The West Shore! 106945 VOL. 6 No. 2. iL 8nol. 'ubllthet, n , ' '"" t. i ortland, Orogon, Fobrtmry, 1880. Per Annum. )Mnrb ... OUR SPECIAL PREMIUMS. To induce our readers to make up lubs for The West Snonn. ;.. addition to our regular premium list I has a Sopomore class, a third year sci-1 about one mile above the thrMm7,7. ent.Bc class, ami graduating normal handsome tOWn Til w3 cS for The Wes, Sohh, we, in 5 h!" fe3j2E? klSS .w.vh. wj,mv amy graml, and calculated to have j approbations, tuition-tces, and interest ! soothing ellec, on diseased mmds Th I on a tunc! arisnm from the sale of lnill inir iftm hnMi mIi! 1 n lands donated by Congress for Uni- expend 1 7 ffij ,vers.ty purposes. Its current remstcr with nlllhe mZL2m! 18 h. - ... -wi, vuiiicuccs, 1 he total number f patieuti W present is of which offer a few special premiums for the month of March, only This is an excellent opportunity to umaui, nee 01 cnargc, ar ticles of a highly orna mental character for the household and especially valuable to lovers of flow ers. The articles are all of the very best qual ity, beautifully finished, and will be found appro priate for almost any home. For further par ticulars, see page fit, OUR ENGRAVINGS. The M. E. Church at Salem, Oregon, is, with out a doubt, the handsom est in this State. It is built entirely of brick, and cost about $35,000. Rev li Dillon is the min ister in charge at present. The Territorial Uni versity, at Seattle, W. T., is located on a beautiful site of ten acres near the centre of the city, and on a sloping eminence over looking the bay. The main building, a large, imposing, and well-built structure, was erected in 1862, at a cost of $35,000. On the grounds are situ ated the President's resi dence, and a large boarding-house for young men. From the beginning, in 1862, a Territorial school, consisting of primary and nigner grades, was car '"ly seven are females. Superintendent, J, l'hil. J'P'. ' In charge pf the lmtltutlon,ndhu i corps of able assistants, consist ing of one visiting phy. llclwi, one inalion, lour keepers, one night-watch-man and one cook. m. mediately above the Asy htm, ami seen to the lelt In the engraving, is the British Columbia Peni tentiary, also completed in 1N78, hut which, we arc happy to my nM hut 84 convicts. These, how ever, are compelled to make themselves gener ally useful in clearing land.farming.hlncksniilh ing, etc., etc. M. E. CHURCH, SALEM, OREGON. From a pi ly K A. Smith. The Cascade mount -ains, north of the Coliini- ia ri v or. Washington Territory, have been hut little prospected as yet, hut enough is known to Induce the belief thai in a year or two the best nav- Ins mines on the coast will he developed. Sev eral organized companies are now at work dew I oping as many qyartl Itdgea, mid they think they have already found enough to insure sun aa, The great canal com menced at tlu S ft II I li Fork of the Snake, thirty ried on with varying , , .. ' "'k of the Snake, thirty J 1 . : . .... ... ...... 1.. . .1 1. t . . . v. success until January, 1877, when from "nows ic - vc i-agio nock, l.laho, will 1 1 cc a 1 Yu i wn. 1 and forty students. redeem 625 s(unre miles of agricultu- lack of funds, and other reasons, it was .!...) 1...1. " . ... A , f " v.mi mini. re- The riovincial insane ;viiimi 01 Columbia, an engraving of clling match one man spelled closed. In Seotembcr. 1877. it was organized. Iwithout a primary depart- British o , 1 f 1 . - 1 " .1 . tUn T'rnti. mcni; ami since 1 dency of Prof. A irrowii ami nrosncrcd till now, when ut a primary depart- Hi itisn ioiumoia, an engraving 01 K """ "ic man .p then, under the Prcsi-' which will he found on page J&ll loca- " pannip" and got beet. i. J. Anderson, it has ted in the midst of a beautiful park on ( Faying the pipe r"aluling crcd till now, when it the north bank of the Frascr river, plumber's hill. tha 0 1 r