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w -- 1 -d 1 . i in'., glx.c S&S& ,stamxi. ASTOItlA.'OREGON : r. c. ireijAXi....... ....Ertilor. WEDNESDAY Ar j:ii. J). 1S7J) ; UOriGKATlOX. j rpnjircss.-Oregon i A Mighty E'.xoiIiin in outbidding California. Knur and Sin- for I he Wehloot staii'. The Orison Male Itonrd oi Immigration i:i San Fraucfsco. M'onniwroNDKNric okthk astorian. Sax Fraxcisco, April 2. -A dance i at the records of emigration for the i past few months is enough to convince ! even the most unreflecting that there is something radically wrmu with Hi ' ' O " ..v Lvery west-bound train and steam boat was literally loaded down with emigrants. The entire farming com munity seemed to be on the move, or preparing ior mgnt troni the hardships ana misery, ana aesntution now .so. prevalent in the worn-out tax-ridden, and insalubrious Atlantic states. Upon my arrival in San Franciaco, curosit.y prompted me to ascertain j what elforts were beim; put forth by the Pacific slope to secure its due share or tins immense immigration. 1 was well aware that population the one thing wanted to is JH sure prospent to the Occident; and 7 r i, i i ,i . I J felt sure that the energetic enter- j . - tn ii -c nP i prise oi toe i ;iciu: wuuiu ue equal lo . he task of securing it. 1 was only , about half right in my surmise. 1 ! older communities of the Atlanticsiope. . N,v '"" ""' .-a.m. inyy,., . d . h ixteeninch cylinders, was The eastern, the middle, and many of Ati "dwt OI tof -aml c,UeS' nU laimckoil on the 4th at Ceiilo, and will ihe so-called western states are becom- W1 V V I i ri r f ' randy to run uhenever her wheel is i ing in a measure depopulated by the ! lot wr I h lllbor"f the iiisiifcciont j 3 fe f f . hfcj immense exodus from their Wders. , ml l"1: JI!e ,mmn ltep- boat in low water, and it is quite On the other haiid,K she will be idle until Dakota and Colorado are being settled ! 1tt1 , W",C A1";1 "f September. Another new boat, not I up with a rapidity unprecedented at "P-. 1"11 "7 &J ,, ' , ; 'V ' ! yet nainod, is stiil on the stocks, re any period in their history, During a g last a,,p o bl.l fr ; Her recent trip through the western stales, ' h' 'UHvcnslie4 - llppevorks will be similar to those of wvwwu . V.IW.1IV, .,1 (.IIHKIftUUIl. c 1 ,y , , , r i i ' xne uiai'Keis arc at ieasi as uikiu, niiv- round that between live and six linn-1 . ,. , ... , Tr , ,. . . i i c. hug direct communication w-uh JLurope. tired immigrants arrive weekly in San . n- ., f . . , .. ,,. , . x, i t i i i " r It is, therefore, m wonder that the jbranciseo. but I looketl in vain fori. ' - ... ... i any organized effort on the part of Californians to give them any aid, di rection or information. There is no Immigrant Bureau, nor anj other agency at work either to induce immi gration to California, or to receive the strangers who arrive adventitiously. The utmost indifference is manifested here in this respect, and until I had further prosecuted my inquiries I could not understand how it was that so many settlers continued to come. A visit to the OREGON BOAltD OF IMMIGRATION. In this city explained the matter. The vast majority of the immigrants landing in San Francisco are en route to Oregon. If California shows apathy, Oregon evinces the most un tiring activity. At the office, oOi Bat tery street, opposite the post-office. I had an excellent opportunity to con vince myself to this fact. There the machinery of immigration is to be seen in its perfection. 1 found the agent, Mr. J. E. Shepherd at Lis post and not only willing, but anxious, nation' V ! I dent of to give the fullest infor Mr. Shepherd is an old re.si Oregon, an affable, genial, intelligent gentleman, and thoroughly informed concerning the climate, soil and to pography of the state he so ably rep resents. The office is located in the business center of the city and con venient to the hotels usually patron ized by immigrants. It is filled to overflowing with the marvelous agri cultural, mineral and mechanical prod ucts of Oregon. Magnificent sheafs of grain wheat, oats, barley, rye, etc. , line the walls ; the shelves are loaded down with manufactured, agri cultural and animal products, consist ing of dried fruit of all kinds, thresh ed grain, compressed meats, cased sal--nion, fish-guano, dog-fish oil, hops, dour, wool and dozens of other arti cles, all neatly arranged for exhibition --and provided with plain labels giving the locality of culture or manufacture, -the 'yield, and other information, by which the exposition may be intelli gent studied. Fine specimens of -Oregon wood maple, ash, myrtle, ce dar, pine, oak, etc., beautifully pol ished and in the rough, are shown as evidences of Oregan's enormous and "varied lumber resources. Of minerals there xire specimens of coal, iron, gold bearing quartz, building-stone, cop per, silver, and other ores, sufficient to prove that Oregon's products of 'this nature are second to none in ..i .i ti i.i i. : ,,:i.i.. 4... tne worm, jll wumu ue im nibMun; w enumerate the products displayed here sufliccit to say that the office is a complete epitome of Oregon enterprise and industry, and that short of a visit to the state, notiuiur can give better idea of Oregon, than a w,. . uaii ui this bureau, and an hour's conversa tion with Air. Shepherd. The travel from tlii s port to Ore- "t ' I .-; r 4iof-iilll!nittrr Alt. S. 1 1 x I r 1 1 UU'd lllVyJ lOU WH.m ..J.. IIJ W UIH,ilOj -hundred passengers went up last week. I inKiiittiM mt Mi'il. Ill'iW n uai wi unuili; A fair proportion of thse were new- j comers to the Paeilic coast, but the ! Jtnajority were dissatisficl Californians, either old residents of this state, or! settlers ot one or two years standing. Just now California appears to be a good place to get away from. OUR WONDERFUL CLIMATE :Has given us three years of short cnps, and .ruined thousands of hard - working agriculturists. Mercantile failures are becoming so common, as to elicit little or no interest, except in those immediately concerned. In walk ing up Market street the other day. I noticed the ominous sheriffs lock on five i stores, in two blocks. that is to sav from i Kearney to Stockton, north side. The I agricultural and mining disasters of the oast three vears are culminating. Prosperity cannot long be maintained ,, ,. -l,rr frviiiltnv i l tho. mercy of a capricious climate, where the most productive tracts of land are held in enormous parcels under Span- ish gnu its, where titles are insecure , Iaim,n'r n'a e or cinrncc ior kick j t r r t p .. l I- i "V ,u'c "" Jwve . HlIor' I mnn !or """ pursuits umi, ;WO"ifclur S l tlle lK'l,ulatlou of the tite, r has Ion' since been "ohh'etl np by j AVAItlClOUS ADVKNTL'KKKS. j Ami probably no state now bidding ; for immigration has less sulstantial inducements to offer the industrious . , , , , Q ,: ..,::,.. .r ..r lfllJUi i811,l ! j t le had for the asking, or to be pur- Inst, and that has necessitated the re I chased from the railrond company at moval of the stoamcr Mountain Queen a nominal price. mr. one nneru t 1 tells me that in eastern Oregon alone there is room for two hundred thou sand families on now vacant govorn- meut land, and that the railroad com- i pauy lias upwarasoi nve million acres t i r . -ii- i , ,. . r r,Ut, .,1 he says, are assured, for ram falls at .. J ' ' all seasons. T . , TAXATION IX OKBOoX .n.k 1u1P 1 1... 4- .r PurrnVniii ,, J i A ,x . . .i i. ... is on IV Oregon immigration office Here is over run with business, or that even the niagnilicient accommodations of the eiCKGON STEAMSHIP COMPANY Are taxed to their utmost to provide transportation for the rush to the Webfoot state. During the five years of its establishment Mr. Shepherd does not remember a period of greater activity at his office than the present. The advent of thousands of hard-fisted toilers to Oregon must soon begin to tell upon its material advancement. Too long has Oregon been content to hide its light under a bushel; but now she evidently means business. Hun dreds of thousands of circulars, maps, pamphlets and other printed infonna mation are distributed broadcast by the State Board of Immigration, and its branches in SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON AND NEW -YORK. Immigrants arriving in San Francisco are received by Mr. Shepherd and gien-such advice and information as may be necessary to assist them in lo- catni' While in the cit3" the are to speak, under his guidance and pi . . 1T ,r , i .. . so pro tection. He sees that they are not imposed npvii-; he procures them tick ets to Oregon, and gives them tickets entitling them to half-fare transporta tion to their destination. He does many other good offices for them, and his position is by no means a sinecure; but his heart seems to be in the work and his success is in proportion to his restless activity. No doubt the read era of The Astorian will rejoice to hear that the interests of Oregon are so ably looked after. YOUR MAGNIFICENT PORT Is the gateway of the northwest, and will reap lasting and substantial bene fits from this marvelous movement of ! population. Your articles on u The Future of Astoria" are as hopeful as they are instructive. I trust the grand destiiry which the' predict will soon be realized in all their fullness. Oregon lnis become THE MECCA OF THE IMMIGRANT The one place J " where a man is a man if lie's villiir to toil. And the humblest may jrauw Hie fruits of the soil A visit to the Oregon State Board s oflicehere, a viewof Oregon's inagiiif - icent productions, a careful reading of Thk AsroiiiAN, on file here, and other ii:ir :nwl ii'iiimlil.-f nul n infiir- view with Air Sheoherd have deter- mov wiui iu. oncpiiciu, ii.uo utter in man me. I have ueculud. to cast mv ! lot with the vouiiff community of the ,i . w i i ii r new nortnwest, ana snail leave tor (Jregou as soon as lean put my house in order. .losei'ii Caukoll. If the business men of the ' n ; ,. . . . . ijiiiLt'ii uir, s wt'ru lskuu lo ;m- i i 4 i iA.-.!. -. -i .1 j nn- 1 point a tune for the congress, very many of them ! would be inclined to name the l.ii- .1 ft-nt nni'iK Vnfliinn- 1C lllAI'n UM-lo ,.f f.n.',,"'. CHHVJ IIVIW. AWUUIIIU " lW i ., - Till 1 11 I dreaded by the commercial classes . tiian the coming togetner oe tne law-makers of the nation; and with good reason. After the sen- ate and the house have sot in full swinjr nobody knows what a d;wr may bring lortli. erv surely, toward the end of the session, no man can guess what the night will ! result in. w fc'fcCON AND WASHINGTON EAST OF TIIE MOCSTAiyS. The steamers R. R. Thompson and Monntain Queen will both be put ' in commission whenever the supply of freight exceeds 300 tons per day, be- tween The Dalles and Cascades. At last the frame of the new steam ferry boat at The Dalles is in iiositinn. and work is going on with ! rapidity. Her completion will be a convenience to the Yakima and Dalles i rfnnln Ih will have the effect of rc- ,iIIpmr rprr..lirft to better living rate. O .-i- aml the teams which nowgo to Uolum- bus for freight will be apt to go to The Dalles, the Empire thinks. The steamer Spokane, having re ceived a new boiler and having been At The Dalles the Columbia be gins to feel the effects of the recent ri.o in Snake river, and was, on the oth. cominir nn at the rate of two fuet d The tt.hnrf.b,it now lies at t.l.. amn lsieo as it did in Mav uiiifuuiiu;Nim;i iu i .mn quarters where they lay aunng the hard freoRC of last Jan nary. Owing to this condition of affairs, and the j rapid increase of Snake river freight, I the splendid new steamer Harvest Queen has started in the trade for; Lewiston. She is the largest boat, by J o feet, that ever went up Snake river, and the good people of Lewiston will see a floating palace when she moors on the bar at the mouth of the Clear water. The Pendleton Independent truth fully saj-s that there is no rural part of the Pacific slope that shows more substantial and permanently tangible evidence of the inarch of progress than Umatilla comity. Its popula tion, numbering, as it does, quite 8,000 souls, have chosen the two first avoca tions vouchsafed to man agriculture and stock-raising. A country adapted to these pursuits has til ways been the most prosperous and permanently j happy, as witness the lands of ancient beauty and strength, the valleys of the lile and the Po, as well as the beautiful hills of Palestine. To read of the splendors of those lands, and not see in the climate and immeasur ably rich and fortile lands of this sec tion of Oregon a permanent, prosper ous, and we might add brilliant fu ture, is to evince an inexcusable short-sightedness into the future. Many men of undoubted integrity, who have resided in this county for years, have informed ns, says the Walla Walla "Union, upon return from a visit to their old homes in Kan sas, and other parts of the east, that their relatives and friends looked and acted as though they were being lied to when the Walla Walla man related his own farming experiences in this valley. There is -no country on the face of the earth where the farmer can -raise more grain to the acre than in cistern Washington and Oregon. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin land in this country, which only require to be tickled with a gang plow and trotted over with a header, to yield annually from 25 to 50 bushels of wheat per acre. This land cm be had for taking. Remote ness from market is the only draw back to the cminby. That draw-back will be remedied in a few short years. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. Fisiiermeii A&tention !! J ATA MEETING HELD AT UPPER AS- xjl tona on April sth. at '2 ::;o i m., it was j lnovcd tlmt :l mwtinS be called at Astoria on l Apnii qjii ATT.Qfl D M HrillL ullij Ml I .OU l. 11. . ToctfblMi tho price for which we will . take Salmon from the Columbia river and its I trihutnrins nmi suHi othiriniiiivu -, i...... be nmght up. J. . UOUESOX. ! 1'resiilent. To Vhom it Wlay Concern. JOTICE IS IIEREIIY GlVEX TO ALT, " persons, that S. W. Tallman's wharf i ur tl,c steamers use only, and all other per- i soin :iro ffifhifl i-nrnili" nn In tli wli-it-r .r.i. .:.,."- .-r:. .: "- ....m.iui-i i Tiitriif nt imiifMiiir iitvic gt iiia iu ..-.i.i I nbiht or buiMintr fires on t laud nearer than 100 feet of the wharf, or treimv """" .uu,,,"" o ... M.,. viv.ucu meetino- ofis'n J,is wn' woed: and no ropes at- ; tached to rafts to be hitched to the .spiles. h. W. TALLMAN. "WiiSTronT, April 3th, lS7y. . JA)Srr I CUFF 1'IX. Ametlivst set finder will he liber.illv re- OXE GOLD tii. The warded hv leaving the same at THIS OFFICE. FIXE JFAR3I1XG LAXI) for SALE AT OVEItX3IEXT PItlfJES. PEKFECT TITLE. The homestead elaiin of Hayden Oearhart, on Lewis and Clark's river, eontainimc j 160 ..CIFLjEaJS. GO Acres of which Is creek bottom in one Dotiy balance goou up land. Inquire .of Vi. R. SPEDDEN. 1874. SPRING HAS tkd fl&V HufB Jsf"rsOe; I? Ht k,lMML, r&TS&, JJsL, JPi tai The best .selected stock ccr before carried in this city. DRY GOODS, CLOTHIKC, BOOTS AMD SHOES, HATS, CAPS. CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, CARPETS, MATTIHGS, A FULL LINE IX EACH DEPAETMEXT. We call especial atttcnt'on to our extra larj;e invoice of PRICES WAY DOWN. WE SELL ONLY EOll CAt II. XO CREDIT. X() Ilnl'si: SHALL rXDERSELL 3135. IS - 2 u. 3J IB ID "EL G "E2 3L , MAIN STREET, --------. ASTORIA, OREGON. Soli AarMir for the Xriv American Seivinjr alacliiirc. EASTER Ea&B I EASTER EG8S SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW. RECEIVED DIRECT FROM TIIE EAST PER STEAMER OREGON A BEAUTIFUL AND VARIED LOT, SOME COXTAIXIXG KICELY COLORED PANORAMIC VIEWS. OTHERS ORNAMENTED WITH OUPIBS, VARIOUS 3SVI0ES; Alse: BRIBES A3TD GRC0MS; GODDESS OF LU3EKTY; CUPIDS AND WKEATIIS, And other larire. liaml.-onii and newest style cake ornaments. ALso : Nice fresh can dies, eakes. and all kinds of ronfertionerv OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE, AT OPPOSITE TIIE DELL TOWER. AT Old Stand, Near the - - xniim. rUn-ct.-. nr. ST3 S&1L J2 X-'sillO SblEOS?e IS XOW OPEN AND HEADY TO SUPPLY FISHEKMEX. AND MECHANICS GENERALLY WITH THE BEST QUALITY OF dUO.irSOr,. BOO.TS. ABT3DI SHOES, Gent's Fui'iiishing Goods. Etc. 3?"This is the only place in the eit of Astoria here you can buy the Genuino barters Caps km Oil Skins, anil all KMs of Eiier Boots. S'CSonils will be sold at the very lowest market rates, but for CAM I ONLY. S. I)AXKIEK. Proprietor. BUSINESS CARDS. 11. F. DKXNISOX. F. J. TAYI.OIl DENNISON & TAYLOlt, ATTOKSEYS AT I. AW. ASTOltlA, OltEOOX. OFFirE Up stairs in Parker's building, comer Clienainns and Jienroii streets. C IV. FULTOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office. rages new building, Squemoqlie street, Astoria, Oregon. "!TK. J. Y. OLIYEK, IIOIEO PAMIIST, Office. In Sliuster's n.ijmerrean build ing. Entntnee Second door above tlmt of the 1)aii,v Astokiax. Cass street. Ilesidence on Jefferson -street, corner of Main. D Ol'TOJt HATCH. Successfully treats all Chronic Diseases. AND DISEASES OF WOMEN AND 'CHILDREN. Cancer cured by a new and painless method. Oflice Chenamus street, comer of JMam street, Astoria. DK . J. O'lIRIEX. CURES BILLIOUS AD INTEUMTTTENT FEVERS With from one to tlrree doses of his harm less medicine. Also. Private diseases successfiillv treated. Office O'Jirien's hotel. Astoria. Oregon. OTTO D1TXER. WATCIBIAIvER AND JEVELER. ii -s removp:d to Main street, Parker's building. ASTORIA, OREGON. Manufacturer of Boots -and Shoes. All kinds of repairing neatly and i promptly attended to x. MAIN ST.. - ASTORIA, OUEOON J. H. D. QUAY, Wholesale and retail dealer in. OYSTERS, by the SACK- Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Tg I TTJOX ItGSS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER. Shop on Cass street. Astoria. Oregon. K3r Paper hanging and Kalsoniiming a specialty. xtd'All work guaranteed to give satisfac tion. TEN ACRES OF TjAXD. On Youngs Ray, cleared, will be suitable for dairv, or a chicken ranch, or for garden ing purposes. Within one mile of the As toria Post-uflice by land. alse: "FIVJE ACRES. Covered with Hemlock timber, suitable for tannery purposes. Leases will be made for a term of years as may be arranged. f2r-Apply.to - .J. II. D.GRAY, .Astoria, Orsigou, ammw jfasigj; jiaruiu jiagaBa 46&A4li ? SEASON! 1879. OPENED AT Bivi? N rst-bi EHS 43 ff-JS, THE Walla Walla Restaurant. TIIE - - :, &yH AUCTION SALES. E. C. HOLDER, Notary Public for the State of Oreqon. Ileal Estate Agent and Conveyancer. Agent for the FIROrEN'S FUND INSUR ANCE COJIPAXY of San Francisco. COMMISSION AGENT and AUCTIONEER. Rents and Accounts Collected, and re turns promptly made. Regular sales day. SATURDAYS at JJ P. M. N. Pi. Parties having real estate. Innit turowniiy other goods to dispose of either at auction' or private sale should notify me soon as convenient befor" the ilav of sale. No storage charged on goods sole" at Auo- timi. e. c nor;b j:n. td Aniutioneer. Grand Auction Sale 1 I am instructed to sell on Thursday, April 10, 1879, The entire Costly and lIerant Fnrnitnro. Of Mrs. E. Arrigoni, of the Arrigoni Hotel. This furniture was made bv tho celebrated Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Companr of Torfland. and is of the best material ana new. The furniture will le on exhibition av the premises live days before the sale. For particulars jee large posters. II. S. WOIISLEV. Auctioneer. II?CELLANEOITS. WILLIAM HDGAR, Corner Main and Chenamus Street'. ASTORIA OREGON. DKAI.KR !' CIGARS AND TOBACCO, AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOLM and other En$:K?h Cutlory. STATIOWERT! FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Heershaum Pipes, etc. A fine stock of TTateTies and .TiivIry. lilitzxlo and Etrech feadiiis: SUnt ;uhk. Ro vol vers. Pistols. lrlor ISiiles, and Auimiinitlou. Astoria Liquor Store, AUG. DANIELSON. Troprietor. Water st. Roadway, - Astohia. Okeooit. Importer and dealer in WINES, L9QUORS, FOREIGN AND DOJIESTIC CIGAlJB. Sole agent for the celebrated STONEWALL WHISKEY, I l GSRALlNIA BEER HALL AND BOTTLE BEER DEPOT. Chknamus Strkkt. Astoria. The public are invited to oil and leave thoir ordnrs. Splendid Lager 5 cents a glai. Raie. Lunch every nisht. WAl. BtJUIv- Go..rroprietoac