The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-23
correspondence and County Notes

| HARTsTEIN, February 20, 1894.
III iooKsve much like spring had come at
last. such fine sunshine as we have had TODAY
WIZ put new life into the ranchers who were
| beginning to get quite discouraged, but all are
| ready now to begin with will to get In their
| crops and set out their fruit trees.
Mr. Bradley sent to Olympia last week and
purchased five hundred fruit trees nearly all
Italian prunes, and is setting them out. This
will be great improvement to his ranch, which
was covered with heavy growth of timber last
year.
MIR. Felix sent to Tacoma for his fruit trees
ana we understand he hal to pay from so to So
cents piece for prunes and was told that prunes
grated on any stock but almond would not do
anything in this state. but prunes on peach will
do the rest of u.s. and can low be purchased at
olympia at i've cents each, on six months time.
Ihree OF our citizens going up to purchase not
less than five hundred.
we see it contrauicted that the N.P.R.R.
mas lost its land here OF tie Sound, aud some
OF the settlers who are paying for land
would be greatly obliged to the editor, if he
would inform them through the JOURNAL
whether the report is false or not.
Mr.. Wlngert. Mr.. Atkinson and Mr. Contine
made trip to Shelton and back Yesterday. their
families accompanied them as for as the Spring
Hill Fruit Farm and spent the day.
Mr.. Gerald has been very sick for some time
with lung trouble and is very little improved.
Mrs. Blake, P. NJ. has been very sick for six
weeks, but is now convalescent
Mrs Cell art has been quite indisposed of late
probably an attack OF LaGrippe.
The poor little star-fsh will have hard ba tile
to light this season to prevent its body being
used as FERTILIZER for potato ground as the
ranchers already have their spears in use.
BLUE JAY.
THE matter OF the N. ?. land grant was ex-
planned in our last issue Q6th). 1t appears that
the decision favorable to settlers included but a
small tract OF l"nd Oh the Columbia and did
not in anywise effect the grant for the road be
tween Tacoma and Portland. Patents have since
been issued for large portion of these lands
both on the main grant, and in the indemn ity
strip. So it appears that the northern Pacific
has the best OF it. However, the ettler's league
Is undaunted. and will force the railroad COM
pany to produce its patents and pay taxes on its
immense holdings or eventually forfeit the lands
in question Ed
LAKE CUSHMAN March 20 94
March two thirds gone and we are still buried
under more than two feet OF snow. 1t is almost
as bad as last winter. On the Sth we had a loot
of snow on 18th I6 inchers and two or three small
falls of one to four in between. The Lake is
frozen over and has been since the middle of
January. Two channels have been cut through
it help out the mail carrier but they have been
Immediately closed by snow, now the mail is
carried on snow shoes from the open water at the
head of the lake.
Mr. Roberts the mail carries met big cougar
on the road near the WEIGH and Nublin cabins.
Roberts says he was eight or ten feet long and
looked as hungry as if he hadn't had meal in
weeks, but he only showed his teeth growed and
DaSSo0 on Roberts carries Ouu in theSa davS