february, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 55 The city js situated on the west bank of the Willamette river on high tiible liiml; is well I did out, with wide M reels crossing git right angles and no breaks or divergencies in the line of streets, to mar the beauty or symmetry of its plat, li has m Ml cii n t v court house standing iimid b'.auli lul grow of maples; the sL Me iH iii iiliuiiil tol l';c, two gciid ml 'lie schools, live t'linrchi.'s, two good hotels, ware Imtisrs, n large niiinlicr of stores, (of which we intend to speak more fully in our March num ber), numerous beautiful residences, two very good newspapers, The Btnton Co. Bladt? and Corvallis Gazttte, are published here weekly. The distance from Portland by river ii 115 miles, while by rail it it but 95. Since the completion of the west ide branch of the 0. & C. R. R., Corvallis has enjoyed a degree of prosperity equalled by no other town of its size in the state, and from its natural advantages of salubrity of climate and central location, we con dude that it has by no means reached its full growth yet. The growth of the wool industry in Oregon has received a material check by the hard winter in the counties of Wasco and Umatilla. Jui lesson will not be lost upon breeders. They will find out that fall shearing is practicable iit Mime parts of California, hot not in Oregon. Let the sin op lie shorn hut once a jear, and, Oregon wool g row er w ill bo ii-h. It doenl pay 1? reci I v. NEWPORT, ENTRANCE TO VACCINA IIAV. OK.-1'h..to liy Crawford. I'ASSAUB OK THE DALLES. hy Capt. A. Horn; the Okanrgon, by Capt. T. 1. Sunup; tin (Milo, I v Daniel liaughman; ll u Ner. I'cioe Cbiel I'lid .Shoshone, by Capt. Mc Nulty. The Shoshone struck throe linien tlnr- ' the pn-siitM" imuI tbu N I' ices Chit I'.oiieo. Win 11 o look a! the ilifl'.'icin c in the size of llic 0 veel, lh teal of I'lp-. Tioiip, i r iHy oinli'i IhI, ir lu never Sl Ml k III a". Ju-liee consols in lin ing no injury to man; decency, in giving them no oflense. The splendid steamer, llarrttt Quftn, the finest of all the O. R. & N. Co.'s fleet above The Dalles, was brought safely through The Dalles' rapids, six miles in length, by Capt. Jus, Troup, the youngest captain in the company's service. The following table shows the steamers brought over and their dimensions: Ytar. Namttf Ami, IjHtfh. Iam. 1864 Cayuw... 140 20 1M5 Uwulon M 11 1HG5 Okanagnn lub JJ 1870 tNri I'crcc Chief. . . . IJJ 2$ 1K70 tShoihone I jo , 28 1 878 'Owyhee l(o -Hi I 88 1 1 1 r vt (.liiccn aoo 38 llruiii;lrt down Willi U'in machinery. K'anic through umc liny. rotter's American Monthly published at Philadelphia, Pa., hi one of the very best magazines that reaches this oflice. It is well illustrated, clearly printed on line paper and contains valuable, In structive literature. The California!), for March, Is brim ful of sparkling western literature, and is just such a magazine as every resilient of the Pacific coast should furnish their families with. Published at $4.00 per year, 20J Kansome street, San Francis co, California. Most jK'ople are like eggstoo full of themselves to hold anything tUc. I Two north westerners di.ciiH the fertility ol their rcsiKClivc section of the country: " In Washington Territory, if you let a match f ill to the ground, the next year there will glow up a forest." 44 - Oregon," tried the oilwr, triumphantly, " you let a susjiciidcr button fill, ami in tight P"'" fiate p-W f piijl"" "-"-y Much as he loves roast beef, John Hull is coiiliiiinillv rcttiiiif Intii Irlth The Lcwiston was brought through t'ws. The most beneficial discov ery of the century to man Is Amnion's Cough Syrup. A wealthy gentleman, w ho claims that it entirely cured him of in cipient consumption, fli red 1,ko for I lie foi inula ami the light to niauiifiirluie ami sell to the world, which vti n fused. The Remedy kI.'imI upon its own niriils. A l', cent sample bollle will ton viii.e the iuoi skeptical ol its virtue. Tiy ii. It ni iy save your life. All rcX'i.'table iImi gists keep it, at 15 et,, y els. and $1, The woman who marries iih. well, tiul the woman who dot not marry dots bvttvr MOTH. AT COHVAf I J-ltH'l-y . II. U-p, n'nm IHMSW Mtf rf I 1 i -"-Y-w ""'t-k . itf'U' J r w s ri 1 . u . ..w.-.'i ll ill ri T I INI 'j I ""TL TT ... 4M