, 1883-03-03

least three or more months in advance %
the period the same would have required
via Gaze Karn, with ;he rebste of so PEE
cent. transit weight snd bulk Left at Mn
neapolis m the fOrm OF offl
This is the principal toPse now discussed
by those interested IN Eastern Oregon and
Washington, ~hitf, ~ =. be tested next
, Fall. SO suon Is the y T. road and Waila
I Walla elevator are both ia running order
We have no comment IS to the hlsiness
Feasibility of IAis proposed transit
scheme. further than a. draw ,hs atteD-
tIcu If cur reaisIs - WLar pOTteucs To a
new business departure IN which then
interests are involved. This subject is
bou, To- be forced prominently before the
business and industrial elements Of the
Pacifc Northwest within tn conrse OF
the present year.
During the year 1852 the steamship
lines running between San Francisco and
Portland carried uorthward S0,Ji1 pas
srngers. and suuthwagi Ca their return
trips, "a AIS passengers. The excess Of
10, 100 in the number Of passense bound
for Oregon over the number going South
ward to San Francisco, presents accurately
the number of Immigrants carried by these
steamers 10 settle IN ,he Pacific Northwest.
II We add moderate estimate OF the
number who went IN by wagon from Cal
ifOrnia, and from points on the Union
and Central Pacific railroads, and also By
the steamers running from San Fran
cisco and Puget Sound ports, the stats
tics Of whose business We have not at hand,
We have total Of immigration for the
year of at least 80 600 When the North
ern Pacific line is completed next summer,
and a direct route is opened from the
East 10 the beautiful and inviting regions
of Oregon and Washington, the migra-
ton thither will reach much larger pro-
portions
The output of the sawmi!ls at present,
operated on The Sound, is said to be about
/ l,000, 900 feet day \ large amount oi
lumber is being shipped abroad, and al
though the timber supply Is not IneSk-' Inek
haustible, still 1t is Kooderiul to witness
the youh5 ~Srowth OF pine, frs and tama-
!::e,s t.ses in all places, as soon as the timber
of large growth has been fe!led to tie
ground and the shade thereby destroyed.
In all the deadnin.s through the noun
tains, young growth OF timber IS seen
Thus It will be seen that If fire is kept
out, new growth would soon take the
place of the old under favorable conditions
and q little fostering care. Evidences oi
this recuperativG power Is IL be seen on
all sides in the mOuntains
An arrangement recently adopted by
Mr.. Pullman makes 1t practicable To run
through Pullman cars from New York
City to Portland, nce@, II, over the Penn
sylvan,a, Chicago, Milwaukee and s..
Paul, and Northern Pacific rs soon as
the connection is made across the con-
tinent durins the coming summer This
will be the only roate over which through
cars viii 90 from ocean Ia ocean, and viii
be by FAR the most picturesque line OF
5000 miles travel IN the American Con-
tinent.
The nigh prices paid for wood IN East
ern Washington during the past few
weeks suggests the idea how desirable il
is to those folks TO lave rail connection
with the coal deposits of Western Wash
ingtun, 4 ton Of coal could be sold there,
on completion Of a road over TIE Cascades,
for less than the price Of 4 cord, and ii
would be worth more than two cu;is. -
Post -IHtsiiigeitce-.
The Arkansas Legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors within three miles Of any church
or sehool The only resource for the Peo-
pie of that State and especially for the
thirsty residents Of Little Rock viii be to
move the churches and schools outside
the city limits This VIII be easier and
more convenient than riding out into the
country for their morning cocktails
The business OF canning vegetables has
grown to enormous proportions. Over
81, ,0O0, 900 cans Of tUmatnes were packed
last year, making one for every man,
woman and child i'll the country Nearly
half of this work was done III Mary land
and Virginia The wholesale price Of
three-pound cans ranged from f"u: 10 tire
cents each.