The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-10
Correspondence And County Notes.
HOOD CANAL Ma , ,aoe

HOOD CANAL, Mar. ?. 1900
Isaac Thomas of Holly has sold !;
place to Albert Pfundt aud has move,
his family tor the present to Olymp;a
he expects to go to Lewis County +
work Tor time but will look aroun,
before settling down permanently.
). Harden Nance has bought tort,
acres Of his father, W. H. Nance a
Harrison, and built house on if. ex
pecting to make that his home.
Mrs. w. O'Brien of Harrison. VIII,
has been spending the winter at Fair
haven recently returned to her home
She however expects to go back t.
Falrhaven. where she can obtain EN-
ployment, and will probably remain
there with her family. until Mr. O'Brler
returns from Alaska.
A. X. Burt met with quite a loss Of
his logging camp at Brinnon week
ago last Saturday by which two horses
were killed. AS they were hauling
logs down hill, the logs began to run
and struck both horses, knocking one
of them on to the driver, Mr.. Brown.
he however was not much injured
Mr.. Burt estimates the damage at
about four hundred dollars, though,
the team was not worth that.
Miss Fannie Gibson was to begin
teaching school at Brinnon last Mon
day, where she taught last summer.
Marion Smith of Dakota has spent
the past three months visiting his par
ents at Brinnon. He left last week
for Seattle.
John Mabon and Jack Luckey of
Brinnon with his family have spent
the winter at Granite Fall. They are
all expected home soon, Mrs. Luckey
thinking Brinnon far the best place.
VIM Marsh and family moved to
Brinnon about month ago, as he has
been appointed by the government to
look after the Olyinpis reserve there
abouts. Eight orr ten persons have
been appointed for this purpose, to
keep off trespassers, prevent forest
hres' see that no oae, G sqEis the timber,
but the rest as yet haYeanot been as
signed to their respective districts.
Mrs. Matson, livia@near Lillewaup
is spending the winterqAe' Seattle, for
school privileges. W. hHs's
We are glad to. fls that Mrs. R.
Draper is slowly rseoysgsiing the use of
her hand, which was cut SO badly two
months ago. 1t was eut;on tin can.
Miss Peacock beganeteaching school
at Clifton about twoTsMseeks ago.
John Ali has feather pocket-book
800 years old, which, LIE obtained in
Sweden, and NJ. Eells has Latin
book, the orations of M.,rAntony which
was printed in 1913. in, London; an
English treatise on imprinted 1857;
and sermon by one of his ancestors
in 1748 in New London, Conn.
The report of the Weather bureau
for February gives 7.31 inches of rain,
There were 10 days on WHICH rain fell,
10 cloudy, 5 partly CLOUDY and 4 clear
days. The maximum temperature
was 54 deg, the minimum II deg and
the average SO deg. Snow has fallen
on three days to the amount of liz
inches.
Snow came down to the waters edge
along the canal last week, and still
leaves are out on four kinds of bushes,
the gooseberry, elder, willow and
cherry.
r. G. Bauer. U. S. Indian school sup
ervisor for Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana, visited the reservation
week before last.
HI. Bryan closed his school at
Riverside last Thursday. This makes
twenty one months that he has taught
at this place.
H. c. Hale and H. L. Bryan with
their families expect to leave tomor-
row for Grays Harbor. They are not
certain whether they will settle at Alb
erdeen or Hoquian. They will be
greatly missed about Riverside, hav-
ing grown very much in the est1ma
ton of the community since coming
here. They go by wagon to Monte
SanO.
Last Sabbath the thermometer went
up to SO degrees, which was the warm
est day since October 10Th. Some
blowing and little gardening has
been done. >.