THE WEST SHORE. Vol. 10. Portland, Oregon, January, 1884. No. 1. ESTABLISHED 1878. THE WEST SHORE. An I II wit rated Journal of General Information, devoted to the aViWopmnif of the Oreut West. Subscription prioe, per annum $'2 n To foreign countries, including pontage 221 Single copies ja Subscription can be forwarded by registered lottor or postal order at our riHk . Postmasters and News Agents will reojive subscriptions at abovii rates. General Traveling Agont CllAIGIE H1IAHP, Jr. I.. SAMUEL, Publlaher, 183 Front HI, cor. Washington, Portland, Or. TABLE OF CONTENTS, Page At a Church Fair Cantilever Bridge II Editorial Notes : 7 (treat Northwest, No. 1 i Hrowth of Portlard H Meteorological Table H Our Illustrations 1 Postal Guide u HI Pulse of Animals M SK Hailrnad Guide and Timo Tables 2S lteveriHS of a Bachelor, No. 1 II Brink e Iliver Valley H Hinging at Night t What Our Fingers Teach 21 ILLUSTRATIONS. Moat House, Portland. t 0 City View Park is Down the Willamette from the White House 'U Down Park btreet, Portland In Fifth Street, Portland II First 81 root Bridge, Portland 1ft Gibraltar Kock Ill Labbe Hl-ck iSI Marent's (lulch Bridge - ID Pilot Peak 17 PIhwi, Porthnd V Iliver View Cemetery V Bchonnhin Hock 17 Buutli Portl nd lli OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. The grand scenery throughout the Grent West is nn exhauBtless theme for the artist's pencil, and to find it he is not compelled to plunge into the wildorneHH nor to forsake the comforts of civilized life. Our cities and towns are built in the very midst of Bcenery as beautiful and inspiring as the world affords, und the traveler on the railroads and steamers .Bees it spread out on either hand like a panorama. The West Shohe presents this month engravings of a few landscapes and objects of in terest along our principul routes which have become familiar landmarks to the traveler. The great trestle bridge spanning Marent's Gulch, ten miles from Missoula, Montana, is one of the most prominent features of the Northern Pacific Railroad. It is the highest trestle in the world, having an altitude in the center of 226 feet It is 8C8 feet long, rests upon eight piers, and is constructed of timber cut from the huge trees that grow in that vicinity. The trestle was designed by the same engineer who planned the great cantilever bridge at Niagara, and is so constructed that it can be replaced by an iron structure without interruption of traffic Our engraving of Gibraltar Rock conveys a far bettor idea of those towering cliffs of rock along the Columbia than can be given in mere words. For several miles the 0. R. & N. Co.'s track winds along their base between them and the river. On one hand rises the wall of rock; on the other flows tho deep water. The track was con structed along theHO frowning cliffs of rock by blasting out a narrow road bed, piercing jutting crags with short tunnels, and often building out over the water upon trestle work for long distances. There is one ceuliarity of Gibraltar llock which will in future bo noted as its distinguishing feature, and that is the contour of its top, which presents the profile of a womun'B head, complete even"to the eye-lashes. By turning the engraving sido- wise, bo that tho top will be at tho right, tho outline will catch the eye at a glanco. This immense head, carved in stone by the hand of Nature, is the largest natural profilo yet discovered, and the name "Gibraltar," appropriate as it is in other respects, should be changed to "Tho Sphynx of tho Columbia." Pilot Peak is a tall spire of rock on Siskiyou Moun tain, standing almost on the boundary line between Oregon and California, and but a short distanco from the tunnel of the Oregon & California Railroad, now being constructed. It has sol ved as a guide and landmark to travelers ever since tho first party of Hudson's Buy Com pany trappers cmst-ed tho mountain into California in 1828. Schonchin Rock, its associate, Btnnds like a sen tinel on tho very edge of the celebrated Lava Bods, where Captain Jock and his little band of Modocs so long defied tho power of tho Government. During that memornblo contest it was often used as a signal station. Back of it may be seen the Lava Beds (stretching for ten miles, and though seemingly a level plain, in reality seamed and creviced with chasmB and caves, and rendered almost impassable by jumbled masses of lava roek. To one not acquainted with the trails und passages it is nn almost im penetrable labyrinth, and it was solely to their ability to remain concealed, to fight only from nmbui h, and to rotront in safety at will, that tho Modocs owed their victories over the troops and their long immunity from capture. Its title is the name of one of tho Modoo chiefs. Hi The design of our new covor fully explains itself to all who are familiar with our magnificent scenery. To those who are not we will say that it represents the in dustries and products of this region, mid contains en gravings of familiar sconeB in every State und Territory and along every important lino of travel in tho Great West There are the Mouth of the Columbia, the true West Shore of America; tho Fulls and Locks of tho Willamette, Oregon; the interior of a bonanza mine, Ne vada; Marent's Trestle, on the Northern Pacific, Montana; Mammoth Hot Springs, National Park; Monnt Tacomn, Washington Territory; Red Butte and Swan Lake, on the Utah k Northern Railway, Idaho; tho celebrated Yosemite of California; and a salmon cannery on the Columbia. The lieauty of the design and excellence of the engravings require no comment