The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-29
Correspondence and County Notes.

place last Tuesday, Rev. w, E. Young
officiating.
Rev. W. E. Young, the Sabbath
School missionary of Hood Canal, has
moved from Seabeck to Li11ewaup, to
the Taylor or Watkinson place near
the Falls. Mr.. Young who has been
preaching for eight or ten years in
Oregon and this State, DIS licensed
minister, was examined and ordained
as congregational minister at Port
Angeles on the sixth instant.
Miss Moffatt closed her first term of
school at Holly, on the 18th and has
gone to her home in Tacoma to spend
her vacation of two weeks, when she
will return to teach another term.
The children are said to be learning
rapid1y under her.
| Miss Morrison closed her school at
Hoodsport last Friday.
| Superintendent c. S. Brumbaugh of
the Mason County Schools, visited
Lillewaup, Harrison Hoodsport and
Union City the first of last week, while
Superintendent Barnes of Kitsap
County was at Bangor Holly and Mis-
sion Lake at the same time.
Mr.. H. Graham, father of K. 5.
Graham Superintendent of the reser-
walton, and Miss Mary Graham, AS
sistart teacher arrived on the 18th
from Michigan, on holiday visit to
his children.
| Miss B1anch Daily of Shelton came
to Union City last Saturday to spend
the holidays with relations and
friends.
| Hon John McReavyl of the Capitol
commission returned from Olympia
last Saturday evening to spend the
holidays at his home.
| The Schooner Standard of Ballard
has been lying in the Skokomisn river
| near the Webb ranch for two or three
weeks fishing for salmon. Some are
sailed down and some are shipped to
Seattle. The recent rains and freshet
in the river have however interfered
considerably with the work.
BORN-March % to the wife of Will
liam Adams of Skok o1nish a son. 1t
came very near being a Christmas
present.
| The high tides of December have
come and gone, and those who went to
the stores to buy ropes with which to
tie their houses so that they would not
float off can use them for other pur-
poses. The tides were no higher, and
hardly as high even as they have been
some previous years in December. Ho
to the weather prophets.
| CHRISTMAS
also has passed and Notwithstanding
the hard times it was remembered in
this region. At the reservation the
services on the Sabbath had reference
to it and on Monday evening there
| Hor-
which old Santa Claus asleep crawled
out when he was awakened by a little
white fairy with wings. The distribu-
tation of presents from the tree pre-
coded by exercises by the schoo1-sing-
report of the Sabbath School. This
attendance of fifty-seven the highest
since 1884,. Prizes were given to those
children who had gained eighty in a
marking of one hundred in learning
their lessons perfectly. The following
Sherwood, Sarah Minor, Herbert
johnson, Nellie Krise, Mamie Sparks
William Frank, Maggie Allen, Leila
Spar, Willie Thomas and Walter Ee11s.
This was more than at any time in the
history of the school.
For Christmas, Union City had a
sermon with special to it on Sunday
and social time for the children in
the church on Monday evening, in
Guiding games, music, candy and nuts.
Mrs. J. McReayy and Daily going
going to Shelton on Saturday for the
supplies.
Other places have not been heard
from. Holly was to have special Sab
bath School services on Sunday and a
tree in the evening. Lillewaup was
also expecting to celebrate the day.
LAKE CUsHMAN, DEC. 54, 1898
Two nights rain and the Lake has
risen six feet. Never before have we
had such a storm at this season, or has
the water risen so rapidly. Wednes-
day night it blew gale from the west
and the wind rushing down the valley
tore the Hotel boat house from it's
mornings and landed it on the opposite
side of the lake. For the past week
the lake has been frozen solid except
for small channel which had to be
broken daily but the rain and wind
have cleaned it all out and while there
is still several inches of snow on the
bottom there is not as much as a week
ago by about six inches. On the 10th
the snow lay fifteen inches deep on
the divide between the north and
south forks and the settlers in the
valley, many of whom had not vet
gotten in their winter supplies began
to fear they might have to spend the
winter in HOodsport, but it is likely
they are able to get horses across the
trail now.
The Mason County Mining & Devel
opement Co. is building a new camp
at the mines to replace the one par
tally swept away this fall.
Mr.. HOman'S cottage is rapidly near
ing completion, it will be very pretty
addition to the settlement. A few
deer have been killed here this fa1
but the snow of last winter seems tt
have killed great many for they are
not as numerous as in former years
S. H. Hopper has been the most sue
cessful hunter this far
THE CHRISTMAS TREE. The Meth
odist church was filled to over-fowine
= on Christmas night and presented Z
, pretty and animated scene, especial,
to the young folks. The room wa:
Hastily decorated and the tree, a beau
ty, laden with Christmas greetings
:, "A short musical program wasa rem
: oereo, and Santa announced his pres
ence likewise his presents. The tree
, contained many glad surprises, ant
something good for all. While pri
vate Christmas trees were numerous
5 nearly all the parents and children
? attended the public tree and enter
, ta1nment, while reflected great credi
: upon the workers.
CHURCH BAZAAR:-A. bazaar ant
social will be given by the Ladies' Ait
Society of the Methodist Episcopa