The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, January 17, 1879, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textw V HS .- U, ,to ' SHte l&iXxj stosfam. ASTORIA. OREGON : 15. C. IRELAXI Editor. JT KID AY .Taxuaii y 17, 1879 A Land Hani. iiqneczinK'tlic Sponges that Have Sacked up tlic Public Domain. Below will be found the provis ions of one of the most important bills now before congress, and. which passed the committee on public lands by a two-thirds vote. 'The bill, it is claimed will pass both the senate and the liouse by a large majority By its passage, 1 27,247,051 acres are saved to the government, and thus to the people of the United States. This land, at the minimum price of $4 per acre will yield to the treasury the sum of o09,988,204 52. It re quires but little foresiirht o"- l iinnn the rar$ of thinkii citizens to discover "the fact that the passage of the bill referred to will most certainly open a direct way to the payment of the public debt. This subject is one which has engrossed the attention of many of our lead ing congressmen, who really desire to serve the people and bring about a -career of financial pros perity. The committee on public lands of the house are determined, to nish the bill through at the earliest possible moment, and when i is reached, every argument, which true patriotism and sound financial policy can produce, will be brought to bear to effect its passage. The 1i)ill, which was on February 25, lSTSead twice, recommended to the committeee on public lands, and ordered "to be printed, pro vides as follews: Whereas, more than one hun cred million acres of the public lands of the United Stater have Jbeeir granted by congress to states and corporations to aid in the con struction of certain roilroad and telegraph lines, and the said states and corporations have failed to perform the conditions of their re spective grants, 'and -have fttiled, in part, to earn said lands, many of which have been withdrawn and withheld from settlement -for more than twenty years, and which lands should be restored to the public domain, and offered to set tlement as other public lands: therefore. . Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in con gress assembled: That all the public lands 'which have been granted by coRgress to aid in the construction of the following named a-ailroad and telegraph lines, and specified, which have not been earned under said. grants, are hereby declared forfeited to the United States; and said lands shall hereafter be disposed of as oLlier public lands of the United States. Here follows the list of raiiroads, via: Gulf- and Ship 'Island, Mississippi.. Alabama and Florida 'Coosa and Tennessee. Alabama Mobile and Girard. Alabama 'Coosa and Chattanooga. Alabama Alabama and Chattanooga (former Acres. 652.8U0.D0 4i;,o'20.00 182.480.00 Si0.80.00 130,000,00 ly nortneasr and southwest Ala bama and WillLs valley railroads) Alabama ... 897.920.00 Pcnsacola and Georgia. Florida l,5GS,729,fe7 Florida. Atlantic and Gulf Central, Florida 183,153,99 Nurth Louisiana nud'lcxns, (form erly Vicksburg, Shrevepmt and Texas niilroad), Louisiana CIO.SSO.OO K.w Orleans. Baton Jiouge and Vicksburg. Louisiana 3.80D,00O,()O St. Ixmis and Iron Mountain, Mis souri 610.000,00 Little Hock and Fort Smith, Ar kansas and Missouri Jl,0T!).2iG.a4 T9troit and Milwaukee. Michigan 3K,420,0J Houghton and Ontonagon (form erly Marquette and Ontonagon). Michigan 552,515,21 North Wisconsin (formerly 6t. Croix and Lake Superior and branch to Bayfield). Wisconsin- l.40S,45,G9 "Wisconsin Central (formerly Port aue, Winnebago and Superior), Wisconsin -..-.1.800,000,00 3t Fanl .and fticiilc Brain erdt branch ( formerly branch to Lake Superior), Minnesota - l,47o,000,00i St. r-aui and Jt'acine. hu Vincent extension (formerly branch to lied river of the North), Minne sota : ... 2,000.000.00 Hastings and I lakota. Minnesota. ir0.000.03 Oregon Central, Oregon- 1,200.00J;OJ Atlantic and Pacific, varioas ;tates -42.010.000:0') "STcfcas racdic, various states 1S:000.00MXJ .Northern Pacific, various statcs-.-J7.o0J,cO0vvu From the above it wail be no- pe'dt hat congress approved of -an act granting 42,000,000 acres of land to a wild-cat southern railroad which had no real or substantial existence. Let the tables, how ever, be examined. The people will then understand what enor mous land grants have been voted away in the past, and appreciate the importance "of the bill reported by the house committee oil Public lands. ASTORIA. A special correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, Mr. C. ii. Hard ing, under date of Astoria, De cember 15, 187S, furnishes the fol fel fol eowing: In looking over the report of the Portland board of trade for the year ending August 1, 187S, the reader cannot fail to notice the conspicuous omission of all men tion of Astoria, Astoria, which, as every one knows, lies at the mouth of the Columbia river, and is as much the key to Portland as Flush ing is to Antwerp. Vessels load ing at Portland, in the "Wallamct river, have to carry part of their cargo in lighters down to Astoria, the portiDn thus lightered ranging from 10 to 50 per cent, of tiie en tire cargo. Had Portland capital ists willed it, the 100 miles which separate Astoria from Portland could long since have been spanned by a railroad, but, as before ob served, the wealthy men of the commercial capital of Oregon seem to .have set their faces against rail roads, and Astorias present hope is in a narrow-gauire line to con- iiect it with Salem, the state capi tal. Fortunately the Oregon Steam Navigation company is under the control ol men who are seeking to develop the country rather than any one city, and hence just now they are carrying considerable quantities of wheat from Walla Walla direct to Astoria, thereby saving the shippers the 28 miles 14 in and 14 out of the Wallamet rives, and also the wharfage, and drayagc, and transhipment at Port land. In a word the shipper's ac count stands as follews: via via Walla Walla to San Francisco Pt'land, Astoria. O.S.N. Co's charges per ton for transportat on of wheat G 00 VJiarfsige .. 25 Drayage .. 60 Wharfage on .shipping 2.1 Freight to San Francisco 3 00 S7 00 25 Total per ton $10 00 SO 50 So that supposing the cargo to be shipped via California there is a clear saving- of 50 cents per ton in favor of Astoria; but expenses hss shown that vessels can Ue char tered in dull times at as low freights from San Francisco, whereas to load at Portland they require on an average about four shillings per ton additional freight. Thus at this moment Mr, Miles C. Moore, son-in-law of the well known Dr. Baker, of Walla "Walla, is loading at Astoria some 7-0,000 bushels of wheat aboard the Alice Cooper, which vessel 'he chartered at the very low rate of 3S shillings per ten. He proposes sending her to Liverpool direct, and, should the venture prove successful, will in future ship all his wheat -at As toria. As Dr. Baker is one of the most influential men in Washing ton territoiy, there can be butlittle doubt that his example will be followed by smaller shippers, and that until the railroad connecting Walla Walla with Puget sound be constructed Astoria will become the outlet for produce of that mag nificent count-. If, as is expected, 'this change will enable the farmer to obtain fully -ten cents per oental more for ulieir wheat than at present, the result cannot fail to be a greater development of the resources of Washington. It would seem as now Astoria offered though even ample opportunity for a small banking establishment, as with so many vessels loading here it is highly inconvenient for the Cap tiins to have to go to Portland for the funds wherewith to defray their expenses. These expenses are by no means inconsiderable. The appropriations of congress for the permanent improvement of the Columbia river bar have hitherto been utterly inadequate, and no one who has examined the ohartsof this monstrous obsSruc- fcion can "go over 4he bar" wlt&oot some !tm C m T"T n r emzn vaboard so . fine j Consi wo' ' "'a: a steamer as the -(Jrearon. Considering that there are over. -300 vessels even- jeaf crossing ind recrossing this bar, it would seem that more money might advan tageously be spent on improving this marine highway. Of course Astoria shows as yet nothing like the development of Portland. The vast amount of building in the latter city during the last year or so, was in great measure due to the fact of the banks having ceased to pay inter est oh deposits, so that depositors, rather than let their funds remain unproductive, turned them over into real estate. The competition -among the steamers bringing about a reduc tion of freights and passage money, has brought 'large numbers of per sons to Portland from California, so that the real estate speculation has generally turned out well. It is not so very long since the pas sage Irom San Francisco to Port was $75 00; now one tithe of that sum suffices for the voyage. So large has been the immigrant travel that one explanation of the com parative small supplies of wheat arriving at Portland is that farmers have found it to their account in selling their grain to the new comers lor seeu. ii railroad is very badly wanted east of the Cas cades, so that the whole country may be opened up, and farmers be enabled to obtain money at some thing less than fifteen and eight een per cent, per annum. Illinois is interested in no small degree in the upbuilding of this country, as the number of plows, wagons, and reapers from that state is so large as to awaken astonishment. It was my fortune to travel from Port land with -an Illinois plow manu facturer who had just traversed Oregon and Washington territory, and he expressed it as his opinion that a farmer in Illinois, bv work mg somewhat harder, would at the end of the year come out as well as his compeer in Oregon. Certain it is that ff the Oregon, and more particularly the Washington far mer had such a market for his pro duce as Chicago presents to the Illinois and Iowa cultivators, lie would be in a position to give up farming after a very short space of time. ii. iSTEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FISHERIES. - THE UNDERSIGNED GIVE CAREFUL attention to the Fisheries of the North ern Pacific, and make to order 'every dis cription of XXVT, SEIXE, TRAP, and PDUXBS. 'Suitable to every species 'of fishery. Also : TWINE and LINES. Atldiess.: AMERICAN NET & TWINE CO. Boston. Fi.sli Coinnii.M.sioiiers Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the undersigned, having been dulv ap pointed deputy for Clatsop county, by C. Lienenweber, Fish Commissioner, under the laws of the State of Oregon, will be in readi ness from and after this date, to issue li censes, at his office up stairs, corner of Cass and Sqemocqhe streets, Astoria. Oregon. H. 11. FERGUSON, Deputy Fish Commissioner. January, 14, 1879. Notice to All oncerned. Men and Boys Must be As well as to have toys for Christmas. Christmas is Over ! BUT I LDEB ss; Sirreierei! And now invites the attention of every body to his Full and Complete Stosk, Consisting In part of A FULL HI nTttIMP F0Tl MFN LINE OF ULU I ftlfiU AND BOYS. Gents Furnishing Goods; ALSO : Large Stock of Family Groceries f Canned Fruits, Etc.; also : "Wutchc, Jewelry Marine and Opera Glasses, etc; Besides a choice lot of TOBACCO AND CIGARS, "Wholesale and Retail. Call and see. MAIN ST., - - - ASTORIA, OGN. Ohaeles HEILBORNj aiANUFACTUEEH OF je Ana xieftierin FURNITUREand BEDDING. ALSO IMrOKTKR OF CARPETS, OIIi CLOTHS, "WALL PAPJSfc, SHADES, etc. .-All kinds tf repairing promptly at loiwipfi n unil furniture made to order- Ey-A ,full line of picture mouldings and tt.-rmpc hmnknts-window cornices, etc. ep-Full stock and lowest prices, corner of ScnisinoeQha ad Main strcctAstoruu ; I. W. CASE, MERCHANDISE. i QQD t WEAN EVEM s - A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ALSO- - Christmas and New Year IN ENDLESS VARIETY. AND A Splendid Assortment of KID GLOVES. Ml Line of Gents Ms G Met Cutlery Toilet Sets, ETC, ETC., ETC. I. W. CASE Has now to offer to the people of Astoria and vicinity the finest display of USEFUL AHD FANCY GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AXD- Every Other Day in the Year Yet shown to the Citizens of Clatsop County. JUST RECEIVED. A splendid assortment of Lautetfjung's In dia Steel and Electric AB IVORY HANDLED. PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS. These are the finest goods manufactured. We Defy Competition, 23TA;No.1 Cedar Shingles on hand, for sale m lots to suit purchasers. I. "W. CASE, Corner Chenamus and Cass Streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. MAtSNUS C. CROSBY- UEALEK IN- Stoves, Tinware, and Housa Furnishing Goods. Hardware, Brass Goods, Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings,, Engineers Supplies, Sheet Lead, Iron, Copper, Brass, amiinc. ' COAL LAND FOR BALE. 1A1U satn1'1 jm. lands .for Sv s. JT EJI ' W ogon. .a7odb'saiy0ls?,)la CIty' . I-or particulars Inquire at SMI . 'lHBAjojuA3faBce. uguaAimjuiLaLujJLjea anSCELLANEOTJS. Washington Market, Main Street, Astoria Oregon, KEIiGMAJr X' JB12RJIY pESPIICTFtJLLY CALL THE ATTEN- JLL tion of the public to the fact that tha above .Market will always bo supplied with a FULL VARIETY BEST QUALITY FRESH AND CURED W1EATS ! Which will be sold at lowest rates, whoIe?al and retail. Special attention riven to supph ng shiDS. D. K. Wabrkx. c. A. aicGuiKK Astoria Market ! Corner of Chenamusand Cassstreettt. ASTORIA. OREGON. WARREN & McGUIRB, Proprlecor- (Successors to IUbsun & Warrcr-. Wholesalo and Retail Dealers in all Klnas u Fresh and Cured Meats! A full line of Family Groceries, CANNED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, ETC. ftS-Butter, Eggs, Cheese, otc. constantly on hand. t&5 Ships supplied at the lowest rate?. IT IS A POSITIVE TRUTH That housekeepers can do better bv dentin: "with J. K. WIRT, on Mata street, as he keeps the beat of FPvTJITS, CAXDIES, XTJTS. LIQUORS AND CIGAItS. SMOKED SALMOM, BOLOGXE SAUSAGE, JE11KED ELK 3IEAT, And also from Clatsop every other day FEESH BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, CLAMS, DUCKS, ClilCKENS, And even-thins: that is neednii in ti ik-- m jrline at -the lowest livimrpnees. Call and examine before purehasinir else- where. J. M. 1V1 IRT. Arndt & Ferchen. milE BEST BLACKSM1TH AND Machine Shop In the citv. All fchwls of Enjjiiie, Cannery and Steamboat Work prompt I v attended to. GEORGE MACLEAN, BLACKSMITH. Water Street Roadway, Near Ilumo's Cannery, Astoria, Orogon. Horseshoeing jj v an a kntk of Blacksmith fCTv Tifl ins done toor- der. Satisfact g$gfe$J in b"aranteod ALL SHIP AND ENGINE WORK A SPECIALTY. E. S. MERRILL & CO., Blacksmiths and machinists, Capt-EOGEUS' OLD STAND Near Exiro?a Offico, ASTORIA, - OREGON. All work in our line, heavy orlijrht, done with neatness and dispatch. Horseshoeing, Wag-, on and Farm "WORK A SPECIALTY. HAVING SECURED THE SERVICES OF Mr- S. A. Gninos of Ky.. nn experienced FarriorofSo yeavs in the businoss. and weU known Astoria horsemen, wo are prepared to doshudiisin u mannor to cure lameness or pre vent t in worses entrusted to our care. Bfi"A51 work warranted and at reasonabla rates-. HOUSE TO LET. A nice residence, new, containing six rooms, will be ready for a tenant any time on short notice. For particulars inquire at 53tf THIS OFFICE. Astoria Steam Laundry. J. T. BOUCHERS - -.IToprietor Astoria. Oregon. No mbbins or scrubbing, and no thrashing your clothes too pieces. Buttons sewed on and clothes mended. j2?Neat work at reasonable prices, wye us a call. T. S. JEWETT. B. S. KIMBALL. Draying & Trucking. ASTORIA TRUCK & DRAY CO., Sqaeuiocniie t, hetween Cass and Main, Contracts fur jrayinpmado and Rnti3factio- guaranteed. Orders left at the Occident iio tel or received by mail promptly filled. JEWETT k KIMBALL. O- J". SMITH, (IX THE ASTORIAX BUILDING) HAS JUST DECEIVED A LOT OF NEW goods, consisting of HEN'S AND BOYS CALE AND ZIP BOOTS Buckle and Congress Gaiters, "Women, Misses-and Children's RXJXTOJST BOOTS, Which will be sold at the very lowest prieea 3. H. D. GRAY, Wholesale and retail dealer in. OTSTEBS, by the SACK, Haj, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc, General stcxage and Wharfage on read able Serins. . - J --r- . tB& .v -..j. & -