THE WEST SHORE.
ISiih Year.
Portland, Oregon, February, 1880.
No. 2
ESTABLISHED 1878.
THE WEST SHOHE.
An llluttraltd Journal of General Information, derated to tht development of
tkt Una) H m(.
Biibnoriptian price, per wnnm , 'J On
To foreign oountriee, Inoludiug pnetege I 25
Single eopiea
Bubwriptlon een be forwarded br regiatered letter or pnetel erder at our rlk.
l'ueuneetere end Newe Agent will rnoetve aubeeripUiuiB et above retee.
L SAMUEL, Publisher, Bos. 171 and 173 Sooond St., Portland, Or.
Cntered for tratumiulon IhrotuiH Ike If uili at NenMri clam KotM.
TABLS OF CONTESTS.
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A lUrd'a-ere View of Centre! Oregon, 47 Aimee SI
Bpmring FUh Under Water (ft Paoino 0iaat Lumber In the bat.., (II
HrHtmr. f rum Baron to Eagle Paae.4U Fur Trade of theluinoroaet,l.....lK!
M ilea Under Uiebta. Ml MinenU Iteeourane of Alwka. On
Editorial l Nntea of the Northweal V
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February 14th 45 In the Heart of the Keekiee. to
Multnomah Fella in Winter. 40 A Dajr on Runnore , lie
Teton lienge. U Ketioae-b Kaier, Moore, Smith. ...91
Aoroaa the Hockiea MgndM Col. Kir. PaperCo'a Mill, UCamna .
Without ceremony or previous announcement, The
West Shore hns moved into more commodious quarters.
A largo increase in the number of its em ploy os, and a
material enlargement of ita facilities by the addition of
much new and heavy machinery, rendered it necessary to
have more room for every department, from tho artists'
studio to the bindery. This has been accomplished, and
now, after the usual labor and annoyance of moving an
establishment long settled in one place, The West Hiioue
is comfortably located at 171 and 173 Second Street, oor
ner of Yamhill, where it will be pleased to receive its
friends and introduce them to the mysteries of publishing
an illustrated magazine. Visitors will be ablo to trace
the work of producing a large colored supplement from
the making of the original sketch to the completion of
the picture, and the regular illustrations and printing
from the plain white pnper to the bound copies.
It is said that the policy of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way will differ radically from that of other transcontinen
tal routes. It will not make local trafllo secondary to
through business, but will do all within its power to
build up tho interior points and develop the country
along its route, expecting tho increase in local trafllo,
Inch will be permanent ami reliable, to more than com
pensate for any through business that may lie lout That
this is tho wisest oourso seems clear to all but railroad
men. Tho latter, to be sure, are presumably tho lieat
judges of how to manage a railroad, yet, possibly, having
imbilied radical ideas ou tho subject, they may lie unablo
to look at the mutter as oomprehonsively as one who has
not already been educated to view it from a particular
stand-point Tho history of railroads in the United
State shows that the most prosperous roads are those
which have tho greatest local trallla This is so self-evi-
ent that it is a mystery to the uninitiated why our great
transcontinental routes deliberately discriminate against
local traffic, and retard tho growth of their tributary
country, for tho privilege of fighting with competing lines
or through business. It will take a numlrcr of years for
the Canadian Pacific to demonstrate tho superiority of lis
policy, but even before that is dolus other Mads may be
wise enough to begin laying the mine firm foundation for
future prosperity.
The publisher has received so many verbid and writ
ten compliment) upon the colored supplement of the
Portland High School, issued with the January numbor
of Tub West Shoiie, that ho has decided to give other
supplement from time to time. A splendid colored litho
graph of Mount Ilood is in preparation, also a largo
bird's-eye view of the State of Oregon. The latter will
be given to yearly subscribers only, since the cost of its
production is too great to admit of its sale with single
copies. All regular subscribers will receive a copy froe,
and one can be obtained in no other way. Its enlarged
So (iiiEAT have beoomo the stock interests of the West,
and so rapidly have range cattle increased in uumbors,
that many thoughtful men express tho opinion that in the
future there will lo a steady domino in tho price of beef,
and a oorrosponding roducejm in the profits of the stock.
men. This opinion does not seem to be well founded,
since it views the inoroasa in oattlo without comparing it
to advancement made In other directions. Statistical show
that in IBM the United States had eigkt hundred and
fourteen cattle for each thousand of inhabitants, four
years of wasteful war decreased the supply to such an ex
tent that in 1870 there were but six hundred and eighteen.
Ten years of groat prosierity and wonderful increase in the
stock business of the West failed to restore the rate of 1HIV0,
ami in 1HH0 there were still but seven hundred and seventy-
two to each thousand people. Not ouly Is tho population
of this country increasing at a rapid rate, but the proportion
of those who eat meat regularly is increasing, these two
keeping the demand fully abreast of the supply, even
when foreign markets are not considered. The demand
for canned meaU which s great European war would cre
ate, is another factor, which, though not definite one,
must not be lost sight of. Another fact which will have
U large influence in the future, is the rapid settlement of
fntilUi'oe onel.la Th if Wmt Rhork In nroduce these mail'
nifioent colored supplements in addition to ita regular il-fthe West and the inroads homesteaders and prefmiptors
le,,,i. t,,r, mnlinh this the tmbliahor are making utxm the ranges. The limits of expansion of.
. has gone to great expense, subscribers will receive the
benefit without extra oost ot any kind.
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the range industry in the United States are almost reach
ed, while the vork of oontreetion baa already begun.