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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1889)
PI- ?.he la Istomtu ASTORIA, OREGON: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBEK 13, 1SS9. The new life saving station at Fort Stevens is about completed. The South Bend razzoopers will start their next boom at Knappton. ".The famous Nez Perce chief, Jos eph, i3 in Portland, visiting Gen. Gib bon. Large flocks of swans and ducks are reported on the tide Hats above T6ngiie Point. Th'ere is ajittle stir in local politics not much; just a little: the election is still yy days oil. The Nehalem lumbering company of Vernona has incorporated with a capital stock of 310,000. " ''Choice timber claims in Clatsop county," are advertised to be furnished all and sundry by Portland "locators." The cable for the Tillamook rock telegraph line, if delayed in arrival much longer can hardly be laid this season. Last evening Fred Grosbauer was --presented with a solid gold K. of P. badge. He is as proud of it as' he was of his new born babe. v Police and justice court both failed to produce any items yesterday. For its size, Astoria is the model town of the northwest for good behavior. The pen with which President Har . rjsou signed the proclamation creating " the state of Washington was made of gold from ore dug from" the hills of the forty second state. A20mill:taxon $4,000,000 will re quired 30,000 to be raised by taxes on the count roll, for 18S9: of this considerable goes to the state, some .:of it comes back in school funds, etc. It is a little singular that the line of the Astoria and South Coast road .from Sackett's mill up Lewis and Clarke's., lies through a fine region that ha3 never, had a wagon road, and that the first thoroughfare to supersede an elk trail is a steel rail, well bal- lasted broad gauge transcontinental . railroad. The liveliest place in town yester day was -at the slip west of Thompson andjlloss's where four little steamers were puffing and snorting and taking pn and putting off passengers and. . freight The buildiug of the railroad and the constant demand for men and supplies makes considerable business between here and the end of the track. Mayor Page, couucilmen Welch and Fox, Messrs. Barry, Jewett. and NolauU were in their seats at 7-50 last evening to transact a large amount of city business that by reason of lack of a-quorum must go over for two weeks longer. There is no law iu Oregon to com'pel a man" to contiuue to oc cupy an office if he doesn't want to to fill it, and attend to its functions. A scarf of rainbows was playing up and down the river yesterday and all day long one or two could be seen, now brilliantly outlined against the black background of a somber rain cloud, and now vanishing as the rain came sweeping across from the new state of Washington. For n play ground and nursery of rainbows the lower Columbia, on a showery day can't be excelled. " The county court has accepted the road built by Messrs. Carnahan & Morrison from Olriey to tho Columbia county line, and yesterday ordered that the proper papers be made out so that the contractors could go to Salem and get a warrant on the state treas ury for 89.000. this county's share of the 15,000 appropriated at the last session of the legislature to build the road to Washington county. The eight carloads of railroml iron didn't go over to Skipanon yesterday but will .go over to-day. Further tracklaying westward toward the sea side will be stopped for the present The rails which go over to-day will be used in laying the track from Skipa non this way toward the western approach of the bridge across Young's bay; A temporary bridge has been built across Skipanon creek, and the locomotive and construction train can oross this way. A rumor comes from Victoria which would also seem to be worthy of iu vestigation. It is asserted that at Ounalaska some S100.000 worth of sealskins are stored in barrels in ware bouses there. These were seized last season on the schooners captured by t a Rush arid Gorwin. It is asserted at these warehouses are not suffici ently guarded, and that a determined jmrty. oould easily overpower what guard there is and appropriate the sealskins stored tere. Tq parry out this purpose it is said that a schooner is fitting out in Victoria, and will pro ceed north shortly, taking advantage of the fact that all the revenue cutters are now in San Francisco. It is learned that in some manner, when the Thetis was coaling in Ounalaska, a piece of coal accidentally struck the government seals on the warehouse doors and broke them. It this is true the crime of seizing the sealskins will not.be one against the United States revenue laws, but probably simple bur glary. , Dwelling House Wanted, By small family: rent to be fromSl2 to $18: inquire at Herman Wise's. , Wanted. A good glrf to do general house work, none out competent persons jieed apply at this office. Bobb & Parker yesterday sold 12 lots In bloek-l5JHustler.& Aiken's ad also. lotTtbk lit and. lot 2 bk 60, Adair's, and 71s In north addition. THE CITY COUNCIL. Some Things That Did Not Transpire. Yesternight wa3 the regular meeting night of the city council. Councilmen Fox and" Welch, mayor Page, city clerk Jewett, janitor Cole, chief en gineer Stockton, chief of police Barry, city attorney Noland, Dick Marion, W. B. Boss, C. J. Trenchard and an Astorian reporter were present Ev erybody else was absent The mayor and councilmen smoked, so did the city clerk; the rest would just as lief as not if they'd had cigars; as it was, they were stockholders and took in the aroma. TCe M. E. bell boomed out 750; some one took it for a fire alarm; it was a fire alarm, but the fire was in another world, said to be, in some respects, a better worid than this. The salvation army band "came howlintr down the street. Janitor Cole woke up and put some more wood on the fire. The probabilities of who would succeed collector Hob son -were discussed, and the probable date of congressman Hermann's ar rival at Washington prognosticated. The Astoriax representative, who has been reporting the proceedings of the city council since October 10th, 1881, dreamed he saw six councilmen meeting at the appointed time and transacting the city's business. He saw ordinances that have been lying pigeonholed taken up and either passed or beaten and finally disposed of; he saw no sparring for points nor dilatory motions, nor amendments tacked on to praiseworthy motions for tho pur pose of making them ridiculons. He heard no speeches, no personalities, no crimination nor recrimination, but saw and reported lively, alert transac tion of the city's business. lie heard very little good advice, but saw lots of good example. He reported the final disposition of West 6th street and tho roadway by the council, and without having to omit some of his notes of the debate as unfit for publi cation in tins chaste family journal. He woke at this point and realized, alas, 'twas but a dream, and heard the mayor suggest that as there was no probability of a quorum, they might as well go home. Accordingly everybody went home, that is, they left the council room; and the janitor put the lights out, and banked the fire, and the business of the city was hung up until the 26th inst 31ARINK NEWS AND NOTES. The British bark Assaye from Asto ria arrived at Queenstown on the 7th. The Gen. Miles arrived from Port land last evening and will go to Gray's Harbor this morning. The steamer Columbia arrived from San Francisco yesterday with 50 tons freight for this port The State of California sailed for San Francisco yesterday with the fol lowing freight from here. 1000 casos salmon, 950 bdls. shooks, 800 bdls, pulp, 327 bdls. laths, 156 saoks oysters and 3 tons assorted truck. The Alaska Salmon Park. Despite all talk about the failure qf the salmon run in southeast Alaska the past season, the total pack this year is a good one. The three can neries at Chilcat have put up about 50,000 cases; at Loring the catch is 27,000, aud canners elsewhero make equally favorable reports. The extra ordinary sucoesB of the canuorymen in western Alaska, last summer, made it appear that that portion of the terri tory would m the near future control the whole industry, but the serious falling-off in the run the past summer has made those engaged in the busi ness turn their attention to southeast Alaska, the indications being that this section is a more reliable one for a steady pack. The steam schooner Gertie Store!, owned by the canning company on Kayak island, recently spent considerable time in prospect ing for cannery sites in the vicinity of Cross sound, aud it is more than likely that as a result of her cruise additional canneries will be started next year by San Francisco capitalists. Alaskan. A Courteous Acknowledgment. Chief Engineer Stockton, A- F. D., yesterday received the following courteous testimonial of thanks from Major Thos. H. Handbury: Chas. H. Stockton, Chief of the Fire Department, Astoria, Or: Permit me to thank you for the good service rendered by your de partment on the evening of the 1st. inst, in extinguishing the fire on the government tug G. H. Mendell. If there is in any way I can at any time render a return service, to you gentlemen, do not fail to let me know of it Very respectfully. Thos. ILHaxdbury. Major, Corp3 of Engineers, TJ. S. A. A full attendance of members? Y. W. C. T. U., is requested at the meeting this afternoon at Y. M. C. A. Hall. North Addition lots will be advanced ed to SG0 per lot on Monday, Nov, 17th 5 so all who want bargains better get in wnue mere is a snow at the &45 rate. This is the best property on the market to-day as a speculation, and as the lay of the country is of the best, it will be a good place for residences in the near future. A letter in last night's mail calls for Q lots to one person and 8 to another. Persons from the distance ap pear to be in possession of some facts of which our people are evidently ignor ant; and they wisely select North Ad dition as a safe place in which to invest their money. The Vocalists of the ofcy are invited to join the class for advanced singers, to be organized at 8 o'clock sharp, this Tuesday eve, at thp M. E. church, un der the leadership of Prof. Dobbins of or .rortiana. " An3Tone finding a small walking stick of hickory with the broken tuskofa boar for a head, and a silver ferrule en graved in script "From S, P. to Jay T.," will confer a favor bv leaving the same at this office, or at Dr. Tuttle's office- Baziir. Stamping done to order. Embroidery Lessons, CO cents per hour. Mrs. A. Bappleyea & Co. LAND TITLES ONTHE WILLAPA. A Very Complicated Case of Ownership. WiliiApa, Nev: 10th, 1889. Editor Asteriax: -A singular land case has come to light, and I will try to give you the facts: Many years ago a Mr. A made set tlement on a tract of land lying on the Willapa river about one mile be low where Willapa city now stands, and with the assistance of his wife proceeded to hew out a home for him self and family in the thick woods. Years after when the land was sur veyed, he went to the land office at Olympia and filed on his homestead. Everything went well with him; he still continued to work on his land, and got everything comfortable around him. The Northern Pacific railroad came that way and told Mr. A that land belonged to them, and if he did not; buy from them he would lose his home as it was an odd section, tbey claimed it Mr. A was in fear of los ing his many years' hard labor. He wrote to the secretary of the interior asking him if he abandoned that tract in favor of the N. P. K. B., if he could take another. - He received an swer that he could. He then bought the tract in question by selling every thing he had, and took the company's deed. He then sold the place to B and moved on a tract joining,' and took another homestead. Mr. B. went on and made some im provements on the land and in the course of time sold the improved half to Mr. C. He went on and improved the land with good buildings aud about 3 years ago, Mr. B. sold the balance to Mr. D., who went on and bnilt a fi ne house and cleared up ten or twelve acres of the land, then came Mr. E. hunting for a home for his family, and found that when Mr. A. s time was out the government had canceled his homestead entry, and the land was vacant. He put a filing on the tract of land. Now we oan't follow facts any farther, but will imagine how those settlers felt when Mr. E. came along and told them to take their traps and flv a3 the click of his machinery would be heard in their meadows next har vest We can safely say that from the amount of swear that come3 from that way the settler is not pleased with the transaction of business. Cum Tux. COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS. The countv court met'at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and took up the question of tlje county assessment: Following is the official recerd: "In the matter of assessment as sessor to follow the minutes, it appear, ing that the sura total of ClatsOp county isihigh, and out of proportion, therefore, it is ordered and adjudged that each person, and individual and corporation be and is hereby reduced thirty per cent on of total rell: roll call, J. G. Nurnberg, aye, F.W.Smith, aye, C. H. Page, aye, and s o erdered: clerk to forward abstract so as county tax may be levied." Copies of the equalized list were or dered made, according to law. Report of J. W. Gearhart, special examiner of bridge, read and ac cepted: clerk instructed to give no tice to all parties of tho aolion of the board. B, Gallagher, road supervisor dis trict No. 8, aud his bondsmen, were exonorated. John Warren was admitted to citi zenship. Court adjourned until December 2. As originally returned, the roll rep resented a -value of $7,100,000: shorn of "indebtedness," exemptions, eto, the assessor's roll showed net values aggregating $3,893,735. The board of equalization having yesterday cut down 30 per cent, it now stands as aggregating in amount $4,028,116. This is about a 50 per cent assess ment, as the tolal values of the countv are at least $8,000,000. A fifty 4er cent assessment on Multnomah coun ty, would make the tax roll of that county aggregate about $150,000,000: It will not be one fifth of tlat sum. Relatively, Clatsop county, in paying taxes qn $4000000', will pay mqre. tlmn any other county in the state, so far as board from, Ho Was a Gwlne. "And what was it the defendant said?" asked the solicitor of a witness in tho criminal court yesterday, "when Malvina 'lowed dat dat onery nigger shouldn't come in dis house a riotin' an' a ravin' an' a cussin'? what was the defendant's reply?" "Fo' God, jedge, he didn't say nuth in.' He jes drawd his razzor au' called out, 'G'way, I gwine to carve j stan' clar dat do'; I gwine to oarve; I'm gwine to got my wife out; I'm gwine to carve; she shant stay in dar; I'm gwine to carve. If it busts the whole Salvation army, I'm gwine to carve." "That was all ho said, was it?" usked the afctornej'j amid ill suppressed, laughter. "Dat was aU ho said wid his mouth but that yar razzor, it said a heap, au , the men folkses mostly went through the winder and chimbley, and Mal vina 'lowed we'd better let him. in"- Birmingham Age, i Itlnt-Iiiulfcts, Carpenter, Mor fclmuth, "Laborers and Cap itnllsls The Astoria Real Estato Co. are now selling lots 50xlC0 feet in Warren tox, the beautiful suburb, 3fcf miles west ot Astoria, on the west siue ot the Skipanon, where tho Astoria and South Coast K.R. crosses. The railroad com pany have secured 23 acres of land im mediately west, ana aaioininc this townsite, for machine shops, round houses, and depot accommodations. Construction of these important im provements will begin early in the spring. This division of the K. R. will undoubtedly employ from 300 to 500 men at Warrenton, which is also the junc tion of the Tansey Point Branch to the groposed Lumber and Grain Dock. orner lots, S123; Inside lots, S100. When 100 lots Are sold, prices will be advanced from 10 to 20 per cent. Coffee and cake, ten cpntsat the Central Restaurant PERSONAL MENTION. F. B. Wall, editor of the Aberdeen Herald, is in the city. Judge J. J. Brombach, of Hwaco. came up on the Canby yesterday. Wm. Beid. president of the Astoria anil South Coast railway Co., is on his way back from New York. Councilman Welch and Edwin I. Smith go to Oregon City to-night to acquire legal title, to 160 acres timber land. Mrs. Sarah Weyland and family, of St. Joe, Missouri, arrived on the" Co lumbia yesterday on a visit to her sister Mrs. D. Cnrran. Don't commit suicide! If you have dyspepsia; with headache, heaitburn, distress in the stomach, no appetite, and are all worn out but-take Hood's Sarsaparilla and be cured. It creates an appetite, and gently regulates the diges tion. Sojd by druggists. Inquiry U aheady being made for some of those beautiful lots in block 35, Hustler & Aikens addition, at ltobb & Parker's. Remember that they will be on the market for a few days only at S125.00 and S130.00. Call and make-vour selctions. Journalistic Amenities. It is well known all over town we have held a mortgage for the last three months on the entire outfit of our contemporary. It covers every thing but his own worthless carcass, and can be foreclosed any minute. This being the case, we are often asked why we don't take possession when that blotch on journalism refers to us in such endearing terms as "jackass," "liar," "hypocrite," and so forth. We did go over one day last week calcu lating to turn him out on the sand hills, but he fell to weeping and melted us. While it seems hard for a man to be abused by liis own prop erty, we haven't the heart to kick away the barrel, and besides he runs such an abjeet apology for a weekly newspaper, that the Kicker receives hosts of compliments by comparison. We are not going to be mean with him not unless ho quits abusing us and tries to publish a good paper. 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Because Wo'v pot every reason to expect that you too will eventually realize these facts, AND CALL ON HERMAN WISE THE Reliable Clothier anil latter, Occident Hotel Building. w CO GO CO e CO I HBB S ee ft Z -s S y " o o 0 "g CB S bjO flfll i M S i 5 fed glj S H S In S 52 .2 yi j - JtJ - - K, P- . n. Y . O P t CCS -22 OS EALAN0 The tci minus of the llwaco and Shoalwnler 13av ltailioad. THE GREAT EST SUMMER RESORT OX THE NORTHWEST COAST. Lies at the head of the Cay, at deep water, and only twelve miles from the bar. The coming County eat and Commercial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid out. Lots on tluMiiarket from.S50, and upwards. I or particulars and fnli information, call on or address BB A. SEABORG, X3LT7T7-,0O, Ws T- 3?ECDE3 Astoria Real Estate Co. Office First Door South of the Odd Fellows Ruilding The Best Bargains Yet Offered ! In Blocks 21 , 23 and 28, HUSTLER & AIKEN'S ADDITION. Less than 1 Mile From the Postoffice. SIXTY of these Lots sold within the past 8 days. The price of this Choice Property is going up daily, and may be taken off the market at any time. Price of Lots, $115 to $160, according to Location. Flynn. the Tailor KEEPS IN Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. ALL THE LATEST STYLES. He buys for Cash, at EastenrPrices. He Guarantees the Best Workmanship on all garments. Call and see for ymirselves. Barth's Block, Astoria THE REAVER PATENT CANT DOG. Successors to KLRK SHELDON., HEADQUARTERS FOR LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. Agency for ATKINS' CELEBRATED SAWS. LANDER'S LOGGING JACKS. GENERAL HARDWARE. 131 Front Street, PORTLAND, OR. cs CO ? CD K-&J CO P G3 EJLo LL- OD as o o h f STOCK THE