The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-15
The Washougal District.

On some of the farms along and near the
river the dairy business is receiving consid-
cradle attention. At Mr.. Shepherds, who
now owns the Stiles farm, it has reached a
respectable magnitude. Here upwards OF
one hundred cows are kept. They are now
milking between sixty and seventy, and the
business of butter making goes on winter
and summer without material change. The
long experience of this family in the bust
ness enables them to produce u tirst-class
article. They find a ready and convenient
market in the O. X. & \. Co. at a compare
lively high price, and the revenue received
makes it a very profitable business. The
Gibbons. Hart and others along the way
are pursuing the business on a smaller scale,
and the day will soon come when it will de-
mand much more attention from the farm
ers throughout the county. But one OF the
bright features in the present status of af-
fairs is the fact that the energy, enterprise
and interest shown in the different branches
OF industry are given full scope in the estab-
lishment and building up of our schools,
There are individuals in every district who
look upon them rs the measure and power
of our progress. To this end they are guard
a gradual and sure improvement in their ef-
ficiency, and a general arousiug in behalf Of
education.
In no part of the county have l noticed
better proof of this than in the section de-
scribed in this article. The school in dis
trict No. | near the landing, is under the
charge of Miss Ida Hurt, and is working in
a manner that is a credit to both teacher
and district. They haye a neat and well ar
ranged frame building pleasantly located,
and the district finances are in a prospecting
condition. Instead of three months school
as heretofore a six months term will be held,
and the time will evidently soon come when
this term will be materially extended. In
District No. p Il like interest is being man
Tested in the welfare OF the school. It is
tau rht by Miss Kate Kelly of Oregon City,
whose long experience, u%ntiring energy and
appropriate tact, %eminently fit her for the
work she has on hand. This school IS
larger than the average, but is well man
aged and in a prosperous condition
On passing to district No. A., sometimes
called the kerns district | found 1t in
charge of Miss Anna +. Gray of Portland.
Miss Gray is just starting out in the work
and the small number and the character Of
her scholars offers her a favorable opportu-
nifty for a beginning. This is the first
school held in the district, and from the IL
terest manifested in its welfare it may be
presumed that it may continue to prosper.
Mr.. II. l.. Mckeenry is teaching the one on
Bare prairie, and it is now near its close.
The little difficulty at the beginning seems
to have arisen from a misunderstanding
rather than from any evil motives on the
part OF the parties concerned. The school
has been n success. The attendance has
been good, the management emlnently salts
factory. and all seem to have united in har-
mony for its welfare. Bare prairie, though
somewhat inaccessible at present, is blessed
with a rich soil, pure air, pure water, and
honest, thrifty, geneiou hearted and intel
ligent people. K.