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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1883)
44 THE WEST SHORE. June, 1883. no settlements have yet been made. Alxut 4,000 head ol cattle are grazed there, and it has as yet been unnecessary to feed them in winter. A syndicate of Kncrlith capitalists have leased of the government 150,000 acres of swamp and submerged lands situated between the Idaho boundary and Lake Kootenai, which they piupoi reclaiming by building a canal several miles in length and changing the channel of the Kootenai river. Alter reclaiming they will purchase the lands and throw the same open fur settlement. Mr. lames Alexander, who since 1864 has re sided in New Caledonia in the service of the Hudson Hay Co., states that west of the Rocky mountains there is a great deal of open prairie land suitable fur agiicullure. The presence of poplar there as well as elsewhere is accepted as an evidence of good soil. The winter sets in about the middle of November, and snow lies to the middle of April. The cold is not usually very severe! although there are at times sharp snaps which last a few days. In the summer the weather is quite warm and vegetation advances quickly. There are sometimes summer frosts at Stuart's lake, where the altitude is about 2.600 feel. Ilarlcy, oats, potatoes, onions, carrots, cab bages, etc., are grown at and about Stuart's lake. The only crop that fails at any lime are potatoes the rest of the articles named beinu Drodurnl wilhout difficulty. Wheat and potatoes are grown at rort George and vicinity successfully. There the altitude is only 1,800 feel. The I'eace river country which lies east of the Rocky mountains, is a beautiful section of larte extent. Th mil i. fertile, well watered and wooded, and praiiiei are extensive the latter are not so large as those of the Saskatchewan, but the character of the soil is belter. Duties are weighed down with the weight of berries. Peavine grows so high and mien mat it is sometimes difficult lo pet throu-h It. The Hudson Day Co.'i oeoole aiu, .11 ih. vegetables and grain ihey requite for themselves and animals. The chinook wind is a warm, soft current of air which occurs frequently in the winier and lireaks the back of the cold. This wind is more commonly felt in the Peace river oiiitict than in the vicinitv of Fori. m,..r. .-.1 C-eor.e. The limber in the Peace river country .prucc, oircn ami poplar and the wooded Iran. aie extensive. Intending settlers will have no ii.mcuily in gelling wood for any purpose. The limber around Stuart's lake and vicinity are the IouKla, pine, spiuce, black pine, birch and poplar-lhe latter is used as firewood. Smoky and Pine livers wind through the Peace river wwliy. There will be no difficulty in building oads lo and ihrough this magnificent country -Mmitt. Karly in June I Jeutenant Frederick Schwatka. accompanied by Assistant Surgeon Ceorge F . ' Jl Hmtn f ,ne,PSr.phic.l corp. and small detachment of soldiers, n exploring uip In Alaska. He had aecured a fine outfit of hunting and fishing w.ri.l., Md ..petted to star, across ,he country from ChiI to the waiera of the upper Vukon .n.i 1 that stream to it. mouth ' ,nd K',lo,e i"kZfr,Hl Alaska. tv, to pZp "s and also several thousand barrels of salt salmon. They will do well, as the salmon in these waters are in great abundance and of excellent quality. Besides these there are numbers of smaller can neries and places at which they are salting salmon. The Northwest Trading Company at Killisnoo are making great work among the codfish. They are drying and boxing it for market. This will soon be a great industry for the country, and the small price at which fish can be bought makes it an easy matter to compete with the east. Ten Indians catch with lines from i.ooo to 3,000 fish per day, and if they had any of inc improvements ior catcning mem iney could supply more fish than twenty companies could can. At Silka, Captain Morrison has the old government boat house all in order as a cannerv. He expects to salt several thousand barrels of hsh this year. This is an experiment, and i successful they intend to erect a very large can. nery next season. Mmim Palti.A. PBIII.A. A n t t)!-I . t. the well known Architects and Publishers of atan" dard works on architecture have lately issued a sheet nu BiiTCiiiciuiuns 01 a vry tasteful u vi.ii. imiiu uuLiaKO trim mwnr. Hnn in wi.h the necessary modifications fur building it without hid wm, nuu mm uui hi rooms ii aosired. in its Tl T.i' . ' 1 . "u,"y J" eaumatoo at a,uuu: wit hnilt th Inuar l l.u. U..11. e. a., em. . .1 ' vmu uuiu ior 92.x; ana It Z ti 7 n. 5i ii njiiiuou, mo cost may oe reduced ,.,w. uoiuiii are Kiren oi motais, stairs, doors and oasinga, cornices, oto. The publisher have Ia., ZTi.T ..L. "".'l?a 'n more than five ...... - "i-v.iuiin iu umiiK. auapcoa ior .fame or brick bui dings of any coat : also forms of bu Iding contrast, anil NoarJ ..i """" w ovui-jr ona interested. Thl Kjfil nhntn. nil 1 . . i . ii h . ' ' Bnu 8lzes are taken by Abel! Oallcrv. wrst siil r.f . i. - . , ' ...... w. a 113k SWCCl. ue- tween Morrison and Yamhill. To obtain In mnci arilP: ..: e i. d it i "". icw oi scenery in the Pacific Northwest, go lo Davidson, southwest corner First and Yamhill. He has the only com plete assortment in this state. ind. 6rV.oD. "orrison treeta, Port 1IJAWT17T. PrllA AIIWAti(a) Uam - ... in freih fru I . T.r"." 0".1'oue KLKff A, MONTANA THE COMMERCIAL REPORTER inn a . . ahu JUUKNAL OF COMMERCE Is the only reliable index of the Commerce of the VarPr Vnrik.....4 awiuhtcsi, Issued Even Friday At $3.00 Per Year SI. Of) fnrtk.. . ' uiuntns, Klntrle CooIh. ii, ... - v uu icn, Address y. R. nOHMP d..-... -t lupnctor, Portl-nd, Oregon. MB J"9T00APHER. ru- t. 5f.,r,.rlr and Taylor. " okk uuarantetd. crtpiton. f-.rT.,llfJ'7h.7u ho.llclt .lib-o- li-lnirtloni: umm"" ' ' spwliuen copl". " PublUhen. Atistin T.xaa. " "- ,lU I ElTCRATTTTTr-Nei MSSk uted te SsoithnCTu!?.1? i.lh offloa of th. H m "A Royal Food lWrvalive.-:iy,6e7" "REX MAG1MUS," (THE MIGHTY KING.) What it is, and what it does. IT IS THE HUMISTCN FOOD PRESERVATIVE, and, as its name signifies, is a Mighty King, an iB. vincible oonqusror. It is tufe, UuMeu, pure and harmleii Its special field of usefulness is In the preservation of food, suob as fish, moats, oysters, oroam, eto., either in large or small quantities-atid a does it. Words are Cheap, and so is Rex Magnus, in all Its several Brands. Every word used by the proprietors of this prensri. Hon, in atating its nature, characteristics and etTwti upon food U Htrictly true. Corroborative testimony can and will be cheer'ully tendered. The beat oroof however, is to buy a box. teat its effeots youraelf, and you top will agree with us. You do not have to bu a "right" or costly "reoeipt" but get your money, worth. W herewith append a scientiflo statement in attes tation of the merits of this "Greatostdisooveryofthe Century." A 35 days' teat, In a temperature averaging 70 degrees. Prof Samuel W. Johnson, the well known chemiit, and for mora than 25 years identified with the Soien tilio Department of Yale College, furnishes the fol lowing report conoerning Rex Magnus: " My teat of 83 days on meats, etc., bought in open market, have certainly been severe in daily mean temperature of 70 and I am aatiafled that the differ ent brands of Rex Magnun, The Huuiiston Food Pre servative, with which I hare einnrlmnntml. human. eomilithed all claimed for them. So far as I have yet learned, they are the only preparation that art effective, and at the tame lime prnetimble, for do mestic use. At tne Danquot on 'treatod' meats at lbs New Haven House. could not dintinnuLih Mm Aewe which had been lixleen day m my laboratory and those newly taken from the refrigerator of hotel. The oystors were perfectly palatable and freah to my taste, and better, as it happened, than tbots served at the same time, which were recontly taken from the shell. The roast beef steak, chicken, turkey and quail, were all at good at I have ever eaten. Rex Magnus is eafe. trutele. nure. and Prof. John son adds in his report, "I should anticipate no ill re ulte trom its use. and consider it no more harmful than common tall." The room in which these trials were earrled on (January 31 to March 7), has been warmed by a eosl atore. Observations generally taken t wice or thrios daily, with a self-regiatering thermometer have ahown an average daily minimum temperature of to and maximum of Hta, the daily mean temperature uaving Doen iv degrees " Thousands of Trials. Such a tent, anil U la knf An nf m.nv whinh haft been made, ought to satisfy the most exacting akeotlo. Ample corroborative testimony can be furnished. Rex Magnua is a perfect and reliable substitute for ice, heat sugar, salt or ao bol. in preserving food, whinh rntnin. It. n.t,i..l A.sn. .nil .waatnnkM. In a I aeasons and climates, alter having been treated with mil nex." It la aafe, tasteleaa, pure, harmless. Th. lliir.r.nt hnJ. .II.. T..n,.. "Viail- dine."for preserving meats, poultry and game. M oenta per pound i ' Ocean Wave," for proservini oystors, lobsters, eto., 51) oents per pound; "Pearl, for preserving cream, tl 00 per pound; "bnow rlaat, for oreaervinr milk. rhMn hnitor. etc.. 60 eenta par pound; "Quoon,'' for preserving eggs, green eory oa idb ear, aw, ii.uu per pound; - Aqua . rr keeping fluid extracts, eto.. Sl.UO per pound; "Ann- R'j.i'm.nt It .lA-.l-ll..!! 1 II A M.1VAM tl .rn IDBClSl "n auuci; lull nuu-mwim ' . S reparations, whose name, explain their uses, cents per pound- How to get It, . If your grocer, druggiat or general store-kep does not bare it in stock, we will for the saka of la- iroQucing It In all Motions, send you a aampie v!" package, of any brand dwired, upon reoeipt of pr Mention Th Wast 8hokk. , ,, . ... Hex Mamua nhimn. aitnnla In Its uae. a child 0" uae it unlailing in iu effects and healthful. 'Jry and you will say so too. . mM, Hhvainiana wk will ...u In Ia.i It nan set a aanr Pie package free. Please state sobool of medicina THE HUMISTOM FOOD PRESERVING CO., T2 Kiiby 8U, Boston, Mast.