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Astoria, Oregon. Friday Morning, March 16, L88-3.
No. 142
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HOW IT LOOKS.
I arrived in the city of Port
land, Oregon, on Saturday after
noon, September 9th, at 3 o'clock.
I wanted a ready-made suit of
clothes for rough work on the
mountains near Baker City, for
which place I had to leave at 9
o'clock Monday morning. I found
in one of the two large merchant
tailoring establishments something
that would do with a little altera
tion to the coat and pantaloons. I
returned to my hotel disappointed
but half amused over the vain ef
forts of the dealer to get a half
hour's work done on the clothes
in order to make them wearable.
He first appealed to his regular
tailors. -They answered from their
Turk-like positions on the bench,
in true Turk-like phrase, that they
wouldn't draw a stitch more be
yond their present stints. Then
the merchant sent out to sundry
women who did work for him.
The answer came back that they
would take in no more work that
day. After every resource had
been exhausted he gave it up,
saying: "I must lose the sale of
the clothes; I can't get any one to
alter them, and I might have
known it would be so on the start.
You have no notion how independ
ent labor is in this country. My
folks work pretty well, but they
arc not regular; will lay off with
out warning, and work pretty'
much as they rather than as I
mind when they do work. They
are all 'cultus.' I have tried as
hard as I can for the past two
months to find any lull journeyman
tailor who will sit on the bench
and be reliable to do odd jobs like
this, and I can't get any one I
have offered $3 a day, and I would
give it right along, and steady
work every day in the year, but
it's no use. I can't get any one."
The story of the discontented
tailor was repeated in that of the
hotel proprietor, the contractor,
the boss mechanic indeed, almost
every vocation with which I came
in contact on that coast. The
country itself is so inviting, and
rewards so richly individual pro
prietors, that every one who goes
there is under constant temptation
to forego the intention with which
he came, of going into employ
ment, and forthwith begins to set
up for himself. The consequence
is that hired labor in all depart
ments is scarce and of poor qual
ity. Those who hire out do so
only for a short period, until the'
can get into shape to work for
themselves. The result is that
competition, the great factor of
good service, is almost utterly
wanting. "Workingmen look upon
their present service for owners as
only temporary, and consequently
are restless and anxious to adver
tise the fact that they are really
independent men, only doing this
for the time being. For instance,
once, after sitting awhile in si
lence, waiting for the attendant to
inform me what he bad for break
fast, he also in silence, I ventured
to break the solemn pause:
"Well, sir, I would like my
breakfast."
""Well, so would I, too! Here
I've been working since six o'clock
without any."
Again, the porter, who gets in
that country invariably twenty
five cents a pair for blacking
boots, answered my friend's re
quest thus:
"Well, I guess to-morrow morn
ing I'll black them. I've blacked
enough boots for to-day."
Indeed, one of the most trying
things out there, a thing that
would have destroyed my temper
-if I had not long since lost it, is the
perpetual struggle to get out of
the employes the service one has J
to pay so liberally for. It requires
so much ingenuity in putting your
request, self-depreciation and half
apology for making it at all, gen
tle acceptance of rebuffs, and per
sistence accompanied with the wis
dom of the serpent to get (after a
hard day's work driving around
the country or inspecting the in
choate enterprises on every side)
even a satisfactory meal or clean
bed upon one's return at night.
The conscionsuess that one pays
for everything, whether he gets
it or not, and then has to
wrestle, or as the expres
sion there is, "rustle," to
get it, is in some conditions of
lassitude, dispiriting. I remem
ber, crossing the Yellowstone, I
had the dismal experience of see
ing my new wagon sink out of
sight in the water, all because I
did not have the requisite knowl
edge of western laborers' peculi
arities to make my ferryman load
it properly. Luckily I recoved it.
Chinese labor, now that immi
gration is stopped, is so inade
quate to the demands of the situa
tion that important railway exten
sions have been at a standstill
purely from this cause. Railroad
building, ill supplied with labor as
it is, has drained all that is avail
able to so great an extent that
farmers during August literally
went begging for harvest hands.
I could mention many localities
where I know uot merely private
residences but business blocks and
public structures are waiting for
workmen. Carpenters, brick
layers and mechanics enough can
not be found. The saw mills and
logging camps offered high prices
for men during July and August.
The wages offered were good
raised beyond the average that has
heretofore been paid but few
workmen presented themselves,
and they would only work for a
while and then lay off and spend
their money.
There are few drones out there,
very few men longing about the
depots and hotels, almost none of
extra services, so that every one
has to wait upon himself. No
one of either sex need be idle, in
deed can afford to be, when in
dustry paj's so well. The need of
good, serviceable women is as
great as that of men. Take it in
the matter of house servants. "I
have a wife and three children, all
my family," said a banker to me
one day. "I will gladly pay 35
a month and board for a good cook
and competent house servant."
Said anether: "I positively can
not find a nurso good for anything.
I would pay $5 a week and board
if I could have my wife relieved of
the care of the children and
drudgery of the nursery." Said a
restaurant keeper: "We can't
get women who will superintend
the kitchen, much less wait on the
table."
The proprietor of the furnished
rooms I occupied in Walla Walla
was one day in the washtub wash
ing out the linen of the house. I
inquired: "Can't you get women
to do the washing?" "No," was
the answer; "I cannot get help,
and, much as tlie business pays, I
think I will quit. It is wearing
me out; making the beds, doing
the chamberwork; everything my
self, with the help of one boy.
I've got to quit or break down."
"Can't you get a Chinaman?"
"Well, no; not one that will stay;
not one that will not get me so
mad in a day I can't stand it.
You know that a Chinaman will
hire to do but one thing. If he is
a chambermaid, he won't cook, or
cut wood, or do au, errand, or
oblige one in any way. And
they are so shiftless and no-account
I can't get along with them and
their independent ways. They
come at six in the morning, Sun
day at eight, and they quit at five,
and they cut a big hole out of the
middle of the da when they go
off to their den somewhere and
smoke opium or tobacco. Then
they ruin everything they touch.
I could not afford to have a China
man do my washing. These
flannels, for instance, would be
utterly spoiled. You should see
how they rub , the buttons and
ravels out of everything. They
just destroy and don't care."
In Portland alone 300 indus
trious girls can find employment
as house servants at wages aver
aging 20 to 25 per month, I
read in the morning paper this in
the local celumn: "A girl wants
a situation as per ad. elsewhere.
Who speaks for her first?"
Women are so universally re
spected in that country that a girl
could go there anywhere from the
east without a chaperone. The
trouble is she would, soon after
she reached there, call some chap
her own, and that is what is the
trouble with female labor in that
country. Cor. N. Y. livening
Post.
Acorns from America are in de
mand in Europe for the propaga
tion of oak forests. A special agent
for the forestry department recent
ly shipped 300 bushels of red oak
acorns and 120 bushels of pig
nuts to England and Germany,
where they are to be planted next
spring.
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, . strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold in comn 'tltion with the mul
titude of low test, short weight, alum or
phosphate powders. Sold only in can,
ltovAL Baking Po wdek Co.. tec Wall-st.
N.Y.
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Bitters
Invalids who are recovering vital stamina,
declare in grateful terms their appreciation
of tho merits as a tonic, of llostctter's Stom
ach Bitters. Not only doei it impart strength
to tho weak, hat it also corrects an irregular
acid stato of tho stomach, makes tho bowels
act at proper intervals, gives ease to those
who suffer from rheumatic and kidney troub
les, and conquers as well as prevents fever
and acue.
For sale by all Drugrbts and Dealers
generally.
Plumbing and Gas Fitting.
LORIEA BROS.
Plumbers, Gas, and Steam Fitters.
Jonting Promptly Attended to
A Full Supply of
GAS FIXTURES. COCKS, STEAM FIT
TINGS, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND.
All Work Guaranteed. Charges Moderate.
Chenamus street, opposite Dcmcnt's Drag
Store, Astoria, Oregon.
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Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell
ings and Sprains, Burns and
Scaids, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
No Preparation on earth equtls Sr. Jacobs Oil
u a safe, sure, simple and cheap External
Bemedy. A trial entails tut tho coraparatiTcIy
trifling ontUr of GO Cents, and every one ruffer
Ing with pain can bare cheap and poJtivo proof
of iU claims.
Directions in Eleven Languages.
B0LDBYALLDBUGGIST8AEDDEALEB3
IH MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.,
HaUiviore,2ZL, U. S.A.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
The countenance is pale and leaden
colored, with occasional flushes of a cir
cumscribed sjot on one or both cheeks;
the eyes becomo dull; the pupils dilate;
an azure semicircle runs along the lower
eye-lid ; the nose is irritated, swells, and
sometimes bleeds ; n swelling of the upper
lip; occasional headache, with humming
or tluohlnnK of the ears; an unusual se
cretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue;
breath very foul, particularly In the moru
Ins; apctite variable, .sometimes vora
cious with a gnnwine sensation of the
stomach; at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in tho stomach; occasional nausea
and vomiting; violent pains throughout
the abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive; stools slimy, not unfrequcntly
tinged with blood ; belly swollen anil hard ;
urine turbid ; roplrntlon occasionally dilll
cult and accompanied by hiccough ; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy and
disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth;
temper variable, but generally irritable.
Whenever the above symptoms nro
found to exist,
DK. C. XcLAXE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
Iu bnving Vermifuge bo suro you ec!
the genuine DK. C. McLAXK'S VKKMI
Fl'(iE, manufactured by Fleming ltros.,
tM Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. The
in irlcet Is full of counterfeits. You will
be riuht if it 1ms the signature of l'loin
ing Bros, and C. Mcl.niic.
if your storekeeper doos not ha-.e the
genuine, pleaso reort to us.
Send us a three cent stamp for -I hanl
some advertising cards.
FIiE3lIXG BROS., Pittsburgh. ln.
Flsliermen Attention!
Sutton's Ciriimuc Cape nn
Oilr.tl Clothing.
Double Long Coats. Half Peas.
Double suits.
Fisherman .Tamper.
FiHheruir.n Pants,
Aprnns, Sleeves, Knbber Hon I,
Blanket Shirts. Soelcv. etc.
At San Francisco Prices.
A Liberal Discount to the Trade.
Ship Masters Supplied.
II. 1VCIIA DUOUKNE. Agent.
On the Roadway, near AY-ter Street.
HEADQUARTERS
Foster's Emporium.
Most Complete Stock in Astoria
JY ov elides of all Kinds
FrnitIIoth Foreign and Domestic
Wines and Liquors
OI Superior Brand.
FOSTER'S C0RXER, 0 It &X DOCK
Street Extension Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common CouncH of the City of Astoria,
in Clatsop couifty. Oregon, intend to
pass an ordinance to provide for extend
ing Cedar street iu that portion of said
city which was laid out and recorded by
John M. Shivcly, to the c:ist line of 01
ney street in that portion of said city
which was laid out and recorded by
Joint McClure, the said Cedar street to
be extended in a westward course to
said Olney street at anoint bringing the
north line of the extension to the south
west corner of lot numbered one (1) of
block numbered Sixty-six (IW) in said
JlcClure's Astoria, and the portion ex
tended to be sixty (GO) feet wide.
By order of the Common Council.
F. C. XORRI&
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria. March 15, 1S83. 30d
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A M. .IOHXSOX. C. H. STICKELS
A. M. JOHNSON & Co.,
Dealen In
1
CROCKERY & CLASS WARE.
Also Wholesale Dealers In
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass,
Jntty. Artists Oil and "Water
Colors, Paint ami Kalso-
misic "Crushes.
Constantly on hand a full and choice stock
of Staple and Fancy Groceries Only tho
Best kept.
Our stork of Croekery nnd GlasH
Ware is tlie Ijarsvnt and most Complete
Stock ever opened in Astoria.
CoasLstlng of
Tea and Dinner Seta, Toilet Sets. Glass.
Fruit, and Water t"ets. Bar Fixtures. Ale
Mugs. Tonles. Rustic Bottles Goblets, Tum
blers Len.onade Cups. &c, &c.
Everything sold at Lowest Living Rates.
equality Guaranteed.
An Examination will more than repay you.
Important ! !
Read Carefully 1 1 1
Hereafter all our
Pure Coffees will be
put up under our own
private label
NONE GENUINE
Unless bought of
A. M. JOHNSON & CO.
N. 13. All goods bearing our
label are guaranteed to be strictly
Pure and of Best quality, and
are soid "by no other House.
, B. 5? J&. $. EC 3S X,
DRAt.RU IX
Hay, Oats, Straw.
Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand
Wootl !e!ivcrctl to Order,
Draying, Teaming and Express Business.
Horses ana Carriages for Hire.
DEALER IX
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
"IKT 4'IjASM
MAGNUS C. CROSBY,
Dealer In
EARDWABE, IRON, STEEL,
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
PLTJ MBERS AND STEAM FITTER?
Goods and Tools,
SHEET LEAD STRIP 1EAD
SHEET IRON TIH AND COPPER,
Cannery aiFlstaGDu Supplies
Stoves, Tin Ware and House
Furnishing Goods.
JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN. COP
PER PLUMBING anil STEAM FITTING
Done with r.eatnsss and dispatch,
None but first class workmen employed.
A large assortment of;
S'C ALE?
Constantly on nand
LOEB & CO.,
JOBBEItS IN
WINES.
LIQUORS,
AND
CIGARS.
AGENTS FOItTKE
Best San Francisco HousesTand
Eastern Distilleries.
J-All goods wild at San Francisco Prices.
MAIN STKEET,
Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon.
W. E. DEMENT & CO.
DRUGc(JIST3.
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON
Carry in Stock,
DRUCS, CHEMICALS, TOILET
and
FANGY ARTICLES.
Prescriptions carefully Compounded,
Ship
WILLIAM HOWE
DEM.ER IN
Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber.
All kinds of
OAK LUMBER.
GLASS,
Boat Material, Etc.
fSfiSllte
I Boats of all IKinds Made to Order.
"Orders from a distance promptly attended
S.ARNDT &JFERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH
SHOP
AND
Boiler Shop
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AND
STEAMBOAT WOEK
Promptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS.
Benton Street, Near Pakkek IIouse,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
CENERAL MACHINISTS AND
BOILER MAKERS.
LANDifflARINE ENGINES
Boiler Work, Steamboat Work,
and Cannery Work a specialty.
CASTING'S.
or all Oesprlptlons made to Order
at Short Xotloe.
A. D. Wass. President.
J. G. IIdstleb, Secretary.
I.W. Case, Treasurer.
John Fox, Superintendent
WBI. EDGAR,
ASTORIA. ... OREGON'.
Dealer in
Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes
Meerschaum and Brier Pipe3,
Stationery and Optical Goods,
Joseph Rodgcra and Wostenholm
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLER
Revolvers and Cartridges.
WAI.TIIAM AND ELG1A
Gold and Silver Watches and Chain
Fine and Coarse Liverpool
SALT.
Tin Plate, Bleck: Tin, Caustic Soda.
For sale ex "Warehouse at Portland
or Astoria by
BALFOUR, GITHRIE A CO.
dtf Portland, Or.
Barbour's
No. 40 I2-Ply
SALMON TWINE!
CORE AND LEAD LINES,
SEINE TWINES.
A Full Stock Now on Hand.
HENRY DOYLE & CO.,
511 Market Street, 8an Francisco
Sole Agents for tho Pacific Coast.
MSlP1
AND
Bracket Work
A SPECIALTY.
to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
BUSINESS CABDS.
in c. noiiUKX.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
AUCTIONEliR, COMMISSION AND IN
SURANCE AGEN1.
QELO V. PAJVELER.
SURVEYOR OF
Clatsop County, and City or Astoria
Oiflce :-Chenaraus street, Y. M. C. A. hall
Room No. 8.
"P D. WISTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
83-0fflce in Pythian Building. Rooms 11, 12.
ASTORIA, ... - OREGON.
XJLY TUTTIiE, M. 3.
PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEONi
Offick Rooms 1,2, and 3, Pythian Build
ing. Resiukxce Over J. & Thomas' Drag
Store.
"P P. IUCKS,
PENTIST,
ASTORIA,
- OREGON
Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner
of Cass and Sqcmocqhe streets.
J
Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LA"VV.
Chenamus Street. - ASTORIA, OREGO
31. WHUTHniMEK.
WKKTHHIMEK
M. WERTHEIMER & BRO.
MANUFACTURERS OF FINE
Havana and Domestic Cigars
No. 518.Fiont St. Son Franci&co
Dressmaking.
Plain and Fancy Sewing.
Suits xnado in the nest Style and
Guaranteed to Pit
Mrs. T. S. Jewett.
iCOOMSfA'tHt MRS. E. S. WARREN'3.1
G. A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSM1THING,
At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Casi
and Court Streets.
Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing.
Wagons made and repaired. Good work
juiarantced.
T "W. CASE,
LMl'ORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE
TAIL DEALER IN .
&EHERAL MERCHANDISE
''onier Chenamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA - - - OREGON
FOR SALE !
I offer for sale my ranch near Skipa
non in this County; it consists of
160 ACRES,
Eighty Acres improved, witli
good dwelling House;
Two Barns, Ont Houses, etc.;
A Fine Orchard.
Everything Is well improved and in
good condition. A large assortment of
Farming Implements,
Three X'asscngcr Coaches.
One Kuggr,
IVIne Head Horses,
Cattle, Hogs, Etc.
This affords a rare chance for a man to
gei a good home in the oldest settled
section in the state.
Terms favorable to one meaning busi
ness.
C. A. MACiriRK.
Notice.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES FORTIIE
year 18S2. are now duo and can be paid
at my oflice at the Court House.
u-wtt A. M, TWOAimYt inerui.
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