The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-07

stories high, to that caravansary. There
will be five suites of rooms on each floor.
John Blevins keeps the Grange Union
Store in Albany. GraBgers aud others
will find il to their advantage to patrOn-
ize him. He deals 10 staple and fancy
goods, agricultural Implements, ETC., at
the corner of First and Washington
streets.
Mr.. o. L. Rogers, of Eola, has in
vented u turning lathe of new pattern,
with which he claims To be able to turn
out common bed-p0sts at the rate of one
per minute, aud all other turning in
like ratio. Mr.. Rogers has the utmost
confidence In his invention. He will
apply tor patent at once.
! The Vancouver Independent saws: tTf
there is any one thing that the city of
Portland needs more than anything else
| just at this time it is first-class hotel
IN the central part of town. The man
who will build and run such an institu-
tiOn will be public benefactOr. Why
don't Portland have its Chemeketa ?'
Professor Stone is said to be highly
gratified with the prospects for the SAL
mon catch in the Claekamas, aud pre-
diets plenty of salmon for breeding pur-
poses. The Columbia River meu say
they will feel satisfied il three million
fish are spawned this season, and the
Professor says he is confident of getting
at least ten millions without any diff
Guilty.
A Puget Sound paper says: "Young
men, in tramping from camp to camp,
looking for work, pass over land that
will sOOu be the site of happy homes,
which they might now have 10y taking
up, but which they cannot buy at any
price in few years from now. These
young men will yet envy some settler
his home, that they could have as we'll
as not"
Tacoma has the appearance of a live
place-quite change during this sea-
son. The building formerly used for a
depot and hotel has been moved back
, near the bank, and a new depot erected
. in its stead. The Puyallup Coal Com
pany have about fifty Cinnamon en-
plOyed here making the grade, and the
new coal wharf will be pushed forward
! Immediately.
Albany has a sack factory. The Dem
, ocrdt says: "These sacks are furnished
at prices considerably lower than eau
be had in San Francisco, which is rea-
son enough why our wheat merchants
should patrOnize this factory. AS soon
as this contract is finished, the full force
of hands will he put TO work on flour
sacks, several large orders for which
have already been received"
The Seattle Tribune says: ga letter
from Mr.. Alfred Freeman, of this city,
/. who is now on McDame Greek, in the
CaSsier country, informs his brother
here, Asher NJ. Freeman, that he has
had the distinguished honor, as well as
t the good fortune, of finding the largest
nugget of gold ever found in British
Columbia. The piece weighs six pounds,
or seventy-twO ounces, and is worth, at
: at the lowest, SIT an ounce"
: The town of Dalles is in law suit. Tt
@ appears that the respective Methodist
and Catholic Missions, each and sepa-
rately, claim the City of the Rocks. In
commenting upon the situation, the
@ Moantaineer says: "If the prayers of
the people of this city are heard, and we
: believe they will be, we fear and trem-
: Lle for the souls of the present Board of
Y the Methodist Missionary Society. As
;, an outsider, with very little or no Pc
cuniary interest at stake, we advise
them to do unto others as they would
a be done by, and thereby save their rep
utatiOns and their souls Cf they have
any and obtain the goodwill of the
e people of this city, and through this
S feeling they may be able 10 do some
they pretend to have so much ZEAL"