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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1883)
June, 1883, THE WEST SHORE. 141 Fisheries. The salmon cannery at Dandon, near the mouth of Coquille river, was consumed by fire on the 25th of May. The run of salmon in the Columbia, which was very light for the first six weeks of the season, has been heavier for the past few weeks. A new floating cannery, known as " Spratt 's ark," is now in operation near Victoria. She is 144 feet long, 33 feet beam, 9 feet hold, and cost $65,000. On Sequim bay is a cannery engaged in packing clams. About twenty Indians are employed, and a) many as 200 bushels of clams have been gath ered in one day. It is estimated that the ten canneries on Fraser river will pack 100,000 cases of salmon the pres ent season. The force employed in the industry consists of 300 white men, 700 Chinese and 1,200 Indians. The Northern Pacific is making preparations to supply the east with fresh salmon and other fish from the coast. They will be shipped in re frigerator cars the same as fruit, dressed beef, etc., and a large business will no doubt spring up. The fish commissioners, In 1878, put some young shad in McLeod river, California, and the next year a few were seen in the Sacramento and others in the Columbia. Their number has been ob served to increase each year, until now they are frequently caught at Astoria. The shad is pro nounced the finest fish for the table that exists, and we certainly hope that their propngation on the coast will be aided until they become a valu able factor in our fisheries, Those of our readers who are exerimenting with carp ponds will be interested by the follow ing item from the Industrialist, a paper published by the Industrial College of Manhattan, Kansas : "On ThursdkV our cam were changed fiom pond No. 2, where they have taken their long me approacn 01 ni'msn beings they appear lot enjoy their society. It seems cruel to kill the lit-1 tie creatures, but they would soon become ail destructive to fish as their parents. The salmon I annual!)' coii.uiueJ by lions at thai point would I keep a large cannety running the whole season. Z st-lC IDAHO. A town named I'etenhurg has been laid off on the line of the Oregon Short I.lne, in lower llolse valley, which has good prospects of becoming a trade center. Moscow has organized an elevator and ware house company with a capital slock of $15,000, preparatory to handling a large amount of grain when it liecomca a railioad point. Norlh of the town aliout twelve miles is a section of rich, arable land through which flows Gold creek. Wood and water are abundant, and there Is much good land still unoccupied. The rush to Wood river this year Is gieater than ever be lore, formerly none nut miners ami traders were afflicted with the " Wood tlver fever,' ..r i" .1 r It I ICJ 1 a ,iMl - EASTERN WASHINGTON. YAKIMA county. Ont of the mol valuablt sections of Washington still awsltlng development, is the county of Yakima, lying between the Cas cades and Columbia river, It is through this region that the Cascades division of the Northern Pacific is now being surveyed, to connect latlern Washington with Puget sound, and give a direct line from lh latter to tin Eul. That sm h a road will bt built In few years, either by the Northern Pacific or some other company, and possibly by Uilh, Is beyond question. Tht country that would thus U dtvtihqied Is eapablt but in the immigration this year are capitalists of supporting such 1 road Independently of through and many farmers wilh families Killing upon the thousands of acres of arable land. The Oieuon Short Line has rendered that region eay of access, and it will not be long before all the available land will be taken. There are many fertile val leys and prairies in Idaho, some requiring in gallon and others not, that have remained urn c' cupied because their value was unappieclaled. Some of these are now being rapidly settled Uxn and all will attract the e-nlgranl in a few years. Camas praitie, in Alluras county, Idaho, is the largest of the many bearing that name in the northwest. The title is derived from plant wilh a bullous root, which grows in abundance on all these mountain tirairies. The loot forms one of traffic. Yakima county is ont of Ilia largest in ihe territory and has population of only 4,00a The best agricultural lands lie within the Yakima Indian reservation, which contains 600 sections or as fin soil as can I found on the coast, aUiut too.cxxj acres of which art natuial meadow, and tht remainder good arable land requiring Irriga tion of comparatively liiciwnsive character. lhcy lit along tht Yakima, Salts, Topnish and Slmcoe streams. M nmlalns abounding in limltr furnish shelier on Ihe south and west, At soma liint In Ihe futurt this reservt must U thrown open to settlement. Outside lit llmllt ihert ait thousands of acres of land awaiting Iht plow. Alahnam and Moxet valleys lit In Iht eenier of iht county. Tht. former hat an aversge wiiim ml. moreover, these fishes have not been led since some time in October last. For these rea- tons we undertook Ihe examination of this pond with annul muiriviniri. Our doubts, however, rapidly gave place to feelings of another sort after we had pulled out fourteen handsome fellows, trvrra nf which were, bv actual measurement, .;nhi..n inrhM in Unnih. These cam. it will I remembered, are a few days over two year old." The birth of a tea lion In Barnum't menagerie ( i-.A.,.A nf vnnui'h Importance to bt tele . 1 .....I- t.t f,n.l f.. ilia Indiana Mr tin gather it In great qu.nti.ie. In tht summer ,,, of fiv. mile, and is llility miles long. It I. ..eel .... .. L -in... Th. .oil ! ih lent land and tht suiioundlng hills fu.nl.h mi uii 11 - " , ,.. tl ... ,ii..i...n ...II. ,..!iiil. and frarlng rangt 01 superior qu.my. nr 1I,..W..., ' I . . .. . I. .....I. 11. lougn gram is a ipi. 1 product in iMj was $00,000. ' I .. . , " - .1 - 1 1. .1, ... I..I ,M I il . ... i..i .1 ..l.i ..1 iu. .1... Yamma uiiy, me eownij wi, ...... - - pond No. 2, where they have taken their long .nJ dry ( fof winlel uuc. The toil ol Ihtse " nu winter1! sleep, to the breeding pond No. I. Uur- uyiwni ,jy cultivated, and V"H 'B '"I SnttiStSrn'Vpetir.S U I- -p. of vegetable, h.y and g.ai, mass of ice, without so much as one "sir hole The prab it aU.vt alluded to U favorably situated ' '' "P P'"u ' - . .ttt . ..... V.L wa sfllw lis frainl laces to seltleis. Of it the llellevue Suit says ! Many do not recognise Ihe coming lmHirtance of Camas praliie. It is now a very Importanl factor in Ihe trade 01 mis ciiy, eni n neing son ...ml Inrmsrd l tht new setllert coming in, -1 ------ . . -, Alter reaching willow crcca, an n new i.mmi clear across Camas prairie lo High prslil. and the ranchers art busy pulling in gram ana vege river and Alahnam creek. It has a population of 5 "O, good iMisinesa house, 1 fine public school, a Catholic school, stveral chuiches lo pairv bank, and tht U. H. Und otTitt (or lliat lislrkt. Mostt valley la 1111 lslt miles umg and fivt wUle, and Iht soil only nctdt lrrigalln lo Dioduce ifl aUndanct. A ditch lo U Iwtnly- eraphed over the country, and yet tfie fishermen regular fanning eounlry. A largt numlier of farms of Coquille river have found It necessary 10 uiau- "v "-,. lh. u..l,r. u. gurale a war of extermination against these pests. I h(.f(y f wh0 U,t ( Th lions that infest the waters at the mouth holne. .-h m,wl 0f theos hat stilled here . .. . 11.. .1..1.... ihnuumls of l.iihin i he last vear. The prairij It perfectly 01 mai stream iinu.nj Uv ...... T 1 -- -- , ,.,, ... .., k. Lent of the fishlne Inter- "' . '51 nU? KVL1. w ...v s. .... - I fiva mdM a beautiful mounlaia stream IKmi i.iwaids the south, rmolying Into arxl forming list Malad, one of Iht blanches m Iht fsnaxt. u is into the Malad lhat Wo-J river fbmt. The prairit la about fifteen mlltt wUU by sisty in length, and is at present covered with a fine lus uriant growth ol grass, so nign mai 11 " ..v.. m 1 Ik htttu. btme Iht Bvitl lusurlant mm .a I . .a. .1 sL.IU HSusta ikal aVMM al f lis a ,h young and no, endeavo, 1.. ZZrtt7&Z& mothers wilt be shot, and finally tut iniania. n , , u li U Iht rnott Tt.mum wanti a choice assortment ol. baby sea . f but iht rest of iht valley will soon . . 1 1 A I. k 1 Mdft ororDOUT. I u.f.iA dens uoOUUIIon. II naa rwn .. ... 1 . ii nts. A ion weiehing 300 pounos wm s.;. ..inht In fUh in ver brief lime. Two men ISO -Iai - have been employed to shoot these gormsmds at 11,. ihM make their headquarters. The nl.n of the eamoaiun is to kill Ihe msle 6rst, :.. .1.. u ik. 1 ih L-malea will remain wilh tables, and It is fast assuming Iht apearanc of a mltct l(, cn(th and coat $40,000 will toon U compUltd, tnd wit! furnish sultitlenl waltr lo irrigalt 10,000 seres ol land. Tht ditch company has Inealtd 7,cco tens nndei Iht dil Und art, and Ihtct it Und Ufl Is olUt tnltrprl.ing risen. KillilM valley litt Iwtniy livt hiiltt o Iht olh of Yakima City, and U feitilliy of Ml, Ueuly of location arwl healtlifulittsa of cllmalt hat aw superior tnyahert. It contains molt than million aciet of first tarmlng Unds, with a Urgt quanlily of naiarsl ma.low. On Iht west si.lt of Iht valley ia r.lUrnsbiirg. Ihiifly lown 01 joo InhaUlants. Thert art Rvt flooring tnillt t)vl (r saw milt In iht valUry. Grtln and hay ait Iht nsaln crofit produced, and Iht yWd la tnos nvs. This valley it av4 at alt lnf.il' lo tht nmervsllon In Iht vtlut of lit toil. U t,akln(