WEST SHORE.
of the Pacific TIic Mount Olympus Water Company
linn been organised with a capital stock of fVKI.lKHI,
mnl will bring water from Little (Juilcine river, flow
ing ilnwn fnnii the titoti iitiii 11 from n point twenty-three
mile from tin- city and at an elevation of l.'ix) feet
love it. When thin in complete.! port Townsend will
kcm the fment water supply in the went ami excel
lent protection from lire.
On the western slope of tin Cascade mountains, in
Oregon, ari a immUr of mineral districts in which
there are many ledge of great promise. In the vicin
ity of the Santiain ami contiguous to the route of the
Oregon iVilie are several of these districts which will
receive a great stimulus from the construction of the
railroad. Many milieu have been located ami a large
amount of development work done. The ledge show
free gold ami silver sulphurets, and many of the assays
are very h:gh in hotli. North of thi district i the
(Vkama, which ha hitherto Un almoxt inacces
sible, hut which can reach the railroad by an easily
count riK ted road leading .uth twenty mile. Some of
the ledge are of great width and how g m d ore, while
other are iiit small hut of great richness. Most of
them are owned hy 1'ortland men, while the Santiain
mine. In-long chiefly to reident of Salem Hnd Albany.
ireal development will iimUhtedly U- made in (hi
region .n, and the (Wade will "ac,uire a reputa
tion for mineral espial to that of the mountain further
to the cant.
Thre, new tea..,rr., of .Vsm ton each and having
a , of eighteen knot, are to I. M1ilt j England
for th-Canadian IVillc route from Uritish Columbia
to Japan and China They are to n.t IMIIMI
each and he of the same ,.odc d de,ig ',!,
North (irrmait l.h-yd ,,nWt Lh. There i f1H,d
Wild d.,H I the f,.g ,h Wl ,,,.,, Un.m
fth.,,d.tical leader, ho ,). ,,, f
Ing up our foreign trade ., merchant ...anne ,v
mean of l;dy or ,nvial contract, S, h , f, "
l.orn a. th.,hould.dvie,heln (,f t1(.ir ,,.., ;
rven if they rauiiot
iovernor iVnnoyer should receive ,.nM .
n,or.l,un.,r,ofneryci.i,eninhie,r,,r,ohavehe
.hinaUw.mfo H..hingiR(11I1(.onlvlilii
nutting that the .vrri,or'. ,,..1 ,; . ...
W.ng in the ,,,,,er he i on the right tra, in
' "'T. in jrrM r k
nh.Ml,nofi,indu,t7ohllMV1
,h' M H-rUnl in the NurlUrrtt , " )f
tore of the laws that have been made to keep it from
utter decay ought to be speedily punished.
On Monday the twenty-third of September the
Southern Oregon State Board of Agriculture will open
it district fuir at Central Point, in Jackson county
The fair of the second district will open at The Dalles
on the name day. These will undoubtedly be splendid
exhibitions of the products and industries of those por
tions of the state, well worth the visit of anyone at all
interested in agriculture, fruit growing or stock rais
ing. Good speed programmes have been prepared.
Centralia comes forward with a strong bid for the
capital of Washington, thus competing with Olympia
west of the mountains, as North Yakima and Ellens
burgh are competing east of them. When present rail
road projects are carried to completion Centralia will
certainly lie a very accessible point, and with the lib
eral land grant offered the new Btate might do much
worse than select that enterprising little city for its
seat of government.
The fin-men's tournament held this week in Taco
ma was participated in by representatives of the fire
departments of the principal cities of Oregon, Wash
ington mid British Columbia. The interest manifested
and the proficiency displayed show that the volunteer
lire departments of the northwest are of a very supe
rior character and ready to do gallant battle with the
destroying element.
That is a bad story that conies from Washington in
reference to a town site grabbing syndicate that is al
lied to have W lading nigh mn;va, jn Northorn
Montana. If the reported iniquity can lie fastened
the (irent Falls Water Power and Town Site Co.,
that concern ought to be smashed. If the story is
MMt will not be hard to establish the fact. '
Now that passenger trains on the Oregon & Wash
'Kt;'n road have commenced running to Pendleton,
1'iiH'i.es ln that city, already one of the most pros-l-
ro m Orvgon, should largely increase. With this
'" road and the opening of the reservation, soon to
oiuphHlnM, Pendleten will make rapid advance-
K the Italian citizens of San Francisco are in ear
; 1,1 1 movement to stock the rivers of their na
''"'"'thquinnatMlmon from the Pacific const,
' V h,'?k ' of lhe Colu' river. While they
Utrt they had better get the best.