The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-01-04
Local Notes.
School begins Monday.

County ofhcerS take hoit' mex
Monday week.
BoRN,-Kamilche Dec. 2Srd. to the
wife of Will w. Callow, son.
BoRN,--Shelton, Dec. 18th to thu
wife of Henry Faubert daughter.
The new municipal council and of
fcers will be Installed next Tuesday
BoRN.-Egypt Valley, Dec. 30th, t.
the wife OF William LeCompte, son
T. P. Fisk has opened his law Office
in the old Freeburger building over
Wi1ley's.
/ BoRN.-To the wife of J. A. Cole, {
son,-its first anniversary will happier
about Dec. 18th next.
The New Years resolutions are
ancient history. Few pretend to
/ "swear off" in these modern times.
Henry Collier advises us that the
poultry show in Tacoma this week is
something fine, and well worth seeing.
Quite list of people seem under the
weather this week, colds and incipient
colds and Bromo-quin1ne seems to be
in demand.
This office will shortly receive a
new dress of body type, which will
make an Improvement in the appear
ance of the newspaper.
The snow which opened up the new
year is still with us, about six inches
in depth, but it has changed to rain
and will not be long in going,
L. K. Munson has sold his interest
in the Shelton Oyster Company, own
ing the Smith beds on Oyster Bay, for
$500, Edgar Fredson being the pur-
chaser
Aaron Kirkland has leased his farm
in the upper Skokomish valley for two
years to w. G. Fisk and Mary E. Scott,
who will take charge IN the early
spring, and go into stock raising.
The old Yes1er mansion used for
several years past as the Seattle public
library was destroyed by hre Tuesday
The building cost the old pioneer $50,
600, and the library contained $4,000,
volumes, loss felt generally by Sc
attic.
The 13-year old son of Frank Edg-
bert, postmaster and store keeper at
Arcadia, suffered a bad accident on
Christmas day which cost him one of
his fingers of his left hand. The acct
dent occurred from the discharge of a
shot gun shell he was handling
Benjamin Colp, one of the pioneers
of North Bay, living at Victor, WASH.
died Saturday evening about O'Clock.
He was 63 years of age and leaves a
wife, three sons and a daughter.
The charitaUly disposed people of
Olympia have raised for the benefit OF
the Layery family, whose children
were burned to death last week, sum
of money approximating $500, and
this without any great effort.
The New Years Ball at Kneeland's
Hall was quite success in attendance
and good time. A new orchestra pro-
vided the music and Mrs. Deegan fur
nished an excellent supper. Those
who attended enjoyed good time.
Port Angeles Tribune Times: The
Olympic peninsula has managed to get
through the last one hundred years
without a railroad. but it is not un.
reasonable to expect that the Port
Angeles Eastern, or some other com.
pany, will get ready to build before
the twentieth century closes.
The loggers have been Struggling
back to town during the week and
Wednesday afternoon the train took
four carloads of the boys back to the
camps. Practically nothing will be
done in the way of hauling logs until
Monday. The lunbermen have orders
ahead and are anxious to get their
camps at WORK again.
B. S. Barger has purchased the lots
and dwelling on Fifth and Franklin
streets, where he has kept bachelor
hall" for the past seven years, of G.
B. Gunderson, the consideration being
$500. B. S. has paid almost that much
in rent, before he finally decided t.
buy and become good citizen. We
think he contemplates, well, -lmpr ov
ing the property.
Two little sons of George Morash
| who resides near the Port Townsend
Southern roundhouse on the Westside
were both struck by shot from a CUR
in the hands of careless hunter Fri
day Afternoon, One of the boys wa.
struck in the face by the shot and thu
other on the shoulder, The force o.
the shot was pretty we'll Spent, els.
there might have been fatility to re
cord, Oiympian.
Q. E. Stanhope was down from Sc
attic Wednesday night on a flying
trip to get some powers of attorne,
from friends for mining purposes
He leaves tonight with party for tn,
Ketchikan district, so as to be on tn,
ground ahead of stampede from
Dawson Grin will take charge of :
hotel while Fred Spencer and others O.
the party will go into the interior
They have gathered up fine lot O
dogs, and feel sure they are on tn,
scent of their fortunes.
Wouldn't this bewiider you: t,