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YOL.XX. NO. 9. ASTORIA, OHEGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1884. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. NO AMERICAN SAILORS. Swedes ami German the IJc-t Men Who Now are Shipped Before tlic 3Iat. A stranger in walking through the groups of men that stand about, ap parently idle, in Irout of the saloons, the ship chandler stores and the warehouses along South street, might not notice that they differed from laboring men seen elsewhere, except IRjssibly that they are as a rule, of a more comfortable appearance. But if one stops to listen he will hear them talking, always with a foreign accent, of ships, ship news, and places in for eign lands. They are sailors or sea faring men, or men who get their liv ing by dealing with seafaring men. In a part of the street where the groups are thickest was a little red and white sign yesterday, which read: "Give the old man a chance. Uncle .Toe Bayles. Shipping office." A narrow stairway led to a third story front room with low ceiling and a rail ing that divided the room across the middle. Colored prints gave variety to the walls. Men of various colors and conditions and in all comfortable attitudes served the same purpose for . the rest of the room. Behind a desk witliin the railing was Uncle Joe and a partner. When asked whether any difficulty was found in obtaining sailors, they said : "None whatever. We are overrun with cer tain kinds of. men, and can get a good crew without any delay." "How many of the crews placed by you are American sailors, or what pro portion of each crew is composed of Yankee sailors?' The two men looked at each other and then at the questioner for a min ute, and then one said : "He wants to know if any Yankees are shipped out of this port." 'Oh!" said the other. "Ye-es. Immesee. Was it two or three we shipped this year ?" "What nationalitv do vou ship then y" "Swedes and Germans mostly. Now and then one or two from all other nations under the sun except our own. Captains who come in here tell us they want Swedes or Germans. Some take negroes, especially for the West India trade during the sickly season. They never call for Irish men." r "Can you give any reason for this":' "Yes. Swedes as a class are the best sailors shipped. They have to serve some sort of an apprenticeship in their own vessels when they first go to sea. Then they will staud more abuse than any other nationality. They are docile. They are as healthy men as can be found anywhere. Ne groes are good in summer, because they can lie down on deck when the tar is running out of the seams and dripping from the rigging, and sleep soundly. In winter the cold kills them. Irishmen are dreaded, because when disciplined with a marline-spike they are pretty sure to kick up some sort of a mutiny. The Dagos and the West India negroes are treacherous. The English are good sailors, but we do not have many of them. They stick by their line steamships." "What has become of the Yankee sailor that used to man the clipper ships we read of?" "He doesn't grow any more. Why should he? What is there to induce a boy to go to sea? Is it the SIS a month that he can earn, but not al ways get, when ho has sailed long enough to learn his trade? Is it the salt horse and hard tack that he lives on? Is it the persuasive fist of the mate when that gentleman is afflicted with a sour temper? Can you think of one reason why a young man should go to sea?" "Can't he get promoted if he is en ergetic and capable?" "Yes. The law will allow American ships to take only American citizens as officers. If the lad is energetic and capable, as you say, he can, after five or six years get promoted to a second mate's berth. That means $o a month more than the men before the mast Here, look at this list" The shipping list of the iron schooner Josephine -was spread be fore the questioner. Tho mate had sicmed for 40 a month, the second mate at $2o, one seaman at 20, four at S18, the cook at S5. and an ordi nary seaman at $14. "That mate is a first-class man; he has been to sea for years. The board and lodging he gets on board are about equal to what he'd got for $20 a month on shore. So he ranks the mechanics who get $2.23 a day, with this difference: The male works 12 hours a day, seven days in the week, and the mechanic doesn't Is that enticing to the energetic and capa ble young man you told about?' "But this is a coaster." "Yes. The men before the mast on the 'Frisco clippers get $16 instead of $18 a month. That recalls another thing. As soon as the vessel touches the dock the men are called down be low and are paid of " One may bo kept for ship-keeper, but his pay does not run on; he only gets his board. Between the advance pay system, which fattens the boarding-houses, and the time he is idle, the sailor does not handle as much money as the tailor's apprentice. The Yankee does not go to sea because he can do bet ter on shore." "If you are not making any sailors where do the mates and captains come from?' "Many of them are naturalized for eigners. The Americans come from a certain class of coasters and fisher men, who ship their crews among tho neighbors of the owners in the small ports where they belong. Some o the captains do not know tar from puttywhen they first go to sea. The captain must have the money to buy an' interest in the vessel before he can get command of her, sailor or not If he has enough money and wants to sail, he can buy into a ship. His first mate is then at onco com mander and schoolmaster to the cap tain until the captain learns how." A black and white sign in front of a South street hotel reads: "Want ed, men for the U. S. Navy. Seamen, $21.50; ordinary seamen, $17.50; fire men. S3L50." Mr. Edwin C. Prevost had charge of the naval shipping '"Wo wmif nhtaKrcimpn mid ordnmrv seamen,"' he said. "There are plenty ! of applicants at those wages, but they are not men we can accept They are not seamen as the term is under stood in the naw. An ordinarv sea man who would be accepted in the navy would be an able seaman m the merchant service. The ordinary sea man in the navy must have had at lcast three year's sea experience; tho able seaman six to eight years. Ex actly six out of seven applicants are rejected by the medical examiners. The chief causes are poor eyes and poor teeth." "How many of them aro Ameri cans?" "I guebs I haven't had one. It doesn't pay them to go to sea: the are loo independent to stand the dis cipline." "Is the food as jjood in the mer chant service as in the navy." "Better. That is, the quality is no better, but the variety is greater." "What chance has a boy to enter the navy?'" "All he wants. The training ships are open to him. After New Year's able seamen will get $21 in the nay'." The chief officer of the United States steamer Yantic was discussing with some reporters the conduct of the sailors at the time the Porteus sank in the ice. "Do you havo any trouble in getting good seamen in the navy?" was asked of the officer. He answered: "We do. There is no trouble in getting men who can haul on a rope, but able seamen whom we can promote to petty officers are not to be had." He would oxpress no opinion on the cause of this condition of affairs. Another naval officer said: "The apprentice are doing welt They will have the first chance in promotions to the warrant offices, but that is not chance enough to fill the navy with able seamen. Naval officcis will not often admit it, but if the cadets at the naval academy were all chosen from among the apprentices who could pas- a rigid examination after three year's service, there would lo something to induce boys of- energy and ability to so to sea."' "Wouldn't the failure of the many who didn't get promoted drive them from the navy?' "No. They would get accustomed to the manner of life, and the sailor's instinct, with the new pay rates, would keep them."'- N. Y.Snn. Northern Pacific Note-.. New York, Jan. 2. Frederick Bil lings called upon Villard yesterday and had a long frafik -talk. Villard was depressed in spirits. He told Billings that he was wrecked finan cially. The latter congratulated him on the fact that this would deprive his enemies of their strongest weapon against him. Villard advised Billings not to take the presidency mid there ns some doubt wncincr ne aviu. au depends upon the manner in which the place is offered to Billings. Billings is said to have parted with none of his holdings of Northern Pa cific, and retains full faith in the en terprise. On account of his health some of his friends think lie would be unable to retain the presidency if he accepted. He is credited with saying: "It is lime the Northern Pa cific should be separated in the pub lic mind from the Oregon and Trans continental, and from the general rep utation of Villard slocks. I believe it an ejusy mailer for the Northern Pacific to earn- all its burden." Vil lard has, up to this time, made no as signment of property to the company. Holmes, his legal . adviser, said he owed the company nothing. Wall street men at the Windsor ho tel, and other up town resorts, yes terday expressed opinions that Trans continental stock was worth from fifty next to nothing. Attention was called to what was characterized as important omissions in the statement, and a lack of definite and detailed in formation. Among ihe liabilities that do not appear in the report, is its guarantee of interest upon the $7, 400,000 of bonds of the uncompleted Oregon and California railroad, and of the 2 per cent dividend yearly its $12,OOT),000 capital stock, for three years from January 21. Fabri is out in a card, denying the interview which appears in the World as having taken place witn mm, in which he is made to say that his com mittee contemplated proceeding a gainst Villard to recover moneys aris ing from stock sales. Fabri says: "I avail myself of this opportunity to say that while very grave mistakes have been made by Villard, I have yet to discover anything that would reflect unfavorably on the integrity of his actions or the honesty of his motives in the management of prop erties in his charge." Some queer things happen during tornadoes. A gentleman traveling in Louisana was surprised by a .tornado, and immediately afterward was nelted liv catfish. One of the fish knocked him down, and his horse ran away. Several thousand of the fish felt They had been scooped up by the wind from a lake near by. The Secret. The Baltimore Weics, says it is pre posterous to speak of the substantial succes without intrinsic, unques tioned merit St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure, is a most pronounced example. Its immense sale is due to its merits. A Nasal Injector free with each bottle of Shilolfs Catarrh Hemedy Price . cents. Sold by W.E. Dement J. S. D. GRAY, winleale and retail dealer in. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND, AND CEMENT. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Becton street. Astoria Oregon. lcXJil &Vw tvvmxbaMB GERMAN SEMEOf ZEODEt -AXNT. Rheumatism,NeuraIgia,Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache. Headache, Toothache, Sorts Throat, SwclUnc. Sprslnt, BruUes, Burnt. Scalds. Frost Bite, JISD ALL OTUEE BODILY MISS AJD ACHES. Soil tr Druggists and Deileri ewryirbere. Fifty CtnU bottle. Direction! is 11 Linguges. THE CHARLES A. VOGELEtt CO. (SaeeesKnuA-TOUELECftCO.) BalUaore, Si.CS. A. P w STOMACH 8lTTEBs Tlie necessity for prompt and efficient household remedies is daily crowing more, imperative, and of these HoMetter's Stom-.u-li Hitter is the chief in merit and the most oopular. Irregularity of the stomach and bowels, malarial fevers, lier complaint, jle liility. rheumatism and minor ailments, are thoroughly conquered by this incomparable family restorative and medicinal safeguard aud it is justly regarded as the purest and most comprehensive remedy of its class. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers gen entlly. S. ARNDT & FERCHEN, ASTOKIA. - OKEGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP4f AM) S&i -. ' Boiler Shoti "Y 7 r tr All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. PETER BLANEEOLM, Dealer in FINE CIGAHS, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC. THE BEST BRANDS OF TOBACCO. JSMOKLKSIV AKTICLCS. Cor. Squemoqua and Olney Streets, Astoria. A. V. Allen, Wholesale and Retail Healer In Provisions? MILL FEED. Glass and Piated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, UquorsJobaccoXigars BOAT BTJILDING, R. M. LEATHERS Has reopened his boat shop, over Arndt & Ferchen's, foot of LaFayette stroer, and Is prepared to tur out FIRST-CLAbS ROATS. Alili WORK GUARANTEED. Cleaning Repairing. NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. BY GEORGE LOVETT, Main Street, opposite X. Loeb's. Boat Building. JOS. P. LEATHERS Formerly OTcr Arndt & Fcrchen'B Michine Shon IS BUILDING FIRST-CLASS BOATS IN the shop formerly occupied by M. John son on Concomlv street, one block west o Haasen Bros Mill. Mead, Material aad. Fifusa nrsi-ciasg. J " CELEBRATED l5 apmSte Ed. D. Curtis & Co. Caps, uiiBtiff UNSURPASSED IN STYLE AND FINISH. NEW FURNITUEE, A COMPLETE STOCK. Hardware ant Ship dantey A. VAN DUSEN & CO.. - DKAI.EKS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binnacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine. Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing ITIncliim:. Paints and Oil.s. Groceries. ic. The Gem Saloon. The Popular Resort for Astorians. FOR THE Finest of Wines and Liquors (Jo to the GEM SALOON. ALEX.CAMLM1ELL. - I'ROPRIETOIt. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Brntok Stkkkt, Xkak Paiikrk House, ASTORIA. - OREO OX. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LANDanflMARINEEMINES BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of all DescriptloiiM made to Order at Short Xotire. A. D. "Wass, President. J. G. Husrr.Kii,Secretary, I. V. Cask, Treasurer. JOiix Fox.Superlntendent. C. H. BAIN & CO. DEALERS IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms Turning, Bracket Work. A specialty, and all work Kiwrahteed. Oak. Ash. Bay. and Walnut lumber ; Ore- pon and Port Orford Cedar. All kinds of boat material on baud. C. II. BAIX A CO. THE LATEST STYLES IN WALL PAPER AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. "My patent Trimmer to cut Wall Paper will be found convenient to my patrons. BARBOUR'S HAVENOEaiTAL. THE The London Fisheries Exhibition HAVE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL TO The Barlionr Brothers Company FOR THE s SUPERIORITY ? OF THKIR 't FLAX NET THREADS, Salmi TtaJs HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. P.VRKER HOUSE. SI, B. PAItKRR. Prop., ASTORIA. - ; V - OREGON. E. P. PARKER. - Manager and Agent. Al. CROSBY. - - Day Clerk- Phil. BOWERS. - - Night Clerk. .las. DUFFY-has the Bar and Billiard room. First Class in all Respects. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. ITIS A FACT -T1LAT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ON Concomly Street is the Best in Town. THAT lie has" Always on Hand FRESH Shoal Water Bay and East ern Oysters. THAT- "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT He lint been Proprietor of the "Anrora Hotel" In Kaapptoa seven 5 ears. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A Good Gup of Coffee AND OYSTERS AT Mrs. Powell's Coffee House, On Main Street next to Oregon Bakery. Campi Restaurant. SEW A.D WELL EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT, L. Serra has rebuilt his establishment and ij prepared to accommodate the traveling public. A good meal furnished at any hour of the day or night. 'I he finest Liquors and Cigars at the bar. Two doors est of Ike Foster'3. n2S-m LU1GI SERRA. Astoria Restaurant. EDWAED YOUNG Announces to tho public that be has located iu the rooms formerly occupied by the City Book Store, where he will keep a Restaurant anil Chop Home FumNning meals to order at all hours. Ills patrons will find the tables supplied with ten or twelve of the best newspapers. His reputation ns former proprietor nf the New England Restaurant Is a sufficient recommendation for his new house. THE BEST Boarding and Lodging House. fhas. Walluian has opened a boarding and lodging house south of O'Brien's hotel, near the gas works. The table Is supplied with the best the market affords : good food and clean beds will be furnished at the regular prices. Give me a call and satisfy yourselves, CHAS. WALL-MAX. Fiffures Hbtot Lie ! JEFF OF THE CHOP .HOUSE Can prove by his hooks that he is doing the biggest business of any EESTATIEANT In the city, and he will guarantee to give the best meal for cah. H, B. PARKER, DEALRR IN Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wood Delivered to Order, Draying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER IS WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. PIKT CLASti Mrs T.W. Eaton. 7tlss Florence Carnahan. EATON &CARNAHAN, DEALERS IX Fine Millinery AND Fancy Goods. Cass Street, next door to Odd Fellows Building. I. .W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL DEALER IN GffiKRtii MERCHANDISE Corner Chenamos and Cass streets. ASTOBTA - - - - OREGON TRANSPORTATION LINES. Oregon Railway & Navigation . COMPANY. "O CKAX 3lVIHIOX During the month of Januaryj 1884, Ocean Steamers will sail from Portland forSan Francisco, and from San Francisco for Port land every 5 dnys, leaving Alns worth. Dock', Portland, at Midnight, and Spear Street Wharf, San Francisco, at 10 am. Through TirketM sold to all principal cities in the United States. Canada and Europe. RAIL DIVISION. Passenger Trains leave Portland for East ern polnw, at 7 :30 P. M". dally. UIVEU DniMU.V (Middle ColHmbia). Boats leave Portland for Dalles af7 :O0 A M. ALSO: Leave Pon-I i f f l T land for iMonl Tu. I We.lThu.1 Fn. I S ti toria and I I lower Co-1 I Inml)ia....lRAMlh AM Dajton. Or.; AM J Salem ....J K AM Victoria.BCK AMjG AM hAM 6AM CAM AM I.AM , 16 AM BAM'.fiAM.P AM CAM Leaves Astoria for Portland at H a. in. daily ex cept Sunday. Pnltman Palace Cara running between Port land, and St. Paul. C. H. PKESCOTT. JOHN WOTB, Manager. Sup't of Trarac A. L. STOKES. E. P. ROGERS, Assist. Sup't. General Agent of rraffic. Passenger Dep't. Oregon & California R. R OREGON & TRANSCONTINENTAL COMPANY, LESSEE. On and after Dec 2d, 18S3. trains will run as follows : DAIL (Except Sundays). EASTSIDE DIVISION. Between rOKTLA.ND and GRANT'S PASS MAIL THAIX. LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland 7 :30A.Minrant'sPassl:20 A. m. Grant'sFass 10:ioi mi Portland ......4:25 v. M. ALBANY EXPRESS TRAIN. LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland :00 i M.'Lcbanou 9 0 1. it Lebanon 4 :15 a. at. Portland... 10 :03 a. it The Oregon and" California Railroad Ferry makes connection with all Regular Trains on Eastsidc Division. WKbTSIDK Between Portland ami 'rvnllin MAIL TKAIX LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland 9 rfX) a. M.ICorvalli- 4 :30 v. M. Corvallis 8 :o0 a. m. (Portland 3 0 p.m. EXPRESS THAIS' LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland 5 :00 v atlMcMlnnvllle 8 :00 pm McMlnnvlIle5:i5 a M'Portland 8 Dau Close connections made at Grant's Pass with the Stages of the Oregon and Califor nia Stage Company. csl'ickets for sale at all the principal points In California, at Company's Offlce, Corner F and Front Sts., rortland, On Trelght will not be received for shipment after 5 o'clock p.m. on either the East or West side Division. B. KOEHLKIt. Gen'l Manager. A, L. &TOKEN AS3t Sup't of Traffic. JOHN MUIB. sup't. of Traffic. riP.ROGtRs, General Ag't Passenger Dep't. Ilwaco Steam Navigation Go.'s WINTER SCHEDULE. Astoria to Fort Steuens. Fort Car.by, and lluaco. Connecting by stages and boats for Oysterville. Montesano and Olympia -KRa Until further notice the Ilwaco SSmUb Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Gen. Miles, ill leave Astoria On Mondays Thursdays, and Saturdays (Oysterville and Montesano mail days. at 7 A. M. FOB Ft.Stevens, Ft. Canby and Ilwaco ox Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays The steamer will leave Astoria at 9 a. m., as formerly, not being confined strictly to schedule time. Fare to Fort Canby and Ilwaco,., 73 cts. JSyilwaco freieht, by the ton. In lots of one ton or over, $2 per ton, jap-For Tickets, Towage or Charter ap ply at the office of the company, Gray's wharf, foot of ftenton street. .1. II. D. GRAY, Agent. Shoalwater Bay Transportation Co. SUMMER ROUTE. Astoria to Olympia, Touching at Fort Stevens, Fort Canny, Ilwnn. North IScnrh.OyNtervilie. .N'orth Cove. Petersonx Point. IIo- quluiu, .lion ionium. And all points on Shoalw ater Day. and (inn Harbor. GEN. MILKS.) Strs. or ) On Columbia Ititn GEN.CANUY.) GEN. GARFIELD " Shoalwater H " MONTESANO " Graj s Harboi Connecting with Stages over rortages. Leave Astoria for Olympia, at - - 7 A. 31. On Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday, arriving at Montesano the day after leaving Astoria through trip in 00 hours. Leave Olympia for Astoria on same days. Columbia Transportation Co. FOR PORTLAND. (FAST TIME.) The popular steamer FLEETWOOD, Which has been reflttedfor the comfort o passengers will leave Wilson and Fisher's dock every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland atl P. M. Returning leaves Portland every Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 A. M. Arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M. An additional trip will be made on Sunday of Each Week, Leaving Portland at 9 o'clock Sunday 31orniBgr. Passengers by this route connect at Kalama for Sound ports. U.B. SCOTT, President. BUSINESS CARDS. Q IC. THOMSON, Attorney and CoHnsclir at Law. Room Nd. 6, Over WblttfHome, , ASTORIA. OREUON. aW.FULIOK, . O.C.TCLTON. FtfLTOX BROTHERS, ATTORNEYS A.TLA.V?. Rooms 5 and 6, Odd Fellows .Building. J Q.A.BOWIiBY. ATTORNEY AT UW, Chenamus treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON Q J. CUSTIS, ATTT AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds fe: California, New York and Washington Ter ritory. Rooms 3 and 4. Odd Fellows Building. As toria. Oregon. N.B -Claims at Washington. D. C, and collections a specialty. A V. AI,L.E., Astoria Aceat Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. U C. IIOLDEN, 2IOT"Y PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENT. Q.ELO F. PARKER. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City ef Aaterla Office :-Chenamus street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. TK. 3J. C. BO ATM AX, Physician and Surgeon. Rooms a and 10, Odd Fellows Bulhllnsr. ASTORIA, OREGON. TAYTHTTLE.X.I). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms l, 2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. Residence Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. TCI P. HICKS, PENTIST, ' ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Rooms In Allen's building up stain, corner ofCassandSqemocqhestret . D,t. CABAX1SS, Late of Fort Stevens, has come to Astoria for the purpose of practicing MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Will visit patients In the country and city. Office in Odd Fellows Bulldlnu. Residence above Catholic Church. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part o1 Europe. 1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship lnes, STATE LINE, RED STAB. WHITE STAB. HAMBURG-AMERICAN, DOMINION LINE. NATIONAL, and A3D3RICAN LTNE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc, apply to LW.CASE. QKO. P. WHEELER. VT. L. KOBB. Notary Public. WHEELER & EOBB. GENERAL Seal Estate i hwm Apts. We have very desirable property In As toria and Upper Astoria for sale. Also, tine farms throughout the county. Accounts carefully adjusted and collec tions made. We represent the Itoynl, Norwich Union and Xianca Mhire Insurance Ce's., With a combined capital of S38.O00.O00. THE. Travelers JLife and Accident Insur ance Co, of Hartford, and the Man hattau liife Insurance Co.. of New York. We are agents for the Daily and Weekly Northwest News, and the Oregon Vidette. All business entrusted to our caro will re ceive prompt attention. STOUE OAVESON COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers In LUMBER, m HAY, GRAIN, POTATOES, AND COUNTRY PRODUCE. Advances made on Consignments. W. E. DEMENT & CO. DRTJQOXSTS. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry ia Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded office. .