The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-06-14

considerable uneaslless II leit ia EOTl-
land in reference to the small pox.
This loathsome disease has once more
broken out among US, and already one
person, Mr.. James b. Newly, has died
with it. OF course the number Of cases
reported Is greatly exaggerated. Too
much precaution cannot be taken to pre-
vent its further spread.
Monmouth, situated in Polk county,
is prospering finely. Several dwelling
houses and other buildings are in course
Of erection, and others will be put up
during the present season. There are
two general merchandise stores, one
drug store, two blacksmith shops, one
boot and shoe store, one harness shop
and photograph gallery.
No. of the Travellers Guide and
Railroad Gazette" has been laid on our
table. 1t is a really valuable publica-
tion, and contains very good descriptions
of all the principal points along the line
of the Oregon and California Railroad.
Sent free everywhere and to everybody
who wishes it. l.. Samuel & Co., Pub
fishers, SO Front ST., Portland.
The Willamette Farmer SAYS it has
heard of two or three instances in which
large portions of fields Of wheat and oats
have been destroyed by small worm,
which does its work below the ground,
and cuts off the stalk of oats or wheat.
The worms make a clean sweep of the
crop as they go, leaving not single
thing in their way that they can de-
stroy.
Work on the railroad south of Rose
burg has been discontinued, and the
hands, we learn, are TO be transferred to
the Northern Pacific between Kalama
and the Sound. The grading north of
Roseburg will be finished in a short
time. The track is laid to the trestle
work at Smiths hill, seven miles from
Oakland, which work will be finished
this week.
The line of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, as it is now located, passes up the
west side of the Columbia river, leaving
at Wallula. 1t crosses the Columbia
some three miles above the mouth of
Snake river, and thence, in a southwest
ern direction, through the Palouse coun-
try to the Lake. Parties just over from
Yakima say the surveyors are now set
ting the grade stakes.
The Eugene Guard of late date has
this grim bit of news: Function, we
fear, is a doomed city. The ingratitude
that was manifested by its inhabitants
last Monday is simply awful. After
Mr.. Holiday had taken especial pains
TO make it n point of importance, going
to the enormous expense of purchasing
5000 bricks with which to build shops,
round houses, ete.,-tO givea Democratic
majority is sin which can hardly be
forgiven"
A school for girls under the auspices of
the Episcopal Church, will soon be
opened at Vancouver. The Register says
it is also expected that n good school
house will soon be erected OH the block
of ground belonging to the Church, in
the southwestern portion of town, as
5000 has already been secured for that
purpose. We are also informed that
Bishop Morris is offered $4,000 for the
purpose of building a school house for
boys in the Territory. Now, wouldn't
II be the more sensible way to have q
school for boys and girls together?
Articles of incorporation were recently
filed in the Multnomah County Clerks
Office by E. J. Bryan, L. Kidd, P. Mar
tin, NJ. Owens and p. T. Collins. The
name of the corporation is ''The Father
Mathew Total Abstinence Benevolent
Society of Portland" and its duration is
to be perpetual. The object and busi-
ness of the Society is for the advance
ment and teachings of temperance prin-
ciples, charitable pursuits, and the ad-
ministratiOn of privileges, powers and
benefits, according to the rules, customs
aud usages of similar societies, and fol
the acquisition of real estate.
In Washington Territory there are
3,127 farms of from three hundred tC
( over one thousand acres each. Thurs.
ton county contains the greatest number
of farms of more than one thousand acre:
each, nine in all; Pierce contains two
and Walla Walla one; no other county
contains farm of one thousand acres
Walla WalIa leads of in number o
/ farms Of all sizes, having 635; Clarke
comes next with Ala; ThurstOn ranks
third, with Sl9. OF farming lands in
the Territory there are improved 49,, ole
unimproved, 457, 123, of which 26l DOG
are woodland The cash value of all the
farms is S3,97S,34I; Of farming imple-
ments, $3.50, ,55l; of farm productions
and additions TO stock, -, 2,lll,9O2.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
being held this week at Salem, show.
the Order to be i'm a fiourishing condi.
ton, the total assets being 50, 100 60 anc
the liabilities SIS %. The followin,
items of interest relating to the Orde
are taken from the G.. w. Secretary,
, report Number Of Lodges reported las
year, 50; number OF Lodges organized
! Is; number Of Lodges ceased WORKING
Is; present number, 81; initiated, .4sl
admitted by card, 15S; reinstated, 81
total membership, 1,695; cards granite,
240; resigned, 2s2; suspended, 46S; e,
Il PEELED, l20; deaths, Z; Total, LIE; In
= crease as per Lodge reports, $50; toti
/. membership, April 20, 1872, with (
: Lodges TO hear from, 2,3ls; estimate
membership, 3,3ls.