The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-15
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correspondents And County Notes.


90 .hooD 'csaaAL, April IS, 1898.
Inc report of the weather burea,
for March gi*asA2.37 inches of rain
which is;,the snfaasfaest amount that ha.
fallen during atfS March for the mas,
hive years. The. others have ranged
from 2 90 to 12,q$ There have beer
seventeen days or which rain has fal.
len to the amount of a hundredth. O.
an inch or more,:oand two Oh which
Snow has fallenlzs There have been
nine Il ar days, p twelve part cloudy
ten CLOUDY ones, and seventeen frosty
mornings. The, mean temperature
has been 43 deg. against 45.1 deg for
February for while the mornings have
oeen much colder the middle of the
day has been much warmer, making
the average almost the same.
Messers. John Anderson and com.
pany OF Tahuya took in three thou
sand pounds of perch at a single haul
their seine one day last week. This is
said to be the largest haul ever made
the Canal
Mrs. W. o. Daily closed her school
at Tahuya last Friday, and has now
returned to Union City to live.
s. A. Lewis of Union City has gone
to Blaine to work on the cannery of
Ainsworth and Dunn.
The tug Gray1ing came up to Union
City last week and took a scow loaded
with about eighty thousand feet oil
lumber to Blaine for Ainsworth and
Dunn's cannery, and the first of this
week took fifty thousand more.
William S. and Albert *. Hale l1av c
obtained employment on a steamer
which makes its headquarters at Jul
neau, Alaska, anG have sent to Seattle
for their families to join them there.
Messrs. W. o. Daily and H. e. Nc
Reavy of Union City, went to Seattle
last week to see about a boiler which
is being made. there for the tug Violet.
1t will be finished before long.
J. E Youngblood of the reservation
has sold his steamer, the Telegraph,
to Judge M. 7. Hitchcock of Seattle.
She will be towed on wednesday Of
this week by the Delta to Seattle,
where she will receive a new boiler.
now On its way from the East, after
which it will be taken to Skaguay.
A large share of the Indians have
been camped at Lilliwaup during the
past few weeks, where they have been
fishing. A few others have been do
ing fairly we'll catching steel head
salmon on the Upper Skokomish.
William Watson closed his school
at Hoodsport last week, and Mss Eth
ell Happily who has been attending
there came home to Union City yes
terday.
The state Weather Bureau of Seat
tie has sent out its circulars for the
season in regard to crop reports. Be-
sides about fifty persons who take OBJ
SOl dliClS III lCS3 oil u W dII, lGHlpPId-
ture and make reports in regard to
the state of the crops, there are about
two hundred ard seventy-five more in
this state who report only on the lat
ter item, from April to October. S.
Hoodsport, April. 9th, 1898.
School closed last Wednesday with short but
pleasant entertainment in the evening Follow
ing is the average standing OF the pupils:
First Grade, Alfred Mason, 81: Ida Crawford,
81; Olaf Hanson, 81; Drusie Keith 50; Bruce
Mason, 90.
Second Grade, Hazel Finch 81; Sophie Thue,
81; Jamie Keith, "a.
Third Grade, Laura Crawford, 81; Alonzo Rule,
49, Laura Burt, 81; Harry Finch, 81.
Fourth Grade; Lillian Rule, 81; Annie Drolet.
SO; Axel Hanson, SO; Eva Crawford, 81.
Fifth Grade, Freddie Martini Sc; Albian Finch,
81; Cleo Rule, SO; Jennie Hanson, %.
Seventh Grade, Sidney Finch, 81; Eddie Mar
tin, 50; Effie Hauptley, 50. Making total aver
age for the school of 9013 per cent.
The following pupils were promoted: Cleo
Rule to sixth; Albian Finch and Freddie Martin
in arithmetic; Effie Hauptly and Ed. Martin to
eighth and all the other pupils have about
finished their respective grades. Emery Finch
graduated in three brnnches but owing to alb
sence was not examined in the others
The papers deserving special mention for fine
talent, as well as careful stu ~, were one III
physiology by Miss Cleo Rule (which was re-
markably well done: one iii arith etc by Eddie
Martin; one in grammar by Miss Fife Happily,
the best we ever saw by student OF her age;
while Miss Jeunie Hanson led in penmanship.
The directors and patrons of the school mani
tested their kindness and consideration for us
OH all occasions; for which We are very grateful.
VIM. O. WATSON. Teacher.