, 1882-10-28

The Mountain Sentinel ssys.

Ine Mountain Senfiaet says:
The largest piece of work on the Blue
Mountains, with exceptions of the tunnel.
now building, is . cut near the mouth Of
Meaehams creek. It il 80 feet long. and
In places, Go feet deep. through solid bssaltic
rock, force OF 45 men have been work.
ing on VI for the past three months. and !.
will take the same force three week. longer
to finish it.
The Olympia Transcript says: During
the last ninety days about twenty home
steads have been taken in this county. more
than has ever been done before in that
length OF time. We are informed on the
most reliable authority that there are room
for five hundred more good farms in .he
county. Many OF these are in the timber.
and in places seldom if ever visited.
The Canadian Pacific railroad is expected
TO be completed by the middle or close of
1883. and will not be far behind the North.
ern Pacific IN making through connections.
During the past year 2s5 miles of railroad
have been constructed by the Northern Pa
cific ON its main line-lS3 miles from the
east and lC2 miles from the west. By the
lst of January. 1852, there will be less than
that amount Of road to build. In addition
to the above work on the main line 273 nilss
Of track have been laid on the var,ous
branches.
Topeka, Kansas, is highly moral, strictly
temperance, but by no means an inteIIigentIy
practical city. In addition TO its other
attractions, 1t Is the proud possessor of fifty
saloons, which do thriving business not.
withstanding the prohibitory law. The pro.
hibition, 1t seems, does not prevent the sale
OF liquor, but prohibits the receipt by the
municipal corporation of any revenue there
from Thus the ssioons which previously
paid 900 annually to the city treasury
nov pay nothing and yet carry on their
business uninterruptedly. This is carrying
a high moral principle too far-at least the
Over-taxed business people of Topeka are of
that opinion.
Somebody has been saying this about the
city editor: Who is there In any town who
does more for the community at large than
the local editor of its local paper? Who is
it that labors harder and does rs much un-
paid, and as unthanked as he: He rejoices
with you in your prosperity, and sorrows
with you in your adversity. He chronicles
your births. proclaims your marriage festiv-
tiles, and when you have paid your last debt
of nature. he vents his grief and frequently
perls his chance for heaven in endeavoring
to give yon clear record where0n to begin
business in the other world; and what Is his
reward, There are always plenty in the
neighbOrhood to curse that blockhead of an
editor. Why? Because, perhaps, after
wearying his brain for years in getting up
complimentary notices for yourself, your
family aid your business for all of which.
probably you have never said thank you"
he has inadvertently said something that
does not strike you just right. People should
remember that he is beset by many perplex-
Ities many are the axes that are brought to
him for free turn of the crank, and taking
everything into consideration, he omits call
ing attention 10 but few events of social,
moral or business Importance that occur in
his vicinity.