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on nn equal footing with Tacoma as regards railroad
connection with tho East Bcllingham bay him railroad
miIkmiiom of various LiiuIh now lying dormant, and the
(Miunirutiliou of a row! dowu Cliulmlin valley to Gray's
harUr m a definitely outlined project which will lie
realized in duo time. Two railroad companies have
Umt organized in Cliirkn county, to build linen from tho
Columbia river into tlio limW nnd agricultural region
back from tho striuun, with eventual extension across the
mountain to tho Northern Pacifio lit Yakima. One of
those has its proposed initial Kiint at Vancouver, and
tho other at IaCamaa. A road fifteen miles lung, from
IWthdrum, on tho Xorthorn Pacific, to Lake (Vur
d'Alono in projected by parties with ample capital to
ooiiMtrucl it Homo of those projects aro, of course, a
lilllo in advance of the actual needs of tho country,
while other aro for linos of transorlation which are
not only justified but required by the progress already
made.
NOTES OF TUB NORTHWEST.
When the bill for the Ends ahip railway was before
the hoiiHo, ItepreHentative Hermann seized tho opxirtu
nity to bring the ikssIh of tho Columbia river Ix-foro
congress in a Htriking manner. Ho offered an amend
uienl tlmt an appropriation lie made for the purMme of
constructing a ahip railway around tho Dalles, to oHn
navigiitioii on the l'pMT Columbia. There in little hope
of securing it, but the attention of oongrotw nnd the mo.
pie generally was drawn inoro forcibly to this region by
this iiieaim than Could have lioon done by forty long
hjmmicIioh, with the imual authority "to print" added.
A ImmUmie illustrated cataloguo of sixtecu pages
haa Wu iiwu.sl by S. llama A Co., proprietor of the
Oregon Trunk Factory. It contain thiity cuta of
trunk, valises, bug, etc, and haa a uoat cover uoii
which are engraving of tho factory and the modal
awarded by the Mechanic' Fair Aoeiation in ISfCi.
Tho work waa executed by Tun West Hiioiie Litiio
onAi iiiMi ami Kmiiiavinu Co., of Portland, and i of
micrior quality in every nm The cataloguo i a
complete description of tho largo and varied stock ou
aalo in their ware Mourn, Xu. 40 First street, in thia
city.
Ogilvle'a Handy Itook of I'seful Information ia a
volume of one hundred ami twonty-eight closely printed
m" of information .n a great variety of subject.
Tiilike many audi publication it space i not takou up
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The new company which has been organized to fur
nish accommodations to tourists in the National Park
of the Yellowstone, is erecting five hotels at various
piuU of iuUitL One to accommodate: three hundred
guests will be located at mammoth hot springs, others
in the grand canyon, geyser basins, etc. By the first of
July, at the latest, tourists through the park will find
suitable accommodations everywhere. The Northern
Pacific has arranged a schedule of rates for tourists,
who will be supplied with proper transportation from
the end of the track to all points of interest By these
arrangements, a round trip of the park can be mode
quickly and comfortably, and the many annoyances of
former years avoided. Every traveler on the Northern
Pacific from June to September who fails to stop off at
Liviugston and visit the National Park, is denying him
self a ploasure greater than he can possibly realize.
Some months ago, owing to objection by oonuocting
lines at St Paul and Omaha, the Pacifio roads notified
shipiiers that no more sheep would be taken in double
deck cars. The rates are such that sheep can not be
profitably shipped to Chicago without dividing tho car
into an upper and lower deck, permitting twice as many
animals to be loaded as can be put in an ordinary car.
The Northern Pacifio understood the situation, and in
sisted uK)u the double-dock system for its patrons, and
to insure it and remove the principal objection of the
Chicago roads, has purchased a numbor of the new
Hicks swinging decks. This is a device by means of
which a stock car may, in ton minutes, be converted inln
a doublo-docker, by lotting down from the ceiling two
halves of a dock, which are supported by iron rods from
tho floor of the car. When not in use they are quickly
drawn up and fastenod, and the car becomes again suit
able for ordinary use. The Northern Pacifio seems de
termined to do all in its power to aid our stockmen in
reaching markot as quickly and oheaply as possible.
The movement for the creation of the state of Wash
ington, to comprise all of the present territory and that
IH.rtion of Idaho lying north of the Salmon river divide,
has so far progressed in conirress as to receive th ....
ilorsement of the senate to the extent of the passage of
a bill of admission. That the house will refuse to pass
the bill for political reasons is a foregone conclusion;
nnd it is a sad commentary on our political system, that
even in the national matter of making new states, mem
liers of the great sisterhood which shall continue long
nftor the parties and political issues of today shall have
lieoome but a memory, our legislators can not drag them
selves out of the mire of party bickerings far enough to
admit to tho union a territory in every way capable of
dooming a wealthy and influential state. One thing,
however, has lieen gained. Washington haa been prom
inently brought before the people, her resources and
progress hold up to view, and an interest created which
must result beneficially in stimulating immigration, and
the investment of capital in the promotion of her industries,