, 1866-12-28

granttO thelr own use, WHICH, IN some instances
Is now being done. l.r.a.. rr..Y ..
Your memorialists wish to further show the
vital Importance Of an early opening Of a free
road through this rich and fertile domain, where
by the producers of the valleys may be enabled
to reach the mining regions with their produce,
and supply the miners with the necessaries Of
life at prices which will enable them TO remain
In ana develop the mines. We give some statis-
tss,>~HafnllY complied, And, drawn rom reti~Ni-
prices of the same Of walla Walla Valley alone,
together with the number of tons OF freight Ian
ded by steamers at WAlla WtllA and the amount
passing over the "Mullan Road" by pack trains
to Western Montana.
The WalA Wala Valley, including that porS
ton which lies in the State of Oregon, has pro-
duced this season, (lS66,) 100000 bushels OF
wheat $50 900 bushels of oats; 200, 900 bushels
Of barley; 100000 bushels of corn; no. 600 lbs OF
beams $500 head Of hogs; 1880 head of horses;
$500 head Of cattle.
From January lst, to November 18th, 1866, ], =
500 head of horses have been purchased by indi-
vidual miners at the Walla Walla horse markets;
1000 miners have outitted at Walla Walla; s.
900 head of cattle were driven from Walla Wal.
la to Montana 81 wagons with immigrants have
come through from the States ria the "Mullan
Road, a portion of whom settled in the Walla
Walla Valley, and the remainder crossed the
Columbia River at Walula and settled on the
Yakima Riveror passed on to Pnget Sound. Not
less than 10000 have passed over the "Mullan
Road to and from Montana, during the past
season. 81 10000 treasure have passed down
through Walla Walla aud Walula during the
same period.
The Walla Walla Valley contains six Touring
mills six saw mills; two planning mills two
distilleres one foundry, and ffty'two thresh-
ing, heading and reApng machines.
The Oregon Steam Navigation Company have
run daily line Of boats to Wallula, Sundays
excepted) during the past season, up to the 4th
dEy of November. Since that time the boats
nave made four trips per week These boats are
Of the capacity Of from seventy FIVE to two hun
dred tons burthen. and, giving tue very lowest
estimate, these boats have landed not less than
FIVE thousand tons of freight at Wallula during
the season,
As early as 1852, about the time the Walia
WallA and Fort Benton wagon road was com.
pleted, the Oregon Steam Navigation Company
landed at Wallula from the 9TH day of July to
the llth day of 0cteber, Inclusive, l,7O5 tons
OF freight; making thfeeteips pee week, which
is al average Of over forty tons per trip. The
Government has a large warehouse at Wallula,
Quartermaster's agentin charge, and all the
Government suppliessfeF Fort Walla Walla,
Fort Boise : ana iatge proportion of those for
EOTts ODlfltle anu u ipWAl are lhuutu mere.
Freight is landed at Walluh, for Lewiston,
Florenee, Pierce City, Elk City, and Orc Fino
during the spring au-f-fAll, aud for Heleua,
Blackfoot City, Deer Lodge, He'll GI.e, Bitter
Root Valley, Cdriboo, K1ouenai, aud Pen dor
ellie Lake, at all seasons of the year-ice not
preventing.
Wallula, on the great bend of the Columbia
river, stands in the same position to Washing
ton, Idaho and Western Montana Territories that
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eastern portion OF Montana. The distance from
Portland, Oregon-the head of ocean steam
navigation, pointing towards this newly discov-
cred mining regiou-to Wallula, is 22O miles.
From Wailula TO Helena, via the Mullau road, it
is las miles-mIking total from Portland, Or
egOn, via the COlumOIa river through Wallula
to Helena Montana Territory, of Cos miles.
Your memorialsts will fuFther state that,
owing to the condition of the Mullan road, the
producers Of the Walla Walla aud other Valleys
adjacent thereto, are deprived of valuable
market for their roducts, aud the inhabitants
living along the line OF the road, and in western
Montana are compelled to pay exhorOitant, not
to say extortionate priees for the necessaries of
life, while the best Standard Mills family -four
is selling at Walla Walla for $500 per barrel
and the best of wheat is selling at sixty cents
per bushel, the frei ght on either of these arti-
ces to Montana, via the Mullan road, in its pres
sent condition, costing from l3 to % cents per
pound by pack animals.
Your memoriaists are of opinion that wheat
cannot be purchased anywhere in the United
States at what it is now daily being sold for at
Wala W4la-slxty cents per bushel Oats
command from one 20 one and one-hhlt cents
per pound barley from one to one and one
fourth cents per pound. Last year the mer-
chants of Walla Wala shipped over 100000
pounds of oats to Oregon, aud $4,000 pounds
OF wool, and large quantity OF potatoes and
onions.
Believing that we have ia as small space as
possible, presented soma Of the many reasons
showing the great necessity for the Immediate
opening OF the Walld Wala and Fort Benton
wagon road, commonly called the Muiian road,
we will therefore only further state, that the
Post Office Department has established mail
route from Walula to Helena, making Whllula
distribntiu office, and that by opening the
road we are assured that we will soon have
what the requirements of the country and the
number of Inhabitants demand, mail coach on
the route instead of train of pack horses.
Your nIemorialists therefore pray that your
honorable bodies will take these facts into con
sidera.io !, and that you will, in your wisdom
take i'm Mediate steps towards opening up thl'
important route, and your memoria!ists will, as
in duty bound, ever pray ..
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BRIc IAN YoUSG on PoLYGAMY.-The follow
ing po rtiou of Brigham Youug's address at. thu
semi "a unull Conference lately held At Salt Lake
City, is taken from the Deseret Ne'0s:
The last time | was in the city Of Lowell
there were fourteen thousand more female:
than males in tnat city. This is mlny year'
ago. They live aud die in single state
aud are forgotten. Have they filed thu
measure of their creation, and accomplished
the designs of heaven 10 bringing them uPor
the earth 7, No, they have not. Two thou
sand good, God-fearing men should go there
and take to themselves seven wives piece
1t is written 10 the Bible, ''and in that day
seven women shall lay hold of one man, say
ing that we will eat our own bread, aud wea
I l. L. - h. fh !,