, 1878-05-18

over month in viewing the conn-
try east Of tie Cascades, principally
in Washington Territory. gives his
views to his readers in very interest
ing aud instructive articles, from
one of which we extract the follow
ing, promising that the country
spoken Of will all be tributary to
Seattle on the completion Of the
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad: ::
That is az immense country; all OF
it-chailenging the world to pro
duce its equal. Take Wasco. Una
tilla. Walla Walla, Columbia, Whit-
man and Stevens counties, east of
the Columbia river, and the klickl-
tat and Yakima country west and
north OF the lordly Columbia all
tributary to Astoria there is
territory enough in them to make
sixteen states. The development
has been greater in the past year or
two. than during the previous twen-
ty years, AID if this ratio is kept up
for four or five years consecutiyely.
let the middle men" stand from
under the seaport question. We
have taken pains to make compar-
isons of portions of that country
with Minnesota and California.
With all the hard winters of Mime
sofa, all the dry summers of Califor-
MIA, and the real producing area Of
both, Oregon and Washington, east
Of the mountains, have q big per
centage in their favor. Last year
five railways centering at st. Paul.
carried over 600,00 tons of freight
out OF the country. Here bu: 5c,-
600 tons has ever yet passed down
the Columbia river in one year from
above the Dalles."
We are indebted to Mr.. Lovely St.
Clair for the first lot of Strawberries
we have had this season. Mr.. St.
Clair went out to the prairie yester-
day, and brought home ten quarts.
He says he could have picked more,
but ten quarts filed the buckets he
had With him. m.-1acoma Herald.
RETURNED. J. NJ. Celman, Esq,
returned from San Francisco last
evening, and his presence always
brings with it a suggestion of en-
terprise and renewed activity in bus
mess. He has purchased rails for
reiaying the track Of the S. Il W.
r. between Steele's and Rem
1ich greatly needed repair.
ID OyER.-The fracas which
d yesterday noon was finally
d OF this morning. The man
en-, charged by Haley with
reats to do great bodily in
S bound over in the sum OF
S1G0 10 keep the peace,
DRUNK.--a man was arrested last
evening by the night watchman,
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. He was fined SO and costs
this morning by Justice Scott. and
in default Of payment was commit
ted to jail.
JACK WILSON, the young man
who lost his thumb at Newcastle
few days ago, came in town last
night. The accident will prevent
his playing in the base ball nine.
FINED.-After we went to press
last night. Haley. the man who had
the TOW in the American House, was
re-arrested on the charge of striking
John Mcdonald with chair. He
was taken before Justice Scott, tried,
found guilty and fined s. and costs,
aggregating Slo.50.
Mr.. Yesler has commenced work
on his new arrangements fol protect
ing his Mill street buildings against
fire. He is running large iron
pipe from the tank in the rear all
along the tops Of the one-story build
ings on the north side of Mill street.
ME. John Angus will please ap-
ply to the registered letter clerk for
a valuable letter. 70 obtain regis
tered letters the party must be
known, or identified by some relia-
BILE person.
The Dakota will return here from
up Sound on Thursday next. adm
sail for San Francisco about Sun
day.
THE bark Enoch Talbot. loaded