, 1882-08-12
Visits Among Newspaper Men.

The editor Of the Minneapolis TriJR1e
thinks that IN 1856 that ely vii grind 49,
COO, 900 bushels q wheat, If It can be had.
he thinks the talk .; this will be found in
tha; S,4t-, the balance in this Territory and
Oregon.
TAe Por;l.ni Standard, looking ahead.
says Of Chinese labor on the street work
It IS pity that tire city cInno: regulate
Ills matte, a. m year or two, when rail
Fosds are cJ;n yleted AMI the drove Of China
men now employed On them ere turned
loos". they viii moEoyoliza this class OF
work TO the exclusion Of those nOg en-
PlOYed IN l.
George Buys, Of the Colfax Denocrat,
says Of the sunday laS:
No doubt gr,a. effort viii be made at
the Lext session II the len latrre 70 DO
away with II. { rtainly II does not accom-
pl.sn the end tor which 1t WAS intended. Il
Is only III the hamlet, ia the Territ nv that
Il IS observed ar all Nearly every town Of
any sizs n Ea-;e:n Washington has utterly
ignored It.
Se1ttle has allowed Chinese % bid for
public st.ee. wort, aud the Herald says:
We blush for Ler shame. and We are con-
vIuceL. that tn ~ lssss OF car people Will
dag political gave "a-epsr than p.ummet
ever sounded, IN winch they will bury
those Who gave tueir acquiessnce to this
award SO deep hat they nrv, : aglin viii be
II 4 position 70 enrich Chinese O,uptnIes
with public money
The Seattle HerGR says:
Tue stages Through OREGON, IDAHO and
Washington IeTrIt,ne~ are loaded down
with enormous NAL MATER,
Does he mean Congressional Records or
the Salem Statesman?
The editor Of the S=attle HerSid exclsims:
Why Is It there l. such scarcity OF poul.
try and e-ss IN this make
Perhaps the chickens do not lay.
The Omaha Herald. writing up the 0.e-
gan Snort Lna, says:
The ualn Inc which starts a. Granger,
Wy'miu., sc niles west q Omaha ON the
Uu.oa P,cihc railway, i il cp rat ca trcm
Granger t. COkryii.-, IUahO. i distance OF
81 miles, m,yeG trains bang run sincr Situr'
day Passing hrousn The canyon the rail-
way Is beng bu.l- - Port NeIf station.
where II IONS the Ut,h snd NOrtacrn track.
The line through 10 PJTt NeGt viii be
ouen-a this tan Ia the ueautime, con.
strlctiou !, gong on rapidly west from the
Ut.h am Nor herA road toward NOo5
III - i.Ffg
/ miles OF track ba, been lad, carr, InS 1t
aero g SNAKE IIyer, where the DIldge l,
lullt above American Flils. atfJIdIug = mag
u'ficent vieE. AT present the track Is be-
lna laii beyond tie uvec at the tate oi a
mile and bali day. Aboat 1000 men
aud several thousand teams are working On
the Oregon Inc, engaged mainly IN grading
west Of Snake river. irey wlil endeayOr Ia
reach Wood river crossing, 50 miles west OF
Snake river, IN : pt5mbcr- From W Nood
river crossing the constructors propose
To build the Wood river branch northwsrd.
into the heart of the " NoOd river country, to
Bellevue and HALEY, Uhicn It Is intended 10
reach also this fill. At the Juncture town
h 5 been laid ont called ShOst1Ee, fourteen
miles from Shrshonc FillS. which are twice
the s:z- Of Magma, ami next 10 Niagara the
graudest spectacle OF cataract III America.
L j. expected 20 make SaoshoEe an import,
ant ;,ornt for the supply oi 4 rch agri,ultu'
| raj and stock region, besides being the poInt
Of departure for tourists TO SEoshone Falls.
The Wood river branch runs through a val
| lev much Of which is as rich as many OF the
valleys 4 the Roxy Nouptlh country, and
at Bellevue and Haley ); reaches the heart
uf u rich mining region. while the compile
! tion Of the road viii afford II ral outlet te
! transport thousands Of tons Of ere that are
I being pil, up in anticipation oil its coming.
/ With a fair winter 1t IS believed tat the
! main line Of the Oregon road can be rn'shed
7 to Baker City within a year.