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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1889)
402 WEST SHORE. three tre portable. In this connection it should be remarked that these directory lists, as far aa sawmills are concerned, deal almost exclusively with stationary mills, only those port able mills being admitted which seem to be of some import ance to the general trade. Of the dealers reported from Cal ifornia, 113 are wholesalers, 238 are retailers and seventeen commission. Fort Benton jieople are now enthusii stic over the proposed construction of two new railrorda to the city. Their confidence tlmt the road will be built seems well grounded. The North ern Pacific people have shown their intention of building a road from Hillings to Benton by making the preliminary sur veys, and by further sending out a con of 100 men to locate the route. This work was begun at Benton lust summer. It seems reasonably certain that the road will prove a paying in vestment. It will provide a means of early access to a mag nificent section of Montana, the development if which will be of vast Imimrtance to the commercial interests of Benton. The construction of a road from Benton to Lethbridge in con ne t on with the Canadian Pacific seems even more certain. The proposed road known as the "Gait" road, from the fact that Sir Alexander T. Gait, of Montreal. Is the leading spirit of the enterpri-e, w ill run over a narrow guaite by the way of mo rwrui urass finis to j.elhbri.Igo 185 miles distant. The local capitalist Interred are Messrs. G. W. and C. E. Con rad. The routo has Wen surveyed, the stock has been sub scribed and It Is believed that the road will be underactive construction in the spring. When these raids are finished the Manitoba road will undoubtedly be forced to run its line into the city. Three railroads In the city will work wonders for Kenton's growth. Her citizens already see a return of the commercial pre tip enjoyed by Benton when there were no railroads to Interfere with tralllc on the upper Missouri river. The surveyor general of Idaho, referring to the operations that ln, hen, entered upon for procuring data on the subject of the prin ted pttn of Irrigation in that territory w ith govern ment aid. says that enough has already lieen rented to war rant the bell.f that mom than 0,000.(100 acres can easily be re claimed from dry, arid plains and made to produce from $30 to M worth of hay, grain and vegetables per acre. Without this comprehensive ,,,,, cf rmll ,,, onw nmyiAn M abundant waters upon this wide extent of arid plains Idaho baa now nearly reached Its limit In agricultural prosperity The surveyor general also remarks upon the likelihood of spec ulator endeavoring to secure water rich's necessary for the .mves, o the prvject when It is found that the government is likely to n.ngur.t. the work of lrrlKation. He expresses th. opinion that th Immediate enhancement of the value of land now a desert waste would he so great as to far more than re fund the coM of Irrigation, and that the work is of such a char .cter as should 1 undertaken either by the federal government or by the erritory or state, In order that the greatest good may result to the greatest number. 7 A good deal of active development work Is being done in the Okanogan country, Washing. . The most Important Im" iwvements of the yea, have been m.d, at the Arlington mine on Kuhy bill This mine la owned by . Incorporation of IW nd men h.v ,,g . capital of 11,000,000. It is th, mo,t,x. tenslvely developed mine In that region. The material for erecting a mill Ison the ground and much of the construction work U don. The ...111 will be one of th. best in the north" tt, and will hare a capacity of eighty tons of ore a day It will cost, when completed, at least $250,000. The foundation which is now completed, cost $150,000. Work on the mil hu been suspended for the present, but will be resumed as son the weather will rermit. The brick for the structure are being manufactured on the ground, 400,000 having already been made, 300,000 more being required to comrtfl ft,, -.j. There are now 2,000 tons of ore on the dump. It iB anderstood the Arlington mill will crush fifty tons per day of the Arlint ton ore, and thirty tons of the ore of other mines, in order to assist In the more rapid development of the camp. The first annual meeting of the British Columbia Cattle As sociation was held .in Kamloops the first week in December. There were about forty members present representing the dif ferent stock sections of the province. The secretary read the following reports from the round up captains of the different divisions referred to, showing the number of animals bunded under their supervision during the year: Thompson river division-Spring branding, 407; fall branding, li)3. Earn loops division-Spring branding, 1,775; fall branding, 547; to tal, 2,322, at an average cost of 19 cents for each animal. Shuswap division-Spring branding, 60; fall branding, 20. Nicola division-Total number of calves branded during the season, 1,077. Expenses incurred, $417; making an avenue cost for each calf of about 25 cents. The number of cattle branded In the other distrhtf was not given. Several eubdi visions were formed, and alter a general discussion theasso ciation adjourned. Columbia river sturgeon fishing is developing into an indus try of considerable proportions. The fishing is better thin year than ever known before. There seems to be no limit to the amount of fish which can be secured, and on the 150 miles be tween the cascades and the sea there are probably not less 500 men engaged in catching sturgeon, and many of them are mak ing better wages than during the salmon fishing season. The sturgeon fishing business is only in its infancy, the first iblp menta east having been made last yesr. There is a great de mand for these fish there, and it is probable that another year will see more firms engaged in the business of shipping then. The amount of sturgeon used in the local market Is compara tively small, but large quantities are shlped to San Francisco. The Indians have been congregating for over a week, and at thin wrtlini am 1....!. .t i ii.. .. ..,1. -- n.....,6 uavmg wgii tia time over on me west siue of Guemes island, at their rancheria. Every canoe that hu passed here has been loaded down to the water's ede with all kinds of presents to be given away at th-dr potlatch, and we re yd that over 40j Indians are now camped there. All kinds of Indian games are going on, singing, speech-makinf, etc., and perfect order is kept by Indian policemen. Any one under the Influence of liquor is promptly stowed away in the skookum hous. and it is safe for any one to go and see howl patlakh is carried on.-nwrrVi, ( tTaiA.) rrogrm. At Inglewood, a town on Lake Union, near Seattle, a valu able discovery of iron ore is reported. It is brown hemauts, and from the crude assays thus far made it is believed torus between fifty and sixty per cent, metallc iron, which is as rich m the best mines in the world produce. The linseed oil mill in Portland has been running niht and 'y ince the middle of September. It uses about 600 busbeli 7 A"1?1 Very twen,y-fo hour, and turn, out from 1,300(0 U00 gallons of oil per day.
