, 1878-04-13


custom with the merchants and trad
ers OF Portland and San Francisco
to decry this country and refer to i
as sandy desert, doomed to eterna
desolation. Now they go off on the
other tack and overrate it. AS al
illustration, they talk of the country
east of the mountains marketing
this year, ten million bushels OF
!. wheat. This is simply absurd. We
have the land 10 produce four times
ten million bushels. but it is not oc
cupied. and the people to cultivate
the land are not here. It is quite
sure that the yield of this season
will be greatly in excess of that OF
last year. and possibly will foot up
between two and three million bush
els. This estimate doubles the fig
ures of last year. and certainly
speaks well for the progress already
made. With the immigration now
coming in. we may calculate with a
favorable season. in 1879 to market
ten million bushels, and after that
year it is safe to say that the Colum-
bia river valley will take rank as the
greatest grain producing district in
the United States. Just now our
friends abroad are placing figures
too high, but in a year or two from
date we will justify their widest es-
timates.-- ". w. Statesman.
How Is IT IN .SEATTLE.-The i'm
preston among many of our citizens
is, that Seattle, on account of its
cosmopolitan population. is much
more immoral than any of the older
communities. An Indianapolis pa
per says: Churches are numerous
and the pulpits are supplied with
dlvines whose theological lore is in
keeping with the times. Yet these
places of worship are very poorly
attended. and while the ministers
are wasting their weeks work on a
few meek and lowly followers of the
cross, whole armies Of young men
and old men are Willing away their
existence playing draw poker. In
vestigation would develop the fact
that for each man who regularly sits
under the droppings of the sanctu
ary, ten sit at a poker table"
MARINE. Katie Fiickenger,
loaded with lumber from Colman's
mill, was towed out by the Favorite
this morning. The Martha Rideout
went to sea from Port Blakely last
evening. The ship Blue Jacket,
loaded with lumber from Tacoma
for Melbourne, will be towed down
to Port Townsend this evening. The
bark Fresno is under the coal shute.
The schooner Reporter is still load
ing at the mill. The coast survey
schooner Yukon is anchored in the
harbor. The little steamer Nellie
Taylor is drawn off the route be-
tween here and Milton and goes to
Olympia.
SALE OF PICTURES The collec
tion of paintings belonging to ex-
Senator Latham, of California. was
sold at public auction in New York
ON the 2Sth ult., and brought $780,
$50. It is remarkable fact that
Mr. Latham accumulated the great
er portion of his immense wealth
while holding public Office. With
such examples of thrift as are pre-
sented by Mr.. Latham. John Sher-
man, Geo. II. Williams and many
others, who will say that politics
don't pay.
To EUROPE. We understand it is
the intention of Rev. G. R. Bonnell,
for some time pastor of the Episco-
pal Church of this city, to make
trip to Europe the coming summer,
with the intention Of being gone a
year. He accompanies his nephew,
Nr Huston. as tutor. Mrs. Bonnell
will not accompany him, but will
remain with her friends in Pennsyl-
vanla.
SAMARITAN LODGE No. 4, I. 0. o.
F., of Portland, celebrated her 25th
anniversary on Monday last in gor-
geous style. The papers of that
city are full of descriptions of the
procession. meeting, ball and sup
per. We were invited to the affair,
but owing to our only shirt being in
the wash we were unable to 60.
HEAVY MAIL.-There was quite a
heavy mail distributed at the post
Office in this city this morning, the
semi-occasional Eastern mail swell
ling out the pouches to a considera-
BILE extent.
New REs1DENcE.-Mr Ohm, the
we'll known mail carrier, has pre-
pared the lot and commenced the
erection of neat cottage on his
property on Ninth street, between
Jefferson and Pine.
PROBATE CoURT.-In the mat
ter of the estate of W. L. Dins-
more, deceased, the apprises
filed an inventory and appraise-
ment of the estate, from which
it appears that the property con-
sists of S1,O50 in cash, 81, $50 in
real estate, and q large quantity
of personal property.
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