The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-31

as graduates. Minnie Sherwood. Dell
Claire, Martin Thomas, George Adam
Herbert Johnson, William Frank an
William Gibbs.
James Purdy has been Quite sick c
typhoid fever for about two weeks
Der- Beach was called last week and q
IT was Impossible TO remove him L
Shelton, he advised that he be take
10 Seattle To the hospital He wa
accordingly taken there last Tucsda,
by Mr. Simpson
Messrs Costello and Philips CORES
pondeuts and artists for the Seattl.
Telegraph have been spending wecl
or two or the Canal rusticating and
also making sketches for their paper
The following from the Indian Ad.
yocate which Is published in Albany
New York, may be Of interest to some
OF youI readers as ARCHIE Isaacs was
the son of Big Isaac of the SQuakson
reservation, who died few years ago
and his mother is now married TO =
white uau Lying near karn1lchc. For
several years before Archie went TO
the Puyallup reservation to school he
was at school On the Skokoruish reser-
WALTON, leaving il only about three
years ago All or nearly all of his
competitors in the Military Academy
OF Highland Park, Ill were whites.
ED INDIAN ADVoc ATE: You NAV
possibly remember that the writer. a
year ago last fall, at Mohonk. offered
TO educate one Indian free in this aca.d-
envy 1t was referred to 4 committee:
but as the committee did not act, we
decided TO act without If. We fouud
an Indian by the name Of Archie Issac
at the Puys1lnp school near Tacoma.
He entered IN September last. in the
Sophomore class. His studies were
Latin, Geometry, Rhetoric and Nat
11ral Philosophy, with reading and
spelling as daily exercises Our ses-
sion for the year has recently closed.
and he won scholarship prize against
all competitors, his average standing
for the year being q515 He has now
secured place TO work for the suru-
mer at $50 per month and board. He
TO remain two years and grad
Nate. After that, we have arranged
for him TO go TO Dartmouth College.
He Is 4 thoroughly trnc Christian
young man, now about seventeen
years of age. He intends after he is
through with his studirs to study law
and practice among his people If
any of your readers, perchauce, still
think there are no good Indians but
dead Indians" this case may be an
additional help them TO overcome their
preJndices. Yours truly,
II. P DAVIDSON"
The McReavy. Da1by. Haines and
kcnnicott and families of Union City
are all ont camping. They have taken
the steamer Violet and q scow on
which they go, and when they are
tired of one place, the steamer tows
them to another.
The past pleasant weather has been
improved by the few farmers II this
region in harvesting their oats. All we
believe are safe from rain new. Mr.
Webb has had quite crop of them
On the reservation the republicans
met On Saturday afternoon and elected
the following delegates TO the county
II. r. Allen, H. II. Robin
son and J. NJ. Spar, with John Hawk,
A. P. Peterson and NJ. Ee11s as alter
mates. A p. Peterson was nominated
as Justice of the Peace and John
Hawk as Constable
Miss M. Graham and her father left
for Ouinau1t yesterday morning and
Miss H TanEaton for her mothers
near Gate City. Mr.. R D. Shut goes
ont on the Canal camping this week,
and on his return superintendent Z. s
Graham and wife plan TO leave, Mrs.
Graham for Michigan while he viii
accompany her some or all Of the way.