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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1876)
u V I August THE 'WEST SHORE. WASCO COUNTY. This county, located in Eastern Ore gon, is nearly as large as two of the average iew cngiaml states com bined, being 193 miles long and 80 miles wide, or rather occupying an area of 15,406 square miles. Wasco, from the Indian dialect, means grass, a very appropriate cognomen, for no part of tne Known woria can surpass this :uunty fur grass. It is therefore excel cntly adapted to stock-raisin!?, that in fact being the leadine industry, which iltnougn yearly increasing may be said o Be in its infancy vet. compared to the large scale it will some day be car ried on in, when the population in creases. The soil in the valleys along the rivers and creeks is very fertile, it being an alluvial deposit, producing crops equal to any portion of the State. Grapes, peaches and melons, thrive ere. Loot mountain streams furnish 11 abundance of pure water, and teem rith the finest species of trout. The nly drawback to Wasco county is the :arcity of timber. For fencing pur iwe, however, taDrock. which is found in abundance, makes an excel- nt substitute. The scencrv is fine and the climate partakes of the character of all countries environed by high mountains. The breezes blowincr from the snowy peaks of the Cascade Range temper the atmosphere in summer, hence it is bracing and invisoratin?. Snow falls in winter, but the amount even in very severe seasons is confined 10 a tew inches. The fncilit es of trans. puliation are limited. A daily line of steamers run rrom the Dalles to the Upper Cascades, there a oortacc of five miles is made to the Lower Cascades, and then by another steamer to Port land. The fare is five dollars for 105 miles. Congress has appropriated the um of loaoco for a canal and locks at the Cascades, which will be constructed at once, This, when finished, will pen the Columbia river from The Dalles to the sea, and be the means of ,'iving not only Wasco county but all f Eastern Oregon an outlet for their Mirplus products, at cheap rates of trans portation. With the1 opening of the Columbia river, Wasco county will prosper as she has never prospered More, not even in the palmiest davs of ijold Jigging. Land at present is comuarativelv cheap here; in fact there is yet a vast quantity of Government lands in differ- ut parts ot the county open for scttlc ncnt under the homestead law. The county seat is known at Dalles city, or amcr THK DALLKS. It is situated on the Columbia river. 10; miles northeast of Portland: has 1 population of about 1,000, has good -inoois, an Academy in charge of the Sisters, several neat churches, two live weekly newspapers, "The Tribune," urn "Mountaineer," nnd numerous "usincss houses, of a substantial charnc- Iter. A line nf KtiMimora mL- .Im'lv 'rips from here to the Cascades, there connecting with railroad and steamers t Portland. It is on this line that "lost of the far-famed Oregon scenery an ne viewed. A line of mail stages nan from here daily for all the Eastern 'rcgon mining towns, making various "'iinections at different nnints. am ilinally run through Idaho to Kelton.on 'w central Pacific railroad. The trip ram The Dalles to Kelion it made in "days. A railroad of fifWn mlU I ' length connects The Th.Hr. with MHlo, from whence tri-weekly line ' eiegant steamers make regular trips '" Umatilla, Wallula, and in the turn er season to Lewiston, in Idaho Ter- 'l"ry. From Wallula line of rail makes daily trips to Walla Walla, 7'. W. T., and from thence daily stages to Waitsburg, Dayton and Lewiston. It will thus be seen what an important position ine Dalles occupies. It is really the toll-gnte where all travelers and all freight for any of the above mentioned places must pay a toll. With the hnil.l. ing of the locks at the Cascades, The Dalles will commence growing, nnd the day is not far distant when it will 1 . . - oe a cuy ot iroin 4,000 to 5,000 inhabitants. THE SMALL BOY'S FIRST FIGHT. There are generally three in the party the two small boys who do not want to fight and the larger boy who is determined that they shall claw hair lor nis amusement. They are all rag. ged and dirty, barefooted ami l, headed. They halt on a street corner, and the small bovs back nw.iv nn from another, as if each were afraid of me otners exploding. The big boy looks around to see if there is a police man in sigm, una niuung mere is none, shouts: " Jim, euv it to him!" Jim doubles up his fist and looks de terminedly at his opponent, as if he ex pected to pulverize him by the glance. The boy who is irlarcd at. turns nnln. oft-uis iu ue meditating a trip around the corner, when the big boy pats him on the back, and says: "Don't ycr take none of his slack, Tommy! Go for Mm!" Tommy looks as ifhe would like to sublet the contract, but knowing that if he does not fight he will be whipped by his crowd three times a day on the average thereafter, he assumes a r. like atitude, and whimpcrinsrlv cries uui: " Come on, then 1 You hit first!" Butjim will not hit first. On the contrary, the proposition causes him to shake in every limb, and just as he is aoout 10 navigate tor home, the big boy comes behind him and fives him a shove that sends him across the scratch. Tommy makes a sweeping cut through the air that does great dam age to the atmosphere, and then backs very rapidly to see the effect of the plow, lie 'would probably continue backing until he reached some other State it it were not for the umhiauitous big boy, who grabs him by the nape of ins iicck anu rusncs mm forward, amid his cries and protestutions, until he col lides with Jim, who closes his eyes, grits his teeth, and delivers some very ef fective blows at an imairinarv mark three feet above his enemy's head. Both boys are now determined to do or die. They lower their heads, plant one nanii in eacn otner s nair, and hit out with the other fist at the rate of sixtv strokes per minute, about one half of wnicn Diows cftcct a lodgment on the big boy's face. Suddenly a wailin? crv is heard. The boys separate like a shot. One of tnem nolcls his hand to his nose, from which the blood is slowly trickling. The other one looks at the spectacle in horror for half a minute, and then darts for home by unfrequented streets and alleyways. Arriving there, he crawls under the bed, and lays there for hours, not daring to stir, and fully con vinced that he is a murderer. So ends the small boy's first fight. Giants and Dwarfs The belief of the existence of races of giants is sup- poneu Dy tne Binie. mere are some times, men 7 or 8 feet high: and amone savage tribes, such men become chiefs. However, all buildings, door-ways, pas sages, etc., indicate that 5 feet 8 inches, or 5 feet 9 inches have always been the average tight of the human face. Gene sis tells of the "bona of God" who were giants; of the men of Anak, to whom the lews were as grasshoppers: and the Bible tells us of Og. King, of uasnan, wno was 13 feet high, and Goliah 11 feet. There appears also to have been races 8 or 10 feet high, who became ogres, or champions; and history tells of such it race in and near Lebanon, some of whom were employed in an cient armies, while others emigrated to Ireland and Cornwall, among Phoeni cian colonists. Races of dwarfs are found in the Esquimaux and Bosiemen. who attain but 4 feet 9 inches. The Cariba are 5 feet 1 1 inches, the Naviga tor Islands 5 feet 6 inches, and the Pata goniana 6 feet 7 inches and upwards. A FOTCTTTNF. If Jutllolou.iy Iu Blocke, A. S. GROSS, SS! Xo- ! Kir" 8"'"' Portland, la p, toi"l'0"i"n literal urn all Slacks -V. . . l,,r ??" 'mnciHco miock Hoard. He du I t 'i1 T .I""'""'"" v'y Half hour thB.l7uTKi,te.'r """ ""' m $100 Per Month. Agents Wanted. A? i;!1, h?"'", ""I "l ,"'li". meal, L'i 2? lim. Patent Kubbor Martin, Vri pJliTih "'l"l,r!H-Ju' the IhliiK for .lores, v.? L4r ". 'mi-bMl novallj ol the age N pvoltlra-all kln.ln. Awiili Wmilnt. SondTr riroiilftra. Addrpsa AMKKKMN MANI'.'Al'. TUH1NU AUBNCY, Mux til, pirtlaud, Onn. CENTENNIAL. fu.tSr.'r,",10 K"lbltlon aeriiraonaor inn w&iJd'iif.rrzs '"" )ou """ ESPECIALLY VALUABLE FOR LADIES, ar,l 1, , .hjJj... wb., . Mo. 07 Marital St., Phlindtlphla Wild Flowere of ML Hood. A NEW PERFUME, THK MOST PKMfMTK AND LA.HT1NU. FI.A vorai aritli Ihnme mini Hie r BA8B OS MOUNT HOOP. Rnlna rnnl.llu lnn.-i ...... em oiue7 ' ' I"" " 0. H. WOODARD A CO J.S. Butcher and Packer And Dealer in Bsef, Pork, Mutton & Veal, Corned Meals of all kinds, "OH. OF FIIWT AMD M AUIHOK TRKKTA. Pfirtlmidt Oieicon. Rf" Cash paid for all kinds of stock. C. M WIBERG, Boots c Shoes i 105 Front-st., bet. Alder Sc Morrison, PORTLAND, OREUON. bOHNRdSENFELD, Commission Merchants, am iulim ia Oregon and California Produce of all kinds, Kraut SL, ImL HorriMa aa. Tamhia, rorUaad, Oga. Cuk paid for Bnttar, Eifi, Poaltrr and Hides. Dr. WM. KOEHLER, Klhlefe4, man. OFFICE Monnaates Building, riRHTIIT.Ik. HOatBiaON YABHILL. HACHENEY & STEMME, Corner First and Taylor, Portland, Oregon, Dtavlara b4 JoUkni In U kind FIRST CLASS GROCERIES, Pk4hm, Eta, Eta. Pull toek ooDUnlly on hnd. Gootli dllvrd In tnv tmrl nt I h miiv f of chmrfe. Call and exfttnlna our 1ooIl J. B. BRENNER, Teacher of SIukIc Violin, Pi ano, Guitar, Co. Lmre ord.r. at Oray'..or at raalil.nee, Fourlli Ktrepl, bet Clay and Columbia. Oifete tm rwttea4 tnm and string Baae provptlj H- 1. a. iKnmoRE, Druggist and Apothecary, 111 FIRST STREET, Portland, - Oregon 'Come into the Garden, Uaud," And set Bjr Uaatifnl neee. Thej en a mw nrittf, joat lnpoftad fron France. Take a east la Ul arbor, ead ainf Rock He Is Sleep, Mother." Tkere, tfcat will do. Br Uie vsy. ha?e roa atMther copy of that nog f Yon aar. oot f Well, that la toe bad 1 I tkiak 111 call oa Ultue. Ike Printer, and ft kin to etrlka ol a law stipe. The Singer Manfg Company, 105 THIRD STREET, Portland, - rC son. Sewing Machine Sales for 1875. .-J.? I'twig. Cd, lull liwll ItascLuui Wht?e!cr 4 WlNon Miinfnclurinn Co,...IOft 710 " Remliurton8ewlng,Mrt-liliiBt suiO Howp Marblnc Co. iPtttliimteil) two wmdHtMvlnir MwchlneCo , aim) AtntTlwin H.H.Ac 8. M.Co Na " Uol.i Mmial Hwwinii MhoIiIihiCo U.M1 Wilona'Wlug MiM'hliiiit'o...., pfeM " V ictor Ht-whiK MiM'lilnoCo Mitt " FU.ronwH.'wInKMiu-l.liieCo w Awl " H. k. UrnuiiHilorfl A Uo, uKtnn) ltiti " Machines sold on note and monthly installment plan and liberal discount made for cash. Send for Circulars and Price List before purchasing elsewhere. Ailtlrcss all com nm mentions to The Singer Manfg, Co., No. 105 Third Street, Portland Box 854. J. E. GILL & CO., 75 First Street, .ire now receiving tfi Immense Slock of School Books a Aim STATIONERY. All the Leading School Dooki oonaUnltr 011 hand. "WIGANDIA." Weatherford's Preparation of s MOUNTAIN BALM. the I Ion hug lliilium for A(lnlloi of tlii Tlinmt ManuriM liiri'd by W K ATI r: 1 1 K) 1 It t A no. Cuiniuerclal Htatftalem. 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