The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-02
Correspondence and County Notes.
HOOD CANAL, Oct. 81, 1894.

Inc nrSC snow OF the season at the
salt waters edge fell OIL the 21st very
early. There was very little of it not
enough to cover the ground, but still
it was snow. On the hills between the
canal and Shelton the ground was
white. BY Thursday however the
weather grew warmer and the warm
rain melted the snow, so the Skokomisl1
river raised enough to break the jam in
it above Mr.. Prrdy's. formed last win
ter by Joe Doyle's logs. One man in
or der to be sure that the river is clear
rode cedar log through the boiling
waters from Harry Latham's to Mr..
Eel1s' place.
John Anderson of Tahoeya, we are
sorry to say lost about Il week ago his
fish house by FIRE 1t was his old log
ging camp and contained besides his
supply of fish about all his logging
tools. The fire evidently caught from
the fire with which he was smoking
fish. The total loss is estimated at
| ABOUT TWO nunQISQ dollars.
| e. Simpson has shut down his log
ging camp on the upper Skokomish,
having taken out all his timber there
He expects to move it to the CanaI
near the head, after short time
The Masons had quite supper az
Union City on Saturday night, the
Goth, Several visiting members were
present.
Mrs. Hollcnberg of Hulnahuma was
recently married to Mr.. Schaufiler who
lived On the canal few miles below
that place.
Mr.. A. Marsh of Holly, recently met
with sad accident, while working ii
the Monte Cristo mines, where he
has interests, his arm having been
broken above the wrist. AS the hand
on the other arm was cut off in d mill
when he was quite young this leaves
him in quite helpless condition, SO
that he cannot feed himself, and he
has the sympathy of ali who know
| him.
| J. B. Yakey, Republican candidate
for prosecuting attorney, w. H. Mock,
candidate for the Legislature and n.
Bucklin, candidate for sheriff. ali of
Kitsap county, visited the people of
Holly last Friday evening, the two
former addressing them on the issues
of L. 4 l. l., e
the Popu1ists visited the same place
on similar errand, while Mr.. Todd
was to speak to the people of Harrison
on the Popuiist side of the sub iect last
Sunday.
Fishing is still being carried with
more or. less success. The Rainier
took nearly seven thousand to Seattle
OH Tuesday of last week. Still the
fish seem to run in streal1s One seine
caught about eight hundred in one
day,-three hundred at one llaul--near
| Dewatto, and then during the next two
weeks scarcely caught three hundred.
Another one at Dewatto caught about
/
day. Mr.. Phillip Kelley, of Seattle,
has built d fishery at that place and is
sailing them down. Silversides are
worth four cents each and dog salmon
two cents; though at one time they
sold for six cents and three cents.
The steamer receives cent each for
taking them to Seattle. Myers can
merry has been the principal purchaser
there, but the Puritan has been TIP q
few times for the cannery at Sen1iah-
moo, owned By the Alaska Packing
Company.
Miss Mabel To1es. of Crosby, has be-
gan teaching school at Holly, and has
twenty-four scholars now, with four
more of the larger ones to come as
soon as the fall work shall be done.
This will make it the largest district
school on the Canal above Seabeck,
unless it be the one at Union City.
The people there have always been
progressive in this matter, voting d
special tax so as to keep school of at
least six mouths in the year; they also
sustain d Sabbath school, and COnse-
quently number of scholars, as we'll
as few families have conc into the
settlement for the benefits thus to be
obtained.
Harry Collins is putting down sal
mon at Seabeck, by picking them.
The Seattle papers last night gave
us the news that the brig I. ". Lucas,
which sailed from Hoodsport a short
time ago with piles for San Francisco,
was water-1ogged and abandoned of
the coast of southern Oregon, Oh the
twenty-fourth of this month A sue
cession of heavy storms for five days,
caused her to leak so badly that the
crew were unable to keep the pumps
going-hence she was abandoned. We
are sorry, for she has taken several
loads from our Canal during the past
summer, and we hoped she would take
several more. >.
NEW KAMILCHE, Oct, %, 1894.
! The Shelton democrats had a politi-
cal blow out at New Kanilclle on last
Saturday evening, but the converts to
their doctrines were few and far
between, consisting mainly of their