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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1885)
62 THE WEST SHORE. atace u mi il tola antiquity. Nothing but tlx eUliaheat km of great enter- priase Uiat will foster the industries of UiU region, and oompel tlx derelopmeBt of IU niM mwn la each a manner aa la draw arerything hither, beeeuae U is ie the best and moat proauhle place la which they m o, Till matins Portland io bur poaltloe M U metropolis al lot Northwest. If aha due not do UiU other place Willi and area if aha does, aha will probably ban la compete with alliar elllse etrlring la atuin lha aama object. To maka an effort la lo lire) la all in supine Idleoae la to die, and oaa who la Dot blinded by ignorance aaa taa that aha la dying fast, Win la It that ao many store, an recant and lha placard "To Rent" la aailad t to Uia wlndowa and doorpoeu of ao many hnamf Why are many of our mer ehant falling or closing out Uiair buainraa? Why an firm from othar cities who ham branch houana hen closing Uieu Bp and withdrawing from lha oity? Ara nut Umot alarmini eymptoma of commercial dissolution? II la nut ao in Taooma, rVallle, Astoria and othar plaere where Un Imainaaa mas are pnaaaanr.il uf public epirit, and demonstrate their rialit to lira bjr doing aonwUiing for Uieraaelraa. Look al Taoomai eludy our tlluatratlona of that Uirlrini oitrs read what wa bara la say ahual her enterprise and bar progress despite Uia hard limaa, and Ihaa aomua hor with Portland. It baa bam 11 faahioa of oar boslnree men to turn Bp Uietr boom and amila aaroaeUcally whanerer Taooma waa meatheMli and many of lham do It rat. Thy effect lo enmiiara bar with Kalarne, rk. Helena and othar would-be rlrala of timra peat. What auioidal fully! Nauolnm onaa aaid thai Uia wont thinf a general oonld do waa lo under, rau Ilia etmiglh of hka opponent. Thia fatal error Portland la committing. Hona lha Nnrthara Peeia will reach Pact bViund aoroaa Uia Caaeaibw, and Ihaa what? Taeoma ami Haaltla will bound forward under lha Impulae Ihaa girea them. KaaUaa Washington and a portiua of Kaatara Oregon will be aa aoerasl. ble la Ihem aa la thia ally, and II la ao aaoret tlmt Ihoae aactiooa ara antaaoniatle lo Portland. Nothing but liard work, enterprise auoh aa aba baa Barer yet die. played, and enenry far greater Uiaa aha aaema lo poena, will be of avail la keep her la the pnaltloa ah bow ooouptae, a railioal and Immediate reformation la kerbualnaaa pulley la all (hat will pmeot Portland from dropping into the aaeuad, and atea third, plaee la a few years, while bar daapleed rlrala win the pries abe bow koiila. Taa loee uf stork oa the great lanaea daring Uia paat winter baa not yet beea ilenullely determined. One thing, bowerer, la oertaJn-it la far leai Ihaa waa aaserted by alarmlaU a few waeka ago, A atrung effort baa beea matle lo die- aourage the Imporutiua of - pilgrim " eatile into Montana, Uia poaitira opinion being girea that Iherwoald be enable la "reed" oa lb range aa the aaUraa da, and would die of etarralion. In the height of the eeaaoa reporta were widely etreuUled that Ibia pradiothm bad beea rerined. and pilgrima and "trail eattla" from Taxae ware dying by lie handmla. Later reporta ahuw to the ountrary. Il aeema Uiat the mortality among Uia pilgrima, Uiough naturally greater than aaeuag Bailee, from pieeenl lodioalloae,ill sot generally uoeed nr. per coat, though, la UaUneae, It may nateb ten. In rWw of the fart thai Uia paat araaoa waa aaa of aaaeaal amrity, Ihia U quite encouraging la thoee who dmlre to Mark lhelr rangea with eaperior breeda from the Miaataeippi Valley. la Idaho, ttragoa and Washington, wher only Bali re aallle ara found, lha mortality la generally reported aa not la eaeeaa uf Urea per eeat, The Wee oa aberp oannot be erea apimiilmalely eetlmalnl. A few bawl here and there hare beea almost annihilated, while other ham beea eahyaetrd only lo Uia aeual oaaualliee. Thia great nrtaUua la dae chiefly to Uia bipograph, of Uia aoaalry la which each band we located, aa well aa la the distance from food at the 11 aw the anereet ataruMueeurnaL Aa a rale, ahsep hare passed the winter la good ooodltioo and with a low rale of mortality. When the aeaaoa baa all been eammed ap, It will U hmad Ikel eoulh puewfaj anraaHwl baa be nuW la fa,, of keeping a apply of bay aa band for emergiwioa, area if U ia ami nary to fall bank apoa it only earn la three or four year. In tie of the rapid aoalrartioa of ealll nugm b; the encroachaunt of eet llemeaK and the etiaaejaeat aaaually larriqaiag aaoaaaity fur leading etoak arareor badartngOMWa BorUoua of lha wialar aeaaoa, a mean of procuring aad etortag fund eeoeueitcally ahoeJJ reMre the alUali. of euka. Alfalh aeemala be ret the thing Beaded. Il ukm dee root aad eu&te dry weather atdeaabdlywbeallbaaaaea beea well atarted. Heller Ihaa aay ether graea il Ihrtraaaadrylajei Wltk ImgaUoa frwa three Wln,andueU,in, aere aaa Uaei horn a good alfalfa parh,twu a four arop. Uang rut yearly. Ueaeeedlaaly aalriUoua, and fur wlaler feed fur oalU. oaaaot beoelled. la tU.eude three baa.lred Ibaaiaai pouada at alfalfa aead ware pal la the ground "". aaJ eeea aeaatl ly will probably be pleoied the eoaung arseuu. Tarn will make tl.irty thooaand aoraa of that clorer in the State. It i. a great crop in Nerada and Utah, and ahould be oulUrated extn.irel ta arery oatUe country in the Wert. Something about thia gram, which I. alao known aa "California, or Chile, clorer," will ha found in another eolnmn. To TBoaa who bara bean led to beliere by aome of onr worthy " Commlaeion. era," who bara already tamed their back on New Orleana. that the Oregon exhibit ia a magnincant and creditable one, wa eitend a oordial Inritation to call at Taa Watt 8no offlca and eiamina photographa wa bare procured of the diaplay. Theae ahow beyond qoeation that the exhibit ia far inferior to that waaea arery year in aimply the Agricultural Department of the Portland Me ohanioa' Fair. And thia peltry collection repreeenU the great Stat of Oregon in Ui World'a Pair I There aeema to be a oonflict between the aaaertiona of thoae gentlemen and lha camera; but we are remlndrd of the characteriatic remark of Nairn sV-urfaVr, Uiat " the machine don't lie." What little U aliown ia good, and red ecu great credit upon Mr. Allen Uiat be baa made ao much of ao little. Oaawig, "the land of big red apple," enema to take a front rank at New Orleana in the quality of her fruit diaplay. Out of nine antriea of apple for competition ahe won aix Iret premium. Had our Commiaaionera been able to diaplay auch a Uriah quantity of fruit aa would hare made an impremion equal lo Uiat created by ita quality, Oregon' fruit reputation would hare been made. A unirereal farorablo opinion of onr fruit mean thouaanda of dollar annually to our orchardiat and dealera. Instead of "sample lota,n fruit ihou'd hare been taken in quantity, aa it la to be hopod It will be to the great agricultural axpoaiUoo lo be held ia Louiarille. No expenae should be pared to giro Oregon fruit a world-wide reputation. Taa attempt made by the men In charge of the land affair of the Northern Pact no to kill the town of Yakima oannot be too aererely condemned. The road paaaas Uirough the city limit of Yakima, and yot the company will neither aatahliah a station there nor atop it trains. Nearly four miles beyond has beea laid out aa opposition Iowa on the company's land, with the Browed Intention of killing Uia old place and bnlldlng ap the new. The ciUtons of Yakima bar appealed to the oourte lo secure iuetios, and Uiough the final result will prob ably be la their faror, If they carry the oonteet Uirough all ita stages to Uia Supreme Court, atill it is to be feared that In the meantime they will suffer Irre parable damage, Taa Benato bill for throwing open Uia OmaUlla ReaerraUon ha passed the House, and will probably become a Uw, It b mad subject lo Uia raUfioatlon of a majority of the male adulta Uring on the reeerretion, who, it la generally BJideretood, are in faror of the measure. Thl U what the people of Pendleton and other lawn on Uw border of th reeerratlon bare long dealred, aa It will throw opea lo occupation thousand of acre of fertile land tributary lo thoae plaosa, wboaa settlement will add much to the business, population and wealth of Uiat region. Pendleton especially will be bonoflted by It, aa the boat land in the riclulty of the city U embraced ia Uia raeerraUon, ADomito th suggeatlou of the Ute Data of TroeatUrtL that Kn t , . v.. r any mean becomes poaaaaaed of an idea be should, a a matter of charity, " gin u to in board of Trade," Tag Wan Baoaa would like to bestow a small one apoa Uiat body. Lot them endcaror lo derUe eome means to keep our business man oat of the relontleee dutches of their wires aad mother. The number of attachment and aaeignmanta Ulely caused by each heartless reUUrea ara cbIcb, Uled la make ub ordinary aiaa feel Uiat It U dangerous to got marriod, or area to be bora. Protection la this inatanc will be la th intorasU of free trad. Let aa bar It at once, Ia a region that a few yean ago knew only Uia wild ateer, coyote and cowboy, two Bow aountiee mm tj k. il. l-i. r ' wreuua aaviaiaiara, Horrow and QiUlam wan earred out of nortlnna f w. .j n .m i.l . . ., viBKuua, wiia county seau at Hmpaar and Alkali raspeetinly. Btill another county will probably be ore. ated ia Kaaura Oregou by tb next LagUUtura, embracing Harney Valley and the aouther of Grant Count,. Th. work of dWopmt prognmm. wUh Draiao the deadlock on InanaUl ouaaUona In the Uia rw i i.i.. uiiwwtlll, B ganalBa aOort waa made al a eompromiaa br Hon. T. J l. . bill permitting borrower. U tract to pa, Uxa. apon morlgagea, Thu biU l . umagn amarnej ao aa to realricl noal. i --v.. . u ... . , ... rM vwi, air. rjiacc ia-Utledtoth. thank, of Ih. ppU . iW-wi urging a reliei maa-r. aoawlbotbbtioimoouUaa