, 1878-07-06
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
From the Daily Of Satu, day

From the Daily Of Satu,da
The Bannock, or Snake Indians,
who are reported to be committing
acts of hostility in southeastern
Idaho, are scarcely worthy the name
of q tribe. There are numerous
bands, from ten to fifty in number,
wandering through the country and
subsisting upon roots, berries and
fish. It is estimated that not more
than five hundred are fighting men,
and they have but few horses, and
are far inferior in every respect to
the Nez Perces and Sioux. The
Camas prairies. the scene of recent
operations, is valley, or series of
valleys, watered by several little
brooks which run from the Salmon
river mountains in southerly di.
rection and form the Malade river.
The Malade, so called by the French
trappers on account of the supposed
unhealthiness of the locality, is a
sluggish stream for about seventy
miles of its course, Then it turns
abruptly from east to south, running
through lava beds. part of the time
under ground, and. increased in
volume by. the waters of the Near
thur river, rushes in torrent to the
Snake river, branch of the Colum-
bia. The Camas prairies are fine
agricultural region of about l,5OO
square miles, walled on the north
by the wild and rugged Salmon
river mountains, and hemmed in on
the east, south and west by almost
impregnable lava beds. Such are
the Indians who, having no choice
between death by starvation and
fighting, have chosen to fight, and
such is the region in which the petty
warfare is carried on.
PORTLAND AND OREGoN.-Among
other things, Senator Grover, in his
speech on the Northern Pacific rail
road bill, said of Portland and Ore
gon as follows: 1.-The wheat market
of Portland, Oregon, is as good as
the wheat market of Chicago. for
the grain once on board at Portland
is not handled again until it is de-
livered at Liverpool, which can be
done in less than four months, with
the expense of simply seamen's
wages, costing less than export rates
from Chicago. No grain products
grown west of the mountains, will
cor1e east by the Northern Pacific
but they will go west, and
find a quicker and better market.
Then we are the nearest point of
supply to Japan aud China, who do
not produce wheat. but consume
much, and will in future consume
great deal. / make these illusions
to show that farmers who go to Ore
gon are not going out of the world,
but are going to a new world, and
that there are two sides to this con-
tinent." ---.-
How Is THIS ?-Senator Mitchell,
of Oregon, in the course of speech
made in the U. S. Senate on the Goth
of last month, made The following
statement touching the exorbitant
charges of the o. S. n. Co.: "The
zWalla Walla railroad received To-
aomotive few days ago from New
York, on which the charges we're
S265; from Portland to Wallula per
Oregon Steam Navigation Company,
the charges were S541. That is to
say, the freight on this locomotive
from New York to Portland, Ore
gon, distance of about four thous-
and miles if it crossed the continent,
over twice that if it came around it,
was $265, while from Portland to
Wallula by the boats of the Oregon
Steam Navigation Company. dis
tance of two hundred and forty
miles, the freight charges were
SOIL"
ORDA1NING A Jeung
Gwoon Jew, who is connected with
the Chinese mission recently organ
lied in Salem, in connection with
the Baptist Church, was on last
Monday ordained minister OF the
gospel. Gwoon Jew was five years
in one of the best mission schools IN
China; has been over two years a
diligent student of the bible in Oak
land, California, and on his exami-
nation showed himself thoroughly
versed in Bible doctrine.
A YOUNG man sang and played
guitar for an hour before his sweet
hearts house, in Belltown, the other
evening. Then his rival appeared
at the parlor window and thanked
him for the serenade.
FIGHTING "A man from the Dakota.
who was charging around yesterday un-
der the influence of liquor. was arrested
last evening. charged with fighting. He
was fined $l.50 and costs. amounting to
$3.50, by Justice Scott.
KINDERGART = Mrs. Gutten-
burg, a very popular and successful
teacher of children. both in Englist
and German, will reopen her school
in her own house and grounds on
Monday, July 1st.
Rev. j. A. Bonfield. of Benecia, CAL.
will preach in the Congregational
Church to-morrow,at IL A. NJ. Seats
free. and the public welcome.
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