, 1883-02-03
AINswoRrH
fhs CITY Of Sand Hills and Sage Brush ~
Plenty Of Work and Times Lively.
AiNswoRfH, Jan. "a 1883.

ArxswoRTH, Jan. "a, 1883.
Ed SrArEsMAN II have passed through
Ainsworth on an average Of once every siI
months for tie past tEo years, and each
time expected to find the burg deserted and
dead. To-day there i. more life, and mo,e
money in circulation IN this ''ci.y Of sand
hills and sage brush" than any town on the
line Of the Northern Pacific. When Spraeue
was laid out and the company moved their
shops to that town, ever, body had Aims
worth deal and buri.d But to the cou-
srary, buildings are constantly being erected,
and rral estate holds st-ady at go,d pric-
l should Judge there We're some fifty or sixty
buildings here, and a population Of about
500 There Is one large general merchandise
hou-e-thN OF Messrs. Sprague Fair
weather and sever al small variety stores. J.
W. S1ull. th- pion-er hotel man OF the
Northern Pdc fic, Is st,I here, and comforta-
bly fixed ~Ith tbs w. rid. goods. Mr.. J.
h. earn y, an old q. K. & n man. and well
known t. many Of your readers, is here as
agent, ana has been for the pas, year and a
half.
Me, J. H. Some, the efficient and courte-
ons superintendent Of the eomp.ny's saw
mil at this point. The gentleman states
that he Is 10 furnish ali the ilmbers for Howe
truss brIig-s on the ClaTk's Fork dryisY
a % the timber To be used on the immense
hri sge over Snake ri,er at this point. He
mas logs III the boom 10 run the mill till tn
last Of Apri'. and plenty of sawed lumber on
hand to fill orders for all bridge buiidiug,
and shop work on the Pen d'Or,rlit divi-iou
Beside this Mr.. Stone has handed all tie
ties 10 b. used III the construction Of the
Palnus- branch rotl, all OF winch We're
hoomed from the Yakima The mill has
been compelled to shut down dnring the pas,
week on account OF cold weather.
Captains Will and Al. Gray are deserving
much credit for the successful manner in
wi ich they have handl d the transfer boat
Frederick BiIiiHgs. aud thus KIP. traffic open
in spite Of the exrrrme low water and heavy
ice In the s. axe river. As steamb at mrn
| believe the gentlemen are unexcelled On
this coast.
The company Las erec,ed an ice house
here with a capacity Of 600 tons.
II. ID. Bush, superyi ing engineer of the
Ains~orth bri ige has hi, headquarters at this
place.
Mr.. J d. McEroy, for a long time tele-
graph operator at the station in Walla Walls
nov has charge of the wires at Ainsworth.
Capt. Fred Wilson has command OF the
bridge compaay's boat, the Northrea. She
is used In handling barges loaded with gran
ite, gravel, etc, and IN transferring men.
Immense piles OF bridge iron AMI cons,ruc-
lion materi Al can be seen on both sides Of the
ri,er, awaiting use.
Citizens here have built commodiOus
school house and employed competent
teacher, who reports all average attendance
of about % pupils.
R-lisious services are held every Sunday
morning and evening, in the school.
Billy Gray. an old time Walla Walla boy
is in busin, IS here and dong big trade.
The railroad company is constantly max
ing improvements III the WY Of building.
having recently erected large repair shop.
There is great deal Of gambling going on,
but the best of order prevails. Roughs aud
hard characters are not tolerated here.
Considerable ice i. being put up here this
season by private enterprise.
Dave Pool, VII known railroad boy.
now running the switch engine here, was
married short time ago to Miss Annie Frost
of Answer h.
The river is running heavy with cake and
slush ice. 1t is ported that there IS
heavy gorge about - miles above this p'ac~.
When that breaks, trouble is anticipated by
some hore. TRAVELLER.