The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-08-03
Shelton, Friday, August 8, 1900.
Personals

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;rr in the harvest fields.
The Wiss and Daniels families are
camping out on the upper Skokomish.
Mrs. Bert Forbes and child OF Kam-
;Iche. have gone to Alderton on visit.
+. Riley returned this week from
, STAY on the ocean beach at West
port
Miss Winnie Sheane is now at the
other end of the Shelton telephone ex-
change.
Ralph and Rufus Woods, nephews
of. W. Woods. recently made trip
10 Skagway, Alaska, being gone about
two weeks.
Victor FurreSS was over from Lllli-
waup Wednesday, looking for a team
Of horses for use in hauling cedar
telegraph poles.
Sam. Caldwell fell on the Peninsular
tnrntable while carrying heavy tim
Der last Friday, and injured his chest,
so is laid up for week.
W s Page, of Iowa, is visiting his
sister, Mrs. J. H Todd. Mr. Page is an
ardent republican and says Iowa will
give Mckinley the usual big majority.
The pastor of the Methodist church
left on the noon boat for Little Rock,
to help tor a week in the camp meeting
being held there, from the ID. to the
18th. of Aug.
DON'T forget the Republican caucu-
ses today per call. Make it point to
add your voice to the selection of dele
gates to the County Convention. 1t is
here that all may make their influence
felt.
Mrs. Hattie A. Adams has finally
secured her pension with a fair
amount of back pay, her rate being So
per month with So additional for each
of her two children under sixteen
years of age.
The families of Arthur Needham
and J. T. Burke returned yesterday
from ten days camping on Oyster
Bay. No casualties, but it is reported
that Mrs. Burke got bad cougar
scare.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trosper were in from
camp on the upper, Skokomish Tues
day, after supplies, and report that the
farmers also are beginning to be
troubled with worms. Wonder If they
would make good fish bait.
NJ. Bingham is spending few days
in town and planning to do little
prospecting in the Olympic mountains,
hoping to profit by his knowledge of
the gold-producing formations in the
Kondike country.
George Barron, of New Kamllche
was called to Whatcom last week by
the death of his mother, who has made
her home with her daughter Mrs.
Cannon, for the past ten years.
George returned Saturday evening
with niece who will spend the sum.
mer at Barron's.
DR.. and Mrs. James w. Clark, and
Mrs. E. D. Harris and daughter NJ aude,
of Santa Rosa, Cal, are spending a
few weeks visiting at the Kneeland
home. DR.. Harris is a cousin, and
Mrs. Harris a sister of Mrs. w. H
Kneeland.
Miss Clara Ansorge went to Olym
pia Saturday 10 secure data from the
land office with which to complete a
record OF the homesteads of Mason
County When completed this will be
available book for reference as many
patents were never filed and the record
is incomplete in many cases.
Mrs Roxie P. Morris has sold her
ranch on Pickering Passage, and will
make her home in Olympia. The pur
chasers are John H. Billie and Mary /
Grant, recent arrivals from Wisconsin
and the consideration $1,000. They
have also purchased the stock ant
tools of the farm and intend going in
to chicken raising on large scale
Mrs. Morris and her sons were in tOwr
Tuesday completing the sale with Mr.
Billie.
]. T. Cochran, of Seattle, manage
of the interests of the Morgan Oyste
Co, was in town Saturday looking
over the oyster situation. Thos
O'Neill took him for visit to the Hill
berger bedsin chapman's Cove, which
he pronounced the best he had seen
He also visited on Oyster Bay beds, an,
contracted for all the oysters availabl
including forty sacks week from N G
Donald and O,Neilrs beds. John j
an old schoolmate of the Editors
whom we regret missing this trip.
Last Friday evening Mrs. G. G
Augle was the recipient of pleasan
surprise prrty on the occasion of the
tenth anniversary of her wedding
The Editor was not in it. beng awa]
to the other end of the Sound, failing
toreturn hoine in time to help do thu
donors of the occasion, much to has re
greet The home was crowded will
friends who brought their best wishe.
4 and left varied and choice collectior
0ftin bric-a-brac. Refreshments were
served aud with music and song ths
party got as much enjoyment as pos
SOle out of the evening The Shelton
A 'and was also out with a sereuade
~ TACT, from all reports they must
nave had great blowout, but a