The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-11-03
Correspondence and County Notes.

HOODS CANAL, oct. 81, 1898
! On the Skok o1,iiSh reservation TIVE
| potatoes have been dug, one of which
: weighed four pounds and seven ounce.
and the other four pounds and ter
ounces. A quarter of an acre yielded
) one hundred and thirty bushe1.
On the morning of the twenty.
fourth the thermometer stood al
twenty-six, or six degrees below freez-
ing. Considerable ice formed both on
that night and the night following.
October has been a very curious
month for weather. There has been
more severe frosts than for many
years, heavier rains than common,
yet coming in few days, so that
there has been more days of pleasant
weather than usual, there not having
been rainy hour here since Monday
the sixteenth.
Government employees and school
boys have been busy of late picking
apples. Between three and four hun
dred bushe1 have been laid away for
the use of the school. The whole crop
has been nearly seven hundred bushel.
This is said to be the best orchard on
any Indian reservation in the United
| States.
| A. L. Fredson, on the Webb ranch.
has finished harvesting his potatoes.
He has about thirteen hundred bushel.
3. I. Rafferty, began teaching school
in District No. 2, near 7. Webbs'. yes
terday.
Mrs. Black, mother of Mrs. G. w.
Kennicott, arrived at Union City on
| the 21st, from New YORK, on a visit to
her daughter
Hon. John McReavy is the possessor
of another fine daughter, who arrived
the last of this week, to cheer him
during the rest of his life.
Frank II. Peterson of the reserva-
ton started yesterday for the Santee
Normal Training School in Nebraska.
| in order to finish his education. When
very young he was troubled with dis
ease of the bone in one leg, similar to
white swelling, but managed to get
along and use it, though 1imping,
until about twenty years old, or six
years ago, when the disease threaten
ed his life and hence the leg was am
putated just below the knee by Drs.
D. E. Hanna and P. B. Carter Of the
Indian service. For two years he
used clutches, when through the eff
forts of the American Home Mission
airy Society of-New York, aided bv
Ch1stian people there, friends here
and his own efforts he obtained rub
Der leg from New York an cost of
one hundred dollars, and he has used
this ever since. For many years he
has been interpreter on the reserva-
ton; for the past four years he has
been policeman under government,
and for about year, closing with last
summer, he was clerk and salesman
III J. L. d. Amor's store in the Skolo-
nish river. Now by the favor of the
American Missionary Association he
leaves for the above mentioned school,
which under the Superintendcy of A.
L, Riggs, D. d. is sustained entirely
by that Society, and is one Of the best
indian schools IN the United States.
HARTSTEIN ISLAND.
]. NJ. Downs is circulating petit
ton asking for the establishment of
Post Office at Point Pleasant.
Henry Gellhart and wife have
moved to Quartermaster to remain
until holidays.
Tug Susie was in the Cove Friday,
with a scow of lumber. Capt. Parker
reported rough water the past week
On the Sound.
J. G. Bradley and E. r. Atkinson
are engaged in building a scow.
Post Mistress Blake, who has been
on the sick list is reported improving.
Loggers Savage & Bolin paid off
their crew the past week.
Some citizens of this vicinity are
contemplating the erection of a church
ere-nothing small about us except
our pocket books the present time.
Your correspondent has heard ru-
mors of boat running through Pick
ering Passage at an early date, the
citizens would appreciate it. ]. C.
PRUNE INDUSTRY AND ORCHARD
WORK.-This is a pamphlet of 100
pages, written by S. A. Clarke, and
handsomely printed with numerous
illustrations by Poison & Son, Port
land, Oregon, that contains the sub
stance of many valuable articles. Mr..
Clarke has published for two years
past in the Oregonian on horticulture
in the Pacific Northwest. The value
of these articles are generally appre-
ciated. Mr.. Clarke has endeavored to
combine in this handsome pamphlet
all that is known of the prune indus
try the world over; its history on the
Pacific Coast, reliable facts as to the
different yarities of prunes and meth
DDS Of gathering, curing and packing
same for market. The book also con-
tains full instructions for orchard
work Of all kinds, spraying for all
insect pests and fungus and is pro
nounced invaluable by all fruit grow
ers. It's cost is so cents and we can
supply any subscribers it, with copy
at club rates,-with JOURNAL $1.S5.
OUR FIX ExACTLY.-It is related of
one OF our poultry raisers, says the
MOntesano Vidette, that he has sixty
hens and gets Bat one egg day; and
that while he would like to kill all OF
the other fifty-nine, he dare not do so
for fear of killing the hen that lays
the egg. The boys say he has been
two weeks trying to find out which
hen is doing it's duty, but has so Tar
failed
Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, wife of
farmer near Dewatto, on Hood Canal,
died last Thursday after a 3-weeks
illness, of catarrl of the stomach.
Mrs. Mitchell was about fifty years
of age, and is great loss to the little
farming community in which she
lived. She leaves no children.
The Indians on the Puyal1up reser-
walton held big powwow the other
day to denounce Agent Eells for al
legged Representations of them, in
his recent report to the Interior de-
partnent. A quiet effort has been
made for some time to get the agent
removed.
Judge Gordon has decided that the
provision of law requiring County
Commissioners to submit their claims
for errtr., cat-rr:caS TO tl1, Con r. hosting