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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1879)
198 July, 1879 changeless aniiil tlit mutations of ages; fou wi austere, forevei cold and pure. Of A mi l ican mountain it has the most sou-reign look; it leans on no otlit-i bight; it associates with no other mountain; it liuilds its own pedestal in tin- valley and never doffs its icy crown. The savage, in the long ago, with awe .mil trembling) strained hb eyes to the in;: hi. .mil hit clouded Imagination pic tared it a- the throne of i Deity, whence issued the snow, the frost and the wild wind from then luewing place on the HlOlintaln'l top. The white man with equal awe strain- his eyes upward tn whi le the sunlight paints with purple ami gold the mimic glaciers of the hutlr, anil is not much wiser than was the iintutiirtd savage in trying to com- prebend how and why the mighty mass wa uproaredi It is a glory in itself. It seizes the clouds with icy arms and loinpresses them until their contents are dropH-d ii the thirsty liclds he- low I from its hasc the Sacramento starts on its way to the ocean; deapltf ils frowns, it is u merciful agent to mankind, and on the minds of those ho nee it in all its power and splen dor, a picture is painted which will last as long ns the gift to admire anything magnificent is left, The following tribute to Shasta is liom llu jh-ii of John K. Ridge : luht.l.l Ifea draad Mount Bhaste, whin II eUude 1 1 1 1 " ti'ii m I.I U. !. 1 beifhu, and, like Nut. ntighly uiiIrihiiiiiiiI mini), rompanmaleas Ami rulil Tin storms uf II, mm may I mat in wrath Ageiti.t It, I. ul i Unili In unpolluted ilrand.ur still . .ml from Ike rolliug mitU up- ItMVM II. U.wer ot pride ('ra purar than baton. Tfce Kiiiii, abowars ami nl.it- iiih-.-.i trmpoiU Haw Tbu In.nm trlbutM 00 IU bum, mil il 1Mb snake ol ll.rm an .r.rbutlng crown. Tbui d.,U it, 1., by day ud a- by a, IWIjr sack atrak ot Um ; nil ruin highest lU Heaven ' Aspiring to lb. eagW 's cloudlan height. No Uau li 1 bu auttml it. snowy aid; No bunan Uvjalh I,. II, dimmed Um m-t mm.., bleb Il buhls unto Mm Boon ami .Un ami eov'rslftj ran We it.. 1 apt grow hsalluu .hi Um eacraU CN IU bttery Up, wharaua UM fruit,. 01 Ul nmuataia builds his fkttVMU Uinta. Far Itfud la lb. LmndUas blast, b. dot Kortrok, will, h (.H nprHN, UM bnkl IbaaUatutis of Um Wnt, ahi.b II. beaaaib Hat i 1 u pi. iin. . ot aablta naa KilitMitardna II. aa U tail OlfaaUt biua erne la Tllsallaaaa A ad paaea, aad U UM long mm ol distaste rm la OttUf gram! II aaaa Um I'ley upon Un golden streams which through the valleys (tlldo. llu hears the music ol the great ami sol - inn Ma, And overlook! the huge old western wall To rial! the hirth-plice ot undying Melody ! HmK all light, savo when some loftiest cloud I' ll, (or while embrace iU cold forbidding Form, that monarch muunUin costs its mighty Hhadow down upon the crownleai pealia below, That, like inferior mini - to some great Hpirit, aUnd in atrong controlled littleness! All through the long and summery months of our Must trauiuil year, it point iU icy shaft llu high, to catch the dauiliug beams that fall In shown of splendor round that crystal cone, Anil roll in floods of far magniflcenco Away from that lone, Tost reflector in The dome of Heaven. Still watchful of the fertile Va'e ami undulating plains below, tho grass tlruws greener in its shade, and sweeter bloom The flowers. (Strong purifier ! From iU snowy Hide the breeze, cool an wafted to the " oaceful Homes of men," who shalUr at its faet, and love To gau ukiii its honored form, aye standing There the guarantee of health and happiness, Well might it win communities so blest To loftier feelings and to sobor thoughts The great material symbol of eternal Things ! And well 1 ween, in after years, how In the middle of his furrowed track the plowman In some sultry hour will pause, and wiping From his brow the dusty sweat, with reverence (lose uHtn that hoary peak. The herdsman Un will rein his charger in the plain, and drink I ul" his inmost soul the calm sublimity ; Ami little children, playing on the green, shall Cease their sport, and, turmug to that mounUiu Old, shall of their mother ask : Who made it 1 Ami she shall answer -"Clod !" AN OREGON BOY. Residing at Salem, and in the cm- ploy of the Salem Gas Company, is a hoy by the name of Henry Stutsman, si. im eighteen year of age. Passing him in the street, one would not im agine him to he anything extraordinary, lie is of medium height, weighs about 140 pounds has a medium-sized, well developed head, and is rather plain- looking, and yet this boy expects to, and from what we have seen of him we believe he will, revolutionize the work ing power of steamboats. His inven tion is of a character that with a one horse-power engine he will drive a steamboat with equal speed to one having a hundred horsepower engine board. Competent engineers have examined young Stutsman's plans, and pronounce them a success. To further his plans young Stutsman has just con sttucted, without any outside help, a complete steam engine of one-half hone power, and although he has never learned the trade, wc defy a competent mechanic to turn out a finer and more j complete working model. The boiler is eighteen inches in height and eight inches in diameter, contains 120 rivets, and is capable of sustaining 175 pounds of steam to the square inch. The steam gauge, and every other part of this ma chine, is of his own manufacture. Young Stutsman has no education, ex cept what he acquired at a country school. His father has been dead now for thirteen years, and his stepfather is a farmer by occupation. In the ca pacity of fireman for the Gas Company, he earns sufhcicnt money to support himself, employing his spare time at completing his invention. For the in- formation of our younger readers, we will state that young Stutsman does not touch either tobacco or intoxicating drinks of any kind. THE IIUSINESS OF PUUET SOUND. Mr. II. A. Webster, the Collector of Customs of the Puget Sound district, furnishes us the following table of busi ness transacted through the Custom House at Port Townscnd, from June 1st, 1878, to May 31st, 1879 : Value of foreign imports...$ 30412 90 Amt. of revenue collected. 20,355 56 Value of exports 717,90300 222 American vessels, aggregate ton nage 147,475, entered from foreign ports; 105 American vessels, average tonnage 67,582, entered coastwise; 4 foreign vessels, aggregate tonnage 3, 377, entered coastwise; 15a foreign vessels, aggregate tonnage 51,897, en tered from foreign ports; 224 Amer ican vessels, aggregate tonnage 163,5491 cleared for foreign ports ; 79 American vessels, aggregate tonnage 49,653, cleared coastwise; 154 foreign vessels, aggregate tonnage 53,794, cleared for eign ports. In addition a large fleet carrying yearly over 30,000 tons of coal, valued at over $150,000, and over 100,000,000 feet of lumber, valued at over 1, 250,000, leave the Sound every year, under enrollment, not having t enter or clear. Wool. Raising. Statistics go l show the quantity of wool raised in Oregon has increased 750 per cent, in the last eight years and as it is reason able to suppose the same increase will follow in the next ten years, the pro duction of wool will amount to nearly 59,000,000 pounds or 29,500 tons. This amount of wool at only 15 cent per round, woultl make an income of $r 50,000. annually.
