THE WEST SHORE.
Vol. XI.
Portland, Oognn, Dwmbcr, 1SS3.
No. t.
ESTABLISHED 1878.
TIIK WEST HIIOKK.
An MuMrnttd Journal of Otntrnl Infitrmnllan, rfamtol la Ikt dmlopmtnl o
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Tub atandnrd of excellence of Tun Wkht Hhoiik In
being continually niiriol AiMitioniil arctic talent Iiim
boon aecurod anil publication facilities have been malcrU
ally improved. The excno of producing tho magazine
lid Iwon doublml within a ahort Miriiil, but tho mh
liHhor fwds juHtifiml in thin course by tho hhti'mhmI favor
with which it evorywhnre mouta. Tho iniinr.ino for 18Hft
will be Buiwrior in morit ami intercut to any proriuiiH
volume.
The Janunry nnmlxT of The Wkht Hiioiic will be
duvotod mainly to the city of Portland, and will contain
a largo numbttr of lianilrioiiiiily exneutod hUoU'Ih of thn
city and iU lurroundiiiKH, valuable aa wull for tlnur artia
tie merit m for the aubjocta they rxprononL The cnine.
tflry, city park, harlor, dopoU and car yarda, ilocka, edu.
rational inntitutioim, viowa of the city, atrm'tn, etc., utc.,
will all lie rcprortonUsl, and will ooinbinod form a collec
tion of Portland illtiHtratiiina in markixl onitrsMt with
anything heretofore publiHheiL A largo auppletneut of
the now High School, Wutifully exwut.1 in three
color, will bo a iecial feature.
Tub preaent numW of The Wkht Hhoiik coinpleUw
the volume for 1H8., and conUina a full aljihaljetical
iudex for the year. Compli'to volume Ijound in (tiff
In)cr cover, or in cloth and leather, are now ready, alwi
IHHi in loiter or cloth, aud 1TO in iH'r only. The
prioe nf theae ia 92 for the pnjier binding and tl for
cloth, with fifty centa reduction on each ailditional vol-
umo where two or mora are ordered, vin.: Paper, H.50
for two and to for throe; cloth, t-'i-fiO for two. Tho IhiiiiuI
volume form a collection of picture of this region which
it would lw impoKHiblo to proeuro iu any other form,
ncoompanied by appropriate and accurate deHcriptivo
matter.
Oiikiion'h dewmuial ceiiHii, taken midway between
thoHO of tho UniUl Sttia, ha Iwen completiHl for 1S85.
Tho ouuuieration i mado for each county by the A
HeHHor, who doe not adopt tho ayHtematio and thorough
methiHl of tho national enumerator, and win mo return
aro necerwiarily inaecurato and innimplnte. Nothing 1
nioro certain than that every county in tho Ktate ha
added largely to Us lMipulutiou during the pant (lvo year,
yet in aome countie a decreano i retorted, amounting
iu one iiiHUnro to fiftoen Mr out Amu-wMir make tho
biking of tho cennu incidental to tho other dutie of
their cillloe, henco they naturally omit many name from
their lint. Aa compared with the national ceiiHU, the
return aro a follow: 1RS0, total Npulation, 170,711;
lHHr., total, t0t,0rl iiiii1,.h, ll.I.l ID; female, KW1 To
thi muHt 1m added 4,1'JO C'hiueHO iu the city of Portland
not included in tho almvo. Iu 1H80 tho vote of Oregon
wa 40,81(1, which wa a ratio of one In four and one.
third. Tho vote of lSH-l wa H2fiH2, which, at tho aainn
ratio, indicate a imputation of '21H,'HH, Thi i lieyimd
(pieHtion nearer the mark than the aHneMnor came, ami in
the year which ha clapNed addition have probably
brought our population up to :)r,(XK!),
AT tho Granger Congre recently held in ldmt-ni a
memorial to Cougre wa adoptml, r'tiiting that Ixaly
to amend the pab lit law no that iiiinHi-nt puri'haer and
liner of article which may hapien to ho infringoment
of the proprietary right of aome patenteo bo relieved of
reHpoiiHibility, and mauufai turer and vendor alone bo
liable to unit for damage by tho owner of the patent
Thi 1 a meiwuro of relief to which the commuter of
thi country are entitled. Innocent purchrwer ahoiild
not be mado to milTer for tho acU of uucrupuloua manu.
facturer, or bo mulcted in damage to fill tho piH'leU of
a imreluiMer of Home alimmt unkiiowu tiatent riibL A
aullicieiit illiiMtratiuii of tho Injimtiee of thi i the ierMi.
cutioii a Mliort timo mncat of many of our farmer by tho
purchaaer of a drive well liiitenL Men who hail Haiti for
a well and uod it in gmnl faith for veral year were
uel ly the owner by purchnMi of an old mUiit ami coin.
llod to pay a heavy royalty. Hitch conduct I limply
legal roblniry, and it i the duty of Congrc to remlr it
imNwiblo. With agricultural mchinery appliaioea
multiplying every year, it i umnif.mtly unjunt U lay
upon our farmer tho roMNiiNihility that hould apper.
tain alone to pirate manufiw'turer and dealer well aware
of the nature of the article they handle.