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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
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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.
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