The river press., 1882-03-08
RATES OF ADYERTISlNG /:
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

IN
The Utah & Northern will snow-shed the
Beaver Canyon.
The population of British Columbia is
40 459.
Washington Territory is free from debt,
and has q surplus of over $780, 600 in her
treasury.
Frederick Solomon, of ttissouri, has been
nomirsted by the President for United States
Surveyor General Of Utah.
8. b. Reed, superintendent of construction,
will act as Chief Engineer of the Canadian
Pacific vice General Rosser, resigned.
General r sser has been retired from the
service Of the Canadian Pacific railroad and
has taken up his residence al WinDepeg.
A correspondent Of the Silver City, Idaho,
Acalanche, from Jordan valley. reports
that stock is dying off with hunger and
thirst and the severity of the winter.
Denver has been counting up her ci'iz ms
and at last accounts had figured up over co.
600. and the mountain camps were not ye'
all devoid Of their prosppctora, neither has
the excursion seasnn commenced. ~-at4.a
The Northern Pacific railroad contemplate
planting trees along its line and raising Its
own tie mher, the trees, also, acting in lieu
of snow fences The experiment will frs,
be tried on the Missouri ami Dakota divis-
ions.
i. I.hester, contractor on section 40 of the
Canadian Pacific, has arrived at Winn+peg.
He states ,h., he will finish the track, and
have through tain service between Winnie
neg and Fort Williams, Lake Superior, by
july lat.
A big hotel project is on the tapis at Far
90. The Nnrthern Pacific management. it il
understood. gives its assistance to the exten
Of 500. .OC0, and snm tqnal TO that has nj
re al, to. subscribed by lew Of the public
spirited citizens.
j. reported the, this is the severest win
ter known in Ii~ho since 1875. The stock i
suffering very much for wnnt of food, and
is feared that when the thas comes many 0
them will etitl in the msd and die, - the.
will not have strength sufficient to extrlcat
themselves.
The great west is to be invaded this yea
bv numerous excursion parties. Well know
excursion managers are slready at work, &C
ye,tsinQ aud arranging for special excu'
sions. which will taku in oil the pro n-1
points in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada
Montsna and California.
The Washington Territory Insane Asylum
now cont ,ins 1O7 patients, the highest nun
tier vet attained. Of these, % are wome
and 80 men The number Of patients con
ing from the eastern countries lately has bee
quite large. The asylum contains one II
mate for every 750 inhabitants Of the Teri
tory
The citizens railroad committee Of Dea'
wood held meeting recently and appointt
i sub commute To communicate with Val
ous raiIr md companies having projected linz
leading This way, and that Congress be r
qnes,td tn pass bill givlrg he Hills c"n
tl4s authority to vote bonds, when il is pro
able ,ha, $500 900 will he voted 10 the con
ny first builting to the Hills.
The rapidly with which Oregon is heir
4 coloniz may be jnsged from the st"t
men,s OF the Or g,,4ian that he country b
ween Butter Creek aid Birch Greek con
prises 8. me 125 900 acres OF the finest land
Umalilia county. Five months ago no. eve
the choicest lnnd was secured, but now 1t
. difficult To get either timber culture, pre-emI
ton or homestead in that locality.
The San Francisco Chronicle attempts
describe what kind Of being J4ck Mo
mon is "A Jssk Numan is generally
G.psIle VIZ, has marIled very aitrac,i'
Mn,mM. girl and is too poor t. get out OF q
Ter,ilo,. Win her. He r+t,,ets 'n cnIne
himself wirh NJ, church Or 10 GO into poly
amy, bu, p,e'ends 10 (, mpn'h 2. with q
MoImoue, and gels along With them the oe