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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of which have been withdrawn and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
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WEAN EVEM
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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
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