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appreciated, U proved by many evidences, not the least
of wbicb ia iU largo aud increasing lint of subacrilxirs in
very city, trnrn and villaga. Numerous localities which
Lata already lHMn illustrated will have furthttr ulluu
tion given them, while other will lx nllettcd the apace
they deserve in dun season. It in the purixwe of The
West Siiuur t lay every section of the Northwest bo
fore iU readers, and this will le accomplished bh rapidly
aa tho immensity of the field to be covered will admit
Tim prosperity of the Northweat moan tho success of
iU chief eiH)iient, and so Niirely an we desire the latter,
ao aurely will we work diligently, faithfully and honor
ably to proinolo tho former.
INDIAN ROOK.
On an inland in tho Columbia Ilivor, four miles aWe
Colilo, stands a rugged haaaltio ridge alamt five hun
dred feet in length, and riniiip; high into tho air. The
force of natiiro bavo chiselled many curious forma in
ita rocky walla, the moat prominent of which is a er
fect profile of an Indian face. The prolilo faces the
northweat, and may m seen from tho deck of a steamer
piuutlng through the old channel on tho southwest, from
which aide the sketch on page ninety-two waa taken. It
can ulito be aeen from the lino of tho 0. 11 ic N. Co., two
milea U'low, but only by the nae of a ghws. Tho head
baa been worahiiNHl for ages by the ImlianH of that re
gion, who mil it tho"(lreat Spirit of tho Columbia."
At Mrtniu seasons it waa, in times past, their custom to
roair t the ialaud for worship. Nono of them would
ever make their home umii the island, lieing deterred
by a niiNratitioua fear. Tho current of the river at that
point ia very rapid, and the ialaud ia aomewhat danger
ous to approach, but ono akilled in handling the oar or
paddlo ran feel renaonahly safe in undertaking tho foal
The engraving waa inado from an oil aketch by Mr. J.
K. Ktuart, a l'ortlaud artiat, who has made a specialty of
paiutings of the magnificent aceuory of the Northwest
m m .... -
Tint 8asiai..Wooi or JAm.-PaHMing by a ahop
you so cord of woodcut into small block alxxit nix in
chia l.mg. Thia yon lenrn ia nothing ahort of shoe Urn
ler. The cords of wood will aNodily 1x converted
into ahooa of various sixes, at prices ranging nil the way
from four to twenty cent. Tim w.xh! ia called kiri,
and is very light Tim rloga aro mill further lightened
by hollowing out the center. Ho, in oiiit of fact, there
ia little truth in calling the ahoea heavy, although they
apar ao to the inexHrience.l obmrver. It iiuiHt lie
admltUvl, though, that they are unreasonably cluinay.
Sometime the ahoea worn by the ladies are lacquered,
and are fastened by a velvet Und passing from either
aid ovr the lower jart of the instep, and between the
first and acoond kea. With this same kind of wood are
made bureaus, and the whole box is inado adjustable in
horiaontal sections. Owing to the lightness of the
wood the bouv may be filled with clothing, and car
vH rt rm U brnilkr of tit coolie in caa of fir.
IMPROVEMENTS AT GOAL HARBOR.
Vancouver, the terminus of the Canadian Pacific, on
Cool Ilnrbor, ia a livW-nd growing place. Fifty new
buildings have been erected this winter, and the town
contains fully one thousand people. Six hotels are to
tally inadequate to accommodate the throng of visitors
and newcomers. Contracts to the amount of $50,000.00
have been lot for clearing the town-site, and the work ia
progressing rapidly. Bids for the construction of the
extension from Port Moody have been received, and the
contract will soon be lot Fully four thousand men no
Chinese lalor being permitted by the terms of the con
tracts will be at ork on the town-site and railroad
within a fow weeks. It is expected that the line will be
coinplutod and in operation by the middle of July, by
which time Coal Harbor will have made great progress
in its work of building up a city.
PROGRESS OF THE O. & O. R. R.
Information regarding the progress of the Califor
nia and Oregon Railrond northward from Delta, was
obtained, says the San Francisco Chronicle, from Chief
Engineer Win. Hood, of the Southern Pacifio Company,
who has charge of the work. Mr. Hood said that when
the proHont sonson of work was begun, there were one and
one-half miles of road completed above Dolta. The
track is now laid to a point near Portuguese Flat, five
miles north of Del to, nnd the bridges, culverts and other
work are all finished. The bridges across the Sacra
mento Rivor are of iron, resting on solid foundations of
Portland cement From eight hundred to one thousand
Chinese are at work in tho tunnels and on the grading
above Portuguese Flat, and the masonry contractor is
employing between one hundred und twenty-five and one
hundred and fifty men, among them many stone-cutters.
Ono tunnel has boon completed since the late op
erations wore begun, and three others are now in pro
cess of construction. The citizens of Yreka are anxious
that tho road shall pnss through their town, and have
made overtures to tho company to secure this result As
Troka lies seven miles off the direct line on which the
road is to be built, nnd is on a high elevation, it is hard-1
ly thought that the plan of running the railway through
it is practicable.' The Southern Pacifio Company's Di
rectors have instructed Mr. Hood to proceed with the
work slowly until the land grant matter ia settled by
Congress. In case the lands are forfoited it is probable
that the line will be completed to some central point
from which a stage route can be easily built to Ashland.
The Oregon and California Railroad, with which the line
extending above Dolta is to connect and form a through
railway to Portland, has abandoned construction although
it has four tunnels opened south of Ashland, ita present
terminus. Passenger trains now ran to a point about
thro milea above Dolta. The bench lands along the
Sacramento River, near the newly completed section of
tho road, are being rapidly aettled.