The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-29
shelton POst-Office.
.. Shelton, Friday, March y. 1901 y
Personals

rbes. Hood was visiting friends in
town his week
r. Shelton is on a trip down sound
.o..ea his brothers Lewis and Till.
Can't. Thos Hayes and Mr.. Wheeler
,rora ia town from Hoodsport yester-
day.
Henry Thompson was reported sick
- Potlatch. but only a temporary all
ment.
Mrs. L. r. Byrne is spending the
week visiting friends in Olympia and
Tacoma.
The engagement of Mark E.. Reed
and MISS Irene Simpson has been an
nounced.
Mrs. l. !. Carney, of Elma, is visit
ing her daughters, Mrs. Geo. Simpson
and Miss Mamie Eaton.
q B Gunderson left Monday morn
ING for Iowa and Wisconsin and ex-
meets to be gone about six weeks.
Geo. Grisdale, James Forrest and
SEVERAL others were in from Matlock
Saturday night for Masonic lodge.
Mrs. George Simpson and children
returned Tuesday evening from short
yisitto trends in Olympia and Tacoma.
4 logger named Downs got his ankle
broken at Draham's camp yesterday
and was taken to Olympia on the noon
boat
Mr.. aud Mrs. A B. Govey were in
town over Sunday visiting Mrs Theo-
dore Brown, returning to Headquarters
Monday.
Charles Stone, who is now living in
Port Townsend was in town this week
to attend the funeral of his father
c. Il. Stone.
Mrs. Finley Cook is down from Seat
tie on visit to her sisters, Mrs. Kent
and Mrs. LaRock. Her sister, Miss
Maggie Neelty, is also in town.
Roland / Hopper and F. c. Reid, of
Hoodsport, went to Olympia Wednes-
day On the formers homestead final
proof They report things livening
up in the vicinity of Potlatch.
Ben. Schumacher returned Saturday
from Okanogan County, where he spent
the winter in the mines of the Shelton
Syndicate. He says the prospects are
good for a profitable mine.
Services at the NJ. E. church Sunday
Mar 3lst, morning and evening will
be conducted by Lieut.. c. S. Howard,
salvation army officer from Olympia.
The pastor will be absent on a trip to
Spokane.
a. H. Anderson was in town Satur-
day on his way to Potlatch, where he
is keeping in touch with the extensive
operations now under way by his COM
pany They expect to be hauling logs
in another month.
Ex-sheriff Chas. Billings and James
Israel, who have recently been ap-
polluted cruisers by state land commits
Sioner Calvert, were over to North
Bay last week, cruising school land
for the state.
John 8. Forbes has secured a con-
tract of logging for the Tacoma Mil
Company near Kamilche and is fitting
up N readiness for work. 1t will be
about four years to clean up the timber
contracted for.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. German, having
disposed of their property interests
in Mason county, expect to leave
about April 10th for their old home in
England. ]. P. Butts has purchased
the Satsop ranch and will take charge
this spring. Miss Jean Carstairs will
accompany the Germaine's on theil
journey, intending to spend six month.
On a visit to her old home in bonny
Scotland, after an absence of about
fourteen years,
J. w Blackwell, of the Skokomisl
Hatchery passed through town Tues
day bound from Tacoma, to consul'
Fish Commissioner Little regarding
the oper atoms for the coming season
The hatchery has about closed its worl
on the fall fish and sent its product Of
fry ont into the world. Supt. Black
well recently had Mr., Sword, chic
inspector Of fisheries of British Col
umbia for days visit, and that gentle
man found many things of interest il
the progress of the state has made il
propog ating salmon. The Dominion
government operates a small hatcher.
On the Fraser river, but its method
are so far behind the times, that it
of little value An attempt is beini
made by Washington to secure pei
mission to operate hatcheries on tn
Fraser river, as that is the only strear
where the sockeye salmon frequent
If this is not done very soon yer
few years viii see practically the sslas
OF the sockeyes.'
We have a shirt to suit you L M
If you are needing new cook STOW
or steel range go to Hunter e Eaton