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THE WEST SHORE.
August, 1881
01' R ILLUSTRATIONS.
The very lct idea of the thrift and
permanency of a city can lc formed
hy examining the character of it rcsi
deuce. To aclect the handsomest resi
dence in Portland i a task from which
we would rather he excused, for hnnlly
two person would agree which one
amongst the tnnny palatial mansion it
really the handsomest in thi city. A
an average anmplo we present our
reader with a truthful picture of the
elegant residence of W. S. I.add, Esq.,
one of our oldest and most prominent
citlxen. The ground surrounding
I hi homestead are the most beautiful
and bet kept up of any on the Pacific
Northwctt, and for this purpose a tkill-
ful salaried gardener, with aitnt,
arc employed, and hundred of dollar
annually expended. The property in
dude two full Mock surrounded hy
matslve stone wall, and i divided hy
Je(Tcron street, which run right
through the ground. Not only the
fortunate owner, hut every reident of
Portland, ha a right to feel proud of
thlt beautiful place.
Our view of the city ol Colfax wa
in the hand of the engraver when the
late fire occurred there. It destroyed
hut a very small potlion of the pint
shown, and thi i now living rebuilt a
rapidly a possible; o that for all prac
tical purjvxiea our picture is a coun t
one. Colfax i the county scat of Whit
man, which has a Mipu1ation of 7,168,
and St the incltopolit of the Paloute
country. Nestled U-tween high hill
at the folk of the North and Soutl
Paloute river, and in the midst of
rich agricultural dixit id, Colfax i
doubly favored, not only by location
but alftO in numl ring amongst it
habitant miiik of the pluckiest am
most rtiterpiising iitien on the coast
They are sociable, generou anil ever
alive tu progress. A a consequence
school ami cnurviie ate numerous,
and the surrounding country is rapidly
being tetlled by an industrious, l.iw
abiding class of farmci. The mcicait
tile Arm carry immense stinks Mirpri
tngtottrangert who are not acquainted
with the large section of countty ttibu
tary to the city. A splendid ncwper
-lite PA uf Gxtftt Hiblihexl here
weekly. It hat in the pt and i tt
doing good work in making that part
of Washington Territory known to the
oulildtf world. Kratly all kind of
business i now represented here, yet
lure i nlwayt room on top. rrom
or (land to Co'.U the trip can be ac
complished in two day with compara-
ivc case; steamer to Italics, ran 10
)avton. stage to Colfax; total expense,
about $25, inclusive of meals. When
he railroad now building to it is com
pleted, Colfax will become a city of at
least 5,000 inhabitants.
Mosicr Fall on the Columbia river
formed by a beautiful double fall of
Mosicr creek, just as it leaps into the
Columbia river on the Oregon side, 12
mile below The Dalles. The creek and
all arc named in honor of J. II-
Mosicr. Eso... the pioneer of that
ocahty.
The falls of the Santiam river arc the
most picturesque scries of cascades of
the thousand of beautiful ones in the
Pacific Northwest. They arc situate
in Linn county, seven miles from
Lebanon, and about two and a half
mile from Sodavillc, and, aside from
their beauty, afford most excellent
water power for manufacturing pur
osc. A soda spring, cold and of good
strength, purl through the solid rock
in the lied of the river right at the falls,
An enterprising man who would pur
chase thi property and turn it into a
first-clas summer resort could accumu
late a fortune in a few years; for even
now, with no accommodation worth
sjH aking of, hundreds of people visit
the locality during the summer season
liclow the fall i a fine sheet of water,
three-quarters of a mile long by 300
yards wide, where pleasure boat could
be kept. Our artist, Mr. J. G. Craw
ford, inform us that fishing nd hunt
ing i most excellent there, and while
camping at the falls a few weeks since
1 t . A t A
nc caugtu ten lisij ol a variety not
known in thi valley. They are about
ten or twelve inches long, resemble the
chub, with the exception that they hav
fine wale and a different mouth, the
upper lip licing very much like that of
lle tucker. The lower lip is smooth
haul an.l cut square across. On their
back these fish have a dark ttripe, and
tome of them have a similar stripe
down the si.ic. I hey are game, am
are tint juicy fish for the table, having
no more ton than the btok trout
Srattle .We have often had occa
tion to speak of, and give illustration of.
nut inriving, growing city. We now
pretcnt our reader with a view
Commercial street, one of the principal
business parts of that busy town. The
picture is in every way correct, and
from it a better idea of the place can be
gathered than if columns were written.
here is one thing certain about
cattle, since its location it has never
gone back. Its growth has been slow
and steady; no excitement has made it
what it is. Natural causes only have
contributed to its growth, and just as
sure as water will run down hill, just
as certain will its location central on
the finest inland sea in the world
make it in less than ten years from
now, a city of 50,000 inhabitants. .
PROSPERITY OF THE PACIFIC NORTH.
WEST.
For two years past the wheat grow
ers of this section have experienced
harder times than they had been used
to in previous years, for it had been the
rule rather than the exception that the
man possessed of reasonable means and
capable of prudent judgment, could cal
culate upon receiving a dollar a bushel
for his wheat crop, as a year seldom
passed without this great staple reach
ing that figure in all parts of the Wil-
amettc Valley. It had got to be a re
ceived opinion that the pride of a
farmer's heart was to get a dollar per .
nishel for his wheat. They associated
that fact with the idea of prosperity,
and often realized it. But as all 14 lanes
lave turnings," so the uninterrupted
prosperity of an Oregon farmer's life
las had temporary disappointments.
The year 1S79 saw as magnificent a
promise of wheat yield the first of July
as sun ever shone upon, and the mid
dle of July saw one-third of the rop of
Western Oregon damaged with rust,
and thousands of farmers were seriously
injured financially. This was the first
and only time in our history that we
have ever known even a partial failure
of crop.
Then came 1SS0 with Hbundant
crop, ami not enough tonnage to carry
away. Here was a condition of
things prudent men had feared would
come, but the majority -had never
really anticipated.
Two such years as we have described
have seriously tried the souls of our
wheat-growers, and made them look
about for some other resource than
wheat farming. Only a few months
go the situation was apparently hope
less of improvement, with an immense
crop to harvest, with a large surplus
from the crop of So still in store and
of