st Shore.
VOL. 9 No. 2.
L. Bamuel. ruMUhar,
Portland, Oregon, Fobruary, 1888.
122 Front St,
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publication.
SPECIMEN NUMBER.
A BOON TO THE COMING SETTLER.
At the suggestion of Paul Schulre, the general
land agent of the N. P. K. R.. the public-
spirited citizens of the thriving and substantial
town of .Spokane Falls have determined to erect
Any one receiving this copy of The West a large brick building, provided with all necessary
Shore will please consider it an invitation to be- comf,,,!,. as a free home f,.r linmi..mnt
come a regular aubscriber. . . ,. . . ....
This is a novel and excellent Idea, entirely
practicable if properly managed. Long before
1,500,000,000 feet have been cut. Yet, in splta
ol this tax Uion them, we are told that the forest
remains, for the must pail, in virgin condition,
except for a short distance from the banks of the
reams and estuaries. It Is, of course, too late
for regret, but one cannot help reflecting that the
iiu of this magnificent region was Indeed a aeriout
one fur the British Empire."
COMPLETE FILES NOW READY.
Complete files of The West Shore for 1882 the Northern Pacific ii completed through to St
can be had, postage paid, by remitting $1.75 to p,u a great tide of immigration will act in west,
this office. With colored map, $a.oo. wwd oyw ,he ,ine o( Uj mJ we dou,,( 0,
THE BETTER WAY lnat lne Brenl resources of the Spokane country.
will make Spokane Falls the objective point ol their
Recent changes inaugurated in the manner of destination. In the proposed house, furnished
disposing of the public lands of the Northern Pa- with cooking and sleeping appliances, the coming
cific, will attract the favorable attention not only settler can leave his family while he visits the
of intending settlers but of the management 0' surrounding country in quest of his future farm
the company. Heretofore residence and cultiva- site. Under the plan adopted it is not proposed
tion have been required, and experience has to treat those who accent a place In the lodging
shown that while it brought many people into the house as paupers. On the contrary it will be
country and added greatly to its population, that conducted for the benefit of settlers with families,
bv the time the settler had comDlied with the re- whose circumstances would not allow them to
quirements of the company, he was in many in- pay hotel prices during the lime necessarily re
stances in debt, not only for his buildings, but quired for the head of a family to secure a suit
' also for farming implements. The requirement able location.
to cultivate in a good and husband-like manner On behalf of the Northern Pacific Mr. Schule
within one year, was, to say the least, almost im- will donate the necessary ground as soon as the
practicable, unless the purchase was made at a required amount for the erection of the building
favorable season. The new arrangement allows is subscribed. One thousand dollars was sul
the purchaser two years within which to cultivate, scribed on the spot,
thus leaving him the option of plowing in the
spring or fall and sowing spring or fall wheat, as "A MAGNIFICENT KM.IU.N.
experience may teach him to be the best Here
tofore time purchasers were required to pay one- An English paiier of late dale sayai "Very
quarter down and the balance in four years, in- far west, indeed, in a lovely countty which once
TERMINAL POINTSOH THE NORTHERN
PACIFIC.
eluding a payment at the beginning of the second belonged to England, but which was ceded to
year, when, in a majority of cases, the selller was the United Stales in 1846. ere grows the nnesi
forced to borrow the monev to make that pay- body of timber in the world. Fir and pine, and
ment. Under the new arrangement, the interest I oak and cedar, of unsurpassed quality, ami pra
on the deferred Davments only is required at the tically unlimited in quantity, clothe the moun-
end of the first year, thui allowing the settler to tains, overhang the rivers, and shadow the plains
apply the money which would otherwise go to of the Puget sound district, in Washington Ter-
the company to the improvement and cultivation rltory. On a moderate estimate It is calculated
of his land. tht this region will yield the enormous and un-
The appraisement of the lands has been con- imaginable quantity of 160,000,000,000 fret of
summated to the extent of nearly 300,000 acres, valuable timber. The trees attain a remarkable
and the new rates based upon this appraisement, development, bolh of height and beauty. The
although on their face showing a slight increase yellow fir is frequently found growing to a height
in price, are in point of fact more favorable than 0f 250 feet 1 the white cedar to loo feet, wilh a
h :-,!.. i. r-ri,. heretofore. This mrth of over 60 fret, and white oak to 70 feet,
1 t, .k- Um ih.i -v,r.l salts have been whilst ordinary lted peclmeos of pine yield from
made at the old cash price of $2.60 per acre, 6,000 to 8,000 feet of lumber each. For long
which, in the aggregate, amounted to more than after its discovery this marvelous store of Umbel
.1. 1 : . r it.. i-i mm-hased. rem.ined undisluilwd. its primeval quietness un-
UIC WIIUU JIUIltlllM v, ...v , 1 - , . ,
The examination and appraisement ha. resulted broken by the sound of th. woodman . e but
i. .i. JL, t hnd denart- i. i8u a saw mill was built on Puget sound, and
ment that it U in control of some remarkably rich .henceforward con.lnudly Inereuing lnrol. were
and fertile lands the soil being mostly of loam mtie upon the forest, nntll to-day do leas man
with a lub-soil of clay, indicating great retentive . , , wwk upon u. The largest
power of moisture. In the vicinity of crao j a cutting capacity of 100,000 feet per
c7eek and in the region north, water, where not ol these has a cumng , 7
found in running streams, ha. been eaa.ly ob- day. During the year 1 88 1 the export of lumwr
..; 1 k .few feet. The percentage p mind amounted to 174. 177 U
aasavu s w hsk CI l"M - . a i
vi siiMsuitj wh4 t j w , ail wall II Ml Ml DOUIv J.vWW'i
land, examined, and 'hJ jV "be esULUment of the fir -.-ill b
hUed foe pastura or mixed husbandry. 1 since ine e"
The Duluth lift it an enterprising sheet, and la
awake to the Interests of Its city as the place of
an alleged "manifest destiny." Because of Its
intense anxiety to make Duluth the metropolitan
terminus of the Northern Pacific Railway, It I.
alarmed because the company has purchased a
considerable area of lund at St. Paul, surmising
that such action was taken wilh the view of
making that point practically the eastern end of
the road.
The Duluth paier has reason fur lis appre
hensions. HI. Paul and Minneapolis, the twin
Itles, will beyond question be a more Important
ilacc to the Northern Pacific Comeny than
Duluth, and to that extent will really be more M
a terminus. Its cars will slop and statt thete Us
offices and shoni will be there, ami It will,
icihas, have greater business and greater Inlerests
there than al any oilier point (or many yean to
come. Tills being the cae It will be iliange if It
is not made a terminal point In Its trader In fact,
the Northern Pacific cannot help Itself, for the
laws of trade now firmly established at that otnt ,
require It, and If that road attempted to disregard
these laws It would only Injure Itself In the effort.
Another thing lobe considered by the Dululh
laier, Is Ihli t The Northern Pacific Company '
is building lis road al (he expense of the people
of the whole country, and to 1 certain extent Is
building for Ihe benefit of the whole ieople. Its
object Is not to push the giowlh of anyone or two
places at the expense of all other. The former
management evidently entertained the IJuluIn
idea, that the road was to be built to aid the
growth of that and other towns, and they felled,
as they should have done. I he present manage-
ment has broader views, which take In every
station on the line of road, no matter how In-
ilgnlficanl, and every town connected wilh It
system, the old nonnern racinc snuwei in
most petty spit and malignant hatred to Ihis city
and to Portland, and W4 leedy to do anything to
injure them. The new Northern Pealk es
good In ihem, a great future trade, ami vast Iw
willim tli rang of tlieir great system of mIs.
II Is il sam bf a al I'uium arm ni. 1 ul
Under th former management, rsoiinern 1
cific policy was narrow, cuolracita inn fnum.
sml retarded (It country mom lliao II nelpeu u
II causcu tor uiaptMnininiit aiumn nun
feelings and provrditd conlenlloa andtmalty. Ill
Cing away ha been hailed wilh Mlsfatflon
1 ocean to ocean I (armeia end townupli
stuckhuldeis. bofxllwldera and mployec all be
ing bencfiied by In change to the puipo and
plaissof th praacnt maoageinenl. Snt4 fwt-