The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-19
Shelton, Friday, October 10, 1900.
Personals

Mark f. Reed is on business trip
down Sound
Miss Irene Simpson drove into tow n
from Matlock Tuesday, visiting friends
Judge Hodgdon spent several days
in the county this trip looking after
his fences.
Attorneys H. S. Tremper, Marshall
K. Smell and Phil Skillman were at
tending court this week.
Carl l.. Stebbins is back on the
Sound and at present in Seattle, after
years absence in the East.
D. S. Harris, J. T. Burke, N. D..
Swarthout and Robert Brand, are the
newest Redmen being operated on Sat-
urcay night.
Mr.. and Mrs. And rev Lumsden re-
turned from their trip last Friday.
and have gone to housekeeping in the
Wells cottage.
Will Norm an, who has been employ
ed at Rogers camp, near Kamilche,
uiONCQ Ills OdCh ~ LIS 1dl III
near Grove, Monday.
Milton Cummings, of Kamilche and
Miss Jennie Weaver, of Mud Bay, Sc
cured license to wed at Olympia Mon
day, and we presume are married ERE
this.
William Mayer and sister, Cristina,
spent several days last week at Silver
dale, Kltsap County, visiting old East
ern friends whom they had not seen
for years.
B. S. Barger and Charles Kindred
came in Tuesday from a six weeks
hunt in the far Wynoochie, where they
secured some big game. B. S. raised
good crop of whiskers on the trip.
Orman Huntley and M. Fredson
went to Olympia Wednesday to attend
the funeral of Warren Roberts. w. F
Parsons and Jack O'Hare were also
over from Hoqulam for the same pur-
pose.
Dudley Simmons, who has been very
sick at the Olympia hospital for the
past six weeks, is reported improving
James McRay, well-known logger
now of Hoquiam is also very sick a,
the hospital of typhoid.
Il. Mason, for long time connect
ed with the Olympia Pipe Company
spent few hours in twin Wednesday
and made the Editor pleasant call
Mr. Mason is first-class machipisi
and now conducts shop OF his own.
George Braze1, who was injured al
the Black Hills logging camp Thurs
day, was on the street yesterday Mr..
Braze1 has badly swollen hand and a
sprained shoulder as the result Of his
contact with a log, and he says he i.
fortunate to have gotten off so easily
-Olympian.
H. L. Alden has received letter
from his son Clinton, who is soldering
in the PHILIPPINES. He says he i:
hearty and doing considerable cam
paigning against small bands of in
surgents, who are good in keeping on
of the way and do no damage. H,
says there is some talk OF sending tn,
volunteers home in December.
E. L. Minard, an Elina business
man and member of the last 1egi
ture was in town Tuesday, having
heard that horse he lost last spring
was somewhere in this county. H,
says that Chehalis county is safely
Republican, and that Judge Irwin viii
carry that county by considerabl,
majority.
When election day comes don't for
get the Republican candidates for pre-
cinct officers. r. B. Giles is the nom
inee for justice of the peace in Pre-
cinct l, Shelton, and Nick Campbell
for constable; c. w. Fisk for justice
and e. E. Mclaughlin, constable, in
Precinct 2. All are on par with thu
rest of the Republican ticket, first-clas
men.
Samuel Brazel returned from Daw
son last week, after an absence of ~
years, in company with John Bishop
He seems TO have done quite vel
working in the mines in the vicinit,
of Dawson, and intends to return mex
spring. Although the stampede t
Nome and other points on the lowe
Yukon relieved the surplus of mel
around the Klondike during the sum
mer, they are now returning for tn
winter. and new men continue to com
in. He considers that the differen
creeks will always produce gold il
paying quantities and that the Klon
dixie is permanent field. Grin Win
tiers, Harry Morgan, Hank Wilbur
and Sol Alberts are doing well an
with Frank Breau aud Charles Jones
who recently returned there from
trip to the states, will likely remain
during the winter. With the aid 9
rail and steamer it now takes but tel
days to reach Seattle from Dawson
and less time to so in. Sam. viii
leaye soon for a visit to this folks il
Quebec. Alex. LaRock, brother o
John LaRock, who reached SeattI'
last week, is also visiting in town fo
few weeks, and viii soon leave on
trip to his former Canada home, &C
companied by Jack. He has consider
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