The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-09-14
Local Notes.

BoRN.-Mason P. o. Thursday Sent
9th to the wife of James Carstairs, !
girl.
BoRN.-Upper Skokomish. Sent. Sth
to the wife of J. d. Rengstorf, /:
daughter.
T. 81. McNichol has moved into til,
Freeburger house, vacated by George
Thompson.
Mrs W. B. Eaton is in from the
milf, spending few days at he,
house IN town.
N. D. Swarthout has again opened
his meat market in the old stand, witt
Dave Horton as cutter.
William Shorter has moved his fam
lily into the Volckart house, near his
own in the north end.
Axel Anderson is getting a bill of
number at Hunter & Eaton's mill for a
new house near Clint. Hodges.
The cool mornings OF the past week
are indications of the fall season, and
the coming of dews and frosts.
Alex. Marshall's home is being i'm
proved by the addition of neat porch
by Gilman and Hayward. The lot
has also been graded.
]. M. Downs, who has the contract
to build H. J. Wehnes' new house,
has the frame up, and is making good
progress for one man.
The next session of superior court
will be held Oct. 10th. which will be
the last opportunity of naturalization
before election.
The weather gives prospects of a
change, and the rainy season may be
expected to make things interesting to
the candidate
A. G. Sawin, Baptist minister at
Olympia, and Mr.. Buker, passed
through town yesterday, bound for a
hunt with Chas. Needy.
Skokomish Tribe, I. o. R. M. have
invited their brethren and friends to a
grand dance on Saturday evening,
Sept. 22nd. The invitation is in delate
Chinook jargon.
Arrangements are being made to
have Mr.. Frink and the other Repub1i-
can visitors make brief visit to the
camps on the Peninsu1ar Railroad
next Sunday for a glimpse at the log
ging works.
An excursion will be given next Sat
urCay night to Kamilche on the North
ern Light to attend the dance and sup
per gwen by the Odd Fellows of IA
milche lodge. The steamer will leave
Shelton about O'Clock and return in
the early morning.
The Democratic County Convention
is called to meet on Saturday 22nd, for
the purpose of nominating the County
ticket. While the slate is pretty well
made up there were few stickers on
the list, and time was needed to find
available candidates who would except
an empty nomination.
Railroad Jacks tent show, consisting
of one slight-of-hand man and trap.
eze artist of merit, spent three days in
Shelton. The tent was filled the first
night, but the attendance was small
after that. On the whole the show
was quite good, but hardly IN proper
ton to the big tent and the big posters
The friends, young and old, of Mr.
and Mrs. George Emmott gathered in
the Odd Fellows building last Satur-
day evening to give them a reception
home. The evening was spent in
games, songs and social talk, and
closed with refreshments, some seven
ty being seated at the tables.
George Beers returned last week
from Northport, where he spent sever
al weeks in looking tor sonnet hing
better than here. He found wage.
smaller and conditions generally no
so good for the work1ngman there, al
though Robert Sheedy offered him {
good position in charge of section
crew on the Spokane Falls & North
ern.
Frink, Shively, Atwood and Atkin
son, will open the Republican cam
paign at Shelton next Saturday eve
ming Sept. 18th. AT the conclusion OF
/ the meeting list will be opened for
the organization of a Republican Clut
of Mason County voters. The Shell
ton band will be in attendance with
new music and Kneefand's hall shoult
be filled
]. d. Layne, of Hartstein Island
brought in couple of cantaloupe
Wednesday, that in size and favo
equal the YaEima products. Will
melons are too uncertain, they matur
properly some seasons. MIR. Layn
was down to Evans Island this wee
and reports the grape growers just be
ginning to pick their crop, which viii
not be as large as usual, owing to tn
late cool rains last spring.
Sundays O1ympian says: Thoma
Bordeaux. superintendent of the Maso
County Logging company, met wit
serious accident yesterday at TIL
Black Hills camps. While standin
near cable that was under a heav
strain it parted, one end striking Nj
Bordeaux aheayy blow on the 1eftknet
A bad bruise was the result. thong
I no bones were broken. He was at ono
brought to this city by private convey