L0694ii The West Shoke. VOL. 4 No. 2. ttgtfStt Portland, Oregon, Octol)or, 1878. ' . -- frt Annum, aim. .1' .1 . OPINIONS WE FEEI. PROUD OF. Hubert H. Bancroft, Esq., con sidered one of the very best au thorities on literary subjects in the United States, says: "As an his torical and practically scientific periodical, I regard The West Shore as by far the best published on the Pacific Coast." Dr. J. A. Richardson says: "You deserve the endorsement of every man who has the good of his State at heart. Consider me a perpetual subscriber." Mention The West Shore whenever you deal with any one that advertises in our columns it helps us amazingly. We have a few complete sets of The West Shore, com mencing with the June number, 1 877. For $3 we will send our paper from June, 1S77, to Sept., 1879, 21 months in all, or we will send 15 months' back numbers for $1.50. We club with all re spectable periodicals in tne world. Sec our price list on the outside back cover. You can save money by letting all your subscriptions for Eastern papers and magazines go through us. Nohi.k Charity. i Our charitably inclined will no doubt be grati fied to learn that the money they bestowed on the organ-grinder who jg lately visited our city will not be squandered in revelry or drink. We have known this man for a number of years and he may, by some people, be considered a fit object of charity, for the poor (?) fellow has MM really unfortunate of late. He tells us he lost $3,000 In stocks, and the failure of a savings bank has re duced his cash account. He ttill owns a row of buildings on Dupont at, San Francisco. Since late losses, lte may not be worth over $ 25,000. fif' fa? iiTj rrsil iH ak ti RESIDENCE OK Z. K. STRAItlllT--Walls WslU. m K JOHN W. ACKEEON.LTAf OMA. . T- See pajp J. UOW Allot) t UUKUAMHl.INO I.AW Here, Mr. Chief of Police, where arc you ? Gnmbling is go ing on in tliis city just the same as if no law prohibiting it existed in this State, and if you do not know where these dens are loca ted, we will say that they are suf ficiently public so that most any one will point them out to you, and without any further parley we want you to shut them up, A case has comr under our notice within the past few days where a resectable gentleman from San Francisco was enticed into one ol these dens; there he was invited to drink, and the supositioii is that the liquor was drugged, for in less than half an hour from the time he entered he emerged in company of a notoriously bad character, ami although he bad never before met this fellow, he purchased for him, as a present, a complete suit of clothing, including boots, silk hat, under clothing, etc., etc. What money remained in his 1 11 11 kri .ill 1 1 this purchase was taken from him al cards, he Itcing nearly unconscious. After re gaining his senses he re fused to appeal aguinst the gang simply because he wms 1 in 11 1 1 that he oliould have allowed Mm ill to drift into such company. (owpliiiie rountv I improing fnt. Ivul lent prospects have been found on Kreinh Plat, and quite a number of miners will find MfpIO) inrnt there urxt eason. lb 1 1 iib mliu, gener ally, are destined to lie prominent features in Southern Oregon' in dustries, while its vege tables arc superior to any on the coast. J. S. McKudden, of that coun ty, took Ave potatoes and twelve oaiont from hi garden that weighed just ill lbs. OneorfthopuU toes weighed four lbs.