The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-26
shelton. Friday, January 26, 1900
Personals.


Thursday was bright-sunshiny
day.
Manager Mark Reed is down Sound
This week an L. M. business.
R Giles has moved his family in
70 the house vacated by VIM. Deegan.
Miss Nellie Burke is. now officiating
,s book keeper at Hunter & Eaton's
store.
Mrs. O. L. Tew will open Millin-
cry and Dress making parlor in the
Shelton building.
los. Trainor has moved his family
over from the Little Skookum farm,
into his house in Cyphert's addition.
Robert McGregor, Matlock's fhandy
man." was in town Wednesday, with a
lot of commissions for the ladies.
householder settlement, Jan. 9th,
to the wife of Joseph Valley, q. 1917
pound boy, and It is wonder that we
missed so big lad.
Prot Knox, phrenologist and Chris
tan scientist, gave a lecture at the
Odd Fellows building Wednesday
evening to fair audience.
Frank Binns came down from PIT.
Ludlow Wednesday evening to look
the situation with the view of moving
his family back to Shelton.
w. B. Eaton will shortly build a
house on his land near Joints Creek,
where the family will live while he is
experimenting the sawmill.
Frank Hermann, the Cloquallu m
pioneer, is back again, after two years
spent in California and other states,
without finding anything better.
F. Riley, cashier of the State
Bank, leaves Saturday morning fol-
San Francisco on two weeks trip
combining business with pleasure.
Andrew Lumsden expects to stay in
Shelton this summer, and help out the
ball team. and he we'll be valuable
man to "sign'' for the season.
Mrs. r. w. Shaw returned last Fri
day night from an extended stay with
relatives in Hiawatha, Kansas. Hel
children came with her and are nov
staying in Olympia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Daniels came
over from Hoquiam Tuesday. We
imagine they are considering moving
back to Shelton and the Daniels Bros.
will handle the brush here this sum
mer.
William Cook, the dairyman, ha!
leased the Company farm in Shelter
valley and is preparing to add NOR.
COWS in order to keep up with the in
creas1ng demand. He is already serv
ing the milk from about fifteen cows
and has very good business.
Nick Campbell returned Friday from
a three-month's trip spent in Arkansas
and adjoining states, which were his
old stamping grounds. He was lat
to get home again, and claimed tina
the weather back there vas too colo
for him Nick is now sporting dia
mond, which he picked up while at thu
hot springs.
l. S. DAWSON, deputy U. S. Marsha
was in town this week on business
from the office. Tuesday he made thu
round trip to Hoodsport, over heavy
road and a number OF fallen trees
He returned Wednesday morning tax.
ing Ned Waterman with him, IN re adj
ness for the session of Federal cour
at Tacoma, opening Feby. 9Th.
Edward NJ. Brown, an Olympia boy
who served with the First Washington
in the Philippines, died at Tacoma las
Sunday, after long illness of disease
contracted in the service of his coun
try. The deceased was born in Thurs
ton county, and was the son of tn
well-known surveyor, Freeman Brown
who is now engaged in looking ate
the interests of the Pennsylvania tim
Der syndicate in Mason County.
John Fisk dropped in Monday nigh
from Gem, Kansas, where he hal
proved up on timber-culture, o
"tree-claim,'' which he has been en-
couraging for some years past. He re
. ports Kansas farmers in prosperou
condition, having enjoyed several sea
sons of good crops. The weather ha
been fine, for that country, while h
was in Kansas, as only few day
about the holidays we're very cold
John Farmer, who went back witt
him, is now the only missing "mav
erick" and he will doubtless show a
in few days. While intending to b
gone only six weeks he is now Of
nearly three mouths, or long enough
to get .'spliced'' in Kentucky.
Ash Circle, Women of Woodcraft
was organized at the Odd Fellows
. Hall last Friday night, by Mrs. Mag
sic L. Peters, organizer, with charte
membership of fifteen benefit mem
bers. Tuesday evening, the circle me
and completed the work by conferrini
the initiatory degree on several neS
members. The following we're select
ed as officers for the first term: r. G
N. Annie vogtlin; G. N. Esther Nun
son; Advisor, May Specie; Clerk, Id
Wehnes; Mag. Celia Morton; Banker
Hattie Angle; Attendant, Louis
Wood; 1. g.. Ben. Troyer; O. G., Get
Vogtlin. A number of applicant