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AST0H1A, OREGON:
SA.TtfKDA.Y .ILiLYKCII S, 283
Oiirflnsy C1I3.
The Oregon Short Line.
It is with pleasure we leurn
from -ur various contemporaries
of Uk antftMttnpied degree of pros-
jh ritjr tlmt the communities of the
north wast are at present enjoying.
From every quarter comes the
same cheerful statements; of lands
being' settled, communication made
between settlements, unprece
dented immigration, augmentation
of capital, development of natural
resources, inauguration of new in
dostries and increased facilities in
manufactures. Men make a state;
among the adjuncts arc money
and onterprise, and it is evident
that this portion of the Union is
on the high road to prosperity.
More particularly is this the case
with "Western Oregon and Wash
ington Territory. From Paget
Sound to the southern state Hue,
come notes of buay industry. No
plaoe, not excepting Portland, can
show bettor evidence of substan
tial growth than Astoria. We
speak more particularly of our sis
tor eity because the impression
has obtained that this community
is a rival of Portland, or that Port
land was a rival of us. The time
has gone by when ill feeling or
prejudice need exist between the
two plaoes, and situated as we arc,
we caw afford to smile at any ling
ering evidence of that fast-dying
feeling and take pleasure in the
thought that together we may en
Joy a common prosperit. With
out any adventitious aid or the
sudden development consequent
upon ephemeral causes, As
toria, in the past season has
grown in a remarkable degree,
and is probably attracting more
attention Ubsn any other city of its
sise in the United States. There
is no "boom,1' nor has there ever
been any effort on our part to
create one. The need did not
exist. The city is gi owing fast
enough for a healthy growth. It
is building np in a way that sh:dl
ewrtire. Owe of "the best indices
to too value of a place is the
raKng price of propert. This
has always been high in Astoria
too high many think for the proper
development of the city. Be that
as it. utay it shows the demand.
During' the last season there have
boon many buildings erected
coaapariMjr favorably with any in
the state, large stores and warc
hoasee. many private residences
of a style and finish hitherto un
known here, streets liave been im
piowd, canneries built, the water
front extended indicating the time
rnn there will be a contimi us
line ol doeks from Tongue Point
to mitfrs Point. The present
8tiAsoa marks still greater improve
:MKtE: womineut among these is
tiw building of brick structures.
Tfce Odd Fellows' a 50,000
bttiUftag, now in process of com
pletion, is to be followed 03' other
brick buildings 411 various parts of
the eiry: toe incorporation of a
water company which will put in
eleven miles of pipes and water
mras at an expense ol SS5,000 the
coming summer; the erection of
ga ifTOrks, the pipes for which are
now .being laid through our princi
pal thoroughfares; the increased
oafwtal about to be invested in the
banking business; the wonderfully
improved steam navigation facili
ties wMoh will result in making
Astoria the commercial rendezvous
that nature intended it should be;
these are among the progressive
improvements that characterize
tin year as one of material growth
m! evident prosperity.
And all this without a railroad,
or any of the' fictitious value that a
railroad sometimes occasions. The
railroad will come in due time,
probably as soon as we are ready
for it.
KTi Tribwie? says the Chi
cago paper of tliat name in a
letter on the 15th ult., "has
pointed out that the Union
Pacific railway must eventually
build an iudejieiideut line to the
Pacific coast, and information
gained by your correspondent is
j conducive that this step has been
determined hjjoi:, and that of the
three routes which have been un
der consideration that heading to
the northwest has been chosen,
the route to Portland, Or., having
been next in favor. It is pretty
well understood that while the
orginal project of the Union Pa
cific was to build from the initial
point of the Oregon Short Line at
Granger, Wy. T., (where it starts
from the main line), the Union Pa
cific did not enter upon construc
tion until it had made surveys of
three feasible routes to tide-water,
and one of these routes was
to Seattle, W. T., on Puget Sound;
another to Portland; while the
third traversed a middle ground.
However, Mr. Villard, of the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation com
pany, agreed to build to Baker
City, Or., and there connect with
the Union Pacific, following the
course of the Columbia from Port
land to Umatilla. Since that time
Mr. Yillard has become the holder
of a large amount of Northern
Pacific stock, and it has been ap
parent that he was not anxious to
carry out the arrangement, but in
stead has placed a force of 500
Chinese laborers at work cast of
Bkcr City and in territory
naturally falling to the share of
the Union Pacific, the laboiers
being now engaged in making a
road to Boise City, Idaho. The
idea of running a line into
the interior of Oregon and no
further has been one that the
Union Pacific could not "abide,"
and already it has a large force of
surveyors bus' at different pointson
the pioposed route between Baker
City and Seattle. The Oregon
Short Line, when built through to
the latter point, will be about 3,200
miles in length, or about one hun
dred and seventy miles longer than
the Union Pacific main line from
Omaha to Ogden. The Oregon
Short Line is now completed from
Granger to Shoshone, Idaho (the
junction with the Wood River
branch), a distance of 321 miles,
and trains will be put on about
March lit. It is an open secret
that the pi esent trip of Assistant
General Manager Kimball and
Traffic Manager Yimng of the
Us. ion Pacific; to New York, had
the furtherance of the Pacific coast
extension for one of its objects.
gressing at both ends, there hav
ing beon no cessation of labor du
ring the entire winter. The grad
ing of this 200 miles is nearly
completed. Work on the tunnel
is being pushed at the rate of 12
feet per day. that is, six feet from ;
each end of each tunnel the
Coeman and Mullen. The latter'
will be finished by July, at which
time the two ends will be joined.
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In Astoria, Feb. 21st, 18S3, to the wife
of S. B. Crow, a daughter.
.DIED.
At Gray's River, February 2G. Caro
lina S. KJint, aueda years and7 months
SEW TO-DAY.
MOTION SALE TO-BAY.
10:30 a.m., at Holden's Auction
Room.
Second-hand Furniture. Bed
ding, etc.
One solid Clack Walnut Bedstead, Marble
top Dressing Bureau and Marble-top Wash
stand. One solid Mahogany Hair Sofa.
Two ditto Easy chairs. Out ditto Large
Kockcr. Four ditto Parlor chair. Double
and single Cottage Bedsteads. Chairs, etc.
Betiding?.
Two double Spring bcds,ncw. Two three
quarter ditto, new. Two double .spring
beds, second-hand. A lot of bed-comforts,
pillows, sheets mattnisses and straw Ticks
Crockery and class-ware. Stoves and Tin
ware, and a lot of Sundries
Sale to commence at half piht tea o'clock
precisely.
E.C.HOLDEN.
Auctioneer.
NEW YORK AQBNQYb
iBQ Pemi Street.
SAM FSACISCO,
CoE&er Mariset and Maia, Streets,
CHICAGO AGENCY:
S9 Slider Street.
4 BMopsgate St Wiibia
Fislierm Attention
Sutton's Genuine Cape
Oiled Clotltinrr.
Aim
Double Long Coats. Half Peas,
Double suits.
I'IkIicx man Jumper.
Fisherman Fan In.
Aprons, alcoves, .Rubber Hoots,
Blanket JSliirtH, Soclit., etc.
At San Francisco Prices.
A Liberal Discount to the Trade.
Ship Masters Supplied.
II. 1. CIIADBOCItXE, Agent.
On the Roadway, near "Water Street.
Notice. .
ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY XOTI
fled not to purchase a promissory nolo
for $150. glen by the undersigned to 1
Houseuiau on or about tiie 7th of August.
ISS2, or aiuortgage to secure the pament ot
said note, erven by myself and wife on the
same date, as said note and liiortgage will
ue comesica ior wain 01 conMaeration.
W. TV. NICHOLS.
Astoria, Oregon, Ma-ch2nd, 1S83. :n3-l wk
TUTTS
PILL
We have our Brokers and Agents in Boston, Portland, Me., Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Winnepeg, in the Dominion of Canada, Pittsburg,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Savannah, Cincinatti, Charleston, Mobile, New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Minne
apolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Memphis, St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Helena, Butte. Denver, Pueblo, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Fort Worth, Dallas,
Galveston, etc., etc,
ANDABROAD:
In Paris, Havre, Antwerp, Hamburg. Frankfort of M., Bremen and in all the commercial centers of the United Kingdom.
IN CHINA AND INDIA AND JAPAN Hongkong, Canton, Amoy, Yokohama. Singapore, Manila, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta, etc.
IN AUSTRALASIA Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Victoria, Brisbane, Christchurch, Auckland, Adelaide, and the Fiji Islands.
IN MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.
These, combined with alcbTge cnicL efficient force of traveling salesmen, in the United States and Canada, giye us peculiar facili
ties for the distribution of oroods entrusted to our care.
Our London office, under the charge of Mr. Eugene E. Jones, (who has long been identified with the Home office, aud is thoroughly familiar
with the Salmon trade),
Make a Spatially uf promptly mid VGOiwrnkdlly Spiffing md adjusting bU Mms for Swells,
C.S.XTITED GOODS 3DEPS.TMS32i7T5 Fruits and 7egetaUes.
SYMPTOMS OF A
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From the beginning1 of tho
present harvest year, says the
Orcfojiidji, receipts of wheat at
this point have been 1,435,144:
centals wheat and 220,533 barrels
of flour from the valley, and G00,
124 centals wheat and SS,SS0
barrels flour from the upper Co
lumbia. Reducing flour to wheat
there has been a, total of 2,0S1,-
507 centals wheat received here.
Shipments to foreign ports for
some time have been equal to
2,252,700 centals, and domestic
shipments equal 523,5S7 centals
or a total of 2,77G,2S7 centals
wheat and flour reduced to wheat.
This leaves a surplus of 205,220
centals consumed here or awaiting
shipment. All accounts agree
that therG will be no mote wheat
received here for shipment, the
surplus yet remaining will be used
for seed or converted into flour.
There is enough wheat in ware
houses here to load one large
vessel and even this may be sent
to Oregon City for grinding. To
all purposes of export our wheat
season has passed and future busi
ness will be confined to flour.
Loss of Appetite. Bowels costive.
Pain to. the Head, with, a dull sen
sation in tho bock part, Pain under
the Shoulder blade, fullness after
eating, -with a disinclination to ex
ertion of body or mind, Irritability
of temper, Low spirits, with a feel
irnr of havinRT neglected some duty,
weariness. Dizziness, Fluttering nt
the heart, Dots before the eyes, Yel
low Skin, Headache peneratly over
the right eye, He3tle3snes3, with fit
ful dreams, 1ijhly colored Urine,
and
TTTTT'S PII,Ii8 are especially
nilaptcd to sucli cases, one docc ef
fects jujcU a. change or fcclinz as tr
cstonlrtli the snflcrer.
Tney Increase tlie Aijpetlte.anrf can
tho body to Tali o onllcsh. thus t -' -tm
Is nourished, and bv their Tcsslc
Action on the XUprestlve Orca8,i:r;r
uiar Stools arc produced. 1tIm2jcu.'w.
5 Murray SU. TV. V.
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SOLE AGENTS.
Golden Gate Packing Co San Jose
Domiuick, Sheffield & Knight Santa Barbara
J. D. Dawson Packing Co San Joso
Riverside Fruit Co .-. Riverside
Fresno Packing Co Fresno
Los Gates Packing Co .'.. : Los Gates
J. Lusk Canning Co t. Oakland
California Packing Co . San Jose
Sierra Madre Packing Co Riverside
Capitol Packing Co Sacramento
Live Oak Packing Co San Jose
Tres Pinos Packing Co Eureka
Chico Packing Co ". Chico
Redwood Packing Co Los Gates
Gext HAia or WmsKEits chanpo to a Glossy
VulCX by a slnslo application ot thl3 Dvu. It
Unpartsanatural color. Actslnslnnttm-ouv
.y Sold byDruccistSjOraentbyespnas a
rccdptof...SI.OO.
OFFICE, 35 BIUKRAT ST., H. r'.
f Dr.TrrrSUiM'ALorTstuUrlaranEalloa eih.
VCtcfb! UrMpU will b BaUtd tXtX on tpp2c3U.su J
Notice.
"JYTOTICi: IS IIERERY GIVEN', TIlATTIIE
X undersigned will not be responsible for
any debts contracted or made, by or in the
name of the Ann of Merrill and McGrecor.
composed of E. S. Merrill and W. F. McGre
gor and formerly doing business as black
smiths &c. in Astoria, Oregon, as no person
iias any auiuoniy 10 contract or maKC any
debts lor .said firm and lias had no authority
lncc tin time of the transfer of the business
01 Merrill and McGregor to G. A. Stinson.
v.f. McGregor.
Astoria, Oregon, Feb. 23d, 1883. d lwk
Eagle Packing Co San Franoisco
Santa Clara Packing Co Oakland
San Lorenzo Packing Co San Lorenzo
EASTERN AGENTS.
Cntting Packing Co. (Standards) San Francisco
King, Morse & Co San Franoisco
PACIFIC COAST AGENTS.
'O'syxasff faceixg go..
WHICH IS COMPOSED OF
A. Lusk & Co San Francisco
J. Lusk Canning Co Oakland
Cutting Packing Co (Standards) San Francisco
" San Francisco
tl San Francisco
" San Francisco
" San Francisco
King. Morse & Co
Banner Packing Co
Schammel, Reynolds & Co
Code, Elfelt& Go
SOLE AGENTS.
Wm. Ilume Astoria, Columbia River
Win. llunie Eagle ClitT,
Fishermen's Packing Co "
White Star Packing Co. (formerly C. Timmins & Co)
Columbia Canning Co. (formerly Thistle Brand) " "
James "Williams & Co - "
Union Packing Co "
Seaside Packing Co "
Pacific Union Packing Co "
Samuel Elmore v T
Pillar Rock Packing Go '...:. lC
And the control for 1883 of Joe Hume's Photo Brand of Co
lumbia River Salmon
English & Co Lower Cannery, British Columbia
English & Co r Upper "
British Columbia Packing Co " "
British American Packing Co " c
Capitol Packing Co Sacramento River
Phoenix Packing Co " "
Suisun Packing Co " "
Courtland Packing Co " "
Jones & Anderson " "
Wachusetts Packing Oo ,. . . . .v. . . .
Alaska
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Notice.
A NYOXI5 MISSING TWO HOGS CAN
juL have them by calling at my place, prov
ing property and paj ing charge.
FRED SHERMAN.
"Wm. GoirvBRXEUit Morris, col
lector of customs at Sitka, has till
Mav 1st, to square up accounts
and go. Tom Shannon, of San
Francisco takes his place.
Advices from the front, on
the line of the Northern Pa
cific railroad, show that the end
of the track running west is
now within 10 miles of Bozeman.
The end of the track coming east
is at the mouth of the Missoula
river, leaving a gap of about 290
miles to be laid, ail of which is in
Montana territary. "Work is pro-
QQ CiC( TO LOAN IN SUMS to suit,
t)iJJJJ on real estate security.
Apply to BOZORTH& JOHNS.
For Sale or Rent.
A HOUSE AND LOT I X WILLIAMSl'ORT.
Will be sold cheap for cash. For par
ticulars Inquire at Oregon Meat Market, of
nil lm GEORGE GANZ.
Notice.
ALL PARTIES KNOWING THEM
selves indebted to the late M. W. Gal
Hck will please pay the amount to S. Schlus
sel at the White House Store, who is author
ized to receipt for the same.
V. GALLICK.
Astoria, Oregon, February 2Sth. 1833.
Notice. -
BIDS FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF FISII
ing the beach at Fort Stevens, Oregon,
during the coming fishing season, will be re
ceived at the office of the A. A. Q. M.. Fort
Stoens. Oregon, until 12 m.. March 7, 1683.
Bids should be addressed .to the under
signed, at Fort Stevens, Oregon, and marked
on cover, "Bids for privilege of fishing."
M. F. HARMON,
2nd Lieut. 1st Artillery,
d-7t A.A.Q.M.
X33L .3 S,3E5.j.3XTOXJSOO,
ISSUE LETTERS OF CREDIT, MAKE ADVANCES on Consignments in Produce and MERCHANDISE, directed to New York and
other Atlantic Markets, to England and Continental Ports; also, to ports in China, Australia and South America.
PURCHASE and SHIP STAPLE MERCHANDISE to California and the above named leading markets, and MAKE ADVANCES on
Consignments thereto; Charter Sllips, Engage Freights for all Ports, free of commission to the Shipper; Eftect Insurance in the leading
offices, on the best terms, and do a General Mercantile and Exchange Business. .
X23. OjBCXO--CS-O,
Receive consignments of California Produce; and make a Specialty of California Canned Goods and Salmon,
X33. XaOiKTIOOIKr,
Consignments solicited on which the San Francisco house makes liberal advances. Special attention given to adjusting claims in blown and pierced tins.
1H ASTORIA,
At FlaveKs Wharf and Warehouse, under the Management of Mr. Samuel Elmore. Supply Canneries at the lowest Market Price with al!
articles of Merchandise. Receive Storage, make Advances on Merchandise and do a
C3t-E53STE2X-aLXa 3VE3ES5.;ua.35JT:XsXXJiS3 EUSIKTESS.
Files of all the leading Commercial papers of the World will be kept for the accommodation of our friends and constituents, and full market
reports freely furnished on application. ,
A weekly lettor on the Salmon market from our San Franoisco, New York, Chicago and London houses will be at the disposal of our friends.