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Oct 24, 2017 edleectc Jan 10, 2017 yaquinalights	54 ??? attempting to get foremen since for small jobs, I was unwilling to pay such prices & consequently could get the very best men, such men being pretty scarce in a small place of only twelve thousand inhabitants & not wishing to interfere with their regular business. A man that would do well in an ordinary civilized place, is frequently a perfect failure in a county like this. Mr Kirk who was the foreman at New Dungenness was said to be a good man & yet I could have scarcely gotten a poorer one. He seemed to be utterly demoralized. Mr Le Sound proved unequal to the position of Supt of Repairs & yet left if for a better position & salary. Some of them are afraid of travelling in Indian Canoes & most of them are not men of sufficient character to be masters of the situation. I have had one exception, Mr Harm whom I got for building the Oil House at Cape Disappointment during the winter when there was no work in town. He was willing to ???(?work) for $7. per day from the time he left Portland till he ??? (?left) town omitting Sunday or $182. per month.	54 ??? attempting to get foremen since for small jobs, I was unwilling to pay such prices & consequently could get the very best men, such men being pretty scarce in a small place of only twelve thousand inhabitants & not wishing to interfere with their regular business. A man that would do well in an ordinary civilized place, is frequently a perfect failure in a county like this. Mr Kirk who was the foreman at New Dungenness was said to be a good man & yet I could have scarcely gotten a poorer one. He seemed to be utterly demoralized. Mr Le Sound proved unequal to the position of Supt of Repairs & yet left if for a better position & salary. Some of them are afraid of travelling in Indian Canoes & most of them are not men of sufficient character to be masters of the situation. I have had one exception, Mr Harm whom I got for building the Oil House at Cape Disappointment during the winter when there was no work in town. He was willing to ???(?work) for $7. per day from the time he left Portland till he ??? (?left) town omitting Sunday or $182. per month.

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