The West Shoke. VOL. 6 No. 11. VsaaSSKr Portland, Oregon, Pocombor, 1880. Ht Annum. I Shinto mtitlat, Anyone re- ff ceiving this num ber of the West Shore, who is not a regular subscriber, will please consider it an invitation to become'one. For five dol lars we will send the West Shore complete for l These make a valuable addition to a li brary. If you want your friends in the East to know 'Oregon as it is," send them The West Shore for iSSi . TO OUR READERS. . A HAPPY NEW YEAR. To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure. A truce to care, To gloomy musings on the past J New days are on your track; total wheat crop of iS.6, includ ing at that time nearly nil of Washington Ter ritory, was 150,. ox bushels. The w heat crop of iSSo, Oregon alone, from 44 ), 665 acres, was 7,896,611 bush els. The total value of all pro ductions for the year, exclusive of I he season's wool clip,about8,(MK),. (xx lbs., and In crease in live stock, amounted lo $12,815,076. There are In the State, 1.1,166 You're twelvemonths older than you frmH 1,139,318 acres of land, were, besides 985,183 acres in orchards and He wiser then t Time flies so fast, meadows. Valuo of farm lauds, in 'Tis useless looking back. eluding buildings ami fences, $5.V713, ... 6.1 1 : value of implements and muchiu- ! OREGON'S POPULATION AND WEALTH. ; ery, $1,913,750; value of live stock, ; j $13,1 16,710. The population of Oregon at piesent . 'is 176,804. In 1870, it was but 90,913; Our January number will be an in j in i860, 62,465; in 1850, 13,20). Thctcrcsting one. waif 'MMmm 879, .880-188,. tw fymmimLymmtmmMtii volume. ii?iay TX-1 MOUNT COFFIN, COI.UMII1A RIVER. AT i "f x : i . 1 A VIEW ON THE COLL'MIIIA KIVER-Catuk Kkk in tiu .iti .