The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-18
Correspondents And County Notes.
HOOD Canal, Sept. 16, 1896.

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teaching school at Riverside last week
Monday, and on the same day J. E.
Youngblood began teaching day
school on the reservation.
Last Monday G. C. johnson began
teaching at Holly and on Tuesday
Miss Ida M: Ee1ls began at Harrison.
Thomas White was elected road
supervisor at Union City, on the THIRD
of the month. w. v. Martin was re-
elected at Hoodsport, and C. Bennett
son at Harrison. Union City voted a
tax of about three mills and Harrison
of over eight mills.
The reservation cattle are to be sold
at the agency next Monday between
ten O'Clock in the forenoon and four in
the afternoon. There are thirty two
cows and nine other cattle.
John Ellis and family of Kingston
is visiting his brother William Ellis at
Mrs. Watson's at Harrison.
C. c. johnson of Harrison who has
been working at Olympia during the
summer returned to his ranch last
week.
Miss Mary Graham, late of the res
ervation has been transferred as
teacher to the Pine Point Indian shoot
in Minnesota.
Rev. ]. E. Walker, for twenty-four
years missionary in China has been
spending few days visiting on the
reservation. He is 2 native Of this
State, but his home before he went to
China was at Forest Groye, Oregon
On Sabbath morning he talked to the
| Indians, in the afternoon to the
Christian Endeavor Society, on Mon
day evening the people of Riverside
gave him a reception at the school
house, and on Tuesday evening he
addressed the people of Union City.
A. r. Burt of Hoodsport has begun
camp for hauling piles at Riverside.
Messrs Simpson and Monroe Nance
have just closed their camp on the
Dewatto. They have million and a
hundred thousand feet hauled, and
ready to be f1oated down the creek
when the water shall rise. A few
men are employed for this week to-
finish the clearing out the creek and
hanging the boom at its mouth.
Mr.. Farrar of Dukaboos, unable to
sell his logs, about two million feet in
this State, has sold them in British
Columbia, and j. Chadwick of Holly
has done the same.
Salvador Nance of Harrison has OBJ
tanned the contract for fixing the
bridge across the Skokomish river, and
building the bridge across the slough
on the reservation: the former fol
$99.5O, and the latter for $74.5O. There
were two other bids for the first job
one being for $500. 90 and the other fol-
$4,000
A large number of persons along the
the Canal have obtained boats and
seines and are prepared for fishing,
whenever the fish shall come. Most of
these will fish for Myers of Seattle.
Among these are Whitney and COM
pany, and Heck and company, of De-
watto. Pfundt and Wyatt of Holly,
T. Failing near Hcodsport.
0. Godkin is experimenting coasid-
erably with the clay on his ranch, OPP
posite Hoodsport. He believes he can
make from it an excellent cement,
which will harden under water. He
has interested capitalists in it in San
Francisco and Boston, but whether
they will begin work now or wait until
after election is uncertain. S
LAKE CusHMAN, SEPT. 1896.
A letter was received here from F.
J. Church, who with r. 1. Hopper and
F. C. Reid, left Lake Cushman for the
Coast about Aug. II. Letter was dated
atLake Quinault. He says "trip down
the river from the head waters at the
western slope of the second divide as
comfortable as our packs would allow.
Fishing in river good but poor in lake
which does not compare with Cushman
for natural beauty. Two stores on lake
and about rs people living in the neigh
borhood. Game and fur bearing ami
mails plenty. People quiet and in
dustrious with good improvements and
butter, eggs and vegetables are cheap.
From Quinault they expect to foot it
to the Quillayute thence to the head
waters of the Elwha and down to the
straits at Angeles, and from there
home by steamer
r. Homan, Stanley Hopper and Mr..
Mum are camped on the South Fork
on the LeBar place. Mr.. Readman, of
Seattle, left the party on Wednesday.
They report very poor fishing.
Mrs. Jas. Readman of Seattle is visit
ing Mrs. Holman.
The election of road supervisor on
5th result in the election VIM. v. Mar
tin for this district. Mr.. Martin has
done the best work that this country
has seen in many years, and the road
to Lake Cushman from Hoodsport is
very good indeed. His only opponent
was Mr.. Sweetlaud, who was supported
by the Indians on the Reservation.
The first frost struck this country
Monday 9TH and cucumbers, squashes.