The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28
Correspondence And County Notes.

HOOD CANAL, Aug. Is, 1896.
Mrs. D. G. Rudy, of Seattle has been
visiting friends on the reservation for
the past two weeks.
We regret to learn that Aaron Kirk
land of the Upper Skolkoniish lost his
barn about three weeks ago with four
teen tons of hay, by FIRE. It caught
from brush fire while he was at din
ner.
Jesse Kirkland of the Skokomish
returned about ten days ago from a
prospecting tour in the Olympic noun
tains. He brought with him very
rich specimen of copper ore, reminding
US of that from Lake Superior.
The body of Ca1mon Whitney, who
died at Fraser river was brought back
and buried on the reservation on Sum
day the 10th inst.
Died at the reservation. August 10,
Robert Ludlow, aged about fifty years.
W. v. Martin, road supervisor of the
Hoodsport district has put large
amount of work on the reservation, on
the road from Hoodsport to Shelton.
He has built about quarter of mile
of corduroy bridge over swamp at
the west side, heightened out the west
side of the Skokomish bridge about
two hundred feet aboye high tides.
The oat crop in this region is now
about all harvested. 1t is a good crop
and has been favored with good wealth
er for cutting it.
Your correspondent recently had the
pleasure of walk over the Putnam
farm of Lake Cushmau. 1t is being
steadily enlarged, and the crops look
splendidly. He has corn thirteen feet
high, and his barns are OVERLOOKING
with hay. The tourist travel to the
lake has been quite light compared
with former years, but those who have
been there have been better satisfied
than usual. 1t is surnised that Mrs.
Putnam is entitled to good share of
the credit for this increased satisfac-
ton, as the presidentress of the house,
while Mr.. Putnam is also entitled to a
part. because he secured such a va1u-
able he1p-meet for himself.
We also visited the rustic residence
of Mr.. Holman, with it's bay windows,
and all of logs. It required twenty
four logs and twentyfour pins to make
one round in the house. The porch,
and mating even with other things
are of the same rustic order, of logs
and sticks with the bark on. It cost
him two hundred dollars to clear an
e-of land in front of the house,
which is now seeded down to grass,
adorned with flowers and watered with
fountain.
F. Church of Lake Cushman, with a
small party has gone into the noun
tains, intending to come out on the
other side. He is gathering material
for articles about this region for an
Eastern magazine.
..~ W. A' A<ohSs VI A<ohCr OuSAAdu G
turned last Saturday from Cooks Inlet
He reports the mines both over rated
and oyerdone. He and many others
are glad to get away from there. He
says however, that H. c. Pearce, of
Duckaboos is doing quite well on his
claim and that his two brothers are
! working at four dollars day.
A. r. Burtt of Hoodsport has tor the
present shut down his logging camp,
though he may before long begin haul
ing piles. Other camps on the canal
are also closing, owing to the low price
of logs. 1t is said that Mr.. Farrar
has been unable to sell his logs and
has gone to British Columbia to see if
he can effect sale there.
The Sloop Va1kyrie from Tacoma
came to Skokonlish last Friday and
stayed two days. 1t had on board
Walter Coates who spent part of his
boyhood on the reservation about ten
years ago, when his father Jesse
Coats was famer S.
For Shoes that wear go to HUNTER
& EATON.