The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-02-23
Around the County.
HOOP CANAL, Feb. 18th. 1900.
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The report of the weather burea,
for January gives 9.51 inches of rair
IN p days. This is almost the usua
number of rainy days for the month
but three and half inches less thar
the average amount. Much of IT has
been fine drizzle. The highest tenn
perature has been 81 deg, the lowest
"a deg. The mean temperature was
4O-4 deg. A degree warmer than the
warmest January during the past six
years. The mean temperature of the
month during other years has ranged
from 81 deg in 1897 to 1878 deg in 1896
with an average during the whole
time of 37.25 degrees. The number of
cloudy days was 10, partly cloudy S,
and clear ones z.
The rainfall for the past four years
in February was as follows: 1896, 6. So
inches; '97, 7.s3; '9s, 1880; '99, 7.31.
The coolest days during the same time
was %, %, 80 and II degrees.
r. Wyatt of Holly has sold his
schooner to parties in Seattle. It is to
go to Alaska.
The bridge at Brinnon across the
Doswallopsh river, which broke down
two or three months ago, is now being
rebuilt and can probably be passed
oyer by the last of the week.
Jos. Thomas and wife, Of Holly who
went to Kansas and South Dakota
three or four months ago, have return
ed home.
+. M. Couser of Ohio, U. S. Indian
School Supervisor, visited the Skoko-
mish reservation Friday, officially.
Walter Horner of Brinnon, a rec ent
volunteer in the Philippines, has re-
ceived from his superior officers a gold
and silver ring for special act of
bravery, while lying in the hospital.
He attempted to defend the nurse from
drunken soldier and was so injured
that he lost the use of his arm. 1t is
said he will be returned home in
March.
The school district at Huma Huma
is grading and levelling the ground
around the school house.
Youngblood and Anderson have
most of the machinery in their factory
at Holly, and are now making the dies
Tor their patented can opener.
A new fish cannery is to be erected
at Port Townsend by Eastern men
with large capital. They have en-
ployed F. Robinson of the steamer Mia
to locate places for fish traps on the
Canal, and he has located three
places. In fact about all the places on
the Canal, suitable for traps are now
taken, except those which are within
three miles of the mouth of some river
The fish hatchery has now eight or
ten million eggs and small salmon ia
it. 1t is full. Those in charge esti-
mate that the salmon they will turn
into the river will be go per cent OF all
the eggs they obtain. Besides several
pair of twins, there are some with one
body, but two heads, one with four
eyes, one with three, and another with
no eyes at all.
Miss Ida Gray closed her school at
Riverside week before last. but after
about six weeks will begin again,
when tile weather is better.
The Riverside Literary Society and
Christian Endeavor held a social at
the school house week before last, and
the Literary reelected the same Off
GERS for the next quarter, M. Eells,
president; Mrs. Allie Webb, vice presi-
dent; Miss Dora Webb, secretary. To-
morrow night it will hold a session of
Congress to discuss woman suffrage,
AID an educational qualification of
voters. S.