The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-22

ship builders can boast The day went
the water and everybody was pleased
ct the manner il which the day was
passed
The crops Of tie Ssmish fat
through the same cause which made
the Swinomish crops partial failure.
we're far short of expectations. Next
year. however. the farmers hope to give
the big Buffalo Pitts" owned by Mr..
Patrick Hsller & Co., all it can do for
one fall, as well As the smaller ones on
the fats. Mr.. McTsggirt and his fair
young bride have returned from quite
an extended tour over the Sound coun-
try and British Columbis. Their many
friends greeted their return by calling
en- mass upon them; when the evening
hour passed pleasantly away, and Mr..
McTa2gsrt and wife were lef. alone to
commence housekeeping and the jour
ney of life amid the good wishes Of
their neighbors. Mr. D. Dingwall has
just completed barn 100 feet by 20
feet, and two stories in height. making
it the largest warehouse aud barn on
the Sound, at least to your correspon~
dents knowledge. Mr.. Dinewall can
rightfully boast Of being the champion
logger Of the northwest coast.
Considerable dyking has been done
and Is being done, Mr.. Thomas enclos-
ing bis quarter section; Mr.. McTag-
CART his 800 acres, the Steven Brothers
their acreage; Mr.. Benz. Welcher hss
l6O acres, and others too numerous to
mention. BY next winter the whole
fats will bs enclosed in q far more
substantial manner than those of the
Swinomish fats. Indeed our ranchers
have had cumtux enough to profit by
the experience of the latter named.
Incoming farmer immigrants who wish
to rent before taking up a ranch for
themselves, would fird it to their nd
vantage to lease farm on the Samish.
The run Of salmon this year has been
rather slim in this vicinity. the fisher
les here have been doing but little
more than making expenses. This.
however. is an off year and doubtless
next year the fishermen will meet with
their utmost expectations.
BY the way, that was q queer proyi-
sion inserted in the law which passed
last fall at the instance Of the Olympia
folks. 1t commands that no person
shall be permitted to dredge for oys.
tiers, unless it be ct least twenty feet
below low water. This preoludes the
use of any device to rake the oysters
into windows SO % to gather them at
low water, and the heavy penalty at
tsched to violation Of this enactment
carries out tho idea Of the Olympia
Oyster ring, and prevents the utiliza.
ton OF other oyster beds on the Sound.
While on Orcas Island some months
ago We heard q valuable and sensible
suggestion by Mr.. John G. Vierick in
behalf of cooperative boarding schools.
He holds that cooperation in this
regard is every whit as feasible az in
other departments of life. and demon
strates as follows: Let small school
districts pool their apportionment. let
them choose favorable location, let
them have bee and build by q couple
of days work q school house with
plain dormitory and kitchen. Then
hire good teacher at sixty dollars per
month, let one man furnish some -four,
and another something else and they
would find it would cost no more to
board and school their children than it
does at home, and their children would
derive the benefit of boarding school
discipline. A few acres might he
cleared about the house and the boys
out of school hours might be engaged in
the practical study Of botany. pomo.
logy and so forth. The bigger girls
doing the homework and receiving
practical instruction in cookery. This
oil can be figured within the expense
occssioned by the desultory schooling
our children now obtain, and NO doubt
thoughtful men rather put this scheme
into operation, and give this scheme
their coutenance, than let their children
have only three months schooling when
they might have nine months good
schooling. YANK,