The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, September 14, 1882, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texts (I) twmn V- Vol. xvn. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning. September 14, 1882. STo. 142. Wma B TAXATION AND INTEREST. "With the mooting of another bi ennial legislature we are brought face to face with important ques tions of state polie.3. How to , lausc the state revenue equally i and fairly is a very important mat-, tor. Two years ajo we showed t that much of the banking or loan- j able capital of the state goes un- j tavetl. the banks ami loan asso ciations of Portland evade taxation on seven-eighths of their money at interest. The fanner is taxed on hislands and personal estate, but tho banker sets the assessor at de fiance. Ten millions of capital in Poitland evade taxation. The law goes unfulfilled. The law of Washington Territory makes the mortgage pay the tax when the mortgagor ofisets his indebtedness. The Oregon law is deficient. This is the way it works. The owner of the mortgaged land swears oil his indebtedness: the mortgage due in Portland is taxed there, if anywhere, and more fre quently is not taxed at all. The lender here evades the law on the pretense that the mortgage has been transferred to some other partv: the original holder says he cannot tell who is the present own er, so the tax is not collected. The past 3'car the authorities of one count' enforced collection of the tax from the land, when the owner of the mortrajje could not bo lound, and the courts upheld that way of doing. Probably oth er counties may do the same here after, but when they do not a cer tain amount oT real estate goes untaxed, and the rest of the prop erty in the county is overtaxed to make it up. Several things arc certainly fair, and should be enforced by law. For one thing, all property should pay a tax in the county where lo cated. For another there should be no double taxation. Again, some method should be adopted to secure equal taxation and per mit no evasien: mortgages should be taxed when the property is ex empted on that account, and tiie land owner have a remedy by de ducting taxes paid from interest due. The amount of debt sworn off is about eight millions more than the property returns under the head of "money, notes and accounts." Here is a stupendous fraud on the state, and the state in its individu al capacity ought to preserve it self from this great loss. TIow can it be done? Human selfishness is greediest when it can evade taxation. Many a man who is considered honest in business is dishonest when it comes to paying taxes. The ten dency is vicious in the extreme. The money lender says to the borrrewer: I shall have to pay two to three per cent taxes on this loan so 1 must have at least ten per cent. He gets a high rate of int erest on that pretense, then evades the law and makes his 2 per cent clear. Jt is clear, transparent fraud. The law as it stands is in effectual because it is not enforced Assessors and other county officers worship the golden calf and let the man of millions go untaxed, while they take the farmer for all he has got. It will always be ineffectual to try to make money pay taxes. The creditor will declare iiis loans uncollectable; he will cover them up, hide them some way, and man age to keep from paying taxes "b hook or by crook." Tt has been because we have recognized the impossibility of making money, loans and debts pay taxes, that we have presented the other view ofthe case, and suggested the propriety of repeal ing the law allowing indebtedn es . to be offset against assessment of J property for taxation Let us suppose that property of i ail kinds is assessed its full value j whore it is found, and that no off set for debt as allowed. One re sult will be that every district mu nicipality and county will have full revenue from the proporty within its limits. Another effect will bo that as property cannot be taxed twice, mortgages will not be taxed. The land will pay the .whole tax. The borrower says this is unfair but foreign capitalist will soon appreciate the fact that mortgages go untaxed in Oregon, and inter est will be i educed to at least S per cent. It is now on an average 1 per cent in California where they have no usury law nn real estato loans. The city of Portland put out a six per cent loanthat was taken at a trifle above par by tho bankers and some private persons, because there was no taxation on the bonds. The reasonable inference is that ju dicious legislation will make it an advantage to loan money on mort gage. A Ye quote the financial condi tion of California as proof, because that state has no usury law. Money is worth there all it will bring. Banks take what they can get. and money lenders have no lestrainl. Loans are made all the way from five to ten per cent., and real estate mortgages often draw less than seven per cent in terest. Seven per cent is a fair average for large loans on good real estate. The same result may be expected here as soon as we re move the exeniption-for-debt clause from the law. Willamette Farmer. Tlie Future oi Alaska. "With a comparatively mild climate throughout the Archi pelago, with most valuable ship building timber covering the islands, with a cedar that now sells at one hundred and fifty dollar.-, a thousand feet in Sitka, with splen did harbors and inexhaustible fish erics, with an abundance of coal, and the probability that veins of copper, lead, silver, and gold await the prospector, with the possibility of raising sufficient garden vege tables, and with wild cranberry swamps on nearly every island; with all these advantages it is sur prising that an industiious, am phibious, ship-building, fishing colony from New England, or other states, has not established itself in Alaska. One drawback is that congress has not yet organ ized a territorial government, but when this region shall have been opened up to individual enterprise and settlement, it will then be dis covered that Alaska is a valuable possession. A ship ought to make a round trip between this coast and Liver pool annually. A good many do it. Some have quite a margin to spare. There is nocessaiily some detention at Liverpool. This va ries from two to six weeks, some times longer. Last year the St. Stephen arrived at San Francisco in April in a round trip of 2G1 days, including a detention of 34 das at Liverpool. Some ?f the vessels sent off at the beginning of the current cereal year are now arriving back. Gen. Sherman will ask to bo placed on the retired list in November 1S83. He would be compulsorily retired in 1844. He retires early in order to give Gen. Sheridan, his successor, a chance to express to congress his views on the best interest of the service. Before the Battle. KAvA-sMNvSept.l-S. 10 J. M. I The British armv is now bivouac!;- ing at a. point two milo.s beyond, heie along- the line facing Arabi' Pasha's force. Our most advanced line is about four miles from the j Egyptians front. A forward march will be given shortly after midnight, so our forces ma' reach fijlhting; distance at oarlv dawn. General Wolseley will attempt to get around Arabi and destroy the mil way in his lear and his communication with Zagazig. Nine batteries accompany the advancing force, and Arabi Pasha will bo a clever general if he escapes capture with his whole army. Iyassasin, Sept. l'i. 4 i. .m. British tents will be struck at 0:10 o. ,m. and men be formed into brigades and marched to the ground of bivouac. Each man will carry one hundred rounds of ammunition. General Nugent will remain in force in charge of the camp. A transport brigade will be formed at at day break and a supply of ammunition equal to 30 rounds per man be carried on baggage animals, which will press on at night. A naval brigade will be attached to the transport corps with -10 pounders. The British line of communica tion between Ismailia and Nefick, Tel el Mahuta, and Massamch is held by detachments of infantry with one gun and a group of cav alry at each place. 2 a. m. (Sept. 13) The British are now marching on Tel el Kcbir. The attack will probably begin at daylight. The British troops have three days' rations. Transports have been ordered to follow the army along the north bank of the canal. Mails Destroyed. New Vokk, Sept. 12. This morning fire .was discovered in the mail-room of the steamship Alaska, where three hundred sacks oi mail matter from j Australia which arrrived heie from San Francisco Monday had hren deposited on the afternoon of that day. Ten sacks of newspapers and two of letters had been pailly destioyed before the fire was dis covered. As a gold watch and two or three sovereigns were found among tho ashes, it is be lieved that a portion of the regis tered mail was consumed. As the mail-room is in the center of the vessel and Is lined with iron, and was moreover properly secured, "it is believed the fire was caused by some combustible matter en closed in one of tho sacks. As the mail sacks from Australia for Great Britain are not opened in transit through the United Stales the presence of the dangerous ar ticle cannot be detected here. Most of the injured mail matter was made up at S3'dney, New South "Wales. The purser of the Alaska informed the officers of the New York postofiice that a full re port of facts will be made to the British postal authorities on arri val at Queenstown. Vpr the last week the bay at this place has been literally swarm ing with fish. Sea gulls and peli cans have been busily feasting on them, making the sky almost black as ilocks passed to and fro across the bay in front of town. On Tuesday the fish were driven into a little pond having an outlet into the ocean, and such a sight has not been witnessed for years, if ever. They appear to be a regular sardine, and Chinamen, diggers, white men and bo3's were busy scooping them up. We never want to see a fish again, but will probably be obliged to scent the atorna for a long time to come. Dtl.Norle Record. A LETTER ??m GERMANY- . n, J:ilill.n 'i 2. Wry .-te-ni.s !.. Tar- ikh jour 1J r Pills li.iw .-..K-il 'forth here U wonderful. After t-iK in; mho and a li.ilf Imwccs of joar i.-.-uiin.- i:. p." McUSE'.- MVKU I'II.L. I !i:,v lK tirelj'revoveiwl from iiij'foiirjcnt'stitlW--iimj. All who know me wonder how I. who, for o man.r year, had n ap.i iih and could not sleep for backache, -inch In uiy side, ami uencrnl Mmiinc u f-ami-plainls could lme recover. d. An old lady In our eiiy, ho In, ..:ireri for many years from kidney iIim. e and the doctors luul given Iierit. to. k two of your Pill, and got more relici M in .!, has from all the doctors. oni- 'iti. v j. vox d::i: i:i i:c. BEWARE OMMITAflGNS. The genuine are. never ujnr-iiiicd. 1'very box has n ml was seal on the IM. with the Impressien: MLuue', i.it PHI. Tho genuine McIiAXES l.li:u PILLS bear the signature of V. CWrljute and Fleming Bros, on the irmppei-. Insist upon having the genuine in:, r. 3IcIV'ES I.1VE1S TPIIXS, preiMr-d U Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, P.i . ;e market being full of imitations oi in name McLane, Knelled differently. Ita: same pronuaclatlon. If your storekeeper does not h:e the genuine DTt. C. McXANK'S CIXi: MltATEI)' MyEK PHXS, send us zr, cents, and we will send you a Ikjx i iit.nl. and a set of our advertising card?. " FLOISGf BROS., Pitts7nrs:h. !. A, M, JOHNSON & Co., Ship Chandlers anil Grocers. Ropes anil Cordage ofall kinds. BlorliN. Patent ami Met inline oi' all Siizes. The facnuliie Tecson's Neotelt Salmon net Titines. IHcriuairt Twines: Cam as. all "Xu'hs Copper Tipped Oars. The best abutment of GROCERIES In Town. The Ilest C'OFEEKK and TIMS. Try our. llelrosf Kahilis; loiler , IViilhcly llioitcst ecrinaile. CAJNTNErb GOODS f all kinds put i p J bM l'aekM-. Iticliankoit's :nnl C- lihip's Coined Comls. Terms rash. Pro Mm Small. tfVCIYK US A CAI.I.TFn King of the Blood Is not a "cm rail." it is a Mod-piirifieraiitl touie. IinpuntN of the hlood (mummis the.ss. tent, deranges the circulation, and thus In dia es many disorders, known hv different names to distinguish them according In ef fects, hut heiug really branches, or ph::r of that great generic disorder. Impurity ot Klood. Such are J);k';jm"(I, BUllmv)ir.ix, JJvcr CoiilaSul,i,oi"liuitiini. Xerrmn IV ordcr. Headache, Kachache, flnicutl U'etth )ir.x. Heart J)itvae, Dir,)nty. ICidnry DiVtnc. 'icx, nhcitmntliii. Catarrh. Semfala. Shiu nin1cr.i, Piwirtc. Utceif. itcelUny. .t.. ti. Kins or the Illnoit prevents and cure these by attacking the caur. Impuiltv of the hlood. Chemists and phsiciaitsagiee in calling it "the most genuine and eflh-ient preparation for the purport'." fo!l bvihttg gist.s.SX per holt If. See testimonials, direc tions, x.e.,5u pamphlet. "Treatic on Dise:iss ol tiie mood." wrapped around each bottle. D. HANSOM. SOX & Co.. Props Itulf.tlo. X. Y. PeraviUH ISitfcrx Cinchona Kubra. The Count Cinclion was the bpnulsh Viceroy jn Peru in lisV. The CounIe.ss. his wile, was pro-strated by an intermit tent fever, from w liieh she was freed Vy the use of the native remedy, (he Peru vian bark, or. as it was vailed in the language of the country, 'Quinquina." (Jrateful for her recovery, on her return to Kurofc in ltvi2, .she introdueed the remedy m Spain, where it was known under virions names, until Linnaius called it Cinchona, in honor of the ladv who had brought them that which was more precious than the gold of the Invas. To this day. after a lapse of two hun dred and fifty years, seiewe lavs given us nothing to take its place. It effect u-. ally cures a morbid appetite for stimu lants, by restoring the natural tone of the stomach. It attacks excessive Ioe of liquor as it does a fever, and distroys both alike. The powerful tonic irtue of the Cinchona is preset ved in Hie Peruvian Hitters, which arc as effective against malarial fever to-duv as thev were in the days of the olil Spanish Viceroys. Vo guarantee the ingredi ents ot thee bitters to be absolutely pure, and of the hot known quality. Atrial will. satisfy you that this is tile best bitter in tle world. ''The proof of the pudding is in the eating." and we wilfingly abide this iest. For sale by all druggists, urocers and liquor dealers. Order it. Loch tt Co., agents for A-tnria. A cough, cold or sore throat should be stopped. Xegleet frequently results in an incurable lung disease or cotisu mil lion. .Brown's Uronchial troche do not disorder the stomach like cough svrups and balsams, but act directly on the in ilamcd parts, allaying irritatiou. give relief in asthma, bronchitis, coughs, catarrh, and the throat troubles which singers and public speakers are subject to. For thirty years Brown's bronchial troches have been recommended by physicians, and always give perfect satisfaction. Having been tested bv wide and constant use for nearly an en tire generation, they have attained well meiited rank among the few staple remedies ofthe age. Sold at 25 cents a oox cver3'wbe.re. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS! Oyster Saloon. Mp CHn.VA.MUS STREET, ASTORIA. Tin: vxnr.K3u:xi;i is pleased to announce lo theJimblir that hehas p eiied a FIRST CLASS 3EJit3a.s Souse , I Ami furnishes" iu fiM-eIa st!r j oysters, hot coffee tea, irrc. AT T1IF. Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon.. CHKNAMI'S STREET. Please i ve me a call. ROSCOKIMXOX, Proprietor B. B. FRANKLIN. UNDERTAKER, Corner Ca ami Squeinoqlie streets, .ASTORIA. ... - OUEC.OX , PKAI.Ki: IN j WALL PAPER j A XD ! WIN DOW SHAJ)E8 j AX I) i UXUKIITAKEKS GOODS. ! DrcssmalSLliift, Plain and Fancy j SEWING OF ALL KINDS! 5 Stills nia.lc in the best stIe front : to .-.y. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 'AIRS. GEO. 1-IULr.iTOl-J. Xcwt door to Weston Hou.se. t Jell :OoVt 3BuLlJLc3.i2l.ar. , WJLLIAW HOWE i Having lately ret una d front i:ritMi('ihim- Ida. i to he feiunl at his (11.1) STAND IX (JKAY'Sr.UII.DIXi: I When Ite is diin riKN'IM'li.VSK WOltK OXIV. MAGXTJS 0. (SR0SBY, Dealer in HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipo and Fittings, Goods and Tools, 'SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON TIN AND COPPER, " Cannery aM FMbubiis Supplies .Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN. COP PER PLUMBING aid STEAM FITTING Done luith neatness anil dispatch. None tuit tlrst el.tss wotkiiien enu!oyetl. A l.use asiortnif r.t oi; SCALE? r.iiistaiitly on luul BASKBRT FOR SALE. mm-: ?.iost completkly fitted can- JL nerj on the foIiiiiibLi Uher Ls Tor s;tle. With Boats and Machinery. An nhimilaiit sapplx of FKISII YATKI:. Sit naied at 1 Innrj-1 larbor, opposite Astoria. For lurlientars, ajiIy to Allen ,fc Iwis, l'ertlaml: J. i. A. ltulbv, Astoria, or J. West on the premises. $100 REWARD!! ni.L BK 1'AIli FI'OX IXroKMATION tt Irailta to the cnniictloit of any party RKFJIJJNG Ptu-uvian Bitter Bottles. The name-, or stu-h in-rsons round Riillty will ;U be iitilillshetl in evervleadiiiR neus ).tper. wihAiEUDrxo & co.. rfan Franelseo, Cal., Ceiieral Agentt tor Peruvian Bltteis. LOED & CO., Auciit Astoria. z co L- H Tt O L Q SJ S 1 o t r- L P i S rn Z p S S CD r o " O MISCELLANEOUS. S. ARNDT & FERCHRN, astokia. - oi:kx;ox. The Pioneer Machine Shop ISLACKSMITH SHOP M-tHm&i-jfi G trr-jmi-, Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, ANI STEAMBOAT WORE rromj.tly attended to. A specialty made or repalrlug CANNERY DIES, FOOr OF LAFAYETTE STUEET. ASTORIA (RON WORKS. IlicvroS STitKi-rr, NKAi:r.itKKi: Hou.sk, ASTORIA, -lOKKOON. I j pcycDAi uinuiyiCTQ auii1 UCrlLnAL mAunirllOlO Anil' BOILER MAKERS. LANDcMlRINE BSfiffllS Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. fi a. aniTiVTtfi.Gi "''-- - fc"- mrtmm Or all UrNrrlptloiiM made to Order a Short Xotieo. A. I). Wass, Prtv-ident. .I.O.Hl'Sti.kk, Secretary. I. V. Cask, Treasurer. John Fox, Stipcrintendent WILLIAM EDGAR, Conitr Main and ChonauiusStroots, ASTORIA OKEWON DE.U.KK I CIGARS AND TOBACCO. The C-Iebmted JOSEPH RODCERS &. SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM and other Knglish Cutlory. STATIOKKRY! FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc, A fine stock of M'HteheH and Jewelry, Muzzle nml Itreeeb I.oadi:isr Shot (.'mi anil KllleH, Itevolvern. FImIoIx. antl ABiiiiunltion MAKIXF. AUSO A FINK .Vwortinent of tine SI'lTACLES and EYE GLASSES. WAlt IS lKC:iiAi;K WITHOUT Fl'KTIir.R XOTICK ,-Vt And mo terms of peace until every man in Astoria has anew suit of elothes M.llIK BY JirASiV. Look at the jtiiees: Pants to order from - - - '8 w Pants, Genuine French Cassimere - iu 0 hntts from - -- -- -2500 The finest line or samples on the coast to select from. i; j. aiEAXY, Cass street, next to lfanenh Jewelry store LEATHERS BROS., R O AT r I J.I KTtS. Up tairM over AK.VIT JL FF.HCIIKX'N FIRST -CLASS WORK A SPECIALTY. Dissolution Notice. FIIIIE PABTXERSiiiP nm:irroFOi;E existhnr bctueen etherbee&Tlionies has been this dav mutually tllssolvcd. Air. Yctuerbcn retlnns: on account oi poor health. Mr. Thotncs will finish all unsettled s business in oreson. W. II. WETIJERBEE, C. T. THOMES. Astoria, Oregon, Aug. 31, 1SS2. dtd r ''fflli F Sfc SUvH (aVcf.&.-nr'BV rim v& r, ni3s slS o 2z sw 50 Wi Mill BUSINESS CARDS. y? v. jioiiOK., NOTAIIY PUBLIC, At'CTIOXEEi:, COMMISSION AND SL'UAXCE AGENT. 1 K. J. V. NHAFTJEK, fHVSIt'IAN ad SnU.. (DKUTSCHER ABZT.) DiHeanen ertheThrata0pelalty. Offlce oer Conn's Drug Store. Q.KLO F. PARKER. SURVEYOR OF flntfiop County, aa Cityar Aatacia Oitlee :- Clienamus street, Y. M. C. A. ball, Koom No. S. J.. ROZOKTB, I'. S. I'ntBiiiisMloHer, Netary raklte, and lasBraace Ageat. Acnt lor the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co. r llambun:, Germany, and oC tiie -Travelers' Lite and Accident Ins. Co., ot Hart lord. Conn. -OuIce in Pj thian Building. Booms 11, 12. pi I. WIXTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. HD-Offlee in Pythian Building. Booms 11, K ASTORIA, --- - OB8GON. JAY TTJTTIiR. M. D. physician and surgeon OKFICK-Over the White House Stow. ItKsinKXCK OverElberson's Bakery, op , posite llarth & Myers Saloon. ( A I.. FUITOX. M. I. '?-S15J . Rooms, at the Parker House. hLl P. II I CHS. PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OUKO.ON : 00n,s jn Allen's building up stairs, con.er j of Ca ami Stiemocqhe streets. "" T F. LnFORCE, l DENTIAT ' UBI,,WI j lK-ulul Kooin-t erer 1'mc' Hlore, j Clienamus Street. - - Astoria, Oregon. I O. A. BOWLBY. j ATTOHNEY AT LAW. Clienamus Street. - ASTOKIA. ORii(U j w t. BimxF.Y, , " ATTORNEY AT ULW. . tay he found at the Court Honso. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. Itoscrs old stand, corner or Ca and.Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horsesaoelug. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. Cleaving S Repairing. I NEAT. CHEAP AND QUICK. BY j (iKOKUK liOVF.TT, ' Main Street, opposite N. Txeb'd, HEADQUARTEKS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock In Astoria Fireworks! Mags! FmitHBeth Foreign an Daaieatl Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, O B &NDOCK Notice to Builders. PKOPOSALS IIJ. BE EECEIVED AT the oftlce of the Point Adams Packing Companv. until noon, Tuesday, September 2Cth. lSsi. for furnishing the material, and building of a cannery oa tho property of said company. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of A. W. Ferguson. No.' 3. P thian lmiiding:. Proposals maybe ad dressed to Bov a. The right to reject any or all bids reserved. J. C. LID WELL. 1 iltr President. - BOOKS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! CARL ADLER. A complete stock of School Books and school supplies. Any book used In the pub lic schools of Clatsop County can be obtained at my store. CAPJ. ADLEB.