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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1877)
0.) T men Tol. 3. istoria, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, November 13; 1877. No. 137. (Sffflffttigji $ 4 ISSUED EVERY MORNING, (Monday Escorted), Z. C IRKI,ANI : : 1-XRLESHER. Atduriau UuUding, Cass Street. terms of Subscriptien: tcrrcd by Carrier, per week.. ....23 Cents Sent by mail, ibur months 5-'J 00 Sent by inail, cue year. U 00 Free of l'obtagc to iSuWcribors. AS" Advertisements inserted by the year at t5ie rate f 1 'J per jirre per month. Traai.ejerit adverliins:t by tho day or week, Tty cent"? per square for each insertion. To City Subscribers. There arc such fro jucnt chanpoin the rci dttt'cc of our city patrons that ivo luilt feel obliged to any who inn ice such chiuigcsif they will report the same to tliNollice. Othoi wise wojiull not bo re.-jrfa.-4Uo for failures of the cainiiT to deliver the paper prom fitly and regularly to tbeiu. Bead J. STiiArss' new "'at."' .A. little -work on West eight -street would go a great ways, just south of the roadway. - Everybody is rushing to J.Sti:ay;s.s iew grocery torc .Tlie Tam-O'Shanternud Yhist- Jcr, loading at Kuappton,, v.-ill get ofi" -oarJv next week. .1. Sti:a uss sells lite nicest, best, stud cheapest goodi in town. "'SSL.The fellow who stole Capf. "Wart's boat, cannot stay out of The penitentiary very much longer. Fully 27t er cent, saved by buying sit J. Strains" new grocery store. j&iIf you want a good krout cutter go to Henry Gallon's wagon shop and Jiave one made to ordiir. J. Sti:aiss will )ay he highest -cash prices for fresh Q' and hutter. jrs..TIie jlodoe came up to Grays wharf .yesterday., and will discharge ballast prior to loading at Idiappton for San Franeisow. $2 40. You can buy the best coal oil in patent faucet cans, at .1. Sti:aiss ,- -- ggJMr J. It. Sheppard of this city, 2ate of Oorvallis, has returned to his old stamping grounds on a visit, and will remain away until the 10th, when he expects to be in attendance at the masquerade there. Something lor laimdrys to look at. Chemical Olive soap. SO cedu a box, at -T. Stkauss. sSrTJie young ladies of Astoria will ijive a splendid entertainment at Lib erty hall on next Thursday evening, for the benelit of the Congregational church. A fine programme of select vocal and instrumental music will be given. Just received Jresh Berlin, Wis consin, cultivated cranberries, at .1 Stj: a uss'. igjrhe ladies especially interested in tlie entertainment that is given at Liberty Hall next Thursday are work- ing assiduously with every prospect of . blattering success. All the young .bachelors of Astoria will aid tlie fair ues who have undertaken to cancel a debt of honor. ..... Sugar cured bacon at prices that defy competitien: alao, Chicago sugar jured hams and breakfast bacon, the ,best in the world, at .1. &tjja rs. SSC-The Good Templars vouch for some first class amateur theatricals at An early date. Having some idea of the amount of natural talent some of the members possess we can safely predict we will be favored with some thing worth, seeing, and superior to many entertainments we have atten ded at the same place. Gccupctioji for Idle Iourc, J am composed of 30 letters: My (J, 13. 3, 7, .l.io. 4, is my paternal progenitor. L V -, 1J. 11, , JU X, --, J-W. V, UHVll UU) , jneac uamae. i Myll.i. 14,7. 12. 33, often -makes the best part of a man. Mj 2, r,10', 4, is often given without my 2, 3, 15, 13, 1. MvS, 12, 16, 4.3,33. means ovar there. My 10, 1, 12. 13. is, is but another name tor my 7, 14, 3. My whole .is what everybody should have daily. The answer vill be given on Sunday next ' My. 5. io, l, 1-, i:j, was a gicat aitu n- & ". ft 'V-- - - Idaho on the fcuiake river. There are . . itij ft.it. . lb..- .. n!.,ti im...., i... ... .- .- r,. &? r -ii inaronWii-iiiiii.s'nri.i S1 l"iy " health tiuu w c enjy. ami innumerable large as well as small vl Jf'ft 4 sVVwttw ?iii r lH bflw1ut Vroi1ditv Pre- i streams that-put outinto the mountains My ll,U,4.lo,b,wiliiu-VtM. cometgaiiu seived oar nonlers from the threatened dco- .. , i n i i :Iv LM3. 14. 7. 10. 1. 22, Hi. o. often does ! latioa of a savace war. i tnat reaches mining, as well as lumber- XOCAIi JOTTINGS. The Ancon always makes a pretty landing at Astoria. The opera troupe will perform but one evening in Astoria. The Mattie Maclcay will complete cargo at Astoria for Honolulu. The Blengfell, Bivcr Xith, and En glowood, all partly laden from Portland, are completing cargo at Astoria. We arc pleased to learn that Wm. Koerner is recovering in Honolulu. When the Sierra Nevada is discharged there she will sail for this port This in formation comes by way of Port Town send in a letter to Mr. Charles Stevens- The thieves who entered Justice Peter 11. Fox's residence in this city night "before last, and relieved him of .$175:00, took a 50 cent shin plaster tit par There are a lot of unprincipled thieves in Astoria at present, which will bear the closest watching. We were both surprised and grati fied yolerday at receiving a large bas ketful of luxuries from the Central mar ket, when we observed that it was a re membrance of the printer on the occa sion of a late arrival in Bro. Wilson's family, note of which is made under the appropriate heading in another column We extend our congratulations to the happy household. The boiler for the steamer ICatata arrived by the Ancon yesterday. The steamers charges were only $10.50 from San Francisco and landed it at Badollet & Co.'s wharf. A cannery near here paid over $100.00 a year ago for the freight on a similar boiler for the same place, yet some persons claim that the opposition is a damage to Oregon. Cer tainly B.fc Co.. are the gainers by it ofj over $r.0.00. Salem patent "baker's flour, Impe rial, Magnolia and Albany flour, very cheap for cash, at J. Stiiauss'. Capt. Lahmeyerof the Alma has our best wishes for a -quick run to Queens town. His unbounded hospitality and gentlemanly conduct has made him many friends here and we hope to see him back again at :ui early date. Several of his countrymen here, among whom may be mentioned Messrs. Wieman, Bock and Niederaur, have endeavored to show (""apt. L. how well a gentleman of his kind is appreciated here, and no doubt he will leave with pleasant reeol-j lections of our city. The Alma is a trim barque and ha& VS.0 tons of wheat aboard. We venture to predict a good voyage and hope to see her soon again. Stkauss will give half apoirnd more sugar for one dollar tban any other store in the city. All the same in coffee, beans, peas, and rice as with sugar, at J. Stkauss". Saturday evening's soiree, under the auspices of Cornart. was well patroniz ed. All the young folks and many of their parents were there; also, several passengers from the Elder. Several army officers just returned from the re cent war attended, and once more we were treated to some graceful waltzing that can only lie executed by those who hae practiced at West Point. But the fair partners were equal to the occasion. j d were it not dangerous to be loo por ' l ..... l.i :r.. .. r 1 uij;;i vkv vnmiu ceij ;i sew mio were the KMon;neai!on of grace. We con gratulate Mr. Cornart on his success and trust al! future soirees will meet de serving patronage, as no doubt they will. For 20 days only. I will sell crock ery, lamps, glassware. UVe and packet cutlery at San Frahcisco wholesale prices, in order to make worn for one of tin largest and liest .-.elected slocks of the same kind of grnnls now on the way from New York, for .1. Sti:ai-;. South side of Ckcnaimis street. Astoria, Oregon 1 r Tlia.iiiisiviiig Proclamation. To the Pcnir f the SUrte of Oregen: In ciHlinlhtnce with :ui honorod on5tn!i ;nil hi jtraKti-twv with the proclamation ,f the.1 ' President of the raited states. I. s. V. Chad- i and STKSV.1::.!;!111 l?77, to lie'ohon el ly the iVo. of i he Coin- iMtme.tith as a day (if th-tuksziviui; an.i ! pnu.v to Almighty C.od for the utt-uufoM i i.Vssm,v.:s.ehhe has bestowed r.iMin our! iioipti s;.ue uiiriBg in yar. i.r uie ainu Id And do earnestly recommend that the ieo- ! 1 ; .r lio state on that day lay aside their x'.su-'i eiviMovnuMus ana asseinme theuueeivss together ui their accustomed place of pablie worship, to. mvc fitting testimony of th;ir fi1li.!Ml,,ft in t!i( ir.Ti.r Mf fill (Vr lllft fmwl.x. merev wilh which he hasoversh:lmi in witness wiiercoi, i jsave iscrcio set sny hand and caused the seal ot the suite of Ore- Atiett : S. Jt OiiADWtcji, Secretary oCSiate. The Fish Subject. Astoria, :Nov. 12th, 1877. Editor Asterian: If you and the reading public will pardon me for this second (and I hope the hist) time, in life that I have at tempted to write an article for a news paier, as I was almost driven to write the first one, on acceunt: 1st, of being a citizen of Astoria; and 2d, un der my circumstances as much interes ted in the perpetuation of fish in the Columbia river as any man; for all that I have nearly, in worldly goods, are invested here, and I intend to make this my home tho balance of my life. My interest in tho fish business on the lower Columbia is the same as the man who takes the boat and net and goes out in the river to catch the fish; the same as the man who cans them; for their prosperity is mine, (I am not now hunting for office.) All I wish to do is to answer the questions that "W. W. P." in his article asked me to answer, and by permission some others. Mr. "V. W. P." states in starting out as a clincher, that my article was full of incongruities and absurdities (which means lies.) That being the case on the face of tho Avhole article, any person living abotitvAstoria would see if no one in other t parts of the world could, that this wns so. iow for answering "TV. W. P.'s" questions. I do not believe that he nor any other living nisin, ever heard of a young salmon above the falls of the Willamette, for salmon never pas3 above the falls of the "Willamette at Oregon city in hatching season. 2for have there ever been a salmon seen in tjie Willamette river above the falls, unless since the locks have been built, or wnen tlie Willamette was high, m the winter. And as for the Tualatin, a salmon was never seen by tiny one in that river, as it is above the Will amette falls, and if there had of been, there is not a saw mill on the Tualatin river to make sawdust. .Now a line deawn east and west, crossing at the falls of the Willamette river, south of that line in the Willamette valley and the tributaries there never was a sal mon spawned. Shall a11 that great leather, wool, lumber and all other i;).W.U.Uur..lllUl...i...0 "'lJ'' " " oil, where salmon never was nor never will be spawned, to the reproduction of the salmon in the Columbia river? From tlie Oregon city falls to the mouth of the 24 miles. In all that stretch there are but three streams en tering the river, one is the Clackamas and the other two are small streams, emptying in at the town of ftlilwau kie, in which salmon run. The sal mon that run into the Clackamas scarcely amount to anything, the amount that run into those two small creeks at Milwaukie, in ratio to the salmon that run in the Columbia, is as a pins head (compared to Mt Hood), and as for Mr. "W. W. P.'s" state ment in regard to saw dust in a river below a mill, Twould like if some one will step to the front and tell when and where they ever beheld such a terrible sight as a river milkv white for three mile3 with saw dust. So much for the saw dust and one of the great tributaries of the Columbia river on the salmon nuestion. 1 would like for Mr. ';W. W. P." to tell of tlie niill in Oregon away from a water course that has one of those peculiar screws in a box for the removal of saw dust to some swamp or mud hole, to fill it with, and be kind enough to tell who invented it, and I will ever re main 3ours fraternally. Sec. 5lh of th.it masterly piece of statesmanship asks Congress to enact a law not only for Oregon, Idaho and Washington territory, but it ;isks Con gress to make it law to make John Bull shut up his mining and milling interests in about one half of Brit ish Columbia. I wonder if it would not be a good plan to call another J meeting and have the center or gigan tic wisdom concentrated within tlie body of some of those masterly minds and petitioh president Hayes to com mand Uueen ictoria to come over bow on her humbled knees and ask him for a posfc-mistress-ship up in ! Alaska, (please turn to tho maps and then to article 5th.) vrtW fv tio fih in m-I-m i hfti-n 1,owtol the nsh m what is known as upper Urejon, Washington antl inir districts. These streams have tails j :,.. -ntn c.nJli-ft Y'lV(ir or VM-vliwe!v -v"; : . .. , ; J , - that it is impossible for a salmon to ! pass. Look at the vast country above i l'1"" ". .. . .J I the American falls on bnake can jails on onatte river. Ei"hty or one hundred miles of steam boat navigation, watering a vast moun tain as well as valley country, suscep tible of supporting a vast population. Did a salmon ever hatch . above these fall. Is not the main Columbia valley situated the same? My first article was written in all good feeling toward fishermen, as well as all cannery people, as well as with the people of Astoria, and if I have stired up a bees-nest and waked up an old newspaper editor, you may soon expect to see me coining out at the other end of that long box, in which that peculiar screw gops through, that rims the saw dust into the said mud hole, if you will find the other end. I hope something good of this question will come to all of us, but I don't wish to have it individualized (unless it can all come to me). Please pardon this long digression. Now I wish to ask Mr. W. TV. P. a few questiens: first why in section 5 he did not incorporate the twenty eight canneries on the Columbia river that throw all their garbage and waste into tho Columbia river in the shape of tin, fish, offal, acids, and all other waste, just the same as a woolen mill is compelled to do? Also, would ask why not require by penalty, every fisherman who kills a sturgeon or a seal in the Columbia river to take him ashore and bury him (at least as good as he would a Chinaman) so that he will not come on the beach and lay there all summer to stink the people into typhoid or other terrible diseases, as well as being a general nuisance to every body li ing in the vicinity of the riven 1 subscribed fifty dollars to the fish hatching that is going on now in the Clackamas river at this time, and have money invested in it at this time. Will Ml-. W. TV. P. please step to the front and tell us how much he subscribed, as well as how much the Columbia river fishermen's association have subscribed, and also how many canneries subscribed and have paid their coin into that institution If these questions are properly and hon estly answered then I have no more to say on this subject. Tnfc I don't want any man to dispute my statements to the xniblic unless li i prepared with facts to disprove mere assertions as to saw dust or young salmon in the Tual atin river, That long screw that runs to the mu dhole, conclusively proves every word that I stated in my first article as to tlie ignorance and over reaching stupidity with which this whole fish question has been handled from the start What I hope is that if no one that is used to writing up such questions will take my place in that fish matter that echo in this is all that is necessary. I have said all that I have to say to Sir. Wr. W. P. m friend ship, as he is my neighbor and fellow citizen. A friend to the general interests of Oreifon. J. C. T. Is OiiisoHe 5abor UenJicial to Columbia ICJvor (.'auuin in i crests. Use ElItor Asteeiax: hi discussing this question, if you will let well enough alone, I say no! And these are my reasens: It gives every man that can represent that he understands the business, to parties having mone3T to invest, to go into it. They say, "here I can get Chinamen cheap and we can make some money," and they try and fail. Now these same parties that branch off are getting from $1,001) to 3,000 per annum as a salary for their services, which I think is well enough. At any rate, it is a bird in hand worth two in the bush. These branches have to have boats and these boats increase the price of fish caught from 25 to 50 cents and the fishermen makes 25 dollars per day at 25 cents per fish? and now they make five dollars per day at 50 cents. The canneries have to contract their fish in order to go ahead, and often at a low figure, which reduces tiie price of can fish, and makes the business hardly profitable. I don't blame the Chinamen for being employed, but 1 do blame the people for employing them, and I think it would have been to their ad vantage not to have done so. If they had not there would not have been so many Chinese on the xiver and those that were here would be doing well, white labor would be doing .well, and the fishermen would be doing well, and it would require less gear to run each factory. When people are getting from 1,000 to 3,000 per annum they should be content. Fishermen com pose a large portion of the population of Astoria. When .they can make nothing for their j-eais work they can not spend much, and some of them cannot pay their bills, arid it leaves us with but little money in circulation and consequently makes times dull. And if it wasijiot for "Chinamen white labor could find employment, their bills, if honest, would be paid and that would ma&e business lively in all branches of trade. But as it is they bring up fishermen from California. They earn a few. dollars and go back. They hire Chinamen and they send about 50 per cent, of their earnings home to China, which is as good as gone forever. Twelve canneries running with white labor antl all doing well, would be better than thirty with a portion of them busted and all hireing China men, k. CITY ITEMS. .7. Olsen will receive for the holi days, the finestyiotjaf jewelry ever of fered in Astor at San Fyancisco prices. JJoirworget ic place, Cautleld's street. -Dru' store, ua enamv ....Win. k, dealer in fruits jewMs river, lias a from the choice lot main and to-day. Corner of henamu streets. ....Eat 7o cents- to Si 00; cooking ars 75 cents : eggs 50 cents, an Bozorth's. mem proportion at satisfy yourself. ..SnlenduTlainns. and the best of oil at It. Alexander & Co.'s. Crockery sold at K. Alexander & Co.'s for the next 30 days at San Fran cisco cost. Kinney's compressed corned beef and Tillamook clams at retail at E. S. Larsen's and Hickinott & Bailey's. Mrs. Arrigoni is furnishing good rooms with board at from 6 to 7 and upwards ptr week, according to location. Choice new sets of crockery, very uninue and novel ; also the self-righting "spittoon," that always keeps upright, just received and selling at prices to suit the times, at I. W. Case's. You can always get fresh ovsters in every style and at all hours, dav or night, at the Central Coffee Saloon. Con conily street, between Benton and La fayette. Thos. McFarland, proprietor. Dry goods, millinery and notions cheap for thirty days at the Bee Hive. The Dance of Life, an answer to the Dance of Death, at the Circulating Library. .. . . Dr. F. P. nicks, dentist, rooms in Dr. Welch's building, on Squemoqha street, offers his services to the public of Astoria. Peter Runey is still in the market with all kinds of building materials in his line. Has just received 100,000 lath, 2,000 bushels of sand, and a large stock of first quality of brick at his warehouse foot of Benton street. The 'Dance of Life,'' an answer to the Dance of Death, by Mrs. J. M. Bowers. For sale at the City Book Store. ....Single men feel like marrying when they see the Medallion range at Magnus C. Crosby's. Board and lodging bv the day or week at the Astoria Beer I hill. Main street, Astoria. Peter Daviseourt, pro prietor. ...Fresh oysters in every style at Schmeer's. White wire goods in every style, at Magnus C. Crosby's. Dr. B. 11. Freeland has located per manently in Astoria for the practice of dentistry. OHice in ministers building, on Cass street, next door to Tiie Ajsto jii.vs office. j2SPhotographs! The latest stylos taken nt Shuster's new gallery, Cncbtt.,. next to the As-torian office. &r For clean towels, sharp razors-, , and nn ens-y shave, go to Gillopio atPAR jcei: House Baths. Hair cutting, tlmm poonmg, and dyeing. AXOTHER VICTORY GAINED IN FA VOR OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. After this date, com will bo used for change. and tickets dispensed with; all drinks and cigars tixr and ten -cents, at the Chicago Hou.se, Main street Astoria. N. WEIMAX. . Astoria, Oct. 3, 1877. J. Strauss is fully prepared to sell you the best of teas cheaper than you have ever bought on this coast. SOMETHING A EM'. For Olasswaro, Crockery, Powder .and Shot, Can Wads, Percussion Caps. in fact everything that is useful as well as ornamental, go to .1. W. Uearhart. who si-i is cheap for cash. Goods delivered free of charge. Canary ButDS. for sale at Grilles- piL'.--, Parker hou.(i Imths. kofaiuR JlfcCormH ijlrins of jj ,Vi U1IUUS if ..icir lajr am)ie 5(cents:n Call&( .Ship-mastkk's Pkadixo Boom.-t-Miv. . Peter Wilhelm iias perm-mently fitted . up a shijMmthterY. reading room in con ned ion with the (Jem -aloon in A.storia- . The latest shipping paper and iiome- ward and outard btuiiid -shipping lists are kept on tile. Teigraph,.Gitk,c next door. 2 f Avery large JTtock oAcan good.s. such as tabic andrpie fruit,SielIy, jam. honey, tomatoes, fprn. beans-, sfcgar peas oysters, corn bepf, condensed Eiilk, etc.. at prices to suilflho times at J. Sjtkauss il Mot expedunoiib route to Oregon is by rail to San Fianeieo, Cnlitfjrnia, and thence to Portland, Oregon, by$the direct limjr tailing evi ry jBSuturdry bteauior nnii, morning, .....J. S'&iAiisg has justjreeeived a largo lot oJ&Aiden dried apples, pcars plums, bl&kbemes. raspberries and" pitless chei-os,T,'hieh J will sell very low,, to niakooom Ipmore'which wilk arrive on tiie stettiner Clicster. ' vv: c