THE WEST SHORE.
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NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST.
A saw mill of 10,000 feet ikily capacity will soon be
erected on the Lower Hiuslaw, Oregon.
A new town, called " Pasoo," ImB been laid out by the
Northern Pacifio three miles from Ainsworth, at the
point where the Cascados Division loavos the main lino.
A new industry is about to be inaugurated in BritiHh
Columbia the manufacture of powder and othor explo-
eives. A renronnntiitivn f tlm T Hill! Ifjttt PltHIlnM I
. " v uiiuiiwfii a uniui VUIU
jHiiy, ol luoiureai, nas soioctou a locatiou on Vanoouvor
.shind, where works costing $150,000 will soon bo erected.
In 1883 Wyoming sent 148,012 bnof cattlo to market,
chiefly over the Union Paoilio Railroad. In 1881 this
number was increased to 174,824, of which the Union
Pacific carried 114,000 and the Nortliom Pacific 00,824.
At $30 a head, these represent an export valuo of
$5,125,920. 1
- Statistics kept in the Land OfFioo of tho Nortliom
Pacifio show that 13,203 intending settlors came over that
company's lino into Washington and Oregon in 1884. It
is estimated that the arrivals by stoamor nnd "prairie
schooner" wore about equal to those by rail. Those
figures indicate that this class of the population of Ore
gon aiid Washington was inoroasod about 25,000 during
the past year.
In tho Ten-Mile District, near Holona, Montana, n
company of Minnesota capitalists have bonded twenty,
two quartz locations and paid a forfeit of $13,500. There
seems to be little doubt that tho mines will be thoroughly
developed and the purchase completed. In that event a
branch road will be coustiuotod to tho district from
Helena. A new fifty-ton concentrator, will soon bo com
pleted and in operation in the district
An agreement has been signed botwoon the Provincial
Government of British Columbia and the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, by which tho road will Imj oxtonded to
Coal Harbor and English Bay, which will bo its actual
terminus on tho Pacific. Arrangements have also boon
miulo with the Dominion Oovernmout to havo terminal
works erected at Coal Harbor instead of Port Moody.
This settles tho vexed terminal question. It is proposed
to name the town on Coal Hnrbor " Vanoouvor, but this
is objected to for the obvious reason that tho adjacent
island boars the same name. Homo othor title will prob
ably be selected for tho futuro city.
Dovolopments continue to bo mado in thq matter of
the attempt by Colorado cattlo kings to secure a loaso of
a portion of the Crow Reservation. Tho proposod annual
rental was one cent and throe mills per aero for 8,008,000
acres, or $01,084. It is estimated that the land is capablo
of sustaining nearly 400,000 head of cattlo. Put the sell
ing value at $30 per hoad, tho net eroontnge of gain, at
20 nor cent, a vorv moderate estimate on tho oanital
invested, and it would amount to alxmt $2,000,0(K) a year.
For the part takon in this nefarious transaction, Arm
strong, tho Crow Indian Agent, lias had charges pre
ferred against him, and will probably lo removed.
During tho year 1884 Montana shipod to market
1,248,038 K)umls of wool, 803,213 hides, pelts and furs.
20.0(H) sheep. 200 horses. 85,300 cattlo and 3,010 dressed
W'f. With but slight exception this was handled by
the Northern Pacific, about one-tenth of the cattle going
bv the Central Pacific, end ono-half the wool ami one-fifth
tho hides bv the Missouri River. Tho dressed Isiof was
nil forwarded from tho slaughter houso of Marquis do
Moros, the only one in the Territory. This business has
boon so successful that tho Murquis is preparing for a
great extension of it tho coming season. Tlio iuoroaso in
cattlo shipments ovor 1883 was 180 per oout, and thig
itilo is expooUxl lo oo lUHiuUuiieU in lotto.
A statement has boon compilod from tho County As
sessors' roiwrts, and forwarded to tho Commissioner of
Agriculture at Washington, showing tho number and
valuo of livo Bteok in Montana. It is a well known fact
that tho assessments invariably underestimate, and it is
safo to say that tho actual number of stock is at least
ono-third greater than shown in these totals, Tho valu
ation por hoad is very noar tho marked valuo on tho farms
and ranges. Tho stutemont shows tho following totals:
, Nnmt. Humhtr. Piilun,
Hum-..., 1iA,h.hi ta,imi,iH!l
Mulm hiiiI Mam D.1U7 1M,7:UI
Milohmiwa , tint) l.im.HH
All iithur ontilo Bni.ul i,)Mutfl
. HIiiHip, U,m l,M,.1Hti
Swiua II.UD m.bJb
Totnl I.IVUHII 4I,V1I,II
The attention of those who imairine that Washington
Territory is a frontier wilderness is culled to tho follow
ing Behoof statistics, taken from tho report of tho-Hupor-intondontof
Education for 1884: Amount paid for teach-
ors' wages, $152,01(1; amount for school furniture, rent,
school lioiiso sites, buildings, etc., $127,417; totel amount
tor school purposes, $270,4.1.1. Estimated value of school
Iioubos and grounds, $.182,703: school furnituro. $38,057:
school apparatus, $3,387; avorago salary paid malo teach
ers, per month, $48; avorago salary paid female teachers,
por month, $38. Number of children enrolled, 24,007;
children not attending school, 7,808; teaehors employed,
850; holding first grade certificates, 104; second grade
certificates, 335; avorago number of mouths school was
taught, 41; institutes hold, 11; school houses built, 05;
school districts, 705; graded schools, 22.
The large saw mills of Washington Territory are not
confined to Puget Hound. Tho Jloquiam Mill, on tho
Chehalis, a few miles from (1 ray's Harbor, recently out
1,500,000 feet in ono week's run. Tho lumbering busi
ness lias revived, and tho mills are being crowded to their
full capacity. Other mills on tho Chehalis are giving
that region quite a reputation in lumliering circles. Tho
recent wile of 7,200 acres of timlwr land to an Eastern
lumbering firm for $00,000, will probably lead to the
building of another largo mill near (Iray's Harlsir. All
tho indications jm tint to groat activity in tho lumliering
industry on Puget Hound in tho near future. The lllako
ley Mill has received foreign orders for 15,000,(XX) feet
and tho Tacoma Mill 10,000,000. It is oh ti muted that
loss than 00,0(X),000 feet of logs aro in tho water, Hiid as
tho above orders will oonsumo nearly half that amount,
logging will soon bo commenced with great activity.
This revival of ono of our loading industries will do
much to relievo tho financial stringency.
Tho Victoria Timrt says that Mr. 0. H. Torkolson is
agent for a syndicate of English capitalists who will
shjirtly construct extensive iron works in Washington
Territory. Tho company is comxsod of loading iroii
manufacturers in varum parte of England, and a largo
amount of money has boon subscribed to carry out the
enterprise. Mr. Davis, nn exsrt from England, has
vinitinl the iron mines in the Hkagit country several times,
and reports tho ore as lx-iug very fine. Mr. Davis also
thinks the iron ore from Tex m In Inland good to mix with
that from the Hkngit mines. Tho experts sent out from
England rcrt thut iron near tho Hound can ho manufac
tured at the rate of $H.25 sr ten and sold at $12, giving
them a kmh1 profit It is not definitely known yet whore
tho smelting furnaces of the company will Ik located.
Home people are of the opiuiou that tho most available