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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1876)
March. THE WEST SHORE. The Wtsi horc, A Twl Page Monthly JlluarsM. Paptr, ptibliihed at L, SAMUEL, J WahinEtOB-rt. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Inrl.uliDB I'utUK to any part of the United State.:) Ou conv. one year, S Single Numlwn. 10 nU Printed by ilo. H, limit, cor, Front & Wahinglon Foil tii WbhtHiuhib. TIIK FI.OWKK GAKDKN. BV IIKNKY MIM.KK. Time for gardening is nearly at hand and it is well to make the proper prcjara tions. One of the very first requisites for successful gardening, is good soil. I'oor soils can be improved by manuring. Well rolled manure of any kind is belter than fresh. If, however, the former cannot be obtained, any kind may be used. Refuse from a chicken-coop, or the scraping from a cow-yard, are very good. Fresh horse manure is not good, as it generates too much heat and rots slowly. If fresh manure must be used, mix it well with the soil, adding sharp sand to it, and it will make a good bed. In most of our clay soils it is safe to add a bushel of sand and a large wlieel-lwrrow load of manure to p. bed of 4 x 15 feet. A good comjKwt for nexl year can lw made of one jart sand, (plastering sand is I rest,) two parts manure and three jiarls sod, Mix it twice through the summer and keep moist, adding ashes and any other offal. In sowing flower seeds for the summer, we must not plant all kinds at once; some should not be sown till the ground is thoroughly warm. We start first with Pansy, Mignonette, Sweet Pea, Snap Dragmi and larkspur. Dahlias may be set out early; put them deep enough, so that four inches of earth is over the top, thus we have them in bloom by 1st of July. After these, when the ground is a little warmer, sow Verbenas, Petunias, Ten Weeks Stocks and Portulaca. AIkiuI 1st of April we sow Asters, Ziuias, Phlox Trummondis, Hakims, and last of all Kverlastings; these are atl sum mer plants or annuals. Those that bloom only ihc second year, (biennials) can be sown al any time of laic spring. Amongst these we name Columbine, Carnation Pinks, Camiunulax, Sweet William, Wall flower, and others. Cover all seeds lightly; there are more seeds lost In' too deep covering than any oilier cause. Should, however, a cold rain of several days follow immediately after sowing, we are almost Mire to loose most of our liner seeds; it is therefore wise to sow half the lockage first, and the other half eight or ten duvs idler. Pansy, Asters, Verbenas, Petunias, Zini.is, Phlox and Kverlastings, can be raised in a box set in a warm place in doors, and then transplanted; most of the others do not transplant well. In sowing and planting flowers we look, of course, for the best effect, and that we can make by sowing seeds of one color in a tied or clump. A bed of scarlet Verbena gives a greater show titan a mixed one, and so with all flowers. Try it once, even if only on a small scale, Most house plants do well planted out, and make a tine show all summer. In the (all they can I planted in the same jhxs, by pruning tow and roots, and it, the plant ing out, gives them a new lease on life. All the (ierauiums, single .ami double, wriefutcd iff plain, make line beriders, that is plant out well, and bloom abun dantly all hit turner. lantanas make beau tiful garden plants, Kuclui.is and Iidv Washntgtou dt-raniuins, if planted out, must 'we slude against the noon sun. We arc fietnienily asked w Inch are ihe ,-cst flowering hruU to set tun. I will give twcKe ot the hot, such as can I had at ntot the florist in or aUmt Port land. I add time of hUmting and com mon hight: I, Snow I -all, April, 5 feet; J-3, Purple and White I iUc, April, 5 feet; 4. lVuisu CiNtilia, May, J feet; 5, Japan Quince. March, 4 feel; 6, lVuliia Crcnata, double, Mar. 1 feet; 7, Weigelea Rosea, April, 5 feet; 8, Flowering Almond, April, 3 feet 1 inch; 9, Plumlcavcd Spireea or Bridal Wreath, 6 feet, March; 10, Spireea Revisi, double, white, nearly evergreen, 4 feet, May; 11, Purple Berberry, 6 feet, purple leaves and red berries all winter; 12, Or namented Thorn, 6 feet, bunches of red berries all winter. Six best hardy garden roses: Mad. I.a Fay, pink red; Aimy Vibert, pure white; Giant of Matties, dark; General Washington, dark rose; Hermosa, rosy; L'Patrizzi, dark velvety. Twelve hardy plants: Tree Peona, White Pcona, Old Crimson Pcona, Lily of the Valley, Golden Banded Lily, Double White Primrose, Pansy. Tritoma, Double White Lichinis, Bleeding Heart, Chrysanthemums, Piumbaga, blue creeping. All these shrubs and plants named are hardy, and give good satisfaction. There are many other shrubs, foses, border plants, lilies and bulbs, but the above will make a fine show, at reasonable prices. Shrubs, roses and herbaceous plants, that have stood two or more years in the same place, should have a shovel-full or two of manure spaded in aliout them, shaping them into form by cutting out some and tying out other branches. KEKP YOUR MONEY IN OREGON. Among other things that Oregon needs besides immigration, is the keeping of money made within its boundaries at home, here, where it belongs. In early days, this State was kept poor by the fact that people came here only to make money, then to return to the States, taking with them every dollar of their wealth; and it is only lately that some of our oldest residents have at last concluded to make Oregon their future home, and those who came among us have any idea of becoming permanent settlers. Others who amassed large fortunes in legitimate vocations have gambled them away in the stock markets of San Francisco, or squandered them in riotous living in some of the cities of the East. All these things of course had a tendency to keep this, a young State, in comarative poverty, but now that we are well under way, and with people of mean domiciled among us, wc look for some thing different, we want to see the money made in this State invested in this State, and not sent away to other Stales and foreign countries for business ventures. Surely if the dollars can be made here in the first place, does it not stand to reason that this is the proper place to keep litem ? There is nothing which so iniMverishcs a new Slate as the constant drawing off of its life-blood for ihe benefit of others. ( regon is like a great warehouse feeding the capi talists, but never receiving anything in return. The money which is sent to the San Francisco banks by many of our business men, if used here as used there, in manu facturing and other enterprises, wouid not only enrich them and the State, hut make them hlcsMiigs instead of curses to the community. It is self-evident that where ever capital is unlocked and used, labor ers, mechanics, farmers and bitsines men crowd in, and by their very presence in crease the capitalist's pelf and the mone tary standing of the entire commonwealth. If the San Francisco and foreign banks can use Oregon's money to such an ad vantage as lo le able lo pay a round (tercentage, why can't our capitalists do as well by investing it similarly here, in rail roads, steamtxuts, or manufactories ? Upon what meal tux's this our California feed thai she should produce the only men with brains enough to make monev with money ? We (rccjuentl) read of how the Chinese are ruining the country ly sending all their money to the Celestial Kingdom, but fail to see any difference between this practice of the Mongolians and precisely the same thing among the Caucasians. In our eyes the one is as much a "Chinaman" as the other. Stephen Girard is credited with saying that after the first ten thousand dollars are made, money-making becomes an easy pastime. How is it then that the people who arc able to make money here out of nothing, who have according to Girard gone through the hardest part of the fight, should so abjectly publish their inability to enter into undertakings, beneficial to them selves and their fellow-men, by shipping off their hard-earned dollars to afford an easy "pastime" to foreign business men. Oregon City Enterprise, One of our most reliable, as well as beautifully printed exchanges, is the illustrated "West Shore," published at Portland, Oregon. The terms are only r.co. ner annum, and it is a splendid family paper second to none on the Pacific coast. Snohomish Star, CLEANING PRINTED SHEETS. A method recommended by a foreign contemporary for cleaning printed matter and engravings consists in fastening the sheets to a board by broad-headed tacks, and washing it with clean water, to which a slight percentage of carbonate of ammonia has been added. This process must be conducted very carefully with a soft brush. The paper is then to be rinsed off with water, and ihe operation repeated on the back side as soon as it is dried. It is then to be moistened with water acidulated with pure wine vinegar, and again washed with water, to which a little chloride of lime has been added. Finally, it is washed off again and dried in the air by sunlight. Indus way it becomes extremely white without any injury to the impression. Some valuable engravings have, it is said, been completely restored by this method. Making a Fire. A Danburyman put a pair of nine dollar shoes in the stove oven to dry the other day. There was not much fire in the stove and so he closed the oven door. The next morning he built the fire without the thought of the shoes, and it was not until an hour later that they occur- ed to him, They were ruined then. The soles were turned up in in a playful man ner, and uppers resembled somewhat the coast of Maine. He didn't say a word. Sadly and silently he was removing them with a shovel, when his wife came in and saw with a glance what had hapjiencd. "Well, that's just like a man !" she in discreetly exclaimed. "Why didn't you have sense enough to look into the oven before you started ihe fire?" He hadn't said a single word of his loss, but now he s)Kkc : "Gush dum my eyes if I'll ever build another lite !" And he is keeping his word. When will a woman learn wisdom ? Danburg The West Shore for February, is an improvement on any previous number, and the publisher deserves credit for his enter prise. Oregon should be proud of her illustrated iwjwr, and every one of her citizens should help to sustain it. Dallas Itemiser. BARBER & NICKLIN, DENTISTS. HureMWini to Hatch A Thomson, V KlrilL, Portland, 011. OREGON BAKERY F. 01MTZ, - . . Proprietor, Wrrt HU, meit tm ear. f Plat, Portland, Manufacturers of all kludi of Crackers. Rread. Calces ' ' ! AND PANTRY. ' PILOT. SHIP AND HAVT BREAD Alway told below Han Francisco prim. WT BATH KBFO BMl PR HP A RATION OP MOUNTAMT BALM " Thf lwt preparation al the Buliu yet otft-ml to (lie people' Tlie luont palatable, the tmngcat, and the nio agreeable lynip of that great renitdlul aent jet pr- . nurnd la rum pounded lu tlie moat can-ml and Klenttno nuniier, thnKotlradinK all IU tiH-ilU'itml vnlue. Thli uj tlie ureal hrallnii Balaam for all'evtluni of the. throat and tive tonic Thuae who need a reliable preparation of thit Balm, which I iwlfjirnoua to our own 8tnte, are invited to trv WrailiiTlonl' Preparation and aattofy t newt Tea that it liuaull the virtuca tliut we diiltn lor it. It nUtt tone to the mind and ImhIj, liicreaMta the appetite, and la raeinnii!iLredcoii.Uutloii or nervous pnittratlun.lt 1h an invaluable remedy. It uiiriliea the blood, atreujfth rns the wlmlf ivKtem. Improve dluemtoii, n-g-ulittca the K-rix-tiiiiii. kiiiiIiihIIy lirliiKlhKaltout a restoration to health. Perfectly hanuh'M for all ne and both arses. Tim drat duae irivea relief-try it. Jlnnulactun il by eatlicrfurU Co., IrniicttUta, Salem, Oregoa Price W ceiita. Orent Seduction In Prices at NICOLAI BKO.'N CENTRAL PLANING MILLS, Cor. North 8econct nnd E SU., Portland. RUHTICCEILINQ, MOULDING, ALL KINDS of Cedar Lumber, Fluuring, tiunh, Door. Bundtt, Bruckete, Urns, Tan hi, Fences, Ac, Common 81 no Doom, 6an und Blind at Sua Franelaoo privet. 4'HEH EHETA HOTEL, ftalem, UtfU THJH 18 THE FIN KMT HOTEL NOPTIT OF Hun FmncUco. containing 150 Ronmn, in suit or Hingis und flttctl up with all the modern, improvement. Oninlbu from and to the Hotel Pre. HOUSE OPEN ALL NIGHT. THOMAS SMITH, - Proprietor, Formerly of the " Empire Hotel,' Th Pulled. P. A NMITH, ARTIST, Commrrrlftl Htreet, Maleni, Oregon, KALHK IN 8TERE0SC0PIH,8TEltECUI IC View. Kcenes of Halcm und surround I n? country The only, place in Kill em lo get fl rat el as PhotoirmpliR and IlR Hlse Portraits, in ludlu Ink, Oil or Water Color. D Don't Send Tour Kooe; out of the Country. UHuulucturer of Glue, Curled Hair and Neata' Foot Oil. la prepared to mpplr the State and Wnahlnston Terri tory, at Shu KranrlM o Pi it Urder direct, or T. A. Uavia It Co., Portland, Oregon. AMERICAN LAUNDRY. 'PHE ONLY PLACE "iN THE STATE TO GET 1 jour N11IRTN AMD COLL ARM Done up In No. one style. Try them once and you'll wear no other. Our Luce Curtains and Blankets can't be beaU Office, American Exchange Cigar Store, corner Front and Waxliinvloti NtreetH. Blate t iKauc Bin in 'h Cigar Store, corner First and Alder alreeta. Laundry, cor. F and Tenth sU. THAT W. HARHIH, AT THE GREAT EAST ern nothing store, No, 12S Flrst-nL,han the beat RHKnrtment of Clothing, and sells at lower rlcett than uny ol her hoaae in Portland. Oregon Transfer Company. OFFICE At Dray an Back Stables, Southwest cor. Second and Stark Sta. A LI, mVINEMR ENTRUSTED TO US WILI iL be executed with care and dutpuluh. ORDERS FOR HACKS PROMPTLY ATTENDKD TO, DAY OR NIGHT, 'THE GERM AX rilARMACY" OF WM. PFUNDER Ankcny s New Theater Blocks Cor, Flint and Ash Sta., Portland, Oregon, Is The" Drug Store where Pure Mntlflne And Rare Chemical Are dUpenaed. Tha compounding of Prescription a NN-cialty. Attendance competent, A run stock or Toilet Articles nnd Perfumery. y Polar Roda Water Fountain with cholc Symjitt and Mlueml Waters In lull operation. REMOVED To Corner of Front und Morrlauu HU., Portland. D. W. WILLIAMS & CO., ftUfceiwoni to Williams A Myers, Commission Merchants. And Dealer la Orooerlaa, Oroftoa and Uallfornla JProdneo. A. C UIHB. W. ft. QILBKKT GIBBS ft GILBERT, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, CerWll BalMlng. M Fires Hi, Partlamd, O, WiU fivlM all t auru f ri la Uw lute, and HJ paJUruUr aiuaitos te BimUmm l tt I, ft t'wurta. THAT t Himes, THE Printer. Ia Uill in tha field, ind il fully pnparad to EXCHANGE WORK FOR DOLLARS ! COME ON WITH TOUR JOBS Md "philthy luker to No. Five Washington St., Whm joo will pt Ihe bat work in tht city 1