The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-14
Correspondence And County Notes.
HOOD CANAL. MAY II. 1897.


HOOD CANAL, May II, 1897.
Miss Nellie McReavy, of Union City
is visiting her aunt Mrs John Latham
in Tacoma.
Mrs. Allie Webb enjoys the credit OF
seeing very interesting program car
ried out at the Riverside Literary So
ciety, last Friday evening, and MUCK
fuller house than usual was present to
enjoy it.
The ladies of Riverside by common
consent spent the afternoon of last
Saturday with Mrs. Amanda Webb, in
comm noration of her sixtieth birth.
day. May she live to be as old as her
father. J. T. Knox, now living in Cali
fornia, and like him see her great
grand children.
Miss Ida Ee1ls begins school this
week at Harrison, where she taught
last winter.
The weather report for April is as
follows: Maximum temperature 81 on
the 10Th; minimum % on the 5rd and
18th; mean temperature so; total rain.
fall US inches, there being rain on
seven different days; number of clear
days Is; of partly cloudy IA, cloudy 3.
But there were no observation of the
thermometer from the 10Th to the 18th,
as it was broken during that time.
Road work is the order of the day
in the Union City district, under Thos.
White, supervisor.
Mrs. A. r. Burt of Hoodsport spent
last Saturday and Sunday at Thomas
Webb's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rensland returned to
their home near Union City, from New
York, where they have been on visit
since last fall. Mrs. Rensland's
mother came with them. S.
BRTNNoN, May DIR. Bridenstene
and Thomas D. Miller arrived in Brin-
non this evening from Mountain
Home camp, about sixteen miles from
here, and report the discovery of a
number of free milling hedges, rang
ing from ten to fifty feet wide. The
news of the discovery of free milling
ore IN this valley has caused same ex-
element. In this district up to date
about 80 claims have been located.
Mr.. Gordon has one ledge 100 feet in
width, which seems to be the back
bone or main lead of the free milling
locality. Three prospectors, L. Phil
lips, William Nickel and S. E. Thrift,
are, if is supposed, stalking out claims
on free milling lodges.
The ore is of a grayish green color
and very hard. The formation there
is slate and porphyry. The surface
assays from these lodges run from s.
to S.. One shaft has been started, but
no returns from below the surface will
likely be received for two weeks OF
more.-P.-I.
A. w. Guis1er, the former Dewatto
logger. who is now located further
down the canal at Brinnon, at black
smithing, had two fingers of his hand
smashed by misstroke of his helper.
The bones were broken by the blow
and anputation is necessary.
Gus. Werman announces a ball at
the Occidental Hotel, Union City, Sat
urday evening, May 22nd.
The Washington Mill Co. of Had
lock has transferred property to S. P.
Smith and G. II. Thompson of San
Francisco to secure payments of two
notes of $50, 900 each, as follows: g.
600 acres of land in Cla1lam county,
realty improvements valued at $40, 0O0
and personal property assessed at $685.
100. The notes bear z per cent inter
est, and the company is bound to pay
all taxes, keep the property in good re-
pair and operate the plant The
preston that the Washington Mill
Company had assigned. but such is
not the case, and the company con-
tinues business as usual. Shelton sup
plies a large amount of logs to this
mill.
Mrs. Thos. Fitzgerald announces
that she intends to hold Toms rights
to his claim on the unsuryeyed lands
in the Wynoochie country and viii
perform the necessary labor and resi-
dence on the land, to file on it when
opened for filings
The OLD O'Hare hotel at New Kamil-
che caught FIRE one day last week, but
it was put out before much damage
was done The building is not oc-
cupied at present
Cook Stoves at Hunter & Eaton's-