Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-01-19
Washington State

is over my time is so full have no
chance to do anything but school
work.
Our school is very full this year,
hav ng over o~e thousand pupils
Iv own grade is very full. | have
sixty-four pupils in one grade. We
have promotions the middle of the
year.
We have adopted a new plan de-
detrimental work in the eth AID Sth
grades; this is something after the
Junior High School work, but we
do not have foreign languages as
is done in the regular junior high
school work.
We are trying supervised study
in e high school as we'll as in the
grades, and we believe it is going
to help solve some of the vexlng
problems in high school.
We are having winter weather
now; last night the thermometer
registered s degrees above, the
coldest weather we have yet had.
The ground is covered with snow 4.
and has been for two weeks. The
snow is only a few inches, but it
sticks well. We have had skating
on the back waters of the Snake
and Clearwater rivers for three
weeks. After school YOU will see
hundreds of children, young men
and young women, middle aged
men and women. and some we'll
past that period in their gay and
warm winter outfits, skating on the
lice, or standing in merry groups
around the big bonfres built on
the banks.
The children are looking out fo'
he birds by feeding them and
cooking after their comfort. A
,reat many of the children belong
o The Blue Bird Society,"" an or
sanization which protects the birds
rom all their enemies.
1t is said we are to have large
cement plant at Austin, six miles
from here, with Clarkston-Lewiston
the central shipping station for the
plant. About three years ago, the
cement plant buildings were built
at a cost of from $3.50 900 to 5000,
900, and then something happened
and the thing fell fat. Recently
those who have stock, have bee
approached by agents, who bought
jup the stock at a discount, and it
| is now said that the work will be
completed, and that the plant will
be the finest portland cement plant
west of the Rockies.
The merchants here have hao
an unusually fine trade this fall and
winter, due to the great wheat
harvest and the unusually high
prices gotten for the crop. Some
of our friends had helddtheir wheat
Ifor three years, but the prices re-
iceived compensated them for hold
ing their crops.
The farmers are buying automo-
biles, pianos, $3.50 to $3.50 Edison
monographs, furs and fine clothes
for their wives ond daughters.
Lewiston and the neighborine
communities are building miles anc
miles of paved aud macadam road
ways. The various communities
are divided into districts, which by
popular vote issue road bonds fol
so much and for certain length
of time.
The Lewiston Orchard Highway
District has a wonderful network
of paved asphalt highway, which
has been built this past year
Property in that district has
d ,ubled and trebled in value since
these fine roads have been com
pleted, Many new and beautiful
residences have been built there in
the past year. Nearly all the
property owners have automobiles,
which are not articles of luxury
but real necessities, as the fruit and
garden produce are hauled to mark
ct in them. Large automobile
trucks haul enormous loads on
these fine paved roads.
Since last writing to The Recor-
der one of the members of the
Virginia colony, that came here
several years ago, has been married
Clarence E. Wallace and Miss Alice
Malone were married at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Malone of near Pom
eroy, Wash. the last OF September
Miss Malone belongs to one OF the
pioneer families Of Washington,
and is a Daughter of the Revolu-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace are
living in Asotip, Wash, where Mr.
Wallace holds an official position
L in the county.
Mrs. sallie e. Burns spent a
month recently as the guest OF her
brother, W. Fl. Wallace of Clarks-
ton Wash. Mrs. Burns makes
her home with her son, G. II. Burns
of Vollmer, Idaho and is remarka-
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