The river press., 1882-03-15
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

IN u y U1 LII NUN II ID /,
The amount of snow in the mountains Of
Idaho will, it is thought, cause heavy floods
in all the streams.
Gambling is profitable at Preston, A. T.
One of the faro banks cleaned up s25, 900 as
the result of an eight months run.
Dispatches and disreptutabe efforts are be-
ing made in Utah to secure signatures to Pc
titions protesting against the passage of the
anti Polygamy bill in Congress.
Wyoming papers are trying to get girls to
tirg the report that all who come out as
servant girls marry rich old bachelors.
The work of grading on the Northern Pa
clfc beyond Pen 'Oreille lake is being push
ed forward by large force of men, in spite
of the six feet of snow on the ground.
The Portland Oregonian announces on the
au horty of Mr.. Thelsen that the western
end of the Northern Pacific will reach Mis-
soula by January 1st, 1883. At present snow
lies five feet deep on the ground, but the
5000 laborers will continue their work, the
snow being up to their armpits.
The Oregonian says that Portland, Or. will
have the most substantial and costliest depot
in America Mr.. Willard in his plans for the
structure adopted what experience in the
United States has taught TO be the most prac-
tical, and with this he has combined many
ornamental features Of the handsomest de-
pots in Europe, particularly those of the
Orleans depot in Paris.
Captain J. W. Barrows, sheriff of Elbert
county, Colorado, passed through Ogden last
| week, having in custody one Frank Porter,
who was indicted for killing George Short in
June 1878 The two men were cowboys
and the killing was done with stick of TIM
Der. The Sheriff caught his man in Wash
ington Territory last February and has been
on the road every since.
There is big boom IN real estate property
in Portland, Oregon. In four weeks ending
January 13, deeds recorded show transactions
amounting to 1867, PAT 80. In the four weeks
ending February 10, the transfers by deed
amounted to 1868, ,66O 10 These properties
are said to have sold at an advance of forty
per cent. in the last sixty days, and eighty
per cent. above prices year ago.
Near Winslow, in the Sunset mountains,
says the Albuquerque Journal, cave has
been discovered which is one of the greatest
wonders of Arizona Territory. 1t is of un-
known proportions, having never been ex-
plored, and the phenomenon connected with
! it that causes the wonder of beholders is the
fact that strong current of air rushts into
the cave OF sufficient force to draw down in
to the Putonian depths all light articles
placed near the entrance. The roaring OF
the winds into the cavern may be heard 200
yards away from the opening.
Reno Gazette During the last four years
Oregon has exported 10 the Eastern States
net less than 400 600 head Of beef cattle.
Most of these cattle were produced In the
counties east of the cascades. The largest
purchasers within the State were the firm OF
Long 6 Bryan, Of Leavenworth, Kan, who
bought 10000 head in Grant county alone in
the spring Of 1880. In the southern part of
Grant county are several ''cattle kings who
are furnishing beef to San Francisco, their
shipping point being Winnemuccs. The two
largest are 'rodhunter, of Camp Harvey, and
French, of Stein Mountain, neither Of whom
ship less than twenty five car loads 600 head'
at drive. Hugh J. Glenn, the great wheat
man of Colusa county, Californis, has o,OoO
head of cattle in Grant county.