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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1875)
November. 2 THE WEST SHORE. George h. Carry, who wai once its editor, haa en abled in to pn-Kent norae fact and fljurei curi oui, amutluft and iiitoresti tig upon tho subject in hand, which will entertain while they mitruct the man of vim leuuuiv u tins duy. We find in the copy of the Sjactntor of January 7. 1847, a itute iDutitof tlif whont product of the preceding year for the wliolo area now embraced in the great Willamette vulley, the Weit Side and Columbia rlrer count ir, Clackamas and Clatsop, and all of Washington Territory between the Columbia and 1'ugel Sound. It ia as follows : Chumpoog County 00,000 bushels. Tualatin " 30,000 Yamhill 21,000 " Polk " 1.0,000 " Cltuikumiu, Vancouver, Clatsop and Luwis Counties 25,000 " Total 150,000 Of this total product the estimated surplus was 60,0UO bushdi, Thn population at that time could not have been fur from 8,000 souls, counting alieui, hid f-bread, ami Indiana who lived in the settlements or in aoiiiowlutt civilised condition. The Araenciu whito population wu about 4,000, At the election for Governor, in June, 1HI7, the total vote wan 1,071, and it is fair to estimate that, as the proportion of adult males to the number of women mid children at that day was much in ex cess of whnt it is now, and the ratio of rotors to non-voters much loss, tho total population must have approximated vry nearly the figure we give above, uii'l in (his twtiiuulo wo are supported by good authority from pioueur citizena. The homo ooimuiiiptimi of whuut was then, we may safely reckon, much larger per capita than at present, ba rium the supply of other essential articles of food was materially Ipu, In fact, beef and venison and wliuut (boilml) ami salmon (in season), were the staph of fowl of that primitivo period, and mob fli'ur wu not so commonly to bo hod in re inoto regions en account of tho lack of grist mills nud the difUmltios whii-h uiturposod in its trans porlatitm to far-off localities. We have nIkiwii what woa the wheat product of nearly thirty years ago, of the rust area out of winch Unit sin been curved half of Wash iiiglini Territory, and the remainder now com prises the counties on this side of tho California Hangi', from (Mm CWadea to the l'acitlo. The statement of Mhi; Bivos no idea of the average yield per aero, nor oi tho nereoge under cultiva tion. Hut thn ooiiwion was evidently not at- tributuble to the editor, who seems to have been folly nwiiku to the inipurtanco of tho dovolopment of ih T.-rritory in agrlciiltunil and other points of view at that r-arly day. He remarks that "Umagniw KvullHutlj' well throughout tho Tor- nlory ; and he forewiw with au intelligence and areiirai-y of judm-nt in these days boinir realixtxl that : In tho space of a few year, at soon as if rowth i mule an of,jrt, we shall have another great and important Htaple In the article of Jlomji the culture of whii h Inu been already fairly tested ni inn ctuniy with tiio moat gratifying rosults." With eorriH't prohitle tuiud did editor Curry further say Hint: Uiq cultivation of Tolmceo, 1 which litid been tried with ujuivouil suuceu will hardly uiford Kiiiticienl encyuragemeut to more ox teiiHuo twraihius." lint ho wrote confidently, nud Miuudly, too, in prophecy, as tho demonstra tion U now amply Winn us: "Only give Oregon hut a fnir clntiue, and her nimmoreo will yot whiten Hie wave of tho I Villi- nd lml inn oceans." He milit aUo hiivo nthkd tho Atlantic. For, in.-K hr h hhihI hi lmly nud uiilinishod article," s lu linn., It clMnrirrini the now very valuable statement of facts which lie then gave and the "iugil!:irly eorreel prvdu-t ioni lt. thou put forth, to grand and gratifying position lias Oregon Mivwii mid ndvLimed in the realm of Agriculture and in thu broad elinmit-ls of Commerce. Instead of a total prodm-t of Ul.iH.Kl Luahrla of wheat out w,",n ' '"""' surplus of 40,000 bushels, niesoi u, iliuetu-, the 1'nip.iua, and , priHiiu-o yearly aintreiraU ni nearly .i,(HM.o.w bushels, of which more thaa four sulhi i. eKiH.rt,sl in the grain to Kuroet or, mauu f .cmred into flur, is shipiKnl to the various porta of the li. itle an I the Chin and Indian seas, to the Atlantic aide, and to the Tinted Kingdom. And li .1 i. ,HH ially mtttl.r tf .,rjd u wt M of I'roHl to our produeers, this wheat rank as the liue.t in the wmld , the yield per acre is greater than 1 tl,t of any other of the States of the U uioii, fa man. ,is u, lUw fcro f(lI tMJ fartH o (h soil knd the eirtdlemt of their wheat. AitTveaWy to the aauguiue prediction of the Ore gon (My S, ,atM. ot ,he j, ajoj,, a, tlu. ..f Onvv ni.tciK-e as a settled Territory ' Mate, thirty yem i equivalent to more Ihai, a wtulv , lhj A,Uutt) M aliva.ly iHwm, to be con- aidervd a an i,11yilUnt .i.-j w bu U, .ur-escd..,,,. u, 0 leon.tratl. Much uf our low. wri l.u -U a.l.ptrj fo, wheat cultu, g,, u tumcl to more ptiubl. mm ltt a. pu' coarse wools of Oregon have become noted and favorites in the great wool marts of the Atlantic Coast. Then come our great Lumbering trade, our un equaled Salmon fisheries, and our growing and in creasing manufacturing enterprises Iron Mines, Iron Works, Woolen Factories, Machine Shops, Furniture Manufactories, Ship Yards, Flouring, Oil, Paper, and other Mills and the very lucrative and extensive lines of ocean and river steam navigation, the outgoing and home traffic in which sailing vessels are engaged, and the Jriprovement wrought in internal transportation by means of lines of railway, all so far in advance of what even the moat sanguine, the most prophetic, and the most extravagant in hopefulness, among the Pioneers of 1815, could have conjured or antici pated would so soon have come to fruition. Wo copy from the advertisements in the Spectator the following quaint and humorous notice to all con earned, which will in itself beat reveal the .situa tion so far as the navigation interest! of the Territory were then involved Passengers' Own Line, rpllK 8UBHCR1HKH BEOS LEAVE TO IN- 1 form tlifl DIlliIlK llnil lin him urnll Kiiiillr'it Ul.llllll'il mill tfrt'im'il fill) lii'M In. ft mwl l. r run. ulng bnuU, MOUUI, and HKN KUAN KLIN, now In port for freighter charter, which will ply rt-lflllitrlv tiplween nrnirnn fitv ami f'lmmiuistr iK ffmU,by paylnir W cents sped, or Jl the i the Went Sid '"llb th" mm to be a slut- in the market ,hia yr the superirito the produi , .veaiually o,n tu way to lucra. five trade. And another alapW not so Muck as drvamwt of. lurdly, in the primitivt days, already now w,ik Wltuite di-pute. the title u, pwwi. U-uce in our Stale -that of Wool. lvre the Sjwiiuh Merinos, the hanlivr ll.m n.i tralian Cot.w,ws and UuUrahim, and the ' tanaaa,or from Vermont and New York, tin. they dj where else em to do, and the line and i'.. in uiu irni-H. roriiicr nui'H win oo oosei veu po-soetiitent can board with llio Captain, by Jimlitig inelrown )rovlMloin. V II I'll .ulllvln l.nt.l. rt flii.tnv4i.WA la th biiutH will do the sume Aliril ). 1M . HllltT. NKWK : . ltare Old Huh Nwll I" H wna knnn after them, down to the elose of his eventful life, a few years ago. He claimed to have brought across we necKy mountains, tn IBIU, the Hrst wagon over seen on this Western Slope of the Continent, ami aimost an tne years oi bis manhood life had bean naixnil in Ornirnn nt him ninmnu.. spot onoe so noted, now quite unknown, except to uiv owes, lunamwnu among us. rnoae who re- memher tho stunlv nhl Pinnnav will .n his spirit of humor in the description of his boats, in uie grain proviso lor passages, in the regula tions which hedire the honor of twunlitio mith the Captain, ana in tho ambiguous wording of his n:uirement u w punctuality in tne nota bent Ma much like stout old Captain Edward Cuttle's "So help me Ood and so I wou'tl" The traveler of this day, as he ascends the beau tiful rivor from above Oregon City, will ask: "Whore Is ChatnpooH?" He will be told it ! practically, a place of the past. In Old Bob New ell's day, it ranked next to Oregon City in im portance. Then, there was no Portland, and Salem was little more than the MthnJi-t i Tho Willamette, above Champoeg, was navigated wiy uy nnocs, auu irom Uregon City to Astoria woa a route without a itminincr..,n ... the river'a wild banks, innocent of , settlement or nanitation oi the whites, but possessed or roamed over or used m finliinu it.it L.... t.v' ii.. tnls of Indians. Andit was to Oregon City or mi laiicouver-uie only other trade depot above Astoria, which wu not then a nnrt of .tnt.nn. . supply.-that tho ono or two ships fitted out each yoar from England with goods to the Hudson llay Company, or the les regular ships that wen sent from Atlantic ports to supply the Miasions, or upon trailing ventures, in those early times came to discharire carso and fiiuht i ik f.. ..j peltry which thut constituted the chief if not tho .i. ui upon irom uregon -now enjoying an exiwrt traffic of several millions per annum. Chamimeg, a sort of ancient Tyre yet hardly to be likened to a modern Soor-of Oregon, withstood the flood of the winter of 1N.V-ft.-t .i.ink . away several of its largest and best located build ingi for business uses, but it was the more dis astrous, terrible flood of December, 1801, which wwneu ami wiped out of existence almost as ruthlessly aa did the llmt Alh.n,i. u. ........ ami barren the ancient city of the Tyriane. Ouly v... wr two nousea nign up and far back from its bank upon the river mark thejsite where the busy place ouee stood, and yet there had been houses there not built upon tho sand, but on the solid rock. The reaiatlnia w.tr. in it..;, f...... v wept them as the hurricane sweeps the frail oi me open piain, and to thu day no hand has eniraired to iinui h i... ri poeg will be itself again. Above the desolated tu-ii mm, on mil whereon be so loved in his life tolwam and make bis point of outliok, in a favorite spot, repose all that is mortal of Old Cap- v "wen, ana as prom his (rave we look down ttpon the dreary Ut whik . ... fcne of his busiest days and boisterous rollicking. j whenever he sailed bis -well eaulk'd, gumm'd and greas'd shades of the Ancient Manner, what way to serv a boat-to gum and grease her !" light draft and fast running boats, the Mogul and Ben Franklin," let ui drop a tear to the memory of the rcugb and.ready old Pioneer, and, with the regret that if the phuinii ia powerless to spring up tfain ia a fresh Champoeg. miosis the Joyful re aVeliou. to make all of us the gladder, that there ha been built up a Portland, now the emporium of this Northwest Coast, the richest jewel in the got. den crown of Oregon, whose wealth is more in sub. , j "lance than in abut, mere solid to build upon than i .ly te display, j wboss more prosperous future U as aasurlhv.M. . . judKinenl as is the p.tulate that the richest soil is I the esort substantial and enduring wealth. And. I wr towns and cities upon a mtr to grow downward with the river's flow even u Ih.y upward flourish in cond.tion, so now ia it from Portland to Oregon City, and from here, too, to every other river town, to every ocean port, domeatic or foreign, that boats and ships and steamers sail or depart on short trips or long voyages. And the prophet of the Spectator of 187, we are glad to say, still Uvea to witness the soundness of bis prognostications in Pioneer days expressed. AN UNFORTUNATE RESEMBLANCE. By Lieut. Grahame. Some years ago, while journeying through welcomed by many of the English officers stauoneu in inula, ami many were me gay tvirtioe ur AnimiH tmrtlifr and the dar ing hunts we had in the jungles alter "big It C .L. 1 1 . J .U. .i game, irum uie eiepuaiu uuwu iu uie u cer. My most intimate companion among a --LI- r-n " T - T - uiiAC uuuic icuuws was lie i.utc, a young Englishman of wealth, and a hand- vnm. BttlnHil man ac hrav as a linn nnrl with too great kindness of heart his great est mini. T huH l.l'nn tn nim q Inltor nf inlFndi.linn from his mother and sister, whom I had otten met in England in their own lordly home, and O&car hnr wotrnmpH mn a. though I had been a brother, and ere many uuure we were warm menus. Fond of the hunt, he had organized a tramn to the iumrle fnr mv cnprinl hnifi so he said, and a gay party of us started to trail to weir lair tne wild ocastsol the lorcst. We were encamped in a lovely spot, and all care and trouble was banished, and de lightfully the hours swept by, until one eve ning Oscar asked me if I feared to risk a ridp with him ttirnitcrli (Iia jnnirlas n. I.a was anxious to present me to a friend. wonuenng wnat inena ne could have in that nilt Of tTlP. WAV nluro T AmrArll, iivar.t- ed, and westarted, well mounted and armed, anu witn an inuian guide, a tall, surly fel low, with a face such as one would natural ly believe belonged to Judas Iscariot. Arriving at a lonely defile, 1 was surpris ed to suddenly discover a dozen natives bound from the woodside and rush towards lHa 1 treaelierv !" rripd D..- nnJ he spurred towards the tall guide, who, be ing on fool, nimbly snranir auitU anr) n,rn;.l ed the charge, while he quickly leveled a snuri eiepnant gun .tie carried, directly at the ui my menu. itody I had drawn my revolver, and inj ndy I fired, and not a second too soon, foV as the Indian guide fell, he drew his trigger, and I saw Oscar reel in his saddle. Without a groan the guide fell in his tracks, and spurring foreward, 1 was along side of mv friend, whn .till knntliic .nl,li though his left arm hung nervously at his side. In the mean lime. i)ia lvmd nf Tnn had fired upon us, but, fortunately, without harm, and the death of their leader, the guide, for such we afterwards found out that he was. atvncareH tn Hmnnii,. i.Am and we boldly charged through their line. ' " ' us turn ana charge back for camp," 1 cried, drawing rein. iio, no; i am badly wounded, and the nlace I seek is onlv l.nlf n miu -i..i. come, "and Oscar and mvselfrode rapidly on, while he continued: "I have long had doubts of that guide; he was bribed to do as he did, and I know whom by," A short gallop, and we suddenly came upon a bungalow, surrounded by a stock ade fence, where scattered here and there near bv. were half a )n.An mn r a similar kind. It was a belter cl.i nf im,nt-.. . tlian those often met uith in i.u, 1 presented the appearance of a comfortable "v. tunny uuiue. Aiding Oscar to dismount, who was weak from lne- nf hlnn,i ... . i . -., .v iuiiicu iu en ter the cottage, when we were confronted u- a most ueautitul creature, one whose ex quisite lovelines. almnt tnnb i 1. in. uicaui away, and caused me moinenurily to for- tjci nit wuunueu iriend. That She hail Initinn Mt t . . , , . w" -"ww iii ucr veins i discovered by her olive-tinted cheek and black hair and eyes, and that she also had an equal amount ol the blood of Uie Sason Her costume ua Piir-nw. . . . Ung robe oj purest white linen, falling in graceful fold, around her superb form and with the eiceniinn nf.n ;... L , ' . .... , . wmu in ncr midnight hair, the wore no ornament of any With amcioua far .h nn r 1 said, in Englisl, that had just the tinge 'of an "Oh. OsiMr vnn miu-.. I .. . . t. i . ' ' "r nun; and 1 heard tirmg in the jungle." . m wounded. Naima, but I hope not I H.U l,;m ,,n .lr nA Collin. l - , ...... p, a.., m.i.nij, sug. denly cried the maiden, and just in time I caught Oscar in my arms, for he had faint. . J t I t UI 1 eu irom iuss ui uiuuu. It was weeks ere Oscar De Luce left that little bungalow home, and through his suf fering I remained with him; but, through all, his devoted nurse was Nanita, whose history I learned from the lips of my friend. She was the daughter of an English ofl Acer, a colonel of Dragoons, who had mar ried an Indian princess some twenty year, before, and carried her to his home in England. But the colonel had, shortly after his re turn home, been thrown from his horse and killed, and the Indian wife had sighed to rAtnrn tn hnr nntiirA lunr! an1 litl Inn. v.n... w ..... .U.1U, U..U UU UUIIC SO, accompanied by her only child, the little iuuua. That her daughter might have every ad vantage of an English education, the moth er had passed most of her time in Bombay, but, by the death of her father, who was chief of his tribe, she had been compelled to spend at least two months in the coun try looking after the welfare of her people. In Bombay Oscar De Luce had met Nanita, and had loved her, while she had returned his passion with an equal regard. But among Oscar's many rivals for the hand of the beautiful Nanita was a French man, or, that is, he was the son of a French gentleman who had married an English noble lady, and her influence had secured for their boy an appointment in the Eng lish armv. 1 he name of this young officer was Ber tram De Villers, and he was a tall, well- mrmAn fpllnw u-ith an Pnrvi;..!. nk..: . . .,, , ngun pinsiljue, but decidedly French face. Hp Ua 3 trnnA enrt nt falln I . 0w vi ivnun nucu hoi crossed in arnrini" hut lmrlmv vn:. I l - -I' """'B 'AilllA null all the abandon of a trench nature, he had lasen a aeauiy natred toward Oscar De ijui.c, ma auutessiui rival. Of tliA hllntino' narlu tn tl.n n , ,v n t""v juugic Ber tram De villers had formed one ; and knowinc well the pnnnlrv hnmn r t o """. ui Manila, he had again sought her, and offered his hand, heart and fortune, to be again re fused. The next night the attack had been made UDOn Oscar. And hnlh Iia an1 Mnl.- .... i-iaiiiut were confident that it had been instigated by De Villers, though the noble young English-1 man determined not to make his belief? public, but wait until his recovery, and then personally charge the accusation against him. At last Oscar waa nnnA mnr !... ir t IHWII. llllllMJll, and meeting De Villers at the club one evening, upon our return to the city, he walked up to him, leaning upon my arm, and said quietly, " You have not congratulated me, Cap tain De Villers, upon my recovery." TllC face nf 1!frlram H. 7:ll-- . t .. . -..., c iners mrneu ashen pale as he replied, nor do 1 intend to, for there is no man Whom I Wnillil ntk , A-l .1 . - ....v, ut;uu man you, Oscar De Luce!" ' " Ahal and it is not your fault that I am not. after the anarlt vnn hrlluj Tn J: ...n.u .iiuians to make upon me, not having the courage to " By heaven, you shall not throw that in my teethl" cried De Villers, as he turned and walked away. Half an hour'aftpr a (r;anA r .i . . v. ..,tuu ui uie irate Z DaTii'0 De1.L1,cew1 challenge from De Villers, winch was at once accent- T- V I askln me t0 a i Ihe affair in his behalf. 1 consented, as a matter of course, and the next morning the two lovers of Nanita met upon the duelling field. It Was a Short, .harn anl fi , . Uh .pier, ,ad De'vnieW' waT wounded bv Osr.. n. r . vciciy fcre De illers recovered De Luce mar- ad "ed or tneland. havino-tae rm-j u: u.y,t ' -b.u ma commission, T 1 W"0 vears ty-icca.! j , ' S?,'" Lon(Jo". 'he real "Hub of Not na vi no Imvi-J i . .... . o in-oiu uum my old Iriend yscar since I left India I A home :,and sent in my card. A few mnmoni. nn i i . the mm a - r vrxu' ana ne entered errEngladneiKh,ed ' -"And you are ust in iim. u t. heidm-ieV,,,erS, natl is he here now?" for hA hi . i 'arch hare, Nanita -"" "! me lor mam- ng plain conle uP-stairs and I will ex I fnltnu-aul f how vTn .i. " ""nly. wondering offLTi Z and dlshinS yo" man of . ". imo staid-lwkini man of dignihed bearing, while his lon