The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

HOOD CANAL, Oct. 9th. 1896.

HOOD CANAL, Oct 9th. 1896.
/ Avery pleasant surprise party gath
cred at the house of H. C. Hale at
Riverside on the evening of September
Is, to congratulate him on the arrival
of his 6fty-fourth birthday. About all
the neighborhood was present, some
forty five in all. Music, reading, reci-
tations, tableaux, charades and re-
freshments were interspersed with
social intercourse. It was a complete
surprise to Mr.. Hale, and was we'll
carried out.
AS it was at Mr.. Ha1e's birthday last
year that the Riverside Literary
Society was organized, it was re-
organized, at the close of the above
party with H. c. Hale as President
Miss Essie Webb Vice President, Miss
Mabel Bone Secretary, and Miss Dora
Webb Editor 1t is expected that at
the first regular meeting a flag pole
will be put up and flag raised on it
at the shoo1 house, the same having
been ordered by the school directors
John Forbes finished threshing the
grain in this region with his ma
chine the first of last week. T. Webb
had about thousand bushels of oats
and two or three hundred of wheat;
Sweetland and Spar had five hundred
Of oats.
DR.. r. E. L. Newburne, Superin-
tendent and Acting Agent of the Puy-
al1up, consolidated. Indian Agency
paid the Skokornish reservation a fly
in. visit last week Monday.
The bark Canada returned from
San Francisco to Union City the first
of this week to load again with piles,
A. r. Burt furnished them.
The Salmon fishing business is now
in full blast. A. E. Todd and COM
pany are shipping two or three thou
sand at each trip of the Delta while
one or two extra steamers have also
been up for load. The price paid is
six cents each for silver salmon and
three cents for dog salmon. Most of
them go to the Myers cannery at
Seattle. Both whites and Indians are
doing the fishing as this pursuit seems
to be nearly the only one at which the
poor can get money.
Messrs Heith and sons of Union
City, returned last week Tuesday from
their fishing trip down the Straits,
where they have been fishing for the
Port Angeles cannery during the past
three months. They were dissatisfied
with their treatment by the cannery
company, and so came home, where
they expect to fish during the rest of
the season.
The steamer Violet, which has been
undergoing repairs at Union City dur
ing the past two months, is so far fin
ished as to be ready now for service
again. She has been somewhat en-
larged, her machinery repaired and a
new cabin built on her, so that now
she looks quite trim and nice. The
total cost of the repairs is about five
hundred dollars. W. o. Daily has
had charge of the machine work and
B. Johnson of the wood work.
Thomas Akin and another gentle
man whose name we have not learned
have been on missionary tour in this
region for the past ten days. They
speak in behalf of the Bible and it's
religion and also state the world will
come to an end in 1898 or that some
such great event will then occur.
They have come from Tacoma having
for the past four months been pursu.
| ing their missionary tour around
Henderson Bay, Fox Island and An
derson Island and up North Bay, and
then had their sloop hauled across to
Clifton. They belong to no church,
not believing in church organizations.
Messrs. Latham and Purdy are
building large barn on the Purdy
ranch seventy feet long and sixty-two
wide.
G ct our prices on Rubber Boots be-
fore purchasing. we will save you
money.
MCDONALD & O'NEILL.
NEW KAMILCHE, Wash. Oct. 4, 1896.
The B1akely R. r. Co. are just COM
p1eting row of four cottages at this
place. Two of them are already oc-
cupied and the others will be as soon
as they are finished.
Mr.. Grout, the post master has sold
his stock of merchandise to Vim. Hud-
son, of this place who in company
with Hunter & Eaton, of Shelton, will
put in good stock of general mer-
.chandise. Mr.. Hudson also takes
charge of the post Office.
BoRN:-To Mr. and Mrs. William
Rankin, of New Kamilche, girl OF
l8H pounds, Mother and child doing
we'll.
DR.. Wells was called to this place by
telephone Saturday to attend Miss
Cora johnson who has been suffering
from an abscess for some time. The
doctor removed a large quantity OF
matter from the swelling, since which
time the natient has been improving.