Year: 1861




the line of advertising, thereby attesting
their appreciation of the press in their
midst, and giving evidence that as business
men they are desirous of the prosperity OF
the town as we'll as cf their individual sue
cess. We like such people, and are right
glad to find them so numerous. They look
upon enterprises calculated to improve and
benefit the whole, not as the miser looks
upon his boarded accumulations, with ava
ricious, grasping selfshness, but with a
liberal view to the general good and pro-
gress of the country. Elevated above the
niggard' y parsimony of selfshness, they are
enabled to form a rational and correct judg-
ment in respect to tie appliances that con-
tribute to their general advancement, and
they seldom expend means unwisely to
further this end. In our Judgment, the
business men of Walla V'alla are fortunate
IN Their choice of location for prosecuting
their various branches Of industry, and they
need only the exercise of common prudence
and economy to make their business sue
cessful and prosperous. AS at present,
Walla Walla will continue to be place of
much importance to the upper country. A
larae proportion of the supplies for the
mining districts-and the coming season
they will be vastly augmented by the de-
mand which will be created by the influx
of population--must be furnished by houses
here, and go forward from this place. The
business of this town will of course be more
or less affected during a portion cf the year
by rival points, but we imagine they will
result as is generally the case in town site
speculations, where townsare attempted to
be built up in places commanding few or no
natural advantages nor agricultural resour-
ces. In case of temporary inactivity in
the trade arising from our proximity to the
mines, this place is surrounded by settled
and thrifty agricultural population sufficient
in itself to support a town much larger than
Walla Walla is at present.


1t will be seen also by reference to our
advertising columns, that many of the bust
ness men of Portland have caught the spirit
of up-country enterprise, and are not behind
the times in seeking to sharein the general
activity springing up through the medium
of the mines. They court the trade, aware
that through this channel must come an
almost unlimited demand for supplies. Our
advertisers in Portland are men whom we
have personally known for years They
are fair and honorable dealers, and the pur-
chaser who buys of them, we feel assured,
will be furnished no occasion to complain
of the manner off his treatment


Dalles City also gave us liberal supply
of advertisements. We return thanks for
the favor; and call the attention of those
going to the Dalles to purchase, and also to
travellers en- route for Portland, to our ad-
versisements for the different houses and
hotels IN that city.


Our advertising list is too extended to
render notice of each one at this time ad
missible, but we shall not fail to do them
Justice as opportunity affords.


Mill CREEK BRIDGE.-Inasmuch as the
honorable board of commissioners of this
county will shortly convene for the trans
action of special business, we suggest that
one important matter deserving their atten-
ton is the building Of a bridge across Mill
Creek. This may be deemed by some an
improvement in which the city alone is in
terested, but it seems to us that not only
the city but the county are alike interested,
and that each should contribute their quota
to secure this object. A large proportion
of the county revenues have Injured directly
from the city; and the people of the county
being obliged more or less to cross at this
point, it becomes of interest to them to have
a bridge, SO that they may be enabled to
cross at all seasons of the year. We trust
the commissioners will give their attention
to this matter, and if they view the project
in the same light as above intimated, that
they will take active measures to erect a
bridge that will do honor to the county.


EY Mr.. Mossman has exhibited to us
some specimens of coarse gold and gold
quartz, which were obtained on Salmon
river, about fifty miles from the mouth of
Slate Creek. The gold appears to be of
'er quality than that produced on Nil


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