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4 0 mm s $ $ .-Vstoria, OregOD, Sunday Morning. May 22, 188L So. 19. Vol. xv. fflftilli oi PILOTAGE AND TOWAGE. STATEMENTS OF FACT WHICH THE PRESS OF OREGON WIL FULLY IGNORE. A QUID FOR THE VIRTUOUS MCMJiKRS FROM THE COW COUNTIES TO CHEW UPON. BY WHAT SOllT OF LEGERDEMAIN ARE PORTLANDITES TO APPEAR AS THE ENEMY OF A MONOPOLY. THE MYTHICAL POE FOUGHT BY THE METROPOLITANS WHILE TRYING TO INTRODUCE THEIR OWN CORRUPT MEASURES. Editor Astoria:: The daily OreEonlan of the 11th iut. publishes an editorial on the subject of pilotage and towage upon the Columbia river bar, in which article it is asserted that by protection of law there exists at the mouth of said river an immense mo nopoly, and for the existence of which, it alleges, the members of the legislative assembly from Clatsop county are re sponsible; thev, .so the article states, ever permitting themselves to bego erned and contiolled iu the interest of Cape Flavel. The Commercial Reporter of the loth inst. takes up Hie Orcgoninns howl and refers to a bill for an act to regulate pilotage and towage upon the Columbia rher. which it sa.-wa "care fully framed by disinteiested and com petent perhons." and ''received Jhe vote of everv member of both houses from Multnomah countv, but was bitterly opposed and defeated by the member-. have never heard that the Qreaouitni or the Reporter advocated the passage ot this bill, or censured the opposition with which it met- And even alter it paved and became n law. a, it did in IN4, notwithstanding the laborious deotion of those public spirited journals to the interests ol the the .state, 1 have never heard that the fact was mentioned by either paper. On the contrary, any per son so credulous as to accept a the truth Tin- A&erSiens r Those Paper On this subject, will necessarily be led to believe that this provision still re mains in force upon our statutes, a hin drance and a stumbling block to our commerce, i suumii in u in yijw u ic facts it is extremely difficult for au un biased and an unprejudiced mind to understand bv what sort of legerdemain Multnomah county Is made to appear as the enemy of monopoly, and her praises so loudly .sung, while C'latsops representatives are pictured out as pro tecting and fostering the states worst enemies. Can it be possible, that under cover of the smoke and dm caused by waging an unceasing newspaper war against a mythical foe, certain modest, "disinterested" anu puonc spirueu uem zensof the metropolis hoped to secure the jmssage of Jhrir (inn I.lllie Hill Hi the assembly, so regularly intioduced b v 1 heir representative-, at every session, lvvuviucvii unequalled and unparalleled in the 1ns torv of corrupt legislation. That such a scheme did exist, is not only probable but ery evident when we consider some of the lemaikable provisions of the bill introduced by a member of the house from Multnomah in 18S0. being the same bill, the fate of which is so sadlv lamented by the Reporter. That all leaders iiihv fully understand tho nature and character of this lull, 1 give PILOTAGE AM) TO'YAGE. THE BILL PROPOSED BV MULT NOMAH COUNTY. WHAT THEY EXPECTED TO MAKE A 1.AW WHILE PERFORMING THE CUTTLE -FISH ACT. from Clatsop, '-who evidently sided with u to vou in full. the Astoria monopolist. Now. inas-1 The bill appears in anothe much as this subject is bein The Astoui ax to-daj. En. r pnxtof Centlnun'l.v Harped I'pon Jlv the Portland press, if jou will kind ly'grant me space in Tin: Astoriax. I shall brieflv review the historj of legis lation, and attempted legislation, on this subject bv the Oregon legislative assembly. In 1868 the assembly passed an act bv which II. C. Lconaid.John Stephenson and Win. Weatherfoid were appointed commissioners to "invite pio posals from and contract with responsi ble citizens - for placing upon the pilot grounds between Astoria and the open sea a power ful steam tug." As a consider ation for placing and keeping such tug upon the pilot grounds Mich commissioners were authorized, on be half of the state, to agree to pay "to Hie contracting party not exceeding tho sum of $12,000, for tfie first year, $0,000 for the second vear, 55,000 for the third year, S4.000 for the fourth year and 3,000 for the fifth vear," and it was further pro vided that when the tug boat was ready for service the nilot commissioners should "revoke all other licenses for the j pilot grounds aforesaid, and not license any other bar idiots than such as shall be in the employ of such tug boat, so long as said tug boat shall trulj and faithfully perform pilotage and towage upon said pilot grounds for the term of five years, ami as much longer as the said tug boat shall be able to answer the demands of the public service." Under this law Capt. Flavel contracted with the commissioners, aud placed upon the bar the steam tujr boat Astoria. Now It Is Very Evident Tht as soon as the Astoria failed to "answer the demands of the public service," the exclusive privilege held by Capt. Flavel under this contract, ceased, and that she did fail to answer these de mands many j ears ago, is clearly shown Jrrtheiact that in the year 1875 Capt. Flavel was compelled to, and did, pur chase and place in the bar service anoth er tug, the O. J. Brenhatn, and in 1877, to answer fne increasing demands of com merce, he purchased for towing upon the bar a third tug boat, the Columbia. As further evidence of the fact that it has been well understood for several years, by all persons desiring to inform themselves on the subject, that the ex clusive privilege under the law of pilot ing and towing upon the bar has long since passed out of the hands of Capt. Flavel, It is only necessary to add that in 1878, parties in Portland, by promis ing to furnish a lug boat, induced three of Capt Flavels best pilots to quit his employ and purchase and fit out a fine pilot schooner to cruise off the Columbia river bar, but the tug boat never arrived, and The Unfortunate Pilots Found to their sorrow that they had been made the tools of certain designing individuals to secure the passage by the assembly of their pet pilot bill, for it was evident that if the schooner pilots could not get a tugboat to tow their ships, the could not long continue in opposition to the superior advantages of Capt Flavel, aud would be compelled to give up the light, and this would furnish the friends ot the pet bill, a pretext for crying out, with a loud voice against the great monopoly, aud cry they did, and they have continued and never ceased crying loudly against this pro vision in the law of 18GS, under which they claim 'Jving ueorge ' has still a steam tug. under the charge of a licensed niiAT tui.iwilcll.irier foot drauzht." The compensation herein allotted for towage If Is intended to Include- the use of a lmt er and vrvtiiiii ns?:arvto enable a stenm tuzto take'holrt of and My and speedily tow a vessel In or out mer tne Columbia mer oar. : SAN FRANCISCO CLOTHING STORE It will lie seen by inspection of this bill that it provides first ami foremost that two of the commissioners shall be residents of Portland. And to the one residing in Astoria Hie short term was lobe cien. with the view, I suppose, that if he did not work "in the interests of the people, accoiding to Tlie i'orllund Interpretation, His official head might be chopped olf and a "disinterested and competent' person appointed in his stead. Tug boats, as well as pilots, were to bo re quired to be licensed, and the commis sioners were to be git en absolute power, if it did not appear to their satisfaction that a tug boat was " properly qualified and equipped to tow vessels." they need not grant her a license. The commis sioners could say, we will license the tug boat of Mr. A, but we are not satisfied with the boat of Mr. li. and therefore we will not license it: and, however power ful his boat might be, if his influence was weak. Mr. li could not help himself. Neither could t lie owners of the tug Ta- eomn, nan mis inn neconica iaw,senu her to tow their own vessel from As toria to Piigct-sound. Now, under the present law ; and indeed l believe it to be the universal law; when a tug boat has the certificate of the United states inspectors, she can tow easels in any waters, no matter w here she is owned. It will be also observ ed that this bill pro vides that when a tug boat spealcs a ves sel, if she refuse to accept the offer of towage, sne "snail nevenneicss pay to such steam tug half the legal rates of towage." Under the present law, a ves sel may refuse to accept an offer of tow age, and sail in, which in good weather is frequently done, aud she is not re quired to pay one cent for towage. But were I to endeavor to point out all The Objectionable Features Of the bill, it would require jour entire paper to publish the article and yet the Reporter informs us that this bill was drawn by "competent and disinterested" persons. If by this it is meant that the authors of this bill were disinterested so faras the welfare of the state and her commerce Is concerned, Mr. Reporter, then I do most certainly agree with you. Iu Conclusion I wish to add for the information of the editors of the Oregoniaw and Reporter for as thev do not mention it l am bound to presume they do not know it-that lucre are, and ior several monins nave been, on this bar pilotage grounds an opposition tug boat and pi lot schooner, under the management ol regularly ap pointed and experienced pilots. Hut no capitalist who has been thirsting for an opportunity to support an opposition to Capt Flavels tugs should hesitate to gratify that desire on account of the presence hereof the existing opposition. Cl.ATsOP. Follotviug is the full text of House Hill No. 45, introduced by Mr. Plniu mer, f Multnomah county, at the Hth regular session tf the Oregon legislative assembly, September 17th, entitled, "A bill for an act to provide for pilotage and towage on tho Colum bia and Willaraet rivers." Be it Enacted by the LecidAtive AMpiaWy of the Suteof Orejren: , 1. The Columbia nver. between Astoria aud the mouth thereof, including a radlii of live miles outside and beyond the outer buoy at the mouth of said river.Ls hereby declared to be the Columbia bar pilot ground. and the Columbia and Willamet ritets above Astoria to the head of ship navigation, is hereby de clared to be the rh er pilot ground. 2. Except as otherwise provided in .section 37 of this act, the governor, by and with the consent or the senate shallaupahit three per sons who are familiar with the commerce and navigation f the Columbia and Willamet riivn. nue nf v.lioin shall reside in Astoria and two In Portland, which persons shall constitute a oonra oi commissioner. u in called the pilot commissioners, a. sniil commissioners shall be, appointed for the term of three years each, except as timiiliii in section S7 of this act. and .shall hold the olllces until their .successors are duly appointed and iituumcd ; ami au vacancies iwnrriii!f in saiif board sliall be filled m the like manner Ir the remainder of the term : except that a vacancy occurring during a re cess of the senate, shall bo Mled by appoint ment of the governor. A. Each of said commissioners shall be com missioned bv the governor, and before enter ing upon life duties of his office, shall take subscribe an oat n or anirmatiou to the eflect that he will filthfiilly ami impartial y dis charge the duties of hts oihec during lib con tinuance therein, which oath or alilrmation shall be filed wit li the secretary of state.bclng first recorded in the minutes of tie proceed ings of the board. ., .".. The commissioner longest iu office shall be cliainnau of the board, but. until the year IRK! the board shall elect such chairman. The board shall apimlnt the time and place or Its meeting but. in case of an emergency, tho chairman shall have .power to call a meeting, mwin reasonable notice to the other coinmis- smneis: a mnioritvof the board constitutes a quorum Tor the transaction or business, but nothing shall be deemed the act or the board unless two or more of the commissioners con cur therein. r..The powers and duties of said board sbill lie as follews: l.To appoint a clerk to hold office during tho pleasure or the commission ers ; to be tailed the clerk or the pilot com missioners ; and fix his compensation. 2. To examine aud license pilots for pilot grounds aforesaid, and .steam tug boats and said pilot boats for the Columbia bar pilot groimd3.and to hear and determine all complaints against anv ol said pl!ots.anrt remove or suspend any anil apMint others iu their places. 3. to hae and exercise a general supervision aud over sight over the subject or inlotage and towage upon the pilot grounds aforesaid, and to that end to make and enforce, from time to time, as occasion may renulre.rules and regulations for the government and conduct ot pilots not inconsistent with this act or the laws or con gress. 4. To report to the governor annually a summary or proceedings, statistics, etc. 7. The duties of the clerk.who slmll also aet as treasurer for the board, and perform racu other duties as mav be prescribed, not Incon sistent, subject to control of the board. 8. Provides for a bond from the clerk iu the sum of 5200. 9. Qualifications that a pilot must possess tn secure his annolntment. same as now. 10. rorm oi application ior license simuar to the preseut law. 11. Bonds ol the pilots same forms amount ete. as nnilr tiresent Liw. 12. The pilot commissioners shill license all applicants who have complied w Ith the nrohions of this act. as nilots for the Co lumbia bar pilot ground, and such pilots must keep at all times lor tueir use on sucn ground a pilot boat, or boats or such descrip tion, equipment aiiu umnngc as iiic juiui commissioners may require. 13. Ovi acre or steam tug boats may apply to the pilot commissioners for licenses to tow vessels on the Columbia bar pilot grounds, and if. upon exaralmatioti, it .satisfactorily appears to said commissioners that such boat liasiue cenmcaie oi me unuea nunes iu l'crnviati Hitter. cl ..r-m nlTrr In tnl.1t or tftlY 27. Kule to go ith the. carr ingot a pilot to sea. liable at the rate ol (SlOO) one hundred and llft dollars per month during his neces sary absence. ,,.,," 2S. The master aud owner or a essel liable for all smiis due for pilotage and towage. 23. Pilot boats snail cariy a suilldent sup ply of provisions ami water for the relief or vessels iu distress. 30. Ktery pilot licensed under this act. must, once in each mouth, render to the pilot commissioners an account iu writing or all moneys receded by him or any one for him. on Ids account, for pilotage and towage ; and must also, at tho same time, pav over three per cent of the amount thcrcor to the clerk of the commissioner-. And everj pilot to whom a license is issued, under this act, shall pav therefor the sum of fltty dollars, and for each renewal thereof, the .sum of twcnty-ilve dollars. Such fees sliall be paid to the clerk or the pilot coinmisssoners, upon the receipt or such license or the renewal Ihereor; and logeihcr with the tluce jnrccut aforesaid, shall be kept and applied by .said clerk, under the direction ot the board, to jkij the salaries or the commissioners aud clerk, and the incidental expense or their ofuce. r.l. If an idiot sIihII neglect or refu-e to make the monthly returns of money., receiv ed for pilotage and tovi-age, required by Sec tion 30. or knowingly make any false state ment therein, sucn nilot .shall forleit his license, and the commissioner shall revoke tne same, anu uesnnn noi oe eugioie to no appointed agam for at least three years. s All licenses heretofore Issued are here by revoked and canceled, but any such license Issued within one year from the pas sage of this act, shall be deemed under it, aud the holder thereof shall In? entitled to have it renewed accordingly. 33. The pilot commissioners shall each receive a salary of two hundred dol lars a vear, paable quarterly out of the fees amfper rent, paid to the clerk under this act. ami deficiency, if any out of the stale treasurv. The clerk of said commis sioners slinll receive such compensation as j Hie iHiaru inaj jm-Hnm, iiiii i'mxcuiiij; fifty dollars jm.t mouth, to 1r iwld at the sametime and out or the same funds as salar ies of the comuiLvsloncr;. but neither the commissioners nor their clerks shall have any interest directly or indirectly in any pilot boat or lug lnjat, or the earnings there of except the three jht centum required to le paid bv pilots to He rlerk. as provided in section : of this act, aud anv commissioner orcierKwho snail lnienuonauv ioiaie mis section, shall therebv forfeit his office and uall In removed therefrom by the iersons authorized to appoint nis successor, inn u the income from fi'cs and three ier centum shall amount to more than enough to ay the salaries aud incidental expenses herein prmided for, said commissioners must re duce the same so as only to secure therefrom a sum sufficient to pay such salaries and ex penses In anvone year. St. In anv examinations which the com missioners are authorized to make under this act.thevshall hae the power and aw authorized "to call witnesses, administer oaths to witnesses called, etc. Witnesses shall be allowed compensation, etc 35. If anv person shall falsely represent himself to be a licensed pilot, etc.. such per son uiMin comictiou thereof, shall lie pun ished by Imprisonment and fine. SG. II any pilot shall knowingly demand or receive a greater sum for piloting and low ing, such pilot upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as pro ided in section X. 37. Two of the commissioners npiolnted under thisnel. llinl i Aiit I. Klminv. of Astoria, sliall hold the office until July 31, ) isM.auu aen u roe. or roruami. woo shall hold the office until July r.l, lvJ. aud the third coiniuKMoner shall be apKintcd by the governor, and shall hold his office until July 31, iMi, and for the Interval be tween such npioiiitmcnLs and said date, therefore, one commissioner shall be ap jK)inted annualh for the term of three jears, in the manner provided hi section 2 of this act a. All laws relation to pilotage and tow age on the Columbia and Willamet rivers. Including the acts of October 17, lu.). De cember 20, IMS. October 15. lertl, and October 3 1te?3 lk tnl flincnmoM li.mliL tmuiAl- ed, ami the .state of Oregon hereby declares that the lug boat authorized under the act of October 28, IMS. does not answer the de mands of the public service. 33. Anv pilot or licensed steam tne. who shall violate any of the provisions of this act sliall be fined not less than tlftv nor more than two thousand dollars, etc. 3t32is:2a:iiiui:s3rni!S22:mmsiiziiiiiuiitiiuHitii3iUHUiUMiii!MiuunMii I THE NEWS! I iisunsiu:xti:ists2i:iuiiB:u4tixiiiuu3suiiuxiiiaisnju3itutuiiiMMMU WELCOME TO ALL ! THK FISHING SKASON HAS OPENED AND SO HAS THE POPULAR mmmmmmMmmmMmmmmmmmmn4mmma SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS CARDS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offick Over the White "House Store, HF.3IDKXCE Next door to Mrs. Munsoa'j boarding house. Chenamus street, Astori. Oregon. I Q. A. HOWLBY. ATTORNEYAT LAW. Chenamus Street. - ASTOltlA. ORKGO pi w. Finrox, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTORIA - OREGON Oflloo over Page & Allen'd store, Caas street p c. noiii:v.i NOTAP.Y PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND SURANCK AGENT. IN- ia j CLOTHING STORE Opened the largest and best selected stock of OlaOT AND- Gents Furnishing Goods, BOOTS AND SHOES, TRUNKS AND VALISES, HATS AND CAPS, A VAN DU8EN. NOTARYPTJBLIO. Chenamus Street, near Occident Hotel. ASTORIA. OREGON. Agent Welli, Fargo & Co. XI F. HICKS. nF.NTIST, ASTORLV, ... - OREGON. Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corn of Cass and 8Q.emoca.he streets. T-jlt. 3f. I. JKXVIXS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Graduate University of Virginia. ri83 rhysician to B.iy View hospital, Baltimore City. IS6D-T0. Offick In Page & Allen's building, up stairs. Astoria. T A. "H cIXTOSH. MERCHANT TAILOR, Oceldent Hotel IhUldmg. ASTORIA --- OREGOB -AND THE BEST- CARTER'S CAPE ANE" .a spector of steamboats and I other trite prop erly qualified and cmiipiped to tow vessels in and out over the Columbia river bar to and from Astoria iu ordinary rough weather, they shall license such tug boat to tow ve-ssels upon said pilot ground for the tenn of three vears, with the right of renewal as in the case of a pilots license, as provided in .section 10 of this act. but such license shall not be re newed, and if lu force, sliall be revoked or suspended whenever such tug boat falls to obtain or keep the certificate of the United States Inspector aforesaid, or it appears, to the .satisfaction of said commissioners that, ror any reason, ttie same has become unfit or unsafe to engage In towing vasseld upou said pilot ground. 14. An amplication for a tus license .shall be made in writing, aud shall state the name. age, and steam power, construction and de scription of the boat, and a license thereto shall suite whether it Is limited orunlimlted. VmXri7. 7,,"n; "ii i?"i;' "r ." I under various names, SffiVi, i ca,,(,1 Cinchona, in li ,3etethe 0reoman aMd "'-iw-tei wll0 lKMl i,roMS-,i then, assert that TheMcMbcrs from Clatsop Have protected tho monopolist Let us now briefly inquire into the liistory of legislation, from time to time, directed against this supposed monopoly clause: and ascertain, if possible, whether or not those grave assertions are supported by the facts, and whether or not these very fair, truth-loving and iinpartal editors are justified, not to question their sincerity, in charging these serious im delegation from Clatsop. In 1878, a mein- Eedlments to Oregons commerce to the er of the legislature from .Clatsop, be Moving the pilot bill then pending, to be grossly unjust and thoroughly impracti cable, yet thinking that it would be to tho interest of the state to have repealed that clause in the act of 1RG3, which it was claimed protected a monopoly, pre pared a bill for an act to repeal the same, and after explaining the nature aud iin nortance of the bill asked unanimous consent to introduce it out of its regular order. To this, one member, and one only, objected. And that was A Member from Mallnoinab County. The objecton prevented the bill from being introduced until the order of intro duction of hills was again reached, which was so late in the session that the pas sagef the bill was impossible, and that such would be the result of his objection the member very well knew. In 1880, on the 6th day of September, the first day of tho session on which bills were intro duced, a member from Clatsop again in troduced this same bill, and on tho 21st day of September it was referred to the committee on commerce, of which a member from Multnomah county was the chairman. This was a very short bill, and the Portlandites being so ex tremely anxious that this grinding mo nopoly should be done a"way witn,. we might reasonablj have expected that the bill would be almost immediately re- gorted back, yet it was not reported ack until the 7th day of October, al though the chairman was constantly ureea bv the members from Clatsop to T$port f he. same Immediately. Yet I Cinchona Rubin. The Count Cinehon was- the ."Spanish Viceroy in Peru in HK0. The Countess, his wile, was prostrated by an intermit tent fever, fiom which she was freed b3 the use of the native reined', the Peru vian bark. or. as It was called in the language of the country, "Quinquina. (rateful for her recovery, on her return to Europe in HiW, she intioduced the reined v in Spain, where it was known under various names, until Liiiuams honor of the lady thai which was ' more precious than the gold of the Incus. 1 M'.. n.f , .1 r... .. i ..r 4.... i..... I 111 IIIIS llil. illll'l U lilOSl- Ol UiU IllUl tired and fifty years, .science has given us nothing to take its place. It effectu ally euros a morbid appetite for stiinu lanLs, by restoring the natural tone of the stomach. Jl attacks excessive love uf liquor as it does a fever, and destroys both alike. The powerful tonic virtue of the Cinchona is preserved in the Peruvian Hitlers, which are as effective against malarial fever to-day as they were in the days of the old Spanish Yicerojs. We guarantee the Ingredi ents of. these bitters to he 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 an uruggisis, grocers aim liquor ueaiers. Order it. and ir the fonner. It must specify the draught or tonnage of the largest cssel such tug is allowed to tow 15. No steam tug is authorized orallowed to furnish or tender any vessel a pilot upon the Columbia bar pilot ground, unless such tug Is, at the time, under the charge of a pilot licensed therefor under this act. 17. All pilot licenses shall be Issued by the clerk etc. IS. A pilot appointed under tins act is au tliorized to take chanre of any sea-colnc ves sel not then in charge ot such a pilot any where upou the pilot ground for which he is licensed, aud to mnigate her over the same into port, and to charge and receive therctor me compensation ior sucn services; nerein allowed, and no more, nit no rexna evaagea in the coasting trade thall Ix compelled to take a rtcam tug, but when spoken bv a pilot, and service refused, such rexel thall pav hnlf-iiilntaar: Provided. That nothlmr In this act shall apply to vesselsol le-Mtlmn fifty long hurt lien. 19. A pilot, on boarding a vessel, must ex mini ms license KUET3ER BOOTS, ETC., WHICH WILL RE SOLI) AT SAN FRANCISCO "WHOLESALE PRICES. REMEMBER THIS IS NO HUMBUG. HA VINO MADE ARRANGEMENTS IN JS'EW YORK AND SAN FRAN CISCO FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL MX GOODS, MY FACILITIES FOR BUYING ARE SUCH AS TO ENABLE ME TO . Undersell nil' Others. I Defy Competition. Q H. BAIN & CO., DEALKK IK Doors, Windows, Blinds, Trtua sesaa, iHBbnr, Etc. All kinds of Oak Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma terial, etc. Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gop evive and Astorstreets. UniiF.NHART MCHOEXK. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing SaJoor ASTOltlA - OREGON. Hot, Cold, shower. Steam and SHlphur BATHS. 2"3c 3"T"Speeial attention given tolatUea'Rnc children's hair cutting. Prlvato Entrance for I-.dies. WIIXIAIU FltY. PRACTICAI, BOOT AI-fD SHOT. JIAKER. CiiKXAMca Htrktt. opposite Adlert Book store, - Astokia. Orkook. IS""" Perfect fits guaranteed. All work warranted. Glr me a trial. AU orders promptly filled. Jin 20. The pilot who first speaks a vessel, or pilot such vessel, and If he is a steam tug offers ). The p rs It hi s services as a pilot, is entitled to The Vciv School Itookx. Messrs. Chas.Stevens .t Son have a full supply of text books lately adopted by the state, and which must he introduced 111 the public schools by or before Octo ber ISt 18S1. The following books are offered at in troductory prices or exchange: Montielhs Elementary Geography. Montieths Comprehensive Geography. Sills Grammar. Brooks Primary, Elementary, Writ ten and Higher Arithmetics. The following will be sold at ititro duciorj rates, but not on exchange: Watsons Childs Speller. Watsons Youths Speller. Montieths Easy Lessons in Popular Science. Lytes Book Keeping. . Wc-stkikes Common School Literature. Citv Book Stoke, Astoria, Oregon. The Peruvian syrup has cured thou sands who were suffering from dyspep sia,debHity, liver complaint, boils, hu mors, female complaints, etc. Pamph lets free to any address. Seth W. Fowlr & Sons, Boston, t pilot and offers at the same time to tow such vessel, he is entitled to tow It. but the mas ter ol the vessel sliall accept tho offer of pilotage, but may decline to accept offer of towage made by steam tug boat, and mav navigate his vessel over said pilot ground without a tugboat, but in such case he shall, neveltlieless. pav to such steam tug halt the legal rates of towage, but no masteror vessel Is liable for any rate of towage on account of an offer of a tug. and a refusal to accept the same, unless such tug was, at the time of such offer, under the charge of a pilot licens ed therctor under thli act: and no vessel propelled In w hole or In part by steam sliall ie compelled to taKcaiug.orpav any$um for towage on account ol any oner aud re fusal of such tug. 21. If any vessel beyond the Columbia bar pilot grounds shall signal for a steam tug boat by setting her ensign at the main. It shall be the duty of such to proceed to said vessel and take her In tow, and said vessel shall pay the pilot of said tug SIS per mile for each mile it may oe puotca ana towea ov sain puoi ana tug boat outside of such pilot ground ; pro ilded, that when two or more vessels, whether Inside or beyond the Columbia river pilot ground, are signalling for a pilot or tow boat, the vessel nearest the outer buoy shall be entitled to be first taken In charge by such nilot. and If the master or a vessel In chanre of a pilot from a sailing pilot boat shall re quire the services tf a steam tug. he shall set his signal hi the manner provided In this sec tion. Ana tne nearest, tuj Doai, licensed under this act, unengaged, shall proceed at once to the vessel slcnallinir and take her In tow, for which service said tug boat shall onlv be entitled to the rates of towage pre scribed lu this act. 22. May permit a pilot boat or tug licensed to be aosent under circumstances deemed expedient. 23. If a vessel or her cargo, while under the charge 01 a pilot, sustains damage or loss oy A cough, cold or sore throat should be stopped. Neglect frequently results in an incurable lung dlsva.se or consump tion. Brown's Hroiiehinl troches do not disorder the stomach like cough syrups and balsams, but aet directly on the in flamed parts, allaying Irritation, give relief in asthma, bronchitis, coughs, catarrh, and the throat troubles which singers and public speakers are subject to. For thirty years Iirmvtfs bronchial troches hae been recommended by physicians, and always give perfect satisfaction. Having "iK-en tested b wide and constant use for nearly au en tire generation, they have attained well lucritcd rank among the few staple remedies of the age. " Sold at "." cents n box everywhere. Fire-brick and tiro-clay in lots to suit at M. C Crosby's. Max. Wagners San Francisco National brewery beer can't lie Uat. Ice crcun nt Roscues oyter and refrcshtnont saloon on Main street. A splendid large fnmt rmini tn let suitable for an office, posite the bell tower. Apply to.A. Campbell". Blocks of paper, useful ii llic desk of accountants, put up tu rder and for sale at Thk Astokiax oflice. Keelcrs auction room is crowded day and night with buyers ever ready to taku advantage if the. bargains offered at auction. Brace up the wholo svstviu with King of tho Blood. Sec advertise ment;. For a first-class oyster stow, fry, pan -roast jr fancy roast, go to Roscou's on Main street, opposite X. Locb's. Families supplied by the hundred or tho sack, opened or in the shell. Eacts and figures ! GREAT SURPRISE AT THE : W. r.. ai'oAiiR. Astoria. rTX J. A. BBOWH Portland. imOW.Y 4. Sirl-ABB, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS. Astoria ofOce At K. C. Holden's Auction store. Portland offlce 24 B street 13-tf To-2ilght. To-NigM. GRAND BALL, AT MUSIC HALL, THIS EVEXING. San Francisco Store! HERE ARE PRICES OF GOODS THAT WILL SURPRISE ALL. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. MENS AND ROYS CAS1MERE SUITS FROM. EXTRA REST SUITS fine black: SUITS " DIAGONAL SUITS C'ASIMERE PANTS - EXTRA REST PANTS " BOYS SUITS. ALL SORTS, FROM 6 00 .8 8 00 TO 15 00 - 12 00 " 20 00 . is 00 " 25 oe - 15 00 " 22 00 2 50 4 00 4 00 " 5 50 . 6 00 " 12 00 jEJ. u3u. C?TJI3SrKr. dealer In FAMILY GROCERIES, -AIIS, lUII.r. FEEI AHiD HAY Cash paid for country produce. Small pronLs on cash sales. Astoria. Oregon, cor uerof Main and JUmemoeqlie street. I. W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE Corner Cuenamos and Cass streets. ASTORIA OREGON. FURNISHING GOODS. MISCELLANEOUS. "Marian King." tfJE IIAVE NOW TLACED THIS FIRST IT class vessel on the berth for salmon loading to Liverpool. For particulars reRard- Incrates of frcigkt and insurance, applv to ItODGKKS, MEYER & CO., Portland, Orej;on. reason of the nepliKCiice or incompetence of sucn pilot, no snail 00 name, ; sureties, to the amount thereof. such pilot, ho shall bo liable, and also his .L Fixes the compensation allowed for pilotage and townee upou the Columbia bar pilot ground at elgbt'dollars and twelve dol lars per foot draueht additional to towage which was to be "For towing a vessel by 0 T. "XT-ST. OON IN. Wholesale asent for the RED CROWN FLOUR Made by tho aew piocess. The best Flour in the market. Even- sack guaranteed ; If not good as represented you canTeturnit. Merchants will find It urthelr advantage tosell this Flour. BRAN, SHORTS AND CHOP FEED Also for sale. Persons wishing Flour or Feed will Cud me at my.new Dra Store, at O, R. & N. Co's docl Astoria.- J. W. CONN. OVERALLS FROM JUMPERS " ALL WOOL SOCKS CHECKER SOCKS. SIX PAIR FOR COTTON SOCKS, THREE PAIR FOR WHITE SHIRTS FROM COLORED :' , CASLMERE FLANNEL w - BLUE NAVY - .' FLANNEL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS FROM COTTON FLANNEL SHIRTS AND DRAWERS MARINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS 60 CTS. TO HI 00 GO 20 1)0 75 SI 50 1 00 2 00 I 25 GO 50 1 IK) 25 I 00 25 1 75 I 50 3 00 1 75 2 50 OIL CLOTHING. LONG OIL COATS FROM OIL JUMPERS u f3 50 TO 4 50 2 75 " 3 00 BOOTS AND SHOES. . MENS CALF BOOTS FROM S3 CO MENS KIP BOOTS - .....! 2 75 ELASTIC GAITERS - 1 75 BUCKLE SHOES - 2 25 MENS SLIPPERS 50 BOYS BOOTS 125 TO 4 50 4 00 2 50 3i"5 1 00 1 75 Wm. Houseman of Portland BEOS LEAVE TO NOTIFY HIS friends and customers thathe-has opened A FISHERMAN'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS STORE Next to G. VT. Hume's grocery store. F. HOUSEMAN, Agent HANSEN BROS Contractors and Builders, CORNER ASTOR AND CASS STREETS. Near CoiiKrepratlonal Church. And are now ready to receive orders for all kinds of WOOD WORK, Contracts taken to build and repair SmPS, HOUSES, BOATS, ETC., AT LOWEST RATES. iar-Doors and Window Frames made to order. r.T.BAKCI-VY. T. H. HATCn. HATCH & BARCLAY, COMMISSION 3IERCHANTS, Mo. 20 California St, San Francisco, CaJ. I HAVE THIS SPRING STRAINED EVERY NERVE AND USED MY ENTIRE ENERGY AND BEST JUDGMENT IN PLACING IN OUR AS TORIA MOUSE THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF THE ABOVE LINE OF GOODS. CALL AND INSPECT FOR YOURSELF. YOU AKE WELCOME. I WILL GLADLY" SHOW MY GOODS, NO MATTER. WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT. NEW GOODS BY EVERY STEAMER. S. DANZIGER. San Francisco Store. "3qneraocghe street, next door tolPajja & Allen's store, north of yd'VrallajKetilitona'Oregea: , " - . ". C. H. STOCKTON, SLOXJSS, SXCraC AXD- -CARRIACE PAINTER .- r PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING A SPECIALTY. GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. as-ShoD next door to Astorlsn Office. In J Shustefs oulldlnjr. " , : 3.iiiCi--'V. ZaSUfWit-Jk.- 1