The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-02-23
shelton POst-Office.
enc1ton, Friday, February %, 1900
Personals.

Thursday on trading trip.
n. Chambers was down from
o,,mn;a Wednesday on business.
RoRy.-Kamilche, Feby. 18th, to the
wife OF George Bloom Geld, girl.
Allie Bell was initi ted into the
.nvsteries of Odd Fellow ship Wednes-
day evening.
Miss Eva Tew was spending few
DAYS in town this week visiting rela-
t,ves and friends.
Mrs. Herman Thrash is spending
week in town, visiting her sister, Mrs.
Benny Wiley.
Mark E. Reed is packing up his eff
fects. in readiness to transfer his al
1eoiance to the Capital National at
Olympia.
Mr.. Fredson is now able to take his
meals with the family, and il is said,
contemplates removing to Shelton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Campbell and
Mrs. Chas. Boiler came in on the tug
from Port Blakely Monday for short
visit to Shelton.
Howard Burke came down from the
Black Hills camp this week to visit
few days with brother who recently
arrived from the East.
ID Morrison and G. G. Angle were
selected by Shelton Lodge, No. 81, A.
O.U.W., as delegates to the grand
lodge to be held in Seattle in April.
Mark Reed, ]. F. Riley and w. r.
Lott, we're passengers to Olympia
Wednesday afternoon, and F. c. Will
ley and G. c. Angle bound for Seattle.
Professor Doane and L. E. Mayball,
have been investigating Oyster Bay
IN search of a location best fitted tor
experiments on the propagation OF
Eastern oysters.
Mrs. Peters, organizer for the
Women of Woodcraft, will be in Shell
ton next week to finish up her work
with the Shelton Circle, which meets
next Tuesday evening.
ing for several years past, passed
through an operation at the Olympia
hospital Monday, and Charlie reports
her getting along nicely.
Ellsworth Freeburger went to Olyn-
pia Tuesday to file on homestead,
which has been in contest with the
railroad company for some years, he
having received word that his claim
would stick.
Fred Mathewson, who returned from
Tacoma Tuesday night reports that
Ned Waterman was one OF batch OF
U. S. prisoners which left the steamer
at McNeills Island. Ned plead guilty,
but we have not heard what sentence
he received.
Mr.. Dobson left yesterday enroute
for his home in Solomon, Kansas. He
intends either to return this fall, or to
arrange for the improvement of the
homestead of his son, Ike, near Grove
P.O. but would be willing to relinquish
for a reasonable sum, to pay for i'm
proyements.
J. f. Riley returned last Friday
from his trip to San Francisco, where
he spent two weeks, taking in the
points of interest around the Bay.
Between insurance and banking peo-
ple. we imagine Jean had good time,
for Frisco is full of interesting
things.
l.. w. Specie, County Assessor, is
attending the meeting of the assessors
of the state, at Ellensburg this week
By reason Of his experience as COM
missioner, Mr.. Specie was placed on
the committee to report on the schedule
of abroad assessments, and took an
important part in the convention.
Miss Essie Cullen, we'll known
Olympia young lady, and printer
with whom the Editor has worked in
the past was found drowned in the
bay at Olympia last Saturday. She
had been missing for two days before
her body was found on the mud-Hats'
The coroner's jury was unable to de-
termine the cause of her death, which
remains, as yet, mystery. She was
member of the Presbyterian church
and highly respected. Being OF 9
cheerful disposition it is not likely
that she is responsible for her death
&c. Wiley has secured commits
sion from several of the local lumber
men to get one hundred loggers from
Maine to make up tor the scarcity o.
good woodsmen. Since the Klondike
excitement began several years ago 2
large proportion of the old-time ana
experienced woodsmen, from among
the best men in the camps, have gone
to Alaska, and the scarcity OF good
men is seriously felt by the employing
'umbermen. Mr.. Wiley expects to
leave about March 1st, for his old
home in Maine, and thinks he viii fbe
able to get the necessary nusf6er o
good down-east woodsmep e inpn1h
or six weeks. He hzs cont rsctst e
Show tor his MISSION aud eht oh6s1
no trouble in securing men who wasi
tocome West and get better wages
Perhaps large portion will be family
mer, and this reminds us again that
| there are no available homes for them
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