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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1879)
C) aum&asmmetmmmmi j &ST$&Ek. OREGON: JD. C. IKEIiiLXb .Editor. SUNDAY c.-:.--;...... .TA20JAKY 5, 1870 'Tho Timber-land Law. Secretary Scburz is of the opin ion that the acts passed at the last session of congress, with reference to timber lands in Colorado, Ne vada and territories, and for the sale of similar -lands in California, Nevada, Oregon, and "Washington territory, are calculated to hasten 'the destruction of 'forests in the states and territories natnfed. rather -than to support them, as the sup 'porters'of the respective acts de--clared their purpose to be at the 'time of their passage. "With re gard to the act relating to the Pa cific states and "Washington terri 'tory, he agrees with the commis sioner of the general land office that the lands otierht not to be -, sold, but only the timber upon 'them, and thdt the price is alto gether too low, as some of the 'lands are worth from five to fifty dollars an acre. The penalty of 2 50 per acre for tresspassers is inadequate, and invites, more than restrains, parties for trespassing. 'The secretary -thinks the two acts 'ought to toe repealed, or very ma terially amended, as they are in the interest of the speculators, and pnot of settlers in they ought to be. good faith, as Superior Dexterity of American Mechanics. Not only does the universal Yankee nation beat the world in the multiplicity of its machinery, but in the manual dexterity of its mechanics. A noted Swiss watch manufacturer says that the Amer ican can work over three times as fast as rlhe average European 'workman. An 'English manufac tur6r of stamped tinware over here centennial -year saw some patent presses that pleased him. 'He took some home ar:d set them tp hi his own shop, but his operators were 'not quick -enough to use them, even with the aid of two boys each to help handle the blanks, and 40 out of every 100 times the die de- scended it vas not fed. Indeed, it is a common experience that our inost-successful machines are often 'failures abroad simply because they arc too fast for the workmen of other countries. lM:cir operations ' arc gauge'd by the 'average capaci ty of American artists, and for- , eign operatives fail to keep up with them. Mr. Bell, of telephone fame, who has lately been visiting England, has an opinion' of 33rit- ish workmen. li!Dhe people," he &ajs, "seem incapable of working1 ' except in the ruts worn out by their predecessors. They are- ab '. solutely incapable of calculating any new design without the most 1 laborious oversight from the in ventor; and their masters, instead cd encouraging invention, do all they can to put a stop to it, by "refusing admission to the work shops, and 'charging the most . cxhorbit-ant . prices for experi mental work, avowedly because 'they don't want such kind of werk: it srives mere ' trouble than it is worth, and if you -must have : new things made you must expect to pay for them.'" j Hard Times. 'J. D. Long, in Heiv YoYk Sun. People complain of hard limes, . of financial depression, of the difli- culty of 'meeting individual -and national indebtedness. Do they stop to think 'of the prime cause of "this financial Repression of the ijgreat waste -of -mony and time in the maintenance of the monster evil. In this country alone there is wasted annually on liquors the sum of $735,000,000, not to men tion the idleness, the opportunities wasted, the homes made desolate, and the souls blighted with the terrible curse. Then look at the nations across the sea England, France, Germany and the rest. Russia alone derives an annual in come of 180,000,000 from the traffic of rum, and Russia is Yast becoming a nation of drunkards. But, friends, this is tiot all. See the terrible effect upon the educa tional, moral and religious interests of the world. Of all the curses combined I know of nothing that could compare with this blight of intemperance. 'It is the deadliest foe we have" to 'contend with, neu tralizing as it does the good influ ences, effectively destroying the good resolutions that may have been formed, and causing a fearful demoralization generally of the moral sentiments. "What we Like. To hear a man try to borrow his neighbors paper. And the neighbor have courage "bnough to reply : "I would as soon ''one you my tooth brush;' to have a party imagine that he pan do as much business without ad-vertihing-as he can with it; to look at the blank astonishment that settles down on that man's face when, after trying a month, he finds tlutt it cannot be done : to see a man refuse to take his local paper and all the time sponge on his neighbor for the use of his: to hear a man comnlain when avc ask him to sub scribe for his home paper, that he takes more papers now than he can read, and then go around and borrow lnS neigh bors or loaf about him until begets the news from it; to see a man run down his home paper as not worth taking, and every now and tht n beg the editor for a favor in the editorial line; to see a man refill-to advertise in a home paper, and then try and get a share of trade that the paper, is instrumental in bring ing to his door; to see a man who h able to "pay for his local payer, always man age to be around in time to read it at the expense of a friend not worth the tenth part of what he himself is, it looks so economical, thrifty, and progressive, you know. gSa- lii am doing a good enough bigness without advertisin:.' No doubt you are doing well enough for vour pros ent ncwls, but do you forget the jMUiies, the exciting elections, the times of war or -pestilence, or any "of those many causes which create kM terms of busi ness ? These must be calculated for and discounted if you would bridge them over. One must make more than lie net-Vis, to make a, fortune, and advertis ing is a powerful auxiliary in money making. ;f?3-The free lands of the west are being taken up and settled this year to a degree most gratifying, in the face of the over-crowded mechanical depart ments of metropolitan life. Se eral mil lions more acres of homesteads have been 'entered for settlement at the var ious hind offices this year than in 1S7(I ami ls77. afu still the ue-tem iiiovemei. continue in force. And this is the only solution of the labor troubles. Let the unemployed come andbecoiuelproducer instead of consumers. ASTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT. r.J.TKEXCHAKI) . FIIK1) .!. FEKCHKX. 11. STOOP . ...Chief Engineer .1st Asst Engineer .2d Ast Engineer BOA im OF DELEGATES. Itegular meet ing fourth Fiiday in each month. Opi"ic'i:n.N. Jas. Y. Welch. President ; 35.1. 1). Curtis. Secretary ; J. W.Gcarhar-t. Treasurer. 1)i:li:ati:s. Jas. W. Welch. P. Wil helin. L. W. Poole, Astoria Engine fo. Xo.l. .1. W.Uearhart, A. W. Kerry, J. M. Severn. Alert Hook and JAuhlcr Co. Xo. 1. J. II. D. Gray, L. 1). Coffman, S. JJ. Smith. Rescue Eiujinc Co. 2i o. '2. ASTORTA EXGIXE COMPANY Xo.l Kegul.ir meeting second Tuesday in each month. Officrrs. A. YanDusen, President; F. A. Fisher. Secretarv: (.'. P. Upshur, Tw-nsurcr: .John W. Welch. Foreman; H.MUler,lst asst Foreman ; C.A.Mav, Jd asst. Foreman. RESCUE EXGTXE COMPAXY Xo.S. Kegular meeting first Monday in each mcilh. Offiopk?. B. S. Worlcj . Presnlent; J. A. jloiituomery. Secretary: Charles Ilcilbom. 'lYeasitivr: L. 1). CofTmnn. Fereman: X. Clinton. 1st asL Fore man; E. R. Ilawtis, 2d asst. Foreman. ALERT lJOO'Ki4.XDJLAnDER CO. Xn.l Kenl:- meeting-second Monday in cuuh niontL. Offickkr. Ed. D. Curtis. President: .1. O. Bozorth, Secretary: B. Yan Du&en. Tivasurcr; Frank J. Tavlor. Fereman: Jos. E. Thomas. 1st Tit.Torcman; Carl Adler, 2d asst. Foreman. Ill Astoria, Jan. 4tli, 1879. fefthe wife of Capt J. II. D. Gray, a hon. ' in ' i i i 1 1 . NEW ADVERTISESIENTS. ' "tTG'TICE. Notice is hereby given that tlie jTh 'jiariiiership heretofore existlrtg between Kic Chung. Kie Too, Fang Toe and Lhn Sam. under ihe linn name and stvle of Quang "Wing Co,7aTibrokers. Astoria, is this dav dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be catrled on by Lung Wing Co., who will pay all'dtibts of the late firm. QUANG WlNO CO., liUNG WlNO CO., Fung La:i. Duck FoKg. Astwiai Oregon JTttn, -1,1870. 5-2w I. W. CASE, MERCHANDISE. mm& CHEAPER -A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ALSO Christmas and New Year G-OOOS 'ENDLESS VARIETY. ASD in A Splendid Assortment of KID GLOVES. Ml Line of Gents Sats anil i Met Cutlery Toilet Sets, ETC., ETC., ETC. I. W. CASE lias nowto offer to the people of Astoria and vicinity the finest display of USEFUL AND FANCY GOODS FOR -THE HOLIDAYS, -AND-Every "Other Day in the Yeav Yet shown to the Citizens of Clatsop County. JUST RECEIVED. A splendid assortment of Iuiterjimgs In dia Steel and Electric AND IVOllY HANDLED PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS- 'These are the finest goods manufactured. We Defy Competition. 2"A No. 1 Cedar Shingles on hand, for sale in lots to suit purchasers. I. W. CASE, Corner ' Ohenansns ASTORIA, and Cass Streets. OREGOX. MAGNUS -C. "CROSBY. DEAT.Elt IN Stoves, Tinware, and House FurnIshiYig''C?QoidsJ Hardware,-Brass &6ods, ired 'and Iron Pipe, Pipe-Sittings, Erigfneors Supplies, Sheet Lead, 'irtir., iCdpperr Brass, and Zinc. wallawd" FO RS A LJE -t sf AdilES'of iron and coal laifds for JLOv sale, situated near Cohunbiat'city, Oregon. lrice?SipO aisli down. For particularsfUttiuirc at .17-at Xi-k-Astoiiax office. MISCELLANEOUS. Special Holiday Notice ! -Br E. S. LARSEN, Wholesale and Retail Grocer. I will sell for casIi for the next two weeks any article hi my line at GREATLY REDUCED TRICES. Tills I propose to do in order togive every body a chance to celebrate Christmas and New Yearor very little money. Sly stock of GROCERIES is complete Fresh and desirable, and not excelled by any house in the state for PRICES, QUALITY OR QUANTITY". The largest and most complete stock of CROCKERY, GLASS, and YELLOW 'WARE, A choice assortment of CHINA TEA SETS, MOTTOE AND 3LUSTxVCIlE CUPS. REAL BOHEMIAN VASES, And a complete stock of PLATED WARE, Latest designs and best make in the country. JUST .RECEIVED. EGG JUJIBL'ES, COCONUT CAFtE, "PLAIN AND FANCY CADDIES Also a great redaction in COFFEES AND SUGAR. Also, a great variety ol AYOOD AND WILLOW WARE. All of which I will respectfully olfer for your inspection and purchase. Yours truly E. S. LARSEN", Astoria, Oregon. Dee. 17. 1873. CITY BOOK STOEE MADs ST., ASTORIA. ciias. STi-rrE3is & se: Invite the attention of purchasers to their stock, just laid in FGFv THE HOLIDAY TRADE. The Finest Selection ! The Cheapest Prices ! The Greatest Worth! RECEPTION POCKETS; LxYDIES' DIARIES AKD PURSES COMBINED: COMB AND BRFSII POCKETS: CUTLERY, JEWELRY, CHARMS, ETC ETC. LADIES7 FANCY BOARD, ETC.; GOLD PENS AND PENCILS; PAINT PENCILS, GUTTAPERCHA GOODS; EXCELSIOR DIARIES. BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, ETC. jSAH goods sold at lowest cash prioes. CIIAS. STEVEN'S & SON. City Hook Store to 'Ma'm street, two doors i from the I loueer Ilestaurant, opposite the hakeryof Mrs. C. Hinder. Okaules H33ILBORSt, rw-r, MANUFACTURER OP a-fief.y V$J And Dealer in FURNITUREand BEDDING. ALSO IMrOUTKIt OF CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, WALL PAPER, SHADES, etc. 53?All kinds of repairing .promptly at tended to. and furniture made to order. J3t""A lull hue of iiicture nimildings arid fiames. brackets, window cornices, etc. CSTull btdek and lowc-st prices, corner of Squemoeqha and Alain street. Astoria. PAY THE PRINTER PROMPTLY for vour Paper. It h lt for all. INjSl B. HAMBTJRGER'vS -A FINE STOCK OF GOODS1! DRY GOODS IN ALL ITS DEPART.MENTS- DRY I O 1 3 IP 1 T IBC 1 X 1 3KT 1 Q i THE FINEST ASSORTMENT TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY. FIFTEEN D0EN HATS RECEIVED ?R STEAMSHIP OREGON, ALL OF THE LATEST STYLES. We have marked these goods down to the lowest mark and purchasers v. ill do well tc cairon us bbrure pm chasing. An invoice of iPAlX STREET, -------- ASTORIA. OREGON. I HAVE ON HJS'D TUE SUGAR TOYS, GUAI PASTE TOYS, DOVE BASKETS, FANCY BASKtETS, And other Christmas Tree of plain and Fancy 'CANDIES, CAICES, CRAOKERS AND NUTS, Which I will selU'at the- lovrcst scaon handsomely ornamented. A liberal dfccountHo churches for mentd at OPPOSITE THE . j3 OYSTERS SERVED BANKING AND INSTANCE. T IV. CASE, ASTORIA, OREGON. BROKER AND BANKER. DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN COIN OR cur rency subject to check at sight. ESrSlght eheekvtssned on Portland, availa ble in any part of Oregon and Washington territory. ear Sight checks issued tin San Francisro, available in any part of the State of Cali fornia. fiS-Sight checks issued on New York cite, available in'any part of the Eastern States." ffSrlVbnroveil bills discounted. Loans niado on available secuntv. Collections made promptly. $67,000,000 CAPITAL LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD 'CONNECTICUT OF HART FtfRD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Representing a capital of 07,000.000. A. VAN DUSEN. Agent. Mutual InsuraDce Co,. OF CALIFORNIA, J. F. noivsirrox...... ....President Ciias. It. Stoky Secretary HAMIL.TON KOYl." , - rx Gko. L. Stoky. j Ascnts for Oregon OrFicn-Northeasr comer of Stark and First streets, PCiitland, Okegox. Net Csish received for Fire Prem iums in 1877 335.511 04 Assets, Jan. 1,187$.,, , ?57S,0o5 85 Liabilities Losses xnpuid $3.(mS 37 Dividends " - 'ljc? 00 5.5T 37 Surplus for rronerty Holders ?.2.470 47 Losses paid in Oregon in six yeaiu.Stl4.ni6 7-' 1. AV. CASK. Agent. 3-2Gtf ASttiria. Oregon. AUCTION SALES. Tp C. HOLDEN, Notary Public for the State of Oregon. Keal Estate A sent and Conveyancer. Agent f(.r the FIREMEN'S FFXD INSUR ANCE COMPANY of San Francisco. COMMISSION AGENT and AUCTIONEER. Itcnts ami Accounts Collected, and re turns promptly made. Regular sales day, SATURDAYS at JJ P. M. "N. 15. Parties having real estate, lurni ture or any other gomfcto dispoe of either at auction or private sale .should notify me as soon as convenient hefore the day of sale. No storage charged on goods .sold at Auc tion. X. C. HOLDEN. td AMetlonetr. AGIltL WANTED.-To do general lioue worlc in a small family. Aildrebs : P. O. IJOX 75. 1-tf Astoria, Oregon. Barbour's IRISH FLJX THREAD AND- Salmon Net Twine Cotton Seine Twine, 'Cork" and Lead Lines. 'BARBOUR BROTHERS, 119 Pine Street, San Francisco. HENRY DOYLE & Co.. V nnsrcis. X LT LAHGEST ASSORTMENT OF HEARTS, FIGURES, FLOWER BASKETS, CORNUCOPIAS, "WAX CANDL F Ornaments. Also, a fine Io r"vVith all kinds of -FRESH ORANGES, LIMES AND COCOA NUTS. cash price, Will have in do cakes for Christmas and Now Year, candies and Christmas Tree oraa- BELL TOWER. -IN EVERY" STYLE & ypj A f
