The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-10-25

HOOP CANAL, Oct. q, 1895.

HOOD CANAL, Oct. ., 1895.
1 DIR. r. E. L. Newberne, superintend-
emit of the Puyallnp agency lconsolidat-
ed) visited the Skokomish reservation
the first of last week.
Mr.. Magiey, who has recently been
appointed teacher for the Indian school
at Port Gamble, spent last Saturday
at the reservation on his way to open
his school.
Mr.. Newman and Mrs. Nixon father
and sister of Mrs. Early and Hauptly,
are visiting these families at Union.
The salmon industry, like many an
other worKingman's industry in this
region, seems to have come down to
the bed rock as far as prices are con-
cerned. One cent apiece for silver sal
mon was offered by Captain D. Trout
man of the Delta Thursday night for
forty-five hundred at Union City. Two
cents was the price at Seattle, and he
wished one cent for freight. The offer
however was refused, and they were
sailed down. The price has again
risen to cents. !
The Riverside Literary Society met
on Friday evening with fifty or sixty
people present. The subject for de-
bate, THAT novels are injurious" was
decided in the affirmative. The ques-
ton, Intenperancec causes more misery
than war, was selected for the next
meeting. The Riverside Observer, a
very spicy interesting paper, was read
by the Editor, Miss Ethel Hale. Her
term of Office haying expired she de-
clined to be reelected, and G. W. Webb |
was chosen as her successor.
The sailing vessel Northwest is ex-
pected up every day at Hoodsport to
load with piles. She is chartered by
the Washington Mill Co., of Port
Had1ock.
Mrs. Shelter of the Satsop, is visit
ing at J. Hauptley's.
The steamer Violet takes the pile
driver to the Dukaboos this week,
where boom is to be put in at the
mouth of that river for logging COM
pany which has bought the timber of
T. Pearce.
]. Doyle's boom was towed away
last week. S.
PICKERING, Oct. ., 1895.
V. Bonnell is home from the Mes
qualify.
Mr.. AK met with quite a serious &C
cident.
Mrs. FARRELL and our old friend John
Eden were seen in the passage Sun
day afternoon.
Co. Supt. G. B. Gunderson, visited
Gales school at Jarrell's Cove.
Mrs. Haskell and daughter Daisy
are going to Tacoma to visit.
Messrs Downs, Jones and Haskell |
are in the wood business.
There was a small whist party at |
Mrs. Jackson's Friday evening.
]. D. Deane and wife visited at Mr..
CowaH's, Sunday afternoon.
Miss McCauley, of Tacoma, is teach
ing on Hartstein Island and boarding |
at RoSedale ranch. PECKSNIFE.
c. c. Mccoy, the star route contract |
or, who has several mail contracts in |
this vicinity, recently failed, and, |
twelve suits have recently been begun |
against his bondsmen, aggregating |
about $4,000. This is explained as |
follows: When Mccoy failed the con-
tracts were put at auction by the gov
eminent and sold to the lowest bidder. |
AS these bids were all higher than the |
original contractor took them for, the |
bondsmen are required to put up the
difference. The government ought to |
put stop to that sort of contracting |
on star routes.
Mrs. Henry Marshall reports to us
that Mrs. Fadden, at Satsop, is the
possessor Of cabbage stock that has
borne two cabbages each year for four |
years, and this year bore two excellent |
heads of that favorite esculent. The |
climate and the fertility of the Cheha- !
lis valley, as well as that of the Sat |
sop, we have always contended. cannot |
be excelled. while the two combined |
beat the world.-Elma Chronicle.
Just look oyer your apple, pear and
plum trees, and see if you can't find
the woody aphis sticking in the crew.
ces on the trunks. If you look we'll
enough you will probably find them,
as they are getting ready to fly. 1t
takes a good spraying to get them,
but myke a strong solution and go for
them.
Rev. Frank Webster is now installed
as pastor of the Baptist Church, and
promises to give a good account of
himself at the next conference. The
members of the Church are we'll pleas
ed with their new pastor.
The steamboat men say that the
freight and passenger traffic is pick
ing up considerably, as all the Shelton
boats are doing good business.
For the present, arrangements can
be made for renting all or any part of
the John Kneeland Hotel property.
There is a large number of single
rooms in good order. Apply to G. :.
Angle, JOURNAL Office.
For SALE.-157 acres good land for