White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
SEASIDE LIFE IN SUMMER
JUST LIKE GOING TO FAIR

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1t there is one kind of news the
Spokesman likes to record more than
another, it is good news about or from
the home boys and girls who have gone
out into the world to work or to study.
or maybe to establish homes for them
selves somewhere else. This week we
were privileged to read very interest
ing letter from Mrs. Arthur Anderson
!Eftie Mykol) who since her marriage
IN June has been living in Oregon,
where Arthur has had work with the
state highway crew near Seaside. With
permission, we are passing on through
the columns Of the Spokesman q part
OF the letter 70 the young couples
many friends here:
I'VE have been at Seaside for over
month now and like it very much.
Seaside in the summer is a very nice
place to be, for it affords one no end
OF pleasure. There are 50 many things
to do that it really seems more like
going to carnival or fair. Then, with
the ocean so near, it is just wonderful.
Just think, even with the ocean full
OF water they have two natatoriums!
And both of them very close to the
ocean, in fact, not over 200 feet from
the water. But then as the surf is very
cold l suppose many of the visitors
would rather battle in the heated
water of the Mats. For myself, prefer
the ocean. love to ride" on the
waves.
I'VE have had lots of nice times
going clam digging, and have been
pretty lucky in getting them, too. The
very first morning we went we got the
limit which was three dozen. Not so
bad for beginners, was it? Then there
are crabs, of which we have got only
a very few and so many star-fish that
cling to the rocks. We have several
of them now and just yesterday Art
wired one to the radiator of his car.
1t looks real nice there, too. We have
seen several cars fixed this way.
Il wish you could see all the lovely
fish they catch here and also the ones
IN the canneries. We went up yesterday
afternoon and got one for ourselves,
tive pound one for only so cents. Ger
tainly fine salmon and very good
tasting. If you like sea foods as well
as we do am sure you wouldn't mind
being here. 1t is very interesting to
see how the fish are prepared for
market, that is, in the tins of course.
We have been up to the cannery about
three different times now.
IF you are interested in the pack
ing of the salmoon I will try and tell
you just how it is done. First, of
course, the fish are brought in on little
fishing boats to the cannery where
they are cleaned by men. And how
fast they are cleaned, too! 1t dosen't
take them any time to clean one and
some of them are so large, too. From
there they are taken into the next
room where they are chopped up by
women into small pieces and put into
cans. These cans are put on a belt
exactly like the ones they have in the
warehouses at home and from there
go through another piece of machinery
where some salt is put into the cans
The sailing is done by some kind of
mechanical device and is fixed so that
if can of salmon doesn't go through,
the salt doesn't come down at all until
a can is right under it to catch it.
From there the cans go through an
other part of the machinery where the
lids are stamped on and then they are
ready for the boilers. In the latter
they are partly cooked and are loaded
into large boxes and hauled to another
part OF the room where they are al
lowed to stand to cool off some be-
fore shipping. AS the cans cool they
make popping sounds which give one
tho SrSaroracciNy1 <1a% -, %1,o
navy yard. OF course the noise is not
half so loud as the shooting of a gun
but you probably understand what I
am trying to tell you.
you ought to see some of the mo.
n1en packers put the salmon into the
cans. The boss said that he had about
four or more women who earned eight
dollars day. Of course they don't run
every day for some times they haven't
the fish, but when they do work they
make good money. wouldn't like to
work in cannery though, for I hate
the smell of fish"
"A little while back, when the men
didn't work all of the day, Art and
went black-berrying. We got lots
of berries and I now have two dozen
ielly tumblers full Of jelly and also
ten pints of it and I have ten quarts
of blackberry jam. Then, Andersons
sent us down the lovset box Of pears
and to keep them Tom spelling 1
made six pints of pear jam. It looks
SO nice, just like strained honey and
am sure it will all taste good to us
this winter. There are so many black
berry vines growing just everywhere.
They say that once the vines start
there is no getting rid of them, but
they yield such lovely berries that
[ do not think they are handicap,
but an asset"