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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1881)
150 THE WEST SHOKK. June, 1881 day going up, and one day coming down, for which each passenger is taxed $10.00 for I he round Irip. The Nud. on Hay fV.mpny am dlU, learner twice week lo New West minlcr, and there connect with Capt. Irving'a line for Yale. The scenery en route i all that the most exacting lover of nature could ask for, akalcidc copic panorama of tea, river, islands, mountain and now peak. Acros tho Gulf of Georgia, and up the l"racr river, we pat Colonel Adair'., Laidlaw A Co., and wveral other salmon canning establishment, past the Koyal City," and the nettle rnent and village of Maple Kilc, LanKley,Chillawhrkan.l Hope. The latter pUce, located fifteen mile. below Yale, is destined, at some day in the near future, to hrcome tiite hii impor- f " - wmm Li.,- Ml 11 iir--! fy I'OSTOI mi; VICTORIA. THE CAPABILITY OF BRITISH COLTJM BIA. It certainly ii a source of aggravation to the in. tcllent Hrinh Columbian to hear, as we have niton in our travels in that favored land, the ooun. try maligned by a class who never atudjr its re , sources or capabilities, but limply form unfavor able opinions of the entire Province whilst lazily lounging on tome street corner. Hardly one of these chninic growlers have ever been outside of the city they reside in j have, perhaps, never ex smitten a reliable Work on the province, and wouldn't know the map of the country if they saw it, unless the name was printed on it in very Urge type. We have before u a reliable map of itritish Columbia, official surveys and ststistie, and as figures won't lie, we can state, without feu of contradiction from any reliable source, that more than one-half of tbia vast extent of country, nearly 800 miles in length by 400 in width, is good arable laud ; is well watered ; contains an abund ance of good timber i affords excellent opening for extentive cattle ranges and sheep walks, and is, in every way, a desirable oountry and capable of supporting a large population of good farmers. Many of the fertile tracts are, aa yet, remote from markut, but not more so than the now valuable farm in the Patouse country, W. T., were six years ago. The Canadian l'aciflo Kail road from Kmory eastward is being punned forward with all the energy characteristic of Mr A. Onderdonk, the gentleman in charge of the work. The very first work on the road began May 1ft, 1880, and soma A 4 7; ''v. 7 m f V -as' I; f UllCX. T-Ti I ' 1 1 V-:.;: .'!'-" v4? ib tttt-U , v 'A wMmm HII rKMiVVV MU.L VI. JUKI v. f 1 1 .in 111" 1 J v. ., r ., , V7" la 1 tant city, Itom the fact that live miles back from it Silver Teak i located. Thi section require hut the attention of prueisector ami plucky capitalist to give it the Hpularity of Nevada in its palmiest day. A ilver Ml run rilil through the district, a ledge of it hay. Iik Iwn traced for mile even across Lake Harrison. We have it from re liahle authority that several tons of tin ore htpsrl to San Francisco, sold in the roiiRh at $400 per ton. The agticultuul capabilities of ihi, district aie Immense, and a cattle and fchcep lane, it is unsurpassed. Nutti tioits hunch gras aUtund in the hills, whilst the cultivate! land will tri4iy the husluuvl man's laUti, Amnien'ft Couch Syrup never fail' to cure if used in time. I MASONIC TEMPLE, VICTORIA. Comox i . pros,,, farming ec lion ome co mile altove Nannimo. I, .lc lands. Extensive coal fic, . ,ur'?'", Hwwnere in the vicinity extensive tunneling and grading ha been, sine then, aceomplishMl. The road is in running order from Emory to Yale. A tt pnihea Into the In terior it will connect thousands at acne of rolling bunehgrass country, with the navigable waters, nd land which now can be had as a free homestead or for 2 60 per acre will be held at 124 per acre in lest than ten year from now. Wh' barley, oats, rve, Indian com. potato, th different grasses, and all the fruits of the tem perate clime, flourish wherever Intelligent!? eoltt vsted in th Province. Th thr fin.t named do Jplendi'lly even as far north aa the tith degree of latitude. L. . j j ... kverylmly who ha triol AmmcnV t-ur;h Syrup continue it use; be K they tell thdr neighbor, of it. V e were in a tlruir Ktori iIim nils., .i-.. "d a customer asked for . r' V season wheat ripened as tar north AfflBWB, , IOr " ,M,,llc f u lnor. on the Htickeen river. The winton, V 111 IllCIl a I mmh . I With Kn.A.kl. m A ,.-.. r . - ""c 01 .nenora, on the Htickeen river. The winter, v in men I ouch St !- .. 1 I with remarkahl l,m . im nM do uot know anvthim, .t . . ,t ! J?d ,hort Th "nmera are delightful, anos an) thing alout It myelf, ' th'nnomete, aeldom going over 80 degree, out my iieiglilKii advised nir m I.... . .F",ir",1hi hd on the hottest d.ys. and for m rl I 1 , C 10 11 "" lw.v. refreshingly cool, 'stock ir mj cold, and tell, me that the use i ,,'ri, w,n out ioon "P of three U.t.lcs hn. entire! v rr,.t Ki.iT, - rtuioh .f ... . ' . " ' 'raeer dyking Is being ex- "unoi two years' Manding, in fact T,n'nir nied on. At Somas 70.(MiO scree hav he savs It is the Uki m-r . ? t Matsqui 2A,000 rrefc WotKI fr L . U 1 , mcI.,c,ne I" the These recl.ime.1 Unda, with thorough cultivation, om f..r coughs cold and lunir com. )It. p amts' ami th.it a one-dollai hot it. ,n w0" tn Cilgonr-. ranch In the delta of the him more L'ohI than .1 u C rrwrri'- ael In timothy II lions h., h.l f . . ,hC Pr"Crip. r ' then th vern snnoal crop lions he had from the doctor, ' k the and a k.H tone to the aerl which sold at Hi pn ton, 16820 per una, or