The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-09
shelton POst-Office.
sbclton, Friday, March 9, 1900.
Personals.

% Seattle this week.
Mark Reed came up from Olympia
yesterday to look after the L. M.
orman Huntley is quite sick at the
Commercial Hotel, but is now mend
Ing.
John B. diamond and Henry A.
More became Worknen Monday
night.
Canvasser Pierce, for Seattle Times,
Is doing some work in this vicinity this
week.
Mrs James Forrest was in town
Friday on one of her periodical shop
ping trips.
Judge Kodgdon will be in Shelton
next Wednesday to hold short ses-
sion of Superior Court.
J. E. Huston, representing the
Equitable Savings & Loan Associa-
ton. of Portland, is in town.
Mrs. Frank Fredson returned to her
home at Port Blakely Tuesday, after
spending a week, visiting at Fredson's.
Joe Rtner is down to Tacoma,
where he is taking a course in the BIZ
cycle business, the mechanical part of
it.
Mrs. K. F. Simpson returned last
week from an extended visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Katie Fisk, in Yakima
county.
Frank c. Wiley left on his trip to
Maine Tuesday morning, with his
commission to secure 125 men for the
lumber woods.
Alfred Jones, son of Major M. E..
Jones, and Miss May Bliss, of Vaughn,
we're married at Tacoma on Washing
tons Birthday.
Mrs. A. W. Shelly has been quite
sick during the past week, but is now
improving. DIR. Riley was called from
Olympia Tuesday to visit her.
Charles McReavy has been having a
serious time with a gathering in his
head, and went down to Seattle Mon
day for medical treatment.
X. Worcester, who has been very
sick for the past three weeks, is now
on the road to recovery after a hard
battle with pleuro-pneumonia.
Miss Grace Lott spent few days in
town last week, and Tuesday left
Olympia for Texas, where she will
make her home with an uncle.
J. w. Blackwell, superintendent Of
the Skokomish Fish hatchery, return
ed from trip to Tacoma Wednesday
night and has gone back to the hatch
cry.
Professor Gunderson is taking an
enforced lay-off from his school al
Hoodsport, a run of measles and
humps having charge The professor
is spending the week in town.
VIM. Morris moved his family tc
Olympia last week and has gone to
work in the Black Hills. The move
was caused by failure to secure house
in Shelton, where his children could
be sent to school.
William Shorter, who has been run
ming one of the locomotives on the
Blakely Railroad for the past clever
months, moved Mrs. Shorter and house
hold goods from Matlock last Sunday
and will try life on his farm up thu
vallev for cr,,,,,1or
Mrs. Dan. Fredericks visited Seattle
last week to see about having stiff
arm made more useful Several year
ago she fell and broke her left arm
and it was improperly set. She wa
advised not to attempt the operation
Of breaking her arm over again in tn
hope of improving it.
John Lawrence, better known a
Oregon jack" came down fror
Olympia this week about ready to g
back to camp. after an enforced al
sense of eight months. A few day
after last Fourth he cut his foot wit
au axe, and has been in the hospits
much OF the time since.
Z. B. Palmer, one of King County
representatives in the last Legislature
and prominent Seattle attorney, wa
in town last Friday having bushes
With the Courthouse officials. A
though the situation in Seattle wa
somewhat complicated by real or tar
cied local issues, he predicted the sui
cess of the republicans against the tr
partite ticket.
Will Lynch and Jerry Parker. 9
Redding, Iowa. arrived in Shelto
last week, and are visiting the Sco'
lamilles, they being old friends. Th
Visitors are looking for locations i
This vicinity, and will>very likely fin
what they want and become resident
ot Mason County. The emigratio
10 Washington is already becoming
quite extensive, but is s'only marker
" What Will come when the seaso
opens in earnest.
Dr. {. IN Wells returned home Tues
Jay evening from two weeks tri
OSer in Okanogon County, where b
"ds investigating mine propositio
(which local men are interested. Z
y probable that a Shelton MininI
e0~pany will be formed for the pul
svse OF developing the claims, 9
"n'ch there are several, and enohg
s'0ck will be sold to provide the tund
ior the exnense ~ Aha x-nrk r,