The west shore., March 01, 1880, Page 68, Image 4

THE WEST SHORE.
March, 1880
68
CAPE I I.
OUk LIGHTHOUSES.
Wc furnish our readers,
on this page, engravings of
two of the most important
lighthouses north of San
Franc!ico
The one on Cape DUap-
pointment, W. T., is ni the
entrance to the Columbia
river. It is in I, at. G (leg.,
Mi min., 33 see. ; Long., I
(leg., 1 mill., 13 see. The
hight of the tower from the
bate io the fucal plane is 40
feel, which places the light
13a feet above the level of
the sea. The liht is a fix d
white, and is visible 2 1 nau
tical miles. In connection
with it is a fog-bell sh uck
by machinery every ten sec
onds. Jas. Anderson, Esq.,
is the keeper in charge.
The Cane Flattery Liirht
Station is located in Lat. 4S "wc n'
(leg., 13 mm., 20 sec. north;
Long. 12 deg., 43 mm., 48
see., west., on Tatoosh Is
land, one-half mile west of Cape Flat
tery and is the guide to the entrance of
the Straits of Fuca.
The tower is 64 feet in hight, placing
the light (a fixed white) 162 feet above
the sea level. It is visible 10). J nauti
cal miles. In connection with the light
is a 12-inch fog-whistle, eight seconds'
blasts, with kn interval of 152 seconds.
Alexander Sampson, Eiq., is the keeper
in charge of the station.
Till'. II II. I SBORO
Mill..
One ol the mo I
important mil 11 u
facturing Institu
tion! hi thil State
U the Hilltboro
Mill, owned by
John Milne. It
located at HllUbo
ro, the county 1 e it
of W a-hing I o n
county, one of the
very beat wheat
producing well ni
in Oregon. Hill
horo is 1 o n c.'cd
by rail with Port
land. The ship
ping facilities arc
therefore all that
miy.one could pos-
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OII-hoUM. Ughthouie. Fog-whittle. Car)nter.lio
ATTERY LIGHT STATION, TATOOSH ISLAND, W. T.
I'lioro BV HUNTINOTON, Ol.YMIIA.
M did fifty horse-power en
gine furnishes the motive
power for the establish
ment. The capacity of the
mill, per day, is fifty bar
rels of flour, and five tons
of oatmeal. In the latter
article Mr. Milne has built
up a very extensive trade,
his brand of oatmeal being
largely sought after all
over the Pacific Coast.
Besides oatmeal and flour,
Mr. Milne also manufac
tures a very superior brand
of cornmeal and a most de
licious article of buck
wheat. The storage ca
pacity connected with the
mill is ample in every re
snect, and as far as general
ffl comfort for speedy trans
action of business is con
cerned, few mills in Ore.
gon will compare with this
one. Located two miles
from the mill are 228 acres
of the very choicest of land,
libly wish for. Mr. Milne, the en-1 which Mr. Milne recently purchased
terprising proprietor, left Scotland for a homestead, paying the sum of
in 1857, and after spending some $0)Ooo for it. Mr. M. bears the gen
time in Canada, Australia, and San cr ti reputation of being an industrious,
Francisco, finally came to Portland in enterprising and honest business man,
1S70, and one year later erected the am parties entrusting their orders to
Hillsboro Mill. Since then, however, U,im can always rely on getting just
it has been greatly enlarged and im- what thcy purchasc.
proved, and at present it has two runs . , .
of stone for flour, two runs for oat- Baker is the south-eastern county in
meal, and one for chop-feed. A splen- Oregon. It is about eighty miles in
extent from east to
west and about 220
north and south,
extending to the
Nevada State line
near Camp Mc
Dermitt. Its pop
ulation is some
7,000. At least
three-fourths of its
lands are open or
r.iirie, well mi ted
for farming and
grazing pi rposes;
thj other fourth is
mountainous, cov
e e I with line tim
bjr, consisting ot
a I kinds of pine,
fir and tamarack.
There" is only
one thing that is
more terrible than
to say a mean
thing, and that is
to do one.
LIGHT station, CAW DISAPPOINTMENT, w. t. p,10to hv Buchtw, Portland.