The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-22
= Shelton, Friday, March d. 1901 y
Personals

Prem tice Dunbar has gone to Aber-
deem, where he is at work painting.
Miss Edna Smith returned wednes.
day from visiting friends in Tacoma.
5 G Simpson came down from Seattle
Wednesday for an inspection of his
business interests.
Mrs. NJ. Trosper, who has been visit
ing Mrs. A. W. Fredson, returned to
Tacoma Tuesday.
Miss Alice Graham, of Fremont who
has been visiting Miss Maud Marshall,
returned home today.
Archie Enos arrived Saturday from
Rock Creek, Mimi, and will help w G
Rex farm this summer.
Ralph Potts is quite sick at Allyn and
DR. Beach and Chas. Leake went over
Yesterday to attend him.
Postal Inspector Wayland was in
town Tuesday, and inspected several
of the post offices in this vicinity.
+. w. Walther is afflicted with a
felon on each thumb, and is taking
no interest in spring suits this week.
Miss Sylvia Bryant, Mrs. Fanny
Champlln. Amanda Linn and Jessie A
Uric have been granted certificates on
their February examin atoms.
Max. Metscham, deputy revenue in
spector, was in town Tuesday, examl-
ming records in the auditors office and
looking for violation of the stamp tax
generally.
Pendeton Miller, of Seattle, spent
several days in this vicinity, this week
with cruiser, looking over the lands
owned by Mrs. Miller and incidently
hunting timber trespasses.
f. c. Wiley is having his home,
corner 9TH and Gotta streets, enclosed
with a neat wire fence. Thos. Fraser
and Brad Brazel have also put up new
fences recently.
Tom P. Fisk came down from Olym-
pia to attend superior court Tuesday
and returned the following day to
finish up his work of preparing the
senate Journal for the printer.
Miss Emma Thomas, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. G. C. Angle,
and aunt, Mrs. ]. S. w. Shelton, tor
the past six weeks, left for her. home
at Coupeville Tuesday morning.
Chas. Huntley and VIM. Bowman
returned last week from Potlatch
where they built L. K. Munson's new
store building. The new store is large
and a creditable building for the town
H. r. Gale, who has been in charge
of the JOURNAL during the absence of
the proprietors, left last Saturday for
Olympia. Mr.. Gale is an experienced
newspaper man, and while not gener-
ally acquainted, has kept the paper to
its usual standard.
Will D. Hudson was over from New
Kamilche Monday on an oyster deal.
He has leased Mrs. Williams interest
in Oyster Bay beds and will devote
his time to oystering, having found
the last seasons shipments very prof.
table -
Chas. P. Nutter made trip to
Tacoma this week and stopped in town
long enough to look up some records.
He says that real estate is expected to
move in the Canal region this summer
and he expects to do little ''dickeriug
in dirt himself
L. W. Specie has purchased the
Camper property at Allyn and his
family will reside there in the future
convenient to the oyster beds. Mrs.
Specie was over from Allyn Saturday
with Walter Camper to complete. the
deal.
B. T. Booth, an engineer at Geo.
sGrisdale's Camp, was in Olympia last
week and met his sister, who comes
from Minnesota to become one of Ma
son County's corps of teachers. Miss
Booth is also sister of Geo. T. Booth,
of Shelton,
Alex Larock returned Monday Fl on
Canada where he spent the winter
visiting relatives, He is getting an
outfit together and will return tt
Dawson, as soon as transportation
opens on the upper Yukon river, and
work his mining claims during the
summer.
Representative q. B. Gunderson re
turned from Oily mpia Saturday, having
stayed close to his legislative worl
since early in January. He leaves
Monday for visit to his parents il
Wisconsin aud to look after Interests
in Iowa, intending to be gone abou
SIX weeks. After that he will settle
down and help out on the JOURNAL.
W. H. Kaeeland returned last Fri
day from Hoquiam where be went Z
see q. G. Doble. He reports the sic
man out. of danger and fast gainin(
health His complaint, Phlebitis, NO
common one, means = lack Of bloo'
Circulation, and was originally ceuse'
by exposure through falling into tn
Humptulips river:
Judge Irwin held the usual monthly
term of Superior court Tuesday an
disposed Of the few matters ready to
hearing. Tie Judges Shelton trip
are in the nature Of recreation, fo
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