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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1883)
.8 THE WEST SHORE. January, 1883 M ET EROLOCICAL REGISTER FOR 1882. Kept by Thoi. Pearce, Eola, Polk County, Oregon, Latitude 44 57', Longitude 23 5', Alti. tude, 500. MONTHS January Fatiruarr Marrh April Mar J una Jul? Aufuit Kflpiambar k-Uihar Noauibr .... Ilaa-mlxir Total... Si n ES m 21 m im i.t v.m M 31 J.W m 2.72 M XI 4M.4H 12 2.W 7 41 ra.xi 7 i.Ai 78 M ttl.lW 4 .04 71 M (M Ml 4 .HI 74 M (13.21 2 M 711 4A 'Jt 2 Ml M Ht 4H.M1 H 7.61 4li M .'.LSI 1? D.5H Vl ai it. 24 31 9.7(1 11 ' ..1 ... H UN' 44.54 i '? 1 V! 1 9 " V) T 2-7. yiiujj SI l12 12 l-igllt now fell on January loih, melting at it Ml; 10 inche. mow on 20th and 28th, and left by the jut. Light fall of muw on Fehrua7 9th, loth, 12th, lth, 1 2d, 23d, mainly disappearing on the day it fell. ' One-half inch of mow on March 3d j 2 on 4th and 17th i 5 on i8lh. All disappearing on Ihe day f. ll, excepting that of the 18th which tariied until the 19th. Fioal. occurred on April 6ih, 7th, loth, nth and 13th. Alan on May 8th and loth. On Sepiemher lat, 2nd, 3rd and 4th the iky aa. a a I I.. ' ui.a.uic-1 y smoke. An aurora on Novemlier 12th and 17th. JORDAN VALI.EV. Ionian valltv It . - ' iKcr county, Ureg., the tage road from Silver city to S innemucca. In traveling from Silver city, Jordan 'alley I. reached in houi four houra, the distance being twenty.fou, mile,. Jordan creek, on the "fl..ch Silver city ialocd, flow, through hi. fertile valley fa, . ,ilUnce of twenty mile whew. 1, ,y. .. ' . , MuiKr in course and into .he Owyhee river. On either .ide of hi. stream may aeen house, and i.nche. ever w mdet until Conman. r..k . 1. . . ' , 1 nw, where ch. The rancher, are tl, in comrortmbe J . .u ,ive tMil off ' Z r' ,U " 'he creek tnere is a, fine a aumm.. , K , 'or catt e and bor a. Uya outdoors, while the soil aW the rwlop,odufeii1 " U -' m me neighborhood of o hundred and fifly w lwo kT,0",'tnd0ne- IK- . ,. k ,""'cklll'f-pC. " " Itaker county. man cuaimit. an at...ii 1 ... .. ' vi 1 ne arretted nartv in turn 0 al...i fi l 1 1 . . 1 10 ... v uuuumi ouiurt. Them it immiHI .a ... I 1 a . .; - hi. valley undai The potmlation it I.,... . . l 1 gu 10 iupp ( ,-rij, M i h . Urge .n, rf f ,U,U U -hich wouM , ,-riucer, out the millaUo. The owner of the mill would supply the residents of Jordan and Pleasant valleys, Cow, Sucker and Reynolds' creeki and Silver city, with all their flour. It i. rumored that a gentleman in Boise valley is figuring on erecting such a mill, which if he should do, would not only pay him, but would be very agreeable to the people of Jordan valley. Avalanche. ALASKA. Southern Alaska has been attracting consider able attention of late, by reason of the discovery that its lands are rich in productiveness. When our government first purchased Alaska consider able unfavorable comment, bv both Dress and i statesmen, was heard, but to-day it is thought to be a valuable acquisition. The rents of its seal fisheries paid to the United States have already imounted to about one quarter its orieinal cost. and the seals number do not appear to be dimin ished. Recently we heard of an extraordinary yield of potatoes from that place. Alaska is the inme of the cranberry, and that fruit is considered the very finest in the market. We should judge the soil would .be suitable for oats. rve. flax, and possibly barley. It should be able to produce about the same as does the state of Maine. Who can say but what this Alaska country will yet be a thickly settled one in a short space of time? Ii certainly has the appearance of it. Congress ought in justice to its residents Drovide a territorial form of government for Alaska, so that instead of might being the ruling principle, law and order could be enforced, which wonlH then inviie immigration within its borders, and aid in developing its resources. No country, state or territory can expect to draw immigrants without oemg auie to assure them safe protection in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property. For this purpose Alaska needs a territorial form of govern- mem. lei. and If the the any imed. COOS BAY RAILROAD. We learn from the V T -' W. & T. Co., that active progress is being made towards the building of the Coos Bay railway The entire forty thousand shares of stock repre tnting a capital of $i.ooo 1 iiaa UCTII U0- senbed and stock Messrs. Capt. Gilmore, Crane and Fry, parties interested in the build . ..... iuau, are now in Coo. county, looking after the interests of the eamninv V ....... r .1 .. um Ine j.an j,-rancisco stock holder, wty decidedi ,hat they mean bus.ness in thu enterprise, and that ih. -r linn rill ....... u- .. con- , connenced next summer. The h already created . commotion in the coal and m!r lan of Coo, counties I he people of DoupIm .. r , . cnuinl. . unues have lv ? , ' ",r conlP-lultinR them u thi, road will dev.. .-n . , ., . . .of Oregon, .nd wjumrr which . , . --,-.. ".ineral,Md fin o UW 8nd oth has been laclinot. V urel.on. All that heme.n,finrg CUn,yhasbecn - - -."sraTuzrii company ought to receive all the encouragement is possmie tor tne people or Coos and Douglas 1 give them. All obstructions or imrjediment. of any kind tending to delay or hinder the progress of this enterprise should be removed so far as it is the power of the people. Jcaluiules mav an. as is generally the case, when a new and important enterprise is to be initiated into a country. Anv such efforts should be strenuously opposed by the people who will be richly rewarded by the con struction of this road, Plaindealer. NORTHERN PACIFIC LIBERALITY. The Northern Pacific Railroad company has purchased several blocks, comprising fifty lots or more, at Brainerd, Minnesota, as ft donation to the hospital for a park, and the same is to be en closed and improved. The grounds are beautifully located on the river bank of the Mississippi, A number of the prominent officers and stockhold ers, including Messrs. Villard, Oakes and Billings, have subscribed liberally for a library and reading 00m for convalescent patients in the hospital, and the secretary of the company, Samuel Wilkeson, has volunteered to purchase the books and maga zines, which will include several thousand vol umes. The company has guaranteed the benefits to be paid by the Beneficent Association to the extent of $6,000 per annum, which is equivalent to $150,000 of 4 per cent, bonds as an invest ment. At the last monthly meeting of the board of managers, vouchers were approved for benefits to the extent of more than $2,000. Parties re ceive from $50 to $60 in benefits when contribu tion to the fund had been less than $1. It is probable that no other association will offer so large benefits for so small contributions. KANSAS COMICALITIES. People living in droughty Kansas cannot be too careful in selecting presents for each other, if they desire to keep on living in that state. A'young man residing at Abilene, sent a young lady of his acquaintance a jumping-jack, on Christmas day, with very unfortunate results. She expected to be surprised by something that was better suited to her taste. Her brothers, several in number, re garded the present in the light of an insult. They did not ask the donor to explain what, if any, symbolic meaning was attached to the present, but proceeded to a prayer-meeting, where the doomed man was possibly preparing himself for a land that is even fairer than Kansas, and opened fire on him with their pistols, notwithstanding there is i law in Kansas which makes it a very serious offense to disturb a religious assembly while at worship. The young man who had pre sented the jumping-jack, like the offended young lady, herself, was slightly wounded. We forgot to mention that, on being interrupted at his de votions, the wounded young man got up from his knees, with a pistol in each of his uplifted hands, and, before the benediction was pronounced, he killed and wounded four of the five brothers of the young lady. No doubt the young man was restrained to some extent by the fact that he was t a prayer-meeting, to disturb which is regarded a really serious offense in Kansas. This little incident shows that th Kansas vounir IjdicS have feelings, and that those feelings can l trampled under foot by sending them jumping-jacks, also, hat it is not safe to disturb a Kansas man when he is saying his prayers with two revolvers on hu peion.