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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 ......
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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)
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Uol.i Mmial Hwwinii MhoIiIihiCo U.M1
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V ictor Ht-whiK MiM'lilnoCo Mitt "
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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.
Sash-Doors, Blinds, Mouldings; also.
Ntalr Bnlldlair.Hrroll Nawii.ra.a4
TurMlMff doiieoii aiiorl noilou tiy
COOK & DENNIS,
Who ban Uie beit hrintlm of Htir ettnbllihraent
Inlho Mi kite,
HHOP-Flrmt rioor, Myi-m' Aurlniltuml Worki
Hutldlnf, Nalrm. Orgau.
ronleni from all puru (ollultvd.
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WM. STAIGEIt,
lxaler In
Mauamenta, ObvllakN aal Hrad NIoaaR.
Aim,
Man. If. Htatnary. ranalaluM, Vaaaa,
HAI.KM, OK WON,
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Denier In
Hlavca, Hana-aa aad Tin Flnlr, Nhat Iraa,
4'appar, rara aa4 IJfl Faatiia,
llanaa FaritUlilnv tiaada, Ku.. Kir,
HAtiufMrturornrTIn, Copper mnH Nhtl Iraa
wrtff"-
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F. A NMITH.
ARTIST,
faaiatrrrlal KIrart, Hmltm, Oraaa.
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IL VU'W", Hof-nra of HHlt'in hiicI iirroundlnii
Free;
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pAkRH Flora I, Oaerttb, monthly,
entirely ttunl, oeitl print, line tinted
P(ht, richly IHiiNlrKlfd, inl all
about Aowera. wllh Hie htiltful
UikU ItfiM." nr. fin itinnlh torn lih m
ptickageor Cbolre Ktower Kh1, fonUmp. Ad
drew at onoe, (Jao. W. 1'abk. Ml. Vernon, Ohio
"The niSBTTR la oplendld; every numtker la
hrttcrlhen Iu ortxlMi-Mur I would not be with.
urn."-w.u. n. urea, h (dorado. L'al.
Hl nnailder I'kMH'a Vtinta.. iilv .
the bml ami rliFUi paprn ftr the price that la
pulihih.. Kvi-y ladr. If ahe on It wanta In
grow oni- plum . .mint u take Iu" Jitu.ee A. Wei
in, inaifo in.,.. Mercer Co., 1
M Th KlJ.ltAI. tlkWWI Mmn . ll.nm.kll
eharinml me wllh llancat apoearaoor t tlrrnally
ami full to Hie brim Internally. felt that It
wiw. jun wmm 1 muni, ana nerrwnn eena you
my abacripUoa,"-Mle Jennie 1. Oweua, Iderlln
nrlibU,Ohto
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Flrat Hreel, betwMn Fine end Oak. Fwlland.Or