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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1889)
WEST SIIOIIK. UiUSHCD IVIRY SATURDAY. L SAMUEL, Pub., 171-3-8 Second 8t., PORTLAND, OR. lnlrii In th Port Offlc In Portland, Orruun.or tranmiuiun through IK nvitls al mcond cluu ralrt. tUMCftimON HATII Itrlotlr In Adano. OntYoor, .... I4.00 1 Throo Months, '5 lliMonlhi, .... i.i) I llngli Copioi, . .10 VCopl will In no com bo otnl lo ubicrlbon beyond tho term paid (or. Th WlIT Shori offer, the Beet Medium for Advertis er, of any publication on tho Pacific Coast. 1'uHTUXI), UmKUON, 8ATCHUAY, NoVMIHKB 23, ltW!. Till'! death of William II. (!ray,of Astoria, removed from viirtli one more of tho little hand who car ried Christianity ami civilization into the wilds of Oregon. Of the missionaries who tailored as associates of the martyred Whitman there are now living hut two, the venerable dishing Hells and Mrs. Klkanah Walker, and Mr. (iray was the hint of those who canie with Whitman hiuiHelf, the others men tions! not arriving until two yearn later. Whatever one may think of the conduct of the representatives of opMiHing religioiiH sects in their iiUHnionury work in tho northwest, he can not hut recognize the fact that they laid the foundation of the present greatness of this region, and that to them, of whatever sect or erevd, the country owes a dcht of gratitude that the inflected grave of Whitman and his nohle wife shows has never Urn paid. Tho accident to Her Majesty' steamship Amplilun, In which that vessel, while conveying the governor general and party from Victoria to Vancouver, ran on a rock in Mam channel and came near sinking with her precious cargo, serves to "Kint a moral and adorn tale " for the pa-wr of Ikii the island and the mainland. The Victoria pa-tcrn Miut to this instance as illustrative of the folly of locating the naval sta tion in Knglish Imv, which was attempted a few years ago. " If the station were in Knglish hay," say they, "foreign war ships would have uninterrupted plav on the island cities if a fog hapoied to prevail in" th,. channel." The mainland pajn rs say this shows the vital necessity for establishing a naval station on the mainland coast, Invause it is Dow entirely cxosed to the ravage of forvign wr ships during fogs, which would prevent interference fmm Ksiiinialt. A fair inference- would W that a (ieorgian gulf fog is ton fr. inidaMe an enemy for the royal navy to cok with. A federal union is in process of formation in Cen tral America embracing the states of Guatamala, San Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The agreement has been signed by representatives of those powers and only awaits ratification by the various na tional legislatures. This has the appearance of being the foundation of a large and strong Central Ameri can republic, one that will be able to resist the en croachments of Mexico better than its individual mem bers have done. The " National Reform party " just organized in Chicago lacks several of the component elements of the " Crazy Quilt Tarty " recently formed in Salem. In this matter Oregon leads the world, and can feel compensated for her wormy apples and other failures of the year. When something decidedly unique is wanted Oregon crankologists respond promptly to the fall of the nickel. The heavy rains have so damaged the international boundary line on Puget sound that Canadian fisher men are unable to see it and are catching fish in American waters. The line has never been renewed since 1H-I0, and seems to be in so dilapidated a condi tion that even steamboats get through it. It is to be hojied that Uncle Sam will have a new one laid be fore another fishy newspaper war breaks out. Now that Vice President Morton has shocked the worthy members of the W. C. T. U. and their long haired male St. Johns by permitting the lessee of his hotel to maintain the usual hotel bar, and the presi dent himself has aroused the ire of the anti-Catholic fanatics, we may expect the country to go to the dogs ho fast that it will get there before the canines have had time to sharpen their teeth. If those enthusiasts who want to invest other peo ple's money in a scheme to dig gold from the M of Snake river at the base of Shoshone falls, will inter view Dr. Pierce, of Huflalo, they will probably learn a thing or two about mining river channels that will save some one some money. About as strong a chain of purely circumstantial evidence as ever was forged has been fastened to the men now on trial for tho murder of Dr. Cronin, hut it will, no doubt, lw broken by some pretty strong swear ing in the direction of an alibi or two for each man. No matter how much the eople of Washington may dislike the idea, they will have to take in thl'ir " Wn." and put out their " Wash." The clothing de partment of the Mst office insists upon it.