The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-03-05
Correspondence And County Notes.
HOOP CANAL. March 3. 1897

HOOP CANAL, March 8, 1897
J.. E. Youngblood, of the reservation
: has bought the steamer Telegraph
from E. North of Holly. Mr.. North
formerly used it when he had charge
of the telegraph business on the Canal,
but since he has gone into business as
one of the partners in the floating
steamer store, Mia, he has had nut
little use for it.
Mrs. Youngbloed's mother and sister
from Neah Bay came last week for an
extended visit with her daughter. She
was formerly the wife Of Henry A.
Webster, Indian Agent at Neah Bay
in the early sixties.
Mrs. Linn, of Tahooya with her
children left about two weeks ago for
Seattle, where they expect to live for
the present
The young people of Union City
have organized a basket ball game.
and have fitted up good grounds for it
near the hotel.
E. c. McReavy closed his private
school at Union City last Friday, after
having taught for about three m onths
The steamer Nellie was up to the
reservation last week from Dewatto
and took back scow load of hay.
The Riverside Literary Society week
before last discussed the question of
woman suffrage and it was decided
that the woman ought to be allowed to
vote At the same time the following
officers were elected: Rev. M. Ee11s,
president; F. McKeavy, vice pres;
H L. Bryan, secretary. Last Friday
the question of capital punishment
was discussed and it was decided that
it ought not to be abolished. The
Riverside Observer read by E. G. Nc
Reavy was excellent. Report says
that much of the credit for it was due
to his mother
The anti-fish trap law will not affect
the Skokomish river much. The river
is too swift to allow them to remain in
it. A year ago last summer A. Wer-
man and J. Bone put in one quite
strong half a mile below the Agency,
but the first heavy freshet in the fall
ruined it, and only few piles now re-
main to tell where it was Last sum-
mer J. Sweetland and II. c Hale put
in one at the mouth of d slough with
wire netting across the swiftest place,
which they expected to take up when
the fir shets came, but the sands were
too treacherou,, and their lead, about
a quarter of a mile long, was ruined
before freshet came. They also put
in another in the river nearer its
mouth where they thought it would be
considerably protected from the cur
rent, but it was ruined also. Mr.. Bone
also put in another last fall at the
mouth of slough east of the mouth
OF the river, below the boom, VIII
ought to have protected it. 1t stood a
little longer than the others but the
heavy freshets also broke its lead.
So the river has passed its own anti
fish-trap law.
We regret to learn that Frank Pierce
had his foot badly crushed last week,
while working in the logging camp of
his Drother-in;l claw, A. r. Burt. 1t was
caught between two logs and almost
broken. Also that Arthur Eells cut
his foot last week while working on
the road, so that he will be unable to
do much for some weeks. Both are
improving.
Thomas Webb moved last Monday
from his upper to his lower house and
gave up the farm TO A. ", Fredson
for the coming year. Messrs. Fred.
Todd and Edgar Fredson expect to
live on The farm and do the work. 1t
is said that a. ". Fredson expects to
fit up J. Hauptly's old slaughter house
and use it in connection with the farm
and his butcher business.
Quite a number of the friends of AL
bert Hale gathered at the home of his
father on the evening of March 1st. to
celebrate his thirty first birthday. 1t
was pleasant party mainly composed
of the young people OF Riverside and
Union City. S.
HOo0cpOPT March Z 1907