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m xr Vol. xiv. Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 12, 1881. :sTo. 9. fflie ISJI'JPJf J'll'Il' GENERAL E ASTERS NEWS. TIT MAIL AN1 TKI.KCIt.VPH. .sort Weather at sew lork. Nkw "Tokk, J. 10. Through last nights nun, following yester days heavy snow full, and through the warm sunshine of to-day, the streets are made ninning canals, squares are lakes and sidewalks cjuagmircs. The storm extended all alon; the coast. New Hamp shire has 14 inches of sttow and a heavy rainfall. :ld Wcalher Ih llir Wcl. Chicago, .Ian. 10. It i& much colder to-day. The thermometer early this morning registered IS below. In the western states generally the weather is very severe. It is reported to have been IS below at Portage, "Wis. Killer Cold. Fokt M.vdwix, la., Jan. 10. Thermometer 24 below at the penitentiary this morning; 20 be low in the heart of the citv. Mayer's 3rcssage. To the Honorable tin- Common council of the city of Asteiia: ("ii:xti.kmk: lcveliiig Ihom in order tliat they may make oIh1 earth of their valuaUe water lot-, wlicn thi srltall have been done, a. it will be at small expense and by indi vidual effort, tit site tliat the Astoria of a few year, in the future will present will be the greatest ami most beautiful in Um workl. With an elevation reduced lo a gentle slit on one side to Youngs bay. and hi th .ither to tlte Imy ot Astoria, with drainage unsurpassed with space enough for millions of inhabitant in the Uien lovely jeiimsula: with a high hill at the meeting place of the two Itays to protect it from severe winds; with 'a M4l delightful el i male at all eaoi8 and with the largx-4 ships of all nations crowding its capacious port, it i not oxtiavaganlto -ciy that its health ami beauty w ill lie nnsurpafcsc! in the workl. A!mg with all that will come the com merce of tin Oriental world seeking the shortest ronie by rail through Ogdcii lo the Atlantic and Astoria will sit Kin res f the Western World. It mily requires t!e removal of tlie "".hackle we hav ' inled out as holding her with weakening grasp in order to make this vis- u of her future a Iteautiful reality. Tin i with her tributarv towns and jdaecs of rcort all around her lwy s. and i with the sa I inou in her tributarv river. I the wheat .supply ing the markets of the wmld from Iiei tributar valleys, tiie endless mineral in her thousand trilm tirvmmiuUiii. and cxhaiistless limlci in her tributary forests, pom ing their wealth inlo hci lap: we can well hope tka. ome of tin noble okl pioneer who harr clung to llicir faith in lier future will witness the fruit ion of their hoes and ikcimcou of old exclaim. "Lord. !lettet now thy servant depart, for mine eyes nave een tliy glory. Beside, the limillereMHim of the Colombia vallcv to furiiih business for 1nK.1i river ami rail triladary t tliN poh.t. from Astoria to The Dalle tin traveler can have the grandest ride of his lite. In VI efoei ami helm canvons. is T blialtnnot ti f hit td.aBt ft&Aiaf jt . city charter 1 take pleasure in sub- "H l I,TmI ' "; ""."""." ng to you at this your first regular """. m",l1KV -r ";," ""'l .? .....I... ti... .,-..- -..:... iTx .. on tlie t cntral Pacific, and the peerless. the mitti I-IIIIl 111111-1 1 in III'M I-"I11II' UK fll . . company ing report and documents ",",P,I,,,K,,'m' . ?'" ' , ,,HI, ! "", which furnish particular of the flnan- S1""? m, -1'" -K'tached and cial condition and general affairs of this Mutated. On tin- olumbia you glide municipalitv for tlie ear jut ciiiled. It I mt' ""? a,,M11 for 1inir -",,,r """ is almost imposihle realize what soul is raMhnl bj an uneartb Iv beauty strides hae been made in adancc on 1?. MMun vith an ackiiowks gment the Pacific coast, and in fact.all over tlie "r "e prccnce .f the OmmptenL It is c.untrv the past twelvemonth, and I can- i.H' " " tlie mot ln-autiful not forego the ideasure which it afford I m.Mscem'rvon he contiiiciil.soine y me U remark that Astoria enjoys its full K the worhl. One would imi more at frhareof till, jiro-peritx, witli a promi-M1"! in "lescrilH-it than to dcM-nbe the inu future. (Irejit results are looked for- 1,,,oU"i,.ilt aWKk;o,i,T'-i.HMIV r,1 ward to within the wining vcar. People ti?V"1, lh" aw,fMl ,,n,.,s-the ,,,,rd r,ycr are perhaps too prone to conservation. 'of u.,e MitnieiiU dniiiiiiw a. coinitr.T What has been will continue to be, is an ', "" s.v",1 s, l"a.lf of iw MiiU'l" idea which is a inot important factor in " "h- Amazon. Its nperi(r -lmriii, human aifair.. Indeed of ueh uni-,llf" ural,ove "l is ib coinbi eralitvis the tiitiineiil and its truth ."flMm r ,'',"- ' ami gold em ta; the common law itself presumes ' jh-'i everj iwk. At one time you that what lias Ih-cii continues until a'hw,r hwdw.utleraiiet,(.niil.O how change is proven. rJa,,,! " "il.lnit V,e "i'l'pnaleiiass So it ha hunueneil with refeienee to ' Vf ""J'''- t-randenr ami beauty. are Atnri K..p -. li.jlf mitnn- tliJc ,.!.. HCIC IOICVCI WCUIICII. .IS W iriCIIU VIMl- lias been claiming a leadin commerce, and though it has excited much favoral luture greatne irpiTf nnlr ut .iiiilc towns on this CoaU have lien n,nidly.,Irt.yel in all colors of the rainlww, not- to great, and some to overflowing im- wuimikiiiir mvy impress jua some iwrtauee. Still we have scn it grow ' thm" rtwnal and colossal have an ap Alowh it is true, vet it diil. grow never- lranee of wiiithfulness that wins your thelcsssteadilv. "And the fact that it did ffcctMins. 1 can only av, a said all f.oi.finiii. t, ;nrr.r. n.l nnvi.r tft !.- " ICHOW iraveUT, lliai 1IO One Call eiivi; - ,r.t" .x-nJ r-:... a '.'!".' :, nlace ia ' "'" ' ,H -,J"i" iroin .iMiina recently ',.w...i 'remarks: The Cascades .shutting in ible sj.cculation as to its'Hlc,,UH,,Wa; Th. siIl" SO fltraclhL, ncss, vet we have seen it ",ttt J-firto look at one hiit ou .a Miails lKice, while other OH somiJ the beauties of the other. A. Rowth & Co S ;. V. Unmr- Ijm Atia Pactiat Co M Abnlei I'MkiHfc Co J. K. Mrctar & Co m Amwu farkhM: Cw 3t . Sr. o. W. KIr. ItarView 2,61 C..W. Hane N AMmix Pnherjr .1 JK 9.v-t Mr. Oregeit. All-Amrtr3i lCc.O l,lrt (rrm lirrtnC jm HaatlMwii & Co XM Arfori Fisbeo" Ateria Parking C l.M Win. iiamr ( Aort. S,M Alierdrm rarkmg Om 1I sir. Mat t California. na4otM.Co .., Astoria FtPbery . M Oppjrw ParknttCv S4W JVSK. Sir. ;o. W. KM-r. OnMi raekiaf Co I, Ml A. Booth & Co . V. Hume aM AtriN PacknifCw Jt,K .T. WillUUNS ft f -I Alenieta PaeklncCo trt Calttoc ImUic Co ... Bay Vkn CaanlHg Cn str. uicgoo. Amdo- HMt1ran Tk; Co Atona FVlitry Astoria Parkiac Co Aberdeen ItqtCo Sir. Stat of Oiliforani. Anso-Aaerien Pkj: C- Astria FWury .. Atona racking Co .1. William &. Co Aberdeen rka C . K. I). Huhw Str. Ceo. V. KW Hanthem & Co Atoria 1'arkiag Ct AUiria I'at-kmg Co ...... tr. Oresoa. Aajtlo-AmrieaM Ik-Co. Wat-on iz Bao....... S. I). Adair & Co A. Itootft & Co . W. Hume W-t Cat ITcj; Co Astiala Pk Co AlH'nloen PkeCo.. .leph H W7 1 , m am ecu Snm J i , l,rtl i.atx ... R ( . 1 ,!TS Cutting ik Co . l.io Eureka Packing Co .s.JBK HajwiHHl ,t Co im IJay YU'tT ami others. It. I). Hum 2.0w Si .1. . Moeter & Co l.-ij-i Sir. State of Caiiforaiu. Joscj Hum ,....l ,f j0 .1. (I. Moeler 1. Atria FiMer- l ,) Bav View 2,toJ AMona PackiH? Co ( Sir. Alexander. Astoria FKHery t.wM Other brands Ji,v-yx crease is a mot imporUuit asjK-ct of tlw (pie.iiou as in us iiuuru greatness. We call the attention of caitalists to the fact that what has been, need not necessarily continue to be. epecia!lj in tiie development of cities in a new country. The itimtion mut change with a change of essential conditions. It is therefore wise to take an enlarged and comprehensive view of tlie ituat ion and to scan with can the conditions of success. Atoria i the key to tlie commercial .situation of thi coat a auordto leae the Pacific coast without, taking a trij up the Columbia from As toria. Thi alone iMiys for all mj' time ami expense. Thi is not onl eeing cener,but absorbing it. ami being pos csed by it. If a thing of Ieanty is u jij iwever, how rich will tins day make m future. I have seen views that hac choked my utterance, from wlwstj graitdeura voice said: Ie still and know that I am Cim1. View, wltere the most Ttri.v. Str. Ceo W. Kbbsr. Astoria F1herv ....., l.ooi . W. Hhwo i ,i)0 Wm. Hmhw i,fM FilH'neB I'ackine C ...s.o Abenleen i'aekiaeOo. sa Atorla Packing Co . Tn Str. Oreaon. AnRlo-AmerieaH PkgCo 2, mm Commercial i'acKme Co X.&K Orcon PackNM; Ct.'. 3.7 OrcHi PaeklnpCo....... T Ilanlhora & Co l .Row T. A. I)?vIIh & CoL . . W. Hmne .,.o Astoria ITsheiy l Jfr Astoria Pacfcmj: Co .. "J5rt Wai. Hume .24 to. Hame .. aw Caltinc Packing Co .a.avt Kureka Paekia Co. ..il,$0' Haootl v Co . A) Bav Viph- CauntfiV 2,1 .1. it. Mejder & Co ,t ,sno Str. State of California. FisHnHeas Packlat: Co... appreciative language seemed ajrofana tion of nir mieotiscioiis uorslnot iw- i :: .:. v?::i. :::: ;:...! : " " . ", iimwIi -i ("ilh. "ires nigu iane. tm iww were onci stantinopleistotlM-cirtintrv of the Dan-' lMeiici. tin- human spirit ctmld not ube ami the Mediterranean, and on a M ''I1? such etlH-nal heights. grander calv. The truth is. ven a "" ""'" sv m m n- uj . thoroughly deveke! country a to all : lie great rc.ources adhering totm1 region of the lrdly Columbia and it tnbutarM's. with a corresponding! v Jarai' in wiacn uir mui can im tilleil w ttii nc.v icveiatioiis from the inmost lHart of na ture. And as vim return, in tlie won drMis clearness of the northern sk. on iiiiiuuuii-, i Jill -m-si'Himill;i jij;i- t 1 1 t . , , IHipHlatMMi.aml it is inevitable that As- " h'ft. ,MUH.1 hJ-l M "MM; toria must Ih continent. 14.1VJP fwt above tlie lex el of the sea. It From me. now. 4-lft4k ri iMtfili4.t ll 4 lj.J'a i " ,i not a mountain, but a mount It only 'hammns that Ikt irrowth has ' latl going plain it riM'saUah kiU. l.vi i.;....... .,;..........:..,... i..,.., cverei irom ikm' to summit witn n ;V . muTV wiiuiiiMBmra "? it w tlw m.ii- j.f alt )!.. i. r..t o.l jiitiicriij prevented imt Horn controlling .., " "7 """." "s?. ""' r"" theimmeiist ichouice-sof whicli natur? ,lM,r,c ,m1 lresive. It w tmi bright ami developed science have given her H,M !H,ro1Cor earth, a lmtle or the .skies, the natural inasten. .he ha been cut jst timching our jdanet to Higgost tlie oil from the Willkmet valley because MxatS f the upper wmbl.' It is tlie Portland lH'came of imiH.rtance as aif" opinion of all tourists that town at the foot of tlie vailev, and at Use . )?? ,,. '' the scmicry of the head of ship navigation on the Willamet to,1,,taj river from Astoria, is imn Imfnie the days of railroads; and when J vallwl and iiiiaj.proachable. a alley railroad w as ivossible it went to I . J lt t". ! ?kp 'he scenery and Uie Tortland because mo formidable nioun-1;s,t, or this locality but business, that tain intnriKiscil. So she was cut off from ttraet IH'ople liere. During the year lhe uj.per Columbia trade becaue the JMSV'HlV",,,M?f -,11,00 was "J1 Cascades interrupted free navigation, ""l " "weninieryiuicresi.niniie. asioi- and Portland capital was able to mo nojmlize the shipping. Still with all these disadvantages Astoria continued to grow, and patientlj waite4l for the great future that a great population and developed resources iaut give her as the Mistress of the Columbia. Now the barriers of the Cascades are being removed; railroad connection with the Atlantic side will soon be ac complished; hundreds of thousands of people will soon settle in the fabulously rich region of the Columbia of 800 miles square; the Nchalem coal fields nave oeen uiscevereu: an easy pass a iiirougn me mountains win enable As toria capital to build the sixty miles of railway necessary to connect us with the Willamet valley, and the coal in the mountains will support that road better even than fertile valleys, while Astoria struggles with Portland for the valley wheat. Surely and inevitably a market will be created here with the accelcrat Paid tu PIshoniiCH Box-makers .. . " I jMMirer . . " Groeors. etc.... Steam tenders. VsOJ-OOo x) . . J.100 00 :x,wx) w i.-.S.W'O 00 CtC. KW.CJi) w $1,515,101 UO Total Th pack of salmon for the season was r..0,000 cases in round uumliers. shipped as follows so fur as we have been able to obtain accurate data; To San Francisco. Avail ed growth of the city. Then the onenimr of the Columbia will break down the last barrier and rend the last manacle that lias held down the natural great ness of a point where the healthiest and most beautiful city of the world can be built. We do not draw a long bow when we claim so mach, for the health and beauty . of location of this city. Its high hills " adjacent to the river are sometimes pointed to as insuperable barriers to its growth. That seeming defect is its greatost advantage and Is worth mil lions to the city; because for four miles along Astoria bay from ship channel to high water mark there is space enough when reclaimed to the shore as in San Francisco, to accommodate a city of 10.000 people. Theowuers of these tide and water lots will be glad to pay the owners of the convenient hills for the privilege of Str. Geo. W.Elder. ui. Jlunie S. Str. Oregon. V: rions shippers IS Str. State of Cahforaia. Kureka Packing Co ..... Wau Hume ........ IS. Str. Geo. V. Elder. Wm. Hume . 2S Str. Oregon, Astoria Packing Co Joseph Hume ...... .fames Qulun........ Eureka lickins Co Win. Hume .. 28 Str. State of CalltoroU Astoria Packing Co Eureka Packing Co Wm. Hume Astoria Fishery ..... MAY. 4. Str. Geo. W. Elder. Oregon Packing Co l.0 (. W. Hume too J. Williams & Co... SO !. Str. Oregon. .las. Quiun ..... . li Badollet & Co 1,091 J. A. Devlin & Co oOO G.W.Hume 700 Astoria Packing Co im napgood & Co. 13 Fl-hortoa Cannerv '4 J. G. Alegler. . . .... ... a 13 Str. State or Callinrnla. Badollet & Co 1 ,9 Fishermen's Packing Co... i,ow t3 117 43 . 10J . lirt lftt too . 112 2i SIT ?14 227 2,O0 4.957 23. ...1 .200 Wtt Coast Packing Co 1 ,or! .1 ,2eo . .-1.0W ... fO) ...1 ,001 .SS2 t.l wo l.VM .. . oi . !, .. s 1.51 1,709 .. 11" .2,W l,3tM Astoria Fishery Astoria Paekmg Co .. , Bav View Canaery... Str. G. W. Ebler. Astoria Fisben-......... Aberdeen Packing Co .los. unnie str. Oreeoit. reg racking Co Bay Vie Onaery Astoria Paekine Co Str. State of California. Aigto-AmericaR Pkg Co Oregon Paefcmg Co Flsnonnens Packing C4.... Astoria Ftskerj- Astoria Paekinc Co .J. William & Co Anenke Paek'ng Co .losepn Hume ... Cutting Parkin-c C ... Eureka Parking Co . Haqiwwt & Co .. At OIKT. Str. Geo. W. KMer. Ani-)o-Amrrin IkCo .x .1-H'a4 & .M er... 0. W. Hnme Atrix Packing Co ... Eureka Pack me Co ... ,I.K.M(-ieler&C 7 Str. Oregon. A ona Pihrv Astoria 1 'Peking Co Jo-eah Hunt . Anglo-American lk; Co .TacKstai & Myers...... .. Eureka Iaeknn;Co 1 1 . Str. .state of CaimM-nia. Cutting Packing Co Vt Coast Ikg Co Ftsacrwens IVklng Co Kureka Packing Co .1. ;. Megler & C Astoria Fishery......... Watsn & Intunon G. W. Hnme 17 Str. Cohtnitna. laeksoa A Myers ....... .lantes mnn ......... Eureka Packing Co lospph Hnne... -.. 20. Str. G. W. Etder. West Coast Pkg. Co - G. W. Hnme Astoria Plher Atona Packing Co .loeph HaiHC tureKa tvcaiHg to ... 22. Str. Oregon. Augki-Aiaencan Pkg Co. JackMHi . .Myers Iame Qmnn .. Ftsbormen Pkg. Co... Astoria Flsnery ......... Astoria Parking Co .... Cutting Packing Co.... Eureka Packing Co 2S. Str. MateofCoufomtH. .Vstoriu Fl-herj . Cutting IackugCo ... Eureka lackiRg Co Hapgood & Co . ...-.. sKITHMBK!: B 3tr. G. W. Eater. Anglo-American Pkg Co Vatrn .v Bannon........ ti. W. Hume West Coust lTcg Co Astoria Pkg Co Aberdeen Pkg Co .los. Hnme. Pay View cannery ... . 10. Str. State of California. West Coast Packing Co . Wm. Hume. (olnmbia Canning Co .. 17 Str. Columoi.4. James Qainn.... ......... Hanthom & Co... . G. W. Hurae West Coast Pkg Co. Astoria Fishery Astoria Pkg Co Aberdeen Pkg Co J. W. & V. Cook J.G.Megler&Co 23. Str. State of California. .Tame Quinit . RW .... Sat .... S vO ...!. .2.O0 .! .if) .Jt.45 -1 , .. 2) 2,S 1 ,0l ..2.0O 1.SW l.WJ ioa 2.000 w 1 ,M ... .1.0J i ,a2 l.aoj 1,000 1.000 2.1 X.3W l5 7V) PT0 X00 fCO HO vx tic :.3oi &M 1? 4 ',000 1 .00) , JS,0; .. WJ0 . 900 1,40 :n 1.310 -1.CO0 . 1,000 . 2 'JW ves .-. - . tBO , soo ,-. 1.000 2,OUO 175 s.3 & X.100 sw 1S.S70 7.4 W Astoria llix Co Aberdeen Pkr C t .., CmOng lkgCo 3a TH SS ft n,z 31.4 '2 40 2,7S .700 iMa 4.M St6 1,4 1,213 IJ? OnOMKR. 5. Str. CidnmbUi. James i jnmn. IhwioUet Cm .. Astoria Fisherr.. 7. Str. Oregon. James Cminn AMoria lkgC Alerdeen lkjt Co JL, Bay View "aiiner M. Mtr. i-amoniia. G. W. Hume Hl Fishennens IkgCo ......Ia Anglv-Ameriran lkCn...aJMn Ht. Str. CHumtna. James (jamn .... . s Cwlumtia CanniUK Co 3W 2. Str. Otesrni. Cnt ling lkg Co . . . JZjm Oreaon PkeCn l.W llanlboni A Co -Zjlwj HeptHirn R Cti. ifnmi Han- llKnitCoi t.ati Jait.e (juiun ....... 161 AlHnleeii l'kitCKall l.) 2 2. Sir. Mate of California. Ja re jmnn 45 J. G. Megler X2W Fi?aennens Ikg Co lm Hera i fall salmon from Ab erdeen lkg Co . 3lJ .OVK.MHKK. 1 Str. Colnmbta. Jams Qniun...... Ht-mifallsalitHHO .. aw 4 Sir. Oregon. HeraifaJsabiumi S str. Mate of California. Hera (.fall sabuoni rm Fihenaens lks C Sty Astoria Pkg Co : To Foreign Port. , .ll-NK. 2. Per :j lliet. to l.iverHd. Columbia Caaniut: Co. I.w J. G. .Megler& Co . 1.2S 23. Per Hexlemona. to Liverpool. ISadollet & Co ..S,W0 Cutting Pkg Co l.yw) ILD.HmneierorrH braiol)W4l A. Booth iS. C S,ft8 S. I). Adair .'v Co .fid Wmren Pkg Co 2.0o AV. Hume 2.WU HapgoiMl 4S. ( o 2.5W Orejon Pkg Co ... lwj Hanthorn Co sjxv J. G. .Meglcr 2.750 Anglo-Aiiiennm IkgCoi,oo G. W. Hume l.Kw Fishermen Pkg Co Watson 4 Ikimion... l.vt Columbia Caauiog Co 2.00o AUOUST. IH. Per Freeman, to Liverpool. vaion 4V lUMiioii.. l.5 J. West . Co.. .5.(100 lladnllit & Co f, J. Williains 4. Co .nw) s. I). Adair & Ci 5.oJ C-obuntiia Canning Ct....2,t) J. A. I)e-Im 4. Co ,1.ui G. W. Unnie.. .517 Flhermeius Pkg Co .wj Wiaaly I.sland l'kg Co .2,am J. O. Hanthorn 4. Co .2."io Aioria Pkg Co 3t SKlTlltKH. jS. Per r.HIe of P,ath. to Liverpool. To onler. .... . .-.......i J7 Fishermen. Pkg Co 3.oo) S. D. Adair & Co .SAW Cutting Pkg Co 1.m . William Hume ....... G,0 I'. M. Warren .... 4,o J. A. I)e lin Co .0wi Hanthorn 4S: (k ...2.wio Woody Island Pkg Co.... p5 Astoria Pkg Co 13 PerStratiiern. to lJorpool. A. Booth 4t Co qjlmm Adair .S: Co i.ikw (J. W. Hume 1,100 HaiK:aotl 4 Co .5uJ J. West 4,5ii Wnu Hume ...... 5,44 Astoria FMiei ... .... . SW ISadollet 4 Co.." 3.40O Columbia Cunning Co......2.( OCTOISBK. 12. Per Jocfa. to l.ierpol. O. W. Hume &Co ...it WkmIv Maatl . .."i.lts A. Booth & Co 4ro S. I). Adair 4S. Co sot J. WeM 4S. Co. ixt: Cutting Pkg Co 7-i novum nan. 2e. Per Canneki. to Liverpool. Jt. llHiflf .. ;.-- Colnmoia Canninc Co . .ij) J. A. Devlin Jfe Col t.iri Bwbdlet.Co l.-m Cutting PkgC- l.-4t Hanthorn 4. Co .10 OZi'KMr.KK. 13. PerChiMer. to lierpool. AstiYUt l'kg C l.7l Cmtiui! Pkg c. ',-m 4,1J S17 .! SMi i.e c,i .-.17i 2 L(sO 2W 12,001 r..ois 12.W0 M5 PtO 1.SM ans generally have worked with untir ing effort the past year: 1. To secure the harbor of refuge at tiie mouth of the Columbia; lo insure needed improve ments. -. Failing in that, to secure an appropriation from the general govern ment to begin tlie work of improvement at all events. It is very satisfactory to be able to report that the press of tlie country, a, well as our Major of Engi neers resident in Portland. Pave come to view this matter fiom our standpoint fully ami emphatically, and that we hear no more prejudiced statements dis couraging to this enterprise, such as apieared aImot daily about one year ago in the Oregonian. and everj other Portland journal. The view bf this matter taken b Aslorians is simply thi: First improve the bar ami Cascade canal, then deepen the shin channel to Portland if it can la; done." The Presi dent of the t'nited .States paid Astoiia a visit recently, and mentioning the needs of the state in this iwrticular in his message to congress hud the desired effect. Mr. Lrents has introduced a measure in congress, which will De back ed by a report from Major (IHIespie. of the C'.b. Engineer corps. The experi ence of the mist twenty-live years, no tably in the history of the L'nited Mate. has been that the enterprise and resist less energy of men have forced the cit ation of nourishing cities where nature decided they should not exist, and hare again and again completely overturned and set aside the plain mandate of natur al selection. There is hardly a single state or territory in the great west where iustance of this character may not be cited. A man may be possessed of mental faculties of the highest order and yet be far outstripped in the race for success by one ha ing half the natural talent but endowed with pnvjeverance ami energy, bo precisely in the forma tion of towns and cities. "While Asto ria naturally has advantages over Port land. says the Argonaut. ushe has sat for the past eighteen years and with wonder witnessed the upgrowth of a rival one mimircu ami twenty miles in land with w horn she can never success fully comjiete. The indomitable will of Portland business men has doue more for her than Astoria's boasted superior inducements have been able to acconi , idisliin a quarter of a century. Itisquite iiKeiy very true tiiat too mucn reliance has been put by us upon the incom parable advantages by wliich nature has set her seal upon this as the great future city of the Pacific Northwest. The se curity and beauty of our harbor, the in exhaustible mines of coal the vast wealth of iron ore lying within a few miles, and our directness in the great commercial highway of the world are all poitively true, but they alone will not make for us a city. The people must seize every opportunity, every fac tor in the great problem, and by united, ear.net. and above all, persistent effort aid and direct that which nature has kindly lavished upon us. Without effort, labor and courage, these natural riches will avail nothing, and we shall endure the mortification and disgrace of w iincssing the successful buttle of other and less favored places for the proud supremacy, in no way can a better precedent be established to lead on to this proper development than by the careful exercise of our duty as tke executive authority of the city. The various matters in'litigatioa at the be ginning of the past year have all been deeided by competent courts, and we find at the beginning of this v ear noth ing of that nature pending. There has been, in connection with this part of ; city affairs, appeals from the people j tnrougii petition asking tor tlie repay ment of moneys advanced in good faith as taxes assessed foT public improve i meats, but the council, guided bv the I charter, have not been able to heed the requests, however willing to do so. In H.8M many lcspects the charter needs ameiid I inent. as it i not adapted to the comli I tion of thing an effort wa made at ( the last session of the assembly to secure needed alteration, but for want of time in the mass of business, failed. When conncilmeu an elected to transact the hiisine of the city they aresupioed to know how to transact tbe business for the lKst interest of the public, and my observation tniehe me that for the past year this ha latn scrupulously done; Killing dns ami rent of dog pound . . 102 CO (Vrtilleates from conntv eferk...... 10 717 Water for hall ami engine houses a8 03 County clerk fees in eases appealed and deckled against the city 2 75 Sheriff Twilight, same. 2 10 Fred Strong, attorney fee. same 10 CO Special counsel in roadway ease 2H0 00 Cots hi eae W. W. Parker w etty... 40 S Young Men Western hand 40 00 Dr. W. D. Baker, health officer. 1 10 00 Total $5,812 SO WFST-sIXTH SrKKKT TXlKOVKMRNT. Paid contractors for work saot -K. KKKL'NDKO. Peter Perrelto Hne in police eonrt...ggo 00 Keeue jutatee tronpe license 5 00 West Coast Paekinc Co. tax overpaid... 20 00 Total .. .$48 00 3laking the total dislwusnents for the year 1880 SKL5S7 HO The receipts from all sources are as follews: Ba'. on hand January 1st 1SW $2,lfti CT Heed, from liquor hense....... 7,300 00 Billiard 680 83 Team iu (O W liarftngers " So GO Auctioneers ... si EO Pawnbrokers .. 100 00 Dog " 13) CO Hotel runners ' .. . so CO Peddlers 22 60 Carrying concealed weapons. S 00 Mhw lit-etfces fi5 00 Street hawkers hceike 15 00 Police court ... ..... ljfc S5 Street taxes 1,mg 43 Sale of county kits.... . 2S0 40 Warrants for citv bowls. 450 CO Accrued interest' 011 city bonds ; 3i Board of eoontv prisoners. 5 20 General and .special taxe. 0.277 3G Delinquent ta.cs is79 22 CO 34.2H -S.107 Total receipts for tSsO S20.S09 30 City w arrants imid and cancelied . $tfi.r2 58 " Bonds ... 2,7DO 00 Total S1S.4UI 58 Balance in treasury Jan. 1st issl S2.4CG 72 s S20.NS0 30 Following is a statement of the- in debtedness. Warrants eubtanding: General fuod .. . . S4.SS0 53 General strept fnnd .... 702 23 West-eighth street Innd 8 Total $S,SG7Ga Bonds payable in 1N1 $ 2,5'rr 50 Bonds payable in IJ-Si 12,450 00 J1.2S0' aji01 at .. ...... . i mil when the people deem their interests I he foreign trade the ist year, may affected bv the imssage or the failure to e thus summarized: pass certain laws, there i notuiug im- T. prJK?r in tin' expression of their views -JM100. in the form of petitiens: in fact in such 4H.VS17 1 cases is the right of petition most alu 47a 43; able, but the council must be guided BKCAIMTlLATKll .Ian. Feb. 31 arch April 31 ay .Inue July August Sept. Oct. Xov. Dee lo cargoes STATKMKXT. SawjW' 2US.710 :i.wx) 40.000 231.4(15 .024 by tlie law which created and governs it the city charter. Tlie fishing. IumlHring. and all other braiiclnr of local indutry in our midst have been excellent for the past year. and no reason can be foreseen why these .H0,So7 1 various pursuits ami interests shall be 4S14IP' ' o--ss pnpenu lor years 10 come. 1 ci ."!. '.'.'.'.'.'. -UHUol I " hidiv iduals and as a community, we , must be careful of the means at "hand 1S30 SJtlO.C'ti ' ant not wate them in extravagant or VI&JL t; Warden! be pSn USureoV onev ban r rancisco. for the year livso. from , r '..fi...r n,AP.. 1i.ir.n.ri...r t.. . , , . I V 'lA.a lilUI'Vl fc LVl'l24lll ' KUM - people. S?1? '"e fire department still maintains its m its n'"n 't:in,mrl of eihcieiicy. There have " ijau" hen no extensive fires during the past II i year. J would recommend to thecotn 7276,051 mittee on fire and water that they con- S4i suit with the chief engineer of the I6.a department and the foremen of the dif jferent lompanies and advise as little S91q expenditures for repairs and equiiments S. 20727 1 as IosibIe. Z S5.i9i I 1 have repeatedly called attention to ... 2,iw 1 the condition 01 certain needed street . . 2,Si3 j improvements. si ''jie superintendent of streets should - - I notify jiersons of the v iolation of ordin " fiances prohibiting the placing of emptv Doxes, cniies. oarreis. etc aiong tiie stntits and sidewalks. The control aud management of the city jail should receive attention. City prisoners should be compelled to work on the streets. The auditor and clerks report, here with submitted, will show disburse ments for the past year as follews: Police department i.l3J 47 Fire department 2,isu 14 Street department 1.XK 29 Street lamps, oil, etc... . . ... W3 93 Repairing city ball 4t 21 City cemetery. 21 25 Salaries of city otlisers and other ex penses not given abeve: Auditor aud clerk..., City attorney. City assessor. City treasurer ........ ....,..... Fruiting and blanks......... ...... Stationery Judges, cTcrks. canvassers objection interest on city oonus. Total in Astoria, is given as Tollows Flour, qr ks Wheat, cti OaK ctL Salmon.bbK............. Id bbls Cs .,... . Apples, ripe. b Butter, pkg Pork, bbls Potatoes, sks . .... Wool. b.des.. Hides. Xo Tallow. pkg Beef, bbls Beef, canoed, cs. Uay, bales Fruit, dried, pkg ..... Leather, pkj Max, sks Lard.c?.- ... Bacon, cs . Meal. sks... . . Hops, b3lei llann.pkgs.. Cheese, cs ... Flax Seed, sk Canned goods, cs Our trade with Alaska sniqiorts one steamer the California, Capt. James Car- f roil, making regular monthly trips, the traffic is increasing largely. Our trade with San Francisco is by "far the most important aud besides sustaining two first class steamship lines equipped with the finest and fastest steamers afleat: thestate of California, the Oregon and the Columbia making regular trips every five davs, lias a first class line of pack ets making regular trips. Early in the beginning of lhSO it was honed that oar coast wise trade would be profitably de veloped oerore tins, put it tias dropped $15,417 so The police-eomt of the city for the past year, it gives me pleasure to say, has been conducted in a very satisl'actorj uianuer. The income has been equal to that of any previous year and yet the records show the expenses to be less than half as much, in the matter of the city pay ing witness fees, and allowing frivo lous complaints to be brought by' a class of people who hitherto appeared to al most make their livinjr out of the police court in the way of witness fees, which a. a general thing were taxed against the city. The action of our efficient police judge infthis respect deserves the com- mendation of the public. 1 am under very many obligations to tlie various city officers for the prompt and correct man ner in which they have discharged their duties, tspccially do I feel that the audi tor and clerk, with whom I have been In almost daily communication relative to city affairs deserves my thanks. J have found him at all times anxious and will ing to furnish all needed information in his power, and his close attention to the business of the office, deserves special mention. But to each untl all of the city officers, and to the council. I would ex press my thanks Tor attention to eity affairs usually upon the mere suggestion of what was deemed a want for the pub lic interests. 1 have no special recommendations to make at this time, further than to again call y our attention to what 1 deem a ne cessity, the codifying and publishing or the city laws. In mj last message I urged strongly this point. It is to me a seeming neglect of a very important matter which the charter makes impera tive. There aie many matters which will press themselves upon your notice in due conre of time, uch as more amnie supply of water for city purposes? greater security against fire, more sim plified ami economical method of street improvement, etc but jut at present there exists no necessity for detailed statements uuou these topics. When the Custom-house wa built in Astoria tin' government was exempted from taxation, but not from the payment of just expenditures in street improve ments. 'I he ide walks ami streets were made at the expense of the tax-pavers, who have never been reimbursed. 1 un derstand that about a year since a bill was introduced in congresto reimburse the city. This niattershotild have been attended to Ion ago. Vow the walks around all the building need improve ment and the street will soon have to be renewed. The introducer of this meas ure tor relief, should be advised of the facts that he may include an item for necessary repairs, in the present bill, and prevent further delays. Again thanking you for courtesy and attention, 1 am yours, etc. Very Respectfully. I). CIlthLAND, flavor ot Astoria Atoi:ia. Oregon. Jan. 11. l.ssl. is 5 2S i3S0 172 45 32 H.754 3.481. almost out of sight "for want of proper encouragement, and renewed industry I cleaning beach of dead flsiilZZ um mi-l.ui ui cuusi icsiucuis. Asion- uieaning nauu engine. ... Warrantee ToaiAX office. deeds at The As- During the absence of Mr. Carl Adler from the city, Mr. Chas. MolTetfc will have the entire management of his business, and lie will commence at once by reducing prices of everything; suitable to dull limes. Everybody can be assured of being treated well, and furthermore will find out by care ful examination of goods and prices that Adlers store is the place to do your buying. You can always find what you ask for in large variety. Wotice from Dr, Kinney. TITY FIUEXDS AND PATIENTS ATAs 1WL toria w ill kindly excuse me from prac ticing medicine for two months. AUG. C. KINNEY, M. D Astoria, Jan. 5, 1SSI For Freight or Charier. Sl."t 00 . reo 00 . 20000 . 3K.7M . 312 20 59 21 40 50 2C.IM Itl si freight or charter. iv) w boartl or ot 10 00 1 7-dtf Tlie steamer GKORC.K IIAKTjF.Y. ITO too. J.W.DODGE, - - Mastkk. Now in the port of Astoria. I ready for Apply to the Captain on. A. V A.V DUSEN& Co.. Agents. Astona-