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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
September, i$79- A Wl I.I I I I' V I I I) I' A lt II, V.l...,hel PuUlun, l 50 ,1, $ Ij 00 . , n. IWaiK, m j dt 4H no John Stenger, Etq,, one of the Hud' i im KumImi;, h ... on Bay Company mm, who dime to itftSteUiy 22 tins country in 1830, is now quietlj an .. ., - Joying his old age cm hh rarm four and TouJ s one-half milei above Vancouver, Ha If tbere is ai:y othw country vrhtra owns jj acre, funis but twelve of tiyS.y. annually can he got out I1..111 It, but they have been brought to thr mamof Und,weihoukJllltatohMi very higheal itate of cultivation, and by I of It, rOKKTAILKP MUIT SWALLOWS. These beautiful birds arc Nilit Swal lows, or Night Jars. They are so called because they remain In aelltary retreats during the day, and it is nl at twilight that they come forth, on noiiteleM wihg, to chase the Intacta which, like themselves, sport at that time. The blended hues of gray and MM r a 1 1 . 1 : 1 Nifiirr swai iows The uii i thr ddet ami lrt Umirr, OfntraJ (iranl ( rueptcd. Thr State I'jir commence on the t'n. 1 of Oettbtr, and will continue nine day. The Me lunu '. I 'air, to continue for two wcrk, open, in ihl city on the t'AU of -Xtoher. Joining b Shaker getting Out brown which decorate theit plumage well agree with tlic shades of evening, and thus favor their concealment. The 1 es of these birds an very large, and the gae of their bill very w ide, o (hat they H-ldoin mi their prey, ami, to prevent its struggle, the leak in pro i. led with stilt brittle. A healing medium a cobbler. judicious manuring arc m ule to produce heavier cro c.uh MKcerduig year without impoverishing the wil. On one ,ierr ol l.oid he made, this year, live tou of hay which at the Vancouver market price is worth ty.. U11 another acre he thia year raised 101 line tobacco plant, for bin own use. Alto