The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-10
Correspondence and County Notes.
HONS CANAL. Der z 1892.

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HooD's CANAL. Der z. 1899.
! Work on the new church building Ia
begun at Union City.
| n Sabbath School and Bible class wer
begun at Lillewaup last Sabbath.
| Messrs Lake and Putnam have move
their tent hotel from Lake Cushman t
Lillewaup, where they have already be
'omc quite popular
| MIR Hill has begun preparations 70 built
three story hotel al I.illewanp while
drugstore. telegraph office. butcher shov
and post office have been put ia successful
operation there during the last tire,
weeks and a number of cottages are bcin.
| built.
The Steamer Nelli,. of Port Blakely
WAS up with loal of building matcria
for Hoodsport the first of this week
recent ASSAY OF newly discovered iror
are from the Lake Cushman mines, ha.
been made BY an assarer at Tacoma, VIII
says that it is very rich, and that tue best
OF steel can he male from it The owners
OF the mine feel correspnndingly honefu
The ms ruinents for the brass band ot
Union City arrived last week, and the
band will soon he organized aud prac
Using We welcome the'n.-S.
A HORRIBLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Nc.
Donald, who was well known i'm this
city, and conductor on logging train
of The Puget Sound and Gray's Harl,or
railroad. fell between The cars on Tues
day week, five miles from Kamilchic, and
was instantly killed. His hrad was sep
arated from his body. and he was other
wise horribly mangled. The body was
brought to Olympia, and inferred in the
Catholic cemetery. In describing the
accident the Ledger says:
THE train was well loaded with the
monster logs cut from Washington for
ests, when il reached point five miles
from Kamilchie. Here a COW INSTRUCTED
the passage of the train and the cnnduc-
tor was motioninr the engineer to back
He stood in dangerous position between
the engine and the first car of logs he
ri>kpd too much, for MS he leaned for
ward to make his signal. the engineer
was Mortified to see him lose his balance
and disappear between The logs. II vain
was the steam shut off 1t was too late to
save the unfortunate man under the cars
His holy was mangled beyond all recng-
milton. His head was separated entirely
from The bo'ly. The men shrunk with
horror 10 see il roll down the embark
ment. Both legs were severed below the
knee One arm was crushed to jelly.
The saddened crew placel The remains
unnn q car and made mHurnful run into
Kamilche. The deceased was about 81
years of age He was unmarried and
had hut single rclative-a ncphew--in
the Puget SQUAD country. He came frola
n Ian Onfarin To
much respected by all with whom he had
with his associates
TROLLING FOR SALNON:-The Salmon
season has opened, and for the next few
weeks the bay will probably he crowded
with small boats containing trolling par
ties The season opens at Port Tou n :
send, Port Angeles and 9TH places close
to the ocean, five weeks earlier than in
Seattle, and in Seattle earlier than in
Shelton. Trailing is great Puget Sound
sport, as proven bv the fact hat 200 ont
tits have been purchased in Seattle with
in the past few months. The outfits cost
all the way from SOC. TO $500 each The
outfit in general use AMI supposed bv ex
merits to he the hest consists of 80 feet of
string line, With a lead snker and q
spoon and No. so hook. so set as to
hang about an inch hLlnw the spoon. The
best results are obtained in salmon troll
ing by having two persons in the boat.
one to handle the oars and row at a SLOW
rate. anil the other to hold The line, al
lowing it 10 drag behind the boat The
salmon mistakes the bright spoon for a
| small fish and snaps at ii, only 10 have
the hook embedded ia his jaw. He is
| usually tremendously strong fellow, anil
great spot Can be had playing with him
When lie is first hooked the Oarsman
drops his oars and sieZes The G Fl hook
or dip net. and when The fish is brought
alongside of the boat he lands him with
one of those implements. When the fish
is gotten into the boat he is usually far
from dead. although tired, and he some
times makes things lively in the boat, so
the best method is to kill hiGi with club
as soon as gatf'c.-Port Townsend Gall.
Union City Tribune
The Sentinel don't like NJ. S. Phil
lips for chairman OF Republican Central
Committee The editor has seen some
one that has inflated him with, the idea
that Phillips is not voter. Perhaps h.
ais told bin he is not IL citizen. Here is
his record--his great grandfather and
grandfather fought in the r evolutionary
War. He was born in mont. served
nearly three years in the late unpleasant,
ness-so distasteful Ia Democratic ears
carries a bullet or two 10 his body. Has
lived thirteen years in Washington and
long enough 10 Mason county to put in a
straight vote this fall He has never been
Il preacher. but always Il Republican and
has no record of ever having beco me n
Democrat He is true blue t. the party
and means to ret the party there all the
SAME this fall, especially if the anti non.
NOOIV Marty rivrc nc hi,r man ~, III.