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The HOOD CANAL
NEWS
Union, Wash.
$1,50 year in Mason County
Roy Sherry Dies
At Airport Job
L. ROy Sherry, a resident of tim
Airport district, passed away Fri-
da,y while at work at tbc school
bus garage near there.
American Legion
MEETS AT 8 P. M. IN MEMORIAL HALL
1st and 3rd TUESDAYS
Mr. Sbcrry was a machinist-in-
structor for the schools, and also
worked [is maintenance mechanic
for the school buses. He suddenly
became ill about noon Friday, and
left the strop to rest m a chair and
died a few minutes later.
tie had lived here for six years
and was born June ,1, 1890, in
Franldin Kentucky.
Survivors include his wife,. I'S.
Margaret Sherry, three daughters,
Ethel Mac and Vicki Lee Sherry
and Mrs. Ben Fiefs, all of Wallace.
Idaho, three sisters, Mrs. Ethel
Mitchell and Mrs. Ola McCoy,
both of Tennessee and Mrs. Dott
Hartliegh of Michigan,. and two
grandchildren.
A Masonic [unera] sel'vme was
held at Witsicr funeral home on
Tuesday for Mr. Sherry, and his
body was taken to Chinook, Mont..
for burial.
SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
THE OLDTIMER RECALLS
Recollections from 50 Years Ago
By Lafe Redafe
Wal, I recall, back in '97, they wuz a lotta talk about
thet there gold strike they hed up in A-Laska an' the Yukon
territory. Right smart pile o' gold dust come out'n there,
a-ccordin' to the reports. *
I rec'clect seein' a letter, er
Shoulda been a lotta money
made by some-one, since the
prices wuz so high up there
about thet time. Might nigh
as high as they is 'round here
right now.
rather a bunch o' letters, writ by
Gee. Draham from the Yukon
back in September o' '97. He give
a runnin' account o' the trip o'
the Shelton men up to the gold
fields.
AN' about 20 other men
from around herd started from
Seattle back in August, some
time, an' rode the boats to Skag-
---- - i I llJ ii I I I
"CUTTING iN" KILLS ONE OUT OF EIGHT
In chanqinq position rom one side of the road to
the other, or from lane to lane on a modern hiqh-
way, remember the other fellow. Glance in your
rear view mirror and from side to side. See that
you can make the shiit in position without inter-
fer/nq with the movement of traffic. If you make
a sudden shift of position without warninq, you
may force cars approachinq from behind to
swerve sharply to avoid strikinq you.
Play it safe. Siqnal your intention clearly by us.
inq hand siqnals as well as by the qradual shift in
the positior of your car. By "inchincj" toward the
position you intend to occupy, other drivers will
recoqnize your intention and allow you room to
complete the maneuver. But above all. avoid the
common habit of 7impatient" driving. "Impatient
drivers" in this state last year killed and injured
hundreds of people. To eliminate this loss in the
future, see that your next turn is not a TURN FOR
THE WORSE.
RAYONIER INCORPORATED
GEO. M, GRISDAL] CONSTRUCTION CO.
ROY I KIBEL ENTERPRISES
" WERBERGEg WINERY
Thursday,
way, then hiked over the moun-Ivvv..-*.,
tains an' built some rowin' boats Shelton ..yTa"e'"
fer the trip through the lakes to
Dawson city. v.........vvv.
The first letter which I re-call It isn't just the old styles in
readin' in The Journal wuz-writ- dresses conlmg back as was dcm-
ten September 21 at Fifty Mile
river. Gee. told o' comin' through
a series o' lakes, and he said it
wuz a beeyootiful trip.
These here lakes, Bennett, Tag-
ish and Marsh, are 24, 19 an' 20
miles long, an' in some places as
much as five miles wide. Gee.
said he caught a four-lb, speck-
eld trout on Marsh as they sailed
across with a fair breeze. Usin'
a trollin' line, he wuz.
THE PARTY wuz slippin' right
a-long 'bout that time. Passed up
everyone on the trail an' the
lakes, 'cordin' to Gee. He said
thet a story in the P-I about the
difficulties o' the Swagway trail
wuzn't axagerated, neither.
In the second letter, writ at the
head o' the White Horse rapids,
he de-scribed the canyon they had
come to. Said it wuz the only
reely dangerous part o' the trip.
They stopped there about 4 p.m.,
an' went over fer a good look, an'
it wuz a bad piece of one. Gee.
said the river wuz about half a
mile wide before the canyon, then
it narrows down to about 100 feet
very suddenlike.
SEEMS THIS here canyon had
a couple curves in it, an' a lot
o' jagged rocks an' steep, rough
walls. The boys went through
with nearly all their load in their
boats, takin' out only about a half
of a ton of their three tons.
The portage wuz half a mile
a-round the canyon, and Draham
said the canyon wuz a-bout a
quarter of a mile. They come
a-flyin' through, however, an' they
said they wuz shootin' out like a
swaller when they hit the bottom
end o' the canyon.
They went over fer a look at
the White Horse rapids after they
landed at the bed o' it, an' he
said it looked even worse. River
wuz wider, but the rocks and the
jagged ledges wuz worse, and the
river dropped faster there, he said.
liE TOLD about two fellers who
cracked up on a rock with their
boat, an' had lots o' luck--mostly
bad. They lost their outfit, an'
just skun through themselves
without lrownin,.
But, even after gettin' through
the White Horse rapids, which
turned out to be not too bad, the
party found the situation in Daw-
son city wuz the worst.
That wuz where they found the
high prices. They said things like
candles wuz sellin' fer a $1 a
piece. They wuz needed in the gold
mines•
COULDN'T buy a sack o' flour
at any price, an fresh meat sold
fer a $1.25 to $1.50 a pound. Had-
da buy a whole side o' it at a
time, too. Newspapers wuz sell-
in' fer a $1.50 to $2 a piece. Wish't
I'd knowed about thet--I'd been
up there writin' my stuff long a-
fore this.
They wuz tryin' to get wages
down from $15 to $10 per a day,
but wuzn't havin' such good luck
at it. Grub wuz scarce, an' Gee.
figured wages would stay up there
at $1,50 a hour fer ten hours a
day.
Draham wuz figgerin' on stayin'
in the town, though. He said he
planned to throw up a shack ona
town lot, givin' him the first
chance to buy the lot from the
govimint when the land wuz ap-
praised, cause it wuz improved.'
Them shore musts been excitin'
times, up there in A-Laska an'
Canady. Times has shore changed,
right enough,
Lake Cushman
Cushman people scored again as
prize winners during the recent
Hood Canat Woman's club baz-
aar. Mrs. Ira Collins, who is
noted for her winning luck, won
the maple occasional chair. She
won a large lace table cloth at
the Union ladies' bazaar last
month, and a turkey at the fire-
men's bingo party. Verne Hill
won the upholstered living room
chair Saturday night, and Lee
Hale of Camp B won the electric
clock, but would not trade it to
Jack Manley for two dozen eggs
as he offered to do before he knew
it was his.
Mr. ancf Mrs. Les Sandvig, who
left November 29 on a business
trip to Montana, did not complete
the deal they expected, but sur-
prised friends and neighbors, as
well as themselves by bringing
back a tiny adopted daughter,
born November 24. The beauti-
ful baby girl has been named Julie
Ann. Raymond stayed with Mrs.
Del Laramie while the Sandvigs
were away.
Mr. and Mrs. Del Laramie were
in Dupont Wednesday to attend
the funeral of Mr. Laramie's
brother-in-law, L. 1I. Townsend,
who was fatally injured Monday
when a building caved in upon
which he was working.
Verne Hill spent Sunday fish-
ing in his newly completed boat
and reported the boat in fine
working condition but no fish.
Kenneth Linscott returned home
Sunday on leave from the Navy.
He expects to remain until De-
cember 24.
Mrs.. Robert Rains, who arrived
recently from San Francisco, tells
of seeing the first official flight
of the X99, largest plane in the
world, which took off from the
Lindbergh field in that city. A
crowd of 15,000 people were pres-
ent, many of whom pessimistical-
ly said it wasn't going to make
the takeoff but it did, and when
the pilot stepped out of the plane
after landing, he received an enor-
mous oation.
Guests of Mrs. Vera Linscott
Wednesday were Mesdames Mabel
Avey, Rule Dickinson, Floy Yen-
ter, Beulah Worl, Edna Haines,
Francis HiM, Frances Radtke,
Hazel Bleecker, Iva Collins, Gee.
Yokum, Blanch Radtke and Cora
Peterson. They worked on Christ-
mas decorations for the bazaar.
Dewey Webster was the victim
of an accident November 14 when
he cut his left hand with an ax
while cutting Christmas tgees on
his property near Hoodsport. Ten-
dons were severed between the
thumb and forefinger, which nec-
essitated his spending two days
in the Shelton General ospital
for penicillin shots. His hand will
be in a cast for three weeks.
Lloyd Webster." brother of Dew-
ey Webster. is back working with
the tree planting crew,
onstrated by the young folks of
Shelton and Isabella Valleys while
home on their Thanksgiving vaca-
tion. They got hold of a truck,
I put some hay in it and went for a
truck hayride. No doubt had there
been snow on the ground they
would have talked some rancher
fortunate to own a team, into
letting them use it for a real sleigh
ride.
The first meeting of Shelton
Grange 403 had a good turnout of
its members and a Christmas par-
ty was planned for the next meet-
ing December 18.
Those attending the pre-Christ-
mas party held at the Winsor
place in town from here were
Mrs. Ned Wivell and Sign, Knee-
land.
While here from Tacoma Dick
Kimbel added one more to the in-
I ter-Valley phone line, the Hack-
erds. That makes four who can
talk to each other,via phone.
Mr. Hackerd and Walter Cook
were in Tacoma on business one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Brown
[were in Olympia on business last
week and also called at the home
of Mr. Brown's parents who live
at Oyster Bay.
M.rs. Stella Holman had 1¢r.
and Mrs. Gordon Bennett and son,
Don, from Elma call on her Sat-
urday evening, also her daughter,
Mrs. Ray Howry, called the same
evening.
J. Keith Bennett made a brief
call at the Highlands Monday
noon.
] The Glover home had many vis-
itors last week. Mrs. Anna Paul-
son and daughters, Louise and
Sandra, spent the afternoon with
them on Tuesday. On Thursday,
Mrs. Inga Kneeland and her sis-
ter, Mrs. Tom Myers, and Mrs.
Ralph Paulson called in the eve-
ning, and on Sunday the Spilseths
spent the day wlth them.
Miss Peggy Slater attended the
Sunday evening Young Adult
meeting held in the Methodist
Church. David Glover went to
i Sunday School with the Slaters
earlier in the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Baker called
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bennett one evening last week.
Mrs. S. Slater and Mrs. S. Knee-
land were callers at Winsors and
Bennetts Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Christen Ander-
son of Anacortes were overnight
visitors at the Highlands, coming
Thursday and leaving Friday.
Mrs. Anderson is a brother of Mrs.
Kneeland. While here they also,
along with Mrs. Kneeland. called
at the homes' of Joe and John
Kneeland and at the DeRosier
home in town.
Allyn
Mr. and Mrs. Enock Uldrikson
are the proud parents of a baby
boy, Lee Arthur, December 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Austin spent
Sunday evening in Bremerton vis-
iting with their daughter, Mrs.
Scherfenberg, who had been ill.
Beverly Benson and lna Mc-
Farland spent the Week "end at
the Benson home in Allyn
Mr, and Mrs. Carl Fogde and
daughters of Aberdeen visited
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Hawk, over the week end.
Mrs. Ruth Hawk has announced
that the Christmas school program
will be given on Thursday evening,
Dec. 18, at 7:30 sharp. The theme
for the upper grades is a Christ-
mas cantata. There will be treats
for all. Everybody welcome.
Buster Wilson is in a Seattle
hospital recovering from injuries
sustained in an auto accident. We
wish him a speedy recovery.
Don't forget your gift for the
school Christmas treat. You will
find donation boxes at the stores.
Milk Quality
Clean, sterile utensils, prompt
cooling of milk or cream, and keep-
lng milk and cream cool until mar-
keted are key actors in maintaining
high quality.
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