The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-11-17
correspondence and County Notes,
HOOPS CANAL. Nov. IA, 1893.

No clue has yet been found as to the
person who shot Joseph Nader on the
9Th. The coroner's verdict was sim
ply that he came to his death by shot
from some unknown person. Many
sur1nises have been made in regard to
the cause Of the murder, but as none
have any evidence to support them the
cause is still mystery, and may be
for a long time to come. A stray shot
from some hunter seems to be the gen
aral opinion, but it was very direct
shot for such a one. The body was
given to his partner, Garlieb Kfouree,
by Acting Coroner. Capt. D. II. Hill,
who took it to Seattle on Friday, on
steamer Buckeye. A sister of the de-
ceased came up on Thursday, and also
accompanied it to Seattle, where two
sisters of the deceased live, Mrs. Mary
John and Mrs. Joseph George. He
was twenty-three years old, native
of Mount Lebanon, Syria and had
been in the United States three years,
two of which were spent in North
Dakota, and the other in this State.
| We understand that he was quite poor,
but the only male heir to three estates
in the old country, which were valued
at fifty to seventy-6ve thousand dol
lars.
By the high water last week at Lake
| Cushmah, the lake rose ten feet, stand
| ing two feet deep in Putnann's hotel,
| flooding the whole Putnam ranch eX-
cept the knoll where the house stands,
| carrying away all the fences on the
| ranch of c. StebbinS, and ob1iging
| Mr.. Hanson, whose home was a mile
above the lake to move his family out
on a raft.
The flood brought ali Of Joe Doy1e's
| logs down the Skokomish, to a place
just above z. c. Purdy's farm. where
they formed into jam half OF three
fourths Of a mile long, with three or
| four million feet in it. Only about
sixty logs remained above this jam
On Friday Mr.. Doyle put force of
eighteen or twenty men at work on
the jam, who worked until Sunday
when the water fell so much that it
was impossible to do more, except to
await the next high water. A large
share of the logs were seat down from
that place, but a good many still re-
main.
There are now over seven million
feet lying in this region, over four
mouth Of the Skol1omisll, two million
scattered along, mostly within FIVE
miles of its mouth, and one million
belonging to Simpson and Sweetland
are near the Tahooya Of those in
the boom at the mouth Of the river
about half million belong to Si,np-
son and Sweetland, a half million TO
B. c. Wiley, two hundred thousand
to Indians. and three million or over
to Mr.. Doyle.
James McReavy has for some time
had a boom of piles lying in the mouth
of the SKokOmish, which were cut
near HoodspoI t, but they have broken
away and many of them have gone
down the canal.
John Graham of Hood sport has
just started a logging camp at James
McReavy's old place, two miles above
Hoodsport.
Mrs. r. S. Graham returned last
Friday from Seattle, where she has
been for about two and half months
Mrs w. B. Haines returned to Seat
tie, the first of last week after a two
weeks visit at Union City with her
relatives and former neighbors. Her
danghter-in-law, Mrs. Henry Haines,
accompanied her on visit.
Eldridge Smith, Insurance Agent,
came to Union City last Thursday on
his insurance business.
The last piles for the mill swharf at
Union City were driven last week
This wharf will soon be completed and
then the old one, which is hardly safe,
will be abandoned.
Your correspondent was mistaken in
stating that the mother Of Mrs. Ken
nicott had arrived at Union City,
although was twice Informed that
such was the case. It was the mother
Of DR.. Kennicott that came.
Dr.. e. Bailey has ordered his house
hold goods at the reservation to be
shipped to China, wher e he has &C
cepted position as physician in
hospital, connected with the Baptist
Missionary Society, He will not leave
the United States, however, until
December. He and his wife have been
visiting in New York lately.
The people Of Tahooya have about
finished their new school house, aud
we are informed that Miss Carrie Nc
Cul1agh expects to teach there i'll
short time.
B. C. Wiley has closed his logging
camp on the Webb place, for the pre-
sent
Chas. Reynolds resigned his position
as clerk aud salesman in the store of
]. L. c.. Amor, last week. Mr.. Amor
does not expect at present to obtain
successor, but will remain himself IN
the store, and stop, for the present,
travelling in his sloop for the purpose
| of selling goods on the Canal.
! Died, on the reservation November
| 9TH, Milton, son of David and Susan
Charley, aged about two months.
A form Of Lagrippe has been very
prevalent at. Union City during the
past two weeks, some whole families
having been down with it. Nearly all
are now convalescent.
The little infant stranger who came
| to the house of Hon. John McReavy
about two weeks ago, to cheer them as
was hoped in later years, did not stay
long, but few away to still brighter
world, to draw the parents 20 Heaven.
AS was said to others, so they may
feel: Tread lightly, you are now the
parents of an angel"
The following persons were 1nstau-
ed as officers Of the Skokon1ish Lodge
I. O. G.. T. last Saturday night, by M.
Eells, ID: r D Shut, c T; Miss
Minnie Sherwood, V T: Mrs. S NJ
Ee1ls, P 2 T; Vim. Frank, Treas;
| Willie Gibbs, f S; M Ee1ls, Chap
lain; Mrs r D Shut, Sec; Herbert
Johnson, A Sec; Martin Thomas,
MARSHALL Miss Julia Thomas, Dep.
NJ: George Adams, Guard; Miss Mel
| lie Krise. Sent; Miss Mary Graham
S t: Twelve members joined the
Lodge.