The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-06-29
Shelton Post Office.
Shelton, Friday, June 20, 1900.
Personals

Mrs +. Nj. GrOut and Miss Grace
Strange visited Olympia Wednesday.
Martin Bingham returned from a
visit TO Philadelphia Tuesday night
and seems to have enjoyed his trip.
Mrs. Chas Cook and Mrs. AL. Hanlin
came down from Mat1ock late Wednes-
day. both after relief from tooth ache.
Anton Erikson is home for the
Fourth, from Hoquiam, where he has
been at work.
W. S. Page, a brother OF Mrs. ]. Fl.
Todd, arrived last week from Kansas
10 spend the summer here.
George Huntley returned home from
Woodland College last Friday to spend
the midsummer vacation.
Jud. Simmons, who has been at work
at a logging camp near Montesano,
came over to spend the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Schumacher re-
turned Monday evening from their
tower viewing the sights of Seattle.
Sammy L. Woods has been heard
from at Lake Bennett, where he is at
spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Bauer, Mrs.
James Forrest and Herbert Clinton
came down from Matlock Tuesday to
attend the funeral of Ragnhild John
son.
Mrs. Theodore Stryker and her son
Will. returned with Mrs. McMillin,
and has been visiting at the M. E.
parsonage this week, She returned
home this morning.
While Mrs. r. A. Graham and chill
dred were visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs VIM. Cooke, last week, the
home of Auditor Graham in Olympia
caught fire, aud considerable damage
and loss resulted.
The following Teachers, who took
the last quaterly examinations, have
been granted certificates or have
raised their former licenses to teach:
Edna and Nellie Bellows, Maud Downs
Amanda Linn, G. B. Gunderson, May
Multi. Rufus Wood.
c., II. Stone, the veteran, who went
East several years ago, returned last
Friday and is staying with Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Caldwell. Mr.. Stones
health has been poor of late, and he is
considerably reduced in flesh, but
the ssame old Stone"
Wayne Jones, special agent of the
COOPERATIVE Investment Co., of Port
land is in town working up local
board. The company is mutual, offer.
ing investment as we'll as building
loans on monthly payment, and is a
good proposition.
Ralph Woods a twin-brother OF
Rufus Woods who came to Shelton
last spring and is now teaching school
at the Skokomish river, arrived from
Nebraska Friday evening. He is a
nephew of 1. w. Woods, and like the
rest of the Woods family is teacher
John anG Thomas Hanlin, two Of
the older employees of the BlakelJ
railroad, left yesterday tor their ole
home in Wilmington, Mich, for {
months vacation. John has been EN-
ployed on the railroad for six years
and Thomas tor fourteen years, which
is good evidence that the Hanlin boy
are steady. reliable and popular, ant
have will earned their vacation.
Miss Lulu-Dunbar returned hom'
Monday evening from Whatcom wher'
she was visiting the knight family
Marcus Knight left Wednesday morn
ing to complete packing of the house
hold goods expecting to return witt
Mrs. Knight and daughters Gynetl
and Jessie Saturday night, to perma
entity reside on their place in the Yves
End. The latter are now full fledge
teachers, and all will make an agree
able addition to Shelton society
Jay Todd returned last Saturda
from Minneapolis, where he has bee
attending school with his brother Kay
The latter has just been through a
attack of smallpox, but got out
quarantine in time to graduate and b
admitted to practice at the bar. ia
STAYED with his brother throughout hi
illness, aud was not taken down by th
disease, but was ordered to take res
from study and came home to speu
the summer. He reports that Their
have been fully 500 cases of small po
in that city this spring, but very fev
deaths and the epidemic kept quiet.
Frank Breau dropped in on his friend
last week, after three years absence !
the Klondike, and is enjoying we
earned-visit while nursing an attac
of rheumatism. He came out BY wa
of Lake Bennett, and was about tw
weeks on the trip. Frank is lookin
none the worse for bis Alaskan exper
ence, says he has done we'll. and IL
tends going back this fall as McKiule
does not need his assistance. He re
Gently saw all the Shelton boys stills
that country and says that they ar
have done well, but that work va
scarce at the time he left. Mr.. AM
Mrs. Stanhope were just starting TO
Nome, intending to come ont unless the
saw something worth staying for there
Frank was foreman on one of Lad Qn
aud Lagrant's CLAIMS, which gaFe
profitable clean-up This spring, and +