November, 1878. THE WEST SHORE. ago thoy are getting. H. E. Holmes' drug .tore next claims our attention, and here, indeod, we find a sample of wliat pluck and enterprise will do. About 187'J Mr. Holmes came to take a look at this country, wasn't very milch ploaaed with it, and dotcrminod to roturn to his Eastern homo.' Whilst sitting iti ono ot our Portland hotels he ac cidentally picked Up uuo 0, our publication, ( The (laztlleer) and in it he noticed a glowing description of Walla Walla ; next day found him on his way there. He was so pleased with the gouerol prospocU of tho placo, that he started a drug store on a small scale. Close attention to business, and a knack of making friends, have placed Mr. Holmes whoro he It at the head of the drug business in Walla Walla, The Walla Walla bakery (soe illustration) is 0 catud in tho handsome brick building, thirty feet front by sixty foot in dopth, and is the property of O. Ilrochtol, who camo to this city in 1861. In 1880 he erected this building, at an excuse of 118,000, and it is considered as near fireproof as brick and iron can possibly make a building, llosides supplying Walla Walla with an excellent article of bread and cakes, Mr. llrechtel does con siderablo of an export business in crackers, ootn tting successfully with San Francisco and East ern manufactories, as ho uses steam in their manufacture and has all tho latest improved ma chinery. We might ranmi aU rioaans ,,r n,,.r n... ... terprlslng liuslness Bra( banks, professional men, and miiuu'acturlog plaoee, but tho waul of space forbids. In our next number, however, wo "hull illustrate and describe Dovell it 00.1 Planing mill ami furniture mnnuf.ictnry, the lurgest establishment ur I he kind east of the Cas cades. Leaving Wall Wnlla, nnl for the pres ent skipping Waltsburg, of which wo shall apeak hereafter, we come to DAYTON, Tho county seat of Columbia oouniy, a town of most wonderful growth. We have heard of mlii lim towns, built of canvas and lough board shanties, going up In a night, but never have wo heard of a town, at prate Ql ooiitalulng at least l,.K Inhabitants, having stores built of brick, a MaYMO woolen mill, ono of tho heat flouring mills In tho upper country, and other luanufaelorlos, eoinmodloua throe-atoiy hotels, several res deuces costing each Jo,000 and one of them .bLbbMb 5 TssgjErs- ....skooms OK JOHNSON, KICKS . WINANs Wa..i.a Waua. W I. nearly UtMO, In fact, one of the haudsni t little ellloa on the I'ac (to Coast, all (reeled In six years, on ground whore In INT.' grain was still growing, liiyton Is picturesquely located on the Toiiehel.ln a little valley between rolllug hills, surrounded by some of the best farming soil In Hie upper country, Is Ik, Ifully supplied With clear, sparkling water from a rapid, littl on- talu stream which also furnish I i Wl,i, power, at present partly utilised. Dayton make, strong pretentious to being rival of Walla Walla which laouly .Hi mil . southwest of II, and IU excellent locution, rapid growth and ni ral prosperity, would certainly warrant It In assuming air. over lis older and hcii,,i ,i, domineering sister city, Walla Walla. Tho nat ural outlet for Dayton, Is for the present, by way of mfoouVAMnll long mad to illative Oily Oft the Columbia river, ln.l before ,ny u, the W. W. A a It. It. Ik will be exien.le.l, when all Its shipments will tm made to Wailula. In our last Issue, w Illustrated two of the handsomest resiliences of the Iowa. In mis Is sue we show the woolen mill In'sted here, and wblch Is the means ol ill.tr butlng thousands ot dollars annually. The raw wool tlHM by "mill and which li bought In the Iminetllate vl.'liilly.iimnu.il.u.a little over (:n,iMi per an num, whilst for labor, outside of repalra anil In cldontal eipenaes, nearly timi per annum are expended. This In lUelf la ,ulla a help to the town, although a po. unoy other maun nio uring establlshmenU, each eooirli.uting Its ipiola lowanls bringing life an I prosperity to the I'1'" ' T,i" president ., the im M M Well, a rcmiukahlyonlorprlalng ti, ifeaervltia more than a passing notice, for II la mainly ow ing to htm that the present town of Ihiylou la In oilstone at nil. He waa horo In Vermont, but raised In New York, ami came lo Ciillbirula In eofih, llelug naturally of an en terprising nature, bis (list veuliire on this Cimsl was in ls.,1, whin he lisik an Immense drove of hfigs i the first ever taken i from the Willamette valley to California, and the foilowlug yar lot lowad It up with an Immense hand of cattle. Ills 'lips to iiregon naturally got him acquainted with the country and IU wants, and In MM, he built a large flooring mill In lUigtie river valley, (HaepagtTi) BTbIbIBBv .B LsW BHl ll ' I 1 aaBsH jrI .stfl kBTatJ I I 1 H I 17 rjfl Bl I