Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-08-31
HOQUIAN SURROUNED
BY VAST RESOURCES
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sight-hour shifts. can hut approx
mately one million feet.
One of the largest logging COM
panies of the Northwest operates from
Hoquiam, has Il camps and an aver
age yearly output of 1S5,OO0,OO0 feet
of logs, board measure.
Timber Reserve.
AS a lumber producing district
Grays Harbor stands supreme. for the
finest body of merchantable timber in
the country covers the western half
of the Olympic peninsula and is trib-
utary to this port. A conservative es-
innate places the stand of merchant
able timber at 80 billion feet.
Fisheries.
OF great Importance Is the salmon,
clam and crab industry. One OF the
finest salmon in the world and known
as the Blueback or Quinault, run into
the Quinault river on their way to
Lake Quinaui4, one OF three lakes of
the Olympic peninsula. Besides the
Blueback, the Chinook, Silver and the
Chum salmon run into the many
streams In countless thousands and
furnish an active season for the many
canneries during the run. which lasts
abount four months of the year. The
razor clam pack of the Pacific beach
es tributary to HoQuiam is sold at a
premium, as the razor clam is the del
icacy Of the bivalve world. The giant
sea crabs caught in the waters ada
cent to Grays HarbOr are without any
equal and furnish a food that IL a
delight to the epicure.
Whaling.
The whaling industry is represent
ed on Grays Harbor and a modern
whaling station is located at Bay City.
twelve miles southwest OF HoQuiam
on the south bay. Here the levia-
thans of the deep are reduced to
whale oil and many articles Of COM
merce. The season catch OF whales
is between two hundred fifty and
three hundred.
Agriculture.
The contiguous territory is pros
porous and western Grays Harbor
county contains more first-class agri-
cultural land than any other county
in the state. west of the Cascades.
Dairying, chicken raising, bee keep
ing and the culture of small fruits and
vegetables are especially adapted to
this district due to the mild climate
There are no extremes of heat or cold
and the mean average winter temper
AZURE is So degrees, the minimum
temperature for the Harbor distric
over 30-year period is s degrees
above zero, and the extreme summel
temperature is 81 degrees The Their
mometer seldom climbs above 70 de-
grees.
Climate and Health.
The average rainfall of the Harbol
district is "a inches, and is distribut.
ed principally over the months from
November to May. During July anC
August there is practically no rair
and the balance of the year is more
or less showery. The district enjoys
a long growing season and grea
deal more sunshine than is generally
supposed. Has very little fog and more
days of sunshine than the Puget SounC
district. A delightful sea breez'
blows throughout the summer and thu
days are invariably warm and cheer
full, and the nights always cool, al
lowing restful slumber
The high birth rate and low dealt
rate make Hoquiam one Of the health
lest cities in the United States. Hap
PLY situated where the chlorine from
the waters of the mighty Pacific acti
as a cleaning agent, against which NJ
germ is immune.
Severe storms are few and far be
tween, and as a general rule Novem
Der and March are the periods of thu
heaviest rainfall. There is never tO'
much rain, for the high water in thu