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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1890)
WEST SHORE. The Okanogan valley meaning the valley In which lies Okanogan lake Is in the southern part of British Columbia and about 200 miles from the coast. Lake Okanogan is a long, narrow sheet of water, the largest and northernmost of a chain including Dog, Oak, Mud and Oioyoos lakes, the last-named being partially within the United States. The Okanogan valley is about IN) miles in length, with branches in various directions. It is estimated to contain 400,000 acres capable of growing heavy crops of wheat, roots, hops and fruit, and about 0,000,000 acres of pasture lands. Of the 400,000 acres capable of growing farm crops, perhaps not more than one acre in a hundred is now cultivated. The other ninety-nine only re quire men and plows. There is no brush to clear nor timber to cut down and burn. This is one of the most favorable places in British Columbia for ranchers and stockmen. There is now under construction a line of railway fifty-one miles In length, branching from the Canadian Pacific railroad at Hycamoos, and terminating at the north end of Okanogan lake. This short railway will revolutionize the condition of things throughout that rich In terior basin. A handsome little steamboat Is about to be launched on the lake at the terminus of the railway. It is to run from Okanogan at the north end, to Fentiolow at the south end of the lake, calling at interme diate points. As the railway Is fifty-one miles in length, and the lake 100 miles (by from one to six miles in width) and as the American boundary is about thirty miles from the south end of the lake, this entire length of 151 miles will be opened np, and find a market where heretofore there was none. Settlers until now bad no Inducement to raise any other produce than what they themselves could eat or feed to live stock that can carry Itself lo market. A steamer which recently arrived from Alaska brought news that both parties of the government expedition engaged in surveying the boundary between Alaska and the British possessions will remain for a second winter In camp in the Interior, 2,000 miles from the mouth of the Yukon, instead of returning to the coast, as was expected. The agent said briefly that he bad tills Information direct from the McOrath party and Indirectly Irom the Turner party. It Is feared that both parties may endure many hard ships during another Arctic winter, though they took provisions for two years. The reaion for their stay Is that their work is not completed. Kach party consists of eight white men and a nunilar of Indians. The second annual district fair of the Southern Oregon Stale Board of Agriculture will open September 22 at Central Point, Jackson county, Or. There will be a complete display of the products of that favored section. The United Sates land office has prepared estimates of the amounts that can be advantageous expended in survey.ng pubhc and. in the new Le the coming year. The total i appropria iou rbd " WWwJ is more than tice the amount hitherto allowed or that work Of th.s Washington gets $100,000 on account of the difficulty of making the survey 000 each of the Dakotas $40,000, and Idaho and Wyoming 120,000 apiece. An'additional $100,000 is to be expended in surveying Indian reservations In the Dakotas, Montana and Washington. The Chehalis Improvement Company has been organized at Chebalia, Washington, with a capital of $125,000. The objects of the association as set forth in detail by the articles of agreement are, first, to advance the ma terial and general prosperity of the City of Chehalis; second, to establish real estate values by founding a business center in the City of Chehalis; third, to construct, or cause to bs constructed, substantial brick, stone and iron business buildings on Market street in said city of Chehalis. The erection of buildings will be begun immediately on twenty-five lots that have already been subscribed t . the concern. The American Steel Barge Company, an organization for manufactur ing a curious sort of steel barge that is proposed to revolutionize the carry ing business by water, declares its intentions of building a yard on the Pa cific coast for manufacturing and outfitting freight barges, and the site will be on Puget sound. The barges have been tried in -the transportation of grain on Lake Superior and the craft is reported to be a success. It is pro posed to have a line of these queer boats running between the sound and San Francisco next year., A mining ditch and flume ten miles long is under construction in Idaho county, Idaho, to divert the water of the American river so that it can be conveyed upon 400 acres of placer ground in the forks of Elk creek. The enterprise includes the boring of a tunnel 100 feet long. Much of the work is already done. A boiler and iron works plant will be removed from Sacramento, Cali fornia, to Seattle. The plant is said to be larger than any now on the sound, and the industry will give employment to quite a large number of men. A steamer will be built to navigate Rogue river from its mouth to Painted Kock, a distance of twenty-fonr miles. PRIZE CONTEST FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. PRIZES FOR PROFESSIONALS. PRIZES FOR AMATEURS. WKHT SHORE oilers the following four pri.es for the best photographs produced in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia or Alaska, divided into two classes, as follows : ' CLASS I .-Open to both professionals and amateur. FirBt prize, $75.00 cash. Second prize, $25.00 cash. CLASS 2.-0pen to amateurs only. First prize, one Partridge Compact Camera, 5 x 7, with double combination lens, valued at mn Second prize, one No. 1 Kodak Camera, valued at $25.00. These prizes will be shipped from the photo graphic supply house of E. J. Partridge, No. 69 Morrison street, Portland, Oregon. ' m Photographs may b. of any subject, the contestants may select, except portraits and machinery, and the number of entries by one person is not lim ited. The judges will be honorable, competent men .elected just three days before the awards are made. The best nhotomnh. Tl In wUl k! 1 dueed from week to week In WEST SHORE, with the name, and addresses of the photographers Photographs sent in will be repro- Constant, are requested to send two print, of each subject, one to be submitted to the judges and the other for use bv the n, M.v- mark, on the photograph, th.rn.elv., but cut out the accompanying slip .nd write your nam and address iWol bZta mftlTft L In, and forward it with th. photographs, on. slip for e-h entry you max.. Th. photo.,. VK p5H3 nlaSl 1 "V .xlllon, th. award, being mad. on th, third day of th. (air, Saturday, SeptambeS lYlKf SL 5 ,the4PortU,)d Mupo-lbl.uto.n.bl.u.U.'reproduU.em. The i Jdl MOT Alun m utor la blh eluM, bat rof.uloaalt only la CUm 1. Numbar of aatrUi bi o. I,n.u i ....... u.b- u. ...r, b..... u ... ,h., . ,h...,r.Pb JrJsi, uuk t v m"t h,T aadalhiara,ibatkiani,Uat. Photo, r.ph. ihould .11 b. waaiad. wmuiali bUowa work If kehatselMted theiubjaot WEST SHORE PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST. 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