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CO- SHail 0I0rtftH roi. xvn. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning. September 23, 1882. No. 149. SENATOR GROVER ON THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL The Necessities of Oiegon Senator Giovcr and family have lptn sppnflirur a feu weeks, bince t he adjournment of- congiess, at Cottage City, a favoriu seaside iosoit of Xcw England, on Maltha's Vineyard Island Mass., where a correspondent of the Boston Herald found htm. After a few preliminaiy remarks about the general character of the legisla tion enacted by the present con gres1", which the senator thought, on the whole, to be of great prac tical benefit to the country, lie was asked to give an opinion of the liver and haiborbill, and par ticulaiy to its effect upon his own state. In icnlv. the seanator said: "The journals of the coun try seem to be divided upon the utility and fairness of the bill. In New England. have noticed they are generally opposed to it, but in the south and west it is legaided sis the most important of all acts of congicss. The bill gives my own state of Oregon $500,000. Ve didn't get as much as we expected, or thought wo ought to have, yet our delegation .sustained the bill heartily on ac count of its general features, and the especial benefit accruing to our own state. The Columbia liver drains one-tenth of the area of theJUnited States, and, next to the Mississippi river, is the largest in North Ameiica. It runs in its general course due west, parallel with the lines of commerce. It breaks throught the Cascade range, which is an extension of the Sierra Nevada range ol California, and constitutes the only water way for an immense aica of west ern country tributary to the com merce of the Pacific coast. The point of passage of the river through the range, the elevation of which is about 1000 feet, is narrow, and is traversed by a rail road. In this pass, or gorge, are the rapids which obstruct the navi gation of the river. The present liver and harbor bill makes an ap propriation to continue the im provement of these rapids, begun by the national government some yeais ago, by means of a canal and locks. The sum allotted by the bill for this purpose is &JG0, 000. We asked for .$000,000, and the senate granted the amount, but the house refused to concur. That improvement is vital to a water outlet to a vast wheat region, and to the navigation of the upper Columbia and its branches, an ex tent of nearly 1000 miles. The whole area is absolutely at the mercy of a single railroad corpo ration, unless those rapids, and possibly one or two others, are im proved by the general government. The lower Columbia and the bar at the mouth of the river receive in this bill 100,000. Tt ought to have been $1,000,000. "Why, con sider, when in the future the mouth of the river and the lower navijra tion are improved, the former will constitute the entrepot of an im mense commerce from China anil Japan, destined to New York and Boston. The tea and other com mercial products ol Japan and China, for example, will find their nearest line of transit by the Northern Pacific both to the other states of the Union and to Europe. Wo claim, therefore, that the east is directly interested in the im provement of the rivers and har bors of the far west." But, do you think, Senator, that the general government should assume the entire burden of these improvements?" 4'In general, yes. Oregon has already improved the falls of the Willamette river to the extent of 500,000. This river, .as you know is a branch of the Columbia, and is longer than the Ohio. Of the sum mentioned, the state fur nished "200,000, and private enter prise the balance. Bur, as it has been a traditional policy of the "overnment to make all such im- o provements in aid of commerce, my stale join with other states in a demand that it should con tinue to do so in the future. In Oiegon we have a small population, and therefore we can not claim so largo a bounty fioni the general government as more densely" populated stales, but we are rapidly growing in every way. From the upper Columbia, we send yearly 100,000 beef cattle to the Boston, Chicago and New York markets. We ship annually .3.000.000 woith of canned and barreled salmon taken in the Co lumbia river. We send each year 7,000,000 to S,000,000 pounds of wool abroad, and also a consider able amount of gold and silver. And, more than all this, we expoit every year 10,000,000 bushels of wheat. It is no exaggeration to say that this item of our exports will increase in "20 years to 100, 000,000 bushels. So soon as the Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line of the Union Pacific are completed, and both will be by next year, ami Portland is in di rect communication with the cast, we expect to fill the upper Mis sissippi valley with apples, pears and other fruits that grow so abun dantly in Oregon, and many. of them will fiti.d their vy to the great matkets of the Atianhu coast and even to Europe."' The Diffeience in National Grati tude. When the facts of the Pension Bureau are taken into considera tion it does not appear that there is much ffiound for the oft-ieneat-ed reproach that "republics are un grateful." From 1S01 the com mencement of the civil war to date our government has paid the enormous -inn of G0,G41,32l in pensions. The amount paid for the hist fiscal year was ." 120G, 2S0. The greater part of these vast disbursements have gone to the rank and file. The gratitude of monaichial governments i. often more conspicuous. They take up their great generals, decorate them and give them giants of money. But their gratitude is not so gen eral and all-pervading as ours, which reaches to the bottom the men who have done the real fight ing. Nor can the. higher officers, with us, be said to be neglected. The do not get as much as the corres ponding class in Europe. But they are decently provided for, and that is about all that should be expect ed. Tt is only in the aggregate that republican gratitude can be appreciated. it men assumes colossal features. The details, when taken separately, look small and perhaps mean. Bat it is the cor rect thins after all. We muv not have generals bedizened with medals and orders, but we have a rank and file tenderly looked after and comfortably settled Bulle tin. A Plaint There are, it is said, 200,000 sheep in the mountains between Susanville and Heppner, says the Grant County News, the Uma tilla sheep owners arc not at all bashful about bringing their sheep i into that country to eat up the - range, while they pay taxes m Umatilla county, although their I llocks remain there but a few j months of the year. Tlin rinrift Tifl Aliwrfinh itorfnmn of Parker's Hair Balsam explain the J...W J...... T .... . ....- ,-w.. w popularity of tins reliable restorative. A Famine in Iceland. The Icelanders, an ancient and interesting people, aie threatened with a tenible catastrophe. The winter of 1SS0-81 was severe. The summer which followed was cold, and not more than half the usual grass crop was raised. The next winter was no better, and thete being insullicient food for the cat tle and sheep, they were turned out to battle with the elements, and of course many died. During the summer jut passed the bays anntl inlets have been choked with the drift ice from the coast of Greenland, which has blighted the hay harvest in half the island. This means the death of most of the stock, and as the people aie pasloial, depending on their llocks for income from abioad and a par tial supply of food at home, .star vation must ensue unless the gen erous of other nations send ample supplies to be distributed through out tiie island before the snows make the roads to the interior im passable. Tt has been stated that supplies of .food must reach the southern ports before the end of September to be generally avail able. That date is close at hand, and the food needed, which amounts to twenty-four hundred tons of grain, preserved meats, milk, etc., has not, so far as is known, been forwarded. The population of the island is 72,000, of whom half are in dan ger of dying an appalling death I bv starvation. The favored dis tricts have little to spare. In -1S?4 Iceland celebrated its thousandth anniversary. In that year many strangers visited it, and large con tributions were made to the peo ple. A volcanic eruption in 1S7G was considered a great, calamity. Since then the inhabitants have enjoyed a considerable degree of prosperity, sending abroad J 0,000 sheep per annum and 1,727,000 pounds of wool. A catastrophe like the present has not been con sidered possible more than once in a century. In 187G it was pro posed to transfer the entire popu lation to Alaska. Their removal to some portion of the Canadian dominion not far from Athabasca is practicable. The climate of the region would suit them, while its fertility would seem like tropical abundance compared to their bar ren lava fields. Tile climate in the vicinity of the polar circle is grad ually changing. The winters will never be milder, and it seems like a useless waste of labor .and hu man vitality to attempt to main tain liTe among perpetual ice and snow while moie productive re gions are appealing for healthy, hanh and reliable populations like these starving Icelanders. S. F. Chronicle. The Short Line. The surveys of the O. 1. & X. Co. and Oregon Short Line clash on ljiirnt river. The Grande Iiontle Post has this to hay: Major Keefer, who has just at rived from Burnt liver pass, states that the Oregon Short Line Co.'s right-of-way man has been in the neighbor hood of Burnt river pass for the last few days watching the opera tions of the O. K. & N. engineers. It is stated that Short Line men will also bo on the grounds soon, although a practicable route can be found outside the pass. "J had a fall from a ladder and sprained my wrist so badly," says A. B. Palmer, of Cumberland Court House, Va., ''that I lost all use of my arm. 1 procured a bottle of the St. Jacob's Oil, and, after rub bing my arm -with it, I obtained immediate relief. I used it like wise for neuralgia, and find it also effect ual for burns, bruises, etc.' For lame Bad;, Sidn or Chest use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price 'J5 cents. For sale by W. E. Dement. 3? h KnHit GERHAHREHEDY FOR RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scafds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals St. J cots Oil j safe, sure, simple and cheap External Bexnedr. A trial entails but ths comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cent, and every ana suffer ing with pain can bare cheap and po-Jlirc proof cf its claims. Pirectionj in Eleven Languages. SOLD BY ALLDEUGGIST8 AND DEALEE3 IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, 27t., v. s.a, SHORT BITS. Oscar "Wilde is about to imitate other snobs who have "i-een the country you Unow" -from the windows of'a niJajrJjaii-T-Jtnd wiffcTvnte a l&nk about America. Tffi the recent lighting between the Turks and Greeks, both sides were uniformly victorious. War i lobbed of nio-t of its horrors when victory pcrche.-. on the bait-1 ners of both the opposing host 'Baker Sam." a wood hauler, says the Kureka, Xovada Sentinel, who had put away, butied in a stall, the. sum of $0,000 in --20 gold pieces, went to gaze upon his treasuie two weeks ago and found to his utter dismay th.it all was Sfone. MOTHERS, REA9. Gknt.: AlKHit nine :- ntjo I li l a eiilM two years old and .i!iii..-i limit 'I !it doctor I h.-'d attending 1. i nld n-' ". !! what nilcl Iht. I ns'-itl him f h. !. . 1 think it was worms. He vt.l n )!'.. ever, tin's did not satisf.v ni'.:i I f. i .r i vincvtl in my own mind that -li.' Ir ! I obtained a loltI of IIi. i i-J. .. - ci:m:i:kati:i vkisii vi ii:.L.-iiiini. I avo ler a leaNpoonfnl in tin uunt ii -and:inotherntnIi;istifteiwlii.'h-h i. -.l Keventy-two werm: and was a v. II J. Id. Since then T have iiccr h.-on v. ili. i:t :t in my llunily. The.health of m ) !. it remained i ocxl that I h.nl :.:-'.. i.-.I ;atchinK their actions nnlil alx-ai i. r.i weeks ago, when two of thi-m jn--vi:i .1 the Mine siekiy :iieai.jnee tint Kino, did nine rears a"o. So I thouirlit it mum be wonns. and weitt to work at on . w ilh t :i bottle of l)lt. :. MeLAXTir! M:i:tl- KUG1 between tonrof my 'hildien. tln-Ir ajjes boiim as follews: Aliee. at-: !..ir lev. l vear.: "inma.'i wars .lfiiiii.'itis Now ofties tlie result : Ainv 'iti !-.im:t:t ' aimeout all i iuht.lnit ( liario j. .-1 it tort -fiveand Johnny alMni: ixt v.rm- Tie resait was mi rjdii'yin thai I ii-:t tv.o j d.ijs in shown.:; the wondrrfid tltti-i i f t your ennifue around rtte:!. :.nd in w h:tetlie worms on exliiliilioii mi mv store, i . Yours truly, .ID11N IIlM:i:. I Tin -i.-niiini- IK. ' iftl-AM.' IHTGi: is mannf.ietuuii oni In Fleming Bros., Plttshurgh, Pa... r.n-t I km! ill. Biunatntes of t. I-l.:uit and I'ti-iiii'ij; Hros. !i i nv. r niadt in s.. I tins or Wbeellm;. IJ sari yon wl the genuine Piire. $." rrtlts . tMitllf. FI.KMI3IU BUOS.. I'itts'.Mtr-It, Pa. King of the Blood Is not a "cure all." i: isa biiMMl-ininlierand tonic. ImiHirityof the bUuidiioLsoiis tiie ss. tein. denuises the eireiilatiou. and thus In duces many dlsonleis. known bv dlirerent names to UMinuKli tlient arionliii-'lo ef fects, but belli;; really branches or pha-es of that ""rent generic disorder. Iiniiirit3 or Itlood. Such are 7);i;c;wfii. lllltiiHMirm, Livtr Complaint, Con-lliHitinn. Jterroiw .V onlcm. Jlcatlathc, JlacL'ticlw, Ueneml Waih ticjtx. Heart Dieatt, DrnpKit. Kiilncii iVif, Vile. HhcumalUni. Catarrh, Scrofula, Shin uirnrucr, I'tmiucx. uns. .sirroni, r.. ilc. Kiiir or tin Itlond lireveats ami cures these b attackinir the canc. Iuuturii of the blood. Cliemistsnud iiliIci:ms:unve in Killing it "Ihe most genuine and efiielent prejiaralion for the puniose." Solil b Dms; jists. Si per bottle. See testimonials', direc tions. "e.,in pamiihlet,"Treatieon Diseases of the UIowl." wninned around each bottle. D. KAXSOM. SOX & Co.. Props Biitraio, n. y. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon. rir-Mr.s street, astoiua. rSlIIE I'XDERalONKO IS PLEASED TO A announce to the puhlii that hi has op ened :i 'IK ST i'LASS lESvtixxs; TFTouuso , Ami furnishes in fiist class stle oyster, nor cch-tee ti:a. inc. r 7iir Ladies and Gent's Oyster Saloon, rnr.xvMis streitt. I'lf.iM mv tin .1 call. ROSCOEIOIXOX, Proprietor A. M. JOHNSON &'Co., Slopes ::il orl :. of:il! I'inl. ISloch. Patent :uiI 31:iliiic ol all vii-H. Tin i!'mii. I.soii. S-ii1i Salmon tivt '!'. iits. 3Icri;i:til Twines: Camas, all rV: jierTippel Oars. Tin Ih-m UNMiitinont ol G ROCERIES In Town. Tin C'orcr.KS and TIMS'. Try our Melrose IiaItiiicTnler I'o-iiml. tin In t eer made. CATOSTSEX GOODS fall Kinds it uji l best Packors. j Rirhard-on's and Bobbin's Canned CooiR Terms Cali. ProIts Smnll. ia-cn e rs a iuli.twi B. 13. FRANKLIN, UNDERTAKER, fessrggif Corner Ca.v anil SqnrnioqliP .streets, A.STOUIA. - - OKEOON OKALKIt IN WALL PAPER AM) VINIXTW SHADES An UXDKIITAKKUS GOODS. l'iuin unit Fancy SEVVIWG OF ALL KINDS! miiis ma.ti :n the hesr stlo from s to . Satisfaction Guarnntneil. MK S. O J'X ). ITIIl -.10 1 J . Ai-M do.r to AYi'ston IIoiim. jolt :Borvt iB-miicaiixar. WILLI ArYl HOWE 1 la ii.;, Intel letiirnetl fioial!) it Mi Colum bia, is to be found at his HI.!) STAM IN i; HAY'S V.m.DIXt. In re lie is doin-i FIKtfT-Ci.AHN WOitK IV. 'ST. TLRLUN'S HALL, AStT 1KSAKT3XJ:XT. rjim: coin's, ok ti:aciu:i.s loxg i:x- JL gnged in Sr. Helen's ILili h:ts jast been reintorcedbj the addition of sl new teach ers. tie of them fimii prominent educational institutions of tin- Kastern States. Two of lliese an engaired in the Musical Depart ment, three in the llnnlisli and one (MISS 1'UItI.ICK) in the Art Department. MISS I-TJX1CK is a I.uly of KnglLsh birth, hut edurated In tliis country. Slie w-.is t'railuated at Yasar College, and has .since spent miii'h time in the best prhate Studios in the llastpj-n States. She comes with the highest recominendatioiis for her attain ments and skill as a h aelier of IMiutiu; and Dniwint;. These einer the whole ground of instruction in the best Art Schools, embrac ingOil IMltitiiitr in 1-indseane. Klower and Mill-life Studies: Crauin. Charcoal, Water oiois.. reneii, ivn ami ink. and Decorame Art in nil its brandies. MISS KUI.MCK isa lady of liberal edu cntion anil superior cult lire, anil the ltector and Prim ip.il of St. Helen's Hall recommend this department of their school to its patrons with entire confidence, belli'; well assured that it w:,s neer under a more competent instructor, or one of more varied acquire ments. s.9.d.lm Equalization of County Assessment. TVTOTICi: IS liEKEP.Y OIVEX THAT tlie i.s A.sse-snifiit roll of property liahle to he taced in Clatsop Coinuvfor the ear 1SS2. will he eompieted lv the first Monday in October. 1$"J : and the County Court pursu ant to law ha fixed that day as the time for all persons interested to examine the same at the Coiintv Clerk's office in tlie Court house in Astoria, in .said countv. and to note objections thereto ifanv there shall he. " V. V. PAKKER. ltd Countv Assessor for Clatsop Co.. Or. Astoria, Oregon, Septeinber.Sth, lSSi - f&m - 3 E s : s i J ofc "."Is 5 2 Sm li Ol ?-j JS5g ? -3 rn X - P S3 O 4 " 1 MIs-CKLLAXEOUS. 8. AUNDT & FERCHKN9i im, . ,...v I I he honeer IVIachine Shop SHOP4 rv:;UHr?A' i SVTWJtX. y Boiler Shop All kinds or ENGINE, CANNERY, axd STEAMBOAT WORE Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STKF.KT. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. IlKNTOX STUKKT, XR,R PAKKKK ITOXI8E, ASTOTtlA. - OKEGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS .AND BOILER MAKERS. I. M 1U K I Mi! KTf JI WES liillll' 111 11 III 11 li 1J11 u IlllJU Boiler Work. Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. Ofnll DeHei'iiitioim mnile to Order at Shoi-t "Xotieo. A. D. "Wass, President. .1.(1. Hu.sri.FH. Secretary. I. W. C vsf. Treasurer, .loii.v Fox, Superintendent. WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Main and Chonaums Streets, ASTORIA OREOOX IKLhE 11 CIGARS AND TOBACCO. i i... r..i..i,KitP.i JOSEPH RODCERS L SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY; AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOLm and other Knxlisli Cutlory. FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine ffleershaum Pipes, etc. A fine stoek of j WatohPM mid .fewelry, "MximW and Hreeeh Leadins: Mliot 'iiiik unit ICllles, Kcvolvci-M. PIstolM. and Aninniiiition MAltlXK UIiASKEN i ! AUSO A FINK Assortment of tine .SPFCTACI.P.S and KYU I tiliASSKS. 1VAK IS DKCIilKKI) WITIIOI'T FFRTIIKK XOT1CK f-?. i And no terms of peace until eerynun in Astoria has a new suit of clothes :ttfa:a!!jr 9IA1K BV .1IF.AXV. IKikat the prices: Pants to order from - - - s oo Pants, Genuine French Cassimere - h 50 Suits from - -- -- -2500 The finest line of samples on the coast to select from. p. ,j. mean Y, Cass street, ne.t to Hansen's .lew pin store Health is Wealth. Or. 1L C. West's Xene and Brain Treat- nient : a .specific for Hysteria. Dizziness, Convillsimw. XlnniK ll.iilnf1if MontMl ! presslon, Iss of Memory, Spermatorrhoea, Impotency, Involuntary Emissions, rema- tnrc uid Ai;et caused oy over-exertion, sell- abuse, or over-indulsence. which leads to misery, decay and death. Onn box will cure recent Lses. EaehboK contain, one montlLS treatment. One dollar a box, or six boxes for five dollars ; sent b3 mail prepaid on re- ceipt of price. Yt guarantee Mx boxes to cure any case. "With each order recehed by as for six boxes, accompanied witli five dol- lars. we wlllsend the purcliaserour written Kiiarantee to return theiuonevif the treat ment noes not etlect a euro, diiarantees ls- suedl only liy Y. E. Dement, dmacist. As tona, Oregon. Oideis by m-dl at regular prices. EKlrefff' EflHlHB ? w4 irsra mtc .,a NpP6 SBJHt BUSINESS CARDS.. ' hoidiw, NOTARY PUBLIC, Al'CTIOXKKlJ. COMMISSION AXB SUIIAXCE AGKX1. K. .1. ('. HHAFTKR, lHY.MCIi. and SrKfiEO. (.DI.UTHCUKU AK2T.) ' lt!.iTik(vu nfl ho ThvAat Blaltiv . - "" -- - w - ,-- .- Olllce over Conn's Drug Store. QK..O fAKKKK. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Coimty,aH(l City f Astoria Ottlce :- Chenamus street, Y. M. Q. A. hall, Room No. s. T . IIOXOKTIf, 1 1'. s. CiimmisHloner, Xatarjr fubllc aail ' . iHiHrance Ascat. Asent tor the HamburK-Brcniea Fire Ins. Oo f of Hamburg. Cernianv.acd of tha Tbrsu- eiers' Life and Accident las. Co., oilftrt ford.Conn. 9-omce in Pythian Building Raofa&u,! V( D. WIXTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. - -. 'Offlce in PythJaa Buildings Roma$llt 12. ASTOP.IA, ... - OREGON. TAY TIJTTI.K, M. r - - -., PHYSICIAN AND SURGXOM" Oi'PiciK Over the Whlt6 HoUse Btore. t- Rksxdkxcf OverEll3er3on,BalMrfi-;r t.rwcTtAlo1i X? Mt'oro1 QATrinn J11.IV .,. ... J. ...f.. .....h... Ali. Fri.TOX. M. 1. Pliyslciau and SarseoB. I OWICE-0er A. V. Alle siocery or,. Iloonis, at the Parker House. 1,1 P. HICKS, PENTIST, " ASTOPJA, --- - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner of Cis-s and yqemocqhe streets. T K. KaFOKCK. . DENTIST Dental Rooms over 4'ase' llre Chcnamius sttcet, - - Astoria, Oregon. I Q.A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Clienannw Street. - ASTOPJA, OKKUtiA . IW.T-BUMSOT- ATTonXEY AT ULW May be found at tlie Court Hou5o. O. A. STINSON & CO., D APtfQIllTlllfclC ukouiiwrniiiiiiiu, At Capt. Kosei-s old .stand, corner of Cass and.Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work, Horseahoeui". Wazons mudo and renalred. Oood M-ork guaranteed. TAILORINO. Cleaning Repairing. NEAT. CHEAP AND QUICK. BY (KOKE LOVETT, Main Street, opposite N. I)eb9. HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Astoria Fireworks! Flags! I Frtiitv Both Forcljn sad JDeiaeiitlr Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, O R AS 1H)CK Notice to Builders. PROPOSALS WILT. BE RECEI'ED AT tlie office of the Point Adams PacKln Company, until noon, Tuesday, September LV.th, isa. for furnishing the material, aad building or a eannery on the property of said compauv.. Plans and specifications caa he .seen at the onlee of A. w. Ferguson, No. c. P,thianbaiidinff. Proposals maybe ad-di-essed to Box 200. The tight to reject any or all bids reserved J. C. LID WELL, President. ,uf I -p-s. ,-v s tt' rt ," -l l I U W IJ J VXX.0 pr)R THE PURLIH 3CHAAI 5 I run Inc r UDU OUtHIUL I -.-. . . CARL ADLElTa . A complete stock of School Books and school supplies. Any book used In the nc si'iiouis oi jiisopuoumycan neoc ill ill a.uic. UAJUi J I K