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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1882)
April, 188 4 THE WEST SHORE. SPOKANE AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. The editor of our excellent cotempo rsrv. the Stokane falls Chronicle, is very anxious to have the good people of Spokane county send n agent to Port land. " wlio will have an ofie conven lent to the steamer dock, where immi grants can at all times of the day, obtain pleasant audience, and full, free and cor rect information in regard to this (po kane) country. In the article setting forth his wants, the editor aforesaid, unintentionally, of course, conveys the impression that there is no one here who gives " full, free and correct information," concern ing the fertile and progressive Spokane country. In this, as in some other par ticulars, he is considerably off. The Bureau of Immigration, recently organized, representing the land depart mentsof the Northern Pacific R. R. Co the Oregon and California R. R. Co., the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co., and the Oregon Improvement Co., has adopted and is energetically pushing a most comprehensive plan to the end that every new comer, seeking a home in the great northwest, receives the ful lest and most accurate information con cerning every part of the country, in eluding the attractive region in which the Spokane Falls Chronicle has such a large and deserved circulation. On the arrival of each steamer at As toria, an agent, spcakinir several lan. guages and thoroughly posted in the wnoie country, interviews the coming .... ... uic, na getting at their wants, gives mem information well calculated to give them a fair understanding of the esources and attractions of different portions of the country. He is carefully instructed not to overdraw in any par ticular; but to give . full and truthful nswer to all questions relative to the quality or the lands, their situation with "pert to lines" of transportation and T ' CrEe V'c'd, climate, etc Much of this information th. r have already obtained from the gem in San Francisco. . u -ll .. Pmphlet..nd descriptive articles sent east Before reaching the dock at Port end, the immigrants are directed by means of cards placed in tK-;, w. . ik. n . . "mis, 10 Bureau of Immigration, corner of --nurroni street. Here they find ft..nd icluil raulunD7 "ctly following th. of lh steamer, hundreds of immigrants visit the Bureau, where are exhibited to them tastefully arranged samples ot wheat, . . - i..i.i oats, barley, nax, rye, corn, vegetans, anA nthpr nroducts of the Spokane, is wt 2 Pfllouse. Great Bend. Walla Walla, Umatilla, Grand Ronde, Powder River, Yakima. Western Oregon and sound ronntries. The samples are exhibited in sheaf, heads and grain, and present a most beautiful scene. Everything is ex plained in positive yet modest language, bamples of wheat, etc., are given to lm migrants to send back to friends; en velopes being specially-provided for that purpose. The agreeable astonishment shown by immigrants from the East on behold ing the exhibition, is very general. Maps and routes are explained, different towns and localities pointed out and rates of fare made known. Every pos sible question relative to any part of the northwest is fully answered, and the would-be settler is sent on his way feel ing that he has had a " pleasant audi ence," and received " full, free and cor rect information" in regard to the coun try including the prolific Spokane. NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCKS. The Philadelphia New Northwest savs We violate a rule not to transfer to these columns any commendations of the stocks and securities of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, bv anv newspaper published for a strictly Stock i-acnange clientage. But we will rnn. cede to our readers the following, from the Wall Street Daily News, of Mal, 9th. It is the utterance of honest fain, based on knowledge: " We wrote, month. .a l...- , , ftv auu Have never ceased since, to caution our read ers about invtini. .l. .. . c...k . & l"c so-caned Southwestern securities, and to look, if hey wanted to invest at all in new en- LZ'tVi? the Nohwest, and part" ularly to the stock of the Northern Pa- and Th., change. It is now, try through which it is bing built is Jhe most mairn ficnf ' . U1" ls.lne States It, i.nj T . " ,tnc United disturbed condition of speculation, it i hard to advise what to do; but we car didly say, after a thorough investigation that, in our judgment, it offers greate security to the intending investor thai almost any security listed at the Ex change, and when the tide of down ward speculation is checked, this wil be one of the first to recover." VALLEYS OF WASHINGTON TERRI. ! TORY. The Columbia valley, from the mouth of the river 260 miles east, forms the southern boundary of the Territory, and the strip of valley land on the northern side varies from one mile to fifteen in width, or an average perhaps of six The Columbia from that point where it turns north, runs through the Tern- tory three hundred miles, and the basin has an average width of eighty miles. Walla Walla, 30 miles long and 18 miles wide. Touchet, 40 miles long and 5 wide. Tucannon, 20 miles long and c wide. Alpowa, 15 miles long and 3 wide. Palouse, 100 miles long and 25 wide. Yakima, 100 miles long and 20 wide, Spokane, 60 miles long and 10 wide. Snake, 100 miles long and 10 wide. Chehalis, 60 miles long and 20 wide. Cowlitz, 30 miles long and S wide. Nisqually, 15 miles long and 2 wide. Puyallup, 20 miles long and 3 wide. Duwamish and White, 40 miles long and 8 wide. Snohomish and Snoqualmie, 40 mila long and 3 wide. Stilliguamish, 15 miles long and 3 wide. Skagit, 60 miles long and 5 wide. Nootsack, 30 miles long and 3 wide. In addition to these are many other streams and valleys, as the Okanagan, Mickitat, Lewis, Willopah. Quillevute, Samish, etc., containing hundreds d thousands of acres of land no' less fertile and valuable than in the valleys detailed above. Between all these vallevs the immi- grant searching for a farm has a choice unsurpassed in any State or Territorj of the Union, covering an expanse of 225 miles north and south by 325 mila east and west. There is soil, scene and climate to suit all. Many steamers plj upon the larger rivers mnninc throueli these valleys, while railroads have been one. in Dronortlnn 7 -V B tallest 1 cys, wnue railroads have been "iM inK rrtT,0fjlkilttotllen,Md trough them to th. n"T- the present I aggregate Uv c v :i.