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Tflfi MORNING ASTUfilJJy. TCPAl, NOVEMI5EH b. il(H) JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Telephone Main 661. TERMS OF SfBSCRIFTIOX. DAILY. Sent by mail per year W-W Pent br mall, per month 50 Served by carrier, per month 60 SEMI-WEEKLY. Sent by mail per year. In advance, $1.00 Postage free to subscriber. All communication Intended for pub lication should be directed to the editor, Business communications of all kinds and remittances must be addressed to The Astorian." The Astorian ruaranteet to lt ad Tertisers the larrwrt circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia rirer. Advertising rates can be bad on an imation to the business manaper. Por President VvILLIAM .M'KIXLEY, Of Ohio. Por VJoc-PrtsidcBt THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Of Xcw Tork. The campaign is over. The Astorian In publishinir the news furnished by the agents of the Associated Press ha given its readers more Democratic a well as more Republican literature than any other paper In the county. The is- sues have been fairly set before you. Which will you choose, prosperity or adversity, honor or dishonor, expan tion or retrogression? Vie have reach ed a crisis In the history of the Ka tian. The forces of discontent have become so organized that they are stronger than ever before and than they will b ajrain If defeated now, as we confidently believe they will he. Their utter demoralization at this time wSU mean that the campaign four rears fcence will be on a hither plane. The eourtry will not again be threatened with surrender to an uncivilized foe and consequent degradation before the eyes ef the world. The forces of free sll tt will be so thoroughly disheartened that they will never again be able to threaten the national credit abroad and prosperity at home. Let every patri otic and Intelligent voter then turn out at the polls and make their defeat complete. Show then, once for all that the American people will brook no in sult to the flag, no slain upon the Na tion's honor. Tiie letter of the late C. P. Hunting Ion to President A. B. Hammond, which we publish In another column, together with Mr. Hammond's letter to the Ore gonian of Sunday last, is calculated to lead the people of Portland to do sonn serious thinking. President Hun tington was deeply impressed vith the fact that proximity to the sea ,s an important factor which cannot be ig- rortd in thr making of a great port, j President Huntington recognized the fact that Astoria as a shipping center is destined to be a "competitor of San Francisco, even more than any of the towns on Puget sound could be." and. realizing that, he had decided to sul mit to the Inevitablf and grant to As toria the common point rates from which It has so long been unjustly de prived. Whether his successor will see that his wishes In this respect are PITY AND BEAUTY The most beautiful thing, in the world, is the baby, all dimples and joy. The most pitiful thing is that same baby, thin and in pain. The dimples and joy have gone, and left hollows and fear. It is fat that is gone ; gone with it, comfort and color and curve ; all but pity and love. The little one gets no fat from her food : has had none for weeks: she is living on what she had stored in that plump little body of hers. She is starving for fat; it is death; be quick! Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil is the fat she can' take. It will save her. w'c'ii mxtd you s iiitie toirjil you 6COTT BOWKE, 49 t-rl mm, Hem York. speedily carried out K of course, matter of speculation, but It Is wife say that eventually this mut be done, There are fr inland ports which are not suffering a decrease In their ccenn traffie and nun wfcich suv keeplns pace with those situate! on tide water. The creat ocean nea.ner. which are the freisht carrier of today, do not ro far from the pathwnj-s of commerce and capecially up shallow rivers where there Is imminent da turn- or vexsiious delays. The port which Is the cal.l to reach from the open ocean and at the same time ha the advantage of eary communicant n lth the IrieHor is the port which will handle the most trade. President Iluntmcton Twcjrnlt- ed in Astoria such a pert. HE KEEPS ENLIGHTENMENT. A member of ihe chamber of com merce of Paker City has the follow ing to say regarding the making of Astoria the port of Oregon: 'The war between Astoria and Port land has broken out again and a I'M f old straw is being threshed over again, all because the talking presi dent of the Northern Pacific was in Portland the other day and said he hsught Astoria ought to be the port of shipment for the inland wheat li; tead of Portland, and then the presi dent of the Astoria rai'road p'ts in with another ple for the extensl m to Astoria, on hundred mil? away, of the rate from the Inland Empire to Portland on wheat at an annual cost, or gift, by the O. K. & X. Co. to the Astoria road I of over IW.WO. Then the Astoria pa per seU up its howl and rays. The question is not the cost of transport- tion between Portland and Astoria, but whether the common rates now being made to Portland and Puget sound should be extended to the mouth cf the Columbia river, the seaport tf Oregon.' The Inland Empire does not care anything about these squabbles. but it does rare to ret the best possible rates for Its products and we know that tbe history of the world over showr that ships so as far inland for cargo as is possible. Look at the ports of London. Philadelphia. New Orleans, and the great ports in Europe and China. Portland will remain the port of Oregon. There are good reasons why it will. The moat Important Is that the government going to see that the shlwi of the world go there for cargoes by providing a sufficiently d-p channel, which from now on will r.otlseass, by neglect of a simple col J or retjuire much money :o keep open, rwti,i a .w.. ,..,. a I . ...u tuc vu,.u au, aocut ire same oistnce rr.jm tne sea I and have the same rates from the in terior. Ships can handle the traffic between the sea and the ports cheap er than a railroad, otherwise shippers would sown utilize other ports. It is a matter of cold blooded business and not a town lot boom scheme. Astoria has its own field of usefulness and It is an important one. but it cannot hope I -Y t .l. . . . r . ... I to a.n-o me port oi x-oruanu ana uie in:anj empire along with it. I TIm. .Art it-ma fi -t , , i-n n ' .im n IrrwMlfJ " I that the Oregonian has admitted that! the Northern Pacifi.- can land Its w heat at Astoria at !ess expense than at Fortland. and that if it should begin to bring its wheat her? the oih;r lines would hav? to follow suit. Whether it cost the other lins more or ls. the charjje f.ir transportation would be as low or lower than th charge to 1 Pcrtiand. The cost of loading grain ?hips wcu'.J be materially l-sH'n-d. with cheaper chart?!? and consequent ;n- crease of price uaid th? producers for i heir wheat. The Inland Empire d e-? "care" or ought to car.1 about this question. It :s a matter of thouiamls upon thou- ar.OF or dollars of low annutlly to tK farmers of that region and if they have the sence with which we credit them they need only to s- the matter in its tiue light to make such a howl as would speedily nght matters. Cur kamed Raker City friend in forms us that "ship? go as far inland for carg-s as , rofsibK" This he ?aw in the Oregonian and so of course trouftht it must be true. How does he account then for the di vergence of so much trafic from Port land to Puget sound? Portland is in land. Right dowi. in the wh-at fieldB. The r.ountl prjr.tK arc. ,m t;.-e water and B-raratrd by lofty mountain ranges from thT centers of production. Yet through th- stupid p..!:cy of such clams as our Eakt-r "I'y friend, in refusing .o rec-gniZ'.- Or-gon's natural port, the 'orr.TiK-rce of the Northwest is leaving this delightfully situaU-d "inland" city of Portland for the barren and unpro ductive cities of the Sound, to which everything has to be carried across the mountains. Our Raker City r.-eographer tells us to "look a: the portu of London, Phil adelphia. New Orleans and the ports of Europe and China." Yes, dear friend, we will look a; them, and a few more as well. Does our friend think the cities he names are the great American ports? Why not look at New York, at San Francisco or at Boston? Which of these two list; contains the the greatest and most prosperous ports? If our learned friend would read the papers he would ascertain that Lon- a I di:n js beuinaninc her loa of commerce, t.)rrn.ai of which ha Rone to Liverpool. a city three mllea frim ihe un sa. Then let us take a look at the fur East with our learned frl.-nd from Ha- Iktr City. The itreat seaporti there arc I Yokohama, on th oast of Japan: Hi nit Kon atur Phatich.il, In China, the Purer an Island, th Utter of rule- or oiorince and only nhout flfl.-cn miles inland: Manila and PlnjrniHir In uiie south, with Vladivostok In the I rorth making up the list of the more important port, all on the sea with one Irxcet tlcn. I Huwmw the site for the irroot Hrlt ish city of Honr Kong had been fcown up the river where Can ton la. That would doubt!.s have niet the approval of our linker City ft (end. "Inland. " you know, but would It have been the gr.at emporium of the Orient as at present? Look at Snigon as an exampl of an Inland pert; Saigon, the seat of French empire In the far East, planned as rival to Hong Kong. Inland about half a far as Portland int far enough rr- I hups). In the midst of a country of surpassing beau'y and fertility, almost a second Portland. Ir wot. hat do we find in Saigor? A few Chinese shops and temple, rumbcrs of Malay hut, some fine public building erected by French capital. The urrlval of the mall steamer from France every two weeks brings out fvrjf man. woman and child to see the unwonted spectacle, Yet thje steamers are larger than any I that visit Portland unl never spend a I eek on sand bars in transit. Palgon, like Portland, is ouulde the pathway commerce and must always remain so. Yes. we will look at China, at Ne York, at Liverpool, etc.. etc. Flattery is the art of making other believe you are interested in them, w hen in reality they make you weary. Stops tkt Coagk aid Works Oft tke Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet cure a cold In one day. No cure, no Pay, tries 15 cents. The man who has an axe to grind i apt to overlook the fact that some one else is furnishing the motive power to revolve the grindstone. Many of your friends, or peopie whom CTltl knnv , f httVtt ixwitntMl rnt. Jumption. pm.umonja othT fatal dl cough, t oley's Honey and Tar. i safe, sure and pleasant - cough medicine, wou,d hav thm, Jt j, Kuaran teed. CHAS. ROGERS. Druggist. A tart actress ought to be a sweet creature. George A. PolnU. Upper Sandusky, 0 writes: "I have been using Foley's Honey and Tar for hoarseness and find it the best remedy I ever tried. It storped the cough immllalely and re lieved all soreness." CHAS. ROGERS, Druggist. Ac,orB like barbers, are men of many parts. After exposure or wbn you feej cold coming on. take Foley's Honey and Tar. It never fails to cure, and wlll prevent pneumonia or consump tion if taken in time. CHAS. ROG ERS. Druggist. The chorus girl Is never as red as he is painted. J. W. Barnes, of Lowder. 111., writes: My little boy was very low with pneu monia. Unknown to the doctor we gave h;m Fol3r Honey and Tar. The re sult Man kiiu IfUAAIfll UW tor, as It immediate)'! stopped the rack ing cough and he quickly recovered. CHAS. ROGERS. Druggint. In a game of baseball, two nint-s are usually matched to pa) against the umpire. RECOMMENDS IT TO TRAINMEN G. H. Hatunn, Lima. O., Engineer, L. E. & W. R. R.. writes: "I have ben troubled a great deal with back ache. I was likiuced to try Fol-y'i Kidney Cure, and one bottle entirely relleved me. I gladly recommend It to any one, especially my friends. I'.mong the train men, who are usually similar ly afflicted." CHAS. ROGERS, Drug gist. Actors may be superstitious, but they don't believe in the ghost until they see It walk. Mrs. T. Briddleman, of Parshallvllle, Mich., wu troubled with salt rheum for thirteen years and had tried a number of doctors without relief. After two or three applications of Ranner Salve, her hands became better and In a short time she was entirely cured. CHAS. ROGERS. Druggist. Love is blind. That Is one thing in fa-or of the bloomer girl who wants a husband. J. Odgers. of Frostburg, Md.. writes: "I had a very bad attack of kidn-y complaint and tried Foley's Kidney Cure which gave me immediate re lief, and I was perfectly cured aftT taking two bottles." Take no substi tute. CHAS. ROGERS, Druggist. Everything is pneumatic .iowad-iys. Even pneumatic pocket-books are (mite common. Today take Foley's Honey and Tar. It positively prevents pneumonia, or other serious results from colds. It may be too late tomorrow. Tandem wheels are all right In their way, but they can never take the place of a hammock built for two. A XEW TRAIN. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 29U a New Train between St. Paul and St. Luls. called the "Flying- Dutch man." The train will have through sleeping car and be flrst-cuus throughout. Ask eny ticket agent for particular or address C. 3. EDDY. General Agent, Portland. Oregon. Of all wise words from a woman's pen, the wisest are these leave pants to the men. ASTORIA NATURE'S PORT C. P. Huntington's Mews Pub lished by A.B. Hammond. tit B.lkvH Taal Wit Cematoi Polat Ritti It Waula Coic( With Sal Fnr clan at Part. The following letter from A II. Ham mond to the Oregonlnn was published in the Sunday Issue of that l aper and furiiitihea one of the most forcible and convincing appeal to the common enw! of the people of the city of Port land yet made. Th- Appended letter from the late C. P. Huntington, preal dent of th,- Southern lacllk1, which Mr. Hammond submitted at the ramp time for putviration. Is one of the strot geil tili-ns for Atirl yet presented: IVkti.am), Or., Nov. 3. iTo the KJ lt r. The article whloh H'iiPtt In the Orrpiulan of OcUUt :ki contained statements ttboul the Astoria V Col umbia llivor Kullroiid Company mo groosly iiiislt'iulltiK that atiy one may be justified lu concluding thut they were itispitvd for the iiroe of ilum urilifT the mail's lltiuui'iul htuiuliiic. Why d.ie the writer of thi article so gleefully doti the dittf'H, though only imaginary, that his fatiey piet ures; a; parvntly sure that such new will W n-civinl by Th' t)p giiiati's p-adors wiJt ploausn- and delight? 1 w ill allude only iu a general way to tile subject Ulldor . Cvllniilf ration, nud, in passing, pote the niop- (lug- runt errors, such u the alb-god ial- , x- v i .i . i in New lurk of the company -tm k, and the falw charge that "iu uo year siutv it commenced ipTatiou has the road paid ojn-rutingexpeiiwa." More tliau 9" p-r cent of the stock of the Astoria road is owned by ntyi-lf and two as Ktiab-s. The majority stock holders own all of the Umdi. Not a shure of Btix'k, nor a bond of this company, has ever been orT- p-d for sale. The flrnt yar afP-r the pad o-ned, it yielj.-d not ouly Ite o-r-atingexji)us'-s, but also a goodly sum as a surplus. The uext fiscal year, ending la-it June, t eamingn hhowod a substantial iticp a', although pas senger rat8 had been cut between Portland and Astoria to 25 cent. For July, Augurft and KepP-ml-r, the ilrst thp1 tnoiiths of tlie present flca!yeur, the gloss earnings wep- fTn.Mr, j; oj'ratingexp'Um, :IC,205 27 ; leaving net earnings of I43.M1 M. This stab' ment of earnings is not made for tie purpose of authorizing an iufep-noe that the owners outsider tliem a sufll- cient aud satisfactory return ; but we are too much coucerned in establishing the pp-stige of Portland to remain silent when a statement is mudo that a hundred miles of railroad can Is built fpim any direction into Portland and not yield even operating expt'iiwH to it ownerh. The wrib-r of the article alludes with Deeming pride and merriment to the real eatutc subsidy in Astoria an being worth less now than when the railroad company accepted It !stt not this depreciation in ppi-rty value occur at other pointe mi the paeifle Coast? What of Portland' In 1h:4 lu aH.vused valuation was In exuesi of 4H,(ski,iioo; now it is lens than t2!),iH),ono. A good On-gonian nhould not gloat over bik'Ii miKfortunes. Iluring the first three months of the present Us;al year, the Astoria road carried between Portland und Astoria considerably more than 100,000 pas sengers ; altfiough passenger rates on all connecting roads, except the North ern Pacific, ap; lfioo jr cent higher thun it own. Our principal com petitor aud our natural connection seems Pi be of the opinion that a quarter of one cent per mile is sufTI cient for the Astoria road, while ex ai-ting over its own rail lines the full legul limit of 4 cents r mile. Per haps this supplies the P-ttson why so many prominent citizens of Portland can defend with such acumen the view that transportation between Port- laud and Astoria can lie conducted mop; cheaply by wat;r thun by rail. When the construction of the Asto ria road was being promoted, the Portland Chamber of Commerce favored the enterprise, and by appro priate resolution Indorsed it. At the same time, the Oregonian earnestly and ably urged construction, showing plainly that the mouth of the Colum bia river is the nuturul seaport of Oregon, and should be made a com mon point with Puget Hound for the xjiortH of the Columbia river basin, and how imKrtarit it is to the state of Oregon that her railroad system be extended to the ocean. In fact 'be Astoria Toad was largely financed through these editorials of the Orego nian, which, later on, convinced that able and experienced master of trans portation, the late C. P. Huntington, whose letter to me on this subject is now submitted for publication. The causing of instructions to be issued to his general freight and passenger agent at Portland, that common rates be established from the Willamette valley to Astoria, was almost his last act The full mental measure of the man. which is shown in this letter, should forever silence those who have misrepresented him while living, and I those who now slander him after hi deatli. HiadeiutiM may HsHuie ao- Uou, and we may have U euJure fur a time the reHtrlillNtj iKilloy of thf aat, wlileh has niadu Western Oregon au uiiirogmahlvs HiH-Uou. From Mr. Mellen'a lust interview iu the Oregonian, it la evident that he. too, ha been convinced, for lie attvugly favvir throwing ojn'n the exHintry-at the extnseof the trans (vntliieiitAl lines and the eiu'tullng of common rate Ui the mouth of the Columbia river, for the U'lieilt of the wheat-grower and other priKluoer. of common rate lie ao extended, would not every farmer, whoatgrower and other prod uoer lu the Willamette valley and Inland Empire lie lietie. fltUnl? Who liest wrve the I ntereita of this state, men like Mr. Huntlngt ui and Mr. Mellon, w ho ad vooate the ex- U'iihIoii of ootiiiiion rates and the de livery of the exjxirt product of the W illamette valley and the Columbia river basin at the ehcaent n dtit of exKrt on the eoast, or those who lg this question by gravely and Ktider otthly dleu8slng whether trati.Kna tlon lntween J'ortland and Astoria can ! eoudueted more eheaplv bv wuterthan by rail? Two years ago, when li wa Hinted that o, ..ton Hl,i,.s would s.H.n Used III the foreign tMllltnepvof I'll gel Sound, then" were jKMjile In Portland who thought the slatetn.-tit absurd. Toduy, James J. il ill. who ought to know soniethltig about triitihportation, Ih building two Htctuimhinn of ity of i'T.uoo tons each, drawing over SO feet This is the eoiiii-tiou that ( rei'on and the f'.il lltnlilii rli-tit- tmi.it meet Aooordmgto General Wilo. ... ... 1 UtPHl States e I . . . .-mi,.,, i il k . lie I , a lie nil, ot 4ii fwt of water can easily br uiuIuiuIu.mJ aiu.emoutn o tlie Columbia rlvor. , o w wtM. uiTj ...,. u-. iiwmiaiuiuni 111 J on laud Insisted that no iiiippivemenls should be made at the bar, unless the bill also carried an appropriation forde--nltig the chan nel to Portland. When these lntep.t rwded from their ja'sition, the bar Improvement was provided Tf iu an, ,l. ....... ... II .... I -....I... I ......M.Hfc ,. a ms'ni.ve to p-ad Uie criticisms of prominent nll.. II- V ,1 . , , , wLiit-iiB uii .ur. iMeiien s interview con cerning the extension of a common point to Astoria. Mr. Wilcox does not want his "hack-door" at Astoria. He calls for more dredge and lucn-ased uxatlon that he may keep his "back door" ut Albino, nearer home, where he can use it conveniently. Other thoughtfully discus water" and rail transjiortutiou. aud skillfully jsjlnt out w hy transjiortatiou can lie conduc ts! more cheaply between I'ortland and Astoria by water than by raiL Another wants a whole fleet of dpnlg- ers, aud auggesta Uie issue of -t year bonds. Mr. Mellou simply pro pones that Astoria may be made a common jioint There la nothing lu his remarks that would prevent deliv ery at Astoria by water, if deslpd ; nor would he prevent .Mr. Wilcox from doing his business at Alblna. He would, however, make It i-osslble. at the excuse of the transportation com pauien, for others to have a "back- loor" at the mouth of the Columbia river, aud thep-by avoid the needless exjiense involved iu towing ships from Astoria to Portland aud return. This policy would on up a country in W..cj I., r-n irtirw,.t .... I . . .i . . ,, vi.-Si,u an iuik' as mat ino- utary to I'ugiJt H.iund. iJy exu-udin1 . .T . . , . . .. 3 tu UU1U . penvntage of the touuage of the Co to these iioints the common rates that i n V i ,.. . . ,, ' 1,1,11 lumbia river waUTHhwl w k 1 fusl V.i., . " . ."t?I" r.-'" " vw.u iMOir will statos on an equality, leaving thir progress to the energy of the wple. Cuu th'-re U; any possible objection to that? Why iu it that the commerce of l'u get Hound has Increased 120u :t cent aiua- 1MM, while that of the Ckilumbia river has remained almost stationary? Why is It that the population of Wash ington has iuctvuaed 4! ier wnt dur ing the last decade, while thut of Ore gon has increase only 32 i-erceut.and confined ,.rl..ll .1 , . ' "'""i"" east of the iiioimOii nt U'l... i.. i. ti.,,1 ,.i,,iJ., V ' .." .. . 'I ortlJnd , ; S oUna.,7 i,winf , " t. -ui. uie re-, 8ulta achieved by the chamber of com- .i ... . ' Ul 1 merce, that the J'ortland board of trad , , was organized. Their united enorts are unable to promote the growth of Western Oregon. No oik has yet offered a solution. It would lie interesting to know if those now opposing the extension of common rates to Astoria were members of the churubcrwho passed ununinious reso lutions of approval, and who made the famous trip to Astorlu us a fur ther evidence of friendliness. If hon est, then, they must be in error now. The time is at hand when masquerad ing with this subject should ceuse, for all trauHjwrtatlon companies, as well us Individuals, should now declare themselves. I would like to ask him who has been aptly styled the 'Tatron Saint of Oregon" whether it would not be to the interest of Oregon generally, and to the western jiortion particularly, if common rates be extended to the mouth of the Columbia river; whether the rates now charged by railroad com panies are not sufficiently libera! to justify the delivery 0f our product at the cheapest ocean port without any . additional tKmimiiHiitlnii ;hiuUIi iIio the ald view of the Oieuoiiliin, M Huiitliigton, Mr. Mullen and Hi Hill ait! not mom irogteMlvo and luoi-e I the iuteivst of the iMiople of Oivgoii by nfforiUng ehetiir ixort fie'llllli than aru the vloa of tiomi ivhJ""'!" eltiaeutof I'ortlaud w ho, ihiourh a intdieiislou that their Individual I tit.-i esta may be JoaiiordUod, aoeHiiugl oiHse all exUtiislou and eiilin"'"'11 of our wiiurneixie, If conducted ub new line not horotoforv follMely A, II. Hamuomi. Nr Vomr, J'ub. , HM),- (Mr. A. H IUtiMOKp, Portland, Or.) -My J'1" Sir : lleferrlng to the coiivoisutl livtwiH'ii us on the siibJiH-t of maklnK Astoria a ivunuou point with loit laud, aud my decislou to (lint rT't aofar a the Noultieru lVlhV Com patiy i ivini'ttiol, lot me say Uih sluoeyou left I have given the ipe tiou much thought When I tld you that the Kouthcru I'liellle ('oiiipunv would do It, I was still lu olll dnibl whether it would be a wise thing to do, im it would build up Astoria aiidiuuki that ort more of a competitor of hun Fruuclsco than could other le b th i'uu; aud even uioiv than any of th" town on Puget Sound could lie, a th- latter are all ao much further fiomthe IL,iUb AtlurU or H(U ,,,, Is-sldes which the Kouthcrn 1'aellli Company would lose the long hunt It secure by making Hun I'iuiioIwo lt gp-at embarkadero. Uut the more I have thought of tin matter, the mop I am dljsl u ! lievethatl wan right iu my Judg ment; for tncu cannot change to any fOliMidcrfililo evtioil Mm u-i.rL i,f mi ! T,u. r,)lumlllH ,.lvr Uxi .. i i ,i .. u ut AslorU, Ut WttU.n,hJ vt Uw rh,,r ,H tl, ,u , , ,,. i niUxj stau.. aud HtibHUtiitlully ull -f - ., 1M,..i. ,.., ......I,.,, f. ii n. VUI' 7 rim 1 1 04 (i'1tt II must follow tlie gravity llm deter mined by the course of the river, u it tnouth, w here it can be transferred diPTtlyto the gp-at ship that hp hereafter to do the oomuierce of tin- a. This P'sult may be prevented for a time by the Hiple who are so In l)in.HM ,n ri,u, MU h lhfmt I ,., .m .,, . ril ,' tslng Astoria as the etuburkadero of their p-gion of couutry they have Utii making a mistake; although they may oontluue to HtP-nuotisly hold b their views until the (miple living on the borders of Puget Sound shull have had time to ao inup-ane an 1 Improve their facilltlin fur Uie trausfer of tou nage lietwcen rail aud ship that the danger and injury to Portland shall hove become everywhere recognized, and it might then take year for the gravity Hue to ansert itself as It It bound to do sooner or later, since no other power can comin'te continuously with gravity. The time to act for Portland and that great country of which she is, aud will no doubt re main, the financial center, Is now, and I have no doubt that the wisdom and Justification of my action In uWlarlng iu favor of making Aatorla a common point now will lie seen in theoompara tlvely uear future by all the vipP of your part of the country. I have becu told that Mr. Scott, pro prietor aud editor of the Oregonlnn, understands this question us I do, and if he should use his gn-nt ability and Influence to make Astoria tne cm rty m ,,f T,rl,,.l ...I u I "ver the Cascade mountaltin to g,, u, t...,. ti, ,l . it . - t lt l miiinu . nun fvi'ii ii in a in nil J part will take that course only for short time, for gravity Hues on th,. land, aud great ships on the h-ii, sn going to detormlne the Hues of trod, and Uie direction of tonnage hereafter, In acting along these lines I may nut be serving my own liest Interest at jiretM-'iit, but the future is longer thun the prewut, and he does well win reeoguizeH the signs of the time ate gets out of the way of the Inevitable. Dnrt ,,rf h nl, ... .1 . 1. - '' J Ug.-t Bound who are not only wise but et.er I . . 3 " " r g"tic With Seattle's natural adva,,. T'V' Tr itaeeniHtome. the imminent tl,,,-,., of M W3aI)0rt like Astoria u her embark- , i n , , B(j,.ro roitland.ln my op n on. cun r. ...... .i-.n- IJ miu iui i)iui.ii;iiir un l ine in ciiiiji . ,.,i .uin ... ..... . . center of the great Northwest. Very truly your, C. P. Ilt'NTINd foN DR. F. VAUGHAN. PENTIHT Itoom 1. Knlprht' HullAinc Over Cooper' Btore. THE LOUVRE Stranger vimting in tne city win find the Louvre au attractive renort wherein to spend the evening. The Amme Hiten. Ladie' Orcheatr is itill on the bilir and preaento nijhtly a musical protrrum 0( exceptional merit, Hoadiwmie pool and billiard room are a feature in connection with the houe. Palatable luuchee will be served at all noun J. A. Fastabend, General Contractor and Builder. Hu'l l.'K VI '" ' Acniu p.oi.o,..is win i- "''r, frt' .. ui i a i I'. , for the labor ' I., . i ,,nii u hhi m a uiuits li.k tV t ii,, mIIiiuU Ml1 e- .... ..i oontiii, f"f Wr. l- l W an vti. op " - ... l(liH"i iu be )) I'l.iin and si"" ui ilia elll. of J K f oiuwn, i? DUo.Sllll iiw lh,. i miii I r.onl I" any u.n.1 all t WHITE COLLAR LINt 'olMii'loa lit 1'1' ' w"' ""wnl Nav l(u'ii i'.'iey. iiii7 t)ini i-'r Astoria f a t ra penUn Wy ;t Hub Any l 1 l" . . White I i'llr l.iw . u. A, llrkfls 'l "y ' itfti. f ur ll. ki nmo '"" iui-y mid ..Mile. (i"l Uli S1"'' NahotHta fi.rin Ii... siiJ l"'t l"b point T.Hlll'J J" A, 1 TATIOl Al'.ri iii. K. W. fill' 'II ' J IWUIOH Afrot, ASTORIA AMD COLUMEIA FIVER RAILROAD. Um IHiKTlJkMi .Kin i I'f(l.ij t'liliill fl-lHl'll 10 mm. IUi m If" Alr1 "i lUf ! 40 p m. , liir l:l ii:;i AOTORU I Ttta m irur I-urtlaaa U-ril Wa-av I lW.iii riit-J ai .leU 1 W p m. KAflt'K pirtalOK Tastokia" II v. w. ' a to e t.IH 1 i' m - w SKASIDE All lrtm niftli ri- cnnn-fUftrMi a Until Hh U Nnhn I'aciAe trwltis lu iul frvm lh tt ur H -uniJ txitnta. J. r. MA TCI. Cto'l l"r I atij fam. Awnl. H.F.Praei Transfer Co Ttlrh' S3. . DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Good thrp4 o Our Ck will lowrtr upMlaJ AttraOiA. No, UI Ditaa U w. j. cook, yjr iu. ri i in. Aftori. Or. llUXURIOUS T UXORIOUS 1 RAVEL Th "N'rthr!trB I.im!t4M traja. -lrrtrtc llchlnl thr.nifhnul. both lialj nil oul. n4 tm t"imi, ar with. ut rt.-rwiun, the nnrtt train In tb .rll. Thrir rniliy tlw UtnL brWcat tij Ut Idra f jf omifurt. cuovraiatto ui luxury rcr olTrm th travstitif ulllr, nj lt,(rthr r the mot cumi'lsta ant ilrt4i4 trtJucUian of lb r bulUtv art. Thr ,lnjj Trwt) Connect With The Great Xorthtn The Xorl.en J'ldflc tad The Ciaadln I'adflc at bt. tai'l ron CHICAGO it, the CAST. No Mtr chirr t.,r iKa m.... rcomiro.latl.ir.. and at fIum of Hi. rt ar avai at.! for 0 th fomnu .N -th.trTB Umtia" All rain m thl Una tr. prtrled br th li.MKAn. it LdKun. n-n-rm Af-nf. Travnin Art J'ortln4, (a. GO EAST VIA SHORTEST AND OL ICK EST LI NE I'aul.DfllBtb.MinnraHls.aicip ana All r,,in Kat e AN'i.s"-:M:uT UN- fcWL'ALED. "' o.f l.ihr.r imrt Tlrk,U tfi rv,..,. i. . R"1 th. Ort v ; I. " rortlana H! r- H A s- on ' or un-at N'.r.l,rn Tll.V;6mc;,0r," MOKKISOX STKECT, PORTLAND. For ....... auar.," air'r E''n trip, call on or - . .. ri Ar.nt, Portland. 1 4 ':'"nie0. - oil
