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February 13, 1920     Shelton Mason County Journal
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i] :FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 ............. THE MASON i ii iiiiii i i I i i i COUNTY JOURNAL I Illl PAGE FIVE i ,il &apos;4 L "C !, , r : t t _ TO PRESENT DIPLOMAS ='- Local and Personal 2- TO NEAREST KIN OF MEN ---= • ---= WH0 ,IE, IN SERVICE RElaTIVES TO SEND Joe Forrest is laid up this week with the flu. Miss Pearl Brewer of Gate is visit- ing her sister, Mrs. A. Self. Jacob Shafer is visiting his daugh- ter, Mrs. P. Spence in Seattle this week. Mrs. Fred Lord and son of Shelton spent several days at Hoodsport this week. Miss Esther Carlson was in Olym- pia over Sunday, the guest Of Mrs. George Willey. Miss Martha Whitman of Phillips, Wisconsin, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Earl Dickinson. Attorneys P. M. Troy and Thomas Vance were visitors from Olympia Saturday on business. Frank Bennett came over from Puyallup to spend the week-end at .his home in Shelton Valley. L. W. Ostrander of Seattle spent a (lay or so visiting old friends in town after an absence of four years. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lynn of Port- land are rejoicing over the arrival of a 9-pound girl on February 8th. Mrs. James Carstairs of Satsop is spending the week with her mother, Nrs. Emily Taylor who is in poor health. Mrs. L. G. Shelton spent the week- end as the guezt of her daughter, Miss Edna Shelt6'h, a teacher in the Olympia schools. Roy C. Burtchett spent two days last week celebrating the arrival of a ten-pound son which was born in Olympia on February 5th. B. '. Piemons of Brew.ster, Chelan County, is spending the week in Shelton visiting old-time friends and looking over the old'town. Three of the near-pioneers of Ma- son County, whose coming dates in the "eighties," are noted this week of having been caled to their reward. Mrs. Vervian WaSte Asbury, who taught the school at Agate several years ago and is well known down the bay, died at Seattle last week, aged 25 years. Marriage license was issued in Olympia last Saturday to James Mc- Govern and Miss ,Bertha Cowan, the latter a well-known young lady of Harstine Island. William Malpass of Arcadia was OFFICIAL NOTICE [ 1N MANFULLANDN.ASIETHEII{OF SERVICEowN I AI)I)RESSES Shelton, Wash., February 11, 1920. The nearest relative of ew.ry man Owing to the prevalence of inttuenza who died in the service is 'a..e(i to and the contagious nature thereof, inform the Fred B. Wivel] 'i'o:;t of it is hereby ordered that until fur- Jac A.',crcan Legion here or the ther notice all public meetings of lIepartment of \\;'ashington at 201 every kind and character and naturc whatsoever, including schools, churcll- es, dances and theaters, be strictly forbidden, and they are hereby for- bidden. When the danger of the epi- demic has passed notice will be given, and public meetings and gath- erings permitted. F. C. MATHEWSON, Mayor of Town of Shelton. N. E. ROBERTS, Health Officer of Town of Shelton. 2-13-1t Th Shelton Public Library will be closed until further notice. Another week of fine and mlid weather and it basn't rained yet. Saturday is Valentine's Day, an- other milestone in the passing of the year. The Olympia [nail stage line an- :nounces a reduction of single fare to Olympia to $1, round trip $1.50. Thursday, February 12th, was a legal holdiday, Lincoln's Birthday, and generally observed by the public offices. The Hard Time dance which was to be given here this Saturday be the Rebekahs has been called off fol- lowing the order forbidding public gatherings. A letter received this week from Crary buihting, Seat.m, Washington, of tle name of the man of whom they are next of kin as well as their own name and address. This infor- mation is asked so that these per- sons may be presented on Washing- ton's Birthday with engraved cer- tificates. The certificates are being distrib- uted under the auspices of the Amer- ican Legion at the direction of the French government to the nearest relative of every soldier, sailor and marine who died during the Great War. The names of the deceased ser- vice men are inscribed on th'e cer- tificates. It is asked that the full name of the service man be given in each in- stance. THE COMMISSIONERS Thursday, l;cbruary 5, 1',)20. Convened lu olllce, all i)resent. 1,'. C. Wllley llled report cf the amotmt of County Culvert on hand. Filed. Moved and carried that the report of the Cotlnty Treasurer for the nlonth Of January bc anprovcd. lovcd and caried that a call be marie for bids for the Construction of the Stretch Island Bridge, bids to be open- ed at 2 I ). M. on Marctl 2nd, 1920. Moved and carried that $12.00 be transferred from the Current Expense as follows: $10.89 to the County Game and $1.20 to the State Game to eorxect error in Treasurer's Annual ReporC Tim following bills were examined and ordered paid: Current 'mxpenlo A. M. Frost at Algona, Wash., in- w. w. Barrett. sup. Co. Garage. 1.70 forms, us that he is still much inter-st. Peter's I-Iospital, care county ested in the old tffwn and can't ,t poor ......................... 93.00 a ' - - --w. w. Barrett, repair C. H ..... 63.75 long wthout the home paper. H.E. Ford. sup. Co. garage ..... 14.29 Th  ,  IG. P. Verot, same ............. 29.00 e Tacoma Commercial Club has G. P. Verot, same .............. 2.15 taken up and will boost tho o.n-IL. M. Co.. same ............... 24.09 struction of a millitary lighway-t'h ['ack Bl2n °. District :NO. S. connect Camp Lewis and the Brem-I ° ' lohh"gnh' "lirl'ddg'"' 20.00 erton Navy Yard, and in this we will [Shelton Garage ................ 92.20 have a local interest. M.E. JOhnson ................ 27.40 L. M. Co ....................... 2.83 Olyml)ia Garage Co ............ 48.20 :Fermanent Plffhway Maintenance Hoodm Canal Mere ............. 15.70 M. B. Graves .................. 7,07 taken to the hospital at Olympia last week with a bad case of flu and also an abscess of his face. At last re- port he was improving. The National ,Week of Songs begins on February 22nd and in the next issue of this paper a list of aug- Plans are being prepared for a large and modern home for Mr. and Mrs: M. E. Reed to be built on the site" of their present house, which will be moved to a new locatio across the street. The work will be- gin in early spring. The railroad was blocked last Sat- urday afternoon by a wreck in which five loads of logs were derailed and a hundred feet of track tmTi up. The wreck occurred on the 8-spot train on its afternoon trip. The 'crew worked Sunday clearing the track and no logs were lost. ....... A fimall fire in the flue at the Gage. home on Cots street last Thursday caused considerable excite- ment for a few minu'tes The alarm geared songs to be practiced'and was sounded but the fire had sub- sung on that week will be printed, sided before the fire department ar- I rived on the scene. The house is Ben and Milt Sehumacher made a occupied by A. H. Allen• trip to Seattle this week to visit Because nothing has been said their mother, Mrs. Wilhelmina Schu- reacher, who was quite sick in that about tle new hospital for Shelton city. She is now considerably ira' the, ides not sleeing. The original proved, p.----- ---..e been revised down to,the   p0Jnt where it is asmred that the Sheriff Potts went to South Bend Ibuilding ahd equipment can be cover- last week and brought back W. Fred led by .the means available, and the Christian, Charged with the desertion [in! plansmay.be expected soon. of his minor Children and failure to'[ pay,alimony. The family lives on a.[ The Shelton Athletic club literally ranch near Matlock. walked o#er the McCIeary aggrega- '  /i0n which' played the }oys here last Tommy, :O'Neill heard about the[Saturday evening. Tle local boys steelhead fishing and had to come I ran up sUCh a mammoth score on the' down "from Seattle it Friday and ISitrs that they lost track of the try his luck. Angus and he brought [figures. A)truck load of young root- in two each from the Skokomish lers £'omMcCleary accomnanied th ' team and attended th ............ Falls on Saturday. , [ . " e dancd at the r ----'--'---- ' " '. Ih04 O. F. hall.later in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Mott, of Colorado,[ e returned home the same night. accompanied Mrs: Allie Ahl, of El-[ • . " don, to Shelton Wednesday to visit[ Mrs W. E. Edwards of the Con- Jacob Hauptly. Mrs. Mort is a sister ]o' Beach"Pen!try-mud Hog Farm of Mrs. Ahl, and they are enjoying I.o .lue z announces this week that ] eth in 35 ears s e xs gem rote the oultr and he the first V'sit tog er y • [ " ." g" p y g • _..----.-- Iraising usiess on a large scale and W. S.'Heckman this week dis'Pose I is going to be able o supply this of the studio to Mr. and Mrs. DI M,. ldistrict in the future. She plans to Bain of Seattle, who take charge thm lship day-old: chicks at the rate of week. Mr, and Mrs. Bain and sons !1000 every Week after March 1st. arrived Thursday and will make their i Her advertisement appears on pag e home in the Poste'ffice building, i eight of this issue. C. E. Bernard returned last week to his home in Seattle after spend- ing a month in charge ,of: F. H. Diehl's store. Fred. was lald up with the Flu after his retunr from the East but is now on the job again. A party of Rebekahs, including Mrs. Edna Jones, Mrs. Eliza Casey, Mrs. Mary Lytle, Mrs. Cal Roden- berger and Mrs. Ceclia Norton, made the auto trip to Olympia with Himy Norton Wednesday to visit Ruth Re- bekah Lodge. The Rebekahs also en- oyed a fine supper prepared by the ncampment brethren. W. B. Staniford, route agent of the American Railway Express, arrived Wednesday evening from Tacoma to reopen the local express office, and brought in an accumulation of mat- ter from the Tacoma office. Robert C. Angle was appointed local agent and the Shelton office is located at the Journal office. " Don't worry about the high cost of shoes any more. Hansen Bros. have 300 pairs of slightly worn rus- set army shoes which are going to sell from $1 up. They 'claim these are going to put a nick in the high cost of shoe leather. The shoes were shipped last week from St. Louis and their arrival will be announced in the Hansen Bros. advertising, watch their ad. each week. --Adv. Secretary Bell of the Mason CdUn- ty Farm Loan Association, has been advised by the Federal Land Bank not to accept further' applications for fmTn loans for the present, or until such time as the suit now pending in the supreme court is decided. A Kansas farm mortgage concern is a ttac.king the farm loan act, and the case ]s now before the highest court, but the federal board will not at- tempt to offer more farm loan bonds for sale and can' only care for the applications already in. An automobile belonging to Pete Pease of the White Star Lumber Company was stolen from the street Thursday night. The car was left standing in front of Combes and Company's 'store while they went to the show, and when the show was over the car was one. It was re- covered Saturday in Hoquiam, but the thief escaped.Elma Chronicle. DANCES CALLED OFF The Rebekah Hard Time dafter cheduled here this Saturday and the Matlock dance planned for the same date have been indefinitely postponed on account of 'the present danger of influenza. Plans regardnig them will be announced later. DANCE, UNION CITY, FEB. 21 Somerville's Jazz Band will furnish the musi.c. A big time. 2-20 l']d. Krlse ..................... 10.80 Special :Road :Fund L. Mcl,eod .................... 64.45 K. Pierce ..................... 4.83 IN THE CHURCHES Heth0dist Episcopal Church Out" Sunday School is the largest it has been for the past three years, and more are coming/We would like to see more of the ohter members of out" Church as interested in the Sun- day School work as the children are. Our teachers, with one or two ex- ceptions, are very prompt and al- ways on the job. 1 timnk you for: interest in your class work, and may l the Lord bless you in your labor of; love. At the regular meeting of the board of trustees it was voted to paint our church floor, which is a move in the right direction. Let the good work go on. . Our church attendance has doubled ]n the past four months and there is room for more. Come and fill all the seats. BAPTIST CHURCH Because of the flu there will be no services until further notice. Addison Self, Pastor. CATHOLIC CHURCH' "St. Edward's Catholic Church" On 2rot Sundays first Mass is at 8 a. m. and second Mass at Skoko- mish at 11 a. m. On fourth Sundays Mass at 10 a.m. Evening devotions at 7:30 p. m. Watch our Classified ads for the things you may want; try them once[ when you have anything to sell,--[ those who advertise get quick re-[ suits. They reach a thousand'peo-[ for a quarter. J / POTLATCH, _ ._ Mrs. Lincoln MeKay of Potlatch has moved to Sheiton where she v, itl make her home. Beaetrice Wood- iworth, her niece, will stay with her aml go to school. Duncan McKay and his wife at Potlatch have the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Bird are the proud parents of a son. Burt MeComb and family visited relatives near Elma. He is stayiffg, taking a position as brakeman on Stimpson's raSh'pad. The family will _. od.e ....................... 4. S.a Imove over soon as school is out. , ,1. w ner ..................... .3Z • • i " i in D Clmmbers 40 2 Chnton Finch of Elma s ws t g G: Grese :::::::::::::::::::::: 4.:the MeComb.s. I MOved" final 5arrIed that fh il)h'(<[ Olaf'Strombold, who has been vis-i "Wallace Johnson Motor Co. to tie itin, Mr Bur ,h Teturned to hi amount of $347.r4 be allowed with the  s . -. --, "L.. ." ...... - deduction, of $ 20.,30. nome In, xamma wednesaa,. , .,. On motion lhe Board adjourned tO We have been"Iiavmg 'fino weather meet Monday, March 1, 1920. X, • 'T ..... tin Potlatch this week. We are all ...... c.i:mn in hopes it will stay that way for a Attest: IONE W. DOYLE. Clerk. "while. --Chatterbox• BISHOP-AH___..__RN IihMoenlt:sR!xb:?e:d:dandaManfriaEds:ii y d p through town Tuesday on their way to their home in the Skokomish Val- ley where they surprised their many friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. Bishop and the groom is the son of Mrs. William Johnson. Both are well known Sko- komish families. The bride is the sis-' ter of Mrs. Roy Eells of this city. Mr. Ahem was discharged last fall from service in the marine corps. They will make their home in the Skokomish Valley. ADVERTISED LETTERS Advertised letters remaining in the postoffiee at Shelton, Wash., for the week ending February 13, 1920: Cairns, Henry, M. D. Carlson, Mrs. Ida . Frav0r, A. W. Giler, M. Gardner, S. F. Hanson, A. JOhnston, N. Johnson, L. Onaus, Carl Protz, Mrs. Annie Thomson, Mrs. Eveline Weaver, Sam'l M. Williams, Ted JESSIE KNIGHT, P. M. CARD OF THANKS The undersigned desire to return their sincere thanks to the many friends who have in past years and during the •more recent illness and leath of Mrs. Annie Cruson extended to her and us their many priceless offerings of help and sympathy. J. J. Cruson. Mrs. Mary Dory. Clellan Cruson. Burk Cruson. I Have you talked with Jay B. Ransom about INSYD[ TYRES They are guaranteed in writing. Absolutely blow-out proof. R. W. CUMMING Distributor for Northwest JAY B. RANSOM Shelton. Wash. Distributor for Mason County i KOKOMISH GRANGE , , ,, ,, _ A very successful Grange meeting was held Saturday night, February 7th. The following officers elected for the new year: Master--Robert C. Johnson. OverseerW. A. Hunter. Lecturer--Paul Hunter. StewardGuy Jamison. SecretaryMrs. Fred Bell. Chaplain--Mrs. Ernest Eaton. Asst. StewardKelsey Tanner. Treasurer-Wil!iam Johnston. Gate Keeper--Karl Rose. Lady Assistant StewardMiss Is. bei Weaver. CeresMrs. Weaver. PomonaMrs. W. A. Hunter. Flores--Mrs. Robt. C. Johnson. ] An open meeting will be held Sat- l urday evening, March 6th, which we [hope will be a big time and a good I¢ime to all. T- ALLYN Mrs. John Reed,, Gertrude Ruby and Johnny Reed and Carl Tillquist were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Budding Sunda evening. Mr. and Mrs. Westlake of Ballow were visitors at the Reed home for a few days last week. Mrs. Henry Budding and Mrs. Zan- dell spent the day visiting Mrs.Cleve- land Monday. • Mrs, Ralsoni went to Tacoma on Iuesdy, returning the same day. Tom Reid and Mrs. Finman were visitors at Tweedie's Thursday even- ing. John Reed and Gertrude and John- ny went to Bremerton Saturday on business. Miss Tweedie was a visitor at Reed's Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. August Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ericson and Miss Anna Tillquist were visitors at Mr. and Mrs. John Smith's Suday after- noon. Miss Mihh'ed Peebles was home visiting her folks last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Reed called on Dan Nevitt Friday evening. M. 'E. Wahlron was a visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Howard of Belfair Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wesserling, Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ericson, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Olaf Ericson spent the evening in music and games at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tillquist Saturday evening. M. E. Waldron was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Agate were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Budding Thursday. Are You Corn-Crippled ? Put ease and lightness In your feet with NYA= Corn Remover Does not make the surrounding tissue soft and tender like salve or piaster-- corns thrive on tender toes. Removes hard and soft corns and callouses Oet some tonight at- Il 25 Ikli CENTS . iN[ ,u,, Fir Dru • Store Gee. E. Michael, Prop. MOUNTAIN FLOWER HONEY 60-pound can of Mountain Flower Honey, de- livered, $16,90; 10 pounds for $3.00; five pounds for $1.75; 21/, pounds for $1.00. MOUI'TA.Zff :F:LOV':R OI:EY :FA:R v*v Otmp TwO, :Yetis(oh, Wa|h, Paine's Restaurant MEALS AT ALL HOURS Saturday open till 12 p. m. Restaurant closed on Sundays Popular prices Oysters to your taste i Still in the Ring The, reason why we are still in the ring Is because the people of Shel- tou and vic£nityare realizing every day the fact that what money comes to ou.store STAYS IN SHELTON and does not go "to Tacoma. where you %V.ill not get the benefit of it. We are 1O0 per cent for Shelton. 8HELTON PHARMKcY ., .'% L.B. ALLPHIN .* :"" '* Owher. Prop.. Mgr.. See., Treas. • &gli'orlRoIilllTI have employed as clerk Mr. Fred Sjogren of Du- luth. Mlnn,, Just returned from seven months in France with Tank Corps and three years with the American Army. Mr. SJogrcn Is con- nected i no way whatever with the store, onl as clerk. • New Piumbing Shop i i . . I] ' I I I II PLUMBING and HEATING GENERAL REPAIR WORK Satisfaction guaranteed R. H. HANSEN Shop in old L. M. Warehouse Phone 33 =============================================== - T:-_:== Curtain Hateriai We have the most wanted kinds in a variety of scrims with hemstitched borders, mercerized voile and tape bordered Marquise(tea in cream, ecru and Arab at 40c to 75c a yard. Also the all-over lace at $1.00 per yd. If you are in need of curtains it would be well' to look over our stock as the spring grades will be much higher in this line. Domestics such as muslins, nain- sooks, ginghams and percales will be a great deal more costly in the spring than now and you will make no mis- take taking n what you can at the now prevailing prices. The Spring Pictorial Fashion Book is here, filled with an abundance of new ideas. HcDONALD &COHPANY