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Vol. xv.
Astoria. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 17, 1881.
No. 14.
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Pilotage and Towage.
Portland Commercial Repoiter, IMh.
The receut decision of Judge
Deady, sustaining and enforcing
the state laws regulating pilotage,
call up the important question of
pilotage and towage as connected
with the commerce of the Colum
bia river. While it is true that
this river possesses sufficient ad
vantages to entitle it to confidence,
and while it has deptlf water on
the bar, and facilities for entrance
said to be superior to New York
harbor, so that with ordinary pre
cautions and facilities its future as
a seaport is assured, it is also true
that we shall have in the future to
cempete with San Francisco and
Puget-sound, both of which are
grand natural harbors. The best
interests of Portland and Astoiia,
as well as the interests of the pro
ducers whose industry must feed
the commeice, require that all
needed improvement shall be se
cured from the general govern
ment, and the regulations as to
harbor dues and to pilotage and
towage shall ail tend to facilitate
commerce and save shipping all
unnecessary and onerous charges.
As it is now, snip master often
denounce and expose what they
declare to be inefficient facilities
for entering, and exorbitant charg
es and surly treatment by those
who have monopoly of pilotage at
the entrance and on the river.
This matter has received due at
tention from the press of the state,
and the Portland board of trade
has made it a specialty to expose
the existing evils. A bill, care
fully framed by disinterested and
competent persons, and endorsed
by the board of trade, was pre
sented to the last legislature,
passed the house, but was defeated
in the senate, receiving the vote of
every member of both houses from
Multnomah, but was bitterly op
posed by the members from Clat
sop, who evidently sided with the
Astoria monopolist, and was
finally traded off by some of the
representatives of the farmers of
the upper Willamet counties, who
?f all persons were most intimately
concerned in a reform of our laws
regulating pilotage and towage,
for in settlement of all unreason
able exactions they are ulti
mately charged up against
the products of the country.
"We leave it for farmers of
this valley to find out why their
senators and representatives traded
off and defeated so vitally import
ant a measure. We remember
hearing it said, at the time, that
some opponent of the bill launched
invectives against it because a
d d Irishman, Englishman and
Dutchman "who represented the
mercantile interests of Portland,
were at Salem showing very dis
interestedly the need of its pas
sage." "We believe the slaughtered
bill would have proved satisfac
tory, and whatever reasons or
want of reason caused its failure,
it is to be hoped that the lesson
will not be lost, and that another
time no ill-timed jealousy will ans-
wer the ends of a notorious lobby
ist whose success in manipulating
Oregon legislatures has produced
a chronic evil, and caused much
complaint on the part of
vessels that have sought bus
iness in the Columbia river.
It should not need argument to
establish that the interests of city
and county, producer and consum
er, capital and labor, through
the whole region dependent upon
the commerce of the Columbia
river, are concerned in offering
good facilities to that commerce,
make the navigation of the river
safe ancrconvenient, and pi event
unreasonable charges against ves
sels trading here. The interest of
a single man, aud the little ring he
has made dependent upon him
should not be permitted to thwart
the good of the whole community,
as it has undoubtedly done hitherto.
The growth of our commerce de
mands better facilities and to hold
our own with the -world and be
able to do business upon a reason
able basis, we must have them, and
the represeatatives of the country
should be able to perceive that in
this -'case, if no other, their
interests are identical with the
commercial interests of Port
land. The merchant here is
only interested on the part of his
customers; all charges against ton
nage lesseu the value of products;
the merchant only has to charge
them up against the products
shipped and the producer must
pocket the loss.
Worse than Rascality.
The San Francisco Grocer of
recent date contains the follewing:
If reports are true, the business
of salmon canning in this city is
not without its irregularities. This
has no reference to improper label
ling. The statement published in
another column shows that some
of the local canners are guilty of
labelling Sacramento river fish,
packed in this city, Fresh Col uin
bia river Salmon. This practice is
indefensible, whatever the quality
of the product may be. J3ut a
still more serious question has
arisen, i. e., as to the condition of
the fish packed. Fish caught in
the Sacramento river and shipped
here under favorable conditions,
as to time and weather, generally
arrive in good order; but there
arc times when the conditions arc
not favorable. As for instance,
with the steamer Apache, which
grounded at South Vallejo on last
Saturday morning. This boat had
2,S00 fish of Fridays catch, which
report sa3s were offered to the
Benicia Packing company at five
cents each, and rejected, although
paying' 37i cents each for good
sound fish. These fish arrived at
San Francisco Saturday evening,
and were delivered on Sundaj'
morning. Such as were entirely
worthless were dumped in the bay,
the remainder "roinir, some into
the hands of the Italian fish deal-j
ers, aud a portion to the cannery!
of A. Lusk & Co., in this city.
The question is as to the limit of
time after they ate caught, that
fish may safely be canned. It
would seem that in the regulation
of this business an inspector was
needed. In the manufacture of
food products every possible safe
guard should be provided.
Transactions like this appeal to
the Columbia river cannerynien
for plans to protect their interests.
The drain of thirty-five or forty
canneries upon the fish in the
river; the marauding and thefts of
pirates; the counterfeits, either
one of which calls loudly for con
certed action on the part of can
nerymen to protect their interest,
but when the whole is considered
it seems to us absolute!' necessary
that steps be taken to counteract
the evils, and there is but one way
in which it can be successfully
done, that is by organizing a Can
nery mens Protective Association,
the appointment of a competent
directory with officers whose duties
must be faithfully performed.
4 1 11 Ml
as outuneu oy l in: .storian a
few days since, it will be possible
to stop sales of spurious fish in any
mart of the world; it will be pos
sible to check if not wholly sup
ress pirating on the river, audit
then becomes more, certain to se
cure appropriations from congress
to aid in propagation; without
which, in due course of time, fish
will be so scarce here that it will
be no longer profitable to attempt
to pack them.
Since 1S27, half a century we
ma' call it: ten of Englands prime
ministers have died. George Can
ning, Lord Riptoii, for a few
months; the Duke of Wellington,
Earl Grey, Lord Melbourne, Sir
Robert Peel, Earl Russell, Lord
Derby, Lord Palmcrston, and now
Lord Beaconsfield. Of these the
only one who accepted the visit of
a clergyman in his closing hours
was Lord Grey. The Duke of
Wellington, to whom all the world
was a drill, doubtless would have,
as a matter of regimental duty,
had he not been suddenly taken
away, and Sir Robert Peel may
have a similar excuse. But the
others, though all save Palmerston
and Melbourne, loud disclaimers
about the church during political
life, did not avail themselves of its
consolations at its close.
Burnett'H Cocoaine Tor Ios of
ilnir.
Chicago, Oct. 11, 1880. Three year
ago my hair was coming out very fast,
and 1 was nearly bald. I wa also
troubled with dandruff. I began using
Burnett's cocoaine, andmy hair iinmedi
atelv stopped coming out, and has con
stantly been getting thicker. My head
is now entirely free from dandruff. My
wife has used the cocoaine with equally
gratifying results. P. T. Piatt, with F.
SlcVeagh & Co.
Burnett's extracts are the purest fruit
flavors.
BicTcle Ride OTerland.
A' statement has been widely
circulated and advertised that the
champion bicyclists of th Pacific
coast, intended to start on a trip
on bicycles to Boston, riding their
machines the entire four thousand
miles. The average traveler, or
anyone who knows anything of
the topography of the country,
knows that this achievmeut is sim
ply impossible. It will be impos
sible to follow the line of railroad,
nor can it run along the side of the
road bed in many places, as the
road bed runs orer mountains,
through tunnels, across trestle
bridges and other places, where
nothing else can go. It will be
impossible to travel on the old
emigrant road, or trail, for that in
many places is over a rough rocky
road, across sandy deserts and
alkali plains, into the soil of
which the travelei sinks ankle
deep. Besides, how do they pro
pose to carry the outfit necessary
for a trip across the plains which
it will take days to traverse, with
not a house or shanty in sight, and
no water on the road? If the
road passed through a civilized
country with a prospect of finding a
house of some kind every hundred
miles or so the idea might be carried
out, if the road would permit: but
the houses do not exist and cannot
exist. The plains are one vast
dreary stretch of sand and alkali
upon which no life, not even
vegetable, is to be seen; nor water,
the one great necessity of life, to
be found. How then do they pro
pose to exist during the great
number of days "which must neces
sarily be occupied, in crossing
these plains, leaving the other
portions of the jourjicy out of the
question? If they have a plan for
it, it would be well to make it
known, for the public is beginning
to be very credulous about these
phcnominal overland trips of wheel
barrow men and bicyclists. The
plan, if such a thing exists,, would
be highly interesting reading, and
would possibly contain valuable
hints and suggestions for future
travelers. Just now the proposed
riders are occupied in riding
through the suburbs endeavoring
to sell their photographs to the
bucolic residents, and in one in
stance rumor has it that one of the
photographs was traded off in one
of the towns for drinks for the
crowd.
The .New School IIooLh.
Messrs. Chas..Stevens Je Son have a full
supplj of text books lateh adopted by
the tate, aud which must be introduced
m the public schools bv or before Octo
ber 1st. 1881.
The following books are offered at in
troductory prices or exchange:
Montieths Klementary Geography.
Moutieths Comprehensive Geography.
Sills Grammar.
Jlrooks Primary, Elementary, Writ
ten and Higher Arithmetics.
The following will be sold at intro
ductory rates, but not on exchange:
WaNons Chllds .Speller.
Watsons Youths Speller.
Montieths Kny Lessons in Popular
jtcienre.
Lj tc- Book Keeping.
cstlaks Common School Literature.
Citv Book Stokk,
Astorin. Oregon.
Peruvian Bitter.
Ctncbona Rubr.
The Count Cinchon was the Spanish
Viceroy in Peru in UZX). The Countess,
ms wne, was prostrated by an intermit
tent feer, from which she was freed by
the use of the native remedv, the Peru-
Ian baric, or. as it was called in the
language of the country, "Quinquina."
Grateful for her recovcrv. on her return
to Europe in 1KC!, she introduced the
remedy in Spain, where it was known
under various names, until Liunams
called it Cinchona, in honor of the ladv
w ho had brought them that which was
more precious man the gold of thelncas.
To this day, after a lapse of two hun
dred and fifty years, science has given
us nothing to take its nlace. It effectu
ally cures a morbid appetite for stimu
lants, by restoring the natural tone of
the stomach. It attacks excessive love
of liquor as it docs a fever, aud dotroys
both alike. The powerful tonic virtue
of the Cinchona is preserved in the
Peruvian Bitters, which are as effective
against malarial fever to-dav as they
were in the days of the old Spanish
Viceroys. We guarantee the ingredi
ents oi these bitters to be absolutely
pure, and of the best known quality.
A trial will satisfy you that this is the
best bitter in the world. 'The proof of
the pudding is in the eating." aud we
willingly abide this test For sale by
all druggists, grocers and liquor dealers.
Order it.
MolherH I Mothers ! ! Mother !
Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with tho excruciating pain
of cutting teeth ? If so, go at once and
get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, it will relieve the poor little suf
ferer immediately lepcnd upon it;
there is no mistake about it There is
not a mother on earth who has ever
used it, who will not tell ou at otice
that it will regulate the bowels, and
give rest to the mother, and relief and
health to the child, operating like magic
It its perfectly safe to use in all cases,
and pleasant to the taste, and is the pre
scription of one ot the oldest and nest
female physicians and nurses in the
United States. Sold everywhere. 25
cents a bottle.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOT Tue-day night. 3Iay 10. lssl. about
100 fa liom old And new net. mixed :
about Wfntliom old. iltT iKyauetj new. No,
10 in old net. Harbour
l in new. (orfc"
marked K. I1 in U"
of .woria. below
theutrse hmne eiin
The finder will
In'SuilaliK reward r il oi
arliix the net. or
word for ilie iiuduWgn
at tlie saw null
cannery, Atona
Mayll.lMl.
JACOK KAST.
$100 Reward.
REWARD of one hundred dol-ii-lars
will be paid by the undersigned for
the arrest and coin Jet Ion or any person or
persons, who mav be found cutting or molest
ing the water pipes beVjnglntt to the Astoria
Water companj. J. K. NOWLEN.
Superintendent.
Astoria, May iSth. 131.
"Marian" King."
rK HAVE NOW PLACED THIS FIRST
f T clav vessel on the lerlh for .salmon
loading to lJerool. Forpartlculars regard
ing rates of freigkt and Insurance, applv to
RODGEIIS. MEYER & CO .
Portland, Oregon.
Proposal for Building Wharf at
Ilwaco. W. T.
BIDS FOR EXTENDING THE WHARF
and-roadway of the Uwaro Wharf
company, at Ilwacn, W.I. . from the pres
ent wharf in a southeaster!) direction, from
43) to 000 feet, will be received at the oftlce
of the company until 11a.m. .Mav 2). iftjl.
Mds .should state the price er hnea'l foot for
the roadway ; also for constructing the iualu
wharf and slip. In accordance, with plans and
specifications to be seen at the ofnee of J. H.
D. (!ra. Astoria, Oregon, until Tuesdav.
.May 17. 1S3I. aflcr which time they will be hi
the hands of the secretary of the companv at
Ilwaco, W. T. The company revne "the
right to reject any or all bids.
1- A. LOO.MJS,
President I. V. Co.
Ilwaco, W.T., Maya. ISnl.
GERMAN! A BEER HALL
-AXI-
BOTTLK BEER DEPOT.
UrifUJIU.S Stkfxt. Astori u
The Best of Lager H CYx. a Glass
Orders for the
Celebrated Colombia Brewery
Left at this place will be promptl attend
ed to.
tfSa rtieuii San Francisco Iteer sold at
thN place
W.M. HOCK.r-ruprietor
Wilson & Fisher
IIKAI.KUS I.V
LUBRICATING OILS, COAL OIL,
PAINTS AND OILS.
Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared
Rubber Packing.
PROVISIONS, MILL FEED.
GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED.
Which will be exchanged for country pro
duce or .sold at lowest prices.
Comer Chenamus and Hamilton Streetc
ASTORIA. OREGON.
o x-. oonsrnsr.
Wholesale agent for the
EED CROWN FL0TJE
.Made by the new pioce.
The best Flour in the market. Eer ack
guaranteed ; If not eood as ren'Mnted you
can return it. Merchants will Cud it to their
advantage, to sell thit Flour.
BRAN. SHORTS AND CHOP FEED
AImi for sale.
I'crsous wUhiiig Flour or Feed will Hud me
at my new Drug Store, at O. K. c N. Co
dock, Astoria. J. V. CONN.
THE DEW DROP INN !
Oh, tkhcmien. all hear Hie ood uew !
A line saloon is started with !est of
Liquors. Wines and Bcct,
AND FINE FKEE M'NCH I'NCl AltDED.
The Grandest Caviar aud Cheese.
IN SANDWICH THICK AND THIN
And will von spend a pleasant hour, drop in
at the DEW DUOP INN on Concomlystreet.
J.T. HOItt'HF.ns,
FLOUR AM MILLSTPI
CONSTANTLY OX IIAM.
Which we are authorized to sell at
same prices sold lor at the mills.
FLOUR guaranteed to be equal to
any manufactured on this ooast.
J. R. FARISH, Agent,
Interior Merchants' Agency,
No. SO i Front Street. Portland. Oregon.
I WISH TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF
the citizens of Astoria and Ieiuity that I
luuc opened a
XHRXXGr STORE
Near the O. It. & N. Co I'ock. My sdock b
new and fresh and any one wishing any
thing In my Hue may depend -on gctlin the
PUREST AND P. EST.
I hae itccurcd the services of Mr. A. F.
Joluis, a careful aud competent Druggist of
fourteen ears experience, who will attend
to the Prescription Departineju.
Alio a splendid avsortiuent of
Perfumery, Soaps, Brushes,
Gombs, Toilet Sets,
And everything usually kept In a flrt class
Drug Store, and they will be sold at the
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
By strict attention and fair dealing 1 solicit
a share of thcpubllc. patronage.
Respectfully, J. W. CONN.
P. S. Physicians prescriptions compound
ed day or night.
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WELCOME TO ALL !
THE .FISHING SEASON HAS OPENED AND SO HAS TliK POPULAR
SAN FRANCISCO
j OL()THTN"G STORE i
; Opened the largest and lest :
selected stock of :
-AND-
Gents Furnishing Goods,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
TRUNKS AND VALISES, HATS AND CAPS,
s
AND THE BEST
CARTER'S OAPE AFjn"
OIEf 0Hk
RUBBER BOOTS, ETC.,
WHICH WIM, 1!E HOLD AT SAN FltASCISCO WHOLESALE PRICES.
REMEMBER THIS IS NO HUMBUG.
HAVISCI MAIJK ARRAXOEMESTS IN NEW YORK AND SAN FRAN-
(SCO FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL JCT GOODS, MY
FACILITIES FOR BUYING ARE SUCn
AS TO ENABLE ME TO
Undersell all Others. I Defy Competition.
i Facts and Figures ! I
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: GREAT SURPRISE AT THE
: :
! San Francisco Store ! I
II mm ARE PltlCRX OF OOODS THAT WILL SURPRISE ALL.
CLOTHING DEPAETMENT.
HEXS AXD BOYS
CASIMERE SUITS PROM
EXTRA BEST SUITS
FINE BLACK SUITS
DIAGONAL SUITS
CASIMERE PANTS "
EXTRA BEST PANTS
BOYS SUITS. ALL SORTS, PROM
FUENISHIN
OVERALLS PROM
JUMPERS "
ALL WOOL SOCKS
CHECKER SOCKS. SIX PAIR FOR .....
COTTON SOCKS, THREE PAIR FOR ..
WHITE SHIRTS FROM
COLORED "
CASIMERE" " ,
FLANNEL -
BLUE NAVY -
FLANNEL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS FROM
COTTON FLANNEL SHIRTS AND
MARINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
OIL CLOTHING.
LONG OIL COATS FRO.M
OIL JUMPERS -
BOOTS AND SHOES.
3IENS CALF BOOTS FROM-
MENS KIP BOOTS -
ELASTIC GAITERS -
BUCKLE SHOES -
MENS SLIPPERS -
BOYS BOOTS -
I HAVE THIS SPRING STRAINED EVERY NERVE AND USED MY'
ENTIRE ENERGY" AND BEST JUDGMENT IN PLACING IN OUR AS
TORLA. HOUSE THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
OF THE ABOVE LINE OF GOODS. 9
CALL AND INSPECT FOR YOURSELF. YOU AEE WELCOME.
I WILL GLADLY" SHOW MY GOODS, NO MATTER WHETHER" YOU
BUY OR NOT. NEW GOODS BY' EVERY STEAMER.
S. DANZIGER.
San Francisco Store. Squemocqhe street, next door to;Page & Allen's store, north of
Walla-walla Restaurant, Astona Oregon.
CLOTHING -STORE., ..
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S 8 00 TO J5 00
12 00 " 20 00
- 18 00 " 25 00
DRAWERS
33 50 TO i 50
2 75 - 3 00
$ 00 TO 4 50
,
90 M " 1 73
, 75 u " I 50
.5 1 50 u " 500
1 00 " M 1 75
2 00 " "2 50
I 25 2 25
TO
50 u
... 2 75 4 00
... 1 73 " 2 50
.-2 25 u 3 25
... 50 " 1 00
.. 1 25 M 1 75
, .BUSINESS CAjRDSr;
JAY TUTTlE, M. J.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office Over the White House Store.
Residence Jfext door to Sirs. 3Iunson's
boarding house, Chenarau street, Astori
Oregon.
J
Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Chenamus Street. - ASTOKIA. OREGOJ
rj W. FUJLTOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTORIA - OKEOON
Office over Tage & Allen's store, Cass street
"P C. IIOLI)JL.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN-
SURANCK AGENT.
A.
VAN DUSEN.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Chenanius Stmt, near Occident Hotnl,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Agcut Wclld, Fargo & Co.
"P P. HICKS.
DENTIST,
ASTORIA, 2 - - OREGON.
Rooms In Allen's bulldins up stairs, cornr
of Cass and Sqcraocqhe streets.
TTK. M. 1). JEXX1XU8,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Graduate University of Virginia, i63
PllVsIdan tn K.tv Vfow ImanllnV RulMmn,.
City, 1S69-T0. '
Omen In lge 3: Allen's building, up
stairs. Astoria.
T A. MoISTOSIF.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Occident Hotel Building,
ASTORIA - - - OREGON
Q II. BAIIY fc CO.,
DEALRU IX
Door, WIndewH, Blinds, Traa
Beaut, lambcr. Etc
Alt kinds of Oak Lumber. Glass, Boat Ma
terial, etc.
Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gi
evlve and Astorstreets.
UHLEXHART JL SCHOEXK.
Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon
ASTORIA - OREGON.
Hot, Cold. Shower,
Steam and Bulpbiir
BATHS.
Special attention given to ladles' and,
children's hair cutting.
Private Entrance for Ladle9.
WILLIAM FRY,
PRACTICAL
BOOT AM) SHOE
MAKER.
Chkxamus Street, opposite Adlert Book
store, - Astoria. Obeoox.
0r Perfect fits guaranteed. AU work
warranted. Give me a trlaL All orders
promptly Ailed.
W. L. M'OAIlK,
Astoria.
J. A. BROWN
Portland.
IIKOW.V A Mct'ABE,
STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS.
Astoria officeAt E. C. Holden's Auction
store. Portland offlce24 B street. 13-tt
To-Night. To-Night.
GRAND BALL.
AT MUSIC HALL,
THIS EVENING.
DEL -3l. QTJIiKnKr.
dealer hi
FAMILY GROCERIES,
NAILS, MILL Fi:KD AWI HAY
Cash paid for country produce. Small
profits on casn sales. Astoria, Oregon, cor
ner of Main and Squeniocqhi streets.
I. "W. CASE,
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE
TAIL DEALEK IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Correr Chenamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA - - - OREGON.
m. Houseman of Portland
S LEAVE TO NOTIFY HIS friends
ud customers that lie has opened
ISHERMAN'S CLOTHING
D FURNISHING GOODS STORE
to G. W. Hume's grocery store.
F. HOUSEMAN. Agent
HANSEN BROS
ontractors and Builders,
CORNER ASTOR AND CASS STREETS.
Near Congregational Church.
And arc notr ready to receive orders for all
kinds of
WOOD WORK,
Contracts taken to build and repair
SHIPS, HOUSES, BOATS, ETC.,
AT LOWEST RATES.
yDoors and Window Frames made to
order.
r. T. BARCLAY". T. H. HATCH.
HATCH & BARCLAY,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Ho. 20 California St., San Francisco, Cat.
C. H. STOCKTON,
EEOT2F3E, 9IO-N
-ANI
j -CARRIAGE PAINTER,- j-
PAPER HANGIHG AHD WALL COLORING
A SPKCIALTV.
GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTEHDED TO.
' TShop next door to Astorian Office, In
Shaster'sDulldlng.
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