
ing the winter and be given stock
payment. Hugh eurrie also WEI
over last week 70 take charge Of Il
mines. .sF ss
Some comforts good as home maj
atL,M. 20. from sls7S to $500 at
NJ CO.