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Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, August 28, 1883 No. 127. IN CL'ATSOP AS-WELL AS IN COOS. Those who are looking for lands are insured that this is a healthy climate, has a rich productive soil, and peculiarlyidapted to the rais ing of -wheat, oats, and other grains and grasses, and will pro duce all kinds of fruits, except those grown in tropioal regions, in abundance. They then ask the price of different productB, and the amount of grain that can be grown, on an average, per acre ' I and are informed that wheat is worth about 90 cents per bushel, and we can grow, upon an average 20 bushels per acre, and oats are now worth 75 cents per bushel, and we can grow, on an average, 50 bushels per acre. They are involuntarily led to ask, why arc oats worth 75 cents per bushel when they can be prof itably grown at half that price, if the soil will produce so luxuriant ly as it is represented to do? And why is it that so large an amount of feed is shipped into the state, if it can be successfully grown here? "Why is it that so many farmers are buying hay and grain at fabu lous priees, if his lands can pro duce them? The eastern farmer's political economy, "which he has learned by experience, teaches him that it is neither good econo my or profitable to buy that which he can grow successfully and pay double therefor that it costs to grow it. He has learned that the strength and wealth of a country depends largely upon its capacity to be self-sustaining; that a farming community that cannot provide its own resources of life, is not a profitable place for a farmer to buy a home. He sees that a large quantity of our butter, feed, vegetables and other products that ought to be grown and produced here, are im ported from California; and asks, what have you to export in return? You answer we have our wheat, wood, and fruits. Yes you have wheat, wood and fruit, but if you can grow good oats why do you sow most of your land to wheat, when it will not grow to exceed about 20 bushels per acre on an average, at an ag gregate of 90 cents per bushel, or $18 per acre, whon you can grow 50 bushels of oats, on an average, to the acre, that is now worth 75 cents per bushel, which would yield you $37.50 per acre, giving you an income of 10.50 in your favor, if you would sow your lands to oats. Again if you can grow fruits so abundantly why is your market flooded with canned fruits from California, when you say they can be produced so luxuriantly here? Why do you pay prices for Cali fornia butter that is of an inferior grade, that exceeds the market price of superior butter in New York cit3r, if you can manufacture it upon the farm you are now of fering me upon which to make my living? It cannot be that your lands will not produce a good quality or quantity of grapes, for you certainly have an abundance of pure, cold running water and a climate peculiarly adapted to but ter making, and much preferable to any of the eastern states. There must be something wrong somewhere. (JoquiUc Herald, Any person has the right to change his name as he may see fit. without receiving authority to do so, either from the courts or the legislature, and without formality or notice of any kind. At the same time there are two .methods of changing names that are ex pressly provided by law, and that may be resorted to at the option of persons desiring to take such a step; one being by an order of a county court, the other by act of the legislature, usually passed in response to a petition from the person interested. The proceed ing by order of court is the sim pier and more expeditious, and is much more frequently resorted to "It certainly is an elegant rem edy, for,all pains and aches," says DrJ .-Turnery of bhirrell's Ford SS. i.,speaKing oi or. jacous uu St. Helen's Bar. The work undertaken was sue-j cessfully accomplished and St. Helen's bar is no more an impedi ment to navigation for this year. A channel ViO feet wide and 22 feet deep at low water has been secured. The work was com menced on Thursday, August 1G, and was coriipleted on the 24th, the time employed being one day over a week. The actual time employed in the running of the propeller wheel as given in the log of the engineer of the M fill" Walla, is as follows: August 15, 3:25; 17, 3:25; IS, 10:05; 19, 8:20; 20, 11; 21, S; 22, 9:15; 23, 7:25; and 24, 5:30, making a total of G7 hours and 40 minutes. The work of cutting this year was done more in a line with the cur rent than last year. Then the shortest distance across the bar was taken. This year the line of the channel, as directed by the 17. S. engineers, was taken, and this runs diagonally across the bar, making a distance cut through of 1,000 feet in length. The average depth cut was six feet, the great est depth of sand removed being eleven feet at the highest point of the bar. The process consists in directing a current of water by the power of the propeller wheels against the bank of sand with such force as to drive the sand before it and force it aside and out of the way very much as a person should turn a strong stream of water from a hose into a loose pile of dirt or sand. There is this difference, that in the river the fine sand is stirred up into the water and a good portion borne off into the receding current at some distance before it is again denosited. The process of drill- ing into the sand by means of a x - strong head of water is commenced at the bar up the river and con tinued on from day to da' until the entire bar has been traversed. When the lower side is reached there is quite a high bank of sand in front of the propeller wheel, but the process is continued on into deep water, carrying the mass beiore it until it all falls be low the force of the wheel and out of the way of passing vessels. Mr. Gates went through his chan nel after the work had been com pleted and found that 22 feet of a channel had been made, which is depth enough for all vessels to this port. There will be at least 20 feet of water in this channel at the lowest stage of the water this season. The Walla Wlla while performing this sluicing proccss,(or perhaps n migni tie ueuer u-nnuu , - . i . i t. .... ... . n hydraulic drilling process.) was anchored in triangular manner, so as to hold her against the bur and ki position while the wheel was in motion. Two anchors were placed down stream at a distance apart and one up the river. The column of water was directed in the channel from side to side by means of the Walla Walla's, rudder. As the sand banks would be sluiced away? the cables were extended or shortened, as the case might require, and the steamer moved down nearer to the bank. And so the process went on until finished. Joining the Track. She was tied toiretlipr hist "Wednesdav- at fifteen minutes past j 2. On Tuesday night there was aj vacancy of a little over nine miles j leaving four and a half miles for j each force of workmen to finish, i A red flag was placed at the half- j way point on the gap, and each J force of workmen determined to! be there first, if such a thing lay j in their power. At an early hour j they were at work, and the force j from the western end had com-1 ploted two miles before S o'clock. ' At 1:30 they had reached the goal,! at Independence creek, and after j laying- about 200 feet beyond their J district, they ceased work, and waited for the boys from the other way. The eastern end arrived at 2.15, and the last rail was laid and the last spike driven amid the waving of handkerchiefs from the ladies; and vociferous, cheering from the 500 or more men present! to see the completion. Among the guests on hand to enjoy the final triumph was Major Maginnis, and in response to an invitation he came forward and delivered a short but eloquent addres?, saying that just twenty years ago that day, representatives of the North ern Pacific had met to compare notes in a cabin on Gold creek, but a few miles from the spot where the final triumph was now being celebrated. He dwelt at some length upon the benefits which the road would confer upon i Montana, and eulogized the en gineers and contractors who had so willingly and efficiently pushed the work to the final completion of to-day, connecting both eastern I and western Montana with the civilization of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. lie was enthusi astically cheered at the close of his remarks. A large number of vis itors from Helena, Deer Lodge, Pioneer and Missoula were present, and shook hands in joyous greet ing over the happy event. .17. novlian Aug. 21. Indemnity Iiands. The following circular has been sent from Washington to the dif ferent land offices in Oregon and Washington; Tt appears that under certain decisions of this office and the de partment a practice has grown up at several district land offices of admitting pre-emption claims or homestead entries for land in sec tions withdrawn for indemnity under grants to aid in the con struction of railroads, to remain of record awaiting the final adjust ment of the grant when, if the land is not needed in satisfaction thereof, such entries or claims may be perfected. In view of the probability that a large proportion of the land in the indemnity limits will be required to satisfy several grants in which indemnity is provided, it is evi dent that a continuance of the practice of allowing entries of such lands will result in detriment rather than benefit to settlers, man of whom would find that the lands entered by them were need ed to make up the losses within the granted limits. In such an event the settler must either pur chase the land at the price fixed by the companj' or lose his im provements and the benefits of his labor. In the decision cited, the secretary says. The advantage to settlers in awaiting the adjustment of the claims of the railroad companies for indemnity, and the restoration to unconditional entry of the lands withdrawn but not needed for their purpose, over the practice of admitting entries and holding them to await the result of the :irlinstmont nf the rrrants. hv which settlers are kept in doubt for an j: ; 7 . I indefinite period, with ultimate loss 10 many, is too piain lor lur- ther remark. The secretary's decision bciti" applicable to all withdrawals foi indemnity purposes under rail road grants, you are directed to refuse applications for lands thus withdrawn, except where the appli cant alleges settlement prior to the date of receipt of the order of withdrawal at the local office. L. H.VKK1SOX, Acting commissioner. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A man-el o purity. Mrenplh and "ivliDlesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he sold In competition with the mul titude oi low test short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Soldonhifn cniw. Kov ai. Baking Powdku Co.. iog Wali-st. X. Y. Sleepless Nights, made miserable by that terrible couph. Sbllnh's Cure Is the remedy for you. Sold bv W. E. Dement mm fS3P RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, SiveI ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all ether Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals Sr. Jacobs Oil cj a afe, sure, simple aud cheap External BemeJj. A trial entails bnt tho conparstirelj trifling oatlav of SO Cents, and erery antr. ln with rain can haro cheap and podtmQBb? of its claims. Directions in Eleven LtnjrcagM. BOLD BY ALL D2TJGGI8T3 DEALERS IS MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., lialtimore, 2tfiL, IT. S. A. On August 7, says the ITelena JiuhpPAifotit, the first Northern Pacific train to cross the main range of the Kocky mountains passed over the overhead line. Tt consisted of a locomotive and six loaded cars. They made the trip with ease showinc: the overhead line to be perfectly practical and a thorough success. This is the highest point on the Northern Pacific between St. Paul and Portland, lh altitude being about 6,000 feet. Helena is now con nected by rail with the Pacific slope. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. The countenance Is pale and leaden colored, with occasional Hushes of a cir cnmrilied spot on one or lxth cheeks; tite eyes Income dull; the pupils dilate; an :izure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid ; tne nose is irritated, swells, aim sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lin: occasional headache. Willi humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual se cretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morn ing; upiH-tite variable, sometimes vora cious, with a gnawing sensalion of tho filonv.u-h; at othcrs,cntirely gone; Meeting TMiins in the stomach: occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout the aixlomcn; Doweis irregular, at. tunes costive; stools slimy, not unfrcquently tinged with iiioou neuy swouen ami nam ; urine turbid ; respiration occasionally difli cull and accompanied by hiccough ; cough sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy and dlst urlH-d sleep, with grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, butgenerally Irritable. Whenever tin alnive symptoms aro found to exist, DR. C. McLAXE'S VERMIFUHE will certainly effect a cure. la buying Vermifitco be sure you cr.t tll.'uenuilieDK. C. IHrkANE'S VliKMI rrtlK, manufactured by ricmiiijc llros., il Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. The in .-"icet is full of counterfeits. You will lh risht if it has the signature of rient iii Itros. and C. McLane. if vour .storekeeper does not liavo the genuine, please report to us. Send us a three cent ttainp for 1 hund fomc advertising cards. FLE3II!i(i imOS., Pittsburgh, Pa. jfe, . STOMACH & ITTERS II ostettcr's Stomach Bitters, by increasing the vital power, and rendering tho physical func tions rozular and active, keeps the syjtom in good working order, and protect it against disease. For constipation, dyspepsia and liv er complaint, aervousnc.3, kidney and rheu matic ailments, it is invaluable, and it affords a suro defeneo ngainn malarial fevers, beside removing nil traces of such disease from the system. For sale by all Drupzist.s and Dealers generally. KSTAISLISUKU IX 1S52. AEMES & DALLAM, Manufacturers and Importers of Wooden and Willow Ware Twines, Brooms, Brushes, Baskets, PnlI,Tubi, Churn. -Washboards, Hope Cordage, "Wrapping Papers, Paper Kags, Building Papers, Jlafchcx. HaBdlcs, Clothes Wrlnscrs, Car pet Svreeprrs, Fcalucr oust ers, Stationery, Ve. 230 and 232, Front Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAT.. FOB afflSTETTElP iK.TSLS AND RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE, 11. 11. I'.YKKF.Xt Prop., ASTORIA, k. r. parker. a! cirosny. Phil. ROWERS. .I.i-. HUFFY ha- - - OREGON. Manager and Agent. Day Clerk Night Clerk, the Barand Billiard room. Pirst Class in all Respects, FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT IS A FACT -THAT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ox Concomly Street is the Best in Town. -THAT- has Always on Hand FRESH Slioal "Water Raj- nnl "Enst- m Oysters. THAT "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. -THAT- He ha been Proprietor of the "AHrora Hotel" in Knappton seven years. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. PIONEER RESTAURANT AND LODGING HOUSE. Reftttcd throughout : theTable .supplied with Hit bet : the beds rlean and comfort able. A First:elass House. Hoard bv the week. Meals "to order. - 55.00 .1. O, ROSS, Proprietor. COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. 3Ica!M 2.1 oeiils and upward a. nouiiAJii. 3I.H.V STIiFXT, Proprietor. - ASTOKIA. 2EK X. nK.vr.KR in Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wood Ocllvevert to Order, Graying, Teaming and Express Business, Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DKAI.KR IX WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. KIHST 'LASM 20 BOATS AND- CANNERY SITE FOR SALE. mi IE I'HOl'EKTY KNOWN AS A. 1. CO.'S X Net Ihieks. adjoining Fort Canby.O)23Vl foot imats. good for Baker's Bay or up river iisiiinjc : H net rarKs complete ; irontage ,.w ieet riitmiiiK u deep water: one- mock on shore with mess house. This is tlit most convenient place for salmon nets, tr.ijw and seines and decidedly the best location on the Columbia river for a .salmon rannen. "Will sell for cash or will take stock with satisfactory t ishermen's Packing Co. IE EMI 1 CO. Cor. of Ciii'iianms and Kenton Streets, ASTOKIA. - - - OltEGOX, Have tliu best facilities for furnlbhinff CHINA LABOEEES Of all kinds, of any firm in the citv REAL ESTATE FOR S .l. Xjs JEJ CHAS. H. WILLIAMSON & CO. -VTOW IS TIIK TIME TO BUY A HOME IN before the Ball Boad comes. o Have lots lor sale in all the auditions in MeClure s lots, ramiins from ono hundred and twenty-live dollars to four thousand dollars. In Shivelv's we have two lots 9 and 10 in blklS that are in a splendid location and easy of acess. for SI'jO.oo each ; also lot 5 in dik o.. men is irnuun?. ior tww.w. In Adair's Astoria we have a number of fine lots on. or near the Boadway travelled Iliad..,.,,.- f.p cilu -if M-icmi'ilila nrli.no "In Aldetiirook we have thirteen (13) lots which we will sell for $550.00 each, to those who will Improve. We have also water front on the river just below town ; also 100 acres on Voting's Biver Spiles for Sale. In lot-; to suit purchasers, at market prices Oftlce mi Genevelve Street. Mips of Astoria, complete. Scale 400 feet to nu inch. Price, S10.00 each. For sale by CHAS. II WILLIAMSON & CO, NOTICE. HQRTHERH PACIFIC RAILROAD, WESTERN DIVISIONS, Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. Oregon & California Itallroad Co. Granfl Celetatioi at PortM, On SritcmIerlOtIi and 11th. Account completion of the Northern Ii ciQc It. B, Bound Trip Tickets have been placed on suiearatiiicKcisiniionsat 40 per cent, re dtiction. Tickets good from Sept. Sth to 13th, both days Inclusive. JOHX MUIR K. P. ROGERS A. L. STOKRS Snpt of Traffic Gen'IAg't. Asstbnpt Traffic To Whom it Hay Concern. WHEREAS. rY WIFE, ANNIE NESS IT has left my bed and board with. out just cause or provocation, this is to caution all iiersons from harboring or trust ing iier. as i win pay no unisoi nercontract ing niter tuts iiate. E. NESS. Oiney, Or., August 0, l$S3. d&w WILLIAM HOWE DEALER Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms,-Lumfter. aji kinds or JSjBS TaRWrXETG OAK LUMBER, ianS Boat Material, Etc. SIS a specialty. I Boats of all Kinds Made to brder. j E-Orders from a distance promptly attended S. AB.NDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AXI i A Boiler Shop Ail kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bentox Strkkt, Near 1'arkek Housk, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAM MOTE EMES Boiler Work. Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Notice. A. D. "Wass, rresldent. .J. G. Hustleh, Secretary, I. W. Cask, Treasurer, jonx Fox, Superintendent. LOEB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES. LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. EfAll goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. BUY THE BEST ! BARBOUR'S Irish Flax Salmon Net Threads Woodberry, and Needle Brands. SEINE TWINES. CORK MD LEAD LINKS. Fish. Poandg, Heine, and Nets Imported to Order. A LarpMofMiDiJisliLiiiiK AND FISH HOOKS. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 617 and 519, MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO. 53TAgenLs for the Pacific Coast. FOARD & STOKES, WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN In Hume's New Building, And are Beady to Supply the Wants of Our Customers. j A FULL STOCK OF Fresh Groceries. IX to, and satisfaction guaranteed In all cases BUSINESS CARDS. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms 5 and O.Odd Fellows Building. jg O. 1IOJLDKX.. NOTARY PUBLIC. I AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN cin? a vni? a (iu'T JAY TUTT1E, 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Okfick Booms 1, 2, and S.rythian Build ing. Besidkxck Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. Q.EIiO F. PARKER. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City or Astoria Offlee :-Chenamus street, Y. M. C A. hall Boom No. 8. P. HICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Booms In Allen's building up stairs, corner f Cass and Snemocqhe stret . J Q.A.BOWLBr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CheimmusStreet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON J J. JOXEM, STAIR BUII7DITR. Ship and Steamboat Joiner QK. .J. K. LaKORCE, DENTIST, Room 11, Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for painless extraction of teeth. Q .T. CUItTIS , ATT'Y AT LAW. Notary Puhlic, Commissioner of Deeds for California, New York and Washington Ter ritory. Booms 3 and -1. Odd Fellows Building, As toria. Orecon. N. It. Claims at Washineton. D. C and collections a specialty. OEO. I. WIIKKLEK. V. I.. BOBB. WHEELER & ROBB. GENERAL REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, AND COLLECTION AGENTS. Real Estate bought and sold on Commis sion. Accounts adjusted aud BilLs collected. Correspondence from abroad solicited. J3?0flice in Hume's new building, on Sque- nioqua street, next uoor to t oaru stoKes. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. 1AM AGENT FOB TIE FOLLOWING welt known and commodious steamship ines. STATE LINK, BED STAR, WHITE STAR, HAMBURG-AMERICAN. DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. rrepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc, apply to 1. W.UA3.&. BOZOETH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTOJUA, - Oregon. WK WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST pm. State Investment. Hambunr, Bre men and North German Fire Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers' Life and Accident of Hartford, and the New York Life, of N. V. We have tho onlv complete sec oi townsmp maps in the county, and liave made arrange ments to receive applications, tilings, and final nroofs on Homesteads. Preemptions. Timber Lands, etc.. having all the official blanks tnereior. our maps can ne exam ined in the ofllce. upon the payment of a reatnnable fee. We also have for sale city property in As toria and additions, and farms and tide land property. Bents, and other collections inado. and loans negotiated. BOZORTH&JOHNS. Grace Church Parish School. Bear of Church Building. THIS SCHOOL WILL RE-OPEN MON dav, September 3,188:1. The moral train ing or the children will be carefully watched, and made a special point. In addition to the ordinary course of study there will be instruction in the elements of Vocal 3Iu Hir, Drawing and Calisthenics. If found desirable or expedient, classes will bo formed In Higher Mathematics, Botany, As tronomy. Advanced Music and Drawing, for which light extra charges will be made. Terms S2 a month, strictly in advance. OFFICERS. REV. M.D.WILSON. - - Bector MISS ANNIE W. CURTIS, - Principal MISS 31. C. TRENCHARD, - - Assistant For fntther particulars applv-to REV. 5f.D. WILSON.