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THE WEST SHORE.
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1 NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST.
- .LiJuoaLIuLw point to quite active building operations
in Spokane Falls during the summer. A large Catholio
church, a brick block and a large flouring mill are amonc
the contemplated improvements.
.A good wagon road will Boon be completed from
Billings, Montana, to Cooke City. The enterprising citi
sens of Billings are determined to profit as much as
possible from the rapidly developing mining region of
Clarke s Fort
A large saw mill will soon be erected at Bandon, on
the Coquille River. Any vessol that can enter the river
can sail up to the mill wharf without danger of ground
ing. Abundance of the best fir and the oelobrated white,
or "Port Orford," cedar lies within easy reach.
Blaine, the young town of Whatoom County, W. T.,
on Semiahmoo Bay, will soon have a saw mill and sash,
door and furniture fnntnrv. Th nTtroma nnrfhnm n.l
of Whatoom County is developing rapidly, and Blaine
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the matter of building a railroad to Lewis River. The
150,000 necessary for inauguration of the work have been
subscribed, and it appears as though the Yanoouver and
Yakima railroad will soon be an accomplished fact, so far
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The Gray's Harbor and Shoalwator Bay region is pro.
grossing steadily. At Aberdeen Captain Weatherwax is
erecting a large saw mill, 44x180 feet, a machine shop,
60x100 feet, and a shop for iron-working machinery,
26x42 feei The wharf, piling and foundation oost $10,000.
Improvements are also being made in other localities of
that region. '
Quite extensive cranberry marshes will soon be planted
on the marsh lands surrounding Coos Bay. One field of
ninety-five acres is now being prepared. The adaptabil
ity of the marshes along the ooast of Oregon and Wash
ington for the cultivation of the crauberry has been fully
demonstrated, and the industry has passed beyond the
stage of experiment. :
AfininV nt TCmiornnt Oulnh. Montana, promises well
the present season. The large quantity of snow in the
mountains assures the minors of plenty of water, and
hydraulic operations will be carried on extensively, also
drifting. Several quartz ledges give bonanza indications,
' Bnd altogether this appears to be one of the most pros-
porous districts in the lerntory. .
': J. J. Hill, the railroad magnate, and Colonel Broad
water have bonded six claims on Red Mountain, Mon
tana, all of whioh are promising properties and have
been deyeloped to some extent by shafts and tunnels.
They have also bonded five mines in the Neihart district,
fo,ri.nr rtntmtv Thnv have a force of men at work in
both places, and it is the general opinion that the mines
will be purchased before the bond expires.
The telegraph iine under construction from Harring
ton, W. T, to the Northern Pacifio it the cause of much
rejoicing among the people of that region. The raising
of the first pole at Harrington wa colebratod with much
enthusiasm, cannons, deooratious, parados, musio and
u.. fm-rna hv whioh it was expressed.
That region is one offering many inducement to immi
granta, and the citizens are determined to make their
rjreaenoe felt . ' .
The College of Montana, located at Deer Lodge, U
boing muoh enlnrgod by tlie erection of a now brick and
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basoraent, which will oost about 2?,000. The building
now in use is 56x25, with a wing 80x25. Whon the new
struotnre is oomploted the College of Montana will be the
largest institution of learning in the Pacitlo Northwest
it now baa seventy pupils of both sexos, and has three
oomplote courses claRHical, soiontifio and normal.
The Stetson & Post Mill Com nun v of Sonttle. whose
fine mill was recently destroyed by fire, will at onoe oora
menoe the erection of a first dims saw mill of larira
dimensions, whioh will be rendorod as nearly fireproof as
possible. It will have a roof of oorrugnted iron, and will
be further protooted by five fire plugs connecting with
the mains of the Soring Hill Water Company, besides
whioh water pipes will be run through the mill by means
of which the whole structure onn be drenched in two
minutes. The mill will probably be running before September.
Fort Benton expects the construction at no distant
day of a narrow gauge road to that city from Medicine
Hat, on the Canadian Pacific. A company now building
auoh a line from Medicine Hat to the oonl fields of
MoLeod are investigating the question of an extension to
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curt iH'iiuiu. ab mn wnoio linn would ie mil iou mile
in length, and would run across a comparatively level
prairie country, there seems to be no obstacle whioh
would offset the beneilU to be derived from tapping vthe
immense cattle, sheep and mineral region tributary to
Fort Benton.
There has been a little excitement in portions of
Western Oregon the past spring over the discovery of
quarts ledges in the Coast Range, first near Tillamook
Bay and later twelve miles west of North Yamhill, The
latter promise to become the most valuable, though as
yet, of oourse. no better test of the quality of ore found
lias been made than that of several assays, which show
ore ranging from t50 to 1200 per ton. In qnnntity the
ore seems inexhaustible, but iU quality must receive
more satisfactory testing before the mines can hoe to
rank with those of older and well kuown districts. ,
Six miles above the mouth of the flramlo Rondo, and
half a mile west of Snake River, has been discovered a
silver-bearing vein eighteen inohee in width, which has
been traced 1,200 feet on the surface. Specimens taken
from a depth of four feet yielded an assay at Denver of
f.m to the ten. The ledge lies just within the limit of
Washington lerntory, ami was discovered by oitixons of
Dayton. Quite a number of prospectors have since gone
into that region, which is easily accessible by trail, and
may be approached within a distance of six miles by
steamers on Snake River. Developments will be watched
with considerable interest.
The Port Blakely Mill Company baa advertised for
bids on grading throe mile of railroad running west
from Little Skookum. The company owns a great deal
of timber land in that teHion, from which it now pro
pose to got some good. The three mile of road to be
built this year will pierce a portion of this land, and the
first equipment put upon the road will be for the pur
pose of fitting it for log hauling. Extension will be
made quite rapidly in the direction of C'hehali River
and Gray' Harbor until a suitable point is reached for
a terminus on tidewater. A soon a practicable, freight
and passenger accommodations will be provided, and the
road will develop into a first class one in every respect
Vancouver ha an industry of much Importance in a
country whore the oost of transporting such heavy build
ing material a stone i so great a it i on the Pacific