, 1884-02-02

He Aeseribes the aesrepslis sf the North
west In HIS 1saal grsDAle ssyse.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2S.

PORTLAND, Jan. 2S.
Wherever 60 the cry Of hard t,nes IL
hsa i, but after due consideration aud T.
ious reelection l Rave arrived at the con.
clusion that times and shiskey msy be com
pared; we al know that while there u no
bad wii,tey, it is positive fact that some
whisksy is better than others. and so it is
with times eeaerslly; thers ale no really
hard times, but Occasionally they get better.
Here in Portlsni the cry is the same. but
10 look around and see the really massive
and magnificent buildings lately erected aad
in course of erection, l cannot see aly real
Ielson fo- gyoxliDg. Po,tlsrd il prcsp,r-
ing Us never before, and to talk Nth the
whoiesa'e merchants and walk around the
retail stor,s. and s,e the luxury and s0lcn.
dor that surrounds oIe On esery side. a k
myself if they know what they mean By
''hsrdP times. l .es no b gyars, or an
one crying for bread, every one seems en-
ployed aad comfortably co.hed-what
more en- they require, They have had no
hard times in this Northwest since the days
when the first pioneers arrived in tie val
leys from across the plans When | see
gaunt hungry men in bodies accompanied
by their wives and Et.ls ones in the winter
time, parading the streets of the cities ask
my for food. will begin to join in and say
times are hard. but at p.essnt all ] can see
is that the ucneYei men and bloated capi-
t,lsts are MT making as much as they have
been doing, snd consequently money is
tight and the remedy is for those Who have
been depending upon money lenders, to
economic little asd they will be better
Of 10 the tnl.'
Portland appears to realize fully the com
mere al situation since the completion Of
the great ncrihe,n route. ard have accepted
it. Dropping into Messrs Corbets aud
Macleay's wholesale house l found there q
promine-t merchant from the upper coun
Try who gave me few statistics regsriins
the price OF atsolaie nee ssaiiss here a.
compared with San Francisco, aud l found
ih.t many article, such As tea. rice,
salt, etc, can be.purchssed at this house st
prices far below San Francisco rates. fAgsin,
drupped into G. Shindler & Co.'S great fur
niture store and founi that all the goods rod
here are far below San Francisco and equal
to eastern prices. and It costs less to furnish
residence in a really Luxurious marn raow.
than in the ante -railroal days conld be done
il very common style. However much
We Of Walla Walla may wish to obtain goods
at Eastern prices We can never do it until
some of our hocses do jobbing business On
a large scale, assome OF our hardware men
are air ally dong Tine gr, a. terminal hotel
a: Portland is looming up prodiSiorsly and
We can alsesdy imagine what 1t will be
wien compile ed The new Hotton House is
a grEnl affuir And for comp,e.ene Of detail
i'll the interior AMI rooms it has no "a isl
outside of San Frarci>co. Everything l. ei
egznt, neat and new, and the cheap ard
nasty appearance CT many Of our go called
ti-st-clsss hotels Is conspicuous by it. abb ence
III. oil paintings and eDgravipgs tha. a'o n
the walls would be credi allie to u c Pariors
# a miilionliIe, so near periecflcn are tteJ.
The 70, MS On sHits a-e away ahead of any
thing Portland ever b,f.re saw; they con
tain open fire Pic S, The sof est OF easy
chairs and lounges. III e picture. carpets o.
the best, fres;ce ceilings and every thing else
to correspond. Prominently Piacei IN the
affice is ooe # the finest P rlits OF Daniel
WEBSTER in existence; the natural and life
like express;oa of tae great Americ an Sss.e--
man, Is. worth OF itself days trip to see.
have been informed that the chances
for Col. Hewlett being the next Gcvernnr OF
Washington Territory are vry god, and
tha. he is shead of al others ia the race
He is well informed sui very Prssiieai
man and will make frat class governor.
Governor Newell is blamed foi commit;ing
himsel.to the wonsh suffrage business be
fore lie had any ,oi reason TO. and that
VIII react against HIM TacOna and Szattle
are h,ring the ouIy true boom on the COAT
and intend to take the towns ia on my
present trip Ny next v Ill be from Tacoma.
F. J. ?.