The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-02-08

''C C+,s K. Gale, of Olympia, came
fam the capital city Saturday
a,or and spent Sunday with the
kHvJ W Daniels went to Olympia
,,osdav TO take an examination by
medical examining board for an
increase of pension
n, + II. Van Eaton, well known
.hv.ician of Olympia, died on Satur-
f f at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Alex Lang. in that city.
,,eo Grisdale, foreman of one of the
Samson camps near Matlock, and
Ron Booth, donkey engineer, were
soending few days in town last week.
Ill., Wilson, the Hartstein logger,
w,s IN town Yesterday. He says the
Wilson & Foster company is putting
in lots Of logs
Doug Shelton and his bride returned
home last Friday evening, having
beeu married in Victoria. They will
make their home in Shelton.
Thomas O'Neill returned last Friday
from trip down the Sound, to COM
bine business with pleasure, and wear
off the effects of an attack of the grip.
TIL. McNichol, the tailor, has gone
! ont of business here and will look for
! Vocation at some other point. He
went from here to Olympia Sunday.
NJ. NJ Scott, of Grove, this county,
is purchasing material of Hunter &
Eaton for a new house he is building
on forty acres of land he has bought
near New Kimilche.
F. C. Riley, of Tacoma, timber cruiser
for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co, was
in Shelton the first of the week He
is looking over the company's hold
ings in this county.
George Shorter has sold his dairy to
Vim Cooke, who will look after the
formers patrons in addition to his own.
Mr. Shorter decided that there wa S too
much hard work and too small profit
Ill dividing the dairy business.
Assessor Specie came over from
Allyn Monday and left the next morn
ing tor Olympia to attend the meeting
of the assessors of the state which is
being held in the capital city this week.
J. B. Wood has rented the old shop
building next to Marshal's blacksmith
shop, aud is fitting it up for store,
expecting to handle collins. picture
moulding, wall paper, etc, and do gen.
ual cabinet work.
Nv. A. Jordan, of San Francisco, is
hre on d visit to his parents, and also
Shaking flying trip through Wash
ington in the interest of some of the
great oil companies of Bakersfield,
California.
}. f. Riley, cashier of the Shelton
Bank, left on Wednesday for Honolulu
where he goes for the benefit of his
health which has been considerably
impaired for some time, past. His
friends hope to see him return fully
recovered. ...s
Thomas Fraser was last week ap-
pointed as one of the county board of
oyster land commissioners, in place of
j. W. Gosser whose term had expired.
Inc appointment is made by the gov
ernor, on the recommendation of the
county commissioners, and on the
strength of large petition.
Jack Armstrong, who went to Cali
forna last fall for the benefit of his
health, failed to find any relief in that
country and is coming back to Shelton,
oeing expected here Saturday evening
Oh this week. He is suffering from
lung trouble. af
Sam Caldwell made a trip to Olym,
PA Wednesday to see G.. H. Stone, Vhc
IS In the hospital there. He reports
Mr. Stone as being about the same
aS Tor some time past, but in good
spirits and entertaining firm hopes Of
\Ueips able to pull through.
John Morrison, who has been afflicted
Tor several months past with tota
blindness and almost total deafness
continues about the same. At times
ior periods of two or three days, hi
seems somewhat better, but these arr
io"owed by unfavorable syrnptom'
mat indicate he is, if anything, grow
'og a'adually worse Instead of better
HE Post Intelligencer OF Tuesda,
says: Isaac c. Atkinson, Vice presi
aent and general manager Of the Por
angeles Eastern railway, and w. II
LOSS a civil engineer, who representa-
new York and Boston capitalist, lef
last evening for Port Angeles. The,
mad been several days at the Butte
MOTEL and had conferred with all prom
inent local railroad men. Mr.. Akin
son is confident of the success Of th
railroad scheme inEwhich he is inter
ested, and expects THAT development
Will rapidly follow pfter . few mino
matters and the plbcing of She CON
pany's bonds have been closed up. ]
is part Of the scheme to run ferr
boats between Port Angeles and Viz
'orla' and thence reach the norther
Pend OF Vancouver island ~ means of
railroad. 49, s