May.
THE WEST SHORE.
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OUR ILLUSTRATION'S.
Asksny's New Market Block, owned
In- Capt A. P. Ankeny, is located on the
est side of first btreet between Ash and
It is one of the handsomest blocks in
his city, was built in 187a and 1874, is
Lnstructed entirely of brick and iron, and
,is a frontage of 230 feet on First street,
eins 30 feet in excess of any block in
'ortland, which is caused by the curve
ade in First Street at this point to connect
ith North First. The north end of the
.lock is occupied by Wells, Fargo & Co.
1 lie interior is nnisucu up in elegant style
for the convenience of both the Company
and its patrons ; Mr Dudley Evans is the
Agent here. Next we come to the West
ern Union Tel. Co.; they occupy the lower
story as a neat office, the upper being used
entirely by the operators. The establish
ment is ably presided over by Mr. James
Guild, the Portland Manager. Adjoining
his is the neatly furnished office of Mark
A. King, who has been favorably known to
our business community for a number of
years. He is the Agent of the Mutual
Life Insurance Co., of New York, with
$80,000,000 assctj, and the Liverpool, Lon
don and Globe Fire Insurance Co., with
$.'8,000,000 assets. These two Companies
are the largest in the world, and those
seeking either Life or Fire Insurance will
do well to call on Mr. King. At No. 7
First St., we find the firm of James Laidlaw
A Co., Commission and Shipping Merchants,
they do a large business in that line and
are also Agents for Calcutta Gunny Bags,
Dundee Grain Bags and Bagging, Lea 4
Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, and Giant
Powder ; they are also heavy
exporters of Columbia River
Salmon, and have been estab
lished here since 1871, Mr.
James Laidlaw the resident
partner here, is the British
Vice Consul. Adjoining we
find the Oregon Washington
Trust Investment Company, of
Scotland. This Company
started business in Oregon two
years ago with a capital of
$750,000 and have during that
time loaned out in this State
$"52 2, 5 50. The President in
Scotland is the Right Hon.
"The Earl of Airlie." The
Managing Director here is
William ReiJ, Esq., who him
self formed this Company in
1S73 andisa large stockholder
in it. He came to Oregon
specially to take charge of that
Company's business, and
has since taken part in every
public enterprise calculated to devel
op this State. The Local Directors here
are B. Goldsmith and Donald Macleay, of
this city. Ascending an easy pair of Stairs
w-e come to neat suits of offices occupied,
respectively, by hills Hughes, Lsq., as a Law
office, James T. Ghiselin, Physician and
Surgeon, formerly of the U. S. A., and by
our County Judge, J. H. Woodward, the
Portland Board of Trade, the St. Andrew
Society, and the Oregon Board of Immi
gration, have each their respective rooms
on this floor. Mr. L. B. Stearns, the
assistant Secretary of the latter institution,
will be found here from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.,
to furnish all information to immigrants
free of charge. We are now in the three
Story Building which is known as the Mar
ket: the 2nd and 3d floor is fitted upas one
of the most elegant theaters on the Coast.
Tiiere are few public halls anywhere
cajtable of holding 1,000 people that can
1 vacated so rapidly as the New Market
Theatre, in case of fire, there being three
different pairs of stairs leading from the
main hall to the street besides balconies
for one-half block, leading from the win
dows both north and south ; the ground
floor runs through one block from First to
Second with entrance on both streets,
and is used as a market
It is a matter of pride with our citizens.
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and especially the owner, Capt. Ankeny,
that they can truthfully say that even San
Francisco, with its 160,000 inhabitants,
cannot show so neat, clean and well fur
nished a public market. Entering on First
Street, we find to the right Spaulding Bros,
occupying Stalls i, 2 and 3, for the sale
of meats. They have been established
since 1872, and being both energetic and
enterprising, not only do a large city trade,
but also supply the country for a circuit of
twenty miles.
We next find the Seed and Nursery De
pot of II. Hanson, whose Nursery is loca
ted in East Portland, and has been estab
lished 20 years. Samples of plants are
kept at this Depot, to make selections from,
whfch are filled from the Nursery. The seed
business, although only started in 1873,
has grown extensive, undoubtedly owing
to the fact that Mr. H. grows most all his
own seeds, and is therefore enabled to guar
antee them fresh and true to name.
Henry Martin occupies Stall 13, for
Fish and Poultry.
Ad Burchard will be found in the last
Stall on this side, it being the first from
the second Street entrance.
Crossing over we come to Fabre's fa
mous coffee stand, now run by Barnes &
Son, as isalso theGroccrv adjoining. They
occupy one fourth of all the available space
in the Market.
Last, but by no means least, we find
A. H. Johnson, his being the first three
Stalls on theleft of the First Street entrance,
they are known as No. 26, 27 and 28. Mr.
Johnson has been in the business here for
24 years and not only has he a large city
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SCENE ON THE COLUMBIA. CASTLE ROCK IN THE DISTANCE.
retail custom, but he also slaughters for
a great many of our city retail markets, and
does a large business as a live stock broker.
His slaughter house is located at the head
of B Street, in what is known as Johnson's
addition to Portland.
Passing' on further south we find the
offices of P. W. Gillette, real estate deal
er and Ed. Hall, Agent for the North
British and Mercantile Fire Ins. Co.
The corner of Ash is the Drug Store
ofWm. Pfunder. Mr. P. was educated
and passed examination in Germany as
Chemist and Apothecary. In 1864, he
came to the U. S., serving in the largest
and finest Apothecary establishment in Bos
ton; in 1870 he came to this city, being
employed as the compounding chemist, in
the largest Drug Store here. In 1873, he
started a Drug Store of his own, at the
corner of Oak and First Sts , and last year
took possession of his present elegant es
tablishment. II is prescription list has now
reached the immense No. 64,000. His
selection of perfumes, toilet articles and
fancy goods is immense, and he makes a
specialty of rare chemicals and pure drugs.
Mr. P. is ably assisted by Louis Brunnow,
Esq., formerly Secretary to the Medical
Director of the Department of the Colum
bia. Mr. Pfunder being absent on a bus
iness tour in the Eastern Stales at present,
the establishment is in charge of Mr. Brunnow.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Collegiate, Salem. A cord of wood will
make from sixty to sixty-five bushels of
charcoal. They generally burn it in pits
of say sixteen cords. The wood is piled
conical in shape, and a sixteen cord pit
is covered with about two hundred lbs. of
hay, then with soil on top of the hay, so as
to prevent it from blazing. It takes from
six to eight days to burn a pit, and this
must be watched day and night. Should
it not burn fast enough, one or two air
holes are opened at the bottom to give
draft. If it burns too fast, these arc closed.
The top of the pit is generally kept moist
by sprinkling, to prevent it burning too
fast. The principle is to char the wood,
but not to let it burn, otherwise it would
burn to ashes and be useless. The price
of charcoal varies according to locality
from eight to fifteen cents per bushel. The
wood is generally obtained at two dollars
per cord.
Mav, Clackamas To DisTiNorisu
Ml'SHROOMS FROM PoiSOXOt'S FfXOl. I.
Sprinkle a little salt 011 the spongy part, or
gills of the sample to be tried. If they
turn yellow, they are poisonous if black
they are wholesome. Allow the salt to act
before you decUc the question. 2. False
mushrooms have a warty cap, or else
fragments of membrane adhering to the
upper surface, are heavy, and emerge from
a vulva or bag;; they grow in tufts or clus
ters in woods, on stumps of trees, etc.,
u-ifr(vi tlii trim nuulirnAinu trrmv n ivi.
tures. 3. False mushrooms have an
tringent, stiptic, and disagreeable taste.
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4. When cut they turn blue. 5. They arc
moist on the surface, and generally of
a rose or orange color. 6. The gills of a
true mushroom are of a pinky red, chang
ing to a liver color. 7. The flesh is white.
8. The stem is white, solid and cylin
drical. Chas. G., Jr., & Co., NoRTiiFiELn, Minn.
There are several tanneries in this State,
all doing well; one, csjiecially, has amassed
a large fortune in the business. Hemlock
flourishes in Oregon, furnishing a suffi
ciency of bark. The demand for leather
is good. A firm with some "grit" and
"push" could establish a large business in
this line with our neighboring Territories.
The "fever and ague bugbear" is all bosh;
we haven't as much of it in this State as
your own Minnesota has. The rumor you
heard of is perhaps a weak invention of
some of our California friends (?) who arc not
over-anxious to see our own State settled
up. By the way, shaking of fever and
ague, their Sacramento and San Joaquin
Valleys arc nice little hot-beds for that
pleasant (?) sensation.
G. A. M Joliit, III. The general
health in this State is good. Consumption
is not a prevalent disease here; however,
we should not advise one already having
that disease to settle in Western Oregon.
Eastern Oregon has a climate that
more nearly fulfills the. condition of a
consumptive's home than any yet under
consideration. The climate is dry, sum
mer and winter. The total rainfali is not
over 20 to 25 inches annually, and that
comes in modest showers in spring and
fall. The prevailing winds are from the
west in winter and spring, but they have
lost their moisture in passing the summits
of the Cascade Mountains. In summer
and fall the wind is from the northwest,
a strong breeze, delightfully cool and in
vigorating, but never attaining to the highl
of a gale. There are no violent changes
of temperature. The winter is of short
duration, during which the air is sharp
and bracing, very rarely biting cold. The
summer is long; always dry; sometimes
quite warm; never hot or sultry-. The air
circulates freely over the high rolling table
lands which constitutes almost the entire
surface of the country; a pure mountain
air, that carries fresh life and renewed vigor
and energy into the system of the de
bilitated consumptive. Neither the sum
mer's heat nor the winter's cold is so
severe as to render the climate an un
desirable one for the native of any temper
ale climate on earth. Fruits of all kinds
flourish most luxuriantly, especially plums,
apples, pears, and cherries. It is very dllfi-
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vantages.
ia uu iiaiusuip ai an 10 come
here; railroad to San Francisco and steamer
to Portland. That would be the best route
traveling with children. Portland has
as-j'000 '"habitants, Salem 5,000, Albany
4,ooo. The prospects for a "all rail" route
to the East is good; it may.
However, take several yean
before it is finished.
A Mother, in Table Rock,
Ark., wants to know, "do chil
dren flourish in Oregon." It
is a standing joke on this State
all over the coast that Oregon
is especially noted for its large
baliies and apples. Out of a
population of 105,000 this State
has nearly 32,000 under 10
years of age. This does not
include the crop of 1876.
Inquirer, Des Moines, Iowa.
The area of Washington
Territory in square miles is
(19.994; in acres, 44,796,160.
Its population, at the
formation of the Territory, in
1853, was about 7,000; in
i860, at its first separate U. S.
census, a little in excess of
11,000; in 1870, 23,955;
in 1876, (estimated) 40,000. Its taxable
property is about 16,000,000. Up to June
30, 1875, the whole number of acres of
public land in the Territory surveyed by
Government was 11,290,115, leaving un
survcyed 33,506,045 acres. The twoprin
ciial bodies of water connecting with the
territory arc Pugct Sound and Columbia
river; the former having a shore line of
1594 miles, and the later extending along
the southern boundary 300mi!es and through
the eastern continent 350 more. The
three leading cities are Seattle, Walla Wal
la and Olympia. The three highest moun
tains are Rainier, 14,444 feet; Baker, 11,
100 feet; and St. Helen's, 9, 750 feet
John B., Jerome, Ind. Samish Is a rich
agricultural district in Whatcom county,
W. T., but is as yet snrscly settled. Good
farming lands can he bought or rented
there on reasonab'o terms; manydesirable
claims of (i')verument lands are yet to be
had at usu il price. The lands in that lo
cality comprise thousands of acres of tide
and fresh water marsh and some excellent
timber lands.
Behavior is a mirror in which every one
shows his image.
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth
envy consume a man.
Money is a good servant, but a danger
ous master.